Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 75:

Soon, Sui Xiong got news from Wenner.

The opportunity for the Merchants to win has been found by Him.

Sui Xiong hurried away, but what he saw was a scene that made him somewhat puzzled.

A group of people who don't look like soldiers but farmers are standing in a neat array, using long spears to stab the target in front of them.

"This group of people are you talking about?" Sui Xiong asked suspiciously.

"Yes, my priesthood tells me that they are the opportunity for the merchants to win." Wenner said confidently.

Sui Xiong took a closer look and shook his head again and again: "I bet you, the most experienced person among them, the biggest thing he has killed in his life will not be more than a rooster!"

Although he does not have a war priesthood, he also has deep knowledge in areas such as war and combat. After witnessing the desperate fight between the two main gods, especially the last sword of the main human **** Uther Jean, It gave him a deep sense of urgency, so after receiving the legacy of the previous generation of the sun god, the first thing to work hard to study is these things that can immediately improve combat effectiveness.

With his ability, naturally, there is no way to see whether to fight and the trend of winning and losing between the two sides of the war, but in the face of a group of soldiers, it is easy to see how high their combat effectiveness is.

At this moment, in his opinion, the basic attributes of this group of soldiers are pretty good, all of them are strong and strong. What is rare is that everyone is of good character and has no bad habits, which is very good for the atmosphere of the army. However, the experience of this group of soldiers is generally very low, and there is no blood accumulated in the fight on them. At first glance, they know that they are still farmers or workers not long ago.

Sui Xiong is really not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of such soldiers.

Wenner smiled slightly: "Less killing is not a problem. The key to the combat effectiveness of the army lies in equipment and training. Actual combat is actually not that important. Anyway, as long as the hard power is reached, there will be practical experience in two battles. This is actually the least. Valuable."

"Huh?" Sui Xiong was taken aback, and asked subconsciously, "Aren't powerful troops have to endure hundreds of battles?"

"The army can go through a hundred battles, but soldiers can't. The sword has no eyes. How many people in the world can survive a hundred battles?" Wenner smiled and shook his head. Lord. Generally speaking, the problems that can be solved by training must not be solved by actual combat."

"I thought you were a firm combatist."

"The firm combat faction has already killed me."

Sui Xiong laughed loudly at what he said, and nodded repeatedly.

He doesn't understand the art of war and has little experience in training soldiers. Despite Crick's practice over the years, compared with Wenner, the real **** of war, he is estimated to be at the level of an amateur. Since Wenner thinks these people can become stronger through training, that should be the case.

"But I still don't understand, is it too late for them to train now?" Sui Xiong looked at it for a while and couldn't help asking.

"Not too late, let alone that there is no war yet, even if it has already started. At the beginning, it will only be a small friction on the border. When it develops into a full-scale war, it will be at least a few more years... At the very least, in the next five years, there will be no real war between the North and the South.” Wenner’s judgment on war is undoubtedly the most authoritative, and no one will question this. “Five years will be enough for them to grow up to be reliable. Strong army."

Sui Xiong now fully understands, and finally relaxes.

They just watched the training of the rookies who had just picked up their weapons. After a while, Wenner suddenly laughed and said, "Actually, the emergence of this army has a lot to do with you. Relationship."

"Huh?" Sui Xiong wondered, "What does it have to do with me?"

"Don’t you have a holy spirit named Crick Keane? This military training method was first proposed by him. Several powerful aristocrats of the merchant faction have been working since they did not have a truly reliable army. Seeking a reliable training method. They looked for it, and finally found the Keen collar.” Wenner’s envoys just sent a report, that is to say, “In order to obtain the Keen family’s military training secrets. , The businessmen paid a great price."

Sui Xiong was taken aback for a moment, and quickly checked the relevant situation through the priests and believers stationed in Keene City.

The Church of the Void Mask has a great influence in the Keene Territory. The contemporary Baron Keene Anna Keane is a believer of Sui Xiong, and her eldest son Louis Keane is naturally also the face of the void. A member of the church, and also a priest, even though he is not even an intermediate, but this identity alone is enough to explain the problem.

More importantly, this time the training method of the Keene family was taught to the Gold Coin Federation merchant faction, and it was Louis Keane who personally managed it.

About three months ago, when there was still a lot of noisy in the big council meeting, several more foresighted and capable businessmen had sent people to Keene City and tried to negotiate with the Keene family. , I want to learn the training methods of the Keene family.

Different from ordinary nobles, the Keene family never recruits adventurers to reorganize into an army, nor does it recruit strong gangsters or the like. They always recruit soldiers from among civilians with good wealth, white people, and then after long-term training, they are trained to be loyal, brave and tenacious soldiers.

In the past few years, Baron Keene has clashed with other nobles around him more than once, and used his army to fight several times. In every battle, this army has demonstrated a style that is very different from that of the ordinary army-they are not particularly powerful than those traditional army, but they are exceptionally obedient and tenacious. On more than one occasion, they have withstood nearly 20% of the casualties and fought bravely, eventually defeating an enemy who may be stronger than them~IndoMTL.com~ Merchants are not short of money, but they have always lacked a truly reliable army. . The combat effectiveness of mercenaries is unquestionable, but they are simply not reliable enough. Normally or in a downwind battle, it's nothing more. Once in adversity, it often collapses across the board suddenly, like a wolf rushing into a hog.

Of course, there are loyal and reliable mercenaries, but even if the merchants are rich, there is no way to hire too many such troops—because their numbers are inherently small.

For example, the famous "mountain halberdman" is an extremely loyal and reliable army. But even if the merchant faction had recruited almost all the mercenaries that could be recruited on the mainland in recent years, it could not make up a thousand people.

If you want to fight the small border friction, this number is of course enough, but if you want to completely turn your face against the nobles and start a full-scale war, this number is not even enough for the vanguard.

Therefore, the merchant faction paid special attention to the training of the Keene family. After acquiring it at a high price and a lot of political costs, it adjusted to its actual situation, and then set up several experiments impatiently. The army of the nature began actual training.

Sui Xiong and Wenner saw exactly one of them.