Lord of Hyranza

The mercenaries of these mercenary regiments temporarily live in the row houses in front of the big dead tree at the entrance of the village. These row houses were originally used to provide accommodation for merchants and adventure groups. Recently, as the merchants have gradually evacuated In the market of Wall Village, there are quite a few vacant row houses here, and the [-] mercenaries of the mercenary regiment immediately occupied most of the row houses at the entrance of the village.

Carl brought a group of knight academy graduates to Wall Village. There were about fifty knight academy graduates. Unfortunately, the townhouses in the village were already full of people. These noble trainee knights could only live in the village. The square, let them live in tents in such a cold environment.

Whether it is the members of the mercenary regiment or the reserve knights in the graduation season, they all expressed incomparable surprise at the changes in Wall Village during this period of time.

Some merchants followed these reserve knights all the way from the city to Wall Village, and the merchants once again set up stalls in the free market in Wall Village...

Chapter 665 Gathering 2

The northern suburbs of Hailansa City stretch for tens of kilometers of mountains, and there are many oak trees in these mountains. Therefore, this mountain is called Oak Ridge by the Hailansa people. These oak trees produce a large number of gold and silver acorns every year. Hailanza City's most famous export product, almost the nobles in the entire Bena Province know that the acorn fruit of Hailanza City is the best fuel for heating in winter.

Over the continuous Oak Ridge is the Paglos Pass, which is known as the southernmost tip of the Paglos Mountains. Strictly speaking, this is not the southern foothills of the Paglos Mountains. Badlands.

From the Pagros Pass in the south of the barren land to the northernmost Pustule Mountain, almost across the entire barren land, the straight-line distance is about 140 kilometers, and Wall Village is located in a mountain next to the Pagros Pass. The main reason why this col is livable is that there is a spring in the upper reaches of the col, and the stream here never runs dry all year round.

If you want to live in a barren land, the problem of water sources is the first to bear the brunt. There are [-] natural villages in the barren land, and these villagers mainly gather to live beside these [-] water sources.

Of course, in addition to these natural villages, there are also some small villages with less than a hundred people. These villages migrate around in accordance with the dry and rainy seasons of the barren land.

In winter and spring they will leave the barren land to make a living, and in summer they will come back to plant some crops, and they will leave before the first heavy snow falls after harvesting in autumn.

They don't have houses or land, but almost every family has a four-wheeled caravan that can shelter from the wind and rain. Of course, there are also several families that jointly own a magic caravan. These people cannot be regarded as the aboriginals of the barren land, at least in On the side of Wall Village, they still insist on calling them homeless.

The old village chief Brett took Surdak to visit ten natural villages near Wall Village.

This time Suldak is recruiting private soldiers, and once selected, apart from a fixed monthly salary of 16 silver coins, the most attractive thing is that the family members of the cavalry battalion can join Wall Village in the future, regardless of whether the cavalry battalion members Disabled or killed in battle, Wall Village will pay a pension and promise to raise the children in the family until they are [-] years old to participate in the coming-of-age ceremony.

Villagers are no strangers to lords, and Hailansa City has hundreds of lords, large and small.

But Suldak was the first lord in the barren land. When the villagers heard that Suldak offered such generous conditions, everyone, no matter young or old, was willing to come out and join the private army.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. The land in the barren land is barren, and there is a long dry season every spring. Not only do you have to watch the sky for food, but you also have to face the robbers on the other side of the desert.

It is not easy to survive in the barren land.

The reason why the villagers resist military service is because everyone knows that those young people who have no combat effectiveness can only be sent to the heavy armored infantry battalion as cannon fodder once they join the army.

The lord's private army is different. The lords will not easily send the private army to the battlefield to fill graves with soldiers who have been strictly selected by the lords to join the private army.

Moreover, the series of benefits obtained after joining the private army can almost make the family have no worries about food and clothing, which makes the villagers in the barren land overwhelmed.

In just three days, Suldak had recruited 200 people for the cavalry battalion. If Wall Village could not accommodate more people, Suldak could almost recruit 500 people in one go. Duck didn't have any more horses to distribute to other veterans at this time.

Right now, Suldak has almost requisitioned all the Gubolai horses in the village, adding up to a total of almost 120 horses, together with more than 70 camels, which can be considered as enough mounts for the two hundred cavalrymen.

As a result, the road repair team in the village completely lost the support of the four-wheeled carriage. Right now, they can't build roads outside the volcanic ash-covered area, so they can only follow the road in the direction of the pustule mountain and enter the no-man's land covered by volcanic ash. According to the plan on the map of Suldak, build a cement road leading to the Great Rift Valley from there.

On the day when the mercenary group arrived in Wall Village, Suldak's private army just finished gathering in the central square of Wall Village.

