Medieval White Elf Story

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A successful counterattack always starts with an active attack by the defender. However, after learning that the homeless people had begun to retreat, Flynn ordered them to retreat as well and gave up the pursuit.

There is no way, it's not that he doesn't want to regain the scene where Svolki was defeated, it's just that he doesn't have the ability at all now.

From the beginning of the confrontation with the homeless people along the river, Flynn only had more than 300 people on hand who had gathered back from the battlefield. As time went by, this number continued to decline. Some of the seriously injured guys could not get medical treatment. The failure made Flynn even more manpower tight.

There is no way around this. There is no such high-end and high-end military doctor in this world. Except for senior generals who may get some medical treatment, the cannon fodders have to rely on their own physical fitness to fight off the injuries. If they are not lucky, the injuries will be severe. In more serious cases, it is basically waiting to die.

Our own side was short of manpower, low in morale, and arguing endlessly about whether to fight or to flee.

The main combatants, such as Sorel and Dibelli, felt that Svolki's defeat was a complete accident and they could completely re-fight to save the lost face. Especially the Sorel people, a defeat would be detrimental to their future business. This is very bad, as it may make potential customers mistakenly think that they can't even fight a bunch of homeless people like beggars, thus questioning their fighting ability.

Those who advocated retreat, such as Baron Hayden, considered it more realistic. The Bain family's morale was now low, and the numerical disadvantage after the defeat was even greater. There was no need to confront the enemy head-on for the sake of temporary face, and retreat to Bost and the remaining troops. After the mercenaries gather together, it is not too late to consider a showdown with the enemy.

Both sides had their own reasons, and no one was convinced by the other. In the end, the issue was thrown in front of Flynn. He was the commander-in-chief of this army and should naturally make up his mind for everyone.

Flynn thought twice and chose to stay. The opponent was just a group of refugees with low combat effectiveness. It would be embarrassing for him to lose a game first. If he continued to retreat, it would seriously shake the already low morale and further damage Bain. The prestige of the family.Moreover, the few projects that Bobst had just repaired would be destroyed by the war, and his initial investment would be in vain.

Staying to defend does not necessarily mean going straight up for a head-on confrontation. The enemy's morale is now strong. Flynn thought of the allusion to Cao GUI's debate and decided to play the avoidance card to wear off some of their energy first.

While closing the door to avoid war, a small force was allowed to leave the camp every night under cover of darkness, and rush back with great fanfare early the next morning, creating the illusion that reinforcements were arriving in a steady stream.

The homeless man, who had no sense of investigation at all, did not notice Flynn's bluffing deception and fell for it decisively. As a result, he seriously misjudged his opponent's strength and was scared away.

If Flynn was more courageous, he could have taken advantage of the last night when the homeless people began to escape from the camp and led his troops to launch a direct attack. The enemy who had no intention of fighting would have been thrown into chaos by the sudden attack, leading to a disastrous defeat.

It's a pity that the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.

Expecting a group of guys who are likely to get separated if they go at night to obey the command and successfully organize a night attack is no less difficult than asking Flynn to teach Dibelli how to write, so Flynn can only take the initiative to give up this beautiful idea. .

After the enemy withdrew, the reason why he did not consider taking advantage of the situation to pursue him was also because Flynn was completely unsure of the average military quality of his men.

Pursuit battles do not require low quality of troops. Otherwise, it is easy for the troops to fall into chaos due to chasing and fighting at any time, giving the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of them.

As the main force, the Sorels are just a bunch of rough guys who only know how to charge with their companions, and they only know how to cut down enemies wherever they come. They have no tactical awareness in their minds, let alone the concept of obeying orders. This has already made Flynn After suffering a great deal, I can't trust these guys no matter what.

After careful consideration, Flynn could only allow the homeless people to evacuate. Although the enemy would retain most of its effective forces and could come back at any time in the future, at least he was not beaten to the door of Bost by the enemy and forced to sign an alliance under the city. In order to save Bei, The good looks of the En family helped somewhat.

Moreover, after the guy Ge Wen was scared away, he would not plan to launch an attack easily in a short period of time until he knew the true strength of the Bain family, leaving some breathing time for himself.

Knowing shame and then being brave, Flynn can't forget the shame of losing to a bunch of homeless people. Even if there are many reasons to explain that he can't blame himself for his incompetence, a defeat is a defeat. You don't need to think about it to know that Gavin guy has returned to the north. In the future, he will brag about his victory and laugh at how the Bain kid was beaten to shit. Even if Flynn is willing to confront him, no one will believe him. Who said he was defeated?

The winner is the only party that is free from any blame. If you want to wash away the shame and restore the reputation of the Bain family, there is no other shortcut except defeating the opponent on the battlefield.

So back at Bost, the first thing Flynn considered was how to get revenge.

The Sorel mercenaries are really unreliable, and Flynn has been psychologically affected by Svolki's defeat. It is best to establish a standing army of the Bain family as soon as possible. No matter how big or small, it is always more capable than these guys. Take command with confidence.

If you need to build a standing army of 1000 people, you can start with the cheapest infantry and recruit farmers on the territory to get enough people. You just need to ensure that they have food to eat, and you can even save their salary.

However, if you want them to be able to actually be used on the battlefield, you need to equip them with weapons, armor, shoes, military flags, and even musical instruments that can be used to convey orders on the battlefield. These are very expensive.Unless Flynn takes the same approach as other lords, let the farmers solve everything by themselves. The advantage is that there is no need to spend money on them, but the disadvantage is that they cannot expect these guys to have any fighting power.

This kind of cannon fodder unit certainly doesn't fit in with Flynn's plan for a standing army. Otherwise, he might as well continue to hire Sorel mercenaries to help him fight. At least they bring their own equipment, and their combat effectiveness is okay except that they don't follow orders very much.

A rough calculation shows that if you spend your own money to configure a decent pure infantry army, you can't get it without seven or eight thousand gold coins. If you want to build a cavalry unit with more combat effectiveness, the price will be even more daunting.

These are only the initial preparation costs, and do not include the training costs required to equip the troops with combat effectiveness, as well as the losses caused by the reduced harvest in the territory due to farmers being out of production.

After looking at it with ten fingers, Flynn could only come to the conclusion that without the expenditure of fifteen thousand gold coins, there was no hope of establishing the standing army he needed.

No wonder they say war is a game only rich people can afford.

At this time, Flynn really realized that money was very important, and it felt very uncomfortable to have no money.Medieval White Elf Story