Chapter 515: Determined Plan (Part 1)
Hearing Prince Condai’s words, Puccilio even wanted to smile bitterly.
He came here with almost no purpose or appeal. He was just doing a small favor for his aunt, but he didn't expect that he would get involved.
He has no opinions or ideas about the Salvation Army or the war situation in Qianhe River Valley. He just wants to take over the Duke's position step by step.
Had he not been afraid that his father would discover his relationship with his aunt, he would not have agreed, otherwise this serial lie would have been exposed.
According to the knowledge of the old Duke of Omes, Puccilio and his brother who commanded the Gravel Plains army both came to the Thousand River Valley for training.
The battlefield of Thousand River Valley does not involve too much politics. It will not affect the whole body like the Leia Civil War. It can be used to train the heirs and recruits of the family.
So he had to lie again: "My father sent troops, first of all, to help Mizam and the old pope out of favor.
If you are willing, our family still has It would be a good thing if there are many dignified and noble ladies with beautiful faces.
The second is to train the family's private soldiers and let the young people of the family get experience, so I'm afraid I have to tell them. You, we will not use our full strength after this war.”
"What if I ask you to perform some difficult and dangerous tasks?" La Cunho asked immediately.
"Then I think I have the right to refuse. This is my bottom line," Puccilio said resolutely, "To put it bluntly, I am providing free assistance unless..."
< br>"Unless what?"
"Your Majesty, Prince Condai, of course we can do our best, but you also know that a heavy reward rewards a brave man. We have already provided almost free assistance. This heavy reward should not be Let me go out?" Having said this, Puccilio made a favor to the young people in his family.
Anyway, you are here, hunting rabbits and seeking some welfare for your family.
These new generations of their own families have accepted the favor, and in the future, Puccilio's voice will be louder in the Osla family.
He even suspected that part of the reason why the old Duke asked him to bring these new members of the family to the battlefield was that he hoped to establish a solid foundation among the new generation.
“If you are willing to provide fiefdom for the young men of the Osla family in the Thousand River Valley, they will naturally do their best.”
For many domestic servants, promotion through war and military exploits Being canonized as a knight is their lifelong dream.
Most of these domestic servants were rich peasants and armed farmers, and became the domestic servants of the Osla family through employment.
Among them, the double-paid swordsmen all came from knight families, and many were even branches of the Osla family. However, they were unable to get land and manors, so they had to go out and make a living.
For these two classes, the former wants to make a class jump, and the latter wants to retain their class and has endless desire for fiefdom and glory.
If Prince Condai is willing to provide a manor to these elite infantry, they will definitely be willing to fight to the death.
“How many manors do you want to get from me?” Prince Condai was very generous. Anyway, there are rebels all over the Thousand River Valley, so it doesn’t matter if more Leia nobles are installed.
"It depends on the performance of the young men in the family. You can just give it as you see." Puccilio replied equally readily, "I believe you are an upright and reasonable person."
"This army of four thousand people, do you think they will have any key performance?" He glared at Prince Condai speechlessly.
This Puccilio is setting up Prince Condai. In order to show his integrity, he may give more fiefdoms.
Although La Cunho knew that the two were playing the trick of good guard and bad guard, Prince Condai was a little too outrageous.
“We have 2,500 domestic servants, 300 double-paid swordsmen, and more than 800 family knights. I believe this is worth an ordinary night guard of 6,000 people.”
In the empire's system, night watch guards are simply trained tax-reduced labor soldiers, while armored sergeants are elite armed farmers who are paid a salary.
Generally speaking, these two are responsible for the security warfare in the territory and small-scale battles between hundreds of lords, and most of them emphasize personal bravery.
If they fight too many security wars, they will no longer be able to fight normally.
Once they encounter regular infantry like the Salvation Army, they will be swept away like the previous Battle of Rapids City.
The national servant is special. He is a kind of regular combat infantry for external attacks. He emphasizes discipline and organization, followed by personal bravery.
After the Battle of Windmill Land, due to the long-term employment of mercenaries by nobles from various places, many mercenary groups directly became family private soldiers.
However, their identities were difficult to determine, so they were defined as military servants outside the imperial knight system. This is the origin of the national servants.
