Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 28:
Shortly after the first snow fell, Dahl led the Winter Sweeper out of the city.
The main force of this army is the private army under Baron Dahl, with a total of 100 professional soldiers. Don't underestimate this hundred people. Not only do they train all year round, but each one is fully armed. Baron Dahl was willing to spend money on armaments, and the soldiers all put on the simplified full body armor introduced in the Northwest Republic in recent years. This kind of armor is based on a one-piece breastplate, plus waist, arm, leg armor and helmet mask made of stamped steel sheet, which is a solid heavy full body armor. Not only that, it is also much lighter than the traditional full body armor. Although you can't travel long distances after wearing it, you can at least charge with a gun. This is unmatched by the heavy full body armor in the past.
As for the weapons of these people, they are naturally all exquisite weapons, including spears, swords, shields and battle axes.
In addition to these professional soldiers, there are the same number of archers. They are semi-full-time soldiers and can receive a salary, but they have to prepare their own equipment. In battle, they are mainly responsible for supporting in the rear. These experienced archers can often shoot weaker monsters such as goblins with one arrow, and the combat effectiveness after a hundred men is also very powerful.
The army of two hundred people is considered Baron Dahl's confidence. The remaining three hundred people are just messing around. About a hundred of them were militiamen—mostly gangsters gathered from various villages. Baron Dahl didn't expect these people to be able to fight tough battles, but they were able to beat the drums and help eliminate enemies such as goblins in an advantageous situation.
The last two hundred people are pure servants. Among them are dedicated servants, those who learn from an early age how to serve soldiers, how to march, how to set up camps, and how to build battlefields; but more are the poor from the slums of the city. This group of people are men, women and children, basically untrained, and they are only responsible for transporting the luggage and serving the soldiers.
Yes, they only need to do this. As for other tasks, such as cannon fodder, cannon fodder, and cannon fodder, they are not needed.
The key to the treatment of the poor servants lies in the priests of the Void Masked Church.
In order to protect this group of poor people, including the local priest Kabbalah, all ten priests were dispatched, and even two church members were hired to help. A group of twelve people formed a powerful team. Squad.
There are three mid-level players and nine junior players in this small team. The combat effectiveness is definitely not low. Even against the guards of Baron Dahl, the outcome is between five and five.
Moreover, the staffing of this squad is quite reasonable. There are two rangers, one priest, three priests, and six paladins, whether they are long-range, melee, or spells, they have sufficient manpower. The Kabbalah priest even moved the sacred altar over and placed it on a special cart. When necessary, he who relied on the altar would be able to display the power that would frighten any enemy.
Well, any enemy.
Whether it is a beast, a monster, or a malicious human.
This is especially uncomfortable for Baron Dahl. He wanted to put those priests into the vanguard, and then let them fight with the powerful monsters. As a result, the priests said, "Our altar is here. If you want to make any order, you can negotiate with your Majesty by yourself". He had no choice but to admit the counsel and shrank back shamelessly.
His Majesty the Void Mask is a kind god, and Baron Dahl doesn't think he may be of the kind that his old man looks pleasing to his eyes, so it's better not to be boring.
Since he hasn't planted to discuss with Majesty Masked Void, of course it is not good to order directly. But Baron Dahl is a clever businessman after all, and he quickly figured it out-it's not a big deal that he can't count the priests. Anyway, when they encounter a powerful and evil monster, can these priests still fail to make it?
If they retreat, then they are not worthy of being a priest!
Seeing that these people can help him fight tough battles when the time comes, Baron Dahl didn't care too much with the Masked Void Church, and even didn't let the poor servants risk death.
In order to make huge profits, there is no need to worry about small things. Those who do business must always know how to choose between big and small.
Of course, Baron Dahl will not pin his hopes at critical moments on the priests of the Masked Void Church. What he really feels most assured is his own guard.
A guard team composed of knights, thieves and wizards.
In this guard team, there are only four mid-level masters. Especially the mage who specializes in protective spells, and the thieves who are good at tracking and sneaking, are the helpers that Baron Dahl has spent a lot of money to invite. They have lived in Darling for five or six years, and they have been working together happily, which is generally credible.
The other two mid-levels are the personnel of the Dahl family themselves, two reliable knights.
These two knights have belonged to the Dahl family three or four generations ago, and they are so reliable that they can no longer be reliable. One of them was also a distant relative of the baron-the knight's mother was also surnamed Dahl, who had the same great-grandfather as the baron.
With such reliable subordinates, Baron Dahl dared to come out to sweep away beasts and monsters in this icy and snowy time, and foreshadowed the safety of next year.
He has a map in hand, which was summarized by the thief this year, and roughly summarized the beasts and monsters of Darling. On this map, the most dangerous is a tribe of ogres that migrated over not long ago, and the closest group to them is a group of goblins.
Or rather, a tribe of goblins.
"Our first enemy will probably be a group of goblins." When camping at night, he also had the distribution map of Darling beasts and monsters, and the accuracy was far higher than that of Baron Dar. Friends gathered ~IndoMTL.com~ to unfold the map and introduce the situation to everyone, "There are probably more than two hundred of these guys. There are a lot of them. Among them are a chief, a shaman, six warriors and fifteen warriors. A shooter. Generally speaking, it is not easy to deal with."
A single goblin can’t even beat a more robust farmer. Even if there are two hundred, it is just a group of live targets. As long as three or five brave soldiers, one charge kills two or three, and the rest is easy. disperse. But if there are goblin warriors among them, then they will be more courageous and able to withstand a certain amount of casualties. And if there are chiefs again, they can even put up some decent battle formations and make some clumsy but effective cooperation, which greatly increases the danger.
Not only that, with the goblin chief, the goblin tribe will have a division of labor, resulting in the birth of advanced monsters such as goblin hunters and goblin shooters. Goblin archers are enemies that adventurers hate. These guys who use short bows are very good at archery, and if you are not careful, they may hit your vitals with an arrow.
The most terrifying thing is the goblin shaman. Their own force may not be high, but they can greatly enhance the ability of goblins to fight in groups.
"So, in tomorrow's battle, our first goal is the chief and the shaman!" At about the same time, the chief priest of Kabbalah and the Baron Dar made the same decision.