Chapter 504: The Framework is Initial Formation
Gavin has heard a lot about Darren.
Although he is only fourteen years old, he is one of the best among the younger generation in Nottburg. He not only has excellent adaptability, but also has enough self-discipline, super toughness and perseverance, and even Gavin carried out his casual teachings at the beginning. It is said that the amount of daily training is astonishing, not only exceeding that of most adults, but even exceeding that of many professionals.
Effort and reward are directly proportional, which allowed him to start a professional career at the age of fourteen.
What really made him stand out was the remaining manuscript of the strategy book that Gavin gave him casually. He actually learned something from it and put it into practice, leading a group of children to form the Boy Scouts. , played an unexpected role in a battle situation.
Zalanda simply broke the rules and absorbed him into the Nott Guards, and this was the beginning of his glory. He used his mind to convince the Nott veterans. It was from him that Zalanda's Military officers and soldiers pay more and more attention to the book of strategies.
Compared with those soldiers who respect the lady of strategy because of this, Darren also hides a secret in his heart, a secret that only he and the Lord of Zalanda know. The book of strategy is not a strategy as outsiders think. The lady gave it to Zalanda, but it was written by her young master Gavin Nott, and he personally delivered it to the Lord of Zalanda.
They all believed in the wrong person. The one who should be respected for this is Master Gavin.
But restricted by his oath, he had no way to correct other people's views. He could only angrily declare that he was Master Gavin's student and that Master Gavin taught him everything. Outsiders only thought he was talking about training methods and did not know that what he was talking about was the book of strategies in the past and the current method of war.
"Okay, I was not wrong at first. Not only did you complete the task I assigned you excellently, but you also left such a big surprise for me." Gavin stepped forward to help Darren. He stood up and laughed heartily.
The circumstances of life are very strange.
At the beginning, he didn't realize that Darren was actually a piece of rough jade. He just did what he wanted, but he didn't expect that he would actually harvest a good seedling in the end.
Darren could not hide his nervousness, "Master, General Copperfield has overrated me. My ability is not as strong as he said. I am asked to command so many regular knights, so many people, far away." It is beyond my ability. My life and death are small, but the life and death of countless soldiers and soldiers and civilians are big."
The one he has led so far is a hundred-man ranger.
Now he is suddenly asked to lead an army of 2,000 people and has to form it himself. He is somewhat confused. How can he fully express himself under such circumstances? At his age , can be regarded as having superior abilities.
"Sometimes ability is something you feel yourself, but no outsider can see it more accurately. I understand General Copperfield's temperament. He always talks about what he says and seeks truth from facts. If he says you can do it, you must be able to do it. It's just you. We haven’t discovered it yet.” Gavin patted Darren heavily on the shoulder and encouraged him, “But. This matter is not decided by me, but by the city lord of Zalanda. City lord, are you willing to let me go?”
Although the two are closely related, and Zalanda has made it clear. In order to send him to the position of Baron Nott and return the original number of Nott's Guards, some things are indispensable.
Because in her position, she also represents an interest group.
"As long as Darren nods, I have no objection." Zalanda said cheerfully.
"Darren." Everyone's eyes were focused on the young man again.
"Darren is willing to follow the young master to the death." Darren was so excited that he wanted to kneel down, but was grabbed by the big iron-like hands.
"Very good, this matter is settled." Gavin made a final decision, "This side van vanguard army will be handed over to Commander Darren, and all war horses will be given priority to them. Make sure that each vehicle is equipped with four fast horses, each person has a war horse, a thousand people are equipped with spears, and one thousand people are equipped with spears. Thousands of people are equipped with crossbows. "
The number of horses in Darauma is just in short supply, not at all. Tethyr is a kingdom of knights after all, and horses are an important means of transportation. As long as there are conditions. Manor owners and even farmers would keep several horses for transportation.
The two thousand people brought by Copperfield all came on war horses, and some even had one or two spare horses or burden horses.
80% of these war horses and horses are the personal belongings of these warriors and mercenaries, so naturally they cannot be requisitioned casually.
But you can buy the excess from them at a high price and distribute it to places in need. This is also the next thing to do.
Gavin turned to look at another woman who stood out from the crowd and said: "Ms. Carissa, I would like to ask you to serve as the deputy commander of this legion and lead all the Goliaths to form General Darren's army. Guards, to help him control the entire army."
Just now he had scanned Darren's specific attributes. He was not a warrior, but a spell-casting professional battlefield mage unique to Tethyr. , there are only three professional levels.
This kind of mage usually undergoes various military training from an early age and does not require much knowledge of the mage, because this profession gives up part of the improvement of a regular mage (only half of the spell slots of a regular mage) and specializes in combat spellcasting and wands. use.
The professional levels of the three battlefield mages are enough for them to use three-ring magic wands like sixth-level ordinary mages. The most representative ones are naturally the fireball wand and the paralysis wand, making them become spells on the battlefield. Turret, providing group attack and control support.
