The Swordsman of Faerûn

And this is the power of knowledge.

In the end, the five top fighters died of suffocation in the pain of lack of oxygen. They didn't even know why they ended up like this. In their last thoughts, they might think that this was a fatal curse.

The death of the red dragon made William regretful. Although he didn't have a deep friendship with Yilim, he was always his partner. William would not ignore other people's sacrifices just because his friendship was too shallow.

Although the red dragon's body is full of treasures, William doesn't think it's a happy thing to dismember the corpses of his dead comrades and make them into so-called equipment.

Some people may say that it is a kind of romance to let a part of our dead comrades fight side by side with us forever.But this so-called romance was not recognized by William. He preferred to let the souls of those who died in battle rest in peace, and the remains of the victims returned to ashes and ashes to ashes.

So apart from leaving some claws and teeth of the red dragon as a souvenir, most of Ilim's body was sent into the world of flames by William and buried in a half-sleeping lava pool.

Since the top powerhouses from Zhentil Fort were either dead or fled, no matter how rebellious the Fuenla people whose walls were breached, it would be difficult to change their fate of being conquered by the enemy.

Especially when William returned to the main battlefield and participated in the command of the last battle of the entire city, everyone on both sides knew that the overall situation was settled.

William knew very well that at this time when he was first trapped in the chaos of the enemy city, it was essential to use severe torture to establish his prestige.

At this time, those scattered soldiers who originally belonged to Fuenla, the local hooligans who took advantage of the fire, and even some people with ulterior motives were the ones who did the most damage to the ordinary civilians of the city and the reputation of the conqueror.

William ordered his soldiers to detain anyone who was running amok on the streets of Fuenla, and any rioters involved in robbery, rape, murder and arson were killed on the spot.

This also led to the fact that in the process of quelling the chaos in Fuenla City, more than ten times more people were killed than those killed on the frontal battlefield at the beginning.

The reason is very simple. Those Fuenla soldiers who fled back to the city did not treat the residents of the city as their own. foreign mercenaries.

When these outsiders faced the fiasco of losing their food, clothing and jobs, most of them had the idea of ​​grabbing some extra money in the city before running or surrendering.

Of course, this is also the normal state of mercenaries in most areas of Faerun. If there is nothing to do, grab a wave. For mercenaries, there is no faster way to get rich than this.

However, the fate of mercenaries who like to plunder is generally not very good, and this group of unlucky bastards who are having fun in Fuenla City is even worse. They even got their heads cut off.

It was also because of William's ruthless hand that the locals in Fuenla did not resist him as strongly as imagined, and even some militias composed of locals spontaneously helped William. People on one side maintain order in the town.

After all, the manpower under William's hands is really insufficient, and the control of the entire Fuenla is naturally not so satisfactory, that is, the deterrent power of the golem mecha is amazing enough, otherwise it would be really hard to completely convince the cunning Fuenla people It's a bit of a struggle.

Fortunately, on the second day after the city of Fuenla was captured, the army of Shadow Valley appeared outside the city of Fuenla. It was a rabble who had no experience and only participated with enthusiasm, but it also greatly alleviated William's current shortage of manpower.

However, the arrival of the Shadow Valley people is both a good thing and a bad thing.

The reason is that there is a long-lasting and insoluble hatred between the people of Shadow Valley and the people of Fuenla. If the people of Shadow Valley are allowed to manage the city of Fuenla, they will definitely retaliate against the locals crazily, causing serious panic and confrontation .

If the people of Shadow Valley can come one day earlier and catch up with the battle against Fuenla, William is really not good at restraining the avengers from Shadow Valley. Lawful and good gods can't say anything.

It's a pity that the people of Shadow Valley couldn't catch up with the battle after all. They were just a group of latecomers who enjoyed their profits. Even though they had all kinds of hatred in their hearts, they didn't have the qualifications to directly avenge the Fuenla people, unless William was willing to give up his principles and support these people Carry out an unjust massacre in the city of Fuenla.

Of course, William would not be so stupid as to give up the foundation of his own life and even the founding of the country in the valley for the personal hatred of the people of Shadow Valley.

