Chapter 41 The Mercenary Group's Actions

Due to the impact of the war, a large number of villagers were displaced, and even many nobles lost their fiefdoms and became wandering knights.

Therefore, the security level in almost all the Northern Alliance regions dropped sharply, not just in the Crescent Territory where Rand's hideout was located.

However, because of this, mercenaries gradually emerged in this land.

Crescent Moon Territory currently has a population of more than 2,000, and the limit for conscription is about one-tenth, or 200, but only 50 people are currently allocated to Taner.

But they are all well-trained and loyal, and are equipped with weapons and armor obtained from Taran and the Baron. Currently, almost all members of this team are equipped with high-quality iron weapons and leather armor, and the sword and shield soldiers in the front row are even equipped with iron armor.

Before Taner set out, Rand also squeezed out a few horses and arranged for them to be used as scouts.

Taner knew that the conditions in the hideout made it very difficult to squeeze out such a configuration, so he had to be extremely careful in everything he did.

As soon as the officer of the Black and Brown Earldom saw this team, he confidently assigned Taner the task of dealing with the largest group of bandits.

After careful study, Taner decided to use the strategy that Rand's envoy had used before, attacking from high and low.

He didn't know what the last two words from the mouth of the Rand Messenger meant, but they were probably not good words, but the strategy was still very good.

The bandits chose a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack as their hideout. There was only one road leading to the hideout, and guarding the road was almost like one man blocking the pass against ten thousand.

But there is a problem, that is, the terrain here is not high enough.

Taner took out a stack of booklets, which were the tips that Rand had prepared for him before he left.

But unlike Zhuge Liang's collection of brilliant plans, this is a very thick stack bound together, so it can only be called a book of brilliant plans.

Taner naturally understood Rand's good intentions, so he would read the book every day when he had free time and interpret it.

Taner didn't know how many days and nights Rand had spent on writing such a thick book "Reference on the Use of War Strategies" in addition to his heavy work. It detailed what kind of strategies are suitable for what kind of terrain, weather, and situation.

At the end of this stack of parchment, it was written very uninhibitedly: In short, act according to circumstances.

But now Taner has memorized this booklet by heart, and at this moment, he should turn to the second volume, Fire Attack.

Taner arranged a team of archers to ambush in a high place. As Taner's command flag was waved, the archers wrapped the grease-soaked cotton cloth prepared in advance around the arrows, and then, as Taner's command flag was waved again, they lit the arrows and fired!

The bandits' camp was immediately in a panic. The bandits had no knowledge of setting up camp, so they were completely unprepared for fire attacks. As the second batch of rockets were fired into the camp, thick smoke was already billowing from the camp.

The bandit leader tried to shout, but it was of no use in the thick smoke and noise, so he had to rush out of the hideout with the crowd.

However, the path, which was originally intended to be easy to defend but difficult to attack, was now filled with soldiers armed to the teeth. Taner stood in the middle of the team, and his iron tower-like body constantly provided confidence to the surrounding soldiers.

The bandits in the camp tried to rush out, but how could the poorly armed bandits break through the iron wall-like array of swords and shields?

Then the tip of the knife entered the flesh, and there was blood flowing and screams.

50 people against 100 people, the Fengrang Mercenary Group won easily without losing a single person. At most, a few people who were fighting in the front were left with some minor injuries.

Taner did not kill them all, but captured a group of them. Now the hideout is short of people. Although Rand promised to train a second group of soldiers to support them soon, Taner has decided to be self-sufficient now.

The mission has been completed, and the Earl will give a good reward. It is still possible to raise more soldiers at present.

He planned to deal with some of the more undisciplined bandits and those who had done extremely heinous things, and then absorb some of the more kind-hearted people into the team, and then slowly educate them to see if they could be brought back to the hideout.

Thinking of this, Taner was suddenly stunned. He seemed to understand why the hideout no longer looked like a cult when he arrived there. It might be that Rand used his identity as a messenger of God to do the same things as him.

But these things are not important now. Now he just needs to complete Rand's mission.

The rest was not within his consideration.

Thinking of this, he began to write letters. Every once in a while, he would report the situation to Rand to facilitate Rand's regulation.

At this time, Rand was dealing with the secret letter that Taner had sent him last time. He selected some replies that he understood, and as for those that he did not understand, he left it entirely to Taner.

In fact, if the hideout is a dynasty, then Taner is a general. When a general is away from home, one should not interfere too much.

It’s a pity that I can only think about it now, and I don’t know when the hideout can be developed.

But now it seems that he has good potential. Taner's abilities in all aspects are better than Rand thought. After several letters, Rand has become more confident in him.

Walking out of the sacrificial room and heading towards the construction site of the hideout, we have to say that the Minotaur construction team is very efficient. The large bathhouse built with neatly cut stones has begun to take shape.

In order to facilitate Ellie and Olenna, the heroes who brought horses to the hideout, Rand also built a small bath for them so that they could take a bath conveniently, so as to avoid going outside to take a bath and wasting their rest time.

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Anyway, since the small bath was built, the work efficiency of Ellie and Olenna has improved, and Rand is quite satisfied with his wisdom.

Only by improving the happiness of employees can we better exploit them! Then came the training of the second batch of soldiers in the den. They still selected young people with clean backgrounds and placed the old men who had been following Rand for a long time as grassroots officers, and then trained together.

This batch of Rand brought with them some of the military ideas from previous lives, which placed greater emphasis on order and obedience to orders.

A person must have his own thoughts, but an army must obey orders.

When Lisa finds the hideout of the God of Struggle Sect, he will be ready to take this army to see some blood and test the results of the training during this period.

If all goes well, this batch of troops can be sent to Taner. As for the guarding of the hideout, there is nothing to worry about at the moment.

Now the combat effectiveness of Lysa, Olenna, and Ellie is very high. Coupled with Rand's super powerful control, they are not afraid of small armies or bandits.

And as long as the current training method is proven to be correct, the third batch of soldiers can be selected and trained soon.

It can be considered as a case of excessive military aggression, but now the hideout must improve its combat effectiveness as soon as possible in order to gain a little initiative in the subsequent changes in the situation.

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After painstaking investigation, the messenger of the Torch Church finally learned some information, a burly man in black armor who looked like Taner, but from the fragmentary intelligence, it seemed that this burly man went to the Black and Brown City.

The messenger couldn't help but groan. If there were no clues at all, he could have gone back directly to report, but now he had found some clues.

His professional ethics did not allow him to ignore this clue. Now it seemed that he had no choice but to go to the Black and Brown City to take a look.

(End of this chapter)