Mount & Blade: Wind of War

Rhodes did not make a move in the entire first battle. In fact, it was far from the time for him to appear at this moment.

The appearance of his own commander can greatly boost morale, especially since Rhodes has a high reputation among the people as the Duke of Lonely Mountain.

He should appear at a more appropriate time.

Rather than appearing at the beginning of the war without any value.

Now the morale of the soldiers in Lonely Mountain Castle is very high. Under the command of many famous generals such as Resarit and Fatis, they can also give full play to their combat power.

When the war lasts for a long time, morale declines, and there are certain problems in the situation, Rhodes's appearance can give the soldiers a shot of cardiotonic and make one or two more counterattacks instead of appearing at the beginning.

In terms of numerical values, it is 98 morale + 20 morale, which is directly overflowing and meaningless.

After a night of practice, Rhodes tempered his own Holy Light Qi Mentality, and at the same time deduced the various changes of the Immortal Body of Light. He could clearly feel the slightest progress and felt that he was getting closer and closer to that mysterious realm.

After daily practice, Rhodes left the City Lord's Mansion alone. He wanted to see how the morale of the army and civilians was after the first battle.

Although it was estimated to be good, it was better to see it with his own eyes and hear it with his own ears, so that he would feel more assured and confident.

It was still raining heavily outside, but Rhodes walked out directly without any rain gear. A mist naturally spread out from his dantian. In the heavy rain, Rhodes walked casually, fighting against the sky with his own hands, without leaking a drop of water.

"People in this world regard fighting spirit as a kind of fighting skill. But in fact, to truly enter the realm of transformation, it is necessary to cultivate it as if it were one's own instinct, integrating human power and integration. At this level, even Fatis does not seem to understand it. No, he is taking another path, and he cares less and less about this kind of power."

"Whether there is power or not, Fatis will always be Fatis. This is the difference between me and him, and I will never let it go."

Such thoughts flashed through his mind one after another, just like dividing waves to avoid water, Rhodes, dressed in a black robe, quickly came to a slightly simple tavern: Ice Furnace Tavern.

To know the state of mind of the middle and lower-level soldiers, naturally you can't go to a tavern with too high consumption, where the soldiers can't afford it, and they won't go.

Rhodes pushed the door open and entered. Because he deliberately concealed his tracks and flashed in very quickly, it was difficult for the soldiers who were drinking and eating meat in the tavern to notice him.

"Northern orcs, they are nothing! In the battle yesterday, I shot and killed seven of them by myself. It's a pity that I couldn't go down and cut off their heads to count as military merit, otherwise I would have treated everyone to dinner today."

"You always brag. You said you would treat us since the day I met you, but you haven't done it yet. Can't you treat us today?"

"No, I'm not an officer yet, so I can't spend money recklessly. I still have to save money to go home and marry a wife."

"Don't talk nonsense, okay? Those guys who told me they were going back home to marry a wife are all dead. Really, I'm not cursing you."

There was some noise in the tavern. The soldiers ate big chunks of meat and drank big cups of wine while bragging to each other about their bravery on the battlefield and in bed with women.

From time to time, soldiers teased the dancers in the tavern. If both parties were willing, a short-term deal was reached.

Overall, the morale of the soldiers was still very high. After all, in the previous battle, the Lonely Mountain Castle did not suffer any loss. No matter how you look at it, it was a small victory. The casualties of the ancient orcs were far higher than those of the Lonely Mountain Castle.

At this time, a drunken middle-aged soldier came to Rhode with a wine glass and raised his glass and said:

"Hey, hello, man! Cheers to those noble lords and ladies, and their decline and degeneration!"

This man was already quite drunk, but Rhode recognized the armor he was wearing at a glance. It was the leather armor of the Northern Paine family.

The man in front of him was the elite private soldier armored archer of the Paine family.

The armored archer was also a good type of soldier. Not counting attack, defense, and melee, it was only slightly weaker than the Rhodok Holy Heavy Crossbowman. It was also a third-level, ninth-level soldier with good attack and defense power, fast movement speed, and relatively cheap training. It was considered a relatively cost-effective type of soldier.

I just don't know why the man in front of me is drunk. He seems very frustrated.

"What's wrong, buddy?" Rhode came out this time to get some basic intelligence, so of course he would not fail to respond.

"Look at the hard leather armor on me. I am the guard of Cook City in the North. I have stood guard for the Paine family for twenty years and fought many difficult battles in many difficult battles. I am worthy of the military salary given to me by the Paine family until they appointed a young boy with a snotty nose and a beardless mouth, who had just left his mother's arms, to be my garrison commander."

"Do you know about the battle yesterday? The little brat was scared by the orcs. He commanded recklessly. I stopped him, just like an experienced veteran should do, and commanded the brothers around me to repel the orcs' attack. But I didn't save his face on the battlefield. I am a soldier. I didn't have time and didn't react at the time. He didn't say anything at the time, but at night, he came to make trouble for me... saying that I broke the crossbow string and that it was my dereliction of duty. He wanted to whip me with a horsewhip."

"My heart is broken. I served in the Paine family for twenty years. I helped him, but he treated me like this. So I left my post. Now, I am drunk here. Let's go to hell tomorrow."

After hearing this, Rhodes was stunned.

The memories and images in his mind quickly overlapped with the man in front of him: the famous hero Bandak, although not a first-line famous general, is also a supplementary talent with good personal combat power.

On the other hand, Rhodes also knew who the "little brat" Bandak was talking about was. It was the nephew of the head of the Paine family of this generation, Rocks Paine.

In yesterday's battle, there were too many aspects that needed to be paid attention to, and Rhodes did not deliberately pay attention to the small area that Rocks Paine was responsible for.

"Sir, if you want a job, I'm happy to hire a skilled warrior." There is no reason not to recruit a hero who came to Bai Jian. Although Bandak is older and his progress in becoming a Transcendent will be affected, he will at least have fought one or two good battles in the North in the "future", and he still has more potential for training than ordinary people.

"Are you sure? Now? Well, that seems much better than being sent to the gallows as a deserter."