Chapter 410 Reward
Killed 16 people, captured 7 people, and 9 people escaped.
Seized were one cow, three piglets, five sheep, three geese, six chickens, five bags of wheat, two bags of semolina, three bags of beans, two bags of black bread, ten pounds of salt, four sheepskins, two peasant girls, some weapons and leather armor, and 450 silver dinars.
This is a big victory.
Zhang Yang killed 15 people and successfully reached level 13. He still added to the agility attribute, making the agility become 14 points, and by the way, he lit up the level 1 strong attack skill.
Carly killed 2 people and successfully reached level 9, adding 1 point of strength to 12, and the powerful attack skill to level 2.
"Re-set up camp!"
Zhang Yang gave the order. Initially, he ordered the camp to be disbanded because the food was almost consumed and this round of training had to be ended.
But now with the supplies sent by this group of deserters, they can train for another half a month.
He also felt that it was necessary to train the captives properly in this remote place.
These are all regular troops. As long as they are subdued, it will be very beneficial to the overall combat effectiveness of the team.
"What's your name?"
"Robert." The old soldier answered politely. Now his armor and weapons had been stripped off and he was only wearing a coarse cloth shirt. So even though he was a veteran with rich combat experience, he did not dare to have the slightest intention of escaping.
"Very good, Robert. From now on, I need you to train new recruits for me. Don't think too much. If you can satisfy me, maybe I will let you go free."
Zhang Yang made broad promises. The most important problem for his Fiery Mercenary Group now was that the level of the new recruits was too low and they could not be sent to the battlefield. Otherwise, if he relied on himself alone, he didn't know when he would be overturned.
After talking with the veteran Robert, Zhang Yang talked to the other six prisoners one by one. The lowest level among them was 15th level. They were either Sarleon infantry or Sarleon armed infantry. Any one of them was stronger than his new recruits.
Zhang Yang naturally used both the stick and the carrot, making unlimited promises on the one hand and fierce threats on the other. The effect was quite good, at least on the surface.
Next, Zhang Yang personally supervised the training of the new recruits. A coaching team consisting of three Sarion armed infantrymen, led by veteran Robert, conducted group training for the new recruits, including the remaining three prisoners.
Veteran Robert and his companions worked very hard because Zhang Yang was standing right beside them, fully armed and watching them closely. He would warn anyone who did not train well enough and sometimes even interfered with the content and intensity of the training.
As a result, not only the new recruits who were being trained complained, but even the veteran Robert and the three Sarion armed infantrymen were exhausted at the end of the day.
However, despite the hard work, Zhang Yang personally took two village girls to cook three meals a day, with meat for every meal, and they could eat as much as they wanted. In the evening, all the recruits could get a large glass of dark beer.
The four veterans including Robert can enjoy special treatment of three cups each.
This dark beer chilled in stream water is everyone's favorite. No matter who you are, after taking a big gulp, the anger in your stomach will almost disappear.
Especially for the seven prisoners, the effect was immediate.
During the day, their favorable impressions of Zhang Yang almost dropped to negative numbers, and they would definitely run away again at night. However, after a sumptuous meal, their favorable impressions of him soared.
"Thanks, Tonks mate."
Zhang Yang smiled slightly, feeling quite emotional.
Because this time he prepared four large barrels of dark beer and a barrel of wine, which were originally prepared for Tonks to prevent him from complaining again.
Who would have thought that Tonks would actually give up the job.
Over the past month, Zhang Yang had not distributed any of it to the new recruits, and it was only today that such an effect was achieved.
The next day, the enthusiasm for training was immediately different from yesterday for both the new recruits and the prisoners, but Zhang Yang still kept a close eye on them and let Carly go to rest. He and Carly took turns on guard day and night.
After a day, the training effect was very good. After all, veteran Robert was a regular soldier of level 38, only slightly inferior to Tonks, but many times better than Zhang Yang.
This went on for ten days, with wine and meat served every day. The prisoners and the new recruits had become friends, and their favorability towards Zhang Yang had also improved significantly. Although they might still have some bad thoughts, at least the training effect had surpassed that of the previous month.
