When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#260 - Advance while lost, get lost while advancing, defeat the enemy while lost

When all eight legions of the Salvation Army arrived at Mayor Town, it was already near noon.

With logistics and cavalry, the eight legions numbered nearly 5,000 people, making it impossible to garrison them inside Mayor Town.

So the legions simply razed the three surrounding knight manors, collecting supplies while also freeing up a lot of space to garrison.

The armed farmers in the knight manors originally had little will to fight, and some even simply tied up the knights and sent them over.

Horn naturally generously implemented the policy of ' land to the tiller' again, distributing large amounts of land to the tenants.

After settling the eight legions, Horn did not forget to block the roads and news.

He ordered Jeanne to guard the roads with the cavalry and the Black Hat Army's Third Legion, so that no news could leak out before they had finished resting.

When they passed through the Wild Spider Forest, they were afraid of any changes with the giant spiders, so they marched at full speed at night, and both men and horses were exhausted. They needed at least a day of rest before they could fight again.

If they encountered the enemy now, it wasn't that they couldn't fight, but there would be higher than expected casualties, which wasn't worth it.

The hunter's cabin where Cleanto played dice last night was cleaned and replaced with neat furniture.

After arranging all the matters, Horn yawned, walked into the cabin, and threw his cloak aside: "How is it? What are the battle losses?"

Almond pulled out a yellowed linen paper from the table, looked at the Arabic numerals on it, and skillfully reported: "After the commander of the Black Hat Second Legion, Rudy Lowe, got lost and went deep, he found that after walking out of the Wild Spider Forest, he raided the enemy哨所(岗哨: sentry post) at night to collect intelligence, which took about two hours.

During this time, only three beastmen were injured, one seriously and two lightly.

After obtaining the intelligence, the Second Legion rushed to the battlefield at full speed.

But because it was too dark, they got lost again for a while, and the哨所(岗哨: sentry post) and arrow tower blocked them, wasting too much time.

Finally, it took nearly an hour to reach the designated position, at which time the enemy had basically completed their formation."

Hearing this, Horn couldn't help but chuckle. He thought that such mistakes would no longer occur in the Salvation Army.

As a result, Rudy Lowe got lost and advanced rashly, advanced rashly and got lost again, got lost again and advanced rashly, and defeated Cleanto's 800 hillbillies with half a legion of 300 people in a muddle.

The whole process was a strategic thinking: enemy, fight.

Horn had a hunch that he would see a lot of this kind of thing on the battlefield in the future.

"From the Second Legion's sighting of the enemy to the start of the battle to defeating the enemy, it took a total of a quarter of an hour, and the pursuit took about an hour and a half.

The Black Hat Second Legion attacked 800 enemy troops with 300 people. Our army had 4 deaths, 22 minor injuries, and 3 serious injuries.

Those seriously injured need amputation and may not be able to continue fighting, while most of those with minor injuries can return to the battlefield in three to five days.

In this battle, the enemy totaled 51 deaths, more than 200 minor injuries, more than 40 serious injuries, more than 100 escaped, and more than 300 prisoners of war surrendered."

"What about the 4 dead?"

"Among the 4 dead, two were shot in the head by enemy archers, one was ambushed by a small group of enemies during the pursuit, and one was beheaded in hand-to-hand combat."

Horn took the list from Almond and glanced at the names on it: "Add them to the list of heroic spirits, hold a collective worship after the war, and by the way, let the accompanying priest suppress the atmosphere, don't let the war monks think that the enemy is like this."

Almond took out a small notebook and quickly wrote a few notes on it, and gave Horn another form according to the agenda.

"What is this again?" Looking down at the form, Horn asked Almond.

"This is a list of weapons seized on the battlefield..."

Hearing Almond's words, Horn's eyes lit up and he carefully read the list.

I didn't know until I saw it, but Cleanto, the old boy, had hidden a lot of good things.

423 armed swords, just enough to be used as sidearm weapons for those holy gunmen, so that the enemy will not have any resistance in close combat.

10 war horses, just enough for the cavalry division as spare war horses, or distributed to lower-level officers.

220 sets of splint armor and 131 sets of chainmail, isn't this a coincidence?

Now Horn's entire army only has 1180 sets of old breastplates, of which 150 sets are given to the breastplate cavalry, and 1030 sets can only equip one-third of the musketeers.

These 351 sets of ragged armor are better than nothing, at least they can provide some protection against arrows and melee combat.

Then the armor coverage rate of Horn's melee spears reached an amazing 46%, as for the holy gunmen, they have not yet been armored.

After all, they don't have much breathing technique strength, and they can't wear too heavy armor. In the face of the charging transcendent knights, there is little difference between having armor and not having armor.

However, considering that the holy gunmen may be hit by stray arrows, Horn collected more than 700 brimmed helmet and distributed them to the holy gunmen.

But this is not enough. According to Horn's idea, a standard Salvation Army war monk should have a woolen coat, a half-body armor, a spear or spring-loaded gun, and an armed sword.

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With the current armor coverage rate, the probability of winning against transcendent knights is very high, but it is not enough for edict knights.

"Almond, pass my order, order Jeanne to lead the cuirassiers and beastmen skirmishers to scout the direction of Gray Furnace Town, find out the road and draw a detailed map."

Horn gently rubbed Gray Furnace Town on the map with his fingers. Mayor Town is a small smelting center in Jeanneburg, then Gray Furnace Town is a small forging center.

The warehouses in Mayor Town are full of ore, but the warehouses in Gray Furnace Town may be full of weapons and armor.

In the current situation, Horn is not in a hurry to fight to the death immediately, but decided to fight slowly and quickly, first farming, and contact local citizens and farmers.

After the contact is completed, the information provided by those woodcutters, hunters, shepherds, and farmers will allow Horn to directly open the war fog of the entire map.

After the preparation is completed and the other party's movements are determined, they must march quickly with a thunderous attitude, and start the war before the other party is ready.

"There is one more thing." After quickly writing the warrant and handing it to Horn for inspection and signing, Almond continued, "Many locals in Mayor Town and nearby farmers have come to petition, hoping to join the Salvation Army."

Although the Salvation Army has been injured and killed, it does not need to absorb new forces for the time being, and it cannot absorb new forces.

But seeing them so enthusiastic, it would be bad if Horn didn't express anything.

He knocked on his head, thought for a moment and gave a solution: "That's right, haven't we seized a lot of extra spears and strange weapons?

Form a guard army with these enthusiastic believers who join the army, distribute those extra weapons to them, let them act as local garrison and scouts, what do you think?"

"I think it's feasible." Almond nodded, and quickly wrote another warrant.

Horn took out a new copper seal from his pocket. After all, radish cannot be preserved for too long, and it is annoying to re-carve it all the time.

However, his radish seal was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the new copper seal was cast by the craftsmen into the shape of half a radish.

"In the future, let Hakuto write a charter for the establishment of the guard army, don't be too detailed, just make it work normally."

After signing and stamping the warrant, Horn handed the order to Almond, and Almond called the outside child army to pass the order.