Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 334: Chapter 152: Champion Medical Knight and Elite Warband—Blood Pine Forest Beast Butcher

”All members of the Blood Pine Forest Beast Butcher Team were soldiers who performed exceptionally in the last battle, but they never had the opportunity to join the Knight Order. Therefore, at the suggestion of Chief Steward Hilude, we’ve gathered these elite soldiers into a squadron.”

”This squadron consists of battle-hardened veterans, with captains all serving as Apprentice Knights and regular Knights. The formation of this Infantry Corps will greatly enhance the combat power of our army’s infantry.”

Su Li immediately recalled that Hilude had mentioned this to him before, saying that his Directly Affiliated Attendants needed reorganization and couldn’t continue being so disorganized like before.

In the past, Su Li’s Directly Affiliated Attendants ranged from Champion Knights to Apprentice Knights, and even included many soldiers without unlocked extraordinary bloodlines, slaves captured from the forest, all under Su Li’s direct command.

During that time, the territory was newly established, relatively small in scale, so Su Li could directly oversee everything.

Moreover, there was no one to manage, so all personnel and slaves were directly controlled under Su Li’s name.

But now it’s different, with Su Li’s army numbering in the thousands, it wasn’t possible for everyone to be commanded by the High-tier Attendant Chief and reside in the castle.

Therefore, Hilude had mentioned to Su Li that to refine and strengthen the army, some Armed Attendants should be transferred to the Provincial Legion, while keeping only a portion of Elite Knights and the elite Infantry Corps within the Attendant Camp, under Su Li’s direct control and salary distribution.

However, Su Li never expected that after this streamlining, this infantry group would become elite to such an extent.

It directly became a structured and named Elite Combat Group.

So Su Li asked in surprise, ”Why are there so many Extraordinary Knights in it?”

”Allow me to explain this matter.” At this point, Hilude took the initiative to speak on the sidelines. This illustrious Divine Chosen Knight had a very powerful aura, and when she stood with sword in hand, her hair fluttering, and the vermilion banners waving behind her, every Knight who saw her would feel a surge of excitement and morale.

Hence, the High-tier Attendant Camp she commanded was a strong force that countless people in the territory yearned for, second only to the Sun of Vengeance Knight Order and the Hesse Forbidden Guard Knights.

For this reason, Hilude patiently explained, ”Since the beginning of refining and strengthening the army, we have been focusing on making the troops more professional and elite.”

”Therefore, from now on, your High-tier Directly Affiliated Attendant Knights will only recruit Elite Level Knights. Regular Knights and Apprentice Knights must train, fight, and accumulate military merits in the Provincial Legion.”

Su Li nodded slightly, this was a situation he was aware of, and it should be said that this marked the territory’s military getting on track, already resembling the internal territories of the Empire.

Within the Empire, there are also many noble knights who prefer not to join the Provincial Legion, instead choosing to join an Imperial Knight Order.

So within the Provincial Legion, there ought to be a group of elite veterans and knights in training, serving in the Cavalry Corps to accumulate military merits until their martial arts, loyalty, glory, and achievements reach a certain height, thus qualifying them to be selected into a powerful Church Knight Order or Secular Knight Order.

”Thus, many knights choose to voluntarily serve as captains of the Infantry Corps to remain in the High-tier Attendant Camp.”

”Under this backdrop, we selected a group of elites and formed the Blood Pine Forest Beast Butcher Camp. Currently, this unit only has one squadron, and with your permission, we will expand to a second squadron.”

Undoubtedly, this unit became the main force of Su Li’s infantry.

In the future, when the war with the Green Dragon ends, the Dwarf Mountain Shield Array will depart. At that time, without the resilient dwarves, the Hesse Territory must have a human infantry elite capable of holding crucial battlefields to stabilize the front lines.

Through Hilude’s streamlining, Su Li’s Directly Affiliated Attendants decreased in size, leaving only the Hesse Guard Knights, the Blood Pine Forest Beast Butcher Camp, and a High-tier Attendant Knight Order composed of Elite Knights, with an overall size of less than five hundred.

The remaining soldiers were sent to the Provincial Legion, commanded by Marshal Oerstein, which included a large-scale infantry regiment clad in chain armor, an archer corps, and cavalry corps composed of Apprentice Knights and regular Knights. These three regular units numbered over a thousand.

The Marshal of the Hesse Guard Knights was Su Li himself, and he was very clear about their size. After the Border Sentinel Battle, the Hesse Guard Knights he rewarded and promoted now totaled 103 members, just short of enough to form two combat groups.

At least in current drills and tactical commands, this group of over a hundred Hesse Guard Knights was divided into two 50-person assault formations, charging from the left and right flanks.

This Forbidden Guard unit would, under Su Li’s orders, assist Marshal Oerstein in striking any Evil Legion invading the Hesse Territory.

Su Li was quite curious about the current size of other units. He had been feeling weak these days, but the rest and recovery of the territory had been swift.

So after putting down the monocular, Su Li asked Oerstein, ”The elite strategy has proven effective, our troop size shouldn’t fall behind. How’s our recovery situation after the Border Sentinel Battle?”

At this question, Oerstein’s expression turned serious, and he said, ”The overall recovery situation is not optimistic, the time since the end of the war has been too short, and the wounded need time to recuperate, heal their wounds, and soothe their fears and despair.”