February is the day when the snow melts, and the road from Rock Castle to the eastern part of the Northland is still a dirt road, which is muddy and difficult. This is also the reason why Lorist wants to re-plan the traffic roads and facilities of the entire Northland. At the very least, the avenues connecting various towns are convenient for people to travel, instead of potholes, horseshoes stepping over and splashing mud on pedestrians. This is the most common scenario for almost all countries in Galintia. The most important tool carried by the general caravan is the shovel, because they have to fill the potholes on the road at any time, so that the carriages loaded with goods can pass smoothly.
After the Kenmes family took control of the eastern part of the Northland, they did not build their own city. Now there are only two most lively and prosperous towns in the eastern part of the Northland. The trading houses of the barbarian tribes are here. There are many taverns in the town, and the main customers are the savages who come down the mountain to trade in the town. From time to time, the drunken savages fall asleep by the roadside, which has become commonplace in Xinjiexi Town.
Another lively town is Baishi Town, which was originally a small village and was named after a huge white rock at the entrance of the village. However, because it was the closest to the chain bridge connecting Makinohara Province, Earl Max took a fancy to this small village as the resident of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, and invested in the construction of a large number of material warehouses and carriage repair yards, as well as employees of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. The dormitories and other facilities made this small village lively and developed into a small town in the past few years.
After the territory replacement, the Kenmes family will relocate to West Degrad Province, and they will move away more than 200,000 people from the eastern part of the Northland. However, only a small number of residents who were forcibly relocated from West Degrad to the Northland arrived here, less than 50,000. Because most of the immigrants from the original West Degrad Province were arranged to develop the three original areas in the southern part of the Northland, and some were arranged to Taichuanyuan in the west of the Northland, where there is still a lot of land after the development and construction resident vacancies.
Although the Kenmes family relocated most of the citizens after the territory replacement, they did not take away the business house established in Xinjiexi Town to specialize in the trade of the mountain tribes. At the same time, they still kept a warehouse reserve in Baishi Town. . This application was made to the Norton family in the name of the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, and the Norton Family also had shares in the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce, and received a considerable amount of dividends every year, so they quickly agreed to the ally's request.
The garrison camp of the Chaser Legion was arranged here, and after receiving the notification of Lorist's arrival, the acting commander of the cavalry, Knight Vasimma, who had rushed to take office a few days ago, hurried out of the camp to greet him. Two years ago, because of the failure to hit the gold rank, Vasimma had been recovering from the injury for half a year, and now she has recovered to the peak state of the silver three stars. It is estimated that she will be able to retreat and be promoted to the gold rank again after a while.
Letting Vasimma Knight come to act as the commander of the army to clean up the mess of the Chaser Legion, Lorist also thought carefully. Vasinma is a knight who is loyal to his duties and brave to take on important responsibilities. Although he is not good at words, he is sincere, can lead by example, and has a practical spirit. Regroup.
Knight Vasimma did not disappoint Lorist. Although he had been the commander of the Chasseurs for less than a month, Lorist found that the garrison camp was clean and orderly. The soldiers didn't look depressed while they were marching. On the contrary, their mental outlook and luggage were very good, which made people feel energetic and uplifting.
However, Lorist found that all the Chasseur soldiers had a white feather stuck on the brim of their helmets, so he asked Vasimma curiously what was going on
Knight Vasimma replied: "Your Highness, this white snow chicken feather represents the defeat of the Chasseur Legion this time, and it is inserted on the helmet to indicate that all the Chancery Legion soldiers will remember this shame and look forward to using the enemy blood to dye this feather red. At the same time, it also means that all the soldiers of the Chasseurs must remember those soldiers who died in Muyeyuan Province. Although we were defeated, the heroism of those sacrificed soldiers is worthy of our commemoration."
Lorist nodded: "You're right, but I don't think the attack of the Chasseurs was a big defeat, after all, it was more than 100,000 barbarian cavalry besieging our three regiments, and Fesab Grand Duke Lun personally led the army to ambush. Although the sacrifice was great and the casualties were heavy, I think that the defeat of the Chasseur Legion is a great honor."
"Your Highness, no matter how you search for reasons and embellishments, failure is failure. This is a fact. The failure of the Chasseur Cavalry Legion is that they are too careless. They think that they are invincible in Makinohara Province, and ignore the reconnaissance, even if they find some rough cavalry. The scouts were watching, and they still thought it was a small group of Rangers, vulnerable to a single blow, so they fell into the trap. Moreover, the leader of the Yuri Army who went to the rescue did not realize why the Third Army was trapped , just chose the shortest road to rescue, but was ambushed by the army led by the Grand Duke Fesabrun...
