Riding and Slashing

Chapter 103 Special Lessons

The winter in Maixiangling is still as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Scattered snow fell on the blue sky, making the nearby trees covered with a light hoarfrost.

The snow was not heavy, only a thin layer formed on the ground, and the chill was not too deep.

This is the first snow in Mai Xiangling, and it will probably be the last of the whole year—this is how it is at the coldest time in this place, and it doesn't snow in some years or even the whole year.

Li Ang and Amy walked outside the territory together, leaving a long string of footprints on the shallow snow.

"Teacher, did you just let them go? Don't let them pay some ransom?"

Amy looked back from time to time, a small snowflake fell on her long eyelashes, and the snowflakes melted in the blink of an eye, leaving a drop of crystal clear water at the end of the eyelashes.

"The promise to let people go must be fulfilled, and you can't go back on your word..."

The lord had already walked to the bank of the El River, looked at Amy, whose nose was reddish from the cold, and handed her the thermos filled with hot water.

He is teaching his students.

As soon as Li Ang returned to Maixiangling, he released the two governors, Justus and Levius, as promised without any additional conditions.

In fact, not only Amy has doubts, but the lord's subordinates also find it strange - based on Sarah, Klose and others' understanding of their lord, Li Ang has always wanted to get enough benefits, but this time he suddenly let it go so generously. People, it made them a little uncomfortable.

"Amy, being a trustworthy person is the basic condition for being a qualified lord."

The lord is very upright teaching his students, and just hearing this, he even thinks that this is a person who is out of vulgar taste.

But the next sentence immediately lowered the level: "If everyone doesn't believe me, then I will never be able to deceive anyone again... Think about it, how terrible it is!"

Amy held the thermos and covered her hands, and rubbed her nose lightly twice: "Then why didn't you send someone to escort them? In case they die on the road..."

"Then it's none of my business... If they don't even have the ability to return to the Bacchus Empire, then it's useless to let them go back. Besides, doing business requires others to be willing, Amy."

The lord stood on tiptoe by the river and watched from a distance, speaking strange words.

Amy obviously didn't get it - how did this get into business again?

But after a few minutes, she understood.

Because the two governors who just left this road came back in a hurry...

"Your Excellency Li Ang, that... can we borrow two horses from you?"

It was Governor Justus who spoke, and his words were a little restrained. It seemed that he hadn't spoken like this for many years...

And Levius seemed even more embarrassed, he was embarrassed to speak at all - Li Ang let them go without mentioning any conditions in the morning, he really had no face to ask for this or that.

Although Li Ang graciously let them go and even returned their sabers, the two of them turned around and came back after leaving Mai Xiang for less than half a day...

The weather in Maixiangling is good, the temperature is not bad, I don't feel too cold.

But after leaving Maixiangling for dozens of miles, there was no shelter from forests and hillsides in the north, and the biting cold wind was blowing... These two governors are from the south!
Coupled with feeling hungry after walking for a long time, the two governors realized these important issues.

It was freezing cold, and they both had nothing—no helpers, no money, no horses, no food.

Not even a map.

This is really not because they are stupid, but because of the thinking disorder caused by identity issues...

At any rate, these are the two Governors—they usually hug each other before going out, and most of them are arranged by servants and servants. They usually don't think about these trivial matters...

"Ah! Your Excellency Governor, this is my fault! I actually forgot to prepare some money for you..."

The lord started to show off his acting skills, and patted his forehead in frustration.

Then he led the two governors back.

But just turned around and walked a few steps, a few people saw Sarah leading a large group of recruits on horseback roaring past, coming out of the village entrance of Mai Xiangling, and heading in another direction...

"Oh! Sarah has brought all the horses to train recruits...I'm afraid there are no horses in my territory! Or, you wait until Sarah returns?"

The Lord Lord stamped his feet with a helpless expression.

The two governors looked at each other, then shook their heads together: "It's not like one of them is gone, right?"

Amy held the thermos in front of her face, making a gesture of warming her nose, covering her unconcealable smile...

