Chapter Thirty-Three: A Peculiar Sight!
The sun was just right, and the soldiers with their chests held out, shields in their left hands and long knives in their right, and a short sword pinned to their waists bore the brunt. This was followed by archers with longbows and loins hanging from their waists. Even the cadets who followed the archers were equipped with leather armor and weapons.
For warriors, weapons such as spears and spears are not suitable. The spear is more suitable for the military formation, the spear is more suitable for the rider on horseback, and the ordinary warrior with a long sword and a shield is the most suitable equipment for their battle. In fact, the most important thing is that the applicability of spear equipment is poor, and inferior spears may be disposable products like spears, which is simply to cut the flesh on their bodies for some nobles who cherish money!
For the spear, Raphael did not take into account his own team, this weapon is more suitable for ordinary people to use, and it is too wasteful for professionals to use spears in terms of speed, strength, and physical fitness. Especially after giving people close quarters, if you can't decisively choose to discard the spear and draw your weapon and continue to fight, then you will inevitably be strangled by the opponent directly! Moreover, the long-range suppression of bows and arrows and magic in this era is destined to make the spear a weapon easy to enter the long river of history!
After the soldiers are the academy students, and the equipment on their bodies is not much different from the soldiers, after all, they are all students recruited from the territory, and their family backgrounds are naturally not wealthy, so it is really a little embarrassing for them to buy a set of equipment. Naturally, Raphael did not skimp on this money.
The same equipment as the soldiers is equipped with them, but the disadvantage of the standard is that some soldiers and cadets are stronger or shorter, and the leather armor on their bodies will look nondescript. However, with an extra layer of protection, everyone will ignore this aspect of the situation.
However, Raphael felt that he still needed to put some effort into logistics, but there was no way to do it, after all, the blacksmiths and leather armorers were all working on the equipment during this time, in order to meet the needs of the soldiers and cadets.
Several blacksmiths and leathermen are even exhausted, and you can't ask for more! However, the next time will be able to slow down the pace of this. After all, this aspect has entered a state of saturation, and the next main work is to improve and reserve equipment!
Raphael rode on a horse covered in ink and watched the soldiers walk past him. The people on both sides of the road shouted and cheered for the soldiers who went out to fight, and in the midst of the various words of anxiety, expectation, and worry of their relatives, these soldiers, who could only be called militia, embarked on the road of becoming real soldiers!
After the party had traveled for half a day, Raphael began to give the order to set up camp. War is not simply about being fast, and if conditions permit, the soldiers' physical strength must be kept in a state of abundance! Half a day's march is enough to drain the soldiers' physical energy, after all, they do not walk on the road but on the woodland, and in the jungle you must always be on the lookout for attacks from wild beasts, which is a double physical and mental exertion.
For Raphael, who had come to train his own troops, there was no need for these soldiers to be able to fight the dragon all at once. But he needs to make them understand how they should react in the face of all kinds of circumstances! Should you move cautiously or crawl on the grass.
Raphael led the way at the front of the line, and the horses that were used to travel at the beginning were managed by the logistics personnel, most of whom were not capable of fighting. Letting them come in is no different than telling them to die.
In terms of food, each soldier brought three days' worth of food, and there were some soldiers in the center of the line who served in carts, and these meals were the most important. The food on the soldiers was dried meat, which was used to replenish their strength before the battle! Being able to feed yourself a little before a battle can often bring out a different kind of combat power! This is the experience of blood, one of the lessons summed up by mercenary professionals!
It was already evening when the camp was set up, Raphael gathered the leaders of the team, and after a short half-day march to the woodland, Raphael pointed out some shortcomings in the team, and let the small leaders pass on to the people below. In this way, work efficiency can be improved, Raphael carried out a team reward and punishment system in the team, the team with excellent performance is rewarded, and the team with average or poor performance is criticized by name during the monthly evaluation!
No team wants to excel in that kind of place, so every team is trying to show themselves! Among them, the team that was criticized and educated by Raphael at the beginning has performed very well in this trial so far. Apparently they are not going to accept the second criticism! This is what Raphael wants, so that the team can be called an army! Thriving, hardworking, competitive!
"Report!" As Raphael spoke, a very abrupt report came into the tent.
"Come in!" Raphael was not annoyed when he was interrupted, and let the soldiers outside the camp in. These soldiers who dared to come in at such a time were Raphael's personal guards, and it is estimated that they could not deal with some special situations and could only report them.
"My lord, the soldiers patrolling the neighborhood have noticed a very strange sight, and I went to check it out. I didn't know what to do, so I returned! "This guard was the talent that Jarvis recommended to Raphael when he was testing at the time, and he was a clear-headed, serious guy. His name is Harold. Raphael tried it out for a while and found that this guy was indeed a calm and intelligent guy, and Raphael included him in the ranks of the guards.
"Name: Harold
Race: Human
Identity: Guard
Attributes: Strength 16, Agility 19, Constitution 16, Intelligence 19, Perception 15, Charisma 15, Will 16
Class: Level 17 Civilian / Level 14 Warrior / Level 14 Fighter (Level 1)
Loyalty: ★★★★★ (you can trust him)
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"Tell me, what's going on?" Hearing Harold's words piqued Raphael's interest. Some of the weirder things can often lead to interesting things, because this is usually a precondition for some events to start. As long as there is something profitable, Raphael wants to give it a try, after integrating the territory, Raphael has not only used more money, but also more, although he has pit a sum of gold from the thieves' union, but if he doesn't make money, he will eventually lose money. This is the main reason why Raphael wanted to open up trade routes and capture slaves!
(I found that I didn't recommend it.) It's okay, let the inkstone and I code words silently, waiting for the opportunity! I've been lazy lately, and I haven't saved any manuscripts! Come on! Thank you for the recommendation of Book Friend Lost, Iron 18 Sword, and Burning Expedition! )