Chapter 407 Ascetic Monk
At daybreak, Zhang Yang stood by the stream, poked his mouth with a willow branch, then took a mouthful of water, gulped it down a few times, and finally spit it out with a "plop".
Not far away, there are three half-old tents, with smoke rising from the fire in the middle. About ten steps outside the tents, there are 30 chevaux de frise buried. These chevaux de frise are tied with wooden sticks, just enough to block the camp by the stream.
In the camp, two war horses, a hunting horse and two crossbow horses were leisurely eating grass. Next to them was a four-wheeled cart loaded with some supplies, including horse feed, food for Zhang Yang and others, and so on.
This is the assets of the Fiery Mercenary Group.
As the saying goes, a new team brings a new atmosphere. After Zhang Yang officially defeated Tonks and obtained the qualification of captain of the mercenary team, he ignored Tonks' many suggestions and objections, and no longer recruited mercenaries in the tavern, nor did he stay there to get drunk and talk to the young ladies.
He directly bought a four-wheeled carriage, two horses, three tents, some repair tools, as well as food, iron pots, fodder, seasonings and many other supplies, and left the city of Sarion that day.
All this cost only 300 silver dinars.
Tonks was naturally full of complaints about this, but he had no say.
"Captain, you're up!"
Carly also came out of the tent at this time, and she began to prepare breakfast consciously.
Only after Zhang Yang had taken a bath in the cold stream water did Tonks come out mumbling.
"Theo, you are an ascetic."
"Haha, Tonks, if you feel unhappy, come and spar with me."
Zhang Yang laughed loudly, pulled out a two-handed wooden sword from the carriage, and made several attacking and defensive movements smoothly.
"snort!"
Tonks snorted heavily and walked to the stream. She first released the water, then imitated Zhang Yang and made a gurgling sound for a while. Finally, she nonchalantly took out the wooden training sword.
"Theo, I can beat you a hundred times with one hand, and you will never be my opponent."
"Then give it a try!"
Zhang Yang, who had finished warming up, was like a young leopard. He took a stance and launched the first attack, but was knocked to the ground by Tonks in less than three rounds. The gap was too obvious. After all, his proficiency in both hands was only 65, while Tonks's proficiency was 320.
But this is exactly the purpose of Zhang Yang's training.
Throughout the morning, Zhang Yang was knocked down again and again. His face was bruised and swollen, his whole body was sore, and he looked extremely miserable.
However, he also gained 5 points of proficiency in two-handed weapons, and also calmed Tonks's resentment.
After breakfast, Zhang Yang asked Carly to continue training with Tonks. After resting for an hour, he started throwing training.
The first is fixed-point throwing. The targets are set 60 meters away. Zhang Yang needs to throw the heavy javelin and the ancient empire javelin and hit them accurately.
In fact, there is no problem in throwing such a long distance, the key is accuracy.
Of course, even if it hits the target, it won't be of much use in actual combat, unless it is used for a sneak attack. Otherwise, as long as the enemy sees it, they can always dodge it.
So this kind of throwing training is to increase throwing skills and ultimately gain proficiency.
Throughout the morning, Zhang Yang threw 150 times, hit the target 78 times, and the rest all missed the target. He was almost exhausted, but the effect was extremely obvious. His proficiency in throwing weapons increased by 3 points.
During the lunch break, Zhang Yang had to ask Carly to help him massage his muscles, otherwise he felt that he would become crippled.
In the afternoon, Zhang Yang, still feeling sore all over, climbed onto his warhorse and continued to practice riding. Yes, was level 5 riding a big deal? He didn't think so.
This time, Carly and Tonks also started riding training with him.
Carly wanted revenge and to become stronger, so she learned everything, and her diligence was no less than Zhang Yang's.
As for Tonks, she probably felt embarrassed, so she started studying as well.
Carly and Tonks practiced horseback jogging, while Zhang Yang trained in fast obstacle course running, turning running, accelerating running, and also practiced throwing flying knives quickly while the warhorse was galloping.
Such training requires not only Zhang Yang's own efforts, but also communication and cooperation between him and the warhorse to ultimately achieve a state of unity between man and horse.
It was also thanks to the fact that this Dashar warhorse was so majestic, otherwise it would not have been able to withstand such training. Of course, five eggs and twenty kilograms of fine feed every day were also necessary.
At night, Tonks was responsible for the first half of the night, and Zhang Yang was responsible for the second half of the night.
This kind of life is indeed like that of an ascetic monk.
Fortunately, this is an uninhabited wilderness and there is no danger except for wild beasts.
This high-intensity training lasted for a whole month until all the supplies on the truck were used up.
Zhang Yang and his two companions packed up the camp and returned to Sarion, feeling as if they were in another world.
But their gains were also really great.
Like Tonks, his skills in combat and other aspects cannot be improved for the time being, but his riding skills have been upgraded from level 1 to level 3, and he can already ride a horse at full speed.
Although Zhang Yang's riding skills are still at level 5, his weapon proficiency has improved significantly. His one-handed weapon proficiency has increased to 85, his two-handed weapon proficiency has reached 90, and his throwing weapon proficiency has increased to 235 points. This can basically ensure that he can hit the target within 50 meters. Even on a galloping warhorse, he can ensure that eight out of ten shots will hit the target.
Even Tonks was speechless when she saw this skill.
However, compared to the two of them, Carly has made the most progress due to her low foundation. Although she is still level 7, her overall attributes have exceeded those of a level 10 female guard.
