Chapter 299

In the early February of the water season, the cold rain did not come and the new wind began to rise,

The sun was powerlessly shining orange, and the cold north wind turned the muddy beach on the Jinshui River bank into frozen soil. Dressed in light rattan armor and holding two fine gold battle axes, Nelson stood on the berm wall of Jinshui sluice. His eyes were like electricity, staring at the battlefield below, where Randall family guards were fighting with a group of fishmen.

More than 200 fish people broke through the arrow rain falling from the sky and ran wildly on the beach. Some of them hold barbs the size of machetes in their hands, and some hold high crude weapons bound with wooden sticks and stones, but more fish people charge forward with bare hands, open a blood basin full of sharp teeth and a big mouth. However, they are met by an iron wall composed of giant shields and spears.

The guard of Randall family is wearing steel ring lock armour, holding an iron oak Tower Shield 1.6m high and 75cm wide in the left hand and a 2m spear in the right hand. They are arranged side by side in a dense and neat formation. They pushed forward slowly with the rhythm of drums, like a huge steel hedgehog smashing into the fish man's team.

In the "poof" and "poof" sound of spears stabbing the body, fish people fell to death one after another. Their screams and hisses before death were smashed by the neat and uniform sound hammer of human soldiers. The warm blood melted the frozen soil, and the soldiers kept walking, stepping the dead and wounded fishermen into the dark red mud. More than half of the fish people were killed and injured, and finally turned and fled. The longbowmen at the back of the square array poured out deadly arrows to them. After several rounds of volley, only a few dozen fish people successfully escaped into the Jinshui River.

In a short ten minute battle, the fish people on the beach were killed and injured, and the guard of Randall family was unharmed.

The soldiers began to recover the arrows quickly and end the undead fishermen. Before long, these annoying monsters will gather more companions to kill back to the beach. Nelson watched his men orderly clean the battlefield and organize the retreat. He couldn't help smiling with satisfaction.

When the War Bear mercenary regiment was the most brilliant, there were hundreds of mercenaries, which was much worse than the large mercenary regiment of two or three hundred soldiers. Nelson was ambitious to build the War Bear into the top mercenary regiment. However, he was lack of ability. The War Bear became more and more difficult in his hands. He could hardly eat, so that he was on the verge of collapse. Nelson has now become the guard captain of Randall family, with 600 well-equipped guards under his command. Training these boys is not only his responsibility, but also makes up for his regret.

Nelson trained his guards with great enthusiasm. Although the York family provided Randall with the training methods of elite soldiers, and he also had excellent martial arts secrets, actual combat was the best training for mercenaries. Especially after learning that the escort team consumes tens of thousands of kinsol every year, Nelson was on pins and needles.

Lilia and Nelson have been aristocrats for less than five years, and they still retain the concept of mercenaries who work hard with money. Therefore, when Victor asked the escort to eliminate the fish people on the river beach and practice the new tactics, Nelson felt relaxed all over.

The sluice along Jinshui River is related to the core interests of Renma hill. The York family set up a garrison of 1500 people to be responsible for the safety of the control gate. However, the breeding speed of fish man is amazing. In just two years, the population of fish man in Randall's leading river beach has reached more than 9000. In another year, the river beach fish man will return to the original scale of more than 20000. The mentally confused fishermen are always brave. They constantly try to push down the berm wall, and the combat intensity and logistics consumption of the guard army of the sluice also increase. The intervention of Randall family guards can not only help the garrison establish a fish man death zone, but also achieve the purpose of actual combat training, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

It's freezing in the water season, and the moss disease of fish people has been alleviated. Most fish people take advantage of this time to return to the river, hunt, eat, mate and lay eggs. Only a small number of old and weak fish people are left on the hard beach. This is just a good time for the escort team to practice.

According to Victor's order, Nelson divided the escort into two groups of 300 people, consisting of 60 longbowmen and 240 infantry. Although the fishman is relatively weak, they are crazy and aggressive, and their speed and explosive power are even higher than ordinary people. Nelson watches on the wall of the berm. Unless there is a violent Fishman, he will not intervene or ask the Garrison for help. Nelson is going to kill several people.

