The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 171 Plan ahead
"My lord," Francois closely followed Zhang Qiang's footsteps, and Francie followed him like a shadow. The two spent a long time together, and together they helped Zhang Qiang deal with some matters in Uxhall City. Relationship intimacy rises rapidly.

Looking at the other side, Manid successfully walked together with John Johnson. Although the two were traveling together, Manid's business level was obviously higher than that of John Johnson. Manid seemed a little arrogant, holding his head high. Zhang Qiang didn't know if he was showing his loyalty to him, or if he felt that he could scrape off a layer of flesh from his body so as to satisfy his greedy heart. It is something that I want to use, but I have to be vigilant.

Johann Johnson was very pious and tactful. He threw out a bunch of praises without hesitation. Even Zhang Qiang was a little tired of hearing them, not that kind of disgusting. From this aspect, it can be seen that Manid's The realm is much higher than him, speak to the point, give you some benefits, and say a few flattering words to the point, make you feel comfortable, and you have to buy his account.

The storyteller followed John Johnson step by step, listening to his flattery and flattery to Manid, smiled and said nothing, like a feather fan and a towel, talking and laughing, like Zhuge Kongming whose mast and scull were wiped out in ashes, a kind of Confucianism The smell emanates from him, of course, he can't help but look a bit like a sour literati who is proud of his talents.

The pattern and demeanor look similar to John Johnson.

"My lord," Francois yelled again seeing that Zhang Qiang was preoccupied and absent-minded.

Zhang Qiang paused, "What's the matter, Francois?"

"My lord, if we want to build the fortifications of the manor, we have to consider the investment of funds." Francois frowned.

Zhang Qiang glanced at him, motioned him to take two steps, and talked to him.

Francois took two quick steps, half a step behind Zhang Qiang, and Francie pressed the long sword at his waist, following each step, like a guard.

But Zhang Qiang never wanted to use him as his bodyguard, because he was overqualified. He was a second-level skilled crossbowman, and he was the only force he could rely on at present.

In addition to his first-level 16th-level fighter strength, even if his second-level 21st level of force is the highest, if it weren't for the limited strength of the crossbowmen in close combat, Zhang Qiang felt that he could even overwhelm him, forming a posture of master weak slave strong.

Of course, in terms of his loyalty to himself, such a situation does not exist. Many lords, like Viscount Rogerson, although he only has a second-level strength, he can rule Elaine. The knight guards of the highest level, personal force strength, has never been the only criterion to measure your overall strength in this world, and further, it depends on your identity, your camp, the camp of outlaws, your personal strength If you are inferior to your subordinates, then I'm sorry, you can only be someone else's subordinates, you can't be the leader or commander of others, that is the world where the strongest is king.

There is a difference between the kingdom camp and the civilian camp, but they are all determined by identity and division of labor.

The kingdom camp depends on your personal strength, your prestige, your identity, and the number of friends you have. The number of friends is that you maintain a close relationship with those lords and heroes. The more friends, the higher the overall strength and the higher the identity. The higher you are, the stronger your strength is. Of course, there is another unavoidable factor, the king's appreciation for you and your favor, like Earl Plais, although he is young, but he is very powerful. The king valued him very much, so he could be higher than others and become an earl who guarded one side, while people like Rogerson and Viscount Siwa could only be a wanderer, and the other had only two village.

In terms of personal strength, taking the above conditions into consideration, it can be seen that Viscount Siwa is more valued by the king than Viscount Rogerson, which may be related to his character. It was spent on how to please the king, so the king valued him more, and granted him two villages, and he and Earl Starmar had similar tastes, maybe he liked him and made him hang out under the banner of Earl Starmer Better than Rogerson.

And Rogerson is the kind of hesitant good-natured character, he always wants to stand on the side of those who have a good relationship with him, and he will not please Earl Starmar, so Earl Starmar will definitely not ask Harlaus The king recommended him, and he was the exiled lord from another kingdom, so his fate was like the father of Baron Prius, the Earl of Columbia, whom Zhang Qiang met. Well, if it weren't for the deal between himself and Lewis, he might still be a bare-bones commander now.