I have questioned all the surviving soldiers and have written a very detailed report based on their accounts. Your Highness, I don't want to blame anyone, but I hope to learn this lesson and prevent the family's armed forces from encountering such failures in future battles. The lesson of the Chaser Legion is that the smooth operation and successive victories in the early stage made everyone lose their vigilance, did not take the enemy seriously, and were arrogant, which gave the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it. If the Hunting Cavalry Legion could remain vigilant and send out scouts and light cavalry to investigate carefully before any action, they would not be surrounded by grass barbarian cavalry at all. "
Lorist was speechless by Vasinma's retort, but he knew in his heart that Vasinma was not trying to save him, but just talking about something, and he appreciated Vasinma's straightforwardness. After a moment of silence, Lorist opened his mouth: "Sorry, I was wrong. You are right, a failure is a failure, and it doesn't mean that you can whitewash this failure by sacrificing the bravery of the soldiers. But why did the Third Chasseur Regiment Going out to carry out the mission, but not sending out scouts and light cavalry?"
"That's right. I asked the rescued soldiers of the 3rd Corps. They said that the commander of the regiment, Mr. Pete, was worried that the scout light cavalry he sent would not be a match for the small grass cavalry because there were a small group of grass cavalry watching. It would only cause losses in vain, so the scout Qingqi was allowed to cruise within the range of the steel crossbow of the accompanying chariot, and did not travel far to reconnaissance.
Lord Pete has died gloriously on the battlefield. I can't comment on whether his command is appropriate, but I believe that Lord Pete didn't realize that there were more than 100,000 grass barbarian cavalry lying in wait for their arrival. He just loves soldiers and wants to avoid unnecessary damage. The 3rd Chasseurs Regiment is newly formed, and going to Muyeyuan Province to raid is also a kind of training before battle. Let these new scouts and light cavalry soldiers immediately deal with those experienced grass barbarian rangers. This is something that any commander must carefully consider. question.
Considering that the Third Hunting Cavalry Corps brought two battalions of steel crossbow chariots with them this time, Lord Pete obviously thought that the small group of wild cavalry was just a bluff, and none of the grass barbarian tribes on the grasslands of Muyeyuan Province could resist the attack. His front. So he only allowed the scouts to cruise within 300 meters of the marching troops of the Third Corps, and let the steel crossbow of the chariot provide them with long-range protection. Because of this, the Third Corps was surrounded by more than 100,000 barbarian cavalry. "
Knight Vasimma's inference was reasonable, but Peter, the commander of the 3rd Chaser Regiment, had already died in battle, and Lorist couldn't settle his score after the fall, as that would only appear mean and unkind. He could only accept this statement in silence, and continued to inspect the garrison camp of the Chasseur Legion accompanied by Vasinma.
Dinner was eaten in the cafeteria of the barracks. Lorist, like all the soldiers of the Chasseurs, made a meal and huddled with the soldiers to eat. The soldiers who shared the table with Lorist were so happy and excited that they even forgot to eat. Lorist, on the other hand, chatted with the soldiers while eating, asked them about their families, and cheered everyone up. He firmly stated that the family attached great importance to the rebuilding of the Chaser Legion, and hoped that the Chaser Legion would be able to regain strength and roam the battlefield. A shame... .
In the evening, Lorist went to visit Josk and Yuri who were recuperating. The pharmacist in charge told Lorist that although Josk's injury was serious, he was recovering well. He was rescued immediately after that, instead of fighting to the death like Yuri, who was seriously injured and still fighting to the death. The large circulation of fighting qi and blood nodes in cultivation has also been completely destroyed, and now he is lying on the bed like a disabled person, unable to move, and has to be served by people for eating, drinking, and scatter. The pharmacist estimated that it would take three to four months for him to recover, and it would take at least one to two years for him to practice battle qi and return to the gold rank.
Josk could already sit on the bed, and he told Lorist with a wry smile that he was plotted against by the Grand Duke Fessabrun. He is a sharp archer, and he can attack the enemy from a long distance on the battlefield. But I didn't expect that the Grand Duke Fesabrun disguised himself as an ordinary savage soldier, approached among a group of savages and then rushed out suddenly. At that time, Josk was only looking for the leaders and warriors of the savage cavalry on the battlefield to shoot and kill, ignoring Those rough and miscellaneous soldiers who were handed over to the guards around them.
