What did you do with the dice?

Because of this, everyone is in charge of their own team, including naming and simple tactical arrangements.

Now that Suni Tower uses numbering for unified management, it will indeed make the team leaders dissatisfied at first, as they will feel that their "power" has been deprived. My subordinates are obviously my subordinates, so how come they have become a "numbered" unit that sounds like it can be transferred by superiors at any time?

What about me? I'm just a number? What if I have such a cool name, even one that's been used to name a brigade? Who doesn't want to be famous when they're out and about?

Rusalka's brigade took the hillside, Rusalka's brigade destroyed the enemy's catapults, Rusalka's brigade occupied the city wall. How pleasant it sounds!

Everyone also gave Rushaka some suggestions, hoping that the lord could give them an acceptable explanation, and tactfully expressed that they did not want the brigade, which had been called that name for so long, to change its name. Everyone had feelings for the name, so how could it be changed into a cold number?

At first, Rusalka was thinking about whether she should persuade them and hold a meeting with everyone to make some compensation.

After all, this is a major military reform. You mentioned those games, after each version update and maintenance, there must be some benefits.

Rusalka: (Go ahead, I'll give you 3 beggar chickens and 5000 Mora. Don't be ungrateful!)

Unexpectedly, Sani Tieta was even more ruthless than him. Not to mention the beggar's chicken, he wouldn't even give a chicken feather. He immediately announced: If you want to take me with you, then get out. If you don't want to take me with you, then someone else will lead you. I don't care how you guys name your team or how you form gangs in private, but when we go out to fight, you have to listen to me and Lord Zhulei.

Of course, we in the Pearl Tear Territory advocate giving every citizen the full freedom to choose, so those who disagree with my new digital numbering system can take the initiative to raise it, and the kind Pearl Tear Lord will give you two choices: either defeat the Pearl Tear Lord, or defeat me.

But if you lose, you know what will happen.

Everyone had the same thought after hearing this: "Sir, who would want to fight you two? I'm fighting the Lord of Pearl Tears and the Grand Mage of Sanni Iron Tower? Seriously?"

The complaint disappeared in an instant, the power of the great wizard was so terrifying.

As it turned out, Rusalka had always been very approachable, so everyone wanted to offer suggestions, thinking that he might accept them.

But Sanitta was a powerful figure outside, and he had to personally enforce military law at least ninety times. Once he made a harsh remark, these soldiers would immediately dare not say a word, for fear that they would be roasted and hung on the flagpole by this great wizard in the name of "violating military orders."

Typical of troublemakers who have bad leaders.

Chapter 228: Battle for the Calbes Stronghold (2)

After about two months of rapid march, Rusalka's army finally arrived near the city of Chaudhry.

The territory of the Kingdom of Sinidi is still very large, but the main reason for the slow march this time is that the heavy armored troops move too slowly. No matter how fast the light cavalry runs, it is useless. As the saying goes, the shortcoming determines the marching speed of the team, so the fast-running troops can only lead the way in front while stopping and starting, accepting offerings from nearby nobles, receiving supplies, and waiting for the infantry troops behind.

However, when the front team was about to arrive at Chaudhry City, the First Division sent a report to the Sani Tower of the Fourth Division in the center: There seemed to be two troops fighting in the front, apparently the light cavalry unit of Grand Duke Oaks and the baggage guard of Chaudhry City. Should they go to support them?

Sanitta said to the messenger: "Go and protect the friendly baggage train. It would be great if we can devour the enemy's light cavalry squad."

The messenger had just reined in his horse, ready to rush back and report, and before he even raised his whip, Rusalka, who was in the front of the entire team and in the 1st Division, was already impatient. Upon seeing the order from his good brother in the private chat channel, he immediately raised his weapon and shouted, "3rd, 4th, uh...? Damn it, all the light cavalry battalions, except for those assigned to the scout cavalry and those on standby by Sanitta, those who shouldn't charge, stay put, and the rest of you who should charge, follow me!!"

Fortunately, the commanders of each regiment and battalion had already been assigned tasks by Sanita, so there was no confusion because of Rusalka's order which sounded completely unclear. The vanguard light cavalry of the three battalions of the third regiment took the initiative to blow the whistle and stepped out of the team, following Rusalka's Chocobo, and launched a full-speed charge towards the battlefield about two kilometers ahead.

The other light cavalry, who served as the backbone, followed slowly and waited until the vanguard had entangled the enemy before launching a decisive battle to avoid accidents such as destruction of the formation and collision with friendly forces due to the pressure of numbers.