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After crossing the Paglos Pass, there is a desolation in front of the snow.

Gabriel Gerry, the head of the sea giant mercenary regiment, passed the pass of the Pagolos Pass first on horseback. The mercenaries behind him were wearing thick leather clothes, and the cold north wind was blowing in front of them. It's much colder this side of the country than Oak Ridge.

Captain Gabriel is a senior mercenary captain. It is said that his personal strength is infinitely close to that of a rank two powerhouse. His subordinates are also fighters who have completed rank one. The name is very resounding, and the reputation has always been very good.

After serving in the military, Gabriel Gerry joined the Sea Giant Mercenary Group, which was not well-known at the time. At that time, the mercenary group even had fewer than ten members. Now he is just 40 years old after this winter, and he has been in the Sea Giant for 30 years. Now the sea giant has grown into a medium-sized mercenary group of [-] people, which is definitely a first-class mercenary group in a small mountain town like Hailansa.

Gabriel also thought about leading the mercenary group to participate in the war of planes, but none of the lords in Hailansa City was that kind of leader, and he could not convince Captain Gabriel deeply, so he still brought the mercenary group The group mingled in the city of Hailansa.

This time I took the commission to exterminate the desert bandits, which is considered the biggest deal this year.

If they are lucky, after completing this order, they will be able to lie dormant for the whole winter, and wait until next spring to pick up the mission...

Therefore, Gabriel Gerry has done a very detailed investigation these days. He hopes that the robbers in the desert will not run so fast. A robber is worth hardware. As long as you kill a small group of desert robbers, this winter may become Very nice.

A flat concrete road has been paved from Paglos Pass to Wall Village. Although there is still snow on both sides of the road, Gabriel is in a good mood because of the smooth road. He can see the col from a distance, but he cannot see it from a distance. What are those white things in the upper reaches of the Qingshan Pass? When I rode closer, I found a huge dam suspended above the head. This dam was built between the mountains in the upper reaches of the pass, and it looked magnificent.

"Captain, Wall Village is here!"

A subordinate pointed to a dead tree in front and shouted.

In fact, even if he didn't shout, Gabriel knew the village.

The old village chief, Suldak, and a group of villagers stood at the entrance of the village, watching thirty mercenaries coming to Wall Village one after another. In addition to the members of the mercenary regiment, there were also people rushing to Wall Village. Erdak greeted Gabriel Gerry, pointed to the row house at the entrance of the village, and said, "Captain Gabriel, you and your companions can temporarily live in the row house before entering the desert. If you need anything, you can ask Village Chief Bright."

"Valley welcomes all warriors!" The old village chief said at the right time.

"When are you leaving?" Gabriel Gray jumped off the horse and asked Suldak while holding the horse's rein with one hand.

"tomorrow!"

Suldak replied with a smile.

Gabriel Gerry didn't say anything, and immediately ordered his members to clean up the temporary residence. The most important thing is to light a fire, so that the room like a cold storage can be completely warmed up. His team members don't need his orders, and they are busy with their duties. .

"It's still some time before dinner. Tonight we prepare broth and wheat cakes..." the old village chief said to Captain Gabriel.

Gabriel nodded immediately.

……

At this time, people were still gathering towards Wall Village, and those merchants with a keen sense of smell once again set up their stalls at the entrance of the village.

"Captain Karl and the others are here." Suldak pointed to the mountain pass and said to the old village chief beside him.

On such a cold day, Karl and the reserve knights did not wear metal armor. They wore leather armor and thick fur cloaks, wrapped the heavy armor next to the saddle, and looked at the green faces beside Karl. The eyes of the group of young people were full of novelty about the outside world.

The old village chief frowned, and stood at the entrance of the village and said to Suldak, "Do you want to leave those children in Wall Village? Do you think they can take care of themselves in such a cold day?"

Suldak rubbed his nose and said to the old village chief, "I want to take them to practice. After all, such a good opportunity is rare."

The old village chief Brett turned around, stared at Surdak with a serious face and said, "Dark, not everyone is born to be a warrior who can fight one against a hundred. Compared with your cavalry, they need to grow up more. space, you should also create such conditions for them, after all, you are their squadron leader."

Seeing the old village chief speak so seriously, Suldak quickly said, "I know, with Andrew and I taking care of it, everything will be fine."

The old village head warned with a stern face: "Don't underestimate those robbers!"

Suldak smiled and said, "I didn't underestimate them. You see, I spent a lot of money to invite a mercenary group for them..."

Before Gabriel Gerry left Hailansa City, he saw this group of young guard battalion reserve knights, but he did not expect that they would also come to Wall Village, and he would have walked with them if he knew about it. Looking at his face, he couldn't help but think of himself who had just graduated from the academy and also didn't know the heights of heaven and earth.

