Mount & Blade: Wind of War

A large amount of supplies obtained from Silver Frost City were continuously sent to Hongmu Town, which greatly improved the morale of the people and brought an unprecedented rise in the people's desire to join the army:

The bread, cheese, salted fish, bacon, and bags of wheat grains were transported to the warehouse. In the eyes of the farmers in Hongmu Town, these were happiness and reliance.

As bankrupt farmers, they had been suffering from hunger and fullness even in the days when food was most abundant in previous years. Once the cold winter with food shortage came, the survival rate of newborns in the entire tribe was generally very low, and even in some years, all newborns died. Such things were not unfamiliar in the memories of the farmers in Hongmu Town.

Due to insufficient food, mothers who could not produce milk could only watch their children become skinny and die. The scene was really miserable.

Although they had no knowledge and were at the bottom of this society, they were human beings after all, a wise race. How could they not be sad when they saw such a situation?

That's why these bankrupt farmers in the Shire were willing to follow a small oriental nobleman over mountains and hills, leave their homes, and come to this dangerous and cold wilderness border to make a living just because he drew a big pie in the sky.

Because the desperate eyes of those mothers who have lost their light and those small bodies as thin as dry firewood are simply the most desperate and nightmare that people can't wake up from!

"As long as you are willing to work hard, you can eat enough, the child's mother can produce milk, and the child will not starve to death." These happiness that seem insignificant to many people are like gifts from heaven to many farmers in this era. Today, Lord Rodhart has brought this gift to the world.

Not to mention that it's not just a lot of food, but also a lot of cotton clothes and brand new farm tools. The happy days that the master once promised have finally arrived.

Elder Eng, with white hair, looked at the cartloads of supplies being delivered to the villages and towns, and tears streamed down his wrinkled old face. If this scene fell into the eyes of some nobles, they would even find it ridiculous, but in the eyes of the people at the bottom of society in this era, it was the most normal thing. No one present would laugh at him, they all bowed their heads and shed tears.

A few days later, at noon one day. The sun was shining, but heavy snow fell.

In such weather, the townspeople of Redwood Town would hide in the shelter and curl up their bodies, trying to retain the little heat, but today was different. The lord distributed food and cotton clothes to everyone, and then asked everyone to come to a remote and quiet open space in the suburbs of Redwood Town.

"Raymond, I ask you in the name of God, are you willing to be loyal to me and to the Hart family for generations?"

Standing in the open space, Rhodes placed the sword in his hand on the shoulder of the half-kneeling man in front of him, and asked in a low but clear voice, with a solemn expression.

"Yes, this is my honor. I swear with my integrity and ask God to witness that from now on, my family and I will be loyal to Lord Rodhart and the Hart family, fulfill all my obligations as a knight, and never cheat."

"Cress, I ask you in the name of God, are you willing to be loyal to me and to the Hart family for generations?"

"Yes, this is my honor. I swear with my integrity and ask God to witness..."

Here, Rodhart officially canonized Raymond and Cress as the guardian knights of the Hart family, and officially authorized Elder Eng as the mayor to manage many affairs of Redwood Town.

In terms of status, the status of the mayor of Redwood Town is actually lower than that of Raymond and Cress. However, old man Eng smiled so hard that his wrinkled face was like a blooming old chrysanthemum. What could be more satisfying for the old man than seeing his grandchildren achieve outstanding achievements far beyond his own?

Then, Rhodes continued to appoint the disabled militiaman as the sheriff of Redwood Town. Although he lost his ability to work, he will be supported by the town in the future, and he will continue to play his remaining role in protecting Redwood Town.

"I asked everyone to come here today not only to watch the ceremony, but also to comfort and bury the heroic spirit Weisang who died for us. He was a loyal subordinate and a brave warrior. In the previous battle of Silver Frost City, he jumped onto the head of an ogre and stabbed the beast's eye socket with his spear..."

