Chapter 185: Founding the Army's Blood Claw
Bloodpaw is a smart man, Gavin understood with a slight hint.
These 50 kilometers were swept all the way through the bloody storm.
Regardless of whether it is a goblin den, a kobold cave, a bandit village, an orc camp, or a big goblin tribe, they have not let go, they are all in the same pot, but the means are not so cruel, as long as they are willing to be coerced, the blood claws will not kill unscrupulously.
Only those caravans in the human gathering points and on the high roads did not dare to moveβthis was what Gavin had repeatedly warned about, and the consequences of moving them were more serious, and they might attract Cormier's battle mages and the Purple Dragon Legion.
Bloodclaw also uses the Black Death's set, driving away those attacked monster tribes as vassal armies, and the work of charging into battle is done by them, they only eat the benefits in the back, and by the way, absorb those who are strong.
By the time they arrived at Gavin's designated location, the Blood Claw had overfulfilled its mission.
The entire army was not only almost integrated, but its number surged to more than three thousand.
However, not all of them are strong, and more than a thousand of them are women, children, and old and weak of all races.
Except for nearly two hundred kobolds, who were singled out by Gavin and sent to Eagle Cliff Town, the rest were thrown by him to Bloodclaw.
He wanted to build a military town, not a barracks, and he also needed these non-combatants, at least with them, those soldiers would be freed from chores such as laundry and cooking, and some tasks such as gathering, hunting, and farming could also be entrusted to them.
The collected grain was enough for these 3,000 people to eat for three months.
In order to avoid waste, some of the meat that could not be eaten was transported to Eagle Cliff Town overnight.
It is now the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the vegetation is flourishing, the prey is numerous, and the life of each tribe is relatively much better, and there is more or less surplus food, all of which are scavenged by the blood claws.
Gavin and Bloodclaw stood side by side at the top of the slope, pointing down and saying, "General Bloodclaw, how about looking at the place I chose for you?" β
The blood claw looked around, and on his serious and almost stern face, he squeezed out a smile and said: "Facing the main road trade road, easy to attack, backed by the valley and deep river, there is a strategic depth space, typical easy to defend and difficult to attack, give me three months, I will build this place into a military fortress, every caravan passing by the high road, must look at our faces, if we do not leave enough goods, do not want to pass through here." β
At first, Gavin was still full of smiles, but when he heard the end, he froze directly, shook his head again and again, and said: "General Bloodclaw, I chose your camp here, not for you to rob, on the contrary, to let you guard, ensure the safety of the surrounding trade routes, especially the high roads, and prevent any looting."
From today on, I hope that you, and your army, will change their minds, that you are no longer a war band, no longer a raider for a living, but a territory, a belonging, your words and deeds will represent me, represent the entire dragon and rubber collar, in a few days, I will send you a few deputies, they will tell you what to do and what not to do. β
Gavin decided to give Bloodclaw a mature and stable overseer, not for their loyalty, but to regulate their behavior.
Their background determines that they do not have any moral bottom line, and they do not have any psychological burden when they do those illegal and evil things.
Bloodclaw's gaze flickered, nodded and said: "Even if the lord doesn't do this, I will take the initiative to ask you to do it, after all, we are used to being wild outside, and some things can't be distinguished, once you do something that shouldn't be done, it will cause trouble for the lord and the territory, it will not be beautiful." β
"Those three hundred kobolds, in the future, will stay here for a period of time to assist you in building a military town, don't look at their small size, but in terms of digging holes, they are definitely good hands." Gavin pointed down to the kobolds who were busy.
In the ten days that he was waiting for Bloodclaw to come, Gavin was not idle, and transferred three hundred kobolds from Eagle Cliff Town to start sorting out the foundation and planning for construction in advance, and now the outline has begun to appear.
"This doesn't need to be introduced by the lord, our entire Bloodclaw tribe has a deep understanding of this." Bloodpaw replied with a smile.
Gavin smiled and patted his forehead and said: "Forget, forget, forget that your former neighbors were trapped tribes, even among kobolds, their ability to punch holes is one of the best, then I won't bother to say more, introduce you to a colleague, Goss, Goss ......"
Hearing the news, Goss immediately dropped his work, ran over, nodded and said, "Lord Lord, you called me." β
Now Goss is obviously a few laps taller than before.
His talent is limited after all, even if he took the dragon blood potion, he couldn't open the dragon blood template, he just awakened the high-level dragon vein kobold, but the ability to do sorcery is relatively strong, and it is a second-level soft stone technique.
If nothing else, this is probably the limit of his life.
Goss was satisfied with this, after all, this has surpassed most kobolds, as long as he is not too far behind by the large army.
Being able to sit in his current position does not depend on his own intelligence or ability, but on loyalty.
I believe that as long as I maintain this, there will always be my own place among the leaders of the dragon oak collar, which is nothing more than high and low.
"This is the director of Goss, he will be responsible for leading these kobolds, if the general has any matter, he can communicate with him directly, if there is no consensus, he will wait for me to come over, and solve it together."
"This is the Bloodclaw General, and he will be the supreme leader of this place, coordinating everything here, including the construction of the military town, Director Goss, you have to cooperate with the general's work."
Gavin introduced two of his old and new subordinates to each other.
