This first battle with the Duke-led army made Link realize that these great noble forces were completely different from the pirates he had encountered before, and the small lords in the north.

It is not only the difference in equipment, but also the difference in warrior literacy and fighting will.

Although the Miluo Island Legion was four or five times ahead of the opponent in terms of number, the opponent still caused more than 300 casualties.

Most of these were caused by longbowmen. In the era of cold weapons, archers who were protected by infantry and had a stable output environment were simply unsolvable.

Link seems to have only two ways of dealing with it, either form a cavalry unit and use fast-breaking cavalry to limit the opponent's long-range output. Or recruit more long-range shooters to fight with the opponent.

Forming cavalry is difficult for Link and even the entire Miluo Island. Not only does it have no resources for war horses, but even a riding coach who trains cavalry cannot find one.

Carl has seen the corresponding cavalry training tutorial, but this short native of Keeney who is used to trembling when he encounters battle will not allow Carl to train recruits if he kills Link.

So Link had no choice but to rely on the mountain crossbowmen. Their combat effectiveness has been tested by time and actual combat, and Link is completely relieved.

Originally, Vigia archers were also a choice, but after witnessing the extraordinary existence like the Omen Wolf, Link directly gave up the idea of ​​returning to the North from the bottom of his heart.

Frank thought after listening.

"Sir, they will definitely be willing. The conditions here are so good and you are so polite to the people. If I were me, I would definitely be able to take the boat to the boat all night."

After staying with Tony and the others for a long time, the honest Frank also learned to flatter.

"But the people of the Snake Cult have long blocked the sea estuary near Rodok, otherwise I would have applied to you to recruit my mountain brothers."

Link thought, this is indeed a difficult problem.

"Rodok's estuaries are all south, and what about the north? I heard that the estuaries in the north are controlled by the people of the God of Light?"

Hearing the God of Light, Frank obviously frowned: "These trafficker sects are not good things. When we resisted the rule of the Snake Cult, the God of Light has always been a fence-bearing man. On the one hand, smuggling equipment and supplies were sold to us at a high price, and on the other hand, they bought prisoners from the Snake Cult and sold them to the New World. They are profit-oriented and are not trustworthy!

Moreover, it is a long journey from Mount Wu to the estuary in the north, and the areas passed by are almost all under the rule of the Snake Cult, and it is impossible not to be discovered by them."

Questions and difficulties were raised one by one, and Link couldn't think of a solution for the moment.

"There are always more difficult methods than difficulties. There will definitely be solutions. I will tell you later."

Link patted Frank on the shoulder and signaled that he didn't have to worry too much.

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Based on Carl's accurate prediction of the number of people leading the Duke this time, Link called him again.

"What will happen to the Duke's reaction after this defeat?"

Carl looked embarrassed.

"Sir, before I came to Miluo Island, I had been living in the school town and didn't know much about the Duke."

Link had no choice but to shout Captain Parker again.

"To be honest, it is beyond my expectations that we can hold on until now, and it seems that we have not reached the upper limit of our Miluo Island yet."

With more than a dozen warships confiscated in succession, especially five four-masted warships, Parker was somewhat optimistic about his views.

"I suggest that next time we use the island fleet as the main force, no matter how many people he comes, even if it is 5,000 and ten thousand people, as long as they can carry soldiers' ships to the island, the army led by the duke will be without any threat."

Captain Parker said quite arrogantly.

Link was a little moved after hearing this. What he had always feared was the Duke's tens of thousands of troops. If the opponent allowed to transport the troops to Miluo Island, without a numerical advantage, Link could not guarantee that he would win.

"Impossible, think about it, this time the five hundred soldiers and the Duke leader sent five four-masted warships to escort. If the fleet commanders and sailors were not sent ashore, the battle would never have been so easy."

Carl couldn't stand Captain Parker's blind optimism and quickly poured cold water.

"And do you know? As King Louis's biggest supporter, Duke Gnall Louis invested in the naval construction of the Kingdom of Nord. Half of the commanders of the navy were the Dukes.

Next time, there may be a naval warship escort."

"That's right, if I hadn't graduated from the Naval Academy, the Duke wouldn't have hired me at all."

Parker responded to Carl's words in a pertinent manner.

"So that's a dead end?"

Listening to their analysis, Link felt that he was too impressed.

"It's not that."

Carl frowned and thought.

"The Duke's army is sent to the king for more than 500 troops. Although the Duke's army has 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, the real professional soldiers are only about 10,000."

"That's it?"

Link really wanted to punch Carl, but the guy was trembling when he fought, but now he was talking.

"Sir, this is how the Duke's industries, manors and castles all over the Kingdom require a large number of soldiers to garrison, and there is actually not much force that can be sent out.

Moreover, King Louis could not allow a large army to disappear in Nord's territory, even if Lord Louis was his cousin!

You know, the capital has only two thousand guards. If the Duke leads an army of more than two thousand, King Louis will definitely show it.

So I infer that the next wave of troops under the Duke's leadership should be around 2,000."

Carl looked at Link seriously and seriously.

"Two thousand professional soldiers..."

Link thought about the battle performances of the Dukes and Soldiers during the day, and felt that his heart was empty and unrest.

Although the number of soldiers on Miluo Island is not inferior, the number of soldiers in the Gini is urgently recruiting, and they can still defeat the Duke's leader in the number of soldiers.

But the quality of the warrior is completely incomparable.

On one hand, there are professional recruits who have been out of business and focus on training. On the other hand, there are a large number of recruits who have just been recruited. Many indigenous soldiers were still planting sugarcane last month.

There is also a gap in equipment. Compared with the complete set of standard equipment from the Duke Colonel, most of the soldiers from Miluo Island use worn leather armor, unset weapons and equipment, and their shields are of different shapes.

What Link feared the most was the Duke-led archer troops. Their longbower team performed very well during the day. Link could hardly imagine how much casualties his troops would suffer when the opponent had several times the longbower today.

"call.."

Link exhaled a long sigh, about to speak.

"Sir, I forgot to say that this is just an army led by the Duke, and there will definitely be a large number of warships accompanying you..."

Carl added with a serious look on his face.

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Chapter completed!