Then the end would be the same as that of the Earl of Columbia. When he went to the battlefield with the king, he personally charged and was defeated and captured, or died in battle.

Otherwise, it will end in depression.

What makes Zhang Qiang better than him is that Zhang Qiang came from the real world other than the game world, and he has a little bit of cheating ability. He knows some skills and experience of the game. Better than others, at least better than being trapped in the vicious circle of "I don't know where the clouds are deep, only because of this mountain". Zhang Qiang plays the game as a prophet and a bystander player. This is his advantage.

"My lord," when Zhang Qiang found himself lost in thought again, Francois shouted again and pulled him back into the game world.

"What do you want to say?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"My lord, I mean, we need to speed up the construction of defensive buildings, especially the construction of the castle wall of the manor. We also need to build several watchtowers on the nearby hills and the extended land of our manor to guard against enemies from all sides."

"Your suggestion is good, Francie, you assist Francois to survey the location of the guard tower, and make sure that our manor has sufficient preparation and early warning time before the enemy attacks. Resist foreign enemies."

"Yes, my lord, I will arrange several groups of crossbowmen who have received relevant combat training to serve as guards." Francie said.

"Well, is there anything else?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"My lord, there is also the collection of building materials. What kind of defense level have you built?" Francois asked.

"What options are there?" Zhang Qiang didn't know much about this business, so he asked Francois, whose ancestor was a junior craftsman who built cities.

"My lord, if I build other high-level defensive buildings, I won't. Even if I barely build it, I may waste time and spend money, but in the end I will make a mess. I will only build wooden cottages, just look at the surrounding logs. Sharpen it, drive it into the ground, and then place boards on both sides in the middle of the two rows of logs, fill the gap with soil, and beat it firmly."

"How much will it cost?" Zhang Qiang doesn't know how to build it, but he knows that it will definitely cost money. Francois asked him so eagerly, it must not be a technical problem, but a financial problem.

"My lord, if we build a one-meter-thick village wall, three-meter-high wall, four archery towers around it and an upper watchtower, it will cost about 20 gold coins."

"How much?" Zhang Qiang jumped up.

"It costs 20 gold coins to buy a manor, and 20 gold coins are needed to build a manor wall. This great cause of hegemony seems to be something that ordinary people can't do.

"My lord, this is the cheapest one that Francois and I have combined. If we want to defend against enemy cavalry, this is a little insufficient, but it is okay. If we want to defend against ordinary infantry, within 200, we only need to have the same The strength of the troops is also possible, but if the enemy has 300 troops, a mixture of infantry and cavalry, and carries siege equipment, this is not enough.

It is necessary to add another archery tower, and it is necessary to thicken the manor wall to 3 meters and the height to 10 meters. It is also necessary to arrange trebuchets in the manor, and to arrange large beds on the wall that can destroy enemy scull shields, rams, and bed crossbows. Crossbows, small catapults on the wall, and a catapult platform higher than the wall in the manor, as well as more archery towers, should be spent, with the minimum configuration of 4 or lower, 2 defensive equipment , about 60 gold coins.

In addition, we need to deploy enough combat-capable troops, and the troops need to be equipped with weapons and equipment. In this way, without 300 million gold coins, it is basically impossible for us to resist the enemy's 300 mixed infantry and cavalry troops carrying siege equipment. "

Zhang Qiang already felt what despair was like.

Of course he wants his manor to be as defensive as possible, but this is impossible, 80 gold coins, in addition to spending thousands of gold coins on hiring people in the city, he also needs to install cattle, sheep, and livestock in the manor. A few thousand gold coins, and recruiting troops in the future.

Because of the Wood Treasure Ring, Baron Prius's inheritance of noble status is invalid, and the accompanying skills and attributes are also invalid. His commanding skills have been reduced from 8 to 7, and his captive management ability has been reduced from 5 to 4. 2. The comprehension skill has disappeared, and there will be no double experience rewards for killing enemies in the future. The tactics I learned from the Lesarit warrior skill book later have not disappeared. It is currently 1. The trading skill has disappeared, but as an official nobleman, Being born with a trading skill of [-] is also a consolation.

