The Swordsman of Faerûn

After watching [Water Margin], you will be able to rob, and after watching [Romance of the Three Kingdoms], you will be able to fight.

This is the mysterious self-confidence that every boy in our family has, and William is no exception.

For the florists, war is a man's romance.Whether it is being stubborn, beheading the general and capturing the flag, or planning a strategy to win a thousand miles away, it is a boyish feeling that a man can't understand until his death.

In fact, for William, cutting the generals and capturing the flag is not a difficult task. He mainly wants to experience the taste of strategizing.

There are countless mysteries about the way of using soldiers in the old family in the previous life (compared to the natives of Faerun), such as "soldiers and horses have not moved, food and grass go first", what "those who seek profit for a hundred miles will fall to the general", what " Don't chase after the poor", "Don't enter the forest"...

When William listened to Holfast's description of the travel situation of the group of well-equipped soldiers in the Battle Valley, especially after he focused on asking, he learned that the other party had no cavalry, no auxiliary soldiers, and no He knew that the other party was a group of fools with the luggage accompanying the army, and even those guys who were fully armed—armed and marching on the road.

For an army, it is possible to march with armed forces during training on weekdays, and it can also be fully equipped when it is about to enter the battlefield or is in a dangerous place, but if it is a normal march, you will be stupid if you march with heavy equipment .

Especially for the classical cold weapon army, the most fundamental guarantee of its combat effectiveness is sufficient physical strength, which is the premise of everything. Hurrying leads to a sudden drop in combat power caused by physical exertion.

Unless the army that came out of Essebra just ran around the field and then returned, or their destination was not far away, sooner or later such a march would suffer retribution, and William is their retribution now.

Another scout team composed of elite cavalry rode fast horses to track down the whereabouts of the soldiers, and William ordered Holfast to go to the cavalry camp and bring all the pack horses and spare horses here.

Then William ordered the two training infantry regiments to rest in place, and recruited the two infantry regiment leaders Leopard Girl Yin Wa, War Sickle Priest Alyosha, and four deputy regiment leaders to discuss the next action together.

As an elite from Darkset Town, although Yin Wa, the leopard girl, is not the strongest under William's command, she is the most aggressive and competitive one.Diligent and eager to learn is the first characteristic of Yin Wa. She is always improving herself, whether it is personal strength or understanding of many issues, which makes her stand out among the elites of Dagger Valley.

William is convinced that as long as this little female cat does not die halfway, she will achieve amazing achievements in the future, and William also does not mind giving this amazing girl a chance to realize her self-worth.

Two of the four deputy heads came from the elite team of Dagger Valley, one of the other two was Jieer Liangge, and the other was a senior soldier from Deep Forest Valley.

William said to the six people: "My generals, let me tell you some bad news. There is a battle ahead waiting for us to participate. Now I want to ask in advance, is there anyone who doesn't want to participate in this battle?"

The six people shook their heads almost simultaneously and said, "Sir! I will die for you!"

At the end, Alyosha paused the scythe in her hand, and continued: "Your Excellency, our Lord has issued an oracle, and fighting for you is equivalent to fighting for the Lord. I am willing to kill all disobedient blasphemers for you." God."

William asked again: "How is the morale of the soldiers now? I want to know whether they can take on the heavy responsibility of fighting. Also, did the soldiers have a lot of physical exertion during the previous trek?"

Jieer Liangge said: "Your Excellency William, the soldiers are very stable. They are very happy to fight for you. Of course, the premise is that we have a great hope of winning in the battle. It is difficult for them to bear the risk of adversity."

William nodded, and then began to introduce the situation of the enemy they need to deal with next, as well as William's tactical arrangement.

William is going to use the two infantry regiments on hand of nearly 600 people, as well as a scout cavalry as the main force to participate in the next battle.

They will have a full meal later, and then go to the battlefield on the spare horses and pack horses that will be brought by the scout cavalry. join the battlefield.

Of course, the specific actions will depend on the actual situation of the enemy army. As the saying goes, soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent. A commander who cannot adapt to changes is not a good general.

However, the first thing William waited for was not the scouts and horses tracking the enemy, but the support from the base camp of the Land of Three Rivers. What Holfast brought back was not only nearly a thousand air horses, but also his brother Wesliver. Half of the Mist Knights Chapter led by S. Habershield.

Later, Phineya actually took half of the Frost Giant Cubs and escorted a group of baggage to the temporary stop set up by William, accompanied by two little girls, Mishaer and Selur. , only Miluna had to stay in the Three Rivers camp because of the need to maintain the operation of the flame gate.

In fact, if it wasn't for William's warning in advance, and the prestige of Storm Silverhand, the head of the First Infantry Regiment, was high enough, I'm afraid the remaining few infantry regiments would have to come out to join the battle.

It can also be seen here that William's army is basically a group of grassroots teams. Without his personal control, it is almost difficult to implement the most basic orders and prohibitions. Most of the chapter leaders are not very qualified, except for limited One or two people, and the rest have almost no military literacy at all.

Although William was a little disappointed by this, he was never overly worried. After all, no one is born to know how to fight and understand the art of war. If you don’t know how to learn, you can practice. If you don’t have enough experience, you can accumulate. That's fine.

So William just reprimanded the heavy cavalry (Mist Knight) regiment leader Weslifus Habershield for a few words, and for another big fool who came here against the order, Phinea, he said a few words. It was lightly whipped five times as punishment.

I don't want to say anything about this kind of differential treatment of Phinea, but I just scratched the whipped back a few times and giggled. Humiliation, he strongly demanded that he also accept the punishment of whipping.

William really didn't expect this big boy from the Habershield family to be so smart, but such a straightforward child is indeed rare, as long as he is handled well, he will be the most reassuring general under William.

