After defeating the Beastmen in the forest and taking on the Manticore, the Norscans continue to travel south from the north in search of the legendary Chosen One.

The townspeople grew accustomed to these outsiders, who had done indelible damage to the kingdom of Kislev, but now they had become Rhodes' men and part of the ranks.

The Norsca Marauders are a double-edged sword, and they need bloodthirsty combat at all times to satisfy their inner desires. Rhodes knew that accepting these barbarians was tantamount to embarking on a "road of no return" where war was fed by war. In order to settle these Norscans, he must take them to constantly fight and hunt, this is a bloody road, due to the constant fighting, their numbers will not be too many, but those who remain are the elite of the elite.

In the meantime, Rhodes must train the barbarians. Real training, teamwork.

Ever since his last raid by the Beastmen in the forest, Rhodes has been well aware of the importance of teamwork. In this world of hairy and blood-drinking, the number of beasts, greenskins and other creatures must exceed that of humans, and the reason why humans can survive on this continent is not by body and strength, but by the spirit and technology of unity. In terms of technology, due to the blockade of the Empire, Black Hammer Fort is currently unavailable, but in terms of unity and tactics, Rhodes can still train the guards on his own.

Especially these Norscans seem to trust themselves day by day. It is impossible for them to openly rebel against a leader who tears a manticore, because there is no such person in this team yet.

The first thing that Rhodes had to train them was the formation arrangement. The Norskas were physically strong and full of physical strength, and training in combat skills and endurance could be almost omitted, and the only thing that needed to be trained was to fight in groups. The last time he encountered the beastmen in the forest, Rhodes felt anxious, and the simple defensive formations were not assembled, so they had to divide and cooperate, the shield bearer stood on the periphery, and the spearman stood in the circle, but after the toss, there was chaos, the spearman and the shield axe man stood side by side, and the gap between the shields was huge, fortunately it was a group of beastmen without brains, otherwise they would have known where they would have died when they encountered the regular legion.

The oblique formation was the first military formation that Rhodes moved out. It can also be said to be the simplest one. It is to strengthen a certain flank, so that after the battle the number of troops on this flank is more than the middle lane, as long as the middle lane troops withstand the damage, until the flank troops crush the opponent, turn to the center, and form a flank attack with their own fighters, then the battle begins to turn into a one-sided slaughter.

With the fierce fighting style of the Norscans, as long as the number is suppressed, Rhodes estimates that the battle will soon be one-sided. The premise is that the troops of the resistance line can hold out until the troops on the flanks come to support.

The oblique attack formation is not very demanding for the soldiers, as soon as the horn comes out, follow the general's crazy output, as long as you know how to listen to orders, turn your head when you should turn your head, and don't rush to pursue the enemy's defeated soldiers.

Rhodes trained these Norscans in less than three days, and he needed someone to master it. Because it only needs to understand two commands, sortie, flank. In other cases, it is freedom to fight.

And the next formation is a bit of an upgrade.

The first is the defensive formation. This formation is divided into three types, one is the traditional shield wall defense, all soldiers line up in a straight line, with large shields and heavy armor as defenses, forming an airtight shield wall to resist strong enemy charges. It may seem easy to do this, but it's actually hard.

Because the warriors had to work closely with each other, shoulder to shoulder, shield to shield, to connect all the shields together. Once a soldier falls, the reserve fighters behind must make up for it in time. For an extremely warlike people like the Norscans, it is not pleasant for them to stay in the shield wall array. As long as the enemy provokes, maybe someone can't control the mania in their hearts and rushes out to fight the enemy. However, once there is a flaw in the shield wall formation, it will be fatal, and the enemy can directly kill along the gap, so that the entire defense line will be broken down in an instant and fall apart.

The second type of defensive formation is the kind that Rhodes used in the forest encounters before, the circular formation.

This formation can be understood literally, where the soldiers cooperate with each other and stand closely together to form a circular formation, protecting their weak or wounded companions in the middle, and the outer soldiers facing the enemy with their shields outward. Since the end to the end is connected, the fighters do not need to worry about attacks from the rear and flanks at all, and their morale is stable. The premise is not to encounter a large cavalry charge or a large unit such as a minotaur or giant, otherwise, you will also die an ugly death.

Because many shield soldiers hold spears at the same time, all of which face outwards in unison, and when viewed from above, they look like hedgehogs, so some people call them hedgehog formations. The principle is the same, but the name is different.

The third type of defensive formation is the fish scale formation, which can also be called the tortoiseshell formation. It is a formation derived from the first type of shield wall. To put it simply, the front row is a shield wall, and the soldiers in the back row hold their shields high above their heads, forming a phalanx of all-round shield protection. The biggest advantage of this formation is that it can withstand ranged attacks. Arrows and slings from the parabola are also fearless and do no damage to soldiers in the back row. Of course, this formation is also the most complex of the three defensive formations, and Rod doesn't expect this group of Norskians to learn this, they are good for attacking, not good for defending. Rhodes knew that if there were large-scale battles in the future, he would need a strong defensive unit like the dwarves. Of course, you can't think about it that much right now.

The Shield Wall Phalanx is a very effective defensive formation, capable of defending against enemy forces that are many times larger than your own. But from the point of view of Kislev's main opponents, the dense formation is not so effective, on the contrary, when dealing with some races, the dense phalanx is still looking for abuse...... For example, when encountering violent units such as the Norscan Behemoth, or the Northern Troll, the dense phalanx just becomes a meat target.

Therefore, Rhodes does not attach much importance to the training of this formation, and it is of course best if the training is successful, and the effect will be very good against groups of goblins or ratmen in the future. But if not, it shouldn't be a big problem, because Rod guesses that he won't encounter a large number of greenskins and rat people anytime soon. If there is, it's also the Snow Queen's business, and it's not her turn to worry about it.

Rather than a defensive formation, Rhodes pays more attention to an assault formation.

The Norskas are good at attacking, and with savage roars, wielding axes and war hammers, they fight like wild wolves, which will undoubtedly cause strong psychological pressure on the enemy. What Rhodes needed was such a bloodthirsty army. On the defensive side, humans have walls and castles, and they don't need to use flesh and blood to form a great wall to resist the assault of various beasts. Except in the wild, as a last resort.