How can soldiers who do not experience the test of life and death become elite? However, the actual results of these rounds amazed Nelson.

Over the past few days, more than 400 fish people have died under spears and arrows. The guard team can be said to be unscathed except that a few fools accidentally fell and were trampled by their own people. Of course, such a remarkable record is not because the family guard is brave and good at fighting. In fact, the hairy boys in the guard team can't play well with their spears, but they have an invincible fighting will and terrible lethality. The whole infantry array is like a rainbow, like a giant constantly harvesting the lives of fishmen. Nelson was amazed and convinced by the drill effect of the new tactics.

"Creak"

The heavy wooden door of the sluice fortress was pushed open from the inside. Nicole came out with Victor's arm in her arm. She was wearing water blue aristocratic lady's clothes and long leather boots. She was graceful, graceful and moving. Her delicate face was faint pink, which looked particularly charming against the backdrop of the snow cashmere cloak. As long as she is with Victor, the cold female Knight always has a happy look with eyes like water and a smile in her mouth, but she has a lazy and shy style at this time.

It was cold outside, but Victor was full of spring. In the past two months, like most lords, he has been busy holding dinners, visiting vassal families, leading little attendants to go camping, hunting, or trysts with lovers. Victor's unexpected leisure aristocratic life did not have a negative impact on territorial affairs, but greatly improved his work efficiency. The Lord indulged in pleasure every day. The senior management of the family no longer kept a tight face, and the steward became amiable. The newly recruited deacons were relieved. They changed their cautious style, began to devote themselves to their work with a more proactive attitude, and put forward many valuable suggestions. In fact, the ability and knowledge of these deacons are generally better than those of Randall family. They pick up the leftovers and make up the deficiencies, and the working ability of FengChen steward has also been significantly improved.

During this time, Randall's sowing task was completed, the third giant brick kiln was successfully put into operation, and the main canal connecting the first stream reservoir of Qiangwei lake will be opened soon. Under his guidance, Lilia widely listened to the opinions of managers at all levels, improved the supervision system, reward and punishment system and promotion system, established the workflow of village and town affairs, and basically completed the construction of the internal affairs system.

Victor also began to build a real military system. He took the lead in testing the actual combat effect of the infantry square, the core of the Legion.

The infantry phalanx is a new combat method for Nelson, and the combat process is full of surprises. Victor is not very interested. This is just a small square of 300 people. He has seen the power of the square of 7000 people in the film for a long time. When Victor was bored, he took Nicole to talk about life and asked Nelson to take charge on the wall.

"My Lord, madam. The young men of the escort wiped out more than 100 fishmen!" Cried Nelson excitedly.

Members of the Randall family have never met Sophia. In their mind, Nicole plays the role of viscount Randall. Victor risked his life to save Nicole, and Nicole's territory was once a part of Randall's territory. She herself was a naturally awakened knight, and only she was worthy of the identity of the mistress of Randall's family. In fact, Nicole's housekeeper and attendants also regard Victor as their master. In their opinion, Victor and Nicole's children will inherit two territories. But Victor and Nicole both know that Sylvia is waiting to adopt their child and then marry the direct descendants of the York family.

No family will let go of the ancient blood of wind affinity.

Victor has no way to do this. After all, Nicole is a mistress, and her children can only belong to the York family. Sylvia made this idea from the beginning. She couldn't keep Nicole's people and wanted Nicole to complete the most important mission for the family. As for the ownership of Randall's claim, the inheritance right of the children of the Elena sisters is still over the children of Lilia.

Nicole doesn't care. She just wants to be with Victor now. Nelson's title to her makes her satisfied.

After collecting the arrows, the soldiers under the city wall are leaving the battlefield in an orderly manner. Victor praised, "well done!" Nicole lifted her messy hair, looked at it, and exclaimed, "how stupid!"

"The fish man is really stupid. He kept hitting the spear." Said Victor with a smile. Nicole glanced at him and said, "I'm talking about those shields. They're stupid!"

