total war rise of empire

Chapter 130 Level [-] Arms
In fact, the reason why Lei Zihao's government owes so many IOUs is mainly because Lei Zihao's war dividends and wealth from robbery were all used to expand armaments and promote buildings in the main city, and did not repay the debt at all. All the IOUs are collected through tax credits, so it is naturally difficult to pay off...

If it weren't for a city of Pylos being squeezed to suck blood, I'm afraid the time to pay off the IOUs will be delayed!
However, according to the level of taxation, if there is no suicidal rebellion in Pylos City, it won't be long before there is nothing to squeeze...

When everything in the Golden Dragon Kingdom stabilized, Lei Zihao's greatest concern was naturally the reorganization and expansion of the army!

In the peaceful development, time soon came to December 501 of the Dark Calendar, and the accelerated promotion and construction of the fourth-level legion barracks was completed first!

Lei Zihao came to the control room in the urban hall full of joy, and clicked on the recruitment of the fourth-level arms of the urban barracks!

[Arms: Guards

Equipment: Iron Dome Helmet, Heavy Chain Armor, Standard Battle Skirt Boots, Iron Lance, Melee Dagger.

Soldier size: Standard [-]-man team.

Proficiency: spear phalanx

Evaluation of combat effectiveness: They are good at formation combat and melee combat, and belong to the standard and cheap armored army.

Morale: [-] stars

Recruitment fee (1000 gold coins), maintenance fee (food and clothing).

Outstanding Ability: Fighting for honor is their belief.

Remarks: The outstanding morale and the low cost of the Iron Armored Army are the biggest advantages of this army. As the Imperial Guards, they are willing to bear the cost of casualties beyond ordinary troops and fight for their king. They can be used as the most basic , the main force of the field army with the largest number, after all, no king has the ability to make all his troops high-spirited elites! 】

It seems that it is not much stronger than the third-level arms, but the price has not increased, and the morale is one star higher than the third-level arms.

This recruitment fee can completely become an ordinary soldier of the Golden Dragon Kingdom in the future, and the price/performance ratio is quite good!

As expected of the Royal Guards.

Lei Zihao commented in his heart, and then, he aimed at the troops produced by the next fourth-level barracks.

[Soldiers: Heavy Golden Shield Soldiers

Equipment: Iron dome helmet, half-body plate armor, standard battle skirt and boots, iron spear, iron square shield, standard refined iron sword for close combat.

Soldier size: Standard [-]-man team.

Specialties: Shield Formation and Formation Charge
Evaluation of combat effectiveness: This is an army composed of carefully selected and strong soldiers. They have tenacious willpower, strong combat skills, and iron-like discipline. The equipment is not weaker than that of the Scarlet Crusade. In other words, the gap with the real core elite combat power is not that big!
Morale: nine stars

Recruitment fee (3000 gold coins), maintenance fee (food and clothing).

Outstanding ability: Forming a shield array can be completely immune to the enemy's long-range arrow projectiles.

Remarks: With higher morale and better equipment, it can be said that this is a heavy armored melee corps that can serve as the foundation of the empire. With them, even if the enemy has thousands of arrows coming, they can attack without damage !
When such a large number of troops appear on the battlefield, it will definitely become a nightmare for the enemy. This is an elite force that can be continuously developed as long as it has money! 】

It is true that the appearance of the heavily armored Golden Shield soldiers is not much different from that of the Scarlet Crusaders. Except that the soldiers themselves are not as enthusiastic and physically fit as the Scarlet Crusaders, there is almost no difference in other places. They can definitely be used as the main combat unit of a kingdom, but, that Three times the price of the Guards, it's a bit...

Lei Zihao remembered that there were only nearly ten thousand gold coins left in the treasury...

This does not include the cost of feeding them after they are recruited. After all, those weapons and armor need to be maintained, and maintenance costs money!
The regular troops sent out from the barracks do not seem to need military pay, but soldiers need government funding for basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, as well as maintenance of equipment. Of course, Lei Zihao can withhold these things and not pay them...

but!

Without maintenance funds, weapons and armor are rusted and crippled, not to mention the disabled, the soldiers cannot get sufficient food supply, and they will inevitably feel dissatisfied. No one can guarantee what the outcome will be when they go to the battlefield...

No matter how loyal the soldiers are, they must be fed and clothed!

"Forget it, after the remaining two military buildings are built, let's compare the recruitment together. Hey, I'm still stuck on the issue of money. If there is enough money, even if you don't use the special elite units drawn by the War Faith lottery, just With a large number of conventional arms, it is enough for me to fight for world hegemony..."

Lei Zihao didn't wait long. After the upgrade of the fourth-level barracks, the fourth-level shooter battalion and stables were upgraded one after another. The acceleration gold coins Lei Zihao spent were not in vain!
When January 502 of the Dark Calendar came, in the capital of the Golden Dragon Kingdom, all the three major military buildings had been promoted, officially ushering in the era of the fourth-level arms!
The fourth-level projectile range produced all equipment such as scorpion crossbows, torsion catapults, and large-scale catapults with counterweights. However, there were no new types of arms. Lei Zihao's long-awaited longbowmen and heavy pedal crossbows did not appear. Maybe we have to wait until the level 5 barracks...

And the fourth-level legion stables have produced two more practical cavalry units!
First of all, it is an upgraded version of the submachine gun cavalry-heavy cavalry!

[Arms: Heavy Cavalry

Equipment: iron knight helmet, cavalry heavy chain armor, standard battle skirt and boots, iron lance, cavalry iron shield, fine iron cavalry machete.

Soldier size: Standard [-]-man team.

Skills: Cavalry Charge

Evaluation of combat effectiveness: This is a heavy cavalry, both the ability to resist arrows and the ability to charge have been further strengthened, throwing them into the enemy's gap, you will get unexpected gains!
Morale: [-] stars

Recruitment costs (1 gold coins), maintenance costs (food and clothing costs and horse raising costs).

Outstanding ability: strong impact.

Remarks: Although the price is a bit expensive, it is definitely worth the money. If you let them confront the assault lancers, there will basically be no suspense. The heavy cavalry can easily crush the lightly armored assault lancers!
The momentum of the cavalry can be very intuitively reflected on them. With heavy cavalry, you can at least try to make a frontal impact on the infantry phalanx. Of course, don’t rush at the complete spear phalanx that specializes in cavalry... ...]

Lei Zihao blinked his eyes, and finally made sure that he was not dazzled, and the price above was a real [-] gold coins!
This is your sister's class of local tyrants!

(End of this chapter)