Chapter 562: Division and Alienation (Part 2)

"How many soldiers are there?"

The one who asked this question was the chief of the Lago tribe, Char, who had just asked Su Cheng how many people there were in Avalon Fortress.

As soon as Char finished asking, Su Cheng immediately replied:

"The total strength of the Michael Knights is now 120,000. There are 80,000 troops stationed in Avalon Fortress, and the other 40,000 are stationed in other strongholds."

Because Su Cheng implemented the elite troops strategy and took the initiative to apply to the central government to reduce the size of the Michael Knights, the Michael Knights now have only 120,000 people.

Because the number of troops has been greatly reduced, there is naturally no need for so many strongholds.

The strongholds that are still in use are Avalon Fortress, Base No. 1, which is very close to Avalon Fortress, and Base No. 2, which is very close to Baidi City - a total of 3 strongholds.

Avalon Fortress is led by Su Cheng, with a total of 80,000 people, including the 1st Army, the 2nd Army, the 5th Army, and the 6th Army.

Base No. 1 is commanded by Dale, the commander of the 4th Army.

Base No. 2 is commanded by Gary, the commander of the 3rd Army.

In mid-March of this year, Gary had already left the Avalon Fortress with 20,000 people from the 3rd Army and stationed at Base No. 2.

At this point, Su Cheng paused, and then continued:

"We Britannia people now have a total of 3... ah, no, 4 knight groups, and my Michael Knights are only the weakest of the four knight groups."

"The weakest one?" A patriarch standing next to Su Cheng exclaimed.

Su Cheng nodded with a smile, and then continued:

"We Britannia people now have four knights, the Knights of Michael, the Knights of Raziel, the Knights of Gabriel, and the Knights of Uriel, which is about to be formally formed."

"The other three knights have far more troops and combat power than my Knights of Michael. The Knights of Raziel have 200,000 troops, the Knights of Gabriel have 300,000 troops, and the Knights of Uriel, which is about to be formally formed, also have 150,000 troops."

"Of course, these four major knights are not all the combat power of us Britannia people. , we still have many local garrisons and many troops that do not belong to any knight order, such as the heavy armored troops just formed last year - the Ironclad Warriors, and the guards responsible for protecting the emperor. "

"So..." said Char, the chief of the Lago tribe, a little lost, "Don't you Britannia people have more than 1 million warriors..."

"Well... you can say that." Su Cheng smiled and nodded, "The total strength of our Britannia people is indeed more than one million."

In fact, Su Cheng was just bragging just now.

The number of troops of the other three knight orders is indeed higher than that of Su Cheng's Michael Knights, but their combat power is not necessarily higher than that of Michael Knights.

If the two armies set up a battle on the plain,

no matter who the opponent is, whether it is the Raziel Knights or the Gabriel Knights. No matter who the enemy commander is, whether it is Albert or Iser, Su Cheng has the confidence to win.

Let alone a one-on-one battle between two armies, even if the three knight groups of Gabriel Knights, Raziel Knights, and Uriel Knights joined forces to attack the Michael Knights, in this situation of 1 vs. 3, 120,000 vs. 650,000, Su Cheng was not afraid at all and had the confidence to win the battle.

Su Cheng was very confident in his ability, his subordinates, and his soldiers.

Just now, he said that the military strength and combat power of the other three major knight groups were higher than Su Cheng's Michael Knights, but in fact, it was just to scare these mountain barbarian chiefs.

However, just like the scare of the chiefs in the city just now, Su Cheng's scare this time was also very successful.

After learning that the Michael Knights in front of them were the weakest and there were three knight groups stronger than it, many chiefs shrank their necks in fear.

The chiefs of the strongest Helai and Kelan tribes among the 32 tribes, Nalu and Ladao, also had livid faces at this time.

More than 1 million warriors... All the tattooed warriors in their 32 tribes combined may not even be a fraction of the Britannians...

The shock they felt at the Michael Knights' training ground was far greater than that of the fortress city area just now.

The chieftain of the Lago tribe, Char, pointed to the infantry team wearing armor and practicing lances not far away, and then asked Su Cheng again:

"Captain Su Cheng, can every warrior of yours wear iron armor?"

"Yes, yes. The most ordinary soldier of our Britannians... that is, a warrior, is qualified to wear a set of iron full body armor."

"The basic equipment of our infantry is a set of iron full body armor, a lance, a long sword, and a shield. Of course, the lance head, the long sword, and the shield are all made of iron without exception."

"All made of iron?" Char exclaimed.

Including Char, the other chieftains were also shocked.

It's no wonder they were shocked, because the Lake people still haven't mastered the technology of iron smelting.

Their knives are still made of stone, and shields are made of wood.

If anyone can buy some ironware from the trading point opened by the Britannia people at the foot of the mountain, such as iron daggers, iron swords, and iron shields, they will definitely treat them as treasures.

But who would have thought that the things they usually treated as treasures were worthless and nothing to the Britannians.

Any ordinary soldier could have a complete set of iron armor, iron sword, iron spear, iron shield...

When they thought of this, the tribe leaders felt a strong sense of gap in their hearts...

In addition to the popularization of iron tools, the "high-tech weapons" and "advanced tactics" on the training ground also surprised the tribe leaders.

Except for a few tribe leaders who still had some knowledge, the rest of the tribe leaders had never seen a crossbow, let alone what a crossbow was.

When they visited the crossbowmen's training just now, these ignorant mountain barbarian tribe leaders finally saw a crossbow.

In the eyes of the mountain barbarian tribe leaders, this crossbow is simply a "high-tech weapon".

As long as the bowstring is pulled well, it can be kept in a long-term state of readiness, and the arrow can be shot out as long as the so-called trigger is pulled.

The 32 chiefs were all outstanding warriors in their respective tribes. They only needed to take a look at the crossbowmen's training and the targets hit by the crossbow arrows to see that the crossbow's destructive power and accuracy were definitely far superior to the bow.

The Lake people, who still lived in the tribe, naturally had no tactics in their daily battles. They just waved their hands and everyone rushed forward together.

Therefore, the various tactics and formation training in the training also made the chiefs feel amazed.

Among them, the tactics that made the chiefs feel the most curious and shocked were the "three-stage attack" tactics trained by the crossbowmen.

Row after row took turns shooting, making the rain of arrows never stop.

The chiefs imagined the scene of being shot by crossbow arrows like a rainstorm...

The chiefs felt cold all over just by imagining that scene...

The military genius came to another world with the Zizhi Tongjian

The military genius came to another world with the Zizhi Tongjian