Chapter 73 Unimaginable Speed
After simply having a sumptuous dinner, we were led by the 32 Swadian sergeants, supplemented by 30 Swadian light infantry, and led by 322 Villagers fought their way out of the city gate.
At the same time, 25 senior thugs from the Lake Rat Gang and 30 newcomers from the Lake Rat Gang who were newly promoted from the robbers were dispatched.
We came to the south of "Dehrim" together.
That is, because the land area in the village cannot be fully expanded, it can only be expanded outside the city wall, 22 acres of wheat fields, 5 acres of pumpkin fields, and 5 acres of cabbage fields. This area has already grown crops. All harvesting and picking are finished, leaving only a bare piece of land.
The reason for arranging so many villagers is to let them absorb more combat experience.
Complete upgrades faster.
As for the 78 Swadia recruits who had completed the upgrade, Shen Mu did not send them out.
After all villagers are upgraded to Swadian recruits, they will naturally be automatically upgraded to Swadian militia.
There is no need to send them out now to share the experience of these villagers.
In the fields below.
"Line up!" Bandak, who was in the army, commanded the more than 450 soldiers, and they all lined up.
Backing against the trench outside the city wall, a semicircular defensive formation was formed.
Swadia sergeants and light infantry were mainly lined up in a line, followed by villagers holding pitchforks and long wooden sticks. From a faint glance, it looked like a barely qualified spear phalanx. .
Just behind these square formations, 55 members of the Lake Rat Gang were waiting with their own small-blade axes and woodland axes.
These have high attack and low defense.
Soldiers who can also use javelins to throw at enemies function as a reserve team at this time.
As long as there is any looseness in this semicircular spear phalanx and there are more enemies facing them, they will squeeze forward and use the javelins in their hands to attack a wave of enemies first.
If the enemy is still charging fiercely, causing the formation to be in danger of being scattered, they need to step up.
This is a common tactic in the continent of Calradia, whether it is the war group world or the overlord world.
What's more, it's on the city wall behind them.
50 mercenary crossbowmen and 30 Vecian archers have already lined up on the south wall.
Everyone was holding a war crossbow and a nomadic bow, and had already drawn the crossbow bolts and feather arrows from the quiver in their hands. They were scanning the darkness and gray fog at the edge of the wheat field just outside the city wall with vigilance.
If there is any slight abnormality, they will stand on the 10-meter-high city wall and provide shooting support from a high position!
And just in case, the 78 newly upgraded Swadian recruits, 10 Lake Rat Gang saboteurs, and the 10 Swadian heavy infantry are all on the east side. People lined up behind the city gate and would rush out to respond with just one order.
However, based on current experience, it seems that they are not needed.
Though there are endless numbers of undead monsters.
But the combat power... is really hard to describe!
Perhaps because of the number of reasons, ordinary people who only have followers of spiritual creatures do not dare to easily set foot in the darkness and gray fog, a zone eroded by the rules of the dead.
You can have a riding and cutting system, and you can pull out a group of riding and cutting soldiers in a short time.
Moreover, through the rules of riding and slashing, after each battle, a qualitative upgrade can be completed in an instant. This kind of qualitative upgrade from physical fitness to weapons and equipment to combat experience can be called a qualitative upgrade like cheating.
On the contrary, they are not afraid of undead monsters.
On the contrary.
Now Shen Mu even feels that the number of these undead monsters is a bit small.
Delayed the upgrade speed of his troops!
"But fortunately, we have a relatively good start now." Shen Mu came to the south wall and looked at the soldiers who had already lined up and started fighting under the backdrop of bonfires and torches, with a relaxed expression. .
Because after a series of early battles, Shen Mu trusted these horse-cutting soldiers more and more.
For example now.
On the field outside the city wall, within the spear phalanx formed by the Swadian sergeants, light infantry, and villagers, before they could show their strong defensive counterattack, there were already people Unable to hold on any longer, he rushed out first.
"Jie Jie Jie!" They are the 30 former robbers who have just officially joined the Lake Rat Gang and become official members from the Lake Rat Gang training camp. They are now the new members of the Lake Rat Gang.
These bandit-type troops themselves like to launch attacks without permission.
If you are not arranging the battle line, say hello in advance to these professional bandits who are unscrupulous in their activities and plunder in the swamps near the big lake.
