Chapter 123 The first day of battle
These recruits were lucky. Although they had a short training time, Xiao Yu all equipped them with the best armor and weapons.
The human equipment produced by the base is much better than those purchased on the market. Not only is it strong in defense, but it is not that bulky and very clever when worn.
Moreover, Uther's existence greatly improved their combat effectiveness. Even if they were just new recruits, they were all elite soldiers after they increased their power attributes by 60%.
All they lack is one thing, that is the experience of killing on the battlefield.
On the other hand, although those robbers also have equipment, they are definitely uneven. Some visionary robbers will focus on creating some troops to improve the quality of equipment and soldiers.
But if the robber leader without vision just rely on the number of people to help him grab more money, he would not give these robber soldiers very well-armed equipment.
Equipment costs money. How much did Xiao Yu spend to arm these 10,000 people? Millions of gold coins were thrown in.
When fighting, you are fighting money.
Xiao Yu knew that his army was weak now, and it was not easy to develop so quickly. Moreover, if there were too many, no one would command it, and it would be in a mess and was useless.
What Xiao Yu wants is the elite soldiers' route.
In a blink of an eye, countless robber soldiers began to rush to the city and collect the heads they had dreamed of, because a head was a golden gold coins.
However, what greeted them were absolutely powerful armor and absolutely sharp swords.
With a 60% increase in strength, these new recruits were unable to resist the slashing condescendingly.
Not to mention the situation of the soldiers at the base there, if the orcs have totem and the infantry have blessings, can a few little robbers still climb up?
The fierce battle began, but the tragic side of the robbers was almost not a lot of casualties.
The long-range firepower behind was still pouring down, and the lives of the robbers under the city were constantly harvesting.
Despite this, there were still too many robbers, and they were all red in front of the powerful rewards, and they still climbed up densely.
Xiao Yu was wearing armor and standing on the top of the city. Looking at the battle, he couldn't help but sigh that this kind of battle of more than 100,000 people was indeed too shocking.
At this time, unless there is a powerful heavy firepower like a heavy machine gun, if you want to kill more than 100,000 people, even if the other party is waiting for you to cut your head, you will have to cut it for a few hours.
At that time, the Battle of Somme, due to the emergence of heavy machine guns, the largest number of soldiers casualties in one day in the war, with more than 60,000 people.
There are no machine guns in this era, how long does it take to kill 60,000 people?
The number of people is definitely a huge factor in the victory or defeat of an absolute war. In his "On War", Clausewitz wrote that the advantage of quantity is the most important and fundamental condition for the victory or defeat of an absolute war.
Although there are many examples of winning the more with less, it is only superficial. Because it is more eye-catching, everyone pays attention to it. In fact, it is rare to have two examples of winning the more with less in a hundred battles.
Therefore, although the base's elite soldiers will be the main focus in the future, the development of other soldiers is also essential. Talents still need to be dug in large quantities.
As the battle continued, some casualties occurred on the recruits on Xiao Yu's side, but most of them were mistakes made because of the first time they went to the battlefield and the first time they were nervous about killing people.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to damage them with their weapons and equipment, plus the geographical advantage.
However, the robbers lost more.
So far, the robbers have lost more than 6,000 people, but because there are too many robbers, they can't see it.
Among them, the main forces that are killed are orc infantry and elves archers.
Human infantry, dwarf musketeers, and those recruits, even catapults, blade chariots, and crossbows, were not as many as them.
The number of catapults and blade cars is still too small. If there are a hundred catapults, it is almost the same, and the firepower can be even more intense.
But there are only ten catapults, and the coverage is too small.
"I wonder if I will give more permissions to upgrade to the second-level town hall." Xiao Yu was looking forward to the fact that if he had one hundred catapults now, the result would definitely be completely different.
The war continued step by step. The robbers continued to attack the city, but they continued to die, but also caused some damage to the recruits on Xiao Yu's side.
Xiao Yu ordered any seriously injured soldiers to go down to treat immediately and not fight again. As long as they are not dead, they must be rescued through the potion of life.
A wounded veteran knows how to cherish life and how to fight than a few new recruits who have just started the battlefield.
In the distance, Xie Sanlang looked at the battle, his eyes narrowed slightly and nodded secretly. Everything was moving in the direction he expected.
The Lion King's strength is indeed very strong, and the robbers' attack is also very strong. The robbers' numbers are slowly decreasing. When the robbers' numbers are reduced to a certain level, then his plan can be implemented.
