The Original Vampire

Eighty-four training

Outside the Ice Rock City, the sound of horse hooves rumbled.

The sound of bowstrings kept ringing, and along with it, there were shouts of reprimands from the officers.

"Posture, posture! Don't focus on aiming, keep your posture on the horse!"

"Tom! I'm talking about you, damn it! Is your waist broken?"

"And you, Jerry..."

...

"It looks pretty good, and it looks a little bit better." Ke Lin looked at the scene of the first group of cavalry under his command from a distance training horse archery, and he was in a good mood.

"It's just an air, they're still far behind." The Ciel knight on the side was obviously not satisfied.

Colin laughed: "After all, they are recruits. You can't use the black cavalry's standard to demand them now. I'm very satisfied that this is the case in just a month. You guys did a good job!"

"You have won! This is mainly due to your strong support."

The words of the Ciel knight were not entirely flattering.

Colin's support for this cavalry is indeed unreserved. He wants people to give people, money for money, and equipment for equipment.

The huge sum of money just borrowed was spent like flowing water, as if there was no concept of saving at all.

The housekeeper Aemon was terrified and persuaded from time to time.

But Colin still went his own way.

In his view, only the money spent can truly generate value.

And, as one famous entrepreneur put it—

The money is not really spent, but a different way to stay by your side.

In the past, Colin scoffed at this sentence, but now, looking at the group of cavalry galloping by in front of him, he strongly agreed.

"Is there a problem with the source of troops? I see that you have only recruited more than 300 people now." After getting a huge loan, Ke Lin increased the size of the cavalry he set from 100 to 1,000.

"Lord Viscount, the first batch of recruits should not be too large. After there are too many people, the training effect will be greatly reduced."

"Okay, as long as you have an idea."

Colin didn't interfere too much with the training of the Shire Knights, he knew that professional things should be left to professional people.

He really didn't know anything about cavalry training.

But the Ciel knights from the Black Cavalry are experts in this field.

"Knight Rego told me a few days ago that you robbed him of a lot of high-quality recruits?"

The Cavalier Ciel was about to explain when he saw Colin wave his hand and continued:

"Don't be nervous, I'm not questioning you. I've made it clear at the beginning that the cavalry has priority in recruiting new recruits. I'm just wondering why you didn't pick the veterans under Rego, but went to grab new recruits from him. "

"Lord Viscount, although the soldiers under Knight Rego are really good, strong and well-trained, they are infantry after all, they are used to fighting on foot, and many tactical moves have already been formed. Suitable for."

"What about the recruits? What kind of recruits are worth letting you and Rego snatch?"

"A prisoner who escaped from the ice field in the sky?"

"captive?"

"Yes, it was the group of captives taken away when the trolls invaded the North a few months ago. Later, when Marquis Garcia led his army to catch up with the troll army, this group of captives with more than 50,000 people were not captured by the trolls. Abandoned on the ice field. During this period of time, many prisoners have successfully returned alive."

It was only then that Colin suddenly understood why these escaped prisoners were being scrambled by Rego and Ciel at the same time.

Because these people are the real warriors left after layers of rigorous screening!

First, the first round of screening is done by trolls.

When they take captives, they will definitely not choose the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, but the young and strong, so that they can be used as labor.

In the second round of screening,

It started when the captives were abandoned on the ice by the troll army.

This is a more brutal and rigorous round of screening.

This requires not only a strong body, but also a certain amount of wisdom and courage to survive the severe cold and hunger.

After all, when trolls abandon them, they don't leave rations for them.

Therefore, the only way for these captives to obtain food is by hunting.

But there are not many wild animals on the ice sheet. If these 50,000 people gather together, then even if all the animals in the sky and the ground in that area are captured, it will not be enough for so many people to jam their teeth.

Therefore, smart people must make a choice at this time.

It seems safe to follow the large army, but in fact it is just waiting to die.

Only in small groups, away from large groups, can they hunt for enough food to fill their stomachs.

In fact, from the perspective of the captive teams that have arrived in Ice Rock City one after another these days, they are indeed small teams of less than a hundred people.

If there are more people, I am afraid that they will starve to death on the ice field.

With fewer numbers, there is danger when encountering ferocious beasts.

As a result, these captives who successfully escaped from the ice field naturally became the sweet pastry in the eyes of Ciel and Rego.

Especially in each small team, the most core people are the elite seeds with excellent decision-making ability and excellent organizational ability.

Therefore, when Ciel Knight relied on the priority of conscription promised to him by Colin, after all these people were drawn into the cavalry team, Knight Rego would inevitably complain to Colin.

No way, this big knight is too greedy.

But no matter how greedy he was, Colin would not change his established strategy.

The cavalry has always been the branch of the military that he is determined to develop first.

In this age of cold weapons, the deterrent power of a powerful cavalry is too terrifying.

Especially in places where there are many plains like the North and the Vault of Ice.

Unless the infantry was hiding in the city, otherwise, the cavalry will always be the master of the battlefield.

...

After inspecting the training of the cavalry, Colin also went to the training grounds of the infantry to have a look.

With the huge loan, Ke Lin increased the size of the infantry from the original set of 1,000 to 3,000.

At present, the establishment has not been fully recruited, and only about half of it has been recruited.

According to the estimates of the Mo Ben brothers, it should be full in one month, and after another three months of practice, it will be able to have preliminary combat effectiveness.

Although it is not an elite, it can also enter the battlefield.

After a few more battles, the ones who survived are the elites.

Infantry is formed so fast, cavalry is too slow in comparison.

According to Ciel's estimation, it would take a year at the earliest for the cavalry to be able to barely enter the battlefield.

This is thanks to the excellent instructors from the Black Cavalry, such as Xia Er, if Colin came to do it, it is estimated that it may not be possible after three or five years of fiddling.

When inspecting the infantry, Colin also saw the sad-faced Rego Knight.

This big knight has been a little grumpy recently, and whenever he is free, he pulls the recruits to train in the forest on the outskirts of the city.

Of course, Colin knew that this guy used the name of training to ask these recruits to help him search for the mysterious knight who had attacked him.

However, Knight Rhaegal was destined to be unable to take revenge.

Blood slave Cynthia is usually hidden in the basement of the Red Fort by Colin.

After borrowing blood twice from Knight Rego, Colin has also been successfully promoted to Tier 3.

If this kind of speed is known to outsiders, I am afraid to call Ke Lin a genius.

After inspecting the training of the infantry, Colin returned to the Red Fort.

After drinking a cup of deer blood wine, I took another nap.

Colin's life as a hands-off shopkeeper was very nourishing.

However, his leisure time was soon interrupted.

I saw the housekeeper Aemon hurriedly approached him and reported:

"Master, a team of trolls has come up the ice field."

"Trolls?" Collin's heart suddenly tightened, "How many are they here?"

"There are only about a hundred people who claim to be messengers to Winter City, passing through Ice Rock City, and want to see you."