Game of Thrones: Winter Dragon Lord

Chapter 61 Recruits
"Your Highness Shireen, the tall Ser Duncan will be handed over to you." Cole fully armed and handed over the wooden knight to the little princess. He will have to receive his own steps in the next few days.

Shirene frowned, but still nodded sensiblely, and then took "Tall Duncan"."You'll be back with your father, won't you?" she asked.

"Of course, I am your guardian knight sent by the king. Until the next knight takes over, my sword will protect you, just like the Kingsguard guards the king." Cole explained to him.

Saying goodbye to little Shirene, Cole walked to the camp outside the castle, walked out from the gate like a giant dragon, and descended a winding road around a hill, beside a small market-like village by the sea, the military camp stood over there.

He will only return to the castle if there is a military need. After all, he is now under Stannis's pro-army, and Stannis is his direct commander.

The banners of nobles can be seen everywhere in the barracks. At this time, Cole is also thinking whether he should also get a family coat of arms, but what kind of family coat of arms should he make?Dragons don't dare to use them, why don't we get a white bird?

Walking into the tent aisle of the barracks, he left the matter of the family emblem behind for the time being. When a patrolling cavalry came up to question him, he showed his identity. The sworn knight from Velaryon just looked at it with disdain. She glanced at him and pointed him in a direction.

When Cole saw his so-called subordinates, he couldn't help being disappointed. There were more people than the legend told him, but they were all a group of fishermen and farmers with yellow faces and thin clothes. They had harpoons and wooden spears in their hands. There were about 200 of them. People, these are recruits temporarily summoned from around Dragonstone Island.

Compared with the private army of those nobles and gentlemen, these people are like lambs about to be sent to the slaughterhouse. Of course, no one will have high hopes for them. Looking at the simple faces, Cole Helplessly let out a long sigh.

The soldiers he leads are really worse every time. Although he is also a bad general, there are at least a lot of people who can recruit good fighters among the flames back then. They can even form cavalry. The people in front of them, except I really don't know what to do with it except to build momentum and be used as cannon fodder.

"I'm Cole, I was sent to take over this team, who is the person in charge?" Cole shouted loudly among the scattered crowd.

There was a dead silence. This group of people was recruited by force. No one cared about them. No one even took care of their meals these days, so someone made trouble. Not surprisingly, that person's head was being hung in the outside the camp.

"Okay, I need ten people now." He was going to repeat the same trick and divide this group of people into ten groups to control. "I don't know who is willing to work for me."

His words fell to the ground without any major effect, and there was still no response from the surrounding area.

As expected, he was about to continue shouting, but at this moment, an unexpected voice came out. "Master Knight, I...I am willing to do things for you."

Cole looked at it in surprise. It was a thin young man. He slowly squeezed out of the crowd with his thin hands raised. He was almost a head shorter than Cole. He was dressed in dirty linen clothes and his hair was a mess. The eyes are small, but very clear.

Cole smiled, "What's your name?"

"Camilo." He replied timidly, not daring to amplify his voice.

"Very good, Camillo, now you are my deputy, and I will pay you a silver stag a day until the end of the war." Cole looked around and said loudly.

"My lord, I am also willing to work for you."

"Master Knight, I am willing too."

At this time, after hearing Cole's guarantee to Camiro, the recruits exploded in an instant.

They are farmers of Dragonstone Island, and they are all engaged in work such as farming or fishing. They are obliged to be recruited into the army and they are not paid. The lord will only take care of their food, and now they don't even eat. .

When this group of people is handed over to Cole, then no one will be in charge. It is Cole’s responsibility to eat and drink. He has to pay for it himself, and Dragonstone Island pays him three silver stags a day. , In fact, it is the price of three meals a day according to the noble standard.Pick it up from Stannis' treasurer every week.

Thinking of leading more than 200 people, he reckoned that he could ask for more money from the treasurer. He has done nothing during this period of time. At least he got to know quite a few people in Dragonstone Castle. The bald and thin wine man would often gather secretly to drink with the cooks in the castle, and later Cole joined them. Although he was not good at words, he could drink and the fish he cooked were delicious.

Don't understand why Stannis would let a drunken man manage his finances, but guess what, he probably doesn't have many people who can read and do numeracy.

After Cole appointed Camillo as his adjutant, he asked him to choose ten people for himself, while he himself stood aside and watched with cold eyes, his sword in both hands, and his cold eyes made the noisy recruits feel uneasy in an instant. Dare to speak up.

Camillo was hesitant at first, but Cole gave him a positive look.

Soon ten people were selected, presumably they should be people familiar with Camilo, and Cole immediately announced that they would receive a daily salary of one Bronze Star.

Cole had to spend the price of two silver stags a day to pay their salaries, but paying this price could buy the temporary loyalty of these 11 people.

