The kings of the East Sea countries weren't fools. Without so many magic chariots, they wouldn't dare to attack Qinyin. According to the expeditionary army's plan, these chariots would be gathered and used to attack cities one by one. This way, they could suppress the magic towers outside Qinyin cities.
Without this preparation, the troops outside the cities would be completely suppressed by the magic towers. Although mages rarely intervened in the affairs of the nobles, they couldn't just stand by and watch when the enemy invaded. The nobles provided for them all year round for the true safety of their territories.
Magic chariots also had a lot of shortcomings. Unlike magic towers, magic chariots usually only amplified one type of elemental power. This kind of amplification could be modified, but it was more difficult.
For example, after discovering that there were powerful undead creatures in Salin's city, the Supreme General had the mages modify the magic chariots to suppress the undead forces among the enemies in order to avoid a large number of casualties.
This method wasn't wrong. The mistake was that they stayed at sea for too long and were chased back by Salin, who directly sank the battleship.
The mobility of the magic chariots was also a problem. They were already big enough and needed eight horses to pull them, or they could simply use magic beasts like land dragons. Salin's solution was to use two skeleton warhorses to pull the chariots. However, without a necromancer above level four, this method would be useless.
Maintenance of the magic chariots was also a problem. In order to reduce consumption, the expeditionary army usually dismantled the magic chariots and stored them until needed. Even so, the magic chariots often consumed magic cores to maintain the operation of the magic formation. Otherwise, the performance of the magic chariots would decline after a long time.
Because of all these troubles, the Qinyin Empire didn't equip too many magic chariots. They only made some basic materials. Unless the enemy invaded, they wouldn't use such expensive equipment. In comparison, although the War Puppets were expensive to build, the consumption was very small.
Apart from the materials, the biggest consumption of the War Puppets was the need to build a huge alchemy factory. To build such an alchemy factory also cost a lot of money. However, after the War Puppets were built, they basically consumed mid-level magic cores. They could also be transported by dismantling them. Once the war was urgent, the War Puppets themselves could travel long distances.
After the magic tower was built, it didn't need much maintenance. The magic tower itself was a self-repairing building. Its only weakness was its inability to move.
Salin had a lot of materials to build a magic tower, which were accumulated on Serrig Island. He couldn't build magic tanks or war puppets for himself. Now that he had a ready-made chariot, Salin's strength immediately increased by a lot.
That afternoon, Nelis sent all the parts of the magic chariot to the temple. Geyi was also called in front of Salin. Salin told him that he would be leading his first team. The skinny man was excited. He knelt in front of Salin and actually wanted to kiss Salin's foot.
Shika saw this from the side and immediately threw the boomerang over. Salin's feet were also hers. She could not just let anyone else kiss them. Ge Yi was shocked. He retracted his hand, and the boomerang sank halfway into the ground. One must know that the ground of the Salin Shrine was also paved with white stones collected from the coast, which were as strong as steel.
"Hmph, speak properly and don't move." Shika stepped forward, pulled out the boomerang and glared at Geyi.
Ge Yi naturally didn't dare to go against Shika's words. He had already heard rumors that this Caucasian woman had already become Sir Salin's lover. No matter how much Salin trusted him, it couldn't be compared to pillow talk.
"Ge Yi, I have seen your men. What do you think about their combat abilities?" Salin signaled Shika to leave for a while. Shika also felt annoyed by Ge Yi's appearance, so she left Salin's room. Although she knew that Ge Yi was loyal to Salin, she didn't like seeing people flatter him.
"Sir, these old brothers' individual combat abilities are passable, but they don't have the skills to coordinate with warhorses. On the battlefield, they are not even as good as heavy infantry."
"It's good that you know. But the barbarians I assigned to you have riding skills similar to yours. Anyway, everyone will be riding on skeleton warhorses to train, so it will save a lot of trouble. In this month, don't train them riding skills anymore. Go and learn the skills of the scimitar from the magical beast swordsmen. Also, let them practice archery. "
"Sir, without riding skills, it will be very difficult to tear apart the enemy's formation!" Ge Yi had read many books on war, and recently, he had become a bit more like a soldier.
"I'm not asking you to become heavy cavalry. The endurance of the skeleton warhorses is great, but the impact is not good. The main thing is that they can't bear the burden for the knights. Cavalry on skeleton warhorses need more strength. The barbarians are fine, but your bodies can't, unless all of you become swordsmen. "
Ge Yi lowered his head. He also knew that his pirate brothers were not suitable for horse battles.
