The Original Vampire

Chapter 84

Outside Ice Rock City, horseshoes rumbled.

The bowstrings kept ringing, accompanied by the scolding of the officers.

"Posture, posture! Don't just take aim, pay attention to keep your posture on the horse!"

"Tom! I'm talking about you, damn it! Did your waist break?"

"And you, Jerry..."

...

"It looks good, it looks a little bit." Colin looked at the scene where his first cavalry was training from a distance and was in a good mood.

"It's just novices, they are still far behind." The knight Shire on the side was obviously still very dissatisfied.

Colin laughed: "After all, they are recruits. You can't demand from them the standards of the Black Cavalry. I'm very satisfied with your work. You did a good job!"

"Thank you for your praise! This is mainly due to your great support."

The words of the knight Shire were not entirely flattery.

Colin's support for this cavalry was indeed unreserved. People, horses, and equipment - it all costs money.

The huge sum of money just received was spent like running water, as if there was no concept of saving at all.

The housekeeper Yimen was frightened and tried to persuade him from time to time.

But Colin still went his own way.

In his opinion, only the money spent can truly generate value.

And, as a famous entrepreneur said-

The money is not really spent but is accompanying you in a different way.

Colin once sneered at this sentence, but now, looking at the cavalry passing by in front of him, he deeply agrees.

"Is there a problem with the source of troops? I see that you have only recruited more than 300 people now." After Colin received a huge loan, he increased the size of the cavalry from 100 to 1,000.

"Master Viscount, the first batch of recruits shouldn't be too big. If there are too many people, the training effect will be greatly reduced."

"Well, you just have to know it."

Colin didn't interfere too much with the knight Shire training. He knew that professional matters should be done by professionals.

He really knows nothing about cavalry training.

But the knight Shire from the Black Cavalry is an expert in this area.

"Rego told me that the other day you robbed him of a lot of high-quality recruits?"

When the knight Shire wanted to explain, he saw Colin wave his hand and continued:

"Don't be nervous, I'm not condemning you. I made it clear at the beginning that the cavalry has priority in recruiting new recruits. I'm just wondering why you didn't pick Rego's veterans, and instead went to grab recruits from him. "

"My Lord Viscount, although the soldiers under knight Rego are really good, they are strong and well trained, but after all they are infantry. They are used to fighting on foot. They don't fit tactics special to the cavalry."

"What about the recruits? What kind of recruits are worth your and Rego's attention?"

"A prisoners who escaped from the ice sheet firmament."

"Captives?"

"Yes, it was the group of captives taken away when the trolls invaded the northern territory a few months ago. Later, when Marquis Garcia led his army to catch up with the trolls, the group of more than 50,000 captives was abandoned on the ice sheet. During this period of time, many prisoners have successfully returned alive."

It was then that Colin suddenly understood why these escaped prisoners would catch the attention of Rego and Shire at the same time.

Because these people are true warriors who have been left through harsh screening!

First of all, the first round of screening was done by the trolls.

When they took prisoners, they would definitely not choose the old, weak, sick, and the disabled, but the young and strong, so that they could be used as labor when they were taken back.

The second round of screening began when these prisoners were abandoned by the troll army on the ice sheet.

This is a more brutal and strict round of screening.

This requires not only a strong body, but also a certain amount of wisdom and courage to survive the severe cold and hunger.

After all, when the trolls abandoned them, they didn't leave them any rations.

Therefore, the only way these captives could obtain food was through hunting.

But there are not many wild animals on the ice sheet. If these 50,000 people gather together, even if all the animals in the sky and the ground are caught in that area, it will not be enough for so many people to stuff their teeth.

Therefore, smart people must have made a choice at that time.

It seems safe to follow the large force, but in fact it is just waiting for death.

Only by forming a small group and staying away from a large group can you obtain enough food to fill your stomach through hunting.

In fact, the group of prisoners who have arrived in Ice Rock City these days, is indeed a small team of less than a hundred people.

Those with more people would have starved to death on the ice sheet.

Those with fewer people are in danger when they encounter ferocious beasts.

As a result, these captives who successfully escaped from the ice sheet naturally became the sweet pastry in the eyes of Shire and Rego.

Especially in each small team, the core people are the seeds of elite soldiers with excellent decision-making ability and excellent organizational ability.

Therefore, when the knight Shire relied on the priority enlistment rights that Colin had promised him, and pulled these people into the cavalry ranks, the knight Rego would inevitably complain to Colin.

There is no way, this big knight is too greedy.

But no matter how greedy he is, Colin will not change his established strategy.

The cavalry has priority for development.

In this era of cold weapons, the deterrence of a powerful cavalry is really terrifying.

Especially in places where there are mostly plains such as the northern border and the firmament ice sheet.

Unless the infantry is hiding in the city, the cavalry will always be the master of the battlefield.

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After patrolling the cavalry training, Colin also ran to the infantry training site to take a look, after all, he couldn't be too biased.

With the huge loan, Colin also increased the size of the infantry from the original 1,000 to 3,000.

At present, the unit is still not fully enrolled, probably only about half of the full size.

According to the estimation of the Morburn brothers, the staff should be full in one month, and then after three months of training, they will be able to gain initial combat effectiveness.

Although it is not an elite, but after a few more battles, the one who survives will be the elite.

The speed of infantry formation is very fast, in contrast, the cavalry formation is too slow.

According to Shire's estimation, it would take a year at the earliest for the cavalry to reach the point of being barely able to fight on the battlefield.

This is thanks to Shire being an outstanding instructor from the Black Cavalry. If Colin came to do it, it is estimated that he would need three or five years of work.

When inspecting the infantry, Colin also saw the knight Rego with a gloomy look.

The big knight has a temper, lately a little bit irritable, and whenever he has time, he takes the recruits to the forest on the outskirts of the city for training.

Of course, Colin knew that this guy was using the name of training to let these recruits help him search for the mysterious knight who had attacked him.

However, the knight Rego was destined to be unable to take revenge.

The blood slave Cynthia was usually hidden by Colin in the basement of the Red Fort.

After borrowing blood from knight Rego twice, Colin has also been successfully promoted to Tier 3.

Such a speed, if it is known to outsiders, I'm afraid that they would call him a genius.

After inspecting the infantry training, Colin returned to the Red Fort.

After a glass of deer blood wine, he took another nap.

Colin's days of doing nothing were very comfortable.

However, his leisure time was soon interrupted.

I saw the butler Yimen hurriedly found him and reported:

"Master, there is a team of trolls on the ice field."

"Trolls?" Colin felt suddenly tight, "How many people are there?"

"There are only a hundred people who claim to be envoys going to Winter City, passing by Ice Rock City, and want to see you."