Sanita: (The vanguard light cavalry consists of three regiments: the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th Battalions. The 12th Battalion is used as a scout and not for direct combat. The core light cavalry consists of the 5th and 6th Regiments, all light cavalry. If it's a vanguard engagement, you can pick any battalion from the 13th, 14th, or 15th. If it's an infantry formation, you can call on the 5th and 6th Regiments. Remember?)

Rusalka: (How can anyone remember all the things you have? Just tell me which group to lead, and then charge in, and that's it. Damn it!)

Sanita: (By the way, except for the heavy cavalry of the 1st Regiment, you are responsible for commanding all the light cavalry of the 3rd, 5th, and 6th Regiments. The 2nd and 4th Regiments are the medium cavalry. If you think you can command them, you can give it a try.)

Rusalka didn't care about it, but just asked subconsciously: (Why only cavalry was assigned to me?)

Sanita: (Because the infantry can't keep up with your charging speed.)

Rusalka felt that what his brother said made sense. After all, Phoenix in bird form ran so fast that he was actually far away from the main group and was leading the way.

If this were a horse racing competition, Rusalka would have a great advantage, but now it is not a competition to see who runs faster, so after the opponent's scout cavalry discovered Rusalka who ran over first, they blew the first warning whistle, indicating that the enemy was coming here and the distance was 1000 meters.

The inexplicable situation of the enemy general breaking away and rushing over alone made the enemy scouts a little confused. They didn't know how many times they should blow the blast to indicate the distance.

However, the characteristics of Rusalka's clamshell shield are well-known to everyone, so it is worth giving him some face. In short, let's brag about it first.

Soon there were two sentinel sounds, indicating that Rusalka was 500 meters away, but in fact the large cavalry force behind him was still around 1300 meters away.

The familiar enemy whistles also cheered up the guards of the baggage train who were struggling to resist: "Friendly troops are coming! It's the banner of Lord Pearl Tear! Everyone, hold on a little longer, we will be rescued soon!"

The baggage train guards in Chaudhry City suddenly regained their courage, changed their tactics, gave up the attack and focused on defense.

The captain of the light cavalry unit at the Kalbes stronghold tutted, "Enemy reinforcements have arrived! We're preparing to retreat!"

A cavalryman who was on the lookout nearby said, "But it looks like there's only one person coming. That seems to be Lord Pearl Tear."

The captain of the light cavalry took a look through his telescope and said, "Hmm? The Great Knight of the Kingdom is so arrogant? He dares to charge the battle line alone? He looks down on us, doesn't he? Well, don't rush off yet. Go around this baggage train, shoot freely left and right, and knock down his mount. Then, humiliate him and leave."

After receiving the order, the light cavalrymen burst into laughter and scattered in all directions, bypassing the range of the baggage train. While galloping on their horses, they drew out the short bows behind them and strung them. Their upper bodies did not shake at all during the whole process. Their core strength was strong and their movements were extremely skillful. It was obvious that they were veteran cavalrymen who had been on many battlefields.

With such a distance and numerical advantage, there was no need to worry about accuracy. The cavalrymen spread out freely and loosely, forming a small arc encirclement, and then continuously shot arrows at Rusalka.

Rusalka was just about to cast a shield spell on her mount when she found that Phoenix, who was sitting in front of her holding the rope, threw the rope to her and then quickly spread out ten black mist tentacles around her body.

These tentacles seemed to have activated a fully automatic blocking plug-in, waving in a dazzling manner. They were not waving randomly, but each movement could accurately shoot down an arrow flying around.

Occasionally, one or two would be missed, and Phoenix would personally wield the dagger pulled by the black mist to knock down the escaped fish.

Not only were the other players stunned, but Rusalka was dumbfounded too, like a newbie just finishing a dungeon and encountering a max-level expert to guide them through a game: (No, I could see every arrow clearly, but she was able to control 12 hands simultaneously to perfectly block. Is that a thing? I need to record it and analyze it frame by frame.)

Sanitta disagreed: (Oh, Hydra said before, the power of the Shadow Lady is like this, the more you kill, the stronger it becomes. If most of Phoenix's power had not been drained away by the old knight and then sealed, I'm afraid we would have been defeated in a single encounter with her.)

Rusalka: (The more you kill, the stronger you become? Assassins are invincible, right? Dark Phoenix is ​​invincible, while white Hydra is only a little weaker. I think I should wait and see whether to use the Black Cat card. I feel like there's limited room for improvement.)