Let’s talk about why the person-wife-Cao of the past failed to directly complete the unification of the world when he occupied the general trend, and even made a wedding dress for the Sima family with a foundation that stretched for three generations.

The root cause is that this guy's unrighteous killings were too prosperous in the early years, but he lost the hope of the world, so that it was difficult for countless heroes and heroes to be sincerely close to his people and his country.

Therefore, even if there are heroes of Cao, Wei and Wu, it is difficult to achieve all of them.

As the saying goes, the massacre of the city is a moment of pleasure, but the aftermath will last forever.

A small person like William who came from a humble background with no deep roots, even though he has the courage of a tiger and wants to achieve a career, he still has to learn from Han Zhaolie.

Therefore, William did not directly put the army from the Shadow Valley into the city to maintain law and order, but ordered them to camp outside the city of Fuenla, and publicized the origin of this army, threatening that there were rioters in the city, and the shadow Gu's army will surely enter the city to suppress the rebellion.

Of course, the Fuenla people knew that the hatred between themselves and the Shadow Valley people was as deep as the abyss. If these enemies were allowed to enter the city, the result would definitely not be what any Fuenla people wanted to see.

Therefore, under the deterrence of the resentful army, which is almost like a dangling knife, the Fuenla people showed extraordinary obedience. They sent a representative of high morals to express their submission to William. A large amount of food and belongings were paid tribute to William, and he actively contributed people to join William's team by almost bringing his own dry food to help the conquerors manage the city.

These coquettish operations of the Fuenla people seemed to be impossible during the reign of Zhentil Castle. At that time, they only paid money and did not show people, and in many cases they behaved better than the people of Zhentil Castle. .

For example, those puppet lords who are in charge of contacting the people of Zhentil Castle, the guys called "Bron" by the locals, are voted and replaced by the Fuenla people almost every year.

But now these people still kneel and lick William more than the second devil. If the people of Zhentil Castle saw this, how embarrassing they would be.

In fact, the agents of Zhentil Fort who were still in the city of Faunla had already seen this situation that made them extremely indignant and even frightened.

Many agents of Zhentil Castle, who were somewhat secretive before William's arrival, were actively reported by those ruthless Fuenla people and even turned to the security team in person, and then became evidence of the loyalty of the locals.

And as time went on, some Fuenla who were too active even pointed the finger at their neighbors, and they regarded those who had done more for the people of Zhentil as Zhentil The lackeys of the Fort people, and encouraged William and his men to liquidate the past "sins" of these people.

William quickly noticed the problem, and he immediately stopped the Fuenla people from going too far.William even suspected that there might be some malicious guys who were secretly doing bad things, but he didn't express his doubts, but conveyed the doubts to the leader from the Valley of Shadows—Ms. Storm Silverhand .

It is said that the late arrival of the Shadow Valley army is the handwriting of this Lady Storm.

The younger sister of Hieren has foresight that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. She is well aware of the contradictions between the people of Shadow Valley and the people of Fuenla. The attackers will definitely massacre the Fuenla people.

Lady Storm was unwilling to see such a tragic killing, so she deliberately slowed down the pace of reinforcements.

As for the possibility of William being able to attack the city of Fuenla, Ms. Storm never doubted it.She has already learned about William's background from her sister and life mentor (Elminster), so she is not worried that a small city-state of 2000 people will block William's road to conquest.

And the facts also proved that Storm Silverhand's vision, her prediction was not wrong.

It's just that William was a little angry at Storm Silverhand's self-assertion.If these guys could come here early, maybe the red dragon Yilim would not have to risk alone to lure the enemy, and even be killed on the battlefield.

William thought that the silver-handed lady was too egotistical to be a sub-commander of the army, which required strict orders. On the contrary, the role of regional consul was more suitable for her.

So after slightly straightening out the order of Fuenla City, William decided to carry out a small-scale army reorganization near Fuenla.

He issued sergeant summoning orders to Dagger Valley, Shadow Valley, Misty Valley, and Far Mountain City, and issued civilian recruitment orders to the elves in the Cormanthor jungle, claiming to build the main army of the Valley Kingdom in Fuenla.