The details are as follows:
Carly: 18 years old (level 7) Identity: Maid (female citizen) Health: 66 Attributes: Strength 11, Agility 6, Intelligence 8, Charisma 10. Skills: Iron Bone level 2, Strong Attack level 1, Riding level 2, Persuasion level 3, Trade level 1.
Proficiency: One-handed 75 points, two-handed 0, pole 0, throwing 0, bow 0, crossbow 90. Equipment: leather armor, leather helmet, leather gloves, tempered long sword, small round shield, hunting crossbow, crossbow arrows.
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After returning to Sarion, Tonks stayed in the Lion Tavern and refused to say anything. He shouted that if Zhang Yang wanted to live an ascetic life for another month, he would rather break up.
Zhang Yang was helpless about this and had to promise that he would definitely take the mercenary mission this time, but before that, they needed to recuperate for a few days. Only then did he calm Tonks down.
But Zhang Yang had his own ideas.
Their current team assets are down to 1,200 silver dinars, after replenishing enough supplies, especially some luxurious supplies like wine, dark beer, etc. Tonks almost went crazy during the previous month's hard training because she couldn't drink any alcohol.
So this eliminates 300 silver dinars, and the remaining 900 silver dinars would be a bit stretched if used to recruit mercenaries.
Because according to the current market conditions, the monthly hiring fee for any mercenary above level 20 is 50 silver dinars. This is for the short term. If it is for the long term, such as more than a year, then at least 500 silver dinars will be required.
Especially since those powerful mercenaries come in groups of several people, and if you want to hire them all, you have to hire them all. The money he has is really not enough.
Therefore, according to Zhang Yang's idea, instead of looking for tavern mercenaries, it would be better to train them themselves.
That's right, just recruit young, healthy, ambitious farmers or second sons of nobles.
However, he didn't dare to tell this idea to Tonks for the time being, otherwise this guy would really get angry.
But what can we do?
While Tonks was chatting with the young ladies at the Lion Tavern, Zhang Yang took Carly to wander around the city, because there were always some young men who were unwilling to be farmers or be recruited by lords and wanted to make a fortune.
They are not eligible to enter taverns and have no dinars, so they usually gather in places where caravans are present. Most of the time, they cannot become mercenaries, but instead become hard-working caravan fellows.
In short, it only took Zhang Yang two days to gather 12 young, energetic, and most importantly, healthy and promising guys. After all, he had the Wanderer System that could see their attributes at a glance.
Zhang Yang promised them a resettlement fee of 30 silver dinars per person, 100% mercenary status, 20% of the spoils from each battle, and the option of staying or leaving freely after three years.
Then, he customized coarse cloth tops, coarse cloth pants, shoes, simple wooden shields and simple spears for them at the price of 30 silver dinars per person.
Finally, he brought these 12 recruits to the Lion Tavern, and it was time to start a new journey.
However, when Tonks saw the 12 new recruits, he finally went crazy and flew into a rage.
"What the hell, Theo, what are you doing! This is just a bunch of farmer's hens!"
"I'm tired of you doing whatever you want. You just, just let me down!"
"I'm sorry, but I have to make a decision. I will definitely achieve nothing by being with you."
"Goodbye, and good luck!"
Tonks just left like that. Zhang Yang was stunned and could only smile bitterly. What is this called? People with different ideals cannot work together?
"Carly, do you think I did something wrong?"
"No, you are the captain and have the right to decide anything, and I will always follow you." Carly said simply.
"Let's go to the old place. These new recruits can't go to the battlefield without training." Zhang Yang sighed. Everyone has their own aspirations, and he can't force them.
After purchasing another batch of food supplies, Zhang Yang led his team to quietly leave Sarion City. However, this time, perhaps due to bad luck, or perhaps the departure of Tonks greatly reduced the team's strength, they were caught up by five riders from behind less than twenty miles away from Sarion City.
The other party didn't even say a word, he just chased after me and showed his weapon.
The 12 recruits were totally terrified. After all, the momentum of the cavalry's head-on charge was beyond the imagination of weaklings like them.
"Grass!"
Zhang Yang cursed once, turned his horse around and rushed forward. At the same time, a heavy javelin came into his hand. He threw it out in anger without even stopping. With a flash of afterimage, a rider dozens of meters away screamed and fell off his horse.
Zhang Yang didn't even look at the result. In just a few seconds, all five heavy javelins flew out of his hands. Three hit the target, one missed, and the other was blocked by a rider holding a shield.
In the blink of an eye, there were only two people left on the other side, and the two sides were already within five meters of each other. Seeing the horses crossing each other, Zhang Yang suddenly swung his horse's head, and the horse rushed outward like an extension of his body, avoiding the piercing of a lance by a hair's breadth.
In the blink of an eye, the three horses distanced themselves from each other, and Zhang Yang twisted his body on the horse and threw a flying knife in his back. The sapphire rune flying knife hit the left rider directly in the back. Even though he was wearing hard leather armor, it could not withstand the sharpness of the flying knife. He screamed, his body swayed, and he almost fell off his horse. Then he accelerated to escape forward, but at this moment he heard a clang, and a crossbow arrow flew over and directly pierced this guy's eye socket. It was Carly who took action at this time.
The other rider was so frightened that he fled away from the road on his horse, but Zhang Yang turned his horse around and gave chase. With his level 5 riding skills and the majesty of his warhorse, he caught up with him within a dozen meters in a blink of an eye.
Then the assassin threw his knife repeatedly and killed the man in a few seconds.
At this point, in less than half a minute, all five riders were killed.
The frightened recruits only remembered to escape at this time, but found that the battle was already over.
(End of this chapter)
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