The story is of course made up, but who can say that a warrior without military exploits is not brave and glorious?

"As the lord who led him to the battle, I failed to bring Weisang back alive. This is my sin and my fault."

"Sir, how can there be immortals on the battlefield?"

"Sir, please don't say such things."

When Rodhart said this, the guards around him stood up and refuted him. These soldiers who had received the divine blessing ceremony were already loyal to Rhodes, so they almost instinctively defended him.

"After Weisang died in the battle, his wife and daughter can enter my mansion as maids. I will arrange for someone to train his youngest son, and I will provide financial support for his parents. These are both promises and vows. If they are violated, they will be punished by heaven and earth, and despised by the gods!" Rhodes continued to say this after reaching out to stop the rebuttal soldiers around him.

"Master, you don't have to do this."

"Master, even Weisang himself would not blame you for this."

Ignoring the words of others present, Rhodes explained everything he said one by one. Although he did not go so far as to adopt Weisang's youngest son as an adopted son and raise him personally, in this era, the pension for fallen soldiers was very important. To such a high degree is still an exaggeration.

Even Elder Enge is worried about this, because as a small territory that has just begun to develop, I am afraid it cannot afford such a high long-term pension.

Not to mention Redwood Town, even in a big country, soldiers who die in battle are just given a pension. How could anyone do this like Rhodes?

However, Rhodes had his own considerations.

Having a horse-and-cutting system, I will inevitably go down the path of having better troops, simpler administration, and becoming a warmonger. Now that I have established a system, the soldiers have a sense of honor and no worries. Both morale and combat effectiveness can be improved to a higher level.

Ordinary forces and even countries cannot do this because they cannot recruit all high-level troops and thereby reduce the combat fatality rate.

For those armies that still rely on a large number of low-level troops to serve as cannon fodder to increase combat effectiveness, any country that dares to implement such a high-standard pension policy will just wait for bankruptcy, so there is no practical room for maneuver.

Taking advantage of this winter is completely unsuitable for development of production and construction.

Rhodes spent the eight remaining skill points on his board, four on healing skills, and four on coaching skills.

Four points of skill bonus, which is the upper limit that a skill with twelve points of intelligence can carry. Just like iron bones and strong attack are to the strength attribute, just like riding is to agility, and dominance is to charm.

The effect of healing skills is to allow your soldiers to recover from injuries relatively quickly.

The effect of coaching skills is to allow your soldiers to gain experience faster during the training process to improve their level.

After experiencing the canonization in the snow and the burial of heroic spirits, the willingness of men in Redwood Town to join the military training has greatly increased. Counting the original Redwood Town militia, there are about 60 male soldiers of military age in the entire Redwood Town.

There was no farm work to do in the cold winter. Rhodes provided them with bread and broth every day, and collective military training continued every day.

Although Elder Enge felt sorry and hated that these sixty items were so edible and became even more edible after receiving strict military training, he also knew that in this wilderness, Lord Rhodes's choice was not wrong, otherwise No matter how much supplies you accumulate, they are only for wilderness thieves.

"one two three four!"

"one two three four!"

Against the background of a vast white snow field, Rhodes and Raymond took the lead, running for a long distance with forty adult men behind them with their upper bodies bare.

Forty people were trained, and twenty were responsible for daily defense and rest. Except for Rhodes and Raymond, all the soldiers were trained in this way.

While running, Rhodes also asked everyone to shout slogans loudly and maintain formation. In the process, he was not only exercising physical fitness, but also practicing military discipline and cooperation.

"Okay, stay where you are and rest."

Feeling the depth and frequency of his breathing, he also looked at Raymond's condition next to him. After calculating that it was almost the same, Rhodes asked everyone to rest where they were.

"Whoever still has the energy, get up and start sparring with me. If you can beat me, I'll have beef tonight!"

Rhodes walked to the weapons storage in the shade and took out a wooden two-handed sword from under a big tree. He held it in one hand and stood in front of everyone to challenge.