Before long, small armies, warbands, or stragglers came to Faunla one after another, ranging from human warriors who wanted to make a fortune, to dwarven, elf, and half-elven adventurers who wanted wealth and fame. With one exception, they all hoped to gain a place in William's Vale Corps.

But William wants to rectify the army, but he has to face two major problems first, one is the matching between different races, and the other is the gender of soldiers.

One of the local characteristics of Faerun is that the difference in identity and status between men and women is not based on gender, but on ability.

Of course, fundamentally speaking, this kind of equality between men and women, which is even higher than that of William's previous life, stems from the balance of the physique gap between men and women by extraordinary professions, especially among spellcasters. Women even have an advantage over men.

This has also created an illusion for most of the women in Faerun. They think that they are not inferior to those of the opposite sex in all aspects.

But the reality is that among those occupations that require strength and physical strength, except for a few female members who are truly talented, most of them basically struggle to adapt.

Among them, warrior and barbarian are the two most serious melee occupations, followed by ranger (ranger) and rogue, but these four occupations have the largest population base.

As of the first lunar month after the fall of Fuenla, the conscription camp in Fuenla has gathered nearly 3000 reserve sergeants, and at least one-third of the members are women, including humans, elves, and dwarves. , halflings, dwarves, etc. are women of most mainstream races, and there are also a few women of sub-human races.

What made William feel speechless the most was that a large part of these female applicants were ordinary girls who had not yet taken up extraordinary careers. Opportunities for success and fame.

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According to the standard classical idea of ​​building an army, among the girls who came to sign up to join the army, except for a very few special cases with extraordinary talents, most of them were even qualified to enter the women's camp as camp women (that is, the kind that everyone understands) ).

But William would definitely not be so stupid as to take these dedicated female soldiers to waste everything, not to mention that these ladies are the best future mothers, and it is not that William alone does not have a military that is suitable for female soldiers.

For example, air cavalry and mecha soldiers. In some respects, women even have some advantages over men in these arms.

In addition, there is also the problem of race. Some races seem to be born with incompatibility. For example, dwarves and elves are always difficult to get along with. shelf.

What's more interesting is that the basis for this judgment usually depends on the cognition of the dwarves.

If dwarves think they can take advantage of a fight, they usually throw their fists at elves; otherwise, gentlemen fight without fighting.On the other hand, regardless of whether the elves have the upper hand or not, if a dwarf provokes them, then fuck him.

But when the group impressions of the two races were reflected on the entire race level, the dwarves thought the elves were cunning and arrogant, while the elves slandered the dwarves for being stubborn.

However, in terms of the grass-roots organization of the new army, William still mixed several conventional combat power races together.Especially in terms of infantry units, William incorporated the formation of mandarin duck formations into it.

Of course Marshal Qi's mandarin duck formation is not an all-powerful formation, and it is not even as good as the oldest Fangyuan formation when fighting in large armies.

However, when it comes to small-scale conflicts and confrontation with super-strong individuals, the mandarin duck formation is undoubtedly sharper.After all, the original intention of the invention of the mandarin duck formation was to fight against and strangle the elite warriors of the Japanese pirates who had practiced fighting since childhood with soldiers who were ordinary civilian miners, and it has been tested and baptized in actual combat.

And William moved the mandarin duck formation to the boundary of Faerun, which is simply a perfect match.It should be noted that more than 90.00% of the conflicts and wars that have occurred and are occurring in Faerun are basically small-scale battles similar to the Japanese pirate rebellion.

It's just that the people here fight against monsters that are stronger than the elite warriors of Japanese pirates.

Moreover, the mercenaries and adventure groups whose battle plan is to strangle all kinds of powerful monsters are almost the same as the mandarin duck formation in terms of staffing.

William's approach is to use the organization of the mandarin duck formation as a blueprint, and incorporate extraordinary professionals with Faerun's characteristics into it according to their respective characteristics, thus forming an alien magic version of the mandarin duck formation battle team with Faerun's characteristics.

The formation of this combat team is about 12 people, a ranger captain who is in charge of command (also acts as a shooter), two dwarf shield warriors act as rattan players, and two halflings or dwarves who use hand crossbows or darts are responsible for luring the enemy. Three to five spearmen or archers, and two strongmen (warriors or barbarians) with multi-branched forks in place of wolves.

