Chapter 123
Chapter 123
The newly recruited soldiers were lucky . Their training time was short but Xiao Yu had bestowed best armor and weapons to them . The equipment produced by the human blacksmith shop from the base was much more better in terms of defense and flexible in comparison to equipment that could be bought in this world . Moreover, Uther had already blessed them which increased their strength . They could be considered elites in terms of strength alone . However, they lacked the main thing which was the bloodshed of the real wars .
The bandit leaders weren’t like Xiao Yu . Some smart ones would always focus on getting better equipment for their underlings . But most of them relied on the number of their underlings to steal and plunder . Equipment meant money . Xiao Yu had spent millions of gold coins to purchase those . Actually, war was all about money .
Xiao Yu was more than aware that the number of his troops was low . But it didn’t mean that he could recruit more soldiers just like that as there was no one to command the soldiers . He didn’t want to have a messy army . All he wanted was an elite army .
Countless bandits rushed towards the town to collect the heads of Xiao Yu’s soldiers . A head meant golden coins for them . However, they were met with sharp swords and tough armors . The bandits couldn’t withstand the attacks of the soldiers that had 60% increase in strength .
In addition, orcs were blessed by Thrall too . How could bandits could climb up? The tragic battle continued . The bandits died but Xiao Yu’s army had casualties too . Nevertheless, the long-range weapons still continued to kill countless bandits . The bandits were too much in quantity and their eyes were covered with the rewards so they just kept charging on .
Xiao Yu sighed as he stood on top of the walls and observed the battle . It was shocking to see tens of thousands of people charge and fight just like that .
He thought that the war would take a lot of time unless they had automatic machine guns . The enemy had almost 100,000 bandits . It would take almost a day to cut their heads off if the bandits stood still without moving . How long it would take to kill so many people without having intense fire? The number of soldiers was a great factor in victory or defeat . Clausewitz had mentioned that the most important condition for the war was the advantage in terms of quantity . Nevertheless, it was a superficial advantage which was used to demoralize the enemy . Therefore, Xiao Yu needed elite soldiers . He needed talented commanders and leaders .
The casualties from Xiao Yu’s side occurred because the recruits were newbies and made a lot of mistakes . They had best equipment and higher terrain which meant that normally it would be hard to be injured in such case .
The losses from the side of bandits was much more .
There were more than 6,000 bandits who were killed up to now . The main force that killed the bandits were grunts and elf archers .
Footmen, riflemen, the newly recruited soldiers, ballistas, Demolishers and Glaive Throwers didn’t kill as much as grunts and elves .
Xiao Yu didn’t have many Demolishers and Glaive Throwers . If he had hundred of them then the firepower would be more intense and violent . He had just 10 Demolishers which had small scope of fire .
“I have to get merit points to upgrade my bases to second level…” Xiao Yu looked forward to the occasion . If he had 100 Demolishers then then situation would be completely different .
The war continued on . The bandits continued to charge on while damages occurred from Xiao Yu’s side too . Xiao Yu ordered the seriously injured soldiers to be taken down for immediate treatment . He was using healing potions to save them as long as they had a breath of life . Moreover, injured veterans meant that they would cherish their lives and user their brains in the next battles .
Subaru’s eyes narrowed as he nodded while observing the battle . Everyone was going on as he expected except the strength of the Lion town . The bandits were constantly killed and he was waiting for the number to reduce to a certain level . Afterwards he would go to second phase of the plan . He would integrate all the bandits and destroy the Lion town . Nevertheless, he was surprised and a bit annoyed by the strength of the Lion town . According to the intelligence reports Lion town shouldn’t have so many soldiers . Moreover, it seemed as if all of them were elite soldiers but not newly recruited ones .
Subaru had decades of experience and knew how difficult it was to build an army of 10,000 elite soldiers . According to Subaru it should have taken at least five or six years for a declining territory such as Lion territory to build such an army!
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