Li Ang looked at the village hesitantly, and gritted his teeth: "Forget it, I'll just lend you my own carriage!"

That tone seemed to be extremely painful.

The two governors really feel a little sorry...

Levius took the lead in expressing his opinion: "Master Li Ang is indeed an example of nobility... Just think we bought it, and we bought it at a high price!"

Justus also nodded: "Yes, yes, we have no money right now, we will write you an IOU, and when we get back to Bacchus, we will send you the money!"

……

"Amy, you should understand? Create demand for customers, and they will willingly give me money and be grateful to me..."

An hour later, the lord stood by the small river again and waved to the carriage going away.

The two governors did express their sincere gratitude to Li Ang, and bought a carriage and a week's rations for two people at a high price of 12000 dinars.

The cart was harnessed to two Jatu horses that had been injured... they looked alright, but in reality... they couldn't be used as war horses anyway.

Adding a horse and a cart is worth about 600 dinars.

This is really voluntary by the two governors. They each wrote a 6000 dinar IOU. After all, they can't get it if they write less...

And when they left, they really said to the lord sincerely: "Thank you!"

Amy nodded her head sincerely. She felt that Teacher Li Ang's operation was very advanced, and it was much more reliable than locking in a cell and asking for ransom.

After taking other people's money, I can still get a wave of goodwill...

Sarah was already standing behind the lord, and it was only then that she realized that the lord was doing it for extortion.

However, the lord arranged for her to take the horses and recruits out, but it was not just for acting.

"My lord, do you really want me to continue training cavalry?"

Sarah wasn't very confident in training soldiers, she hadn't done it before.

"Sarah, you have to have confidence in yourself! You are the best rider besides me in Mai Xiangling! Just let it go, you'll be fine!"

Lord Lord's praise and encouragement have always been free of money.

"No, my lord, what I mean is... My training method may cause them to be injured frequently..."

Sarah was still a little uneasy. Although she was brutal when she beat the prisoners of war, she was always kind to her own people.

"Don't be afraid of being injured. Anyway, Anson is here. His medical skills have improved a lot recently, and he is especially good at first aid surgery...It would be good to let him practice more medical skills."

The lord said disapprovingly.

Amy reminded from the side: "Teacher, if there are a lot of wounded in the training, the soldiers may not be able to persist, and they may flee..."

Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry! Amy, you will know soon, this is another lesson for you..."

……

The big military training that the lord did not have time to carry out before can finally be carried out.

In the past few days, the crossbowmen have come back one after another, and they brought back more than 70 mercenaries of different levels.

But the lord doesn't want to use pure mercenaries now, so he asked these mercenaries a question: "Are you willing to become the citizens of Maixiangling?"

Only more than 20 mercenaries are willing to stay - these people probably have a better relationship with the original crossbowmen.

Most of the rest of the mercenaries said that they were at home everywhere.

So the 50 people who planned to make their homes all over the world were sent to White Hart Castle, which was regarded as a supplementary manpower for Godric who had suffered a lot.

As for Fletcher Village, Li Ang is not worried at all - Fletcher Village is a big village, and the bandit leader Riva is helping overtly and covertly. If Charles can't pull up a team by himself, he will die. Forget it.

The remaining 20 mercenaries, together with the original crossbowmen, were reorganized into members of the Mai Xiangling security team.

A total of 40 people, all skilled crossbowmen and infantry.

The captain and vice-captain are Eric and John respectively—Gongsheng and Goudan.

They will also undertake the road maintenance and business travel safety protection of Maixiangling.

With these dozens of experienced soldiers, coupled with the fact that it is now in the slack period, the lord began to vigorously train the recruits.

There are 62 pure recruits, plus 28 heavy archers who have seen the world and fought in battle, but their actual level is still not good, and they are all supported by equipment. (Originally there were 30 of them, but Rainier killed two of them when he attacked Maixiangling.)
There are a total of 90 people. After taking off their equipment, they are all recruits in essence. The 28 archers are actually on the same level as militiamen when they are naked.

