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Zhang Mu returned to Sol Continent and found Avril to ask about the progress of the reorganization of the legion and the expansion of the First Army. After the situation in the royal capital was temporarily stabilized, all these were handed over to her.
Avril didn't reply in a hurry. She pinched Zhang Mu's arm first to show her dissatisfaction with his absence for several days, and then slowly told her story.
Thanks to the kitten girl's true words, Lake doesn't have to worry about disorder for a year and can reorganize the legion with confidence.
At present, the second-level legions in each city have already set out and returned to their bases, and all the first-level legions have been completely dismantled.
The elite among them were all soldiers sent by the First Army to undergo ideological training, and then passed strict assessments and directly entered the First Army.
Soldiers whose abilities in various aspects are slightly inferior will be disrupted and reorganized into a new corps after disrupting the original organization. They will inherit the number of the First Army and be named the "Second Army". If the size of the corps is further expanded, it will be named in numerical order.
Of course, they also have to undergo ideological baptism.
If they are eliminated in the subsequent assessment, Zhang Mu plans to disband them on the spot.
Avril finished her speech, expressing her deepest concerns in a serious tone.
According to Zhang Mu's standards, at most one-third of the existing soldiers are qualified, which is less than 100,000 people.
But in a year, Lake will be besieged by neighboring countries. Not to mention the professionals, the number of soldiers in the ordinary legion is a terrifying number.
The gap between the number of Lake's soldiers and the enemy's is too great, and it will be difficult to resist.
Zhang Mu smiled, joked that Avril didn't know anything about military affairs, and then explained.
The outcome of a war is undoubtedly affected by the strength of the troops, but it is not absolute.
Not to mention China's thousands of years of war history, even on the Sol Continent, there are many classic examples of winning with fewer troops.
Especially since Lake was labeled a heretic by the gods, it is worrying how many soldiers are willing to be loyal to Lake under this stigma. If such people are recruited into the army, will the army be able to fight?
If a real war broke out, Zhang Mu would be very relieved that he did not surrender to the enemy.
Therefore, instead of blindly pursuing military strength, it is better to pursue excellence.
Besides, Zhang Mu was not too worried about the enemy's army of ordinary people. What he needed to be wary of was the group of high-level professionals who were comparable to nuclear weapons.
There is no shortage of saints in neighboring countries.
After the Lake turmoil, only three remained.
Zhang Mu has never slacked off in his practice recently, but it is still doubtful whether he can advance to the Saint level in a year.
Of course, he didn't expect the number of Saints to overwhelm the enemy.
The continent of Thor is very vast. Not only are there numerous kingdoms, but there are also quite a few empires. Competing with them in terms of the number of Saints would be a waste of time.
To break the deadlock, Zhang Mu placed his bets on magical weapons.
In the battle of the royal capital, even though the sniper array didn't fire a single shot, it doesn't mean they are useless.
On the contrary, when Zhang Mu later found Blois and the others and asked them if they had noticed this special forces team composed of seven ordinary people, the three were very surprised that the seven people were not professionals.
When they were confronting each other on the ruins, they always sensed a hint of murderous intent around them.
The three of them mistakenly thought that the other party was a hidden saint, but they didn't expect that they were actually seven ordinary people.
Zhang Mu was very excited when he got the reply.
He went to urge Joffrey to perfect the sniper array within a year, so that at least the output could be continuous instead of just one shot killing people.
As long as Joffrey makes progress, Zhang Mu will do his best to expand the special forces team.
Undoubtedly, the selection criteria for special forces members are very stringent, but it is definitely easier than selecting people with saint-level talents.
How many saints are there in such a huge Kingdom of Lake?
Even if seven are replaced by one, the enemy will be the first to collapse in the end.
With this in mind, Zhang Mu told Avril to "speed up the reorganization of the legion", then entered the "world" to find Joffrey, and ordered that the focus of recent work should be placed on the sniper array.
Now that everything was arranged, he was in no hurry to leave. With a slight movement of his mind, he ran to Hogwarts, intending to observe the progress of the five people's tasks.
Summarizing the six people's experience in Jinshui Town, Zhang Mu felt that the mission process and town operation mechanism designed by the Adventure Guild would basically not have loopholes or failures.
Just to ensure a realistic experience, the puppet playing the villain shows no mercy.
It was the first time for the five men to go on a mission and they lacked experience. Zhang Mu was really afraid that they would be too reckless and end up in trouble.
You know, if they were really in a situation where they were sure to die, and there was no proper reason to control the villain to stop, even if Zhang Mu arrived at the scene in time, he would just sit there and watch indifferently.
When he arrived at Hogwarts, he first took a tour of the college.
The reporters were still interviewing senior students in high spirits, while the Queen was hiding in the grass in the forest, cultivating relationships with the docile magical creatures.
The Queen found an opportunity and expressed her wish to have a magic pet.
Zhang Mu promised her in the identity of Dumbledore that as long as the magical creature agreed, she could take it away.
So the queen went to the meadow in the forest early in the morning to scratch the belly of her favorite pack rhino.
In the foreseeable future, she probably won't care about anything else during this trip to Hogwarts.
After touring the academy, Zhang Mu nodded with satisfaction. That was good. He didn't cause any trouble for himself.
There was nothing to do here, so we didn't stay any longer and quickly headed to Hogsmeade.