"Uh... Is it stupid?"

Nicole nodded and said, "soldiers have helmets, Shin armor, arm armor, boots, hand armor, limbs and head protection. Why should they carry such a heavy shield? Isn't it too cumbersome? How can they fight when two rows of soldiers hold such a big shield?"

"Honey, the heavy shield soldiers are full-time defenders and do not need to fight. This huge shield is actually a moving wall to protect the spearmen and archers behind." Victor smiled proudly: "this infantry square array itself is a moving castle. The soldiers in the front row fall down and the people behind will take over the position to ensure the combat effectiveness and defense of the square array. You can see the effect of the infantry square array, both offensive and defensive, invincible."

Nicole raised her hand to trim Victor's cloak and said softly, "Victor, I mean, the infantry array is so stupid... Won't you be angry with me?" Nicole turned to Nelson and asked, "Nelson, you've been through a lot of battles. Have you ever seen a sarsanian or dodo soldiers form such an array?"

"I've seen a similar square array, which is mainly used for marching. No one uses a huge shield and a 7m long spear in combat. Most of the soldiers are equipped with round shield, long sword, throwing spear, crossbow, hard bow, one handed long halberd and flying axe. Their tactics are flexible. They can use round shield to form tortoise shell array to defend against crossbows and arrows, can also be arranged into assault array or cover retreat array." Nelson touched his head and added, "madam, this new formation is an innovation!"

Nicole ignored Nelson's praise and continued to ask, "here are 300 dodo soldiers. Can you break this square?"

"I... I just rushed over and broke it." Nelson has become a deeply ferocious warrior by cultivating the genuine Fu Niu secret form and the spirit monkey secret form. His physique attribute is stable at 24 points and his perception attribute is 18 points. He has mastered the throat cutter's vibration secret skill and has the strength to catch up with the Silver Knight. He can wear fine gold and heavy armor and burst out at a speed of 76 kilometers per hour. The Longbowman can't shoot through his armor, let alone his speed. The infantry square was no different from the paper in front of Nelson, but he didn't think the infantry square was worthless.

"Madam, the infantry array can turn those rookies into soldiers. Side by side gives them the courage to fight. The enemy's blood will promote them to grow."

"Courage is the castle in the heart. There should be wise lords in the castle." Nicole turned her head and said solemnly to victor, "Victor, Mrs. Sylvia doesn't agree with your big army strategy, but I support you, but I don't agree with this rigid, rigid and worthless infantry array." Victor opened his mouth. "Listen to me, will you?" Nicole stretched out her snow-white finger, nodded on Victor's lips and continued: "I began to study your infantry array a few days ago. The key to these recruits' ability to fight in the array lies in strict military discipline. They will never retreat or escape. Violators will be killed by their companions behind. We might as well assume that what happens when this infantry array meets a young ogre waving an iron fir tree?"

Adult ogre males are generally 2.8 meters tall and weigh about 1600 pounds. They have boundless strength. Their vitality and self-healing ability are extremely amazing. As long as their heads do not fall off and their blood does not drain, they can maintain strong combat effectiveness even if they are pierced into their hearts. Ogre defense is also amazing. Their skin is full of blister connective tissue. Once ogres enter the combat state, These tissues similar to fat particles will continuously release energy and squeeze together to become very tough and elastic. The effect of defending against puncture is better than that of ordinary refined iron armor, not to mention the ability to resist chop and blunt attack. Anthropologists call this talent savage skin, so the fatter the ogre is, the stronger it is.

At that time, Bruce could not cut off the arm of the old Ogre with the refined gold halberd, which was close to the strength of the great knight. Although this had something to do with the wisdom of the old ogre, it was enough to explain the horror of the brute skin art. Only the military Heavy Crossbow and crossbow gun could directly shoot through the brute skin art. Victor didn't think that the long bow could kill the adult ogre, especially when it waved the iron fir tree.

