Warlord: King of All Clans

During the construction of the Mage Tower, Leo was not idle either.

After comprehensively overhauling Hewan's industries, systems, laws, and even ideology, Leo began to work on building the army, which is what he is best at.

In fact, what he is best at is slacking off, but as a small lord of the river bend, he can't just do nothing and play with rats and walk dogs every day.

Although this is his ultimate goal!

In other areas, as long as he grasps the general direction, someone will naturally manage them for him, and even if problems arise, they can be remedied in time.

But the army is different. It is something that must be firmly grasped in the hands. Once the people's hearts turn against it, there may be no recovery.

Fortunately, Leo has done a good job in this regard, and he has gained unique authority in the military field of River Bay.

The people of the North have a traditional concept of worshipping the strong and being loyal to their lords.

If the two titles of "strong man" and "lord" are concentrated in one person, then even if the other person is a tyrant or a villain, he will gain a large number of loyal fans.

A leader like Leo, who is strong in himself and has various identities, can be fierce when he should be fierce, and be frighteningly kind when he should be kind, and can always switch seamlessly between a smart commander and a brainless general. All of these are plus points in the eyes of the people in the North.

On the one hand, they can follow Leo with peace of mind, without having to worry about him rashly leading everyone to death.

On the other hand, their families and military achievements can be protected, so they will not lose anything even if they die.

So even though Leo doesn't like fighting, he still becomes the most irreplaceable candidate to command the River Bay Army.

By now, the River Bay Lord's army has expanded to 600 people, including 200 River Bay infantry, 200 Ba archers, and 200 giant shield crossbowmen.

These are all second-level regular soldiers, that is, full-time armored soldiers, and are generally equipped with legion chain mail, silver-scale breastplate, cloth armor and other armored weapons.

Among them, a few who have undergone long-term training and are gifted have become elite third-level heavy armor soldiers.

The third-level heavy armor elite only seems to carry 30 to 40 kilograms more weight than the second-level regular soldiers, but there is a big difference in combat effectiveness.

The main defensive equipment of the second-level regular soldiers are chain mail and scale mail. They are immune enough to most stray arrows and sword attacks, but they will still be severely damaged by the powerful swings of two-handed blunt weapons and the close shooting of heavy bows and crossbows.

The third-level heavy armor elite will wear a layer of plate armor on the outside of the legion chain mail.

Including the cloth armor inside the iron armor, it is said that he is wearing three pieces of armor, and the weight of the armor exceeds 100 kilograms.

An elite soldier in heavy armor who can fight while wearing such heavy equipment would be a military general in ancient times and a heavyweight boxing champion in modern times.

In this world, he is also the pinnacle of mortals and is known as the "Infantry Knight".

The difference between them and the armored knights is that they lack an armored warhorse, and the difference between them and the low-level transcendents is that they lack an awakening potion.

Such elite soldiers are generally nearly two meters tall and weigh more than two hundred pounds. Their strength is comparable to that of orc warriors. With heavy armor that is impervious to swords and guns, they are like human tanks.

However, heavy armored elites cannot be cultivated by eating meat alone. They also need racial talent and magic power, and the armor on their bodies also requires strong financial support.

Even among the northern human race, which is rich in heavy-armored elite soldiers, heavy-armored elite soldiers cannot be popularized on a large scale like second-level regular soldiers.

In addition to the official lord's army, Hewan also has a militia consisting of 600 first-level conscripts, who are semi-professional leather armored soldiers.

The remaining young and strong citizens were also incorporated into the militia reserve in large numbers. In addition to normal production, they would also try to organize training in their spare time.

If a pioneer knight told others that he had 600 regular armored soldiers and 600 leather armored soldiers, no one would believe it.

However, with the massive influx of refugees and the impending war, this amount of troops is already stretched to the limit and can only meet the daily garrison and patrol needs of the four towns in the river bend. Whenever a battle involving more than 300 people occurs, frequent troop movements are required.

So Leo expanded the army again this time, incorporating the trained first-level conscripts into the lord's army, and then selecting a thousand people from the reserve to form a new half-time militia.

A militia group composed of first-level conscripts, led by a veteran captain, is sufficient to complete defensive tasks or clear out an equal number of bandits.

The lord's army composed of second-level regular soldiers can be deployed to fight in the field and keep the enemy out of the territory.

Under extreme mobilization, Hewan could even independently raise a small legion consisting of 1,200 regular armored soldiers, 1,000 conscripted leather armored soldiers and 1,000 unarmored militiamen to challenge any square flag legion of Isenbol.

This does not even take into account the extraordinary combat power of River Bay and the Kobold troops!

The expanded 1,200-man official lord army consisted of 400 Hewan infantry, 400 barbarian archers and 400 giant shield crossbowmen.

Both the River Bend Infantry and Giant Shield Crossbowmen were selected from the refugees of the Empire, and they were provided in large quantities. The former were mainly used for holding the line, and had two heavy javelins as a means of long-range attack.

The giant shield crossbowmen are the second echelon. In addition to shooting crossbows, they can also carry giant shields to form a second shield wall defense line, but their melee strength is relatively weak.

However, with heavy chain mail and iron helmets as defense, they can compete with ordinary lord armies.

The Basaka archers, also known as the Imperial longbowmen, were basically selected from the wild people, but there were also many Imperial people from fishing and hunting villages who joined.

Their physical fitness is no less than that of regular infantry. A qualified second-level longbowman can shoot two bags of arrows in one breath and still raise his weapon to fight.

Among them is the powerful Savage Hunter, who is equipped with a two-handed greatsword produced in River Bay and his own 200-pound longbow. He is also instructed by Leo and has acquired a hint of the sharp sword moves inherited from the Orc Swordmaster.

At long range, he is a sharpshooter who can hit the target accurately from a hundred paces away; at close range, he is an invincible berserker who can take on an entire team alone.

Their only flaw is that they have no shields and are more vulnerable to injury, so they are placed in the third tier.

During this year, there were numerous wild tribes migrating southward from the Wolf-Qing Plains. Like the Langya Tribe, there were several tribes with a population of over two hundred.

They were blocked by the Gravel Fort in the Gravel Hills. Apart from joining the River Bend, their only option was to head east onto the World Tree Avenue and exchange their lives with the Imperial Knights.

Although the wild people are tough and fearless, their core philosophy is still to survive, so they will naturally make appropriate choices.

Most of the hunters among these wild people were reorganized by Hewan and received regular military training to transform them into qualified imperial longbowmen.

In addition, Leo's Wind Knight was also assigned to the army and started as a grassroots officer.

In addition to learning military management, they are also responsible for the cavalry training in Hewan. Each of them is accompanied by at least four knight attendants and trains them into qualified knights.

These simple Wind Knights are almost incapable of managing people's livelihood and are very inexperienced in military management, but when it comes to knight training, they are at the top level in the empire!

While Rio was expanding his army and preparing for war, Isenbol finally made a move.

Sir Tariq, High Lord of Isembol, publicly claims the title of Count of Forelof!

Rigolav was stripped of his banner title and the two fiefs of the Petukhov family were taken back because of his poor performance in the refugee incident, his refusal to go north to serve in the war, and his looting under the guise of patrolling and suppressing bandits!