Banner of the Evil God

Soon after the first snow fell, the winter sweeping army of Dalling left the city.

The main force of this army is the private army under Baron Dal, a total of one hundred professional soldiers. Don't underestimate these one hundred people. Not only do they train off-duty all year round, but each of them is fully armed. Baron Dal is willing to spend money on armaments. All the soldiers have changed into simplified full-body armor launched by the Northwest Republic in recent years. This kind of armor is based on an integrated chest armor, with waist, arm, leg armor and helmet mask made of stamped steel sheets. It is a real heavy full-body armor. Not only that, it is much lighter than traditional full-body armor. Although you can't travel long distances after wearing it, you can at least charge with a gun, which is beyond the reach of 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 half-time soldiers who can receive a salary at ordinary times, but they have to prepare their own equipment. In battle, they are mainly responsible for supporting in the rear. These experienced archers can often kill weaker monsters such as goblins with one arrow. The combat effectiveness of a hundred people is also very strong.

This army of two hundred people is the confidence of Baron Dahl. The remaining three hundred people are just miscellaneous. About one hundred of them are militias - mostly hooligans gathered from various villages. Baron Dahl does not expect these people to fight hard battles, but they can still help to eliminate enemies such as goblins when they have an advantage.

The last two hundred people are pure servants. Among them, there are special servants, that is, those who have learned how to serve soldiers, how to march, how to set up camp, and how to build battlefields since childhood; but more of them are poor people from the slums in the city. This group of people includes men, women, young and old, and basically have no training. The only job they are responsible for is to help transport supplies and serve the soldiers.

Yes, they only need to do these things. As for other jobs, such as cannon fodder, cannon fodder, and cannon fodder, they are not needed.

The reason why the poor servants can have such treatment is naturally the clergy of the Void Mask Church.

In order to protect this group of poor people, including the local chief priest Kabbalah priest, ten clergymen were dispatched, and even two church members were asked to help. A team of twelve people formed a powerful squad.

There are three intermediate-level and nine beginner-level in this squad, and the combat effectiveness is definitely not low. Even if it is against Baron Dahl's guards, the victory or defeat is between fifty-fifty.

Moreover, the personnel configuration of this squad is quite reasonable, with two rangers, one priest, three priests, and six paladins. Whether it is long-range, close combat or spells, there are sufficient manpower. The Kabbalah priest even moved the sacred altar and placed it on a special cart. When necessary, relying on the altar, he will definitely be able to exert a power that will terrify any enemy.

Well, any enemy.

Whether it is a beast, a monster, or a human with bad intentions.

This made Baron Dahl particularly uncomfortable. He wanted to incorporate those clergymen into the vanguard army and let them fight against powerful monsters. As a result, those clergymen said, "Our altar is here. If you want to give any orders, you can come and negotiate with our Majesty yourself." He had no choice but to admit defeat and retreat shamefully.

His Majesty the Void Mask is a kind god, and Baron Dahl didn't think he might be the kind that the old man liked, so it was better not to make trouble for himself.

Since he didn't have the guts to discuss with His Majesty the Void Mask, it was certainly not good to give orders directly. But Baron Dahl was a smart businessman after all, and he quickly figured it out-it was no big deal if he couldn't calculate those clergymen. Anyway, when they encounter powerful and evil monsters, can these clergymen not go up?

If they retreat, then they don't deserve to be clergymen!

In view of the fact that these people could help him fight a tough battle, Baron Dahl did not bother with the Void Mask Church, and even did not let those poor servants risk their lives.

For huge profits, there is no need to bother about small things. People who do business always know how to make trade-offs.

Of course, Baron Dahl would not pin his hopes on the clergy of the Void Mask Church at critical moments. What he really trusts most is his own guard.

The guard consists of knights, thieves and mages.

There are four masters of the intermediate level in this guard. Especially the mage who specializes in protective spells and the thief who is good at tracking stealth are helpers that Baron Dahl has spent a lot of money to invite. They have lived in Dahl County for five or six years, and everyone has been cooperating happily. Generally speaking, they are trustworthy.

The other two intermediate levels are the people of the Dahl family, two reliable knights.

These two knights have belonged to the Dahl family for three or four generations, and they are so reliable that they can't be more reliable. One of them was a distant relative of the baron - the knight's mother was also named Dahl, and had the same great-grandfather as the baron.

With such reliable subordinates, Baron Dahl dared to come out in this icy and snowy time to sweep away wild beasts and monsters, laying the groundwork for next year's safety.

He had a map in his hand, which was summarized by the thief this year. It roughly sorted out the beasts and monsters in Dal Territory. On this map, the most dangerous one was a tribe of ogres that migrated here not long ago, and the one closest to them was a group of goblins.

Or, a tribe of goblins.

"Our first enemy will probably be a group of goblins." When camping at night, the Kabbalah priest, who also had a distribution map of beasts and monsters in Dal Territory and whose accuracy was far higher than that of Baron Dal, gathered the church members, unfolded the map, and introduced the situation to everyone, "There are about 200 of these guys, a lot of them. Among them is a chief, a shaman, six warriors and 15 archers. In general, it is not easy to deal with them."

A single goblin can't even beat a stronger farmer. Even if there are 200 of them, they are just a group of living targets. As long as there are three or five brave soldiers, one charge kills two or three, and the rest can be easily dispersed. But if there are goblin warriors among them, then they will be more courageous and able to withstand certain casualties. If they have a chieftain, 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 chieftain, the goblin tribe will have a division of labor, which will give birth to advanced monsters such as goblin hunters and goblin archers. Goblin archers are enemies that adventurers hate. These guys who use short bows are very good at archery and may shoot you in the vitals with an arrow if you are not careful.

And the most terrifying ones are goblin shamans. Their own military power may not be high, but they can greatly improve the goblins' ability to fight in groups.

"So, in tomorrow's battle, our first target is the chieftain and the shaman!" At almost the same time, Kabala High Priest and Baron Dahl made the same decision.