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Toby and his four companions trudged over a hillside with difficulty, taking one step forward and one step back on the muddy road after the rain.
"Look, we're here!" Misha, who was walking in the middle, poked her head out from the left side of the team and excitedly pointed at the small town at the foot of the hill.
The town is full of medieval charm.
Looking down from a high place, most of the houses are low stone houses, with a few small buildings with pointed roofs standing out from the crowd. Near the edge of the town, several huge windmills are turning slowly. It is lunch time, and smoke is coming out of the chimneys of every household, gathering in the sky, covering the originally peaceful town with a layer of haze.
Although they were still some distance away, the five of them could almost hear the bustle of the market. The anticipation of witnessing the medieval customs and people gave their heavy legs new strength, and they rushed down the hillside and quickly approached Hogsmeade.
As the saying goes, a horse will die if it runs too fast. Although it looked very close, it took the group two hours of half running and half walking to reach the entrance of the town.
The five men slumped under a birch tree by the roadside, leaning against the trunk and gasping for breath.
Misha drank a bottle of mineral water in one breath, and then wiped the corners of her mouth with her sleeve without any ladylike image: “Uncle Leon, I really should learn how to ride a broom first.”
Although Leon was so tired that he didn’t want to move, he still expressed his dissatisfaction aloud: “It should be Brother Leon.”
After that, he agreed, "I think you're right. We should...oh, the broom is a second-grade course. We can't learn it until this time next year. I remember that the original book didn't say that. It's obviously something that can be learned in the first grade."
After catching his breath, Wino took over the conversation: "That means Ms. Rowling remembered it wrong."
In this regard, the Hogwarts curriculum is indeed different from the original book.
It wasn't because of any special reason, it was simply that the materials Zhang Mu had at the time were not enough to mass-produce brooms.
To take flying lessons, it would not be enough to just have the five of them with their brooms.
There is a special area for broom riding, with each grade occupying an area.
There are five people going to class, they can't be the only ones riding, there must be senior students too.
There was no solution in the short term, so Zhang Mu simply moved the broom class to the second grade. He figured that by then, he would have enough materials in his hands.
This is indeed the case. Last time when I made two small town puppets, I also prepared the broom.
The five people rested under the tree for a long time. When they felt their numb legs regain some sensation, and as the sky gradually darkened, they got up and walked into the town.
There were evil wizards active in Hogsmeade at this time. Although Zhang Mu did not introduce the evil wizards in detail, the name alone gave people a negative impression. Naturally, they did not want to be active outside the town after dark.
After entering the town, the five people, like Ye Ming and his friends, looked around curiously.
When we got to the town, the dirt road was replaced by a not very neatly paved stone road.
It does look a bit shabby, but fortunately it is solid enough that water doesn't accumulate there, and mud and water splash everywhere when you step on it.
They walked along the main street for a while and found that there was no strict division of functional areas within the town, and that vendors, residential areas, official offices, etc. were randomly mixed.
The degree of randomness is about the same as that you walk out of a jewelry store and plan to go to the next store to look at clothes. You walk in happily, but it turns out that there is a store selling livestock.
It's just magical.
Clessie put her mouth close to Wino's ear and asked in a low voice: "Is the medieval town really like this?"
He laughed. "From what I know...Hogsmeade is pretty good."
"How to say?"
"At least we don't have to carry an umbrella or wear high heels." He smiled to himself for a while, looking around in confusion, "But one thing is really strange, that is... I don't remember history books saying that the various areas of the town in the Middle Ages would be so mixed.
At least... different markets will be separated.”
The two stood there muttering. Toby walked a few steps and turned around and said in a deep voice, "We are not here to study the local culture. Besides, this is Hogwarts. Don't interpret it with the history of Blue Star."
Clessie frowned, seemingly unhappy with his commanding tone.
Wino didn't care, shrugged, and pulled Clessie to catch up with the three people.
Leon saw everything and sighed helplessly.
Before leaving, the Queen gave them a meeting.
The "new students" of Huaguo Mountain Gate have finished their first actual combat. Due to time constraints, the Queen did not bring the video, but she emphasized that the six of them completed the task very tacitly.
Although there were some low-level mistakes along the way, it was understandable after all since it was my first time.
On the other hand, our team showed signs of internal strife as soon as they arrived at the mission site. How can we continue?
“Uncle Leon.” Misha took a few quick steps to stand shoulder to shoulder with him. “Don’t worry too much. Wino knows the seriousness of the situation.”
"Why are you talking about this?"
"Aren't you worried about the lack of unity in the team?"
Leon raised an eyebrow.
I have long felt that this little girl is extraordinary. Not only did she deliver the letter personally by the principal, but she also performed brilliantly when she was captured by the disaster.
I have met her parents, they are very ordinary people. Hiss...who did she inherit her genes from?
After thinking for a while, Leon asked hesitantly: “Misha, are you, uh, your parents biological children?”
“Huh?” Misha looked up in confusion and looked at his face, “Uncle Leon, is your brain broken?”
Feeling that his question was a bit abrupt and rude, he awkwardly changed the subject: "The task assigned by the principal is to investigate the suspicious activities of the evil wizard. We have to find their traces first."
Toby looked at the townspeople busy at work on both sides and said, "I did my homework in advance.
The small town in the Hogwarts world does not popularize magic or use communication technology derived from magic.