Conditional powerful squads may also be equipped with one or two spellcasters as a supplement.

Here I want to point out that the role of wolf soldiers was the most important part of the mandarin duck formation at the beginning of its invention, but it is not an indispensable existence for a mandarin duck formation composed of real daredevils .

At the beginning of the founding of the Yuanyang Formation, most of the soldiers under the inventor General Qi Jiguang were defeated soldiers who had lost confidence and morale after being attacked by the Japanese pirates. The soldiers played an unprecedented role in stabilizing morale in the entire array.

Wolf Whip soldiers are first of all those who dare to die. These people may not have excellent martial arts, but they must have the courage to fear death. When the enemy dances, although it cannot kill the enemy, it can greatly delay and harass the opponent, allowing the spearmen and musketeers of one's own side to have enough time and opportunity to shoot the target.

And those archers or pikemen who are not brave enough, when they see that there are two big branches in front of them protecting themselves, they will usually double their courage and give birth to a little confidence in fighting.

In this way, as long as we win a few rounds, the confidence of all the soldiers will be greatly improved, and the will to fight will naturally rise.

This is the true function of the wolf soldiers, not to kill many enemies, but to strengthen their courage and deter the enemy.There is no doubt about the role of the Wolf Whip, if you don’t believe me, you can make a monkey version of the Wolf Whip and try it out.

Make a broom with a rose branch or jujube branch full of wood thorns, and then it is best to take this thing to the street in the summer when everyone is wearing undershirts and shorts.

trust yourself!As long as you are brave enough, calm and calm, with this thing in your hand, no matter it is three or five gangsters with knives, or a dozen or so unarmed big men, you will never be able to get close to you for a while.

William got the alien version of the mandarin duck formation, naturally he didn't need wolf soldiers to improve his morale and fighting will, because his base of soldiers was more than ten times higher than that of Marshal Qi back then.

However, he still reserved this unit for a while. After all, there are all kinds of strange monsters in this world, and there are always some weird existences that make people caught off guard. I hope that the wolf soldiers can still exert their due power at that time.

In the end, William reorganized a mixed army with more than [-] people.

The basic combat organization of the legion is a mandarin duck squad of about 12 people. Three squads form a row, three rows form a company, and five companies form a battalion. The entire legion has six infantry battalions (the total number is about 200 people). .

In addition, there is an air cavalry company with more than 600 people, a mecha reserve knight with more than [-] people, and a logistics medical corps with about [-] people. The members of these three armies are basically Predominantly women.

Of course, this initially reorganized mixed army still has a lot of shortcomings. All the soldiers basically lack training, qualified officers are scarce, and it can even be said that there are no qualified officers. Many so-called squad, platoon, and company level officers Basically, they are rushing ducks to the shelves, and they have no experience in regular combat. Even most of the officers and soldiers are illiterate and cannot read a single word.

Other issues such as military supplies are nothing, not to mention that the valley itself is a rare and rich place, and William even controls the resources of the entire flame world as a background.

At some point, most of the trees in the jungle became bare, and the once green grass also turned yellow.When the cold wave in the north began to spread to the south, there were only black and white colors left in the world, and William and his entire army were still far from success.

It is really difficult for a start-up army to train. William does not lack time or supplies. What he lacks is people, people with knowledge and brains. It is difficult to solve the troubles for him.

In Faerun, the people who are truly knowledgeable and intelligent are those Mages.

Every accomplished mage is a true polymath, just like the masters among the students, aloof and arrogant, wise and alert.It's easy to let mages become your own magic consultants, but if you want even a mage apprentice to condescend to serve as a leader in the barracks, it's a little better than killing him.

In a word, the talents of the mages are very suitable for William's needs, but they are absolutely impossible to be willing to go to William's hands in large numbers to serve as tool people.

When the first snow fell, the news from Dagger Falls made William very happy, but it was the group of Time Remnants brought by William from the Chaos Narrows that came to the valley.It should be noted that these people are all high-quality talents with a high accumulation of knowledge. If these people can join William, then the shortage of talents in the valley will be alleviated as much as possible.