"The barbarians we have now can become heavy infantry in the future, and the cavalry can be chosen from the Caucasus. You can train light cavalry for me. "
Ge Yi couldn't hide his disappointment, but he still nodded and promised.
"Ge Yi, don't look down on light cavalry. If light cavalry has strong archery skills, they can also become the main force on the battlefield. In the past, when humans had strong bodies, they could ride high-level magical beasts, or even giant dragons. At that time, heavy cavalry and air cavalry were the main characters on the battlefield, but now, light cavalry can only rely on bows and arrows to cause great damage to the enemy. "
"Sir, I understand." Ge Yi bowed down on the ground, completely convinced. He also understood this, but the most important thing in an army was the heavy cavalry, and the infantry. Light cavalry was mostly used as a supplement, so he was a little reluctant in the beginning. But he also understood that not only was his background not good, but his foundation was also weak. To be able to lead light cavalry for Salin was not a low position.
Salin did not continue speaking. He suddenly fell into deep thought. He had never thought of attacking cities, so he placed a lot of importance on heavy infantry and light cavalry. This was because both of them were more effective than heavy cavalry in city defense battles. Especially heavy infantry, when they wore steel armor that weighed more than 50 pounds, forming a human wall, even heavy cavalry would find it difficult to take advantage.
The thick steel armor made normal arrows useless. Even the alchemy crossbows had to be above medium size to penetrate the defense of heavy infantry. Miniaturized crossbows could not kill heavy infantry at all.
He had barbarians and Caucasus, so he could completely support a heavy infantry force of more than 10,000 people. In the future, there would be more Caucasus. This was not a dream. But did he really not want to talk about expanding his territory? If it was possible, he could annex Phoenix and build a country. With the power of a country, he could completely support more Mages.
Salin thought of the Qinyin Palace, the palace treasury that he was still envious of. The equipment and materials collected by the Qinyin Royal Family, even now to Salin, were very enviable. That was the accumulation of an empire over a thousand years.
Although there were not many Mages in the Qinyin Army, if the Royal Family wanted to, they could expand the Mages Army at any time. Because the Glükos Family could afford it.
What a tempting idea, but if he were to do that, how much time would he have to spend on magic training? Salin shook his head and temporarily gave up on this idea. Before he became a Magic Shooter, he did not want to waste too much time.
Seeing Salin shake his head, Ge Yi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Sir, is there anything you are not satisfied with about my people?"
Now, Geyi could already talk to Salin, so he didn't have to listen blindly to communicate with him like before.
"No, I just remembered something about myself. Ge Yi, you have to do this task well. It won't be long before Rex brings more troops to this city. When that time comes, I will need someone to control the situation. "
Ge Yi looked troubled. If it were any other pirate, he would definitely pat his chest and say that he would not let Salin down. But Ge Yi had read many books and gained much knowledge. He knew that the few hundred people he trained could not compare to Rex's elites.
It took at least five years to train an elite troop, and Salin had just captured them not long ago.
Salin smiled and comforted Ge Yi, "I know that you will not be able to turn these people into elites in a few years' time, but we can make up for the shortcomings in equipment. Although Rex is rich, I am not poor. I will forge a set of magic equipment for each of these five hundred people. "
Ge Yi's eyes lit up. Although the status of light cavalry was not as high as other troops, if all of them wore magic armor, they would be magic cavalry. Their status was not lower than that of heavy cavalry!
"Sir, I will not let you down," Ge Yi replied respectfully.
"Mm, during this time, I will let Daniel and Christian train with you. You will choose a hundred barbarians and train them according to the way of heavy infantry. When that time comes, these hundred barbarians will be in charge of protecting the mages. "
"Sir, I …"
"You will still be in command of the battle. Daniel and Christian will not always follow you. In the future, I will send you low-level mages to follow the army all year round."
Ge Yi was overjoyed. Even if there was a level-three mage in the army, their chances of survival would be doubled. Sometimes, a wound from an arrow could take a person's life. Even if it did not hit a vital point, the wound could worsen. For mages, this could be healed with just a little Restoration Water.
Also, troops with mages were definitely under the direct command. Salin said that he would provide him with mages for a long time, which was affirmation of his hard work. Although Daniel and Christian were strong, Ge Yi felt very inferior in front of them and did not have the guts to command the two great mages.
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