Chapter 75 Wild Monsters Are Crazy
When Zhang Yang hurried back from the training ground, Wu Yuan had already upgraded all 47 first-level soldiers to the second level, and was about to start upgrading them to the third level.
"Wait a minute, no, first strengthen those 30 archers to the captain level, and the rest of the sword and shield soldiers will be at the elite level for now."
Zhang Yang quickly gave the order. He had already carefully read the instructions about morale.
The morale value setting in the village construction order is quite complicated.
First, divide the villagers' loyalty by 2, and then add the resulting value to the village prosperity divided by 10. This is the basic morale value, with an upper limit of 1000.
For example, the loyalty of the villagers in Zhangyang Village is 74, which is 37 when divided by 2. The prosperity of the village is 225, which is 22.5 when divided by 10. The sum of the two equals a basic morale value of 59.5. So from this point of view, as long as the loyalty of the villagers does not decrease and the prosperity of the village continues to rise, with a prosperity of 1000, the morale of the soldiers will naturally rise.
The so-called defending the country and so on does make sense.
But if there is basic morale, there will be floating morale.
The specific calculation method is: if the number of food types per day is greater than or equal to 5, morale will not be reduced or increased.
The amount of food supplied each day, enough to feed only 80% full, will neither reduce nor increase morale.
Every day in non-combat status, the fatigue of marching training is lower than or equal to moderate fatigue, which is the amount of fatigue consumed by a farmer working in the fields for six hours. It will neither reduce nor increase morale.
In combat, for a combat team (100-man team), the morale will be reduced by 5 for each wounded person, and by 10 for each death. If the number of wounded and dead exceeds 20, the morale will be reduced by 30% of the current morale value.
When the number of injured and dead exceeds 50, morale is forcibly reduced to 45 points, which is the critical point for rout.
"Fortunately, the 500 soldiers provided to me by the village construction order were not so hypocritical, otherwise I would have become a wolf smoke now."
Zhang Yang thought with horror that the setting of morale value was very annoying, but it was very reasonable when he thought about it carefully. In the wars on Earth, excluding modern wars, in the ancient cold weapon wars, the troops who could fight to the death even when the casualties exceeded 50% were truly elite troops led by famous generals.
Everyone is afraid of death, this is human nature, but in this fantasy world, this setting is a bit ridiculous.
"At this moment, I really wish these soldiers were NPCs!"
No matter how much he complained, Zhang Yang had to make a choice.
That is to arrange all the soldiers with morale values into long-range soldiers, so that they will not die easily, and naturally there will be no rout.
For close combat, we must use the first batch of veterans and elite soldiers, such as the 40 two-handed swordsmen who are currently in training.
"It seems that I need to strengthen the training of outstanding and elite populations in the future, otherwise it will be very troublesome to fight alone in the future."
When Zhang Yang was thinking about it, he saw Duan Kuan running towards him with a strange look on his face.
"Village Chief, we encountered a black fox while patrolling around the village this morning."
"Then kill him. Why did you come back?" Zhang Yang was surprised.
"But that was a black fox, the one we met a few days ago, the one that helped us." Duan Kuan was very anxious and explained quickly.
“So what? If it dares to invade our village, we will kill it without hesitation!” Zhang Yang thought that Duan Kuan might have lost his mind.
"No, village chief, let me finish what I'm saying. The black fox wants to see you. Yes, it can talk. Now Liu Dali, the salted fish, is leading a patrol team to monitor the black fox. I want you to make the decision."
Duan Kuan's face turned pale and red, obviously he was very excited. A talking black fox, just thinking about it was very exciting. If it could also turn into a few beauties, it would be even more exciting, haha.
Zhang Yang was also stunned this time. A fox that could talk and speak Mandarin, who had helped the hunting team a few days ago, now wanted to see him by name?
Well, I don’t look like Zhang Sheng!
"Okay, then take the fox to the tavern. Wu Yuan, you come too."
Zhang Yang felt that this matter was very strange, so he had to take precautions.