Gabriel just glanced at it, and sighed slightly in his heart: Now there are so many wealthy families in Hailansa City, who graduated from the Knight Academy and put on formal knight attire. It is impossible for these reserve soldiers to come to the guard camp. The knight prepares these, and if he pays out of his own pocket, he can't buy this body without sixty or seventy gold coins!

Squadron Captain Karl led a group of young reserve knights into Wall Village, and the old village chief and the villagers quickly made way for them.

After those young reserve knights entered the village, they whispered and secretly looked at Suldak...the chief who would control them for the next four years.

Chapter 666 Those Soldiers

Suldak hugged Karl with a limited smile on his face.

"Hey, Dak! For the sake of me helping you send these men here, you should at least be happy!" Karl said, patting Suldak on the shoulder.

The two walked shoulder to shoulder towards Wall Village. When Karl saw the townhouses in the village, he said with emotion: When he came last time, these townhouses had just been built as a framework. Before winter, all the villagers had already lived in. The construction speed of Wall Village is really surprising.

The roads in the village are also paved with flat concrete roads, extending all the way to the square in the village.

Carl led the group of guard battalion reserve knights to Wall Village, just in time for Andrew and Gullitum to drive a group of horses to the village square, and distribute horses to these veterans who newly joined the cavalry battalion. There are more than 70 camels, and the veterans have just taken over. They are not familiar with these horses at all, and they are not even as good as the coachmen in Wall Village.

These war horses were not so obedient. Suddenly, the square in the village was in chaos, and war horses kept standing up in the square.

Seeing the scenes in front of them, those young reserve knights were riding on horseback, facing this group of country bumpkins, their young faces showed a sense of superiority.

"These are the new troops you recruited for the cavalry battalion?" Karl was just standing on the edge of the village square, looking at the ragged villagers in surprise, as well as a group of war horses that would not be easily tamed... all kinds of horses , all kinds, and seventy or eighty tall dromedary camels, Karl didn't know what to say for a while.

Suldak asked proudly beside him, "How is it?"

Suldak can be regarded as self-made, and he can do this in just one and a half years. Karl thinks that he must not be able to do it.

Carl said: "It looks okay, uh, speaking of it... I have no right to be fair, I can only look forward to your performance in battle."

Suldak said with a smile: "That means you don't like them either!"

Karl felt that he should be tactful, so he said: "Well, I admit that we have differences in this regard. On this point of view, I agree with Captain Sauron and Viscount Emmett. Although these are young, after all, they have received professional riding training, as well as technical and tactical training. What they lack is only training on the battlefield. In time..."

Before Karl could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Suldak: "In time, these reserve knights will become the master knights of the guard battalion in Hailansa..."

"Well, you have to remember that you are also one of us." Karl said in a low voice with his arms around Suldak's shoulders.

"I remember it all the time!" Suldak took Carl to the direction of the children's home. Selina and a group of children from the children's home just happened to be sitting at the gate to watch the excitement. He said to Carl, "What are you doing?" Time to go, I don't have time to entertain you!"

Karl knew that Suldak was joking, so he was not annoyed, he just stared at Suldak and complained bitterly: "Hey, you guy, do you want me to sleep in the open at night in Oak Ridge in such a cold day? At least give I will arrange a sumptuous dinner and a warm room, and I will leave early tomorrow!"

Seeing Suldak and Karl approaching from a distance, Selina hurriedly called a group of children into the yard. The follower of the dark goddess was still reluctant to appear in front of outsiders.

Suldak smiled at Karl and said, "Tomorrow we have to leave early, so we can't see you off..."

"So urgent?" Carl asked in surprise.

Suldak coughed before lowering his voice and said, "The mercenary group will start burning money today..."

"Well, you must pay attention to safety, and don't be too aggressive in the desert!" Karl could only express his worry, and then he immediately thought of one thing, then stared at Suldak with wide eyes, lowered his The voice asked: "You don't want to bring these reserve knights into the desert, do you?"

Suldak nodded without hesitation, "That's what I thought."

Karl trembled all over, he immediately grabbed Suldak, and persuaded him in a lower voice: "I think you should listen to me, it's better to let them stay in Wall Village, take them out, you still have to Do you think you are not troublesome enough?"

"If you don't go out and practice for a while, you will never have a chance to grow."

Suldak immediately retorted.

The two walked and chatted all the way, and soon came to the yard of the security station.

……

The group of young reserve knights led their horses and followed behind them, walked around the square in the village, and walked all the way to the security station in the upper reaches of the village.

The security station is full of militiamen from the militia battalion, and several large felt houses have been built outside the security station, and there are many villagers coming in and out, and these villagers are also dressed in rags. Led by La, they are gathering at a crude temporary archery range.

Fifteen scarecrows were placed on one side of the archery range, and on the other side was a row of tables with a row of alloy bows.

