Chapter 310 War Fortune
In the smoke and dust, Howell led the Xuefeng County Legion, the second batch of logistics troops, and rushed to the foot of the Sighing Wall.
From Xuefeng County to Meng'en City, and from Meng'en City to the High Wall of Sighs.
This is the first time for this knight, the son of Viscount Broca and a knight in his early twenties, to go out so far.
Under the scorching sun, the armor was as hot as an oven. The temperature inside the armor was even higher than outside. No matter how much water you poured, you couldn't suppress the dryness in your throat.
The man and the horse stuck out their tongues together.
Sweat ran down his face, his hair was dirty and stuck to his forehead, and his originally fair face was tanned, making him look like a down-and-out mercenary.
But at this moment, his eyes shone with light:
"This is sighing at the high wall!"
Although I had heard the news of the capture of the Sigh Wall on the way here, I could only truly appreciate the shock when I saw it with my own eyes.
It is like a cliff. The city wall is straight without any gaps. Even after the war, there was not much damage.
The trebuchet can only leave some white marks on it, but cannot even knock down half of the wall bricks.
Organizing his soldiers to transport supplies into the city, Howell quietly ran to the city wall.
He drew out the long sword from his waist, his fighting spirit surged, and stabbed it against the city wall.
锔——
There was a flash of fire, and the enchanted sword bent into an L shape, almost hurting himself.
The hardness is so high that it is simply astonishing.
If this is combined with the crossbows on the city wall and various defensive equipment...
Not to mention two legions, even if Howell was given 100,000 troops, he would not dare to plot!
Howell simply couldn't imagine how Raven did it.
If Howell only respected Raven before, now it has risen to admiration.
Under the leadership of the Eagle Army, Howell came to Raven and respectfully performed a military salute:
"Lord Raven!"
"This time I led the Xuefeng County Legion to escort a total of 3 million pounds of grain and grass, 50,000 arrows, and 1,000 sets of leather armor. They have now arrived at the warehouse!"
There are two legions of the Eagle Army, with a total of more than 11,000 people, and more than 1,000 war horses - one war horse can eat more than 5 people, and it has to be fed with eggs and other concentrates all the time.
During wartime, food is the most important thing to save. Nearly 40,000 pounds are consumed every day. Once the urgent march begins, it is not surprising that food consumption doubles.
Therefore, in order to ensure the supply of military supplies for the army, Raven made extremely careful arrangements for the five legions in the five northwest counties.
In addition to having a legion as an auxiliary, following the Eagle Army at any time to help transport food, armor, and weapons, a new legion will arrive every 15 days to transport supplies and replace the previous ones. Legion.
The reason for doing this is to ensure that the Eagle Army always has food that can last for at least one month; on the other hand, it is also to examine the quality of each legion.
After they have been rotated through and compared, Raven will consider which legion will be used as a long-term auxiliary army.
Shift changes and handovers also take a certain amount of time.
Howell was a little envious of Dalton, the commander of the Hippok County Legion who had been with Raven before and could witness the fall of the Wall of Sigh.
I must hold him for a while and ask him carefully!
Just as he was thinking about this, there was a knock on the door. After getting Lei Wen's permission, the clerk Hu Xia rushed in and said:
"My lord, there is a result!"
Seeing Howell next to him, Hu Xia hesitated to speak.
Raven said: "Say it, Knight Howell is one of our own, there is nothing to avoid."
Hu Xia nodded, his brows filled with excitement:
"Now after careful counting, the specific seizures are as follows."
"A total of 9782 pairs of armor were collected, including 626 pairs of plate armor, 705 pairs of plate and chain composite armor, 927 pairs of chain armor, and the rest were all ordinary leather armor."
"In terms of weapons, there are 2,735 long swords, 3,882 spears, 2,571 shields, 1,041 heavy weapons such as hammers, axes, and halberds; 1,442 crossbows, and 1,071 beech hard bows."
"The food stored in the Wall of Sighs is 30 million pounds!"
Howell was almost stunned by this series of numbers.
Heavy armor often costs at least hundreds of gold coins, and crossbows and hard bows are not cheap either.
How much is this?
Before he could figure out how many gold coins these were worth, Hu Xia continued:
"In addition, there is also Count Wanda's private collection found in the city lord's palace, with a total of 20,775 gold coins."