Duan Kuan went ahead, and when Zhang Yang and Wu Yuan brought people to the tavern, the first thing they saw was a very beautiful black fox. The fur, the eyes, and the big furry tail must have felt very comfortable to touch.
But this cannot change the fact that this is a big monster above level 25. The fighting power of this fox may be able to compete with Wu Yuan.
"You, looking for me?"
After looking at the black fox for a few seconds, Zhang Yang spoke first.
The next second, the black fox spoke in standard Mandarin.
"Respected village chief, I have no ill intentions in coming here. I am only here with the goodwill of my king. My king said that it has no ill will towards you, and is not your competitor. Three hundred years ago, its village was attacked and it was stranded in the wilderness. It survived many disasters and survived many deaths to get to where it is today. Therefore, you can call it and me wild monsters without any scruples."
"I am here today to make a deal with you, the village chief. According to our observation, you are about to have a life-and-death war with the orc Haru tribe 130 miles southwest. Therefore, my king sent me to convey his goodwill. If you are willing to give me ten white-quality fragments of hope, my king will help you win this war."
Black Fox's words were very clear and understandable, but they shocked Zhang Yang, Wu Yuan and others greatly!
I see!
It turns out that these wild monsters and demons have been eyeing their village for a long time.
No wonder there were flying monsters constantly circling over the village, and no wonder the black fox deliberately helped the hunting team, it turned out to be for today's plan.
Countless thoughts flashed through Zhang Yang's mind, and then he asked expressionlessly: "Unfortunately, I don't have ten white-quality fragments of hope, so it seems that this deal cannot be made. Send me away."
"Wait a minute, village chief. My king said that you can pay me on credit. You just need to pay me back within the next year. There is absolutely no trick of nine times out and thirteen times back. As long as you agree, my king will definitely help you win this war. Then you will find out how kind and trustworthy my king is."
"Hey, your king knows us humans very well. Could it be that he is a human?" Zhang Yang asked casually.
The Black Fox did not confirm or deny, but just waited for Zhang Yang's reply.
"How can I be sure that you have used the same rhetoric against the orc tribe on the opposite side?" Zhang Yang asked again.
"Once the war starts, you will naturally realize that the Orc Tribe is unlikely to be willing to use the deaths of their soldiers to help us stage a crude scam." The black fox said calmly, and it seemed that he was well prepared.
"I only have one white-quality fragment of hope now, but I am still willing to trade with you. For this fragment of hope, I will hire two of your great monsters to help me fight. I don't require you to fight to the death, but only need to kill a certain number of orc soldiers. How is this condition?"
Zhang Yang sincerely proposed a new way of cooperation.
"That's impossible, Village Chief." Black Fox rejected it decisively.
“Can’t you be flexible? After all, you know how hard it is to obtain white-quality fragments of hope. You want to ask me for ten white fragments of hope just by winning a war. This is totally unreasonable.” Zhang Yang started bargaining seriously.
"I told you, Mr. Village Chief, that's impossible. My king is honest and trustworthy, but when it comes to pricing, there is absolutely no room for compromise."
The black fox said proudly. Although it was a fox, everyone could see at this moment that it admired and had great confidence in its so-called "king".
"So this is an interesting matter, Mr. Fox. If, I mean if, I don't agree to cooperate with you, then will you turn around and cooperate with the orcs if they are willing to give out ten pieces of hope?"
Zhang Yang smiled slightly, but his eyes became dangerous.
"No, village chief, I have been to the Orc Tribe. I asked them for five pieces of white hope because their overall strength is stronger than yours. Unfortunately, the village chief of the Orc Tribe was only willing to give out one piece of white hope, so our transaction was interrupted."
"But if you, the village chief, also refuse to trade with us, then we will just withdraw and watch from the sidelines. We will never interfere in the war between you because we are not competitors and have no conflict of interest. We are just businessmen, pure businessmen."
Hearing this, Zhang Yang laughed even more amusingly.
"Fox, aren't you afraid that I will kill you?"
(End of this chapter)
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