"Split into five to attack the expeditionary army? They have a regular army of twenty-five thousand men. " Salin disapproved of Nelis's idea. It was right to use this opportunity to train the soldiers. But if a battalion was split into five, and each team only had two thousand men, that would be two Banners. The enemy's regular army would be ten times their strength.
With a difference of more than ten times, the Church's army could even use encirclement tactics to completely annihilate the strength of two Banners.
"Master, you don't know. Daniel chose a hundred people to impart Necromancy to while you were not around. Now more than eighty of them are high-level apprentices. As long as they have the Flames of the Undead, twelve people can immediately become low-level Necromancers. If we arrange two Necromancers in each team, we can arrange two hundred Skeleton Warhorses. "
Salin muttered to himself. Most of the soldiers under him, other than the pirates and the swordsmen from Seriger Island, had not gone through real battles. It was difficult to maintain the morale of such soldiers in a bloody battle. Only soldiers who had gone through battle could be trusted.
The Church did not send out Holy Knights, but let the royal family of the Tanggulas Empire send out an army of twenty-five thousand regular soldiers. These twenty-five thousand men would have an absolute advantage in a field battle. A Necromancer could maintain a hundred Skeleton Warhorses. If he sent out all his Necromancers, they would only be able to maintain a thousand and two hundred Skeleton Warhorses. It was not enough to create an advantage in speed.
He still had to send out the Three Kings. Otherwise, the battalion he sent out might very well be devoured by the army of the Tanggulas Empire.
"Banchagana does things indiscriminately, and Diabinas might be impulsive. Get Judy and Coco to inform Rex's army, and then come back to reinforce the Sixth Battalion. We have two months to make arrangements. Salin immediately had an idea. It was necessary to stop the expeditionary army of the Church. It would be difficult for him to defend the city if the army reached Metatlin City unscathed.
The first battalion had been taken away by Rex to participate in the battle in Kushui Commandery. Salin still had the second to sixth battalions with him. The sixth battalion was a temporary formation after Rex left. Rex had been helping train the first five battalions.
This sixth battalion was a mixed battalion, with Caucasians and barbarians. The core of the command was a swordsman from Serg Island. Salin's intention in forming this battalion was very obvious. He wanted to build a human army that he could firmly control. All the recruited soldiers had to be at least 20 years old, and the 6th Battalion would never accept anyone over that age.
No one in this young army had a noble background, so Salin could use them without worry. The recruitment of ten thousand people took several months. There were many people who signed up, but not many people were accepted. In the end, they had to replenish some well-trained Caucasians to fill the ranks of the battalion.
The ratio of Salin's army to his own citizens was seriously on the high side. Thus, when the army was set up, the auxiliary soldiers were not specially attached to any battalion. Only when a battalion had a field mission would the auxiliary soldiers be assigned to that battalion. In fact, the main goal of Salin's first five battalions was to protect the city. In the battle to protect the city, the scale of logistics was very small. Even if there were only twenty thousand auxiliary soldiers, it was enough for five battalions.
When Salin established the Sixth Battalion, he simply adopted a mixed system to reduce the logistical requirements as much as possible. The ten thousand people in the Sixth Battalion were originally divided into flag regiments. When two flag regiments were together, they could form an offensive formation.
Because of the large number of mages in Qin Yin, logistics had always been easier than other empires. It was the same for Salin's Sixth Battalion. Each brigade tried to incorporate a low-level mage, and each flag regiment needed a great mage at least of the fourth rank.
In fact, in the Sixth Battalion, there were more than a hundred low-level mages, and each flag regiment could have more than ten low-level mages. These low-level mages should not be underestimated. In battle, a low-level mage's destructive power was equivalent to several swordsmen. Moreover, with the existence of low-level mages, the soldiers would be able to steadily receive healing such as the Water of Restoration.
Low-level mages could also activate a special spatial equipment in the army. This equipment was a box about one cubic meter in size. The box was balanced by a magic array, and the space inside was no more than two cubic meters. Although it was only a difference of two times, this spatial wooden box was very useful. Because this box was extremely sturdy, the logistics items placed inside were actually calculated according to the specific volume of the item. If it was an ordinary box, even five or six cubic meters of space might not be able to fit it.
Based on this alone, this battalion's transportation capacity was five times that of an ordinary army.
Salin arranged for Geyi, who had been transferred back to Metatlin City, to be the deputy commander in this battalion. The commander position had always been empty. Geyi did not have the ability to take up the position of commander for the time being.