"There are also various works of art, enchanted equipment, and jewelry, totaling 162 pieces." "The above materials, excluding food and heavy armor, are estimated by the merchants accompanying the army to have a total value of more than 100,000 gold coins!"
Howell trembled, almost unable to stand still.
100,000 gold coins, a full 100,000!
This is the total profit of his viscounty for nearly five years!
This still eliminates the nearly 2,000 sets of heavy armor.
The value of heavy armor lies not only in the raw materials, but also in the time spent on it.
To make a qualified set of heavy armor, it often takes a blacksmith and six apprentices to work for half a year.
These heavy armors alone are worth at least 300,000 gold coins.
Isn’t that... 400,000 gold coins! ?
What is war wealth? This is called war wealth! !
One battle would be enough to produce decades of output in the territory!
Howell swallowed and admired Baron Raven even more.
Because in the face of this huge benefit, Baron Raven didn't change his expression and just sat there with a smile. He had never seen this kind of calmness and determination in his father.
Raven tapped his fingers on the table: "Very good, then let the merchants cash in these things at the estimated price. Half of them will be settled in gold coins, and the other half will be exchanged for me in grain and shipped to the High Wall of Sighs."
He was not as calm as he appeared.
Especially the more than 2,000 sets of heavy armor hit Lei Wenxinba——
It is not easy to produce heavy armor, and the cost is also high. Otherwise, Raven would not have saved up for so long before popularizing 1,000 sets in the army.
Now that these new heavy armors have been accounted for, it means that the number of heavy armored soldiers under Raven has exceeded 3,000.
This armor rate is close to that of the Empire's first-level army!
But on the other hand, he was a little sore.
Soldiers have limited physical strength and cannot march in heavy armor. 2,000 sets of heavy armor is a huge pressure on logistics and requires additional transportation capacity.
A rough estimate is that for now, at least 20,000 more serfs need to be recruited to support the normal operation of the frontline army.
Extra transportation capacity means extra logistics troops and extra food consumption.
The Eagle Army needs to eat, the auxiliary army needs to eat, and the mobilized serfs and animals need to eat.
Calculating this, I am afraid that at least 200,000 pounds of grain must be burned every day.
The 30 million pounds obtained from the Sighing Wall can only last less than 5 months; including grain storage, it will last less than 1 year.
Moreover, Raven planned to use the newly occupied Sigh Wall as an advance base, leaving at least one legion from the five northwest counties to garrison it.
It seems that the logistics arrangements were too careless before.
In order for the war to proceed smoothly, the logistics layout strategy had to be adjusted.
"Howell, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave for a while." Raven said: "You first follow my people to get familiar with the environment of Sigh High Wall. After I leave, you will have to guard this place. ”
"Really!?" Howell was startled, and an unprecedented joy rushed into his heart. He bowed first, and then raised his hands to his chest. He was so excited that he didn't know what to do:
"Lord Baron, I will definitely live up to your expectations!!"
Leading a legion alone to guard an important place like the Sigh Wall, his power was almost the same as that of a city lord, and Howell couldn't help but feel excited.
He couldn't wait to write to his father immediately to announce the good news.
Sighing that the high wall is the key point, only people like Howell who have interests tied to their own family can make Raven feel at ease.
However, Raven will not leave him alone, but is going to let Link lead a large group of Eagles to stay.
At the critical moment, Link should still be in charge of the overall situation to prevent Howell, a young man, from making impulsive decisions when his head gets hot.
Next, Raven made a series of adjustments to the logistics strategy.
In addition to the need to recruit serfs from the High Wall of Sighs and the Iron Birch County area that originally belonged to the Principality of Eivor, the five regiments in the five northwest counties were also adjusted, and were divided into three parts by Raven.
Howell led the Snow Maple County Regiment to garrison the Wall of Sighs;
The Hippok and Essex County Regiments, as auxiliaries, acted with the Eagles;
Savery and Hampshire Regiment, dedicated to logistics.
At the same time, after seven days of fermentation, news of the fall of the Wall of Sigh finally reached Blue Castle, the capital of the Principality of Eivor.
The Prime Minister of the Principality, Gatugen, was overjoyed.
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(End of chapter)