His attributes are well-proportioned, all above twelve points, and the highest one is naturally intelligence, which reaches fourteen points.
In front of a bunch of monsters like Gavin, he is naturally not impressive, but compared to his peers, especially those with a lack of basic education, he is already considered to be born with high intelligence.
Want to control an army, especially one where rebellious mercenaries make up the majority.
As Copperfield said, personal combat ability is a major shortcoming of Darren. It is too late to use the elite grace of Zalanda’s way of war to catalyze the improvement to extraordinary. .
Gavin can only equip him with a capable lieutenant and a group of powerful personal guards. This group of Goliaths, who are tall and powerful and have amazing close combat capabilities, is undoubtedly the best choice.
"As you command." Carissa stood up and obeyed.
When she agreed to help Gavin and escort the Dalauma immigrants to the valley, she had already adjusted her mentality and regarded herself as one of Gavin's soldiers.
Gavin turned around this time and said to the young man who was a little confused, as if he was dreaming: "Don't refuse in a hurry. You will know if you are qualified or not. You will know after trying it. Put this book away, it is brand new The Way of War contains records on the application of sidecars and vehicle formations. You will be given three days to come up with a set of tools for preparing a vanguard army. Don’t worry about right or wrong, and think boldly. Forming a legion is not your job alone. We will also assist you with some preparations.”
This matter is only a preliminary decision. Whether Darren is qualified to be the commander of the sidecar army depends on his subsequent performance.
Darren was now being pushed to put it on the shelf. He took the copy of the Way of War from Gavin and said loudly: "I will definitely do my best to complete this matter, but I have a request, Master. With permission from the city lord.”
"Say."
"Can you transfer the cavalry brigade I originally led to me?"
After Gavin and Zalanda looked at each other, Gavin nodded and said: "As long as you can convince him We can follow you, but I want to warn you in advance, nepotism is not advisable, especially for this newly formed legion."
Darren saluted respectfully: "I will follow the teachings of the young master. I I just need my own trusted informants so that I can understand and control the entire army. As for how well they can do it, it all depends on their abilities. I will not promote them at will because of their relationship with us, nor to avoid suspicion. And no reward will be given."
Gavin laughed, "Look, you have taken the first step successfully. Keep working in this direction, and you can sit down."
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With a wave of his hand, Gavin ordered someone to add another seat.
Darren refused and could only sit down, but he didn’t dare to sit down fully, so he just sat in a corner.
Whether it was age or strength, he felt inexplicably weak sitting in this room.
This is a normal phenomenon in promotion. He still needs some time to adapt. The most important thing is to build up his self-confidence. The easiest way is to quickly accumulate outstanding military exploits. This is not something that can be achieved just by thinking about it. of.
Gavin ignored Darren's little thoughts, but turned to Nora and said: "The Nott Guards also need to expand and give you a thousand places, whether they are recruited from immigrants or from those who Think of a way to recruit mercenaries before setting off."
For a migration team of tens of thousands of people, a cavalry team of one hundred people is too small.
One thousand people are still established, and there is the Blood Claw Legion in front to help them clear the way. "Promise to complete the mission." Nora responded confidently.
The hundred Nott Guards in her hands were originally used as seeds. Each person brought ten recruits, which was a thousand-man army.
As for running-in training, it can only be done on the road.
After a series of appointments, the framework of the entire immigration team was basically set up, and then it was just a matter of filling it with civilians.
There are still several more key appointments left. Gavin no longer consults everyone for their opinions, but directly makes a decision: "Anna, you will serve as the quartermaster and the captain of the medical team for this immigration. You will be responsible for Coordinate the supplies we carry and organize all the pastors and doctors among the immigrants to form a medical team , handle various medical affairs.
Lola, you are responsible for controlling all the trees and enlightenment trees, and assisting Anna in the supervision and distribution of supplies. You must formulate corresponding procedures as soon as possible to ensure the management and control of supplies. . ”
This matter is naturally a top priority.
If people eat horse chews, the amount of food consumed every day will be a terrifying amount. It must be managed by a dedicated team and controlled by trustworthy people.
Gavin is now determined to train Anna in this aspect.
Although Anna was still a little frightened, she didn't know the specific scale of the immigration this time. Plus she had accumulated some experience in Amphail Village, so she had a clue this time.
Zaranda raised a new question on the side: "Those immigrants have different wealth, some are rich in food and some are poor. How are you going to balance this? Once If not, it will trigger internal conflicts.”
“I have already considered this issue.” Gavin frowned involuntarily, “I have a preliminary idea. According to the market price, all the food in the hands of the citizens will be purchased, managed and distributed uniformly, and the army will be launched in units of hundreds. This will save a lot of time
And those citizens need to carry it. After registering the bulky items, let me transport them to the manor through the shadow plane. At that time, only the people will be on the road, which will be much easier."