All the recruits were promoted two to three levels, and Anderson, Tony, and Bob, who Zhang Yang focused on training, all reached level 10, which means they met the initial conditions for job transfer.
Anderson was changed to a hired shooter, but Zhang Yang's final idea was to change him to a ranger, so he added the two free attribute points gained from the upgrade to intelligence, and the attribute became -
Anderson, 19 years old (level 10) Main occupation: Mercenary Archer HP: 60. Attributes: Strength 15, Agility 12, Intelligence 13, Charisma 4. Skills: Strong Bow 4, Riding 2, Horse Archery 2.
Proficiency: One-handed 85, two-handed 45, bow and arrow 65 ——
Tony changed his job to a caravan guard, which was the limitation of Zhang Yang's mercenary group. Otherwise, he could have changed to a Sarleon infantry. Fortunately, there was no rush. As long as the attributes kept up, there would be changes in the next job change.
Tony, 20 years old (level 10) Main occupation: farmer HP: 70 Attributes: Strength 17, Agility 12, Intelligence 11, Charisma 6. Skills: Iron Bone level 4, Power Attack level 2.
Proficiency: One-handed 120, two-handed 45,
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Bob is the better one among the three, and he has reached level 11 this time.
Bob, 22 years old (level 11) status, refugee
Main Occupation: Pendor Infantryman HP: 73 Attributes: Strength 18, Agility 12, Intelligence 11, Charisma 5 Skills: Iron Bone Level 6, Power Attack Level 3, Ambition Level 1.
Proficiency: One-handed 105, two-handed 120 ——
"Robert, are you seven willing to join my Fiery Mercenary Group? I will pay you formally like the others, but of course you can choose to leave freely now."
After re-moving the camp, Zhang Yang asked seriously, because after more than a month of training, he thought his mercenary group needed a battle, and before that, the unstable factors in the team must be resolved.
"Captain, of course I am willing to follow you."
Veteran soldier Robert said without hesitation that in fact, the main reason for the contact over the past ten days was that he couldn't bear to give up the life of eating meat and drinking wine every day. In the lord's regular army, there was no such good food, not to mention the salary.
This was especially true for several other prisoners.
Zhang Yang nodded with satisfaction. He would not be stingy when it came to food, drink and salary. What he needed was strong fighting power.
"Set off!"
A month and a half later, he returned to Sarion with 20 men.
He did not feel any regret about how things had changed and how people had changed. He did not even go to the Lion Tavern. He just went to the market to replenish some food and then went to the alderman to accept a bandit suppression mission.
There are many such tasks, mainly because Sarleon is the center of the continent of Pendor, with well-developed trade routes, a developed economy, and abundant resources. Therefore, there are also many bandits, especially many mercenary groups will transform themselves into part of the bandits after bankruptcy.
Not to mention the large number of vicious deserters who emerged as a result of the war.
But the reward for such bandit suppression missions was not high at all. For eliminating an ordinary bandit, one would only get 50 silver dinars, for eliminating a group of difficult bandits, one would only get 100 silver dinars, and as for those bandits who dared to rob caravans, one would get 200 to 400 silver dinars depending on the situation.
This time, Zhang Yang took on the latter, a bandit who robbed a caravan in the town of Outlet and killed 12 farmers. The impact was very bad, especially since these farmers were tenants of a baron and the robbed supplies were also the baron's personal property. The nature of this matter was serious.
Therefore, the bounty offered by the alderman was 500 silver dinars, 300 of which were given by the baron. The mission required the robbers to kill all the robbers and take back all the supplies.
However, there are about five or six mercenary groups that have taken on this task, but they have not caught the bandits yet.
Zhang Yang just wanted to try his luck, because he also took another mission, transporting 12 barrels of dark beer to Haringsburg. This mission was mainly because he had a big cart. The bounty was not much, a total of 80 silver dinars, but it was better than nothing.
After pulling 12 barrels of dark beer from a brewery in Sarion, Zhang Yang signed a transportation agreement under the witness of the city official, paid 5 silver dinars as a deposit, and then led the team on the road.
(End of this chapter)
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