Chapter 215: Expansion of the military cantonments

Chapter 211 – The Expansion of the Military Camp
The planning of the territory, the reorganization of the army, these needed to be completed in three months time, so the heavy burden of external defense during this period was placed on the military cantonment battalion.

It’s not easy, the chaotic people are never a good host, many times they fight first, resulting in the casualty rate has been high, even after training thousands of musketeers one after another, now there are still alive but more than six hundred people, of which more than one hundred are still disabled.

This is also related to the musketeer’s fighting style, grumpy man will only dislike the face and explode his head, and then draw an axe to chop people, less than the three board axes, such a rough fighting style, became the main cause of the death and injury rate has been unable to come down.

But no matter Charlie or Monk, even the musketeers themselves did not have the slightest intention to change, although Kayla mentioned it a few times, but it was not adopted, and then she also knew how to be silent, and led a musketeer to complete a lot of tasks alone, obviously matured a lot, until she met a monster, and only then she realized that she lacked a lot more.

The chaos in the Northlands attracted many people, such as the Demon Head and the Church of Flesh and Blood, the former tried to cultivate stronger demonized monsters here, and the latter was purely for the sake of chaos, and even spread the plague of flesh and blood around without any scruples.

Kayla encountered a demonized monster, but unlike Bella, who kept her sanity, this monster was already delirious from the constant killing, and had limited potential, so it was just a beast even with all the killing, so it wasn’t even worth being used, and was abandoned, and while wandering in the wilderness, it bumped into a sweeping brigade from the military cantonment, and a clash erupted.

The monster was tall and strong and had a pair of sharp claws, but it wasn’t invulnerable to swords and spears, that was enough, the musketeers’ habit of disliking faces and headshots left it in a sorry state, and in the end, the musketeers paid the price of more than a dozen lives for Kayla to seize the moment, and with special ammunition, the monster was shot in the head, and burned to charcoal.

It was the first time for Kayla to use this red bullet called Explosive Flame Bullet, so she never knew that the power of this thing was so great that it actually shattered the small half of the monster’s body, not to mention that it also released the fiery flames and burned the rest of the body into charcoal.

The only drawback was that the recoil was too great, if it wasn’t for the Silver Scale Chest Armor being able to disperse the impact, the arm was afraid that it wouldn’t be able to be used for at least half a month.

“Three leaders.” A musketeer handed Kayla the strange pebbles he had picked up from the monster’s corpse.

“It’s a Devil’s Egg!” Kyra instantly recognized what it was, earlier the town center had issued a pamphlet that marked some common dangerous items and organizations for them to memorize, and this time it came in handy.

“Return to Mara Town immediately.” Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Kyla didn’t care about capturing the disorganized people and chose to return the same way at the first opportunity.

After receiving the news sent by Kerens, Maya wasn’t too surprised.

The appearance of demon eggs in the Northlands was nothing new, only that Hydra territory was too far away, those who spread the demon eggs were too lazy to run so far, by the time they realized that Akita Town was developing well and wanted to take action, it was already too late, no matter the soldiers in the open or the roots in the shadows, it was not something that they could casually mess with.

But now, because of the border army guarding the place close to the border of the northern land, the chaotic people who kept pouring in could only keep migrating towards a more northern place, resulting in bringing some messy things as well, such as the Devil’s Eggs, and the Plague of Flesh and Blood.

Compared to the Devil’s Egg, which could only turn a person into a demonized monster, the Flesh and Blood Plague was much more terrifying.

The Flesh and Blood Plague was one of the most infamous tactics of the Church of Flesh and Blood, and was loathed because the method of using it was too simple and convenient, and because it had a wide range of influence and could easily cause a huge negative impact.

To put it bluntly this thing was something similar to the T-virus, with a strong infectious ability, only the lethality rate wasn’t as high.

However, this was not a good thing, as the Flesh and Blood Curse would cause the flesh and blood to constantly mutate like cancer cells, making the infected person inhuman and at the same time more contagious and aggressive, causing the Flesh and Blood Plague to constantly spread, making it difficult to limit.

Occasionally, people were able to adapt, but it was only temporary, as the deformations would not stop. Within the Empire, because of the many Transcendents, the Flesh and Blood Plague would be discovered without waiting for it to spread, and there were relatively mature methods to purify it, so it was difficult to cause great harm, but obviously the Northlands didn’t have any of that.

Now both Maya and Owen were very glad for the previous military cantonment program, because it held up a buffer zone for the territory.

Now the people who are close to the town of Mara are intercepted by the musketeers of the army, the harmful ones are killed, and the harmless ones are pulled back to become the strength of the territory, and now they are even more responsible for the firewall.

“The role of the military canton is becoming more and more important, not only should it be expanded, but also strengthened.” Owen frowned and suppressed something, and finally gave up as if lying in his office with his head in his hands and staring at the ceiling, taking the time to say to Maya, who appeared to be well traveled.

“Are they reliable enough?” Maya could sense the difference in Owen’s treatment of the territorial army versus the military cantonment, and thus asked a crucial question.

Owen didn’t dare to give a definite answer for a while, because the assimilation of the Juntun wasn’t progressing fast, and now it belonged to semi-assimilation, which meant that they had a strong sense of identification with the territory and had a high morale, which was why they were able to withstand huge casualties.

Of course, this is also related to Owen’s generosity, not to mention the bounty given for capturing the rebels, but they can also obtain the title of knight and land if they have done enough work, although it is only an honorary title, but the land is not fake, and it still has enough attraction to make them go and sell their lives.

But the loyalty is not absolute enough, Owen never dare to fully trust the military camp, even the artillery did not give them equipment.

“Expand the military cantonment to three battalions, and at the same time equip them with one-pounders, one of them stationed in the town of Mara, and the other two battalions stationed on the two sides of the town at each other’s horns to form the Mara defense line.” Owen rubbed his aching back and frowned before saying with determination.

“At the same time, have Bella’s nomadic cavalry move to lay a net behind the Mara defense line, and try to prevent the chaotic people from breaking through the defense line.” Owen walked over to the sand table and made two gestures, asking Maya to write them down and convey the orders when they were perfected.

Next the military cantonment took turns returning to Akita Town for integration, more than doubling their numbers, though their strength increased rather than decreased.

The first battalion, led by Charlie, was primarily a combination of musketeers and artillery, balanced between offense and defense, and thus requiring a more specialized command.

The second battalion was led by Monk, and because of their fighting style, they were all ruffians with a musket in one hand and a tomahawk in the other.

The third battalion is led by Kayla, who is more responsible for logistics, her men are equipped with a large number of wagons for easy transportation, and therefore have the largest number of artillery.

At the same time, the town of Mara accelerated its construction, reinforcing the walls and digging trenches and traps to create as much trouble for the attackers as possible.

The left and right battalions were also digging trenches and constructing barricades under the command of Charlie and Monk, as for Kayla, she was in charge of which battalion was naturally stationed in Mara Town.

Now the father and daughter are not fighting anymore, and they are cooperating well to make Mara Town as solid as gold.

(End of chapter)