The arm spread advantage of the ogre and the iron fir tree more than 10 meters long have exceeded the 7-meter spear. Moreover, the spear does not pose any threat to them. As long as the ogre sweeps, the infantry array will be finished immediately, and the strict military discipline will kill and injure the soldiers.

Victor shook his head and said, "it will be a disaster. But..."

"However, a well-trained elite soldier team with proper tactics and a little luck can kill a young ogre." Nicole took Victor's words and said, "flexibility and mobility are the most important. Soldiers cooperate with each other. Some use heavy crossbows to attract the ogre's attention, while others just seize the opportunity and stab the short spear into the ogre's... Ass. the angry ogre will only break the spear stem, and it will die in ten days." Nicole blushed and said, "soldiers are bound to be killed and injured, but it must be much better than infantry phalanx casualties."

"Honey, you know so much." Victor smiled intimately. Nicole raised her fine chin and said proudly, "of course, I have received Knight education and learned all kinds of tactics."

"Well, but I'll continue." Victor said, "the infantry square you see is not complete. In fact, the cavalry led by the knight is the main force to kill the enemy. The infantry square is responsible for protecting the Longbowman and Heavy Crossbow, pushing forward layer by layer, dividing and squeezing the enemy. The enemy seems to be put on the big board, and the cavalry is a knife to cut the meat." Victor thought and said, "of course, I can change the heavy shield into a round shield to improve the mobility of the square array."

The most famous Macedonian phalanx originated from the Greek phalanx. It abandoned the bronze shield with a diameter of one meter and replaced it with a round shield with a diameter of two feet, so as to obtain greater mobility. Victor has seen the film of Alexander conquering the Persian Empire, but he believes that the soldiers here are strong and can use the heavy shield for mobility. Since the heavy shield can not defend against the sudden attack of large monsters, it is necessary to use it It's useless. Just replace it with a round shield. Anyway, the soldiers' armor is omni-directional.

"Your Excellency is wise!" Nelson laughed and said, "I always think there's something missing in the infantry array. It's me. Ha ha!"

"Hum, you cheat." Nicole said, "I didn't even say knight to deal with ogres." Victor smiled and said, "of course, a powerful Knight should protect ordinary soldiers. It is the knight's responsibility to eliminate monsters such as ogres. How can you say I cheat?" Then he said in a straight way: "Fighting is a matter of life and death. In order to win, there is no need to do anything. The strategy of a large regiment includes not only tactics and arms, but also logistical supplies. As far as the infantry array is concerned, it can effectively give play to the lethality of ordinary soldiers, and the most important thing is serious discipline. Soldiers take obeying orders as their bounden duty. As long as the army obeys orders and prohibitions, it will be invincible!"

"Honey, that's very good." Nicole gazed into the bright eyes of her sweetheart. Although her heart was full of tenderness, she couldn't fully accept Victor's point of view.

"Military discipline is of course important, but we can't let soldiers die in vain?" Nicole sighed and said, "honey, the infantry phalanx has two fatal defects, one is mobility, and the other is rigid discipline. Why don't... Let's deduce it once."

Victor raised his eyebrows and said excitedly, "well, the two sides have the same number and arms, 2000 heavy infantry, 3000 spearmen, 3000 longbowmen and 2000 cavalry, a total of 10000 people."

"Ten thousand people?!" Nicole stares round her apricot eyes and says incredulously. Victor said with a smile, "ten thousand people are small. How about it? Are you going to admit defeat?" Nicole gave him a white look, turned her head to the bodyguard around her and said, "Ruisen, you command."

"Yes, sir."

Rison bowed to victor and said, "Sir, can we start?" Victor waved and said, "my square has been arranged. The shield soldiers are arranged in two rows, the spearmen are in the middle, the archers are behind, the long bow has a range of 400 meters, and the cavalry protect the two wings."

"What about the terrain?"

"Plain!" Said Victor decisively. The infantry phalanx is most afraid of complex terrain.

"That's good." "I use traditional tactics. 2000 cavalry are divided into two groups to move on the battlefield. The soldiers form a 100 person Squadron, with 20 heavy infantry, 30 spearmen and 30 bowmen in each team. Ten squadrons wander around the enemy line," Ruisen said

Victor said with a smile, "my soldiers' square has become a ring."

