113. Leave the trading capital
Sean couldn't figure out what the White Wings mercenary group was planning to do this, and what was there on their side that they needed?
However, he couldn't figure it out for the time being, and Sean didn't pay attention to it, and he and Alfred focused their attention on the Northland barbarians for the time being. The formation of the two armies has also been completed for the time being, with 2,000 shield-wielding spearmen and 2,000 archers, and among the remaining 3,000 or so, there are more than 1,000 old people and nearly 2,000 children. Children are also relatively easy to say, unless they are particularly small, otherwise they can basically fight with weapons, as for the elderly, although they can also fight, but Sean has never considered letting the old people go up to fight.
The old men of the Northland barbarians are actually people who are only over fifty years old, although their physical abilities have begun to decline gradually, but in fact, if they take a weapon, they can still be used as reserve soldiers, after all, it is difficult to live past the age of sixty in a place like the ice field. It's just that due to some psychological problems, Sean didn't plan to let these old people go into battle to kill the enemy, of course, the same is true for those young children, but it's okay to let them help with work like a transport soldier.
The story of the Red Goddecker going to Sean for a duel, only to be rejected and thrown out of the camp went viral throughout the Sedins Oasis half an hour later.
Obviously, this is also the arrangement of people with intentions.
It's just that Sean and the others are in no mood to pay attention to these at this time, and the goods from the legendary fire hammer are being transported in a steady stream. Although these equipment are all high-level equipment, they are also very common equipment, and even in the trade capital, many mercenaries and mercenary groups use high-quality equipment, but people are surprised that Sean will equip the Northland barbarians with this level of weapons.
But when people finally saw bundles of enchanted armor-piercing iron cones being transported by truckloads, many people could no longer remain calm, and their claws, which were still hesitant and tentatively stretched out, finally retracted as if they had seen some terrible creature.
Armor-piercing Iron Cone Arrow, one of the signatures of the legendary Fire Hammer.
Armor-piercing arrows. It is a general term for an arrow that has a certain amount of destructive power to armor. The most common are Triangular Piercing Arrows and Dense Scale Piercing Arrows.
The former is slightly longer than ordinary arrows, the arrows are heavier, with barbs and three notches, and can easily shoot through armor such as leather armor, scale armor, and light armor at a distance of less than 500 meters, but it has almost no armor-piercing ability for heavy plate armor and heavy armor. The Dense Scale Armor-Piercing Arrow is modified on the basis of the Three-Edged Armor-Piercing Arrow. Although it can be regarded as an improvement, it is due to the reduction of materials and costs. The Dense Scale Armor Piercing Arrow can only cause relatively large damage to leather armor and chain mail, and the damage to scale armor is relatively average, while armor above the level of light armor has almost no effect.
In addition to the two most common types of armor-piercing arrows, there is another type of armor-piercing arrow that is also famous, and that is a new armor-piercing arrow developed by the Legendary Fire Hammer Chamber of Commerce based on the improved Armor-Piercing Arrow and the Dense Scale Armor-Piercing Arrow. The weight of the arrow of this armor-piercing arrow is twice that of a heavy arrow, and the arrow has a tapered shape. It has a spiral texture, and even has a lethal bonus when shot by projectile, and even heavy armor is completely unable to resist this kind of arrow within an effective range of 500 meters.
However, due to the high cost of materials used, and the need for dwarven blacksmiths to polish and carve arrows by hand, the price of this armor-piercing iron cone arrow is extremely expensive. If it weren't necessary, no one would use this arrow to fight at all, let alone enchant the two enchantment effects of "Sharp" and "Swift". It has greatly strengthened the power of these armor-piercing iron arrows.
Even the Northland barbarians don't know anything about archery. But as long as they could shoot the arrows out of the jay, it would be enough to pose a lethal threat to the heavy infantry. Not to mention the team gathered here in the Setyns Oasis. Most of them are slave hunters rather than mercenary legions that specialize in participating in wars to earn coins, so it is even less likely that there will be such a class as heavy infantry, after all, neither the maintenance cost nor the training cost can be afforded by ordinary people.
Two days is not a long time, but the delivery of Sean and the legendary fire hammer is finally completed.
At this time, the only people who will care about Sean's team here in the Setins Oasis are Red Goddeck and the White Wing mercenary group hidden in the shadows. As for the other forces, most of them have been too lazy to continue to pay attention to this hedgehog who is obviously dressed in sheep's clothing, and only some of them feel the need to continue to collect Sean's information, and they are still working tirelessly.
Late at night.
A large number of Northland barbarians were awakened, and they seemed to have known what they were going to do next, and everyone began to gather quietly after waking up, and no one made a sound. When almost the entire camp of the Northlanders had been awakened, Cecilia and Sheena finally got out of the carriage and joined the team of the Northlanders, where two female Northlanders picked up the petite children.
