Chapter 101 Special Courses
The winter in Maixiangling is still as beautiful as a painting.
There was sporadic snow falling from the blue sky, covering the nearby trees with a light white frost.
The snow was not heavy, only a thin layer on the ground, and the cold was not too severe.
This is the first snow in Maixiangling, and it will probably be the last snow of the year - this is the coldest time in this place, and some years there is no snow all year round.
Leon and Amy took a walk outside the territory, leaving a long trail of footprints on the shallow snow.
"Teacher, are you just going to let them go like this? Without asking them to pay a ransom or something?"
Amy looked back from time to time. A small snowflake fell on her long eyelashes. In the blink of an eye, the snowflake melted, leaving a drop of crystal clear water at the end of her eyelashes.
"If you promised to release someone, you must keep your promise. You can't go back on your word..."
The lord had already walked to the bank of the Aire River. He looked at Amy, whose nose was slightly red from the cold, and handed her the thermos filled with hot water.
He is teaching his students.
As soon as Leon returned to the MacArthur Territory, he released the two governors, Justus and Levius, as promised, without asking for any additional conditions.
In fact, not only Amy was confused, but the lord's subordinates also felt strange - based on Sarah , Klose and others' understanding of their lord, Leon always wanted to get enough benefits, and this time he suddenly let people go so generously, which made them a little uncomfortable.
"Amy, being a trustworthy person is the basic requirement for being a qualified lord."
The lord teaches his students with great righteousness and dignity. Just by listening to his words, one might even think that he is a person who has transcended vulgar interests.
But the next sentence immediately lowered the level: "If no one believes me, then I will never be able to deceive anyone again... Just think about it, how terrible it is!"
Amy held the thermos and covered her hands, then gently rubbed them on her nose twice: "Then why don't you send someone to escort them? What if they die on the road..."
"That's none of my business... If they don't even have the ability to return to the Bacchus Empire, there's no point in letting them go. Besides, when it comes to doing business, you have to make others willing, Amy."
The lord stood on tiptoe by the river, looked into the distance, and said strange things.
Amy obviously didn't understand - how did this get into business again?
But after a few minutes, she understood.
Because the two governors who had just left this road came back in a hurry...
"Sir Leon, can we borrow two horses from you?"
The speaker was Governor Justus, and his words were somewhat restrained. It seemed that he had not spoken in such a way for many years...
Levius seemed even more embarrassed and was too embarrassed to speak at all - Leon had released them without any conditions in the morning, and he really didn't have the face to ask for this or that.
Although Li Ang generously let them go and even returned their swords, the two of them turned around and returned less than half a day after leaving Maixiangling...
The climate in Maixiangling is good, the temperature is okay, and it doesn’t feel too cold.
But after leaving Maixiangling for dozens of miles, there was no shelter from the forests and hillsides in the north, and the biting cold wind was blowing... These two governors are from the south!
In addition, they felt hungry after walking for a long time, so the two governors realized these important issues.
It was freezing cold, and the two of them had nothing - no help, no money, no horses, and no food.
There's not even a map.
This is really not because they are stupid, but a mental disorder caused by identity issues...
After all, these are two governors - they are usually surrounded by people when they go out, and most of them are arranged by servants. They don't usually think about these trivial matters...
"Ah! Governor, this is my fault! I actually forgot to prepare money for you..."
The lord started to show off his acting skills and slapped his forehead in annoyance.
Then he led the two governors back.
But just after turning around and walking a few steps, several people saw Sarah and a large group of new soldiers on horseback rushing past, coming out of the village of Maixiangling and heading in another direction...
"Oh no! Sarah took all the horses to train new soldiers... I'm afraid there are no more horses in my territory! How about you wait until Sarah comes back?"
The lord paused, looking helpless.
The two governors looked at each other and shook their heads: "It can't be that all the horses are gone, right?"
Amy held the thermos in her hand in front of her face, pretending to warm her nose, hiding the smile she couldn't hide...
