Chapter 260: Advancing rashly while getting lost, getting lost while advancing rashly, and defeating the enemy while getting lost
When all eight regiments of the Salvation Army arrived in Mayo Town, it was already approaching noon.
Eight legions with logistics and cavalry, nearly 5,000 people, naturally cannot be stationed in Mayo Town.
So the legion simply built up the three surrounding knight estates. While collecting supplies, it also freed up a lot of garrison places.
The armed farmers in the knight's manor had no fighting spirit to begin with, and some even kidnapped the knight and sent him over.
Of course, Horn generously implemented the policy of land to the tiller again and distributed large amounts of land to public farmers.
After setting up the garrison of eight legions, Horn also did not forget to block roads and news.
He asked Jeanne to take the cavalry and the third legion of the Black Hat Army to guard the road. The news could not be leaked until the rest was completed.
When they passed through the wild spider forest, they were afraid that something might happen to the giant spider. They marched at full speed at night. They were exhausted and needed at least a day's rest before they could go back to the battle.
If we encounter the enemy now, it’s not that we can’t fight, but there will be higher than expected casualties, which is not cost-effective.
The hunter's cabin where Cleonte played dice last night was cleaned and replaced with neat furniture.
After arranging all the matters, Horn yawned, walked into the hut, and threw his cloak aside: "How is it? How is the battle damage?"
Armand came from He pulled out a piece of yellowed hemp paper on the table, looked at the Arabic numerals on it, and reported skillfully: "Rudillo, the commander of the Second Black Hat Legion, lost his way and ventured deeper. He found that after walking out of the wild spider forest, the enemy was attacked at night. It took about two hours for Fang Sentinel to collect information.
Only three lycanthropes were injured, one seriously and two slightly injured.
After obtaining the information, the Second Legion rushed to the battlefield at full speed.
But because it was too dark, they got lost for a while, and blocked by sentries and arrow towers, wasting too much time.
It took nearly an hour to reach the predetermined position. At this time, the enemy's formation was basically completed. "
Hearing this, Horn couldn't help but chuckle. He thought that the Salvation Army would not make such a mistake again.
The result was that Rudillo entered rashly after getting lost. Then he got lost, and after he got lost, he rushed in again, and led half a legion of 300 people to defeat Cleonte's 800 mountain people.
The whole process was based on a strategic thinking: fight the enemy.
Horn had a hunch that he would see a lot of this kind of thing on the battlefield in the future.
“It took a quarter of an hour from the second legion to witness the enemy, engage in battle, and defeat the enemy, and the pursuit took about an hour and a half.
The second black hat legion attacked the enemy with 300 men and 800 men. , our army lost 4 people, suffered minor injuries, and 3 were seriously injured.
The seriously injured may need to have their limbs amputated and may not be able to continue fighting, but most of the lightly injured can return to the battlefield within three to five days.
In this battle, a total of 51 enemy soldiers were killed, more than 200 were slightly injured, more than 40 were seriously injured, more than 100 escaped, and more than 300 prisoners of war were surrendered. ”
"What happened to the four who died in battle?"
"Among the four who died in battle, two were shot in the head by enemy archers, and one was shot by a small group of enemy soldiers during pursuit. Ambush, one person was beheaded in hand-to-hand combat."
Horn took the list from Armand and glanced at the names on it: "Included in the list of heroic spirits, collective worship after the war, and the military chaplain will be sent by the way. Suppress the atmosphere, don't let the war monks think that the enemy troops are all like this."
Armand took out a small notebook, quickly jotted down a few notes in it, and gave Horn another one according to the agenda. Zhang table.
“What is this?” Horn asked Armand, looking down at the form.
"This is the list of weapons seized on the battlefield..." After hearing Armand's words, Horn's eyes lit up and he read the list carefully.
You don’t know it by looking at it, but you can only tell by looking at it that this old boy Cleonte has hidden a lot of good things.
There are 423 armed swords, which can be used as secondary weapons for those holy gunmen, so that the enemy will not be able to fight back in close combat.
The 10 war horses can be used as spare war horses for the cavalry division or distributed to lower-level officers.
There are 220 sets of lath armor and 131 sets of chain mail. Isn’t this a coincidence? Isn’t it?
Today, Horne's entire army only has 1,180 sets of old breastplates, 150 of which are given to the cuirassiers, and 1,030 sets that can only equip one-third of the spearmen.
These 351 sets of bad armor are better than nothing. At least they can provide some protection from bows and arrows and hand-to-hand combat.
Then the armor armor rate of Horn's melee spearmen reached an astonishing 46%. As for the holy gunners, they are not armored yet.
After all, they don’t have much breathing power, and they can’t wear too heavy armor. In front of the charging extraordinary knights, there is not much difference whether they have armor or not.
However, considering that the Holy Gunslinger might be hit by stray arrows, Horn collected more than 700 brimmed helmets and distributed them to the Holy Gunslingers.
But this is not enough. According to Horn's idea, a standard Salvation Army war monk should have a woolen coat, a half-breastplate, a spear or a clockwork gun, and an armed sword.
With the current armor rate, facing the Extraordinary Knight directly, the probability of victory is very high, but for the Order Knight, it is not enough.
“Armand, pass my order to Jeanne to lead the cuirassiers and lycanthrope skirmishers to scout the direction of Ashheard Town, find out the road and draw a detailed map.”
Huo En gently rubbed the town of Gray Hearth on the map with his fingers. Mayo Town is a small smelting center of Fort Joan of Arc, so Gray Hearth is a small forging center.
The warehouses in Mayo Town are full of ores, but the warehouses in Ashheard Town may contain various weapons and armor.
Based on the current situation, Horn is not in a hurry to fight to the death immediately. Instead, he decides to fight slowly and quickly, fighting in the wild first and contacting local citizens and farmers.
After the contact is completed, the information provided by the woodcutters, hunters, shepherds and farmers will allow Horn to directly clear the fog of war in the entire map.
After the preparations are completed and the opponent's movements are determined, they must march quickly with lightning speed to prevent the opponent from being ready to start the war.
“One more thing.” After writing the warrant quickly and handing it to Horn for inspection and signature, Armand continued, “Many people from Mayo town and nearby farmers have come to petition, hoping that Join the Salvation Army ”
Although some people in the Salvation Army were injured and died, they do not need to absorb new power for the time being, nor can they absorb new power.
But seeing how enthusiastic they were, it was not good for Horn to say nothing.
He knocked his head, thought for a moment and came up with a solution: "In this way, didn't we capture a lot of redundant spears and strange-shaped weapons?
With these letters of enthusiastic participation in the army, What do you think about the citizens forming a skitarii and giving them the excess weapons to serve as local guards and scouts?"
"I think it's feasible." Armand nodded quickly. Another warrant was written out.
Horn took out a new copper seal from his pocket. After all, radishes can't be kept for long, and it's annoying to keep re-engraving them.
However, his radish seal was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so the shape of this new copper seal was cast by craftsmen into the shape of half a radish.
"Go back and ask Hakuto to write a charter for the establishment of the Skitarii. It shouldn't be too detailed and can function normally."
After signing and sealing the warrant, Horn handed over the order. Give it to Armand. Armand called the boy army outside to deliver the order.
(End of this chapter)