This is a typical military management model.
At that time, they will not be leading a group of immigrants, but an army.
"If you agree with me, I will personally come forward to help advance this matter." Zalanda took the initiative.
“This matter belongs to none other than the Lord of the City. Others do not have such a high influence. After all, this is a major matter related to their life and death, and it is likely to give rise to resistance.” Gavin couldn’t bear it. Zhu sighed, "Actually, the best solution to this matter is The method is not to pay cash on the spot, but to wait until they arrive in the valley before paying them, or to pay them in cash, but this matter requires a very high degree of trust, even the city lord does not have it. "
< br>“Winning the trust of the people is a long and arduous task As long as you can successfully bring them back to the valley, you will initially achieve this." Zalanda also knows the difficulty of this matter, "Even I can't convince them 100%, so, We are prepared for this matter with both hands. Those who are willing to sell the grain to , we will be responsible for the entire food supply. If they are not willing to sell to us, let them handle it on their own until they sell the food to us. I estimate that a large part of the food transaction will be completed on the road. You have to be prepared. Prepare.”
"This is indeed an effective compromise." Gavin agreed, "The process of migration will also be a process for us to adapt to each other and gain trust, just as the Lord of the City said."
What Gavin and Zalanda said has a major premise, that is, if the food provided on the road is sufficient and the distribution is fair and reasonable, the citizens will sell the food to them one after another and distribute and manage it uniformly. Otherwise, It will only have the opposite effect.
In this regard, not only the client Gavin, but also Zalanda is very confident, because she believes that Gavin is not the kind of short-sighted person who will not do stupid things for petty profits.
With the introduction of a series of policies, it indeed caused an uproar throughout Dalauma.
“What do you think about the sale of grain to Lord Gavin and their unified distribution under military control?”
"There are advantages and disadvantages."
"Let's talk about it in detail."
"The advantage is that when we sell the food to Lord Gavin, he will bear the cost of migration food for free, which will ease our To bear the burden along the way, he only needs to carry the simplest luggage on the road. He is now at the recruitment point and has shown a large amount of real money. He cannot fake it. I heard that someone has already entered. The food provided by the military is very good.”
“What’s the disadvantage?”
“The disadvantage is that without food, we are completely tied to Lord Gavin. Being able to follow him all the way to the dark side, once there is a shortage of food, is a collective nature. At that time, everything can only be pinned on Lord Gavin's method of doing things."
"I don't think the disadvantages you mentioned exist. Since we have chosen to travel thousands of miles on the road of migration, we have chosen to believe in the Lord of Zalanda, believe in Lord Gavin's character, and believe that we can seek better things in the valley. Is it a good life?
If you can't give him this trust, you might as well stay in Darauma honestly, at least you don't need to take any risks.
As for being completely tied up, when we get to the wilderness, even if we give you enough food, do you dare to leave the group and walk into the wilderness alone?
Once we are on the road, we must follow the group. Black, we must believe Lord Gavin.
When the time comes, they choose to impose mandatory food collection and unify military control. How are you going to respond?
Therefore, it is the most correct choice to obey the big policy, sell all the food and materials to Lord Gavin, and go on the road with gold coins.
If the lord wants to gain our allegiance, he must treat us well. Even if we are slaves, those slave owners will not let them starve to death on the road, otherwise they will lose their value. "
"Sir's words are truly wise words. He analyzes the whole matter extremely thoroughly. Anyway, I can't reach the valley with the food in my own hands. I might as well start from there. From the beginning, it was left to Lord Gavin to take charge.
By then, even this food will be saved. I heard that the valley is a famous granary, and we can buy more food with the gold coins in our hands. "
"Yes, even if we prepare enough food for the road, what will we do when we get to the valley? In the end, we have to rely on Lord Gavin? The decision is nothing more than whether to make it sooner or later. ”
"Even if you are selling, don't be so sincere. Prepare some easy-to-carry food in advance, so you can have an emergency at critical times."
"Ha, even a fool can have this little trick."
< br>“If you put it this way, I am worse than a fool.”
"You won't leave any at all and sell them all, right?"
"Yes, anyway, I am alone, one person is full, and the whole family is not hungry. Don't forget my old profession, I am As long as a hunter has a bow in his hand and walks in the wilderness, he still has to worry about food. ”
"That's right. I heard that we are recruiting hunters like you to prepare a hunting team. They are probably preparing hunting supplies along the way."
"I just came back from there, and they were given such a small card. I was asked to report to the military camp, and I didn’t know what job I would be assigned.”
“No matter what the job is. It is a good thing to work. I heard that no matter what job, there will be corresponding subsidies. When the settlement is unified in the valley, is there such a good thing? Is there any job suitable for me? ”
“You can ask, and at worst, you can become a collector.”
"Let's go and see together."
(End of this chapter)