Li Ang looked around the village hesitantly and gritted his teeth: "Forget it, I'll just lend you my own carriage!"
The tone seemed to be filled with great heartache.
The two governors did feel a little guilty...
Levius was the first to speak out: "Lord Leon is indeed a role model for the nobility... Just consider it as ours, we will buy it at a high price!"
Justus also nodded: "Yes, yes, we have no money right now, we will write you an IOU, and we will send you the money when we return to Bucks!"
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"Amy, you should understand. If I create demand for customers, they will be willing to pay me and be grateful to me..."
An hour later, the lord stood by the creek again and waved to the carriage going away.
The two governors did express their sincere gratitude to Leon, and even bought a carriage and a week's rations for two people at a high price of 12,000 dinars.
The carriage was harnessed to two injured Gatu horses... They looked OK, but in reality... they could not be used as war horses.
Together with the horse and the carriage, it was worth about 600 dinars.
The two governors really did it voluntarily. They each wrote an IOU for 6,000 dinars. After all, they couldn't show it if they wrote less...
And when they left, they really said to the lord sincerely: "Thank you!"
Amy nodded in satisfaction. She felt that Teacher Li Ang's operation was very advanced and much more reliable than locking someone in a cell and demanding a ransom.
After cheating people out of their money, I was able to gain some goodwill...
Sarah was already standing behind the lord, and only then did she realize that the lord was trying to blackmail her.
However, the lord arranged for her to take the horses and recruits out not just for show.
"Sir, do you really want me to continue training the cavalry?"
Sarah didn't have much confidence in training soldiers; she had never done this before.
"Sarah, you have to have confidence in yourself! In the entire McFlurry Territory, you are the best rider except for me! Just go for it, you can do it!"
The Lord's praise and encouragement are always free of charge.
"No, sir, what I mean is... my training method may cause them get injured frequently..."
Sarah was still a little uneasy. Although she was quite cruel when beating the prisoners, she was always kind to her own people.
"Why worry about getting hurt? Anyway, we have Anson here. His medical skills have improved a lot recently, especially in surgical emergency treatment... It would be good to let him practice his medical skills more."
The Lord said disapprovingly.
Amy reminded from the side: "Teacher, if there are a lot of casualties during the training, the soldiers may not be able to hold on, and may even flee..."
Li Ang shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry! Amy, you will soon know that this is also another lesson for you..."
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The large-scale military training that the Lord had not had time to carry out before can finally be implemented.
In the past few days, the crossbowmen have returned one after another, and they have brought back more than 70 mercenaries of varying levels.
But the Lord did not want to use pure mercenaries now, so he asked these mercenaries a question: "Are you willing to become the subjects of Maixiang Territory?"
Only about twenty mercenaries were willing to stay - these people probably had a better relationship with the original crossbowmen.
Most of the other mercenaries said they were at home anywhere.
Therefore, the 50 people who were planning to travel around the world were sent to White Hart Castle to replenish the manpower of Godric who had suffered a great loss.
As for Fletcher Village, Leon was not worried at all - Fletcher Village was a big village, and there was the bandit leader Riva helping him openly and secretly. If Charles could not form a team on his own, he would just die.
The more than 20 mercenaries who stayed behind, together with the original crossbowmen, were reorganized into members of the Maixiangling Security Team.
There were 40 people in total, all skilled crossbowmen and infantrymen.
The captain and vice-captain are Eric and John - Gousheng and Goudan.
They will also be responsible for road maintenance and business travel safety protection in Maixiangling.
With these dozens of skilled soldiers, and considering that it is now the slack season for farming, the lord began to vigorously train the new recruits.
There are 62 pure recruits, plus 28 heavy archers who have seen the world and fought in battles, but their actual level is still not very good, and they rely entirely on equipment to support them. (There were originally 30, and two of them died when Rainier attacked Mai Xiangling.)