"Yes." Nathan nodded and stopped talking. Victor waited for a long time and asked strangely, "I'm a defensive formation. Stay where you are. You can start charging."

"My Lord, I'm not a brainless fish man." Ruisen said wrongfully, "I won't rush to the spear array."

Yeah! That fool hit the spear? Victor was stunned for a moment and stammered, "then... What should I do? Stare?" Ruisen replied, "all my archers spread out and shoot your army freely. Because your army is dense, you must hit every arrow. The archer retreats immediately after shooting three arrows. I'm afraid it's not easy for your long archer to hit the moving target." Victor gritted his teeth and said, "my cavalry is after your archer."

"The archer quickly joins up with his comrades in arms. Two or three squadrons shoot your cavalry, and my cavalry begins to intercept. The other archers repeat the previous tactics."

"Infantry phalanx forward!"

"Retreat from the front and continue to attack in the other directions."

"I... I keep chasing."

"Sir, you can't catch up. As long as you keep the square array, you can't catch up." Ruisen said cautiously, "you can't catch up or hide. Military discipline doesn't allow soldiers to disperse. My soldier squadron can rest in turn, harass continuously, and your soldiers can't rest. Your cavalry has no infantry cooperation, so I can only wipe them out. Without cavalry, you..."

Nelson said sadly, "Sir, we lost."

Didn't you agree that the infantry array is invincible in the world? Why did you lose? Victor said reluctantly, "your soldiers are scattered everywhere. How can there be such cooperation?"

"Sir, soldiers can really do it." Nelson muttered, "the team has gestures, the squadron has flags, and the brigade has horns. We used to cooperate like this."

Victor looked up at the sky and said, "100000 people!"

"What 100000 people?" Nicole looked blank. Victor said seriously: "the greatest value of the infantry array is to gather everyone's strength. Both elite soldiers and ordinary farmers can play a fighting role in the array. They fight together, they..."

"It's too slow and too stiff." Nicole smiled and said, "honey, regardless of the reaction of the church, do you think the slow army can avoid the volley of carriage catapults? Do the soldiers who obey orders dare to hide?"

Victor was speechless. Now he hates those crossing dramas that advocate the invincibility of the phalanx. After thinking about it, it is not difficult for him to find that the most brilliant moment of the Macedonian phalanx was in BC. The opponents of the Macedonian phalanx were just a group of messy troops. Once they charged, they could not stop or turn back, otherwise they would be trampled to death by their own people. Although the Macedonian phalanx is highly respected and has won one victory after another, its own defects are also obvious. The Roman Empire soon broke the Macedonian phalanx, then Attila, the Hun king, hanged Rome, and then Mongolian cavalry swept Europe. The phalanx failed to defeat the strong enemy, but the Europeans had a special preference for the other phalanx, which evolved into the Spanish phalanx and continued until World War I. In the Somme River battle, the British troops were lined up and walked neatly. The Germans slaughtered 60000 people a day with markqin machines. This was not because the soldiers were stupid or brave, but because the rigid tactics and discipline made the soldiers unable to escape.

Due to the laws of the world, there is no gunpowder and oil here. The war history of mankind for tens of thousands of years has pushed the cold weapon war to the peak. Victor copied the cold weapon tactics on earth, which was like a primary school student giving a class to college students. Nicole picked a random squire and hanged him.

Victor took a deep breath and said with a bitter smile, "honey, can the square array deal with the ant man? We will have plenty of food and a huge population in the future, and we can form 100000 or even hundreds of thousands of troops. We can't watch the ant man destroy our farmland."

Nicole shook her head and said solemnly, "Victor, the ant man won't collapse under any circumstances, but the soldiers can't. the infantry array can't stop the ant man! We can't let the soldiers die in vain."

Victor thought for a moment, nodded and said, "you're right. The ant man leader is more terrible than the ogre."

"Nicole, I have to admit I don't know military. I need your advice now!"