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Although the merchants of the Gold Coin Federation lacked decisiveness at critical moments and did not have the spirit of rushing through fire and water with a glare, their thinking was still very clear as long as the situation was not so urgent and the pressure was not so great.

The core problem of the merchants was the lack of a reliable army loyal to them. The only way to solve this problem was to train new troops.

Therefore, once they obtained the method of training a reliable professional army from Keen, they quickly put it into practice and carefully kept it secret.

Each military camp was located in a secret base completely controlled by the old and large chamber of commerce in the north. No one was allowed to approach within at least 30 miles of the vicinity. Even the convoys transporting supplies could only be sent 30 miles away, and then the base's own convoys would be used for transportation. In order to prevent aerial reconnaissance, there were more than 20 mid-level or even higher mages who took turns casting spells around the clock to maintain an illusion magic that was enough to cover the entire base.

Generally speaking, aerial reconnaissance was performed by martial arts adventurers riding flying monsters, who did not have the ability to see through illusions. But the world is so vast that there are many things. Maybe someone has a special bloodline that can see through illusions - for example, Donald James, the heir of the James family in Keene; or maybe someone has a magic item that can see through illusions, or even... In order to obtain detailed and reliable intelligence, sometimes even a battle mage may play a guest role as a scout.

So these training bases have a second layer of cover - a huge roof.

Supported by pillars, it is enough to block wind and rain and completely block the roof from prying from the sky.

These hastily made roofs are naturally not very strong, probably just like the carports and awnings on Earth. But no matter how weak it is, it is enough to block anyone's sight. Even the caster's reconnaissance spell can hardly see through these roofs after penetrating the illusion magic, and see the soldiers who sweat and train hard every day below.

In fact, if it weren't for Winner's experience, even He would have been almost fooled.

Because those roofs were painted with patterns by special painters - the same patterns as the ground. From a distance, it looks like an ordinary ground. If you don't fly closer, even the gods won't be able to see the problem.

The illusion spells of mortals are ineffective against gods, but the patterns of paintings are not spells. Wenner was almost fooled by this simple and crude method.

Of course, He would not tell Sui Xiong these words.

The two gods watched in the air for almost a day, watching these soldiers train combat skills, training formations, training military orders, training physical fitness... Those methods are quite simple and concise, nothing fancy, and not pursuing any cleverness, just two words: stable and fast.

The first is stability. Any action, whether fighting or marching, pays attention to the word "stable". These new troops will be the pillars and core of the merchant army in the future, so the first requirement for them is stability and reliability. In this way, at the critical moment, they can play the role of Dinghaishenzhen.

The second is speed. Under the premise of stability, we must pursue rapid action. Marching and fighting are all about speed. As long as you are fast enough, the enemy will not have time to react when you attack, and when you retreat, the enemy can only eat dirt behind you. There may be no good recipe for winning every battle in the world, but as long as the army can always keep faster than the enemy, if it can't win, it can at least run away, so as not to suffer a big defeat.

In addition to these two points, there may be other pursuits, but for this rookie army in front of us, these two points alone are enough.

... For most armies in the world, these two points are enough.

When it was getting dark, the soldiers in the base went to rest, and Sui Xiong and Wenner also left.

Wenner set out to find several other bases, and Sui Xiong went to Keen Territory.

When he learned that the training methods of these bases actually came from Keen Territory, he was really surprised - in Creek's memory, Keen Territory's training methods were not so complicated and advanced, but very simple.

After arriving at Keen County, he hid above the military camp and observed for a few days before he was sure that the new troops sent by the merchants were indeed using the training methods of the Keen family.

Moreover, he also found the source of this training method.

It's simple to say, it's just the accumulation of time.

Since Anna Keen took over as Baron Keen, she has made great efforts to rectify the military in view of the fact that Keen County was not strong enough at the time and encountered several heartbreaking things. In terms of training methods, she inherited the tradition of "recruiting good people as the army" left by her brother, but compared with the armies of various places, she and the knights designed a complete set of detailed training strategies, and continued to modify and improve them in the years that followed. Now it has been nearly 30 years, the girl has already reached middle age, and the territory is about to be handed over to the next generation. With this set of constantly improved training methods, Keen County has trained an excellent army with strong combat power and resolute will, which has performed well in several border conflicts and also played the prestige of Keen County.

Anna's style of doing things is different from Creek's. Unlike Creek's deep and gentle style, Anna is more direct and fierce. Over the years, the nobles around her have suffered from her more than once. It is precisely because he frightened and subdued the nobles around him that the Thunder Duke has no way to deal with Keen County - no matter what he wants, the nobles around Keen County will never want to go against Keen County again. Without their support, the Duke will be unable to do anything to Keen County.

Last time, at the suggestion of the second son of the Grand Duke, the Grand Duke promoted Viscount Sarmat and appointed him to the side of Keen Territory, trying to use this loyal warrior to provoke Keen Territory, to make things bigger and out of control, so as to give the Grand Duke an excuse to send troops. But the second son of the Grand Duke is currently playing a real-life version of island survival in Sui Xiong's kingdom of God, and Wei Shake, who replaced him, has no intention of causing trouble at all. As a result, the Grand Duke lost a piece of territory in vain and was sulking for several days.

As for the second son of the Grand Duke... because of the mistake he made in this matter, he not only lost his original advantage in the battle for succession, but was also seized by the eldest son of the Grand Duke and pursued him relentlessly. At present, he has almost lost the battle for succession. Now the only suspense is that after his brother becomes the Grand Duke, will he let him be a peaceful marquis? Or will he uphold the fine tradition of the Thunder Principality and send him to accompany the predecessors who lost the right of succession in the past generations?

Probably, the latter possibility is higher.

After all, in this world, the most reliable thing is the dead.

Chapter 2