There are 90 people in total. After taking off their equipment, they are essentially all recruits. The 28 archers are actually at the same level as militiamen when they are naked.
The new recruits were divided into three groups, and the archers were changed to new professions and retrained. They began high-intensity special training that was impossible in this era.
Every morning, there are three hours of basic subject training.
30 young men who can ride horses or have some talent for riding horses will be organized into cavalry and receive equestrian training, and their instructor will be the cruel Sarah;
30 strong infantrymen will undergo running and fighting training, and their instructors will be the equally brutal Mettenheim stormtroopers;
The 30 people with the strongest arm strength or who already have some archery skills will receive archery training under the leadership of the even more brutal Lord Leon.
In fact, the best archer in the territory is definitely Lisadiran, but Lisadiran is a Noldor elf, and it is not convenient for him to show up in public often, and his archery skills are totally unsuitable for humans - humans do not have as good a talent as the Noldor.
After Lisadilan returned from White Hart Castle, the lord assigned him a new task - to become a shadow, or a secret sentry.
After all, knowing the name Helen Pendragon, Leon naturally had to step up his guard against assassination.
The lord is very strict in selecting archers. They must be strong, have good eyesight, be quick in reaction, and remain calm.
Don't be misled by the fragile attributes of archers in various games. In reality, archers are basically all strong soldiers.
It is difficult to train an excellent archer. People who are not strong enough cannot pull a strong bow. An excellent archer can often be competent in most types of troops, and at least be a strong infantryman.
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 lord arranged for the new recruits to have a standard training time of six hours per day.
In addition, extra practice can get an extra midnight snack - an unlimited buffet from 'World of Food'.
So the recruits took the initiative to extend the training time by two hours.
In this era, or in any era, this is a terrifying amount of training.
The Lord dares to practice like this simply because he has money.
Leslie has been making large purchases non-stop - she is spending all the gold coins according to Leon's instructions, but she hasn't spent them all yet.
In fact, if Li Ang had not provided unlimited amounts of meat, eggs and pasta, ordinary people of that era would not have been 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 their operating methods.
Sarah's equestrian training was bloody - either she fell off the horse and died, or she could ride the horse well.
She only spent an hour on the first day explaining the basics.
Then, from the first day, she tied the recruits' hands so that they could only control the horses with their legs.
The horses were tied into a team, and Sarah would ride the lead horse and lead the team in a circle around the wheat field.
It was not until three hours later, when the horses had completed their optimal exercise for the day, that the new recruits were able to escape from their suffering.
This kind of training method certainly causes great losses - half of the people fell off their horses on the first day. Fortunately, Anson was there to provide first aid all the way, so no one was trampled to death.
But the progress gained at the cost of one's life was huge. From the second day on, fewer and fewer people fell down, and after a week, they were basically proficient. Everyone's inner thighs were worn out, and more and more people walked with their legs tucked together...
However, starting from the second week, Sarah made them wear various equipment weighing up to 40 kilograms, and required them to train while carrying wood in one hand, and by the way make some contributions to the construction of the village.
So the non-combat casualties began again...
Of course, there are safety guarantees. Anson will follow the whole process. His treatment and first aid skills are improving faster than the recruits' riding skills...
Leon's side seems to be a little more peaceful. He trains in many subjects at the same time, including archery, dodging, strength, endurance, etc.
Apart from basic training - such as holding the bow still for one minute, volley shooting, projectile shooting, etc., the rest of the time is confrontational training.
Confrontation training is not complicated. It is actually two people shooting at each other naked.
Everyone stands in a circle with a diameter of less than one meter and shoots at designated targets one by one. They can dodge but cannot leave the designated circle.
The arrows used were made of wooden arrowheads, but it still hurts a lot when you get shot. There will be a bump if you get hit by an arrow, and you deserve it if you don't dodge.
The opponents are different in each confrontation, and the distance between the circles and the environment are different in each round of training.
Sometimes it is flat land, sometimes it is in the mountains, and sometimes it is in the woods.
