The training of the shield wall formation lasted for a week, however, the Norskas still could not master it well. They can distinguish the whistle and see the flag clearly, but when it comes to specific operations, they can't. All kinds of chaos, just like what happened in the forest that day, the shield bearer always couldn't find his position well, and at the same time, the shield wall couldn't close well, there were always gaps.

Thinking that there were trolls in the Northern Legion and large units like the Mammoth, Rhodes thought about it and forgot it, the training did not make it possible to give up the training of the defensive formation. Changed to an attack formation training.

The offensive formation, like the defensive formation, is a key factor throughout the battle. One of the earliest slash formations to learn and train is an attack formation. It's just that what Rhodes will train them next is a more complex offensive formation.

First, the Scattered Formation.

It's more of a formation than a formation. Because its forces will be very dispersed and flexible. Usually there is no way to achieve a unified command of hundreds of people, but a dozen or twenty people are a small team, and the captain commands the operation on the spot. This formation is usually used against large units. Mammoths and trolls, or giants, for example.

It can also be said that this is the formation that the Norsca Marauders are best at.

The principle is this: let the lightly armed troops attack before the battle, and hunt the enemy's large shock units with long-range weapons, such as the mammoth war elephant. When the two armies are fighting, if you encounter a large unit like a mammoth, you can't defend it in a dense formation, and then, with the size of a mammoth, one kick will be a large blur of flesh and blood. At the same time, it's unlikely that you'll be able to kill these behemoths in close combat, because right next to them, there's a terrible thing to do, a crush that can instantly trample you to the ground, and the mammoth's tusks can easily overturn cavalry.

So, that's where you need hunters. Use javelins, bows and arrows as your main weapons to hunt these battlefield monsters from a distance. However, the range of the spear and bow could not be too long, so it became a matter of keeping a proper distance to hunt the behemoth of war. What Rhodes wanted to train was this kind of Norscan ability. Shoot the behemoths of the battlefield from all angles.

They were originally in the forest, hunting large animals on the snowfield, and they were comfortable with guerrilla tactics, so it was not difficult to hunt, but the difficulty was how to act in unison, and retreat uniformly when they finished work.

Normally, once you have hunted a large enemy unit, the enemy general will order a large force to attack and overwhelm you with a sea of people. At this time, if the front-line hunters do not retreat, they will be slaughtered directly by the enemy's heavy attack troops.

What Rhodes had to train was to let these Norscan marauders retreat as soon as they heard the order, rather than continue the fight. No matter how strong a warrior is, it is impossible to deal with more than ten enemies at the same time.

Therefore, it is also important to know how to retreat. It is an important means of maintaining vital strength.

The drill went smoothly at first, with more than a hundred Norsca Marauders divided into eight squads and each electing a field captain, and under the roar, the team quickly hit the target, but something went wrong when retreating. Disorganized, crashing into the army like a headless fly.

Rhodes' request was to quickly retreat from the shields as soon as they made way for the hunters to escape routes, but the Norscans and wildlings were no different from them, and they crashed through the shields and jumped straight in...... Messing up their own phalanx......

"Stop!"

"Are you beasts? This is not hunting, retreat in order. Come back as you struck!

On the drill field, Rhodes yelled.

A group of Norscan tough guys had to obey orders again. No one dared to oppose their leader, as unhappy as he was, because no one could win against him...... Rhodes is the god of war in the eyes of these Norscans, and he is a person who has been blessed by the gods. No one can fight against the Son of God. This is an indisputable fact.

So, even though they are not happy, they still have to continue training.

In the north, the early summer temperatures weren't high, but the Gnosca raiders were sweating profusely from training. Compared with field training, this kind of short-distance burst training actually has higher physical requirements, because of the short-distance sprinting and spear throwing.

By the end of the morning, many people were exhausted and out of breath. They need plenty of food to feed their hunger. To this end, Rhodes allowed some of the raiders to continue hunting in the forest, while others stayed and trained. The two teams alternate, cycling, training tactical formations while gaining meat. After all, there are no pastures around Blackhammer Castle, and there are no cattle and sheep raised.

In line with the principle that persistence is victory, Rhodes trained these barbarians for half a month. In this way, these Norsca warriors barely learned to fight in scattered formations and skirmishes.

When a group of big men stumbled through the gap in the shield wall and retreated to the rear of the position, Rod felt a little comfort in his heart. In the future, the battles will no longer be such skirmishes, most likely between the regiments. That's when these seemingly meaningless exercises become very useful.

Of course, the current drill is not particularly successful. The discipline and cooperation of the soldiers required a long period of training and running-in, and at the moment Rhodes's training of these barbarians was only a preliminary result at best, and it would take a lot of practice to achieve perfect cooperation. Or consolidate it with a few real battles.

This summer, a lot of work is being carried out in an orderly manner.

On the edge of the town, a fortified outer wall was being built little by little, first enclosing the granaries and wells, and erecting a large arrow tower to shelter the few people in for temporary refuge if necessary. People feel more and more secure.

What makes Rod even more relieved is that the ice pepper seeds that were sown two months ago have begun to germinate...... In the experimental fields of Blackhammer Castle, Caroline devotes all her energy to the cultivation of ice peppers, not only for the huge financial gains, but also for the free underground hot springs.

Thanks to the efforts of the Frost Witch, an ice barrier was cast around the test field, and within the barrier was a cryogenic realm. The temperature is more than a dozen degrees colder than the winter at Blackhammer Castle. Coupled with Caroline's ice magic, these ice pepper seeds finally broke through the ground, and it was completely different from what he imagined, when Rhodes saw these seeds, they appeared in a translucent form. It's like a sapphire crystal, crystal clear. However, generally speaking, the more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are, according to Caroline, these ice peppers are very dangerous now, because it still has a lot of frost energy that has not been released, and if you pick it directly by hand, you will get frostbitten. It is conceivable that once this batch of ice peppers is successfully planted, the economic value will far exceed that of the fur and ore business......