As a result, Grand Duke Feisabrun suddenly rushed out, invincible to block the opponent, and soon approached Jost. As soon as Jost found out that the savage old man who was attacking turned out to be the Grand Duke Fesabrun, he felt bad. He fired more than ten arrows in a row and was blocked by the Grand Duke Fesabrun. Josk pulled his horse and left. Grand Duke Lun couldn't catch up and threw the long sword in his hand. A guard next to Josk stood in front of him, but the long sword pierced through his body and pierced Josk's chest. The two fell off the horse together, and the long sword stuck in Josk's body knocked on the ground and gave Josk a big blow. The pain made him almost faint...
The Grand Duke Feisabrun continued to approach. At this time, more than a dozen family knights and nearly a hundred soldiers from the Chaser Legion swarmed up to block the Grand Duke Feisabrun and rescued Josk. Unfortunately, the army was in chaos at that time. Bring back the long sword of the Grand Duke of Sabron. Only after he got out of danger and bandaged his wounds did Josk know that all the family knights and soldiers who went to resist the Grand Duke of Feisabrun had all died on the battlefield.
Josk's condition is alright, his lungs and sternum were injured, he is recovering well, and in three or four months he will be a lively man again, he said eagerly that he will lead the hunting cavalry as soon as he recovers. The legion went back to Makinohara Province to regain its place, and avenged those soldiers who died heroically. Seeing that he still had this spirit, Lorist felt relieved.
Yuri was lying on the bed like a dead person, but he was still conscious. Seeing Lorist came to visit him, tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. Lorist held his hand and sat by the bed with him for a long time, telling him not to worry, the most important thing now is to heal his wounds, now the family has suppressed the Feisabrun family to their own family territory, cut off their external traffic. No matter how capable the Grand Duke Feisabrun is, he is like a grasshopper after autumn, unable to jump up anymore...
By the time Yuri recovers from his injuries, the Chaser Legion must have been reorganized and trained. At that time, Lorist will accompany him to the northeast prairie to sweep away those savage tribes and sweep away the depression in his chest. Then go find trouble with the Feisabrun family, and compete with the Border Ranger Legion to see who is the number one light cavalry in the world.
Lorist stayed in the Chaser Legion for half a month before heading back to the Rock Castle. Before leaving, he ordered the Vasinma knights to be prepared to defend against the invasion of the mountain tribes, although it is expected that the eastern part of the Northland will not be attacked by the mountain tribes The robbery, but not afraid of 10,000, just in case, only if you are prepared can you be safe.
After returning to Rock Castle for two days, the March rainy season arrived as scheduled.
After Lorist pondered for a few days, he brought in Fatty Shi and Director Speer.
"I'm going to reorganize the Guards Legion and reorganize it into three Guards Legions. The size of the Legion will be slightly reduced. There is no need for a legion of 75,000 people. Now our family owns the entire Northland, Dlemke Province and Winston Province have also indirectly become our family's jurisdiction and sphere of influence. Like Kebo City and Vandenas City in Dremke Province, Windbury King City and Pedro City in Winston Province , These are big cities and strategic locations. It is indeed a bit weak to only station a guard battalion with 3,000 troops. Once encountering enemy attacks or changes, they are likely to be at a loss, which will cause great losses to the family. "
Lorist came up with an adaptation plan that he had been thinking about for a long time.
Fatty Shi agreed with the reorganization of the Guards Corps from a strategic point of view: "Your Highness, the Guards Corps as a garrison is really too thin. Now that the family territory and sphere of influence are expanding, there are too many places to be stationed, and the guards have lost sight of the other. Like Hilovas Island, we stationed a guards, and there is Hughes Great Swordsman sitting there. Only then can I relax...
The Northland is the largest of all the provinces of the former empire, almost three times the size of Dremke Province, but currently we only have ten guard battalions and 30,000 people stationed in the Northland. This time the mountain barbarian army attacked, we still had to transfer the Flying Tiger Legion and the Angry Bear Knights to deal with it. There was no way to deal with the 100,000 mountain barbarian army with only the guards.
If the several field legions armed by our family go out in the future, what should we do if the mountain barbarian army strikes again. So I think His Highness should indeed expand the Guards Corps. From a strategic point of view, at least the Guards Corps should have the ability to deal with the invasion of the barbarian army on its own, or at least be able to defend. "
However, Director Speer, who is in charge of the family's finances, firmly expressed his opposition to military expansion: "Your Highness, two-thirds of our family's financial expenditure is military expenditure. This is almost militaristic!"
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