Everyone is ready.
The shield-wielding spearmen were scattered on the outskirts, and although they carried half-shields and spears, they walked around without making any noise, and were as quiet as a leopard. The archers, with bows in their hands and long swords tied around their waists, were quivers at the back of their waists, each containing forty arrows, and the remaining 20,000 ordinary arrows and the 10,000 enchanted armor-piercing iron cones were carried by the other Northland barbarian children.
The whole team, in this extremely quiet atmosphere, took advantage of the cover of night to leave the camp.
As early as when entering the Setings Oasis, Sean had already considered all these retreats, so when choosing a rental camp, Sean chose as far away from the Setings Oasis as possible to find a place where it would be better. Because there is never a so-called day and night in the trading capital, there are always more awake people than asleep, so getting as far away from the crowd as possible has become an important goal for Sean to choose a camp.
After that, with the use of carriages, tents, and the like, and the lack of light and fire in the camp, it is impossible to detect Sean's upcoming movements unless there are people with dark vision. His strength is not particularly strong at the moment, if he blatantly leaves the Trade Capital, he is likely to be targeted by those who care about it, and once he leaves the Order Restriction Zone of the Trade Capital, all kinds of battles will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the Trade Capital.
Therefore, any convoy that goes to the trade capital will inevitably be equipped with a strong enough guard, and no one wants to be eaten as a piece of fat by those mercenaries or mercenary groups who are cameo robbers, bandits, or mercenary groups. And Sean, it was indeed because there was no way, so he ventured into the trade capital, originally according to his idea, after establishing a mercenary group, it would be at least three to four years before he shifted his focus to the trade capital.
But for now, let's take a look at it and be familiar.
Sean thought so.
……
Also on this night, a large team was also quietly moving in the Gobi Desert. In terms of numbers, this team was at least more than 3,000 people, they wore black and white light armor, rode horses, and the weapons on their bodies were basically the same, and the procession maintained a solemn silence as it marched, and under the leadership of a few people who looked like generals, they were rushing towards the south.
In the distance, sand and dust rose slightly.
One of the generals suddenly shouted: "Stop." ”
The sound was particularly shocking in this silent night. There was a slight commotion in the team behind the general, and although it quickly calmed down, it still made the general's brows furrow slightly, and he felt a little disapproving of these riders in his heart.
"No wonder it can only be people from the outer reservists."
Of course, he didn't say this, and as a qualified general, he would never say such words that would hit the morale of his own army. He just looked up at the place where the dust was raised in front of him, and at this time, there was a commotion in the team behind him, which made his brow furrow deeper, and he was already very dissatisfied with the discipline of this reserve army on the periphery of the White Wing.
He even felt that by giving him two thousand soldiers from the regular army, he would be able to accomplish this task with ease. However, he also knew that the upper echelons actually wanted to take this opportunity to train their soldiers, after all, in a place like the trade capital, there were too few teams that could be used to train soldiers. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there was a very important person in the opposing team's team this time, the White Wing Mercenary Group would not have done such a dishonoring thing, but if the matter was handled a little cleanly, no one should be able to find out.
Of course, in this case, it is naturally impossible to choose the location of the battle within the scope of the trade capital. At the very least, he had to be far enough away from the trading capital before he could make a move, and all he had to do now was to find out what the other party's march route was.
Soon, several riders were running where the dust had been raised.
"General, as you expected, the other party did take advantage of the night tonight to leave the camp."
The general glanced up at the night, it was dark and moonless, and there was a howling wind, and it was indeed a good night to hide out the sound. Then he took out the map he was carrying, unfolded it, and said, "Do you know which direction the other party is going?" ”
"According to the direction, it should be the Duchy of Lane."
"Duchy of Lane?" The general's gaze fell back on the map, and began to follow the movement of his finger on the map, until his finger stopped at the edge of a wasteland and forest, "They have so many people, the Duchy of Lane will not let these people into the territory casually, so the final possibility for them should be to bypass the border and infiltrate into the Duchy of Laine through the Forest of Bles, although I don't know why the other party wants to go to the Duchy of Laine, but let's ambush in the Forest of Blane." …… William, what do you think? ”
A man who was lying on horseback and looked a little groggy only said lazily after hearing the general's voice: "Your Excellency is wise." (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm sorry, the belated second update has been re-revised for the economic system, and the armor-piercing arrow in the previous article has also been modified to an enchanted armor-piercing arrow. …… As for the issue of the economic system, well, I admit that this aspect is actually a bit difficult for me, and I have been writing a little hastily lately, and many places have not been thought about very carefully. If there are any mistakes or mistakes, please bring them up, thank you.