Then what they like to do most is to make a surprise attack according to their professional habits.
Then grab it and run!
“Kill!”
"Long live the Lake Rat Gang!"
These 30 newcomers to the Lake Rat Gang didn't even use the fishdarts on their backs. They grinned and pulled out the small-edged ax from their waists, a small and armor-breaking weapon. Just hit the skulls and zombies on the head.
Following the crisp knocking sounds of skulls breaking.
The skeletons and zombies who dared to leave the darkness and come to the fields protected by the rules of riding and slashing were attacked by these on their own initiative, coming forward to kill them, carrying small-edged axes and running rampant like tops. The new member of the Lake Rat Gang, after being severely beaten, fell down again and turned into a real skeletal scum and a pile of rotten meat!
Shen Mu had no objections to this, including Bandak who was personally commanding him.
Because these newcomers to the Lake Rat Gang are somewhat restrained by these undead monsters.
Because both newcomers and veteran thugs of the Lake Rat Gang wear leather jackets and multi-layered leather jackets, not real leather armor, they are extremely flexible in their activities.
Coupled with a shield that is as slender as a kite, there is also a small-edged ax that is small and flexible but has excellent armor-piercing effect.
What skulls and zombies’ heads can stop them? !
What's more, these undead monsters coming from the darkness are extremely clumsy in nature. They stumble and stumble around, and they have not yet formed a numerical advantage.
Instead, the 30 newcomers from the Lake Rat Gang who worked together to rush over formed a numerical advantage in a small area.
Start to suppress these undead monsters and kill them!
Even in the dark, there are occasionally ghouls with bulging muscles, sharp claws, and gray-white skin all over their bodies. The moment they appear, they are taken out of the backpack by the newcomers of the Lake Rat Gang who are the first to discover them. The fish dart was thrown away from his hand.
The head, neck, chest and abdomen are all in the blink of an eye.
They were all hit by fish darts!
Sharp darts, once a fishing tool, were directly transformed into deadly weapons by the new members of the Lake Rat Gang's skillful skills and strong arms.
In an instant, he killed the ghoul on the spot who had just stepped out of the darkness and gray fog before he had time to react!
"Okay! You can retreat!"
However, these new members of the Lake Rat Gang are not stupid, on the contrary, they are extremely cunning. They understand that the enemies appearing in the darkness at this time begin to gradually Become stronger and more numerous.
Then you need to break away from the current battle immediately and return to the spear phalanx.
They do the same.
“Interesting.”
Shen Mu stood on the city wall, watching the interludes of these new members of the Lake Rat Gang, and his originally slightly nervous mood became much more pleasurable.
Nothing makes a lord happier than seeing his soldiers easily dispatching enemies. Especially when looking at these new members of the Lake Rat Gang, like cunning loaches, they passed through the spear phalanx composed of Swadia sergeants and light infantry, and after returning to the rear to rest, the undead monsters that followed them directly He was forced to stop in place by those spears or spears.
It’s not a forced stop either.
But these Swadian soldiers used the weapons in their hands to forcibly stop the undead monsters and killed them directly in front of the spears and spears.
And these Swadian sergeants and light infantry did not show any intention of stopping with the spears in their hands. Instead, they led the villagers behind them with the pitchforks and long wooden sticks in their hands. , also performing wave-like spear thrusts in a decent manner.
There were sporadic skeletons walking slowly over, and these villagers really achieved results!
Being stabbed several times with a pitchfork.
The joints were directly broken, the spine was broken, and even the soul fire in the eye sockets of the skull was destroyed, turning into useless bone dregs all over the ground.
“I feel that these undead monsters look very scary, but they always have a real fighting power that even farmers or peasants, or even peasant women, cannot compare with.”
In Shen Mu Beside him, there was an archer from the Kingdom of Virginia, who spoke with a strange expression.
"It is indeed weak." The other Vaegian archers nodded in agreement.
Including the 50 hired crossbowmen all around, they all felt the same way.
In particular, most of the people in the hands of these mercenary crossbows were upgraded from mercenary sentries and participated in many fierce battles with undead monsters, demon monsters and the like.
From the beginning, the formation was completed and the geographical advantage was taken.
The lethality produced.
Extremely deadly!