The villagers of these militia battalions were summoned by Suldak to come to the public security station to practice basic archery. If their archery posture is incorrect, Samira needs to correct them in time, otherwise once they develop a habit, those stinky The problem is hard to get rid of. Not only is the accuracy on the battlefield not enough, but also it is easy to hurt your own arm when you forcefully pull the bow.

For this, Samira feels the deepest.

These villagers are poorly dressed, and they look skinny, with very thin clothes to keep out the cold, and some of them even walk with a limp. The young reserve knights are standing by the side with their horses, planning to watch These militia jokes.

A group of militiamen were following Samira, listening carefully to Samira's introduction of the performance of alloy bows. They usually don't have access to such sophisticated longbows. The most commonly used by these villagers is ordinary forest hunting bows. The bow is made of old oak wood. Although it is not as good as the alloy bow, it is enough to hunt gray rock iguanas in the wild.

In fact, the villagers in the barren land have very good bow skills, which is also a means of survival for them in the barren land.

According to Suldak's arrangement, this time Samira is not only responsible for staying in Wall Village, but also shoulders the task of training a group of qualified militia archers. Suldak is going to vigorously develop a group of archers in various natural villages in the barren land Well, Suldak needs them to be able to take advantage of the complex terrain in the village and use bows and arrows to resist those invading robbers, so this time he brought back a batch of alloy bows from the Military Supply and Logistics Office of Hailansa City Hall.

The half-elf archer Samira mastered the "bow art" from the silver moon elves. This kind of body art has high requirements for physical coordination. After the villagers learned bow art from Samira, Trying to shoot a round of arrows with an alloy bow, very few arrows landed on the target.

For a moment, the poor performance of the militiamen made the group of reserve knights who were watching the fun burst into laughter.

The young Samira didn't understand what the problem was. She had always shot arrows like this. She picked up an alloy bow on the table, and she didn't even need to aim. She just pulled the bow string at will and shot a row of arrows , The fine steel arrows were crowded on the bull's-eye like a bundle of arrows, which not only stunned the militiamen who were learning archery, even the reserve knights who stood on the outer circle and watched the excitement stopped laughing.

On the battlefield, no one is afraid of being named by such a marksman...

Viru leaned against the wall of the police station and basked in the sun. He was wrapped in bandages and looked like a seriously injured soldier. Seeing the militiamen being ridiculed by a group of young knights, urgency, embarrassment, and distress appeared on the faces of the militiamen. On the morning, everyone began to become impetuous.

At this time, Viru walked slowly to the shooting range and said to Samira: "The elf's bow technique is not suitable for everyone, only those with extremely high talent and strong coordination ability can practice this bow technique. You have the blood of an elf, so naturally you won't feel this... Giving advice to them should be individualized."

As he said that, Viru pulled a militiaman over and asked him to stand in front of the table, holding an alloy bow in the way the villagers were accustomed to, and shooting out in one go with the bow and arrow set. The stainless steel arrow was firmly set on the bull's-eye 30 meters away. ...

For a while, the ridicule outside the court quieted down.

"Their archery skills are not bad, but some postures are not correct." Weilu spoke not fast, and everyone around could hear him clearly. He patted the villager's chest and abdomen with his hands, adjusted his standing posture, And said to Samira: "Drawing the bow so frequently will easily injure your back muscles, so you can straighten your body when you stand..."

Samira knew that Viru was the Hawkeye invited back by Suldak, but she didn't expect that his understanding of archery was so much higher than her own...

The militia battalion has a total of 150 people. With the continuous invasion of desert bandits, the militias in each village are still being reduced. Surdak has paid out a large amount of pensions during this period, but it is this pension that directly caused the villagers Enthusiasm for joining the militia battalion was at an all-time high.

People in the barren land are not afraid of death. The living conditions here are quite difficult, and they care more about the pension than death.

……

Karl and Suldak stood in front of the young reserve knights.

With a gloomy face, Suldak said to these young graduates: "You have received four years of training in the Knight Academy, and the following is the moment to test what you have learned in the past four years. Now your first task is to provide for yourself Build a tent that can withstand the severe cold, and now this is Wall Village, with a flat field, ready-made water sources, and some conveniences that are not available in the wild, but if you go to the wild, the living conditions may be even harsher than here.”

"Action, young academics..."

Chapter 667 Departure

Tents set up in winter are not only triangular huts propped up with thick thatch, but also need to be covered with a thick layer of felt on top of the thick thatch. Inside the tent, a layer of pine and cypress branches or logs should be laid first, and then a thick layer of felt should be covered. Fur dog skin mattresses, and sleeping bags with excellent insulation and well-made workmanship.

The reserve knights that Karl brought over were almost all from wealthy families, so they were well-prepared for cold protection.