Very similar to mercenaries, they are also subcontracted by officers, recruit and train their own soldiers, and pay fixed salaries to soldiers according to their number. However, most nobles and cities can only afford short-term mercenaries, and only the great nobles can have an elite army of national servants.
In territorial disputes at the duke level, various nobles summon their friends and the number of people on the battlefield can reach tens of thousands of people.
Only on such a large-scale battlefield, these domestic servants have the opportunity to take action.
However, the empire has been in peace for a long time, and such opportunities are too rare. Not all nobles are willing to spend money to build such an infantry.
But the Osla family, which owns veins of gold and silver, has three branches of such domestic servants, and even the latest one was only established in the past five years.
After all, they border on the barbaric Norns of the Bearhammer Territory, and there will be little conflicts between the two sides from time to time.
Besides, they have such a real golden mountain. Without enough troops, the Duke of Omes can't sleep at night.
"As the commander of the army, Your Highness the Prince, I implore you to entrust me with this important task of the fief as an incentive to the soldiers."
As a blackface character, La Cunho took the initiative to take away this responsibility from Prince Condai to prevent him from messing around and preventing him from being too generous.
Blinking his eyes, Prince Condai handed over this task to La Cunho with great trust.
If it were anyone else, he would definitely disagree, but Prince Kong Dai, his teacher and old friend on this battlefield, can be trusted.
Racunho breathed a sigh of relief. The canonization of a manor is a delicate job. It must be considered from three perspectives: political, economic and military, and the majority of people must be satisfied.
He didn't think that his disciple could do it. What Prince Condai needed most at the moment was a few good stewards and consuls.
After Mizam's death all hell broke loose.
After the key political issues were negotiated, consensus was quickly reached on the subsequent food and grass issues, and then came the military issues that affected the current war situation.
“…After Ludwik’s death, the situation has changed.”
“The county of Kaschia is now in chaos, with the election of the new abbot of Brago monastery. They will remain in a state of confusion before they come out. "
"The Gray Horse Knight Wayne recently set off from Changfeng Fort and led his army to the border of Honey River Township, expecting to attack Honey River Township and Lujiao Township."
"Due to the witch Catherine in Rapid City during this period, as well as the alliance between the Salvation Army and the Secret Party, some monasteries in Cascia County secretly surrendered to us."
Listing the conditions one by one, La Cunho A black stone is placed in the northwest of Kasha County on the map.
“Based on the current war situation and your secret arrival, I have a bold plan to attack Kasha County immediately and non-stop.
You and I will lead the local knights and your army If they attack directly, they will definitely not expect that with your new force, the surrender of the monastery and the gentle policy, Kasha County will inevitably be lost.
If Kasha County is lost across the board, then Langsander County will be saved. The military front line changed from the original line of Rapid City to the entire line of the South Nauan River, and the length of the front line was expanded three times. "
"Then we take the opportunity to destroy the Salvation Army?"
"If there is a chance, destroy it. If there is no chance, then contain it." Lacuneo drew several clear lines on the map.
“At the same time, the troops from Honey River Township retreated to Lujiao Township, burning fields and houses to prevent the army from receiving supplies.
The Gray Horse Knights will most likely continue to attack Lujiao Township. At this time, Charles led the Imperial Company to attack and cut off its retreat. At the same time, the Gravel Plains army was on standby in the north.
Once Charles succeeded, the Gravel Plains army would move south to attack Gaobao City, and the Salvation Army in the south. The rebel defense line is too long and their troops are scattered, making it impossible to rescue them
Meliati lost the high castle as it advanced, and Code lost the gray horse knight Venn and the main knight.
If Melia advances, then we will surround the area and provide reinforcements. If Melia defends, we will eat the Gray Horse Knight and then go south to attack Rapids City.
There is Ruishiyuan's army to the north, and Meliati is also unable to rescue the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army's defense line is stretched and its strength must be thin.
Our army besieged Rapids City and refused to attack. We ordered the company to attack Fort Joan of Arc and behead that monster Horn. Then the situation of the Thousand River Valley War would be over. ”
(End of this chapter)