The recruits were re-divided into three parts, and those archers were also rebuilt by changing their professions. They started the high-intensity special training that was impossible in this era.

Every morning, there are three hours of basic subject training.

30 young people who can ride horses or have a little talent for riding horses will be organized into cavalry for equestrian training. The instructor is the cruel Sarah;

30 strong infantrymen will conduct running and fighting training, and the instructors will be the same brutal Mettenheim stormtroopers;
The 30 people with the strongest arms or with a bit of archery knowledge will be trained in bow and arrow under the leadership of the even more brutal Lord Li Ang.

In fact, the best archer in the territory must be Lisa Dilan, but Lisa Dilan is a Noldor elf, it is not convenient to show up often, and his bow and arrow skills are not suitable for humans at all-humans are not as good as Noldor talent base.

After Lisa Dilan returned from White Hart Castle, he was assigned a new task by the lord—to become a shadow, that is, a dark whistle.

After all, knowing the name Helen Pendragon, Li Ang naturally stepped up his defense against assassination.

The lord is very strict in the selection of archers. They must be strong, have good eyesight, be flexible in response, and be calm and calm.

Don't be misled by the fragile archer attributes in various games. In reality, all archers are basically strong soldiers.

It is very difficult to become an excellent archer. Those who are not strong enough can't draw a strong bow at all. An excellent archer can often be competent for most arms, at least it is also a powerful infantry.

And every afternoon, there is a three-hour offensive and defensive training for all personnel, and the instructors are all combat personnel.

In other words, the daily standard training time arranged by the lord for the recruits is only six hours.

In addition, extra training can get extra supper - unlimited buffet from 'Gourmet World'.

So the training time was extended by two hours by the recruits.

In this day and age, for that matter, that's a terrible amount of training.

The lord dared to practice like this because he was rich.

Leslie has been making big purchases—she is spending all the gold coins according to Li Ang's instructions, but she hasn't spent all of them yet.

In fact, if it weren't for Li Ang's unlimited supply of meat, eggs, and pasta, ordinary people in this era would not be able to cope with such high-intensity training.

And the instructors are all extremely cruel...

The reason why they are said to be brutal is mainly reflected in the way they operate.

Sarah's equestrian training is simply bloody-either fall off the horse and die, or walk the horse well.

She only spent an hour explaining the basics on the first day.

Then, from day one, she bound the hands of the recruits so they could steer the horses with only their legs.

The horses are connected in a team, and Sarah will ride the leading horse and lead the team around Mai Xiang.

It wasn't until three hours later that the horses had completed the best amount of exercise for the day, and the recruits could escape the bitter sea.

Of course, this kind of training method is very costly - half of the people fell off the horse on the first day, but fortunately Anson followed all the way to give first aid, so no one was trampled to death.

But this kind of progress in exchange for life is also huge. From the next day, fewer and fewer people fell off the horse, and they were basically proficient after a week.All of them have worn out their inner thighs, and more and more people are walking with their legs between their legs...

However, from the second week onwards, Sarah put them on all kinds of equipment weighing 40 kilograms, and asked them to carry a log with one hand for training, and by the way, make some contributions to the construction of the village.

So non-combat attrition began again...

Of course, there are safety guarantees, and Anson will follow him all the way. His healing and first aid abilities have improved faster than the riding skills of the recruits...

Li Ang's side seemed a little more peaceful. He would train various subjects such as bow and arrow, dodge, strength, and endurance at the same time.

Except for basic skills exercises - such as drawing the bow and keeping it still for 1 minute, salvo, projectile, etc., it is all confrontation training at other times.

The confrontation training is not complicated, in fact, two people shoot each other naked.

That is, everyone stands in a circle with a diameter of less than one meter, and shoots one-on-one at a designated target. They can avoid, but cannot leave the designated circle.

Arrows are made of wooden arrows, but it still hurts to shoot them. The arrow is a bag. If you don't dodge it, you deserve it.

Every confrontation, the opponent is different.For each round of training, the distance between circles and the location of the environment are also different.