Sanita: (I even picked it up for you, do you think you deserve it?)

Rusalka reached out and touched Phoenix's head: (Not worthy?)

He wasn't concentrating on riding the bird, so he was deservedly hit by Phoenix's tail.

OK, I’m a Didi bird-hunting driver.

When the little white bird, which was surrounded by automatic defensive tentacles, was about a hundred meters away from the group of cavalry, the cavalry captain realized that his idea was probably impossible to achieve, so he decisively sounded the retreat.

But his boasting caused trouble. Rusalka, who had been unable to find the commander, suddenly found her target.

You like blowing the horn, right? Now that you're here, how can I let you leave so easily?

He immediately took out his special crossbow, switched to the double sharpshooter skill, and fired continuously at the trumpeter.

This short and fierce crossbow arrow directly pierced the head of the warhorse under the crotch of the latter who was unable to dodge in time, leaving a bloody hole. The captain reacted quickly and jumped off the horse from behind the moment the horse fell, letting the dead horse's body block several crossbow arrows for him, and then he quickly rolled on the spot to avoid two more crossbow arrows.

When he stood up again, he had taken out the small round shield on his back and swung it to block four crossbow arrows. However, these arrows, which looked like the size of toy darts, instantly made him feel as if his entire arm was hit by a huge hammer. He was numb from the shock and even lost consciousness completely.

He knew that he couldn't fight against a monster like Rusalka, so he shouted to his teammates, "Catch me!"

Two cavalrymen passing by him quickly bent down and tried to pull him onto the back of their horses, but Rusalka's crossbow arrows seemed to have eyes, and one arrow from each of them pierced the back of the heads of the two unlucky guys.

Two bodies fell, and without even a moment to mourn for his comrades, the captain simply pulled the horse's back and jumped onto one of the horses. Then, without hesitation, he grabbed his comrade's body with his other conscious hand and threw it behind him. After hearing two sounds of arrows piercing through the body, he did not hesitate to turn his head according to the location of the sound and avoided the crossbow arrows that almost pierced his head.

"What a master." Rusalka emptied a quiver of 20 arrows, but still failed to kill him. She couldn't help but respect the other party.

So, to show his utmost respect, he tapped the mechanism on his left arm armor with his palm, and a new quiver popped out. He then took aim and whispered, "Phoenix, leave this to me. You take care of him."

Phoenix didn't go this time, but replied: "I can't run away."

Well, it is true that although the movement speed of the shadow plane is roughly three times that of the main plane, these well-trained war horses run three times faster than humans or even faster. In this way, it is not as advantageous as riding a bird.

The other side saw Rusalka raise his arrow and aim again, and even passed the baggage train without slowing down at all. It seemed that he had already set his sights on him and planned to hunt him down single-handedly.

The tiny bird the opponent rode on was much faster than the warhorse. He was in real danger of being caught up and killed. He couldn't help but panic and shouted to his allies, who were gradually being overtaken by Rusalka, "Stop him!"

The light cavalry immediately moved towards Rusalka, drew their scimitars and crossbows, and tried to attack him at close range.

However, before they could reach close combat distance, Phoenix burst out shadow spikes on both sides of his body like a sea urchin, turning them and their horses into skewers. In the blink of an eye, he sucked out their vitality, leaving two mummies lying on the ground.

Rusalka also raised his crossbow and shot at the warhorses beside him. If he shot at people, they might raise their small round shields to block, but if he shot at horses, he would shoot accurately, knocking people and horses around him to the ground. "You like to hit other cars, don't you? You have no manners. Now you hit a tank, you deserve it!"

However, Phoenix's attack form seemed unable to block arrows, so Rusalka cast a shield on the flawless white chocobo under her crotch. With a layer of transparent barrier blocking the arrows, even the enemies were dumbfounded: if they got close, they would be pierced into a sieve, and if they didn't get close, their mounts would be shot and killed.

Attack his bird, it seems that there is a magic barrier on the bird; attack Rusalka, his forehead seems to be harder than the shield, he did not get any wounds after being hit by several arrows, instead the arrows flew away; attack Phoenix, she is surrounded by black fog and cannot be penetrated.

How should they fight this?

Rusalka emptied another quiver in a blink of an eye, so he knocked on his arm armor and replaced it with a second spare quiver. After reloading it, he found that he was less than ten meters away from the opponent's warhorse's butt.

