Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 102 Colonel Arthur

(Because I wrote something weird, the 4,000-word chapter was directly locked. I may find an editor to release it tomorrow)

The number of recruited new soldiers has exceeded 2,300. Since there are fewer refugee civilians flowing into Harrenhal in the past few days, the number of new soldiers has stopped growing.

And because of the different lengths of time they have joined, the training levels of the recruits are different.

So Arthur picked out the trained soldiers of level 2 and above to form the first regiment.

There are a total of 1,300 level 2 soldiers, 220 level 3 soldiers, 29 level 4 soldiers, and 6 level 5 soldiers.

Among them, the level 2 soldiers are all strong farmers recruited from the Red Mill and Harrenhal, the level 3 soldiers are from Arthur's original subjects, and the level 4 and level 5 soldiers are family soldiers who left their jobs before crossing.

For the convenience of management, Arthur formed a military system of company, battalion, regiment and other levels according to the habits of his previous life.

A company of 90 people is the most basic combat unit.

The reason for this division is that Arthur remembered a theory from his previous life that a person can only be familiar with about a hundred people, so a company of ninety people can make the company commander familiar with all the soldiers, which is conducive to coordinated combat.

Five companies form a battalion. At this level, non-combat members must be equipped.

Each battalion is stuffed with a number of cooks and twenty servants who do miscellaneous things, as well as several monks who volunteer to help, who are responsible for functions other than combat.

Each squad leader and platoon leader is a smart person selected from the 220 third-level soldiers. The fifteen company commanders are served by the fourth-level family soldiers, and the three battalion commanders are served by the fifth-level family soldiers. The regiment commanders above the battalion commander are served by Arthur himself.

The three battalions are organized into the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion in order, and the same is true for the companies and squads under their jurisdiction.

A total of 1,450 soldiers were filled in the three battalions, and the remaining 104 soldiers formed a reinforced company, which was directly under Arthur's command.

In terms of equipment, it is varied.

There are 200 sets of iron lamellar armor purchased in King's Landing, 520 sets of chain mail and 80 sets of plate armor purchased in the Reach, more than 700 sets of lamellar armor of the Westerland Light Cavalry captured in the Battle of Harren Town, and nearly 100 sets of chain mail obtained in the pursuit of the Mountain.

The armor and weapons of the cavalry of various families in the Riverland who died in the Battle of Harren Town cannot be moved for the time being. After all, they have owners and may have to be returned after the war.

After all, the biggest expense of armed nobles is to maintain their own family armed forces, and armor and weapons are the biggest part of it.

Level 4 and 5 soldiers received plate armor, more than 600 sets of chain mail were all given to level 2 soldiers, and the rest were randomly distributed.

After the entire armor was distributed, there were only more than 80 sets left, which required the armor recasting work in the armory to be greatly accelerated.

In order to separate from the Westerland soldiers, the soldiers wearing Westerland armor were given special robes with golden armor, red horses, and golden Guandao patterns painted on them.

The refugee farmers who helped dye the new flag called it the Golden Sabre, and Arthur agreed with this statement.

After all, it was still quite valuable.

The work of establishing the new army's command system took an entire afternoon. Before dinner, all the prominent figures in Harrenhal came to watch the short military ceremony.

In the barracks hall, Lady Hean, Patrick Mallister, Hendry Bracken, Dickon Tarly, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros, etc. stood in front of the neatly arranged 1,500 new soldiers, watching Arthur perform this strange ceremony.

The three battalion commanders, Jordan, Kafe, and Dava, were awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel by Arthur, and the three deputy battalion commanders were awarded the rank of major, and the squad leader, platoon leader, and company commander were second lieutenant, lieutenant, and captain, respectively.

Arthur gave himself the rank of colonel. Since the number of new soldiers was small, he set colonel as the highest rank.

Of course, this did not prevent the new soldiers from calling him general.

After the title was awarded, more than 1,500 soldiers began to sing the newly composed military song.

"Drums sounded, saber flags were unfurled, and General Arthur's orders were heard; be tenacious and brave, and the sharp sword will be finished when it meets the red enemy..."

"Ride the red horse beside the God's Eye Lake, and the golden saber flag will be inserted into Casterly Rock..."

After the song, more than 1,500 people raised their left hands in unison, pointed diagonally upward, and shouted in unison while performing the ancient Roman military salute:

"Loyalty! Loyalty!"

Then, the commander of the first battalion, Zordan, walked in front of Arthur in plate armor and said with full energy:

"General Arthur, please issue an order to fight the evil Tywin army!"

"For the people of Hejian, I declare that from now on, the new army and any westerly army entering Hejian are in combat status." Arthur said this to the new army soldiers.

Behind him, the nobles such as King Lightning, Patrick, and Lady Hean looked at these actions in surprise, and then looked at each other.

"Where is this custom from? So strange."

"This song is pretty nice."

"Anyway, it's not a Myr custom." Thoros touched his hair and looked at the new army in confusion.

Deacon explained: "These are all done according to Lord Arthur's instructions. I think he is a genius in some aspects of the army and command."

Although he has received complete military training from his father, Randyll Tarly, compared with Arthur's system, it is still a bit lacking.

Deacon admitted that he could not design a military system such as military ranks and company battalions.

Patrick looked at Arthur with pride: "You are worthy of being my idol. You can even do this."

His admiration for Arthur is not limited to military strength.

After the whole ceremony, the soldiers returned to the Wailing Tower, and the nobles returned to the Burning Kingstower.

The barracks hall was originally the dining place for the soldiers, but in order to train new recruits, it was converted into a training ground, so the soldiers had to go to the large kitchen on the way to get food, and then go back to their rooms to eat.

Since the plan to recruit new soldiers from the refugees will continue for a long time, the barracks hall may not be restored to its original purpose.

At dinner, combined with the layout of Harrenhal, Arthur and everyone discussed the defense plan, and then made the following deployment:

The East Gate is defended by 1,300 soldiers from various river families, with Earl Beric coordinating, and Patrick, Hendry and other river nobles assisting in coordination.

Twenty or thirty people from the Brotherhood Without Banners also joined the battle at the East Gate. With a good player like Thoros, the pressure there is not much.

The other gate of Harrenhal, the main gate, was defended by Arthur with the first and second battalions of the new army and the reinforced company.

A small number of river soldiers and some unincorporated new soldiers were scattered around the city wall, and they were responsible for monitoring the movements of the Westerland soldiers under the city wall.

But considering that the weather has been good recently and Harrenhal is close to the lake, they only need to keep an eye on the large open space in front of the main gate.

Because the other two directions cannot deploy tens of thousands of soldiers, siege hammers, catapults and other large weapons.

The third battalion, as the general reserve, stayed on the ground on the first floor. They were responsible for supporting the guards near the two gates when they could not hold on.