Wizard Farming Guide

Chapter 98 Achieving the Goal

"First Battalion Commander, Archers, launch barrages from directly in front!"

Looking at the charging enemy, Rhodes raised his hand and gave orders to the longbowmen.

Upon receiving the order, the fifty longbowmen immediately drew their bows to a full forty-five-degree angle towards the sky.

As the bowstring trembled, a volley of arrows rained down on the enemy.

After several months of training by the Knights of Loren, the longbowmen of the Third Divine Archer Battalion have met the basic requirements for drawing and shooting arrows.

Although accuracy cannot be guaranteed, it cannot be considered elite.

But the battlefield is all about large-scale operations and doesn't rely on precision.

The greatest role of longbowmen is to fire arrows continuously, creating a large-scale volley of damage above the enemy.

Except for a very few exceptional archers who could reach 300 or 400 meters, the effective killing range of the Rosa longbow was generally 180 meters.

More than a thousand enemies charged toward Rhodes's position, carrying ordinary pitchforks and wooden sticks, and looked like civilians.

However, there was a clear problem with their eyes; their eye sockets were bloodshot, and they looked bloodthirsty and crazed.

These are all barbarian followers infected by the White Frost Cult; their fanatical behavior can only mean one thing.

They ate people.

Rhodes coldly watched them and waved for the longbowmen to fire a fourth volley of arrows.

By the time they reached within fifty meters, more than a hundred people had been killed or injured.

The next second, the sound of a crossbow bolt being fired rang out beside Rhodes.

Two hundred crossbowmen fired their arrows in formation, and in the blink of an eye, they had killed more than a hundred people.

Compared to the Rosa longbow, the effective kill range of a regular crossbow is only fifty meters.

Furthermore, cocking the gun requires a foot pedal, making continuous firing impossible.

But honestly, crossbowmen are far more cost-effective than longbowmen.

They can be trained and formed into a team in just over ten days, and the physical requirements are not high.

Moreover, crossbowmen can work part-time.

Even ordinary people who farm on a regular basis can play a significant role in defending a city by spending an hour practicing crossbow shooting.

Although there were many soldiers in the Rhodes territory, their numbers were quite limited after being dispersed across three locations.

Training a group of ordinary residents to serve as crossbowmen during city defense would greatly reduce the pressure on his soldiers protecting his territory.

Rhodes pondered to himself, paying no attention to the enemies rushing past the crossbow bolts.

The heavily armored infantry formed a shield and spear formation and began to advance, easily dividing and annihilating them.

Even with improved physical fitness, without the corresponding equipment, how could they possibly be a match for regular soldiers?

On the march, the army encountered many attacks from the White Frost Cult, but none of them were large in scale and were easily dealt with.

In fact, compared to the White Frost Cult's attack...

The chaos that occurred between the private armies of different nobles caused far more damage than that caused by the enemy.

The distance is 100 li. According to the plan, we should travel 35 li a day and arrive in three days.

However, in reality, it wasn't until the sixth day that the army finally reached its destination and set up camp, establishing a temporary stronghold.

The reason it took so long, besides the chaotic formation, was that knights kept leading their troops out of the formation.

They called it reconnaissance.

Everyone knows what he's really thinking.

They just want to plunder the wealth of passing territories along the way; everyone knows who's who.

But it was no use. Looking at the knight who ran back with a dark face, Rhodes couldn't help but shake his head.

Although the White Frost Order is not strong in combat, its ability to plunder villages and towns is astonishing.

This evil cult is the perfect candidate for a scorched-earth policy.

Thankfully, they had prepared logistical support; otherwise, they would have run out of food halfway there and had to slink back.

"In the end, it's just a cult that can't be brought to the table, there's nothing to be afraid of."

The knights inspired everyone during the establishment of the camp.

The series of easy victories made the pioneering knights overconfident, and they selectively ignored their own chaos.

Kelvin took the lead, declaring that he would immediately lead his cavalry to Sand Dune Castle and try to reach it by the afternoon.

Rhodes knew the reason they were in such a hurry: he had received a message from the duchy's nobles.

The enemy has already arrived at Sand Dune Fortress with their troops and is about to launch an attack.

Having chosen to send troops to provide assistance, these pioneering knights naturally did not want to fall behind.

The minority obeys the majority. Around noon, more than two thousand cavalrymen broke away from the main army and rushed forward at high speed.

Unlike the slow pace of infantry, cavalry consisted of the elite troops of various knightly orders.

Even if they are not familiar with each other, they can maintain a basic formation after being a certain distance apart.

In the afternoon, a group of cavalry slowed their pace as the outline of Sand Dune Fortress came into view.

"My lord, they've arrived!" said a nobleman from a duchy.

In front of Sand Dune Fortress, a group of ducal nobles were gathered on the high slope.

Upon seeing the pioneer knights arriving from behind, one of them quickly spoke to Joyce.

"We've finally arrived! Everyone, prepare to attack!"

Joyce addressed the other duchy nobles.

Although he wanted to cooperate with the Pioneer Knights, everything has to have a master and a servant, right? He had been waiting for them to arrive so he could show his full strength.

Some nobles of the duchy were not impressed by his leadership style when they heard him issuing orders.

But as a descendant of the Earl of Corremont, Joyce was indeed the one with the highest status present, and no one objected.

Joyce then took a tan horn from his pocket.

Rhode sensed a powerful surge of magical energy ahead and looked over curiously.

Under his gaze, the ducal nobleman blew his horn.

Magic surged from the horn, drawing in nearby rocks and soil.

Stones kept piling up, eventually forming a giant rock bull in mid-air, with the faint roar of a bull echoing in one's ears.

"A bloodline artifact, it seems like they're deliberately waiting to show us what they're capable of."

Looking at the bull made of rock, many pioneering knights spoke casually, but their eyes were full of envy.

Only a powerful family with deep roots would equip its second-generation members with such a magical artifact; outsiders can only be envious.

Joyce got her wish and became the center of attention.

He puffed out his chest, and after half an hour of building up his energy, he spurred the bull to charge toward the gate of Sand Dune Fortress.

With a thunderous roar as the earth trembled, the thick city gate, more than three meters high, was breached, sending splinters flying everywhere.

"Looks like things are going pretty smoothly," Rhodes observed from behind.

After the gate was breached, the army of the duchy's nobles launched an attack and quickly broke through the White Frost Order's guards, seizing the passage into the city.

Rhodes's gaze swept over the enemy, somewhat disappointed.

Besides the ordinary barbarians, there were only a few orcs who had reached the first rank.

According to current intelligence, these are just the henchmen of the White Frost Cult; the true bigwigs of this cult are not here.

Bishop White Frost

Those were several foreign viscounts from the northern part of the former duchy.

It was under their leadership that the White Frost Order caused the great rebellion that swept across the north.

(End of this chapter)