Chapter 119 – Beast Cavalry II

Chapter 119 – Magical Beast Cavalry II

Apart from the top tier Magical Beast Cavalry, the most numerous formations in the major kingdoms were the low tier Magical Beast Cavalry such as the Iron Horned Horses, Flame Horses, and Dragon Blood Horses.

The IQ of low ranked magical beasts was not comparable to humans, but also exceeded that of ordinary animals, and communication was not too difficult. There are some magical beast species that can also be farmed on a large scale, suitable for humans to ride, and the speed is not slow, the difficulty of establishment is relatively low, and the resources invested are also less.

But the magic beast cavalry organized by low level magic beasts had no weakness at all in terms of combat power.

Dozens of low-rank magic was released, and the killing effect was no weaker than ordinary legendary magic.

Of course compared to super magic like the Starlight Bomb, there was no comparison at all.

Shao A.D. was already at the apex of legend, second only to a powerhouse of the deity class, and the unique magic he created was far more powerful than ordinary legendary magic, already second only to the power of a deity.

After entering the Legend rank, there were a total of four ranks, and the gap between each rank was relatively large.

A fourth-order Legend could easily kill a first-order Legend. The power gap was as big as a ninth ranked professional facing a first rank.

Even in the Morning Glory Realm, there were no more than five fourth-order Legends. A single person out of such a superb man would be able to take down a main army.

A squadron-sized magical beast cavalry in a war usually exceeded the combat power of an infantry brigade.

The Berserk Lion Legion had more than 20,000 men, and had only organized one magical beast cavalry brigade internally.

This brigade was still not fully organized, and was only organized into three and a half squadrons. The Wraith Cavalry Brigade was equipped with Iron Horn Horses, adding up to just three hundred.

The strength of the Northern Legion’s Knights Brigade was a bit stronger, but there were only four squadrons, with four hundred magical beast horses.

The Grizzly Legion was the weakest, and had only organized two squadrons of magical beast cavalry, not yet fully organized, and possessed only one hundred and fifty magical beast warhorses.

Baron Harden’s command had less than a hundred warhorses. However, this cavalry had made countless achievements, and their role in the war was a bit stronger than the 8th Brigade.

In the Platos Defense Battle that Richard participated in, the beast cavalry under Baron Harden’s command was the key to victory.

The news of the formation of the Wraith Cavalry immediately caused a stir amongst the soldiers, this army was bound to be the number one main force in the territory once its formation was completed.

Soldiers who were able to be selected for the cavalry squadron, even if they were the lowest ranked auxiliary soldiers, had their annual salary raised to ten gold coins.

If they could become a magical beast cavalryman, their treatment would also increase.

For professional officers, the monthly salary reached two gold coins, and with the year-end bounty, there was a yearly income of thirty gold coins.

There were no new recruits in the entire cavalry squadron, every soldier was a veteran who had practiced the breathing method.

The soldiers riding the magical beasts’ warhorses were even more carefully selected, picking the bravest and most battle-hardened soldiers from each infantry squadron.

As long as one was selected for the cavalry squadron, even if he was an indentured servant yesterday, today Richard would grant him the status of a free citizen.

In fact, the veterans of Harland’s territory had already restored their free citizen status with their war achievements. The standard of selection for the Wraith Cavalry was too high for new recruits to be selected.

The soldiers of the Wraith Cavalry Squadron basically came from the first, second and fifth old squadrons.

These three squadrons have been established for five years, and many of the veterans’ breathing methods are already quite rooted, and each squadron has fifteen people drawn by Richard.

The remaining forty men came from the third, fourth, sixth, and seventh squadrons, each squadron drew eight men.

Soldiers have already been selected, and the infantry squadron vacancies will be replenished immediately by conscription.

The commanders of the cavalry squadrons then became the top priority.

As a powerful assault force, the strength of the cavalry squadron’s commander had to be superhuman. At the very least, he must have the strength of a middle-ranked professional or above.

Although the Harland family already had quite a few middle-ranked or higher professionals, William and Bernie were all in the Northern Legion, Sophia was a magician, Richard needed to command the whole situation, and Roland was still disabled.

After counting, he could only let his uncle Soros serve.

After appointing Soros as the cavalry squadron commander, Roland immediately approached the door.

After Roland joined the territory, under Richard’s guidance, the territory’s blacksmith cast an iron leg for him.

Wearing the steel prosthesis, Roland could walk without crutches.

Coming to the Harland territory for more than four years, Roland trained one batch of recruits after another for the Harland family.

But his heart always yearned for the battlefield, and he had a heart that was not willing to be ordinary.

Upon hearing that Harland’s territory was going to form a cavalry, Roland volunteered to join the cavalry regiment, even as an ordinary soldier.

In fact, he had already asked for battle several times, requesting to be transferred to the main squadron.

Because of Roland’s unique relationship with his uncle Soros and father William, Richard never agreed.

After he explained his intentions, Richard was instantly a bit hesitant.

“Uncle Roland, it’s not that I won’t agree, but I still have to talk to my father about your matter, and at the same time, I have to seek my uncle’s opinion.”

“Don’t worry Richard, I’ve already gotten through to my brother-in-law, and your father’s side will also agree. I am a veteran, and a veteran should die on the battlefield, not in a hospital bed.