Cole asked their names one by one.

Jose, Haidir
"Very good, now I appoint you as agents, and each of you is responsible for commanding 20 people. Now go and choose your subordinates. If no one can be selected, I will replace them." Cole ordered them.

The ten people who were still immersed in the joy of being selected suddenly ran to choose someone in a panic.

The large group of recruits that quickly gathered together was divided into ten groups, and there were dozens of unselected recruits left standing together, and these people Cole came to pick them up in person.

Camillo followed Cole as an adjutant, and he took people to the castle to ask the treasurer for money. Anyway, now he is only responsible for working for Stannis, and His Majesty the King has to come to support this group of people.

The treasurer allocated 20 gold dragons to him, which will be all of Cole’s military expenses in the future. As for how to spend them, that is Cole’s own business, whether to distribute them to his subordinates, sell food, or buy armor himself. That's all up to Cole.

It is almost impossible to use these to arm a centurion. It is estimated that his task is to maintain the number of people and prevent them from fleeing. Of course, that is when they are not fighting.

The lord's subordinates have many such troops composed of farmers. These people have never been the main force in the war. Stannis should have around two thousand combatable elite soldiers, and the remaining few thousand are almost all recruits and mercenaries. Pirates and smugglers.

From the size of the budget, the total should be around [-].

Cole is not without tasks, he is responsible for leading people to patrol an area of ​​the barracks.

I found a businessman in the barracks and bought a horse of grain, which was estimated to be enough for the 240 seven people to eat for ten days and half a month, and it cost Cole ten gold dragons.They are all coarse grains, which are also very cheap during wartime, and are used to feed pigs in many taverns and hotels, but Cole can’t control that much, after all, his budget is so much, so it’s hard to pay them back. Get big fish and big meat for your subordinates?

Back on his own territory, Cole didn't distribute the food. He directly arranged for the guy who convened the fastest to lead his team to be responsible for the logistics and cooking, which was considered a reward.

When the cooking smoke rose and the porridge was distributed to everyone, their faces showed satisfaction. They were conscripted as soldiers and asked nothing more than a full meal. They survived, and even if they survived, they were sent back to continue farming and fishing.

Cole ate coarse grains with them, which was beyond the imagination of all the recruits. Even if the nobles went out to fight, they ate barbecue and drank fine wine, lived in tents like palaces, and had beautiful officials. It is right to accompany prostitutes.They have never seen a knight master who eats such bad food.

"What? Was it a surprise?" He couldn't help asking, looking at the astonished faces of the people around him. There were 11 people gathered around Cole, including Camillo. They gathered around the fire, because Cole didn't have a tent, so They also camped in the wasteland.

They were actually a little afraid of Cole, and Camilo replied stammeringly: "It's a little surprising that adults are willing to eat these things."

"I also want to eat barbecue and wine, but compared to these, I hope you can survive the battlefield." Cole said, looking at the fire.

These words made everyone pause.

The remaining Golden Dragon Cole intends to use it to buy armaments. At least the weapons have to be adjusted for them. A good-quality iron sword is about 30 silver stags. Category.Ten golden dragons can only buy more than 70 swords, needless to say armor, haven't you seen that even knights are not fully armored? Of course, they are all hedge knights.

The mercenaries and mercenary knights were placed in another part of the camp, and there were quite a few of them, more than a thousand. They all prepared their own swords and armor, and they were considered to be of medium combat strength in the army.

The first-class combat power is composed of the standing army of the lords. Tywin, who is rich and wealthy, has [-] pro-armies, half cavalry and half infantry.

Stannis had six hundred of his own army, all standing at Dragonstone.The pro-army will surround the lord, and you can tell by looking at their flags.

The tent in the center of the camp is where Stannis's own army is located, and the crowned stag banner is flying high.Cole's camp is not far from Stannis. If someone wants to recruit them to carry goods and armor, then they can't refuse, after all, this is one of the few roles of recruits.

The next day, Cole went to the blacksmith to buy iron swords. He only bought 20 iron swords, and he bought iron spears for the rest of the money. Almost bought a handful.

During the camp, Cole sent small teams to go fishing in turns. During the march of the army, he often organized troops to hunt to increase the army rations.

He asked everyone to do piercing training every morning. As for other things, he didn't dare to expect extravagance, and he didn't dare to over-train. He only asked them to understand military orders.

At noon, they were active on their own. One group went fishing, another group cooked, and the remaining group helped to carry the armaments. Cole himself led the patrol, leaving only twenty swordsmen by his side.The training of these people, Cole, will be stricter. Their physiques are taller, bigger and stronger. Of course, this is just a "short jumping general". Cole also provides them with most of the fish every day, and the rest is distributed to others. .

It's useless to fight alone, it's better to pull a group of people to protect yourself.Cole thought so.

(End of this chapter)