Rise In Calradia

　　 The cavalry team arrived at the right time, and they really didn't have the idea of ​​chasing.

　　 When they saw a corpse in one place, even the lead rider showed a surprised expression on his face.

He told Byron that a group of more than 100 pirates was very active around here recently, and many caravans were in their hands, even one with a noble background, more than 50 people, and guards. The complete caravan is no exception.

Because the pirates started to land again, many mercenaries from all over the mainland have also rushed here. The business here is very good. Some caravans are willing to hire them at a high price, but the danger is very high. There are almost three mercenaries going to the northern coast. One in every mercenaries will die at the hands of those robbers in the past few months.

　　Byron’s losses were not much different from this number. Four caravan guards died and four militiamen died. One of them lost an arm and was unable to fight. Two of the Swadia light infantry died, and two of Vickia's senior light infantry died. There was also an unfortunate worker whose head was chopped off by the pirates. Except for a few people such as Byron, the rest were injured. Especially for the other caravan, even their leader was opened with an axe in his stomach, and the blood could hardly stop.

　　 Byron's horse was half dead and injured. Although some of the horses were not dead, they were no different from dead after missing one or two legs.

　　 The Vicia patrol helped Byron and the others to carry the wounded and sent them to the nearest village.

　　【Two-handed weapon proficiency +5;】

　　 [Untrained Swadia militia*3 to upgrade to Swadia militia*3;]

　　【The loss in the war is too big, the soldiers feel scared, morale is -30;】

　　 As for the more than twenty dead pirates, the team of soldiers took away all the cash on their bodies, as well as valuable things other than equipment. They said they were "stolen goods," and Byron didn't say anything about it.

　　 However, the weapons and equipment on those pirates were also worth a lot of money. There were so many vacant carriages that they could not fit. The uninjured soldiers contained helmets and the like.

　　 Regarding hygiene, the pirates still do very little, and there are very few fleas on their clothes and armor. And it can be seen that their beards and hair are very clean.

　　 After the battle, Byron's army's combat effectiveness dropped a lot. Although they won, their morale dropped drastically. After being attacked by these pirates, half of the soldiers wondered if they would survive to reach the next town.

　　Fatis and Eleon were both slightly injured. When they were healing in the village, they both expressed similar concerns.

　　 Fortunately, there was Jamila. She prayed simple prayers for the soldiers who died, and arranged a simple funeral for them in the village.

　　 And Byron also took out 200 dinars to reward the soldiers who survived, and also provided pensions and funeral expenses for the soldiers who died.

　　 Everyone received a bonus equivalent to several weeks' salary, and the gap between different classes of arms was also reflected. ‘’

　　 The two Vickia riders who were born as illegitimate children of the nobles were very satisfied with the reward, and each of them was given a chain mail and a battle axe as private trophies, so they brag with the villagers in the village, and they also invited guests to drink.

　　 And those veterans and mercenaries, although they are in a bad mood, they think it is inevitable. Fighting will always kill people. They are used to it. So they prayed for their dead comrades in arms and toasted them in the tavern, and they regained their fighting spirit in two days.

And those Swadia soldiers who came out of Swadia, farmers and rogue gangsters, panic about the next journey. They have seen a lot of deaths of those friends who joined or joined them later. They started Wasting money, drinking to find women, lost more than half of his fighting spirit, and his morale was very low.

　　The reason why they haven't left Byron yet is because the roads here are really dangerous. If one or two people leave, it is easy to be killed by the pirates.

　　 So Byron had to promise them that when he returned to Dehrim, he would arrange safer and easier jobs for them in the resident, and the salary would not be reduced. With the high bonus paid by Byron, the Swadia soldiers mustered up their courage again.

　　 But in these two days, the businessman who was walking with Byron died, he died of blood loss caused by serious injuries. When the Vekia soldier left, he took the body of the businessman who was not well-known in the Ziva car, and his buddies took the goods and property back with him.

　　Byron felt a little disappointed, because he was worried that he would become the businessman lying on the carriage with a cloth on his face, even if he was rich, it would not help.

However, this also gave Byron an opportunity. The guards who were employed with this businessman suddenly lost their employers and did not get enough wages. So after giving a commission of 100 dinars in advance, they collectively joined. In Byron's team, the salary is equal to that of Byron's soldiers. This time, Byron's manpower has increased again.

　　 In the villages and small towns along the way, Byron also bought new horses. Although it took a few more dollars and the price of horses there increased, they couldn’t drive fast without enough horses.

　　 Also in these villages and small towns, Byron sold some messy weapons and broken armor, and simply repaired the damaged armor and weapons.

　　 As for the seized chain mail and better weapons and armor parts, they will be sold in stores in the city.

　　 In the villages and towns in this area, some mercenaries who do odd jobs have approached Byron because Byron has been recruiting people around here.

　　 Byron's luck was good this time. Among those people, there were 2 hired infantrymen and 2 caravan escorts. They were not badly equipped and had sufficient experience. There were no less than a dozen pirates and robbers who died in their hands.

Especially the hired infantry. Although the equipment is mixed, the two of them have a horse to transport the goods. The soft armor is covered with chain armor, and there is a slightly damaged scale on the outside of the chain armor. The protection is not as good as Byron, and there are several weapons. spare.

　　 They used to do all kinds of black and white work in this neighborhood, but recently they had a friction with a group of robbers, and they couldn't get along here~www.novelmt.com~ so they were eager to find a job. And they also said that if Byron's Peony mercenary is really so promising, they would be happy to work for Byron.

　　 But they demand high salaries. Byron also gave them a cavalry salary and a commission of 50 dinars, so they were satisfied.

　　 After walking like this for a few days, his morale slowly recovered to 80, which was considered acceptable.

　　 In order to keep the team motivated, Byron did not spend less money, Fattis and Jamila also listened to the soldiers' heart-to-heart talks every day like a priest.

　　 At this time, Eleon wouldn't make a move. He didn't care about it. It could even be said that he didn't care much about these civilian soldiers.

　　 And in order to expand the manpower, Byron also made a little "deal" with a landlord on a farm in a town.

　　 The landlord’s many idle serfs annoyed him, and because of poor management of his land, he couldn’t cultivate so many people to work, so he hoped to expel a few people at a price.

　　 Byron paid 30 dinars, the landlord asked Byron to take away 4 farmers who also wanted to leave the farm but did not have freedom.

　　 This is almost the same as the population trade, but Byron will also give them a little salary, and they can also get enough food and clothing, which is better than the farm.

　　 And there is a reason that Byron hired these incompetent farmers, there are more and more carriages and goods, and he needs more people to take care of his goods. And those wounded who are not well-organized also need manual care. Maybe they can't bandage their wounds and use herbs like Yamila, but it's okay to deliver things back and forth.

　　 Moreover, this is the territory of Vickia. According to Vickia's concept, no one cares about the sale of serfs.