There was no need to use arrows now. Rusalka moved her mind and moved instantly behind the opponent's horse with a mysterious step.

The opposing captain was fleeing for his life on his horse when he suddenly felt as if there was someone behind him. Before he could react, a hand had already grabbed his throat.

"Hello." Rusalka's tone was very proud.

"you......"

He didn't give the other person a chance to finish his words. He curled his fingers inward and squeezed his palm hard: "Goodbye."

Crack. The force of 20 allowed Rusalka to crush the iron ball into a discus with her bare hands. Of course, she broke the throat without mercy. Her entire palm was stained red with blood. The spurting blood drew a bloody arc in the air and stained Rusalka's face.

Sometimes Rusalka didn't know how his attack power was determined in this kind of realistic damage. After all, according to the rules of the board game, the damage of an unarmed attack like this was only 1d4 + Strength adjustment points, and a critical hit was only 2d4 + Strength adjustment. At most, it was only 13 points of damage, which might not even kill a level 2 enemy.

The opposing captain was obviously very strong, otherwise he would not have survived a whole round of targeted shooting. If we convert the data, his health must be more than 13 points. However, he was lightly strangled by Rusalka and turned into a corpse with his head drooping. Rusalka threw him to the ground like garbage - after all, he didn't need to exchange heads for military merits.

After doing all this, Rusalka no longer bothered to think about the curious question of how much damage he had dealt. He would leave it to his good brother to think about during the break. He simply exerted force from his hips and made a catapult jump on the horse's back, trying to get Phoenix to cooperate and ride the Chocobo to his landing point, completing a beautiful and perfect landing and changing of riding movements.

But Phoenix probably didn't understand Rusalka's idea of ​​showing off. After glancing at Rusalka who was jumping in the air, she turned around on her bird and went to chase after the fleeing cavalrymen nearby.

Rusalka jumped up on the spot and fell to the ground. The horse he had snatched from his crotch took the opportunity to escape. He wanted to make some operation, but ended up turning from a cavalryman into an uncoded infantry, leaving him confused for a moment as he stood on this vast grassland.

Seeing I couldn't catch up to the fleeing cavalry, I could only stand there in frustration, crossbow raised, shooting as I ran, while complaining to my brother in the private chat channel: (Brother, I did such a cool decapitation and then directly returned to my mount, but Phoenix didn't cooperate. Is this hard to understand? Doesn't she love me anymore? She only cares about chasing those empty experience points and forgetting the original purpose of role-playing.)

Putting aside Rusalka's hypocritical behavior, he was not wrong. Phoenix could indeed increase her strength by killing people, so to her, those enemy cavalry were indeed Phoenix's "experience points".

Sanita was speechless on the spot: (To be honest, even if we were in a private chat channel, I still find it hard to understand why you grabbed the opponent's horse and rode it well, but suddenly abandoned it for a show of coolness without any warning. If it were me, I would even want to fireball you in the air.)

Rusalka: (No, man.)

Chapter 229: Battle for the Calbes Stronghold (3)

Rusalka and Phoenix worked together and killed 29 light cavalry and 47 war horses along the way, including a captain, which was a remarkable achievement.

As for the troops that Rusalka called on to charge together, all they got was the feeling of having been to a horse race - in the common sense, they were out of breath and had run in vain.

Of course, this is not Rusalka's fault. After all, she is used to it. If anyone else saw this situation, their first reaction would be to shout "Charge with me" and then rush forward. But they didn't expect the opponent to be so slippery and just ran away.

Sani Iron Tower: (So now you know, in the future, you should first deal with the "sentinel cavalry" in the middle who can measure the distance, and then consider letting the vanguard light cavalry rush over at full speed to engage. You can't just charge the whole army at once, you also have to know how to advance slowly. Otherwise, if you meet a knowledgeable commander, he can completely use the precise distance between the two sides reported by the sentinel cavalry to play a trick on you: if the enemy advances, I retreat; if the enemy is tired, I harass; if the enemy retreats, I attack.

Cavalry battles on the plains often rely less on the cavalry's strength than on the horse's stamina. You can't just run your horse to death and still have a snake fight. If light cavalry loses its mobility, its combat effectiveness will even be inferior to that of lightly armored infantry.)

Rusalka: (That's not right. If I charge forward, the enemy will also charge forward and flee. Why should I lose?)

