Although the Wolf and Weisbach families have declared war, it does not mean that the Wolf family will say "I want to fight you" today and march troops to the gate of Mingxing City tomorrow.
In the semi-feudal and semi-industrialized Holy Roman Empire, the preparation for war was quite long. First, war was declared openly, and then military forces were concentrated under the wartime state, mainly mobilizing the huge group of vassals and knights, especially the extraordinary forces among them.
Before declaring war, of course, word would be leaked in advance to allow subordinates to make basic pre-war preparations, such as the mobilization of supplies and personnel.
However, the principalities within the Holy Roman Empire were not highly centralized after all, and they could not launch an undeclared war like Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II - there were too many subordinates and the strength was too dispersed. If they had to secretly notify and assemble them one by one, the news would have already spread to the other side, and the efficiency would have been low. It would have been more convenient than declaring war directly.
Wolff was preparing for war, and Weisbach was also preparing for war. The rumors of the civil war had been circulating for so long that both sides had already done basic statistical work on the chips in their hands.
As soon as the war was declared, lords from all places quickly recruited troops. Strong-bodied citizens were pulled out to form a militia, and the extraordinary people in the territory had also been recruited in advance.
The physical extraordinary people were incorporated into the commando team as captains, responsible for leading ordinary militia to charge into the battlefield; some physical extraordinary people with strong abilities and most of the spiritual extraordinary people were separately organized as special spearhead troops to perform special tasks on the battlefield, such as concentrated fire or sniping, etc.
Of course, those who were recruited into the army were all low-level extraordinary people, and the high-level extraordinary people had long been treated as guests of honor by the lords. Those who were willing to be officers were granted military power to lead the team, and those who were unwilling to do so stayed in the lord's mansion as guests, and would take action when necessary.
Everyone was promised noble titles and fiefs. As long as they defeated the opposing family, a large portion of the territories and people they plundered would belong to these extraordinary people. Even the Emperor could not interfere. These people were destined to become the first batch of extraordinary nobles to rise in the country through war.
In addition to the internal strength of the territory, external aid is of course indispensable. Major mercenary groups, swordsman groups, and military forces of some neighboring principalities were all offered quite a high price for recruitment.
Of course, there is no need to be stingy with the rewards at this time. After all, if you lose the civil war, you will almost certainly lose everything. As a result, from Carinthia to Italy, the road security has improved a lot for a while - the bandits and highway robbers in the past have now "abandoned evil and turned to good", transformed themselves into XX mercenary group and come to join the war.
"How do you feel, Lord Ask?" Looking at the soldiers training in the camp outside the city, Ludwig asked attentively.
Brother-in-law or something, the previous misunderstanding was really embarrassing, and I didn't say much after I understood it. However, the Duke of Bavaria and the demigod recognized this young man as a new generation of military talent, so Ludwig's attitude towards him was less warm and more respectful and admiring.
"That's about right." Looking at the soldiers who were being divided into teams in an orderly manner, Ask gave a "fair" evaluation.