Sometimes it's flat, sometimes it's mountains, sometimes it's in the woods.

There is a bag of arrows in each round, the one who hits more will win, and the one who loses will practice basic skills.

Doesn't look brutal, does it?

However, if you are shot with seventeen or eighteen arrows every day, your head is full of bags, your whole body hurts, and your shoulders and wrists hurt like they are broken, you will not think so...

In fact, this kind of training is more difficult than that of the cavalry, because it will definitely be full of hair, and the leaders even set up a massage service without a teacher...

The training of the infantry was also quite difficult.

The hunks in Mettenheim are very good at swordsmanship, and Li Ang has actually been training them intermittently before.

And the Lord Lord's training methods were taught to the recruits by the people of Mettenheim.

Most of the time it is basic skills practice-such as chopping firewood, logging, cutting branches to make arrow shafts, carrying wood to practice running, etc.

This is also providing props for Sarah and Leon's training, and contributing to the construction of the territory.After all, in winter, the consumption of wood is quite large.

Doesn't sound scary does it?
But the problem is that the quantity is huge—for example, when chopping firewood, 300 yuan of wood must be cut within two hours, or you will be beaten...

If you have enough firewood and building materials, practice attacking and defending against each other.

Wearing a full set of chain armor, the two made sandbags for each other, and then practiced against each other with wooden weapons.

The instructors will designate an attack site, and if they miss it, they will be beaten by the instructor.If it hits, the shooter becomes a sandbag, and the original sandbag is replaced by the attacker, and so on.

In other words, unless every attack is successful and every defense is successful, you will definitely be beaten...

Chain armor can prevent cuts and bleeding, but the impact force can't prevent it at all...

So after coming out of the stormtrooper training ground of the Mettenheim people, all infantry will be bruised and out of breath, but their iron bones and strong attacks must have grown very fast.

And the attack and defense of all members every afternoon is completely actual combat.

The method is very simple. The recruits face the security team, the wooden weapons are covered with white ash, and the recruits organize their own tactics. The only requirement is that they are not allowed to retreat.

Get hit and you're out, and when you're out, do the basics until training is over.

90 recruits against 40 skilled mercenaries, it seems that the number advantage is quite large, but it is actually very difficult.

There is really a big gap between experienced and inexperienced in wars.

The point is, once the veterans are at a disadvantage, then Klose's stormtroopers will also join the ranks of the veterans...

Among the recruits, there were also a few captains with a bit of tactical awareness.

In fact, the busiest person in Maixiangling is Anson.

Anson had also started training his assistants—he realized from the second day of training that he would definitely not be able to handle it by himself.

So he selected a few helpers to form a medical team, worked overtime every day, and his medical skills improved by leaps and bounds, and he was promoted to several levels within a month...

Heal: 6
Surgery: 5
First Aid: 6
High-intensity training will naturally bring about a lot of changes - Li Ang's coaching level has been raised again, and is now level 5.

In fact, both Klose and Sarah's coaching levels have also increased, and Sarah has even increased by 2 levels, probably because of the outstanding effect.

So, after only one month, the new recruits have changed a lot.

Those with the worst grades can now be considered high-level arms after wearing a full set of equipment...

But the time is short after all, and their proficiency is actually not high, especially the archers.

However, during the continuous training, no one fled, no one resisted, and no one even complained.

The most important reason why these lords can grit their teeth and complete such high-intensity training is the stock dividends of the lord.

None of the recruits wanted to be eliminated from the army, because members of the army had at least two shares, and their weekly dividends could equal a month's income of an ordinary family in Pender Mainland.

And if you practice well and are selected as the corps leader, you will really make a fortune!

In addition, if you can enter the army directly under the lord, you can also receive additional combat subsidies, and three meals are free, and the canteen is unlimited!

The real role of Lord Lord's Maixiang Group is not just to make money.

Business has never been a separate system.

This is another lesson the lord gave Amy - to use all the resources can be regarded as effective integration.

(End of this chapter)