Sani Iron Tower: (The fleeing party has a great advantage in archery over the chasing party. If you chase for too long and the front row has been shot out, you are still chasing with hammers. Moreover, once the cavalry charges, it is difficult to slow down and turn back. If you want to retreat, you must also consider the situation of the rear team.

This is why I divided the light cavalry into a "vanguard battalion" and a "core battalion," and emphasized the gradient fault march, which required them to march in batches rather than just yelling "light cavalry charge" and then having everyone rush in at once.

Rusalka was already confused by this. BYD, I'm just fighting a battle, why are you so cunning? Aren't cavalry just a mindless unit that rushes forward, pops champagne if they break through the enemy formation, and is simply buried if they can't?

But isn't this a case of learning a new lesson and gaining new wisdom? Well, judging from the data, it seems that the wisdom has not increased by "1", but a new piece of knowledge about cold weapon warfare has been learned. Rusalka said that it is not a loss, and she even made a lot of money!

Tap the corpses lightly and calculate the battle record. In fact, Rusalka killed a total of 5 light cavalrymen, two of whom fell to their death immediately. The battle record was back to the night attack on the Ropa town camp when he just crossed over, and even slightly regressed.

Phoenix chased and killed the other 24 people all the way. If the Chocobo hadn't remembered that its master was Rusalka and realized that it seemed to have lost its master, it would have cleverly and consciously carried Phoenix back halfway. Otherwise, Rusalka would really doubt whether Phoenix was going to follow them all the way to the Kalbes stronghold.

As for why so many more horses died than people, well... everyone in the baggage train unanimously pretended not to see Rusalka's despicable act of shooting a horse, which was a little bit inconsistent with the honor of a knight.

He was trying to save someone, and the person he was saving was himself. So what's wrong with his savior using any means necessary?

How could that be considered dishonorable? That's called flexible honor! He's a duly appointed Grand Knight of the kingdom, the Grand Prince's champion and protector. Could you possibly understand knightly honor better than he does?

The leader of the escort team discarded his hedgehog-like wooden shield, plucked out several arrowheads stuck in his leg armor, walked over to Rusalka, saluted, and extended his hand. "Lord Pearl Tear, on behalf of all the soldiers escorting the baggage train, I would like to express my gratitude for your generous assistance."

Rusalka shook his hand and said with a smile, "Of course I will. If you need anything like this in the future, just call me. I'll be there whenever you call."

The leader of the guards forced a smile on his face, but secretly complained: You are indeed a war maniac just as the rumors say. It would be better if I never had to call you.

In order to continue the transportation mission, the baggage train sent someone to lead Rusalka's army, and the vanguard cavalry unit quickly arrived at the city of Chaudhry.

Since the city of Chaudhuri is currently in a state of war, all matters are under the full responsibility of the highest military general Gao Hong who has been transferred here. The mayor of Chaudhuri City is only responsible for the accounting of trade and finance. Like the previous cities, Rusalka's army received fully prepared treatment as soon as they entered the city - independent military district, abundant material supplies, and luxurious stables.

There is even a special training ground and an independent soldier canteen for Rusalka, which is staffed with hundreds of canteen staff. Now the soldiers don't even need to set up small tables and stoves in the barracks to cook. They can just go to the canteen in batches after training every day.

The place where nobles like Rusalka were entertained was not just guest rooms, but a luxurious independent villa located in the city center. It was fully equipped with a library, entertainment room, ballroom, small private theater, and even a large open-air swimming pool. If the heating runes on the edge of the pool were activated, it would turn into a hot spring in half a day.

It seems that Gao Hong, the sixth brother of Duke Gao Dewei, had received orders long ago and was ready to let Rusalka and his party stay here for a long time.

After Rusalka finished her tour, she privately chatted with Sanita, who was still gradually directing the central army into the city: (I am quite satisfied with this place, but not entirely satisfied.)

Sanita: (Speaking human language.)

Rusalka: (I originally thought the supply warehouse we were supposed to guard would be one of those places built in a valley surrounded by mountains on three sides, with several large cylindrical warehouses with pointed roofs filled with supplies, similar to the barns in Stardew Valley. Then our troops would set up a base and a defense line at the entrance, block off the road, and start defending Carrot directly.)

Sanita is busy and has no time to chat with Rusalka here: (See Mingyue City for details.)

Rusalka: (I mean, if that's the case, how can I secretly lead the cavalry to Alice City?)

Sunny Tower: (It's hard to explain. Let's finish the battle in front of us first. For the rest, just watch me operate and wait for the Tata to start.)