madnovel Chapter 119: The Desire for Work Points
Chapter 119: The Desire for Work Points
The goblin shaman slowly said, "Everyone is here. I have received orders that the elite of my dragon tribe will arrive outside the city in three days. The chieftain has already conveyed the message that all tribes can prepare. Once the tribal elites arrive, we will begin our attack on human territory."
His tone was soft and his speech was very slow, as if he might hang up while he was talking.
However, Dodok dared not think that way. This old shaman was a famous veteran shaman among the goblins, second only to the Goblin King in strength, and a living fossil of the dragon tribe.
Pertel first looked at the tallest goblin hero in the tent and asked, "Chief Dodok, what do you think?"
When Dodok received the order for the Great Cleanup, he began to gather goblin cannon fodder along the way. Soon the tribe’s population exceeded 20,000. Attracting these small tribes also restored the tribe’s strength to its peak, and at the same time, it gained 10,000 more cannon fodder.
By goblin societal standards, they would be absolutely in a class of their own among the vanguard.
The Dodok tribe is now very close to becoming a large tribe.
The emergence of each large tribe will take away a large area of territory. Since the other three large tribes are going to extend their reach into the original territory of the Earth Dragon Tribe, they will naturally not sit idly by and watch the Dodok Tribe grow bigger. They will then compete with them for territory.
Therefore, the first thing Pertour had to do was to weaken the strength of the Dodok tribe.
Dodo's eyes were full of mockery; she wanted him to be cannon fodder first.
However, Dodok readily accepted the task, but he also began to demand his own benefits: "My Dodok tribe is willing to take the lead in this matter, but we came in a hurry this time, and the tribe's food supplies are already very tight."
Perdue smiled slightly: "Of course, I'll have someone send a batch of dried rock potatoes over there."
In the Blackthorn Wilderness, most ground potatoes are processed by drying them into ground potato chips, which makes them easy to store for a long time.
It's not just goblins; many human lords do the same, except they're more meticulous, grinding dried rock potatoes into small pieces, which is the famous rock potato flour of Blackthorn Wasteland.
However, this potato starch is naturally different from the potato starch in Ron's territory.
"Thank you, Shaman Petr!"
Dodo immediately performed a shamanic salute to Pertour as a sign of respect.
As Dodok issued the order to attack on the first day, several other tribal chiefs were also assigned tasks, which were arranged for five days in a row.
The plan is to first use goblin cannon fodder for five days to deplete the human territory, and then send out elite troops to test the strength of the human territory.
This is also a common tactic used by goblins in Blackthorn Wasteland.
Five days later, the probe revealed that the human territory was not as strong as expected, and the probe could turn into a full-scale attack at any time.
If humanity withstands this wave of probing, the goblins will continue to use cannon fodder to wear them down, and then probe again, until the cannon fodder is exhausted, at which point they will retreat.
Ron did not return to the main city, but stayed in the new castle in the castle district.
He stood inside the tallest tower, quietly gazing at the goblin camp in the distance, lost in thought.
"Old Hall, didn't you say that the goblins could gather an army of up to 200,000 to clear them out? It looks like there are tens of thousands of them here alone."
"The message Harland sent is clear." Old Hall handed over a parchment. "Two hundred thousand is the elite force, starting with large goblins. Cannon fodder is not included, and the number may be several times higher."
Ron glanced at the parchment and muttered, "That Novia scumbag."
Old Hall comforted him, "Young master, don't be afraid of how many little goblin cannon fodder come. In the face of your multi-bow cluster crossbow, they're all just easy prey."
Upon hearing about the multi-bow cluster crossbow, Ron couldn't help but laugh.
This can be considered his original creation.
Multiple heavy crossbows are connected in parallel on the same base, and are cocked simultaneously via a linked winch for unified firing.
An arrow magazine was installed on the base, which could hold nearly a thousand short arrows at a time.
A single volley can fire nearly a thousand short arrows at the same area, creating a terrifying rain of arrows. Its only drawback is its short range; even with the advantage of the city walls, it can only shoot up to twenty meters. Moreover, it is slow to reload and consumes a great many short arrows.
A range of twenty meters may sound short, but when cannon fodder climb the city walls, they need to squeeze together at the base of the walls.
The cluster crossbow was aimed at the wall and fired, and thousands of short arrows rained down. There was no need to aim; as long as they dared to get close to the wall, they couldn't dodge.
For this purpose, the territory specially produced a batch of short arrows with large flint arrowheads.
The wood of the arrow shaft is shorter and thinner than that of a normal feathered arrow, but the flint arrowhead is slightly larger and longer than that of a normal arrowhead. The purpose is to use gravity to increase the power of the short arrow when it falls.
These arrows are twice the size and weight of regular arrows, and it's important to know that they are flint arrows, not iron ones.
These short arrows, at a range of twenty meters, do not cause much damage to armored soldiers, but can still inflict considerable damage on unarmored units.
Within twenty meters, its impact force is enough to kill an unarmored goblin; within ten meters, even an elite goblin wearing leather armor could be shot down.
This multi-bow cluster crossbow was installed on each of the horse-faced walls. It wasn't that Ron didn't want to install more, but rather that it was too bulky to fit in.
Ron nodded slightly: "It's perfect for dealing with these cannon fodder goblins."
Because of the multi-armed cluster crossbow, the old people and children in the territory are very busy now. The arrowheads were converted from Ron and Old Hall, and the task of these old people is to cut the wood to the standard length that can be used as the arrow shaft, and then tie the arrowheads to the arrow shaft.
As for leveling the arrow shafts, there's no need for that at all, because there's no need to consider accuracy and distance. So every day, a large number of short arrows are manufactured and tied to the city walls.
At this point, the advantages of a large population become apparent.
Although most of them are women, they can perfectly leverage their strengths in doing this kind of non-heavy labor work.
Perhaps because they were too busy, there were no tense remarks or panic in the territory.
So the people all went blind and began producing wooden armor plates and short arrows.
Their eyes were filled with longing for work points, because when Ron assigned tasks, he also gave all the citizens who had not passed the knight test a chance to become knights in the future.
One thousand work points can earn you a spot in the preschool knight training camp, allowing you to start training from a young age.
When they reach adolescence, there is a high chance they can become knight apprentices and eventually become knights.
One thousand work points would take an ordinary citizen three years to accumulate.
But in order for their children to get into the training camp, many parents have already started working overtime like crazy.
This set of training methods for young knights was actually developed by Ron after researching knight training and having it verified by the system.
If successful, it will have epoch-making significance, changing the existing knight system and even the traditional aristocratic structure of the entire continent.