Of course, it's just a relief. If he really wants to completely relieve the trouble, William has to establish his own talent training system.

It's just that all of this takes time. It takes time to build an army, and even more time to cultivate talents. It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to grow a man. This is not just empty talk.

But as long as there are thousands of things to start with, then you just need to follow the steps step by step, and at most it will just take more time.

In order to welcome the arrival of those precious remnants of time, William sent out the three best-trained battalions in Faunla's large army camp to open up the Tessa River channel in the north.

The channel of the Tessa River is mainly divided by two former valley city-states, one is the Dagger Valley that William first mastered, and the other is the Tesen Valley that has been destroyed by Zhentil Castle.

Tesen Valley used to be the most important valley city-state in the north. She guarded the northern gateway of the valley area and faced the invasion of monster frenzy from the northern glaciers and wastelands.

The direct cause of the destruction of Tesen Valley was the expansion of Zhentil Castle's ambitions. As the closest valley city-state to Zhentil Castle, she would naturally become the first target of Zhentil Castle's invasion.

However, the demise of Tesen Valley also has its own factors in it.

As we all know, there are a large number of monsters almost every year, including orcs, barbarians, ogres, ice trolls, frost giants... and other terrible wild monsters roaring from the colder places in the north, they wantonly attack cities, Slaughtering, plundering, and devouring innocent people, the city-states of the Moon Sea generation basically suffered from it, and Zhentil Fort alone was destroyed several times in history because of this kind of invasion.

Not to mention that there is a tragedy like Beibao that has disappeared into the dust of history, leaving only a terrifying legend of the Bell of the Deep.

In order to resist the invasion from the north, the city-states around the Moon Sea united to establish a large and well-defended chain of fortresses at the Raven Canyon, the only passage southward from the northern foot of the Longji Mountains.

This fortress chain stretches for more than ten miles, enough to accommodate a huge number of troops. It once helped the combined army of the cities of Yuanshan City, Melwart, Moormaster, Centia, Yulas and Zhentil Castle. Repelled the continuous attacks of ogres and orcs.

As the role of the fortress group in Raven Canyon became more and more obvious, and even gradually developed into a kingdom supported by the city-states of the Valley and the Moon Sea, conflicts and conflicts between Raven Fortress and the city-states arose.

Originally, this kind of conflict was limited to a state of fighting without breaking. It was just that a certain wise lord of Tesen Valley deliberately blocked the south passage of Raven Canyon in a certain winter. .

Then a terrible disaster happened.

It took a whole winter for the monsters from the cold land to break through the Raven Fortress, which lacked aid, and then frantically poured into the warm area in the south along the Raven Canyon.

This terrible disaster led to the destruction of several city-states in the north of the valley, countless villages and towns were plundered and destroyed by monsters, the North Castle was completely destroyed, and Zhentil Castle was turned into ruins and then rebuilt.

It was Tesen Valley's death behavior that led to the disintegration of the once closely cooperating northern city-state union, and the revived Zhentil Fort also began to change its position, gradually transforming from the former ordinary city into the current appearance of the evil base camp .

When the Zhentilburgers invaded and destroyed Tesen Valley, almost no city-states came forward to stop them. They either applauded directly or sneered secretly. There was only one Lord Elle Morn (Randall Morn Grandfather) foolishly went up to "mediate" the dispute, and was killed by the people of Zhentil Castle under the city wall of Taisway.

Taisway used to be the richest city in Tesen Valley, with a population of nearly 2 at its peak, but now except for a small number of residents who fled to other places, most of them have become slaves of Zhentil Fort. Enrich the most grassroots workforce in Zhentil Fort.

There are almost no aborigines in Tesway today, only the garrison from Zhentil Keep and their families and servants live here.

The Zhentil Keepers use it as their most important military base, as well as a starting point for caravans and armies on expeditions to the valley.

It can be said that if William wants to attack Zhentil Castle, Taisway is definitely a stumbling block that has to be removed.

Usually, Taisway maintains a regular garrison of hundreds of people, and when necessary, this number can reach two to 3000 people, and they are all truly elite.