There is one bag of arrows in each round. The one who hits the most arrows wins. The loser will have to practice basic skills more.
Doesn't look cruel, does it?
However, if you were shot with 17 or 18 arrows every day, your head was covered with lumps, your whole body was in pain, and your shoulders and wrists hurt as if they were broken, you wouldn't think so...
In fact, this kind of training is even more difficult than that of the cavalry, because they will definitely get bruises all over their heads. The people even opened up massage services without any guidance...
The training of the infantry was also quite difficult.
The swordsmanship of the Mettenheim warriors was very good, and Leon had actually been training them intermittently before.
The people of Mettenheim taught the lord's training methods to the new recruits without any omission.
Most of the time it was basic training - such as chopping wood, felling trees, cutting branches to make arrow shafts, practicing running while carrying wood, etc.
This also provides props for Sarah and Leon's training and contributes to the construction of the territory. After all, in the winter, the consumption of wood is quite high.
Doesn’t sound scary, does it?
But the problem is that the quantity is huge - for example, when chopping wood, you have to chop 300 pieces of wood within two hours, otherwise you will be beaten...
If you have enough firewood and building materials, then practice combat offense and defense.
Wearing full sets of chain mail, the two men used each other as sandbags, and then practiced sparring with wooden weapons.
The instructors would designate a target to attack, and if you missed, you would be beaten by the instructors. If you hit, the person who attacked would become a sandbag, and the original sandbag would become the attacker, and the cycle would repeat.
In other words, unless every attack is successful and every defense is successful, you will definitely get beaten...
Chain mail can prevent cuts and bleeding, but it can't protect against impact at all...
So after coming out of the Mettenheim stormtrooper training ground, all the infantrymen would be bruised and out of breath, but their iron will and strength would definitely increase very quickly.
The full-staff offense and defense every afternoon is a real combat.
The method is very simple. The recruits are against the security team. The wooden weapons are covered with white lime. The recruits organize their own tactics. The only requirement is not to retreat.
If you are hit in the vitals, you are out. Once you are out, do basic exercises until the training is over.
90 recruits against 40 skilled mercenaries may seem like a huge numerical advantage, but it's actually very difficult.
When it comes to fighting a war, there's a huge difference between having experience and having no experience.
The key is that once the veterans are at a disadvantage, Klose's stormtroopers will also join the ranks of the veterans...
As a result, several captains with some tactical awareness emerged among the new recruits.
In fact, the busiest person in the entire Maixiangling is Anson.
Anson has also started training helpers - he realized from the second day of training that he would not be able to handle it alone.
So he selected a few helpers to form a medical team. They worked overtime every day, and their medical skills improved by leaps and bounds, rising several levels in just one month...
Healing: 6
Surgery: 5
First aid: 6
High-intensity training will naturally bring about many changes - Li Ang's coaching level has been upgraded again and is now level 5.
In fact, the coaching levels of both Klose and Sarah have also been upgraded, with Sarah even upgrading by 2 levels, probably because of her outstanding results.
So, just one month later, the new recruits had changed a lot.
Even those with the worst performance can now be considered high-level soldiers after wearing a full set of equipment...
But the time is still short, and their proficiency is not very high, especially the archers.
However, during the continuous training, no one escaped, no one resisted, and no one even complained.
The most important reason why these subjects were able to grit their teeth and complete such high-intensity training was the stock dividends from their lord.
None of the new recruits want to be eliminated from the army, because all military members have at least two shares, and the weekly dividends are equivalent to the monthly income of an ordinary family in the continent of Pande.
And if you train well and are chosen as a sergeant, you can really become rich!
In addition, if you can join the lord's direct troops, you can receive additional combat subsidies, three meals a day for free, and unlimited food in the cafeteria!
The real purpose of Lord Maixiang Group is not just to make money.
Business has never been a system that exists in isolation.
This is another lesson that the lord taught Amy - only by using all resources can it be considered effective integration.