Since I got my iron leg attached, it doesn’t affect my mobility anymore. Don’t worry, I’m still an excellent soldier even if I’m disabled.”

To this point Richard did admit. Roland’s archery skills were far beyond that of an ordinary soldier even if he had a broken leg, and he was a gifted fourth-ranked professional with strength and stamina far beyond that of ordinary people. Combined with his many years of joining the army and his rich experience in war, he was indeed an excellent officer.

“In that case, I will first let you temporarily act as the vice-captain of the cavalry squadron and work in conjunction with Captain Soros, but you will also have to seek father’s opinion on your appointment.”

In addition to Roland and Soros, the Professionals drawn into the Cavalry Squadron this time added up to six people.

Three of them were mercenaries under Howard’s ministry who were captured by Richard.

These people became indentured servants of the Harland family because no one came to deliver the ransom and needed to serve the territory for ten years.

These three were called Baggett, Stavin, and Quincy, and their occupational levels were not high, Quincy was a second ranked professional, and Baggett and Stavin were only first ranked.

They were all transferred to the Cavalry Squadron and held the position of squad leader.

The other three advanced professionals were veterans of the territory, named Gareth, Mick, and Van Lundin, these three were slower than Darcy, Sura, and the others, though, and likewise relied on the Teng Hui Potion made from the entrails of the bipedal flying dragons, and succeeded in their advancement.

After killing the Bipedal Flying Dragon, relying on this batch of Teng Hui Potion, the Harland Territory had already produced seven First Order Professionals, increasing their strength a bit.

Richard estimated that this winter, the territory’s professionals could increase by one or two more.

These six professionals, all of them acted as cavalry squad leaders, each squad had four magical beast cavalrymen and nine ordinary cavalrymen, the six squads added up to seventy-eight people.

Together with the guards and cook staff of the squadron headquarters, the total number of people was about ninety.

Because the Iron Horned Horses also had the responsibility of expanding their population, the cavalry squadron lived together with the magical beast farm.

When they weren’t fighting, they were also responsible for breeding the magical beast warhorses and figuring out how to breed the Iron Horned Horses so that they could expand their population.

Cavalry training was very complicated, besides training the soldiers in riding skills and tacit understanding with the warhorses, the most important job was to desensitize the warhorses.

War horse is very sensitive, IQ is not very smart, for example, when seeing the sharp gun head in front, the war horse will turn around and run away.

Even the war horse’s genes will be afraid of the terrifying bipedal upright ape.

In addition the swords, guns, arrows, gold drums and horns all need to be familiarized to the war horse, only when the war horse is familiar with the sounds of the battlefield can it calmly carry out the cavalry’s commands in the war.

An experienced warhorse is no less valuable than an experienced soldier.

In addition the cavalry squadron needed to be trained in various tactical maneuvers such as chopping and slashing on the horse, opening the bow on the horse, lying down to hide, dodging arrows, and so on.

Wraith cavalrymen also need to keep an eye on the emotions of the wraiths.

Unlike ordinary warhorses, Wraiths have a high IQ and have certain feelings.

Only by having proper communication with the Wraiths would the Wraiths know when to release their bloodline spells, when to charge, and when to retreat.

Training a magical beast cavalry often took three years before it could be truly completed.

The Wraith Cavalry that Harland’s territory had organized was still just an empty framework, and although their combat power was much stronger than an ordinary infantry squadron, it was not comparable to a mature Wraith Cavalry.

At the very least, the quality of the personnel is far inferior to Baron Harden’s beast cavalry.

The cavalry regiment under Baron Harden’s command had a total of more than thirty professionals.

The cavalry regiment formed by Harland’s territory now only had eight professionals.

Although Soros and Roland were already middle-ranked professionals, their combat power was far from being comparable to Baron Harden’s.

The quality of the personnel was not as good as Baron Harden’s cavalry regiment, and the number of magical beast warhorses was also less than half.

While the Wraith Cavalry lacked professionals, Richard didn’t have any way to turn out people.

The big nobles could still rely on their reputation to recruit wild professionals and would still have talents to defect, the small nobles could only rely on their own cultivation.

As long as you become a professional, you generally won’t defect to the small nobles, because defecting to the big nobles has a future, and defecting to the small nobles can only lead a life.

Even the thirty or so professionals under Baron Harden’s command, most of them are family and friends, as well as young people cultivated by the territory.

Baron Haden had struggled for fifty years to save up a magic beast cavalry.

After just five years of development in Harland’s territory, there were more than thirty Occupiers underneath, and their overall strength exceeded Baron Harden’s, the speed of development was very amazing now.

Baron Haden could take the cavalry under his command and easily pierce through the orc brigade.

The cavalry under Richard’s command could not yet take on such a responsibility.

Even if this Wraith cavalry has just been organized, relying on the strength of the Wraith horses, it can easily crush one or two Orc squadrons, but when it comes to the Orc brigade, it can’t be hard fought and brute force.

As the Wraith Cavalry began to organize, Richard was also busy.

There are a lot of things in the territory that require Richard to make decisions.

In recent times, apart from practicing breathing techniques and meditating, Richard spent the rest of his time dealing with official business.

Richard knew in his heart that the territory was already not small, and he could not do everything himself, so he should decentralize some of his rights and cultivate some bureaucrats to share the responsibilities that were pressed on him.

(End of chapter)