However, this battle was not a large-scale frontal conflict between the armies. Salin did not assign a commander to Geyi. After all, this operation would be divided into five parts, and two flag regiments would move together.
These flag regiments were all swordsmen from Seriger Island. The lowest level among them was an intermediate swordsman. Sword Saints were hard to find, but the people from Seriger Island were very reassuring. They were not old, and in time, these flag regiments could all become Sword Saints.
Salin carefully arranged the advance and retreat routes of the army. He specially made ten maps and distributed them to the ten great mages under the command of the flag regiments. These maps were drawn by Salin. No one north of Phoenix had made such a detailed map.
Then, he arranged for logistics, such as bows and crossbows, as well as food, and disassembled medium-sized magic equipment.
Judy and Coco were sent out ahead of time. This Undead Lord had to remind Rex's army to prepare in advance.
The necromancers were also assigned to various flag regiments. They had to be in charge of logistics. With skeleton warhorses, logistics would definitely not affect the speed of the army's advance.
Feeling that there were no omissions, Salin had Shika send out a few hundred Caucasian demon wolf warriors to Deep Forest Town to gather information for him.
It was not until the 6th battalion left Metatlin City that Salin began to think about a problem he needed to solve. That was identity.
Rex had left, and the things to fake his identity had been prepared. Nania still came to train him every day. Now, Salin's actions and mannerisms were vaguely similar to the nobles of the Fourth Dynasty. Fortunately, there were not many rules for nobles in the Fourth Dynasty, and it was not difficult for Salin to learn them.
Zola gave Salin an idea. Salin heard Zola's idea and nodded in agreement.
The youngsters who had split from the four major families began to act. Love You from the Clyde Family, Helene from the Williams Family, Reyne from the Tiffany Family, and Guya from the Roland Family. These four youngsters had left their families and brought with them large amounts of capital, experienced merchants, and a certain number of private soldiers.
Ainphent and Helene would definitely follow Salin. Although Helene had some problems with Salin, Helene herself was very clear that Metatlin City was the place where she wanted to make a fortune, and she would not be unable to distinguish between work and public interests. The other two, however, were a bit troublesome.
The Tiffany Family had always been doing business and investing honestly. Although the Roland Family had negotiated with Daniel many times, Baroness Guya still had no intention of taking the initiative to contact Salin ever since Sharman returned.
She was watching from the sidelines and wanted Salin's benefits. Because Salin had not publicly subdued all the nobles who had come to settle down, he did not have a status. If Salin was not strong enough, even a young woman would not bet all her wealth on Salin.
Zola's method was to first use the two level-9 Spellcasters who were about to arrive to subdue the youngsters of the other two families. Once the people of the four major families submitted to him, Salin would then use this circle of nobles as the core to expand his strength.
Salin had originally been considering where to build the 10-story Magic Tower that he had promised the two level-9 Spellcasters. Now that the Church had sent an army to attack his city, Salin had completely lost all his concerns. He had originally planned to choose an island in the sea and build the Magic Tower for the two level-9 Spellcasters. Now, he might as well build the Magic Tower west of Metatlin, in the small town where Rex's army was stationed.
Ainphent's parents did not lie to Salin. The two level-9 Spellcasters were indeed persuaded by their friends to come to Metatlin City to take a look. The construction of Metatlin City had already been completed. Apart from the Magic Tower that had yet to be built, the other facilities were already complete and could accommodate the two level-9 Spellcasters. What Salin needed to do now was to wait for the arrival of the two level-9 Spellcasters and convince them to really stay.
Having made up his mind, Salin was no longer in a hurry. Anyway, the news of the two level-9 Spellcasters had already arrived. They would probably arrive in Metatlin City in two to three days. Using these two days, Salin went to look at the arena.
The construction of the arena was very smooth. It was a public building complex that occupied an area of almost a mile in the west of the city. Other than the central arena, there were also a dozen or so smaller arenas scattered around the area. The main construction had already been completed, and the undead had retreated. Now, there were still many craftsmen who were decorating the arena, adding chairs for the audience seats, and carving artistic patterns on the various passageways.
Seeing the construction of the arena, Salin knew that it wouldn't be long before many professionals would come to Metatlin City to try their luck. When that time came, his options would greatly increase.
Although the city of Evil Demons was good, before his foundation was stable, he had to keep a low profile.
Just as he was about to discuss the various rules of the arena with Daniel, someone suddenly came to report that the two level-9 Spellcasters had arrived and were waiting for Salin in the divine temple. Salin was caught unprepared when he heard this. He hurriedly ordered someone to invite Ainphent's parents, and then asked Diabinas and Banchagana to come see him.
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