Chapter 671 They will respect me like a god
On March 18, 1447, a huge fleet of hundreds of barges passed through the Two-Headed Serpent Fortress.
Under the broken church flag, the knights and soldiers in the castle only dared to poke out half of their heads to take a peek, for fear that the terrible stone bullets or iron balls would hit their heads.
On the blue silk-like river, the city wall-like fleet slowly passed through the green forest sea and flowed down the river.
The soldiers in the castle kept counting but gradually lost count.
Since acquiring the entire Thousand River Valley, Horn has been able to mobilize much more resources than before. He previously had to make several trips back and forth to transport more than 8,000 troops.
But this time, he was able to mobilize a full 120 barges at one time to head towards the front line, and there were even many merchant ships contracted for military supplies behind him.
It wasn't until the shadow of the ship was no longer visible that the castle on the west bank dared to release its rangers and report to the church in the rear amid the dust raised on the dirt road.
On March 22, 1447, the day of the Thousand Valley Victory Day, a total of 7,800 war monks from the Guards Chapter and half of the Divine Punishment Chapter successfully arrived at the frontline Green Blood Town.
As the only passage to the Temple of Avis, Horn himself does not need to prepare supplies, because Greenblood Town itself has accumulated a large amount of supplies that have not been delivered to Sora Castle.
After arriving in Greenblood Town, Horn directly commandeered the temple on the west side and set it up as a temporary headquarters.
Before Horn arrived, servicemen at all levels had settled in the town in advance, and two Guards Infantry Regiments quickly took control of key roads in the town.
The local townspeople sat under the eaves, looking with curiosity and fear at this group of soldiers running and patrolling in an orderly manner.
As for the remaining infantry regiments, they will naturally not camp in the town. The town can only accommodate 3,000 residents at its limit.
After transporting the mess of servicemen and necessary security forces in, there is basically not much space left for other armies.
Before officially entering Green Blood Town, Horn rode around a few times and chatted with different locals for at least half an hour before officially returning to Green Blood Town.
Handing the horse to the orderly, Horn walked briskly through the moss-covered temple steps and entered the bronze door with snake sculptures under the marble gable.
"Your Majesty, go from here."
Following the orderly, Horn passed through the wooden barrels and dried hams stacked in the hall, walked past the long table where a dozen staff monks and messengers were sitting, and then entered his own temporary office.
For Horn, this battle in South County ranks high among the battles he has experienced.
Black Snake Bay is an area crisscrossed by streams and jungles. Even knights have to dismount and fight on foot. Without horses, knights are as vulnerable as without horses.
Who were the people and soldiers who faced Horn back then? Prince Condai, the number one cavalry general in the Kingdom of Leia, leads the strongest command company in history.
Who are these people in Black Snake Bay? Tell them to fight Horn?
If this battle wasn't urgent and the political significance was far greater than the military significance, Horn would have wanted to let the young officer train on his own.
However, a lion must fight a rabbit with all his strength. Now that he is here in person, Horn will not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy. It just so happens that he also wants to use the battlefield in southern counties to test new tactics.
"Petier, I made the following order, please remember it." Horn ordered quickly while throwing his belt onto the chair.
Pelletier immediately took out his shorthand notebook, at least there would no longer be a situation where Madeleine asked Horne how to write the "order".
"Send out reconnaissance cavalry to find out the enemy's location, quantity and marching route, and send troops to control bridges and roads to ensure smooth traffic." Horn tapped the table with his knuckles, "Check the food and supply situation in the town , before dinner, all the chapter commanders and infantry commanders came to my place for a meeting, do you understand?”
"Understood."
Walking to the temporary staff office outside with the order, Pelletier cleared his throat and shouted solemnly: "Her Excellency Novia, the witch, please go to the vicinity of the Temple of Avis at night to scout the enemy's troop deployment. .
The Kush Rangers were ordered to set off immediately and advance 10 kilometers along the main road to collect information on enemy activities and report enemy movements every evening.
The 12th Infantry Regiment of the God's Punishment Chapter was quickly stationed on the high ground on the east side of the town to build temporary defenses. The 5678th Infantry Regiment of the Guards Chapter was ordered to guard the bridge on the south side of the town, set up roadblocks and post sentries. The 34th Infantry Regiment of the Divine Punishment Chapter...
Order the quartermaster to immediately count and register the food, drinking water and horses in the town, and distribute the supplies to the 5678th Infantry Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment of the Guards Regiment with priority to ensure sufficient supply for three days.
Officers at all levels are ordered to go to the temple on the west side of the town for a pre-war meeting at 5 p.m. The troops will be on high alert after receiving the order to ensure that they are all in place by 4 p.m. and are prohibited from going out at night..."
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Soon, orders spread from the temple to all directions, and the originally quiet temple quickly became noisy.
"Where is the clerk of the Fifth Infantry Regiment? Why are your troops still here? Set off immediately!"
"It must be demolished. I don't care whose house it belongs to, demolish it!"
"Is the Third Infantry Regiment of the God's Punishment Army here? Not yet, not yet! If those three bastards are no longer found within a quarter of an hour, go and explain to Your Majesty yourself."
"You're speechless? Huh? Come on, have you given those 13 barrels of bacon? Tell me!"
According to the regulations, the army chief is not allowed to leave the army before the camp is completed, so many matters are handled and communicated by the army clerk and the chief of staff.
But don't think that as a privy monk, Pettier is aloof. He is not someone to be fooled.
Pettier's memory was astonishing, and he was known as a living ledger at the beginning. He was born in a family of merchants, and he worked as a quartermaster at the bottom, and he was proficient in those crooked ways.
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Any crooked ideas or tricks will be bloody exposed in front of him, and then he will be reprimanded directly to the soul.
Whenever you walk into the temple, you can see a row of shivering military merchants, quartermasters, and legion clerks beside the long table.
After experiencing the initial chaos, the locals were surprised to find that after taking a nap, the originally chaotic army suddenly became orderly.
After the temple on the west side became a temporary headquarters, the originally headless army was like an ant colony that suddenly found its queen.
Quartermasters and legionary clerks came in and out of the temple, and gendarmes on horseback galloped through the streets, throwing out warrants one after another from rolls.
The secret parties from Black Snake Bay who came with the army stood blankly on the roadside, watching what they considered to be an extremely complicated mobilization of troops and supplies being completed at an increasingly faster speed and efficiency.
The chaotic accumulation of materials was stored in categories, the houses and stalls encroaching on the roads were collectively demolished, and the garbage and feces were swept away.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of tents and black and red flags were raised at several water sources and dangerous terrain around the town.
The porters who were slacking off in their work were hung up and whipped by the military police and spun like tops. The local gangsters were even more well-behaved than quails amidst the sound of cannons and shouts of "Open the door! Cheka!"
The Black Snake Bay warriors stationed there were even more surprised to find: Oh, there are so many supplies in Green Blood Town, so they can have enough to eat.
The mayor was bullied by the Black Snake Bay warriors that day and could only eat swill.
In almost one afternoon, the originally chaotic town became orderly.
Some hunters who came back from a trip in the morning even suspected that they had gone the wrong way. Not to mention the hunters, even Novia who returned had circled over the town several times before daring to land.
After everything settled down, at 4:50 in the evening, the orderly woke up Horn, who had slept all afternoon.
After washing his face, Horn walked into the hall in high spirits, while officers of all levels were already waiting on both sides of the long table.
He sat down on the stone bench and looked around: "The stone walls of the Temple of Avis are three meters thick. Three days later, four newly cast six-pound sand cannons were transported from the rear. What do you say?"
(End of chapter)