The mighty lord of online games

Chapter 217 Personal Charm
Sure enough, as Simon said, when the archers of the Vikia soldiers came up, there was a wave of arrows, and Zhang Qiang saw the soldiers around him falling to the ground.

He was so frightened that he quickly led people to run away.

There was chaos in Tilburg, Zhang Qiang led the soldiers to gallop around, trying to find a place to settle down, but they were fighting everywhere.

Later, at James' suggestion, he rushed to the city gate in the other direction.

In the morning, Zhang Qiang and his team appeared in the wilderness.

Another defeat.

Zhang Qiang doesn't know what's wrong with him, why he always loses the battle now.

Gathering up defeated soldiers on the road, Zhang Qiang's team was always at full strength.

They even recruited a group of businessmen and women who accompanied the army. These people have been with the army for a long time, and they are not inferior to the army in action or escape, and even more slippery than the army.

In the afternoon, Zhang Qiang learned from the news brought back by the scout cavalry sent out for reconnaissance that the Vikiyas had fulfilled their wish and occupied Tilburg, but they were also surrounded in Tilburg.

Marshal Earl Klages led a large force to besiege Tilburg.

And Earl Melt was captured.

"Let's go back!" James said.

Zhang Qiang nodded. Now that the main force has arrived, what can they do if they don't go back.

That's all.

In the evening, Zhang Qiang and the others returned to the camp of the large army of the Kingdom of Swadia.

Surprisingly, Earl Plais also led the troops.

They were taken into the camp of Count Plais.

Earl Plais looked at Zhang Qiang and didn't express much, even a little disgusted, he waved his hand to let him go back to his camp to rest, leaving only a few knights fighting with Zhang Qiang.

Zhang Qiang returned to his camp, and the people in the camp were busy. They captured some fleeing infantry from the Vikia Kingdom along the way, two Vekia senior infantrymen, 15 Vikia guerrilla shooters, and 3 Vikia sharpshooters.

Suddenly Zhang Qiang found that more than half of the troops he brought were archers.

There are 30 Swadian crossbowmen, 15 Swadian light infantry, and 5 sword and shield players.

Since the count of Plais separated him from the knights, he suddenly increased his corps by sixteen soldiers.

In this way, the number of troops he can lead has reached 66 at once.

But what's the use of this?
My current identity is no longer the commander of the knights who led the knights to the expedition. Now I can only be regarded as an elite soldier of this large army, a small soldier.

Zhang Qiang took out the book given to him by Earl Reyes that he carried with him and slowly read it. It is true to strengthen his personal strength now.

Or the training of a knight.

Reading, reading, Zhang Qiang saw an item that interested him.

"The continent of Calradia is the most important military exploit. If you can gain more military exploits on the battlefield, it will increase your personal charm. For every 100 merit points, you will increase your charisma by 1 point. The higher the charisma, the better your soldiers will be." The higher the loyalty, the morale will maintain a certain level due to the increase of the charm value, unless it is a big defeat, heavy losses, or you use soldiers from other countries, otherwise, your morale value will be increased by the charm value addition."

"Anything else?" Zhang Qiang was very happy.

"The higher the charisma value, the higher your dominance value, 10 charisma points plus 1 dominance ability. At the same time, for those soldiers who admire you, they are more willing to work for you with low wages, so you With a very low salary, you can lead high-level soldiers who need to spend a lot of money to hire, and those followers and heroes will also vote for you because of your charm. Of course, there are other factors in the effectiveness of heroes, such as your identity , your wealth, the size of your territory, and another important reason, prestige, the higher the prestige, the elite soldiers and heroes will take the initiative to stay by your side, or take the initiative to work."

Now Zhang Qiang understood why those heroes and knights only regarded him as a comrade-in-arms, or as a springboard for temporary shelter. Once other lords called, they all jumped to their side.

The reason why I can't keep people is because of this, the charm value.

Add a prestige.

While Zhang Qiang was reading and thinking, James walked in.

The two chatted for a while, and James stood up, "I just received an order from the earl, and he asked you to take your men to patrol around to stop the enemy's reinforcements."

What else is Zhang Qiang doing? He asked himself to do some irrelevant things. It’s okay, he didn’t want to die. Under the enemy’s arrow rain, climbing the city wall was no different from dying. I have really seen the power of Vekia archers.

Walking out of Zhang Qiang's tent, James saw Simon.

Simon bowed his head and asked, "Did you convey the Earl's order?"

"Yeah," James said absently.

"Have you made it clear to him?" Simon asked.

James shook his head, and Simon's expression changed, "You should tell him clearly that patrolling is not that simple, the most important thing is the last sentence, to stop the enemy's reinforcements, that is actually the meaning of the earl asking him to die, he just A newly promoted knight has little combat experience. If he really wants to stop the enemy's reinforcements, the entire team will definitely be destroyed by the enemy. He may also be killed. For a knight who is not valued by the earl, if the earl does not pay him a ransom , the enemy will not keep him to waste food."

James said: "I can't choose. If I tell him, then I will be disloyal to the earl. Although we are friends with him and share weal and woe, have there been fewer comrades who have fallen by our side over the years? Forget it , It depends on his personal fortune."

He glanced at Simon, "As a knight, I cannot betray the Earl."

Simon's face changed and he watched James walk away without saying a word.

He wanted to tell Zhang Qiang, but he didn't move, because his relationship with Zhang Qiang was not as good as that of James, and he was more loyal to Earl Plais.

They were all promoted by Count Plais.

But Zhang Qiang didn't know, he was just happy, and finally he didn't have to stay in this unaccompanied camp.

He was born unable to sit still, and he was born afraid of death. He was afraid of siege. Everyone knew how many people had to brave the enemy's arrows to rush under the city wall and climb up Ladders to hit the enemy.

That's no different from dying.

He loves to go out and lead the troops around, making soy sauce.

He didn't know how to arrange the captives and the merchants and women who accompanied the army, so he had to take them to attack.

In this way, his team will be relatively large.

50 soldiers, more than 40 captives, and more than 100 logistics personnel accompanying the army, no matter how you look at it, it is a complete army.

(End of this chapter)