If all the robbers are integrated and the Lion King leader is destroyed, then he will be the real king of this northwest land.
However, the strength of the Lion King's soldiers was a bit beyond his expectations. In his news, the number of Lion King's soldiers should be very small, and it should be only 10,000, but why can there be so many people now? Moreover, looking at this, they are definitely elite soldiers.
Xie Sanlang is also a person who has been living in this northwest for decades. He deeply knows how difficult it is to build an elite unit of ten thousand people.
If he had to stand from Xiao Yu's perspective, such a declining territory, it would probably take at least five or six years to build an elite army of ten thousand people.
Moreover, he would definitely not develop elites at the beginning. He would definitely develop quantity first, and then slowly build some of them to become elites.
After all, funding, training, etc. are too complicated.
Just the equipment of this ten thousand people requires millions of gold coins, right? Where did he get so much money? How much did those medium-sized camp leaders rob it for so many years?
Moreover, it takes at least one year to train an elite soldier. Could this Xiao Yu be the one hired?
Xie Sanlang couldn't help but feel that he had underestimated Xiao Yu. He thought that once these robbers were integrated, he would definitely be able to easily wipe out Xiao Yu.
But now it seems that he needs to reexamine Xiao Yu.
But he didn't know that Xiao Yu's gold coins were earned by gambling, the equipment was bought at the base, and people became elite soldiers with the blessing of the Paladin.
Otherwise, these new recruits will definitely suffer if they encounter robbers who have been killed for a long time.
In this era, the Paladins who truly bless the power blessings have disappeared. It is already amazing that Paladins can bless some simple shelter blessings.
A powerful base and a powerful hero have created all this. If there is no base, no matter how strong Xiao Yu's ability is, it is impossible for him to achieve such a success in such a short time.
"We attacked, we attacked." The robbers made a sound like roaring and thunder. It turned out that several fighters among the robbers and brave warriors advanced together, occupied a corner of the recruits, forming a bridgehead, and temporarily stalking their feet.
The recruits are new recruits. Faced with the attack of more than a dozen powerful fighters, they could not resist them immediately and were killed or retreated one after another.
Seeing that there was hope, the robbers worked even more and rushed forward desperately.
At this time, Xiao Qinche looked at all this calmly and suddenly shouted loudly: "The first team of the Musket Team, at two o'clock, gather fire and shoot."
Bang bang bang...
A burst of gunfire sounded, and the bridgehead occupied by the fighters was immediately cleaned.
The fighters who fought with the Lion King's soldiers were not shot, but the robbers who immediately climbed up behind were immediately attacked by this dense firepower.
"The Second Team, at two o'clock, gather fire and shoot." Qin Che gave another order, and another round of gather fire and shoot covered it.
The powerful lethality of muskets has never been seen by robbers before. Suddenly, so many people died, they didn't know what was going on.
Panic and death delayed their pace of climbing.
At this time, Grom and Xiao Yu had already used their heroic jump to fly over the air and started to slash and kill.
Xiao Yu and Grom fought with these fighters, which immediately relieved the pressure of the recruits. Qin Che commanded the firepower of the musket team to suppress the bridgehead for the time being. The recruits slowly recovered and rushed forward with great force. Several people surrounded a fighter.
At this time, Tyrande was also shooting arrows from afar to help, and these dozen fighters were quickly suppressed.
Seeing that the bridgehead I just occupied was gone, the robbers were sorry for it. As long as they stood firm, the balance of the victory of the war would tilt towards them.
However, seeing this opportunity, they felt that there would definitely be more opportunities, so they continued to attack desperately.
The robbers seized the bridgehead twice again, but were still beaten. In the afternoon, Xie Sanlang ordered the withdrawal.
At this time, the soldiers were exhausted and could not attack for a long time. The morale fell and the attack was not as fierce as it began. Retraction was the best choice.
Through today's battle, more than 14,000 robbers died, and more than 1,000 new recruits led by Xiao Yu's Lion King also died.
The first battle showed the lack of combat effectiveness and experience of these recruits. Although they had good enough equipment, weapons, and blessings from the Paladins, they were not invulnerable to swords and guns, and each place was completely covered. Experienced robbers, daggers could easily find omissions that could not be covered by armor and stabbed in.
However, what made Xiao Yu ecstatic was that through today's battle, his meritorious value had successfully achieved the rank of sergeant chief.
This means that he can upgrade a main base to level 2.
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If you have something to do today, just two chapters, and you will make up for it tomorrow. The base will be upgraded to level 2, haha, a new army.
Chapter completed!