The most useful thing now is the commanding skill, 7, I can lead 35 soldiers, but as a knight noble, I was born with a base number of troops of 10, which may add up to more than the commanding skill on the Wood Treasure Ring. At the time of attribute 1, there were 5 more soldiers, and my mainland reputation is now 320. The knight said that with 300 reputation, he can increase the number of soldiers led by 20 for every 1 points of reputation, but it is only an increase of the number of soldiers led by 1. It's still not enough, with 46 soldiers, if you encounter bandits and robbers, there are more than a dozen people in small groups, and you can still be embarrassed.

But when he encountered the lord's army, he had no choice but to flee.

The lord's troops are all elite troops. Even if there are only a dozen soldiers, they are still above the second-tier strength. As a knight, he has no coaching skills, and his capable army has just been established. If he wants to train a first-tier soldier, that is too It takes a lot of small battles, how many casualties does it take to train a Tier [-] soldier?
When I received the mission from Semirence Village, 130 villagers from Semirence Village joined. From villagers to recruits who could fight, they went through several battles, from recruits to militiamen, but experienced two harsh However, Francie, the Rhodok crossbowman who was the first to join him, survived hundreds of battles and escaped. Only after returning to him did he finally become a second-level skilled crossbowman.

The generation of the first-level soldiers in Semilens Village was only produced when Lesarit, a soldier instructor with a level 3 coach, supervised, trained, and taught them day and night in his team. In the end, 130 people survived to become first-level soldiers. The number is 11.

As a skilled Rhodok crossbowman without coaching skills, no matter how hard he tried, he could only train the newly recruited villagers into recruits. If he went further, those recruits would have to practice and learn in battle.

This is not a small price to pay, maybe a wave of 46 soldiers can quickly make a few militiamen, Rhodok crossbowmen, or Rhodok spearmen, maybe in the next battle, they will die again.

The storyteller shook his feather fan, Zhang Qiang frowned, when did this guy get a fan, did he really think he was Zhuge Kongming, or Xu Shu?
Walked over, bowed and said: "My lord, in fact, you don't have to worry about this at all. Calradia has never been peaceful. The recruits will always be a bunch of farmers, a bunch of consumables that consume the enemy's strength as cannon fodder, you just need to Conscript half of the troops, let Francie train them, and use them for daily patrols and guarding the manor. In real wars, you can spend money to hire mercenaries from the Mercenary Guild. Your commanding ability, as long as you are on the battlefield, their combat effectiveness will be multiplied. Your existence is a disguised strength multiplier for them. In order to obtain your reward, your appreciation, And fight bravely, in this case, you only need to hire half of the mercenaries as your combat troops."

Manid immediately shouted: "No, my lord, you can't trust those despicable mercenaries who only believe that money is their mother. They can still play their battles when you can stabilize the situation and win without losing." ability, but once you suffer heavy losses, you will find that they are the first to flee. Even if you can win the war, they will not follow you, but will put you in trouble, my lord, you also need to cultivate loyalty to yourself Soldier."

Zhang Qiang glanced at Manid, "This guy was probably frightened by the betrayal of the mercenaries. Those mercenaries not only took away his money, but also took away his courage and vigor. The reason for this is that he Only then can I join myself as a newly promoted knight."

Zhang Qiang ignored him, and said to Francie, "Just do what the storyteller told you. Train ordinary soldiers and recruit half of the mercenaries."

"Yes," Francie bowed and saluted, and stepped back without saying anything.

"My lord," Manid said what else to say.

The storyteller said again: "My lord, with your current financial resources and strength, you can only do this. First build a 1-meter-wide and 3-meter-high wall, and reserve some open space, and then strengthen and heighten it later, anyway. , your manor can't last for a few months, so you have to give up."

Zhang Qiang glanced at this guy in disgust, and asked displeasedly, "What do you mean?"

(End of this chapter)