William certainly couldn't let Wes Rivers do what he said, he said directly to Boros's eldest son: "Your Excellency Weiss, if you want a fair punishment, I can fulfill your wish, but not now. Because we are going to the battlefield soon, the damage caused by whipping will affect your combat status. I am not a fool, and I will never let my generals suffer unnecessary injuries before the battle."

"But! Ms. Phinea has accepted the punishment. Doesn't she need to go to the battlefield?" The upright man Wesrivos almost uttered a sentence without thinking, but he regretted it after he finished speaking. He knew he had asked a silly question.Holfast, Wesrivos' brother next to him, covered his eyes in embarrassment. He knew that his brother would be stupid, but he didn't expect to be so stupid.

William is now sure that the eldest son of the Habershield family is a little short-sighted. This guy is not emotionally intelligent. No wonder that even though he controlled the highest force in Misty Valley, his father's highest-member-member position was so weak. crumbling.

In front of all the regiment leaders and many soldiers, William said directly to Wesrivos: "I believe all of you who have eyes can see just now that my whipping of Captain Phinea is to put Because Phinea is my wife, it is impossible for me to kill my wife, just like I cannot send you to death on purpose.

This is the love of a loving husband for his wife.

But although Phinea is my wife, she cannot escape this punishment, nor can she escape the fate of going to war.It would be unfair to all of you if I did this!

I can't guarantee that you will not die on the battlefield, but I can guarantee that my wife, my family and I will fight with you on the front line of the battlefield! "

What William said seemed to be for Wesrivos, but it was actually for everyone to hear.After listening to these people who had never been inspired by similar words, they couldn't help feeling overwhelmed and couldn't hold back their fighting spirit and morale. Many people wished they could wipe their necks on the spot to show their loyalty to William.

Shouting William's name, they pounded their weapons and armor in one unstoppable battle cry.

At the end, William said to Weslifus with a gloomy face: "Weslifus Habershield, after tonight's battle is over, you will be punished with ten lashes as punishment for your rude words just now. As a regiment leader who bears heavy responsibilities, you must know how to take responsibility for your own words. There are also ten whips, five of which come from the fairness you demanded, and the remaining five are the price for postponing the execution."

Then William ignored the captain of the cavalry who became happy again, and turned to the priest of Tandia who was standing on the other side watching the excitement: "Priest Alyosha, I want to relieve you of your duties as commander and promote you as my commander." Chief military-judicial-officer, responsible for enforcing the punishment of violators in the army. What do you think?"

Priest Alyosha asked: "Who will succeed me in command of the battle group?"

William said: "Temporarily, Ms. Liangge will replace you as the temporary acting regiment leader. If I can find a new suitable candidate in the future, I will appoint a new infantry regiment commander."

Priest Alyosha looked at the moon elf with a happy face, and said, "I am willing to accept your appointment, sir. But I have to wait until this battle is over."

William nodded, and turned to Jieer Liangge and said: "Ms. Liangge, I hope you can show extraordinary abilities after taking over from Priest Alyosha. If you do well enough, maybe I will only assign one The new deputy head is for you."

Jie'er Liangge said happily: "Please wait and see, my officer!"

Misha'er, who was following along to join in the fun, suddenly interrupted: "William, my brother. I think I'm more suitable to be the regiment leader than a singing elf, she can't even beat me!"

Jie'er Liangge's complexion became very ugly when he heard this, and William said to the little girl with a serious face: "Misha'er, being the commander of the infantry regiment is not just about being good at fighting. Yes, more outstanding qualities are needed. If you want to be the regiment leader, you need to learn a lot."

As soon as these words came out, not only Jie'er Liangge's expression became happy, but the other regiment leaders and deputy regiment leaders also all raised their chests and stomachs cheerfully, as if they had received a great reward from William.

Not to mention that William was preparing for military affairs while preparing for the expedition.

By the time the scouts who tracked the enemy's whereabouts returned, it was already evening.

The scouts brought the movement of the enemy army, and the soldiers did not return to Essebra, but went south along the main road of the Battle Valley-Rosaville Road.

The Rosaville Road is a commercial route connecting Comanso to Sambia. This road has also brought prosperity to the Battle Valley. In this section of the road passing through the Battle Valley, there are continuous open-air farmland everywhere. Small orchards protected behind walls, fenced farms, and large open pastures abound.

And the reason why the army did not carry luggage is also due to the dense farms and orchards along this section of the road.After those soldiers were tired from walking, they casually knocked on the gates of several farms, and then expropriated food and accommodation like robbers. Some inhumane conflicts were inevitable.

After William received the detailed information, he immediately ordered everyone to set off on horses and rush to the place where the group of enemies stayed overnight.

For any non-modern army, marching at night is a difficult problem.However, the frost giant cubs under William are born with certain night vision ability (immature dark vision), which makes them much better than normal humans when driving at night, while most horses have low-light vision. They only need a little light, and they can run freely.

In this way, under the leadership of the frost giant cubs who played a big role, the soldiers on horses were able to rush to a place not far from their destination at midnight.

After William's soldiers got off their horses and rested for half an hour, they divided into several combat teams and quietly approached the farm where the enemy was staying.

The ensuing battle was lackluster. The soldiers from Essebra not only took off their armor while sleeping, but even drank as much ale as possible. They drank all the self-brewed wine stored by the farmers. , a few leading guys even hugged the wife or daughter of the farm owner.

After all, they are only dealing with a group of mobs who have no military literacy, do not know how to set up a camp, and are even less defensive than bandits. William and the others not only took advantage of the surprise attack, but also have an advantage in numbers. It would be unreasonable if they could not win up.