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The news of Molia's planned uprising in mid-February was sent out on February 8th.

This news was first sent by carrier pigeon to Rapid Falls, and from there, it was transmitted to Jeanneaufort through the Magdi Merchant Guild's commercial network.

Members of the Holy Father Society lurking in Jeanneaufort sent the message to Mayo Town, and it was only when smuggling lead ingots from Mayo Town that the news reached Great Marsh.

By the time it reached Horn, it was February 14th, when the first phase of the North Munde County uprising was basically over.

Sitting by the window of the military camp, Horn silently closed the new edition of "Holy Path Salvation Training."

In the center of the study, Armand stood anxiously in front of the desk, watching Horn and waiting for his orders.

Slapping the note on the table, Horn didn't speak, but slowly paced to the window.

Unlike the mountainous areas, the swamp terrain on Horn's side had high moisture content, making it easier for geothermal heat to escape, and the snow had all melted.

Under the warm, humid sunlight, large and small square formations formed black chessboards, displayed on the training ground.

"Disperse to the left!"

"Double the rows, adjust the formation."

In the hoarse commands of the officers, the formations composed of four thousand war monks were constantly drilling.

The spring chill was sharp, but the damp, cold wind couldn't penetrate their thick woolen uniforms.

After the scroll weaving machine was put into production, it quickly absorbed more than 200 laborers. In the end, there was not enough clothing to cut and raw materials.

Now there are 500 textile practitioners on Autumn Twilight Island, and the maximum daily output can reach 80 sets of military uniforms, so wool is in short supply.

It is a pity that the swamp is not a suitable terrain for raising sheep, so it was not until early February, after replenishing a wave of wool through smuggling, that the last 300 sets of military uniforms were completed.

The uniformity of clothing combined with the uniformity of movement creates a sense of pride and conviction brought about by discipline that is not usually replaceable.

In the military formation, the lowest-level officer, the division captain, was shouting out commands loudly.

When they shouted "One," the war monks all placed the ends of their spears on the outside of their right feet, holding them vertically at about eye level, with their arms slightly bent and their right feet forward.

When they shouted "Two," the war monks raised their spears vertically with their right hands, placed them in front of their bodies, and then grasped the spears at waist height with their left hands.

"Three! Four! Five!"

Each time the officer shouted a number, the war monks had to perform the action on the manual once, no more, no less.

This ensures the greatest degree of standardization.

On the other side of the training ground, the Holy Gunners were practicing.

In the officers' commands, the Holy Gunners lined up in neat formations.

The distance between two Holy Gunners was about two arms' lengths, just enough for one Holy Gunner not to affect shooting.

In the officers' commands, the war monks in the team kept repeating the actions of preparing, aiming, and firing.

Under the impact of the stone bullets, the wooden targets in front shook constantly as if they were undergoing a storm.

After firing, the Holy Gunners immediately turned around, walked to the end through the passage formed by their shoulders, and began to prepare and load.

"Whoosh—"

Beside them, Coleibo led hundreds of extraordinary armored cavalry, constantly launching attacks on the infantry.

This was to train the cavalry to dare to charge into infantry formations, and also to train the infantry to dare to confront the charging cavalry.

According to the rules set by Horn, the infantry all held long sticks wrapped in soft cloth, and the cavalry charged through the gap in the middle at full speed. Whoever flinched first lost, three out of five rounds.

People were often injured in this kind of training, but even if they were injured, Horn forced them to complete it.

It's better to be injured on the training ground than to die on the battlefield.

"It's been almost three months," Horn gently stroked the rough windowsill, "I've been here for three months."

From November 20th last year, when he arrived in Great Marsh, to today, February 15th, it has been almost three months.

After the previous continuous drills and actual combat against long-haired zombies and giant spiders, these recruits finally looked like something.

The Salvation Warband was an army unlike anything Mitney and Coleibo had ever seen.

The current Salvation Warband has 8 legions, namely two legions of Guards and six legions of Black Hats.

Each legion has 500 people, including 400 pikemen and 100 Holy Gunners.

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The 400 pikemen are organized into 8 pike divisions, each pike division has 5 pike brigades, and each pike brigade has 10 edict companies.

The 100 Holy Gunners are organized into 2 Holy Gun divisions, each Holy Gun division has 5 Holy Gun brigades, and each pike brigade has 10 edict companies.

In this organization, from the division level, there are special division captain officers, and the brigade commander is often a war monk concurrently.

Most of these officers are selected from the old Guards and old Black Hat troops, and many of the new recruits have been promoted to officers due to their excellent performance.

In addition, there are 3 cavalry divisions composed of 150 armored cavalry led by Jeanne, and 1 half-legion of skirmishers composed of 250 beastmen scouts.

In addition to field hospitals, fortress personnel, and logistics personnel, the number of people in the entire Salvation Warband has long been approaching 5,000.

With the supply of salt, protein, and vitamins, and with Coleibo, a truly extraordinary knight, teaching breathing techniques, extraordinary pikemen have been growing explosively since mid-January.

As of today, the number of extraordinary pikemen has accounted for 35% of the pikemen.

As for the Holy Gunners, even if Horn stayed in the military camp every day, he only allowed the proportion of Holy Favored to reach 30% of the entire army, which was just enough to meet the needs of the armored cavalry and Holy Gunners.

As for the shortage of clockwork guns, in fact, the last batch of 20 cavalry clockwork guns was just completed today.

The timing is just right.

Moreover, unlike other illiterate armies of this era, most war monks have been educated.

They can almost all do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division within ten and logically describe everything they see.

They can understand instructions, clearly understand the situation, and, after being trained by priests of the Holy Father Society, can understand some principles.

In this way, should they be able to defeat the Edict Company?

"Three months have passed."

Horn murmured in a low voice, turned around and said to Armand, "Have the Cardinal and the Elders come to the military camp before dinner to hold a temporary Privy Council."