The two stood together, creating a stark contrast.
One was just over a meter tall, bowing his head and waist, and his face was full of flattery.
One is two meters tall and has three, with a straight waist and no smile.
The eyes are facing each other, no matter how you look at it, it is not very pleasing to the eye.
But for the sake of Gavin's face, the two had to shake hands awkwardly, which can be regarded as a temporary cooperation team.
"Alright, you go get busy." Gavin waved his hand and drove Goss away, then continued, "I'm going to name this army Bloodclaw, and this place is Bloodclaw Town, I wonder if the general has any opinions?" β
Bloody Claw's face had a surprise that could not be concealed: "This is my greatest honor." β
Being able to name an army and a town after oneself is undoubtedly the greatest recognition of oneself.
"You take this honor, I hope you don't live up to this name." Gavin is well aware that this kind of iron-blooded soldier attaches great importance to reputation, and when his name is tied to this army, he will definitely do everything he can to maintain this army, "How is the statistical work of the Bloodclaw Army?" β
"It's all done." Speaking of the specific situation of the army, the blood claw opened his mouth, "At present, there are more than 1,400 goblin soldiers, of which 320 are wolf cavalry, the rest are infantry, more than 400 orcs, 38 bear goblins, and more than 1,300 women and children of all ethnic groups. β
"What about the Fighters who opened the career template?"
"Two hundred and thirty-four."
"What about armor and weapons?"
"The armor rate is less than 20 percent, and the iron possession rate is less than 30 percent."
The Bloodclaw Army now looks like it is huge, but in fact, the combat effectiveness is not as strong as imagined.
That is, to deal with those monster communities that are weak and weak, and really pull them out, not to mention fighting a field war with the regular army.
Even if you go head-to-head with a few purple dragon patrols, you can't eat well.
At low levels, it is very much about eating weapons and equipment.
With good weapons and equipment in hand, even if you are a non-combat officer, you can still overturn a low-level combat professional.
If there are magic weapons and magic equipment.
Well, this thing, that is, think about it.
Even if there is a regular army supported by a country, the popularity of magic equipment is not high.
Like the Yaling of Spring Bud Castle, that is a special case, and their heritage has been accumulated over countless years.
Their Yaling armor production rate is extremely low, and they can't produce a few pieces a year, so they don't have enough for themselves, let alone support Gavin.
"We don't need to maintain so many troops now, we need to concentrate all our weapons and armor, keep the wolf cavalry and the same number of infantry, and distribute the fighters as captains evenly among them.
The rest of the militia will maintain the basic training capacity, concentrate all their energy on building Bloodclaw Town, and wait for me to find a way to get enough weapons and equipment, and then select the best from among them and supplement them to the regular army. Gavin made strategic adjustments and deployments based on the situation in the dragon rubber collar and the surrounding area.
"Yes." Bloodclaw knew very well that Gavin's arrangement was very reasonable.
It can not only ensure the combat effectiveness of the Blood Claw Army to the greatest extent, but also have enough strength to deter the surroundings.
Under normal circumstances, it would be enough to maintain more than three hundred goblin wolf cavalry.
The extra 300 infantry were mainly for defense.
After the general direction is set, the remaining small details are easy to say, and they are not something that can be clearly explained in one sentence or two, but also needs to be found in practice.
Although Gavin gave power to Bloodclaw in the whole army, it doesn't mean that he doesn't participate at all.
Military power is the most important thing in a territory.
Gavin couldn't have given him all to outsiders, let alone pinned his trust on a true god's blood oath.
Authority, prestige, and trust.
As long as the three are established, this army can be firmly in the hands.
Liquan, Gavin has an innate advantage here, and the True God Blood Oath has helped him solve this problem perfectly, and his ownership of this army is beyond doubt.
Lixin is a degree of reward and punishment, this is a long-term work, as long as it is integrated into daily words and deeds, it can be done naturally.
Liwei, this is the most difficult to grasp, because people's hearts are the most difficult to measure, and no one knows how much prestige you have in the other party's heart.
But one thing that must be done, and that is to be familiar, at least let everyone know you and know that you exist.
So, for the next period of time, Gavin ran to Bloodclaw as soon as he had free time.
You can't eat and live together, but it's okay to train together, anyway, Gavin will maintain a lot of training every day, and where he trains is also training.
Every day, Gavin doesn't come from Eagle Cliff on a dragon, but in battle armor.
The seven-kilometer mountain road takes only 15 or 6 minutes.
Gavin's daily training intensity, even if it is also a training maniac's blood claw, is a bit sideways.
Those who are in the war can barely keep up, and those who are not in the war position, many of them are directly tired on the road.
Actual combat training is also indispensable.
At the beginning, the warriors of the Bloodclaw Army were somewhat unable to let go.
But when they found out that even if the Blood Claw was killed in person, it would be difficult to hurt Gavin in the slightest, so they were no longer polite, and they were often besieged in groups of three or five.
So far, at most, eight people have been dispatched to sneak attack, including two bear goblins, only to be beaten back by others.
Although it is relying on the strong protection of the combat armor, the combat skills and bravery in the battle are real.
Dealing with these rough soldiers and subduing them is the simplest, roughest, and fastest way to build feelings.
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