At least these hired crossbowmen know very well that they only need to aim at the vital points of those undead monsters, especially the heads and eye sockets, and shoot their crossbow bolts.
The next result of the battle will be that those seemingly terrifying undead monsters will be killed on the spot!
“Don’t worry, these guys are just very weak. Not only do they move slowly, but their movements are clumsy, and their attacks are also weak. Even the skeleton warriors only have higher bone defense.”
The experienced mercenary crossbowmen were whispering, passing the news to the newly arrived Vecian archers.
"Understood." These Vekian archers also nodded thoughtfully.
There was even a Vecian archer who saw a zombie walking out of the darkness relatively close to the city wall. He reached out and pulled out a cone-headed arrow with a better armor-piercing effect from the quiver behind his back. He drew his high-quality nomadic bow and shot directly.
‘Bah! ’ As the cone-headed arrow tore up the air, it made a special scream that sounded like a ghost.
Then the zombie staggered out, as a black shadow passed over its head in an instant, driving its entire neck and body back suddenly, staggering and falling to the ground with a thud.
The soul fire in the eye sockets swayed and completely lost its burning appearance.
Dissipated completely.
At this time.
Only then did he see that there was a cone-headed arrow on the zombie's head, piercing its head.
One hit kills!
“Beautiful!”
Seeing this scene, those hired crossbowmen at the peak of the third level all cheered.
The other fourth-level Vecian archers all nodded and smiled in recognition at this time.
Anyone can do it.
But such a beautiful scene, killing with one blow, is indeed very flattering to the archers of Wikia, these newly arrived long-range shooters.
No one wants to be compared to other long-range shooters, especially crossbowmen.
It's not just these Vecian archers.
Among the 50 hired crossbowmen, there were also people near the crenellations on the edge of the city wall. They raised their crossbows, aimed at the undead monsters such as skeletons or zombies that appeared below, and directly pulled the trigger. He fired his own crossbow bolt.
Black shadows and screams passed by again, and undead monsters fell to the ground one after another.
Suddenly the crossbowmen and archers on the city wall cheered.
Now they are not afraid at all.
On the contrary, I had fun playing!
We are all intermediate and advanced shooters. Now, from a high position, shooting at the slow undead monsters below is no different from shooting at a moving target.
Can you not have fun playing it?
“Save some crossbow bolts and feather arrows.”
At this time, Shen Mu stopped their game, with a helpless look on his face: “The situation is beyond our control. Let's start shooting again. Now, let's watch the performance of the villagers below." "Understood." These hired crossbowmen and Vecian archers all had expressions of regret on their faces.
But that’s it.
Anyway, Shen Mu has already given the order, so they can just obey.
Save crossbow bolts and feather arrows.
It is indeed one of the standards that every crossbowman needs to know and achieve.
Of course, Shen Mu didn't really want these hired crossbowmen and Vecian archers to stop this fun shooting competition, just to save crossbow bolts and feather arrows.
But for the upgrading of the villagers below.
In the rules of riding and cutting.
Killing the enemy with your own hands will give you more combat experience than standing still, being protected, and completely losing experience in the same battle.
In this way, you can have more villagers, gain combat experience faster, and meet the upgrade standards.
“However, I see that the villagers below are really capable of taking charge on their own.”
Shen Mu pursed his lips.
The villagers holding pitchforks and wooden sticks were really earnestly resisting the undead monsters that constantly appeared from the darkness and gray fog at the edge of the fields protected by the riding and cutting rules.
The number of 322, after the Swadia sergeants and Swadia light infantry served as the backbone to support the pike phalanx.
Those undead monsters really fell in batches under the pitchforks and wooden sticks of these villagers.
It seems to be in vain, and all I know is the stupidest fueling tactics that will lead to death.
Tian's oil is still the weakest type of undead monster.
Even if there are sporadic ghouls or the occasional skeleton warrior.
Either they were discovered by the crossbowmen on the city wall and shot to death, or they were killed directly by the harpoons and harpoons thrown by the newcomers of the Lake Rat Gang who had taken a break, as well as the senior thugs of the Lake Rat Gang. The edge of the battlefield.
There is no chance to even get close to these villagers!
“Not bad.”
The corners of Shen Mu’s mouth curled up slightly.
It seems that the upgrade speed is faster than expected!
(End of this chapter)