Because his physical strength is much higher than that of ordinary civilians, he not only eats, lives and trains together, but also consciously trains himself, otherwise it will not be effective.

"Two for one, and as long as you hit me, I'll get extra beef tonight." Seeing that no one stood up, Rhodes increased the price. Under such temptation, two militiamen finally stood up, and each of them They took out long sticks from a short distance away, looked at each other, and then rushed together to besiege Rhodes.

"call……"

"Gather your mind, focus and then forget. Breathe deeply, let a large amount of oxygen merge into the heart, and then flow to the whole body. In the process, the bones will gradually heat up, allowing humans to gain otherworldly power."

On the snow, Rhodes stood bare-chested, holding a wooden sword diagonally in front of him with both hands. When a trained militiaman attacked, he blocked the defense and then quickly counterattacked.

After this period of continuous training, the martial arts and sword skills of his predecessor gradually fell on Rhodes, and due to his rich knowledge, Rhodes even gradually gained his own understanding of the martial arts of his predecessor.

The Fiery Sword Technique and the Holy Light Qi Heart Technique. The former comes from ancient humans' understanding of flame energy, while the latter originates from the sage civilization's research on the ancient sun god. Since there is not much deviation between the two studies as a whole, there is a vague difference between the two. Echoing can be integrated through a lot of practice and practice.

Snap, snap, figures intertwined, wooden soldiers clashed. In order to eat beef at night, the two militiamen only attacked and did not defend. No matter whether the lord's sword would fall on them, as long as their sticks could hit the lord Rhodes, they would win.

However, Rhodes is a stingy person. He doesn't want to spend any unnecessary money. His strength data is almost two to three times that of the militiamen. In addition, he has gradually improved his predecessor's swordsmanship bit by bit. , as long as there are no accidents and no negligence, the two militiamen's martial arts will not be able to touch him at all, even if they use strong tactics of only attacking but not defending, only advancing and not retreating.

"One, two."

Following two low shouts, Rhode's footwork changed and carved deep snow ditches on the ground. The sword in his hand also slashed out with his breathing, hitting the two militiamen on the heads.

This scene made everyone watching around couldn't help but boo. Although they didn't have high hopes, they still lamented that there was no beef to eat tonight.

Next, Rhodes and Raymond explained martial arts and tactics to the trained militiamen respectively. In fact, for low- and mid-level soldiers, the forbidden disciplines and battle formations have a much greater role and significance than martial arts. But it is impossible for the world's high-level ace troops not to be proficient in martial arts. Now these people are the foundation of their future operations, and Rhodes will of course train them well.

"As long as all of them are upgraded to the second level of military strength this winter, and combined with the ordnance I purchased in Silver Frost City, we can further plunder resources and accelerate growth and development. Although Redwood Town is good, it is not a place to stay for a long time. With the presence of Silver Frost City, it will have a siphon effect of talent around it. With my current foundation, I can't compete with it. If I continue to stay here, I'm afraid it will take a hundred or two hundred years to slowly develop before I can achieve anything. ”

Trees were moved to death, and people were moved to life. Although a large amount of supplies were harvested from the Silver Frost City War this time, Rhodes knew very well that Silver Frost City had begun to develop rapidly after this war. Redwood Town wanted to make such war wealth again. It is no longer possible, not to mention that the existence of Silver Frost City itself will suppress the development of other forces. This has nothing to do with the character and temperament of the lord, but the objective law of the development of anything:

Just like within a certain area, only one tree can grow into a towering tree, because within a certain area, there are only enough nutrients for the growth of one tree.

While Raymond was explaining martial arts and Rhodes was thinking about the future development direction of the territory, a rapid warning bell suddenly sounded in the direction of Redwood Town.

As soon as they heard such a voice, everyone present stood up and straightened their bodies, and their eyes all focused on Lord Rhodes.