Chapter 478
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Chapter 478: Configuration Adjustment
People in this era weren’t so delicate.
Going 2, 3, or even 4 or 5 days without food was just part of life.
This incident could only be considered a small lesson, a warning to those schemers.
After all these matters were dealt with, Luo Ji naturally intended to seize this prime season to go out and plunder resources.
After all, if they missed this chance, it might not come again.
Who knew if there would be such a massive blizzard next year?
However, his previous encounter with Huo Qiguang had given him a wake-up call.
While his usual expedition configuration was versatile, capable of handling almost any opposing lineup, its weakness in mobility could easily cause trouble if exploited by the enemy.
It would be even worse if the opponent dragged the invasion battle out for a month.
Considering this, Luo Ji decisively decided to add a cavalry unit to his force.
For cavalry, he currently had two types available: light cavalry and bow cavalry.
The expedition cost for one light cavalryman was 130 civilization points.
The expedition cost for one bow cavalryman was 160 civilization points.
Bow cavalry were a full 30 civilization points more expensive than light cavalry.
Of course, this didn’t necessarily mean bow cavalry were superior to light cavalry.
Light cavalry pursued extreme mobility. Therefore, their equipment, from head to toe, was light. Besides their light armor, their only weapons were a long spear and a defensive dagger for emergencies.
But the bow cavalry carried much more equipment. In addition to long spears for melee charges, they also carried bleeding spears for ranged throwing, and their signature bows and arrows. Furthermore, each bow cavalryman’s warhorse carried at least two quivers of arrows.
Yes, all that extra cost went into the equipment.
As a trade-off, their mobility was naturally sacrificed quite a bit.
But it also created a versatile cavalry unit that could both attack and defend.
Luo Ji didn’t intend to bring both types of cavalry units, as the expedition costs for such a trip would be too high.
As for the foolish idea of bringing fewer of both types of cavalry units, he would never entertain it.
The sheer number of troops, to a large extent, determined a cavalry unit’s lethality.
Take light cavalry, for instance. A collective charge of 100 light cavalry and a collective charge of 200 light cavalry were two completely different concepts of lethality.
The same applied to bow cavalry; could a volley from 100 bow cavalry compare to one from 200?
For the cavalry as a troop type, you had to stack up the numbers of a single type for their lethality to truly skyrocket.
Bringing a few light cavalry and a few bow cavalry, that kind of indecisive approach, would only lead to mediocre results.
After some thought, Luo Ji decided to bring bow cavalry.
As an attacking force in sieges, cavalry weren’t particularly useful in siege warfare themselves.
Luo Ji brought cavalry mainly to counter enemy cavalry.
In such cases, bow cavalry were undoubtedly a good choice.
As for troop numbers, after some deliberation, he decided to bring 300 bow cavalry, costing 48,000 civilization points.
The expedition costs for these 300 bow cavalry, plus his original force configuration’s costs, brought the total expedition cost for one trip to a staggering 270,000 to 280,000.
While Luo Ji could afford this sum, it was a bit expensive.
After more thought, Luo Ji finally decided to remove 1 Elephantman Slinger. 1 Elephantman Slinger cost a hefty 36,000 civilization points, equivalent to a large siege engine.
Of course, in Luo Ji’s opinion, this money was worth it, because in a direct confrontation between two armies, 1 Elephantman Slinger could easily take on 500 infantry!
This wasn’t even factoring in their destructive power against city walls.
However, faced with such enormous expedition costs, choices had to be made.
For players at this level, spending 300,000 to 400,000, or even 400,000 to 500,000 in expedition costs to tackle a rival was nothing to say.
But he was only going out to plunder resources.
Considering the profit margin, Luo Ji decided to remove 1 Elephantman Slinger and replace it with 300 bow cavalry.
Although the total expedition cost was still over 10,000 more than the original configuration, the final figure was at least acceptable.
Luo Ji’s luck hadn’t been great lately; he was still unable to get his hands on Long Taotian.
As usual, he casually picked an unfamiliar player and invaded.
On this side, Luo Ji’s life of rampant banditry continued.
Meanwhile, on the grasslands of Myriad World Civilization, accompanied by the sound of hoofbeats, a formidable and astonishingly large cavalry unit swept through, kicking up snow.
The total strength of this cavalry unit reached an incredible 1,000 cavalrymen!
Yes, this was the grain transport team led by Luo Cheng and Liu Kai, two centurions.
Over the past few days, they had been constantly shuttling between Iron Wall City and the three grassland cities, continuously transporting grain resources, including the mammoth and ice bear warriors.
During this time, they naturally encountered many horse bandits trying to target them.
Facing such an overwhelming display of force, with 1,000 cavalrymen even without counting the mammoths and ice bear warriors, could horse bandits, typically numbering in the dozens or at most 200 to 300, possibly contend with this? Clearly not!
The disparity in raw strength between the horse bandits and a proper army was obvious.
Aside from a few fast ones who fled at the first sign of trouble, several other slower horse bandit groups were practically swallowed whole by this iron tide.
A 1,000 cavalrymen swept directly through, leaving behind only a chilling pool of blood.
Although Myriad World Civilization had deployed a large number of cavalry this time, from another perspective, they successfully deterred the horse bandits who coveted their grain transport teams.
They made these horse bandits on the grasslands realize, in every sense of the word, that going against the official military was a death wish!
Quickly transporting the latest batch of grain to Eagle City, the weary Liu Kai dismounted and stretched his limbs.
His face showed clear signs of fatigue.
Unlike Luo Cheng, he was a strategic general with 3-stars in bravery and 4-stars in intelligence.
Days of high-intensity marching, transporting grain while also having to watch out for horse bandit harassment, even Luo Cheng was starting to feel the strain, let alone him.
The cavalrymen under his command were even more so.
Given this, after discussing with the lord of Eagle City, the two decided to rest for a day in Eagle City before continuing their grain transport work.
Holding a bowl of freshly brewed ginger soup, Liu Kai huddled by the military camp’s bonfire, sipping it slowly.
At the same time, a hint of worry showed in his brow.
“General Luo Cheng, the horse bandits have been a bit too quiet these past 2 days. I’m a little worried.”
Hearing this, Luo Cheng, also sitting by the bonfire, paused.
Then his brows slightly furrowed.
He undoubtedly knew what Liu Kai was worried about.
“We’ll adapt as they make their moves.”
Luo Cheng said, downing his ginger soup.
“We have 1,000 cavalrymen stationed here, plus the mammoth and ice bear warriors behind us. I refuse to believe that mere horse bandits would dare to bring trouble upon Myriad World Civilization’s army!”
