417 A New Type of Army Part 1 (2/2)

”Gurney, do not belittle the hussar. If a hussar had strong marksmanship, they could be the main force of the battlefield. In the past, when the human body was strong, they could ride on high level magic beasts.They could even ride dragons, then the heavy infantrymen and calvary in the air were the main character on a battlefield. Now, the hussar rely on bow and arrows and will be able to bring about strong damage.”

”Master, I understand.” Gurney was completely convinced of his view. He understood the theory, but the most important part of the army would be heavy cavalry and infantrymen. The hussar could only be used for auxiliary purposes. At first, he was unwilling. He understood that not only was his background not as good though, his foundation was also poor. To be able to lead the hussar for Saleen was already considered a decent position.

Saleen did not continue to speak, but he started thinking all of a sudden. He had never thought of taking cities and seizing territories, so he thought highly of heavy infantrymen and the hussar. The two had better defence compared to heavy cavalry, especially heavy infantrymen. Carrying steel armor that weighed fifty pound or more and forming a human wall that even heavy cavalry would have trouble taking advantage of were excellent defences..

The thick steel armor made the normal arrow lose its function. Even if it was an alchemy crossbow, it would need to be middle sized or above to shoot through the defence of heavy infantrymen. The smaller alchemy crossbow would not be able to kill heavy infantrymen at all.

He had Barbarians and Caucasus people. They could withstand the power of more than ten thousand heavy infantrymen. In the future, there would be more Caucasus people to come over and that was not just a dream. Did he really not want to expand his territory? If possible, he could take over Phoenix and build a country. With a country's power, he could provide for far more mages.

Saleen thought about the palace of the Qin Empire, the enviable storehouse. The royals of the Qin Empire gathered equipment and information. Even to Saleen then, it was really enviable. It was an Empire's thousand years of accumulation.

There were not many mages among Qin Empire's army. If the royals wanted, they could expand their mage group anytime as the Grukos family could afford to.

Such a tempting idea. If he were to prepare to do so, how much time would he have to practice magic? Saleen shook his head and gave up on the idea temporarily. Before he turned into a sorcerer, he did not want to waste too much time.

Looking at Saleen shaking his head, Gurney hesitated but asked, ”Master, what is there about me that you are not satisfied with?”

Now that Gurney and Saleen could converse, their communication was not one sided anymore.

”That is not the case, I am thinking about my own affairs. Gurney, you must do the things that I tell you to properly. Lex will be back and bring more people into the city soon. By then, I need someone to control the situation.”

Gurney seemed to be awkward. If he were any other pirates, he would be patting his chest and telling Saleen that he would not disappoint him. Gurney read a lot of books and gained quite a bit of knowledge, he knew that the few hundred people that he trained would not be on par with Lex's elites.

Training a group of crack troops would required at least five years time. How long had Saleen held them captive for?

Saleen smiled and comforted Gurney, ”I know that without a few years time, you wouldn't have ways to turn these people into crack troops. We can use equipment to fill in the gap. Although Lex is rich, I am not that poor either. Among the five hundred people, I would make magic equipment for each and everyone of you.”

Gurney's eyes lit up, even though the hussar's position was not as good as the other soldiers. If they were wearing magic armor, they would be magic calvary and their ranking would not be lower than heavy cavalry!

”Master, I won't disappoint you,” Gurney replied respectfully.

”Mm, during this time, I will send Daniel and Kredian to train with you. You pick a hundred Barbarians and train them like heavy infantrymen. By then, the hundred Barbarians will be in charge of protecting the mages.”

”Master, I..”

”About fighting in the war, you would still be the commander. Daniel and Kredian won't follow you all the time. I will send you low level mages in the future and they will be with the army all year long.”

Gurney was thrilled. Even an army with a grade-3 mage, increased the possibility of them surviving by one fold. Sometimes, an arrow injury would be able to take one's life. Even if it did not shoot onto vital parts, the worsening condition of the cut might. To a mage, that was just something that could be healed with restorative water.

A troop with mages would definitely be under direct control of a faction. Saleen said that he would send mages for him in the long term and that affirmed his hard work. Although Daniel and Kredian had strong fighting power, Gurney was really self abased in front of them. He would not dare to command the two grand mages.

Although it would not be easy to command a low level mage, he could at least secure his decisive rights in an army.