By the ti all eight corps of the Salvation Army arrived in Mayo Town, it was already nearing noon.
With nearly 5,000 people, including logistics and cavalry, it was naturally impossible for them to camp inside Mayo Town.
Therefore, the corps straightforwardly took over three Knight Manors in the vicinity, collecting supplies while freeing up a lot of space for camping.
The Ard Farrs in the Knight Manors originally had little will to fight, with so even straightforwardly tying up the knights and delivering them over.
Horn naturally generously implented the policy of land to the tiller again, distributing large batches of land to the Public Register Farrs.
After setting up the encampnts for the eight corps, Horn didn't forget to block roads and information.
He instructed Jeanne to lead the cavalry and the Third Corps of the Black Hat Army to guard the roads, keeping any news from leaking until they were fully rested.
When they passed through Spider Forest, fearing that sothing might happen with the giant spiders, they made a rapid nightti march, leaving both n and horses exhausted, needing at least a day's rest to be battle-ready again.
If they encountered enemies now, they could fight, but the casualties would be higher than expected, making it not worthwhile.
Last night, Cléante's dice-playing Hunter's Hut was cleaned thoroughly and fitted with clean furniture.
After arranging all matters, Horn yawned and walked into the hut, tossing his cloak to the side: "So? How are the battle losses?"
Armand pulled a yellowed piece of hemp paper from the table, and looking at the Arabic numbers on it, he adeptly reported: "After getting lost, Rudilo, the Legion Commander of the Black Hat Second Corps, rashly advanced deep, and upon exiting Spider Forest, conducted a night raid on the enemy sentry to gather intelligence, taking approximately two hours.
During this ti, only three Beastn were injured, one seriously and two lightly.
After obtaining the intelligence, the Second Corps rushed to the battlefield at full speed.
But as it was too dark, they got lost again for a while, coupled with sentries and arrow towers blocking the way, wasting too much ti.
It took them nearly an hour to reach the predetermined position, by which ti the enemy had basically ford their formation."
Hearing this, Horn couldn't help but chuckle. He had thought such mistakes wouldn't happen again in the Salvation Army.
The result was Rudilo, after getting lost, rashly advanced; after advancing, got lost again; then advanced foolishly with half a corps of 300 n and defeated Cléante's 800 mountain people.
The entire process was just one strategic thought: enemy, fight.
Horn had a hunch he would see quite a bit of this on the battlefield in the future.
"From the ti the Second Corps sighted the enemy to engaging and breaking the enemy, a total of a quarter of an hour was spent, with the pursuit taking about an hour and a half.
The Black Hat Second Corps attacked 800 enemy soldiers with 300 of our own, resulting in four fatalities, 22 minor injuries, and three serious injuries on our side.
The severely injured need amputations and may not be able to continue fighting, while most of the lightly injured can return to battle in three to five days.
In this battle, the enemy suffered 51 deaths, over 200 light injuries, more than 40 severe injuries, 100 fled, and over 300 surrendered."
"What about the four who were killed?"
"Of the four killed, two were shot in the forehead by enemy archers, one was ambushed by a small group during the pursuit, and one was beheaded in lee combat."
Horn took the list from Armand's hands, glanced at the nas on it: "Add them to the list of heroic spirits, conduct collective worship after the battle, and have the Military Chaplain suppress the atmosphere a bit, to prevent the War Monks from thinking all enemies are like this."
Armand took out a small notebook, quickly jotting down a few notes before handing Horn another sheet of paper according to the agenda.
"And what is this?" Looking down at the sheet, Horn asked Armand.
"This is the list of weapons seized from the battlefield..."
Hearing Armand's words, Horn's eyes lit up and he carefully read the docunt.
You never know until you see it; Cléante, this old guy, was hiding quite a few good things.
423 Ard Swords, just enough to serve as secondary weapons for the Holy Gunn, so they won't be defenseless in close combat with the enemy.
Ten warhorses, perfect as spare mounts for the Cavalry Division or to be distributed to lower-ranked officers.
220 suits of brigandine, 131 suits of chainmail, isn't that convenient?
Currently, Horn's entire army only had 1,180 old cuirasses, with 150 given to the Cuirassier Cavalry, and 1,030 only able to equip one-third of the Long Spearn.
These 351 outdated armors are better than nothing, at least providing so defense in archery and lee combat.
This ans Horn's close combat Long Spearman have an astonishing 46% armor rate, as for the Holy Gunn, they currently don't have any armor.
After all, they don't have much strength in terms of breathing techniques, unable to wear too heavy armor, and in the face of charging Extraordinary Knights, whether they wear armor or not doesn't make a big difference.
However, considering the Holy Gunn might be hit by stray arrows, Horn collected over 700 brimd helts to distribute to the Holy Gunn.
But this is not enough. According to Horn's vision, a standard Salvation Army War Monk should have a woolen cloak, a half chestplate, a longspear or a clockwork gun, and an Ard Sword.
Facing Extraordinary Knights directly with the current armor rate gives a high probability of victory, but it isn't quite enough for Imperial Knights.
"Armand, pass my order, instruct Jeanne to have the Cuirassier Cavalry and Beastn Stragglers scout in the direction of Gray Furnace Town, charting roads and drawing detailed maps."
Horn gently rubbed Gray Furnace Town on the map with his finger, knowing Mayo Town was a small slting center of Joan of Arc Castle, whereas Gray Furnace Town was the small forging center.
The warehouses of Mayo Town are full of ores, but Gray Furnace Town's warehouses might have all kinds of weapons and armors.
Given the current situation, Horn is not in a hurry to fight a definitive battle but decides to fight a slow war quickly, first targeting the wild, and connecting with local citizens and farrs.
Once connections are complete, the information provided by those woodcutters, hunters, shepherds, and farrs will allow Horn to unveil the entire map's fog of war.
Preparations complete, once the opponent's movents are confird, a rapid march must comnce in a thunderous manner to strike before the opponent can fully prepare.
"One more thing." Quickly writing a hand order, Armand handed it over to Horn for inspection and signature, continuing, "Locals from Mayo Town, as well as nearby farrs, have co to petition, hoping to join the Salvation Army."
Though the Salvation Army has injured and deceased, it temporarily does not need to absorb new forces and cannot absorb new forces.
But seeing them so enthusiastic, Horn thought it wouldn't be good to show no response.
He tapped his head, thought for a mont, and ca up with a solution: "How about this, we've confiscated quite a number of extra spears and oddly shaped weapons?
We'll form them into a Defensive Army from these zealous believers, distribute those surplus weapons to them, let them act as local defense forces and scouts, what do you think?"
"I think it's feasible." Armand nodded, swiftly writing another hand order.
Horn took out a new copper seal from his pocket, given that carrots don't last very long, and it's troubleso to carve new ones all the ti.
However, his carrot seal was so iconic that the new copper seal was crafted by artisans in the shape of a half-carrot.
"Have Hakuto draft a charter for establishing the Defensive Army later, nothing too detailed, just functional enough."
Signing and stamping the hand order, Horn handed the command back to Armand, who called in the Child Soldiers from outside to deliver the order.
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