"Marcelo, how's it going?" Zhang Xiao asked as he walked up to Marcelo's side. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing Zhang Xiao's arrival, Marcelo first replied respectfully, and then said to Zhang Xiao in distress: "Captain, when fighting in peacetime, let these soldiers rush forward and they will rush forward, but to take them out individually in groups is as timid as a mouse." ”

Zhang Xiao frowned and looked at the secret school field he set up, because of the hasty establishment of the village protection team, Zhang Xiao has only carried out the basic queue practice of these militiamen in their previous life so far, so that they can have a complete formation in the battle, in fact, if those mercenaries really fought with these militiamen with the determination to die at that time, as long as they survived the first wave of pressure of the militiamen's charge, what was waiting for the village protection team was a slaughter, and their militia was the object of slaughter.

It was after realizing this that Zhang Xiao decided to improve the basic fighting ability of the militia, because Zhang Xiao admired Roman tactics in the army, so far, except for more than a dozen sword and shield soldiers in the "semi-motorized donkey cavalry" squad, the other soldiers are equipped with spears and daggers.

But as we all know, the Roman legions are suitable for the Great Plains Army operations, and not very suitable for mountain operations in the western provinces, including this battle also made Zhang Xiao doubt the tactical execution ability of the pikemen, without eliminating the pikemen, Zhang Xiao can think of improving the basic combat ability of the militia.

After a night of deliberation last night, Zhang Xiao preliminarily set the pattern of the army, 50 shield-wielding pikemen, these pikemen will hold two javelins, a short spear and a dagger, they will be the top priority of basic combat training.

30 pikemen, who will be armed with a pikeman and a heavy javelin, as well as a dagger, may relax a little in their basic combat training.

The 34 sword and shield soldiers, who will be armed with a square shield, a short sword, a heavy javelin, and a standard javelin, will be trained in daily life-and-death combat.

7 donkey cavalry, these donkey cavalry will be equipped with small round shields, short swords and five standard javelins, they not only have to train their riding skills and riding throwing, but also carry out infantry training drills for sword and shield soldiers, Zhang Xiao has no intention of forming a full body of iron cans for the time being, so a heavy cavalry formed by heavy infantry is undoubtedly the most in line with his strategic goals, and the Roman legions did just that.

As for the iron cans in plate armor, it is estimated that the equipment and expenses required to cultivate an iron can are worth the income of a village for several years, and you expect Zhang Xiao, who is in deficit, to be able to form it?

Basic combat trainingZhang Xiao has already arranged for Isco to teach, believing that this man who has fought to the death on the grassland can teach those militiamen what is called qualified fighting and killing; as for the life-and-death combat training of sword and shield men and donkey cavalry, Zhang Xiao arranged an extremely cruel captive gladiatorial fighting mode.

That's right, these captives are the head of the mercenary group and the henchmen of the leader, and at this time, Zhang Xiao is personally inspecting the training situation in this school, but the effect is obviously not satisfactory.

"Each group, you must go to the field and choose a prisoner to fight, the six of you will face a prisoner together, if you don't subdue this prisoner, you don't want to eat today. Seeing that Marcelo was in a tricky environment, Zhang Xiao shouted at the militia in the school yard with a wave of his hand.

And those militiamen didn't have time to react when they heard Zhang Xiao's order, only to see Zhang Xiao continue to shout at the captive: "If you want freedom and life safety, then kill one of these militiamen, and you can replace them!"

Hearing Zhang Xiao's order, the audience was in an uproar, everyone began to chirp and discuss, and even some small protests, on the other hand, those captives couldn't help but light up when they heard Zhang Xiao's order, once there is hope for life, they will be held firmer than anyone else, only those who have lost can know how to cherish it more.

Although there were many militiamen who were very resistant to this order, Zhang Xiao didn't care about this, and waved his hand: "Now the gladiatorial battle begins! The first group will play! You choose a prisoner yourself!"

Just when Zhang Xiao was watching this gladiatorial fight seriously, Jill suddenly ran to Zhang Xiao's side, and after muttering a few words in Zhang Xiao's ear, Zhang Xiao hurriedly commanded Marcelo and then turned around and left in a hurry.

"Old Hillman, why are you suddenly back again?" Zhang Xiao asked the old Hillman in front of him in confusion in the camp tent.

"Back to the old man's words, I heard the merchant who passed by in the middle of the way said that the province of Parawen Province issued an order to ask the mayor of Lieyuan Town to summon the town's militia to suppress bandits here, and the mayor of the town is already recruiting young people, it is said that the mayor also went to contact the mercenary group in the town, I don't know why, it seems that he can't be contacted. Old Hillman replied quickly.

Listening to Old Hillman's report, Zhang Xiao knew that he couldn't contact the mercenary group because the mercenary group had been wiped out by himself, but according to Old Hillman's intelligence, it is estimated that the mayor of the town was also under a lot of pressure from above, so he jumped over the wall to recruit young people, you must know that it is the autumn harvest time, and recruiting young people at this time will affect taxes.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but think of the letter intercepted from the brother-in-law of the head of the mercenary group that day, because Zhang Xiao hadn't stopped thinking much since he came back, so he forgot the letter for the time being, thinking of this, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but take out the letter from the table and read it.

"Looks like it's in big trouble. Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but groan in a low voice.

Looking at Zhang Xiao's sad face, old Hillman couldn't help but ask with concern: "Master, what's wrong? Is there anything difficult to do? Old Hillman will definitely go to the soup for you!"

Seeing that old Hillman was so resolute, Zhang Xiao smiled, he could naturally see that old Hillman was sincere, because now the future of his most distressed son Little Hillman was tied to himself, of course he would be loyal to Zhang Xiao, Zhang Xiao smiled bitterly and explained: " It was the head of the mercenary regiment who, after receiving a letter from the mayor of the town, contacted Baron Dro in the province of Paraven, and from the letter, it seemed that Baron Dro wanted to control the next territory for his son first, and then declare the general government of the kingdom to divide the land to his son as a fief. ”

In fact, this practice of Baron Droz is also the most common practice of the nobles on the mainland, wanting to seek benefits for their own heirs, but they do not have this authority and qualifications, what should they do? Generally, these nobles take the opportunity to control a territory through the family's private soldiers, and then control the taxes of that territory, so that the territory cannot pay taxes, and then pretend to be some bandits and the like, so that the security of this territory looks chaotic.

At this time, it will be much easier for these nobles to apply to the kingdom for these territories, originally these territories could not pay taxes, and after being divided into these nobles, there may be a higher tribute, and these nobles did not give less oil and water when they walked, and the officials of the general administration of the kingdom were naturally happy to divide these lands to the nobles below, after all, there are so many places in the kingdom every year, and it is empty and empty, isn't it?

Some people may wonder, if the feudal is continued in this way, won't the kingdom fall apart? In fact, otherwise, if there is a rise of nobles, there will be a decline of nobles, and if the declining nobles cannot pay tribute, then they will take back their territories, and if they can't pay tribute, then they will take back their titles, so every year there are those who are sealed out and those who are recovered, and this is a matter of balance between revenue and expenditure.

"You mean to say that Baron Droz is going to send troops to Lieyuan Town?" asked Old Hillman hesitantly.

"Yes, Baron Dro is likely to dispatch his mercenary regiment and a squad of knights in Paraven, as well as his guards. Zhang Xiao sighed, threw down the letter in his hand, looked up at the gloomy sky outside the tent, and whispered: "The mountain rain is coming......"

As soon as Zhang Xiao finished saying this, a gust of wind blew into the camp tent, accompanied by a burst of excited shouts......