470: Chapter 71, Many Hands Make Light Work_1 470: Chapter 71, Many Hands Make Light Work_1 Looking at the fine war horses and touching the shiny, brilliant armor, Hudson was very satisfied.
The information from the Moxi people is quite reliable.
Recently, the Orc Army has indeed been gathering towards the Warhammer Kingdom.
The war horses and weapons here are the best proof.
If the Orc Army had not tightened their battle lines, it would have been difficult to bring these safely here.
Of course, the Expeditionary Army also has its merits.
Recently, Hudson hasn’t been idle.
The six major infantry legions of the Expeditionary Army and a cavalry corps have all been fully staffed, and the total military strength has directly exceeded 120,000.
The extra soldiers are naturally the result of exceeding the normal strength.
Hudson did not like the common “soldier + horse” counting method.
Soldiers are soldiers, and horses are horses, they should not be conflated.
A total of 120,000 troops, that’s a real 120,000 people, without any padding.
As for the origin of the troops, apart from the Alpha Kingdom’s supplements and a new infantry legion provided by the Moxi people, everything else was accumulated by Master Hudson himself.
Gathering deserters and recruiting the young and strong into the army, those are all standard operations.
It could be said that anyone who ran into Master Hudson in the wild, would be recruited into the army.
As for how many spies from other forces were among them, Hudson didn’t care.
As long as the main officers were his people, there was no need to scrutinise the origins of ordinary soldiers.
On the battlefield, soldiers are the fastest to change.
Perhaps they might fall on the battlefield one day, and their original identities would no longer matter.
The problem of exceeding normal strength is a big deal in peacetime, but now it is wartime.
Today the army is over-strength, perhaps tomorrow it might not even be up to standard.
At the very least, the Moxi people are happy with the Expeditionary Army exceeding normal strength.
Although it costs a bit more, it brings a sense of security!
A person’s name carries weight, just like a tree casts a shadow.
Continuous victories, coupled with the certification of the Orc Empire, has made Hudson’s name resonant throughout the Moxi Duchy.
Everyone knows that tens of thousands of the Expeditionary Army are stationed on the Flying Bear Fort front line.
The Orc Army patrolling nearby will deliberately detour.
If this news reaches the ears of the Bearman Emperor, I wonder if he will regret promoting Hudson himself?
“Supporting to death” also requires someone to actually do the killing.
Although many Orc leaders wish to take Hudson’s head and establish their own merits, this does not include the middle and lower ranks of the frontline Orc soldiers.
Unaware of the inside story, judging by the evident records of battles, they quickly concluded: Hudson is not to be messed with.
If they cannot offend, then they had better avoid.
The Orcs are also beastly bullies.
Their reverence for the strong is even greater than that of the human race, due to the more apparent law of the jungle within the Orc Empire.
Unable to gauge the strength of the Expeditionary Army, the Orc Army restrained themselves after the migration of the Bearman Imperial Court.
The Orcs obeyed the rules, and Hudson did not go out to stir up trouble.
It seems that the 120,000 Expeditionary Army is strong, but in reality, only about 20,000 to 30,000 can fight.
Lowering the standards a bit, there are 20,000 veterans who have seen blood, which can be considered as semi-elite.
The rest are all new soldiers.
Although they have received certain military training, they are still unqualified in Hudson’s eyes.
During the war, there isn’t enough time to do routine training.
Taking them out for a few victorious battles is much more effective than several months of dry training.
This is also why Hudson readily agreed to the Moxi people’s request to send troops to lift the siege of Dapes city.
As long as the Moxi people can hold off the Orcs’ main force, the more than 300,000 Orcs besieging Dapes would become his whetstone for honing the troops.
As a matter of fact, without the presence of the Orcs’ main army, the city’s defenders alone could carve out a path.
Dapes is a large city, and the Orcs’ encirclement is not stable.
If the highly mobile Bimon Cavalry regiment were absent, there would be flaws all over the place.
The strength of the defenders is not weak.
If the Moxi elite are willing to take risks, they can break through the encirclement at any time.
Of course, this would not happen.
The King cannot make decisions, the decision-makers are a group of nobles and royal dignitaries.
With more people involved, decisiveness cannot be mentioned.
Resolutions that can be accepted by the majority usually tend to be conservative.
They would rather pay a hefty price to invite the Expeditionary Army to take action than risk the safety of Dapes city.
The main issue was their deep mistrust in the combat effectiveness of their own troops.
Even if it was their elite legion, the Moxi high-ranking officials still held a skeptical attitude.
No one can be blamed, this perception is based on a rational judgment of the Moxi Army’s previous records of battles.
Whether it’s elite or not, it has to prove itself on the battlefield.
If there are no reputable records, no matter how excellent the training, or how good the equipment, they will not convince anyone.
Including Hudson himself, who also holds a skeptical attitude towards the combat effectiveness of the Moxi elite legion.
Not because he’s worried they lack strength, but mainly because of their morale and military spirit.
The Moxi army has been losing one battle after another since the start of the war.
The occasional victories are quickly overshadowed by new major defeats.
After such continuous torment, their military spirit is virtually depleted.
Those who have not fallen into self-doubt are considered to have good mental states.
In this regard, the Expeditionary Army is at the other end of the spectrum.
Under Hudson’s guidance, from the time the recruits enter the big camp, they study the glorious battle records of the Expeditionary Army every day.
The war flag of the Bearman Imperial Court has become a veteran performer.
It appears in almost every large camp, as if afraid that someone might not know of Master Hudson’s great deeds.