Chapter 45: Strengths and Weaknesses
Time is the most terrible enemy, and it is also the cutest helper, at least Mo Xuan is enjoying the help of time now.
These clergy who were imprisoned in the dungeon were frustrated at the moment, originally they thought that they should not be discriminated against when they came to this remote area, even if they were not warmly welcomed, but the ideal was full, and the reality was skinny.
"Those who do not know the number of manners, those who are lowly, those who deserve to be punished, those who must be purified. A series of prefixes or suffixes popped out of the mouths of these noble servants, but unfortunately no one would pay attention to them, and darkness and loneliness were their only companions.
A few days later, a group of mercenaries dressed in scruffy clothes, smelling of alcohol, and with extremely rude manners were thrown into prison, as if intentionally or unintentionally, just enough to talk to these poor people who were about to be tormented and mad by loneliness, and the information was so easy to get in hand.
"Hmm, it seems that I have become a sweetheart!" Mo Xuan thoughtfully pressed the information in his hand.
"Lord Lord, are we going to let those people out" Aldridge said with a frown, after all, the former family was also a member of the nobility and received a wide range of knowledge, unlike Talik, who threw this group of people into prison with a big grin, Aldridge was deeply impressed by all kinds of temples, and it was not a good thing to offend the temples, and it was much beyond Aldrich's psychological capacity to offend so much at once.
"Did they identify themselves with us before they came?" Mo Xuan asked nonchalantly.
Aldridge frowned, the lord in his heart was nothing good, but he lacked the necessary reverence for some things. However, Aldridge didn't care about the identity of this lord after thinking about it, after all, Mo Xuan was a visitor from outside the world, and it was understandable that he lacked reverence for this world: "No. To Mo Xuan's question, Aldridge shook his head honestly.
"So we don't know who they are, do we?" that is, we just treat them the same way we treat mercenaries who have committed crimes, what's wrong with that?" Mo Xuan said with a smile still on his face.
Aldridge was very distressed, the lord's words sounded very reasonable, but he always felt that something was wrong: "But. β
Mo Xuan stopped Aldridge, who was still going to speak: "There is nothing to do, as long as these things are not carefully considered, there is no problem, and I dare to guarantee that they will never dare to make a big noise." Does it sound good that a group of paladin priests and the like are being put in prison for making trouble? If the kings who are vying with them for power find out, how much of a blow it will be to them? β
Then Aldridge saw a flash of excitement on the face of his esteemed lord, as if he had only seen such an expression in the time of a good harvest. Combined with what the lord said earlier. Suddenly, Aldridge had a bad feeling. The astringent voice asked, "Lord Lord, you don't want to blackmail them, do you?"
Mo Xuan's face changed when he heard this: "Blackmail, how could I blackmail them, I'm just helping them save their reputation." If they don't want to, I won't force it. β
After hearing these rebellious words, Aldridge suddenly felt the urge to faint.
For a long time, the human army in Flame City has been facing a very embarrassing problem, that is, it is not of great use, since the establishment of the city, the main force of Flame City has always been dominated by barbarians.
Mo Xuan did not deduct the weapons and armor of the human army, nor did he reduce the treatment of the human army, and the combat effectiveness of the human army is not not strong, in fact, the more well-trained human army will be better to use on the battlefield than the barbarians who are hot-headed from time to time, the only problem that restricts the human army is the number of people.
Compared with the barbarians on the plateau, the number of humans still accounts for more than half of the Flame City, but all the artisan positions in the Flame City are basically dominated by humans, including the cultivation of farmland and the construction of new cities, and the barbarians have only one way out except to be hunters in the jungle to hunt in exchange for the necessary materials for life.
I also have to admit that the innate conditions of barbarians are too good compared to human beings.
It's just that this too-good innate condition has now become a burden for the barbarians.
Flamecity now has hoplites, hoplites, light infantry, archers, and repeaters.
In the past two years, with the increase of war experience and feedback problems, Mo Xuan found that the heavy vehicle soldiers have become more and more overwhelmed.
It's not that force can't do it, but it's a matter of adaptability, in fact, after the improvement of Mo Xuan and the dwarven blacksmith, after having a series of equipment to enhance adaptability such as spring shock absorbers, the adaptability of the chariot has been greatly enhanced, but it has not changed the most basic problem of this class, that is, flexibility.
No class can run rampant on the battlefield and rush to the end, and the situation of the chariot determines that it can only rush to the end, and there is no possibility of changing direction halfway. Now, with the growth of junior non-commissioned officers, more and more questions about this aspect have been reflected, and it is obvious that they have to face this problem seriously.
At the beginning of the establishment of the chariot army, Mo Xuan defined it as a transitional army, and when the cavalry officially grows up, it will be time for this chariot to retreat into history.
And now the chariot army is still one of the most meritorious troops in Flame City, and the civilians and barbarians of Flame City also need this force to pacify, but the construction of cavalry is already on the agenda.
The most important reason for restricting barbarians from becoming cavalry, mainly choosing humans as cavalry, is that there are too few mounts that can be matched with barbarians.
Ordinary humans are between 1.7 and 1.9 meters, and most horses are between 1.6 and 1.8 meters tall at the shoulders.
Most of the barbarians are two meters away, and it is common for them to grow to two meters, two or three, which makes them have high requirements for mounts, and the minimum requirement is that the horse's shoulder height should be appropriate, that is, the horse's shoulder height is better than one meter eight.
In this way, the barbarian cavalry has to face a very serious problem, that is, when they sit on the horse, they are too tall, this height is very embarrassing for the enemies of many races, and their weapons must be longer, and on the continent, except for a few races, the mainstream humanoid races are about the same height as humans, and some are even shorter, such as dwarves, goblins, and gnomes, which is simply a disaster for the barbarian cavalry, because these races can easily attack their mounts, and they are too tall for these short ones even if they bend down on their horsesγ (To be continued......)