If I let you farm, will you become the emperor of the empire?

It is impossible for an army of hundreds of thousands to rush in all at once. It will take at least several months to prepare. Even if they prepare for this in winter, they can't set out as soon as spring arrives.

Because it will delay spring plowing, and the logistics consumption is too terrible.

They can only divide the troops into multiple routes to share the pressure of transporting grain.

And there is a high probability that the troops will be divided into four routes.

One is the Bro River waterway, one is the Lion Territory, one is the Black Iron Avenue, and the last is a secondary black iron road.

This is not because they are far-sighted and strategic.

The main reason is that there are only four roads that can be marched on a large scale, and the rest are winding and rugged trails. Anyone with a little strategic vision can see that dividing the troops and attacking together is the only solution.

Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of troops will take one road, and the long snake formation will stretch out for dozens of miles. Once a situation occurs, there will be a traffic jam, and there will be no war.

Let's not talk about Roman in private occasions. In formal occasions, he is usually calm and steady, with a very strange and powerful charm.

He seemed confident, relaxed, and calm. No matter what difficulties he faced, he would just step over them leisurely, just like seeing a small mound of earth.

The apostles who were inspired by him could feel a strong sense of security from him.

Roman sat in the main seat, with his back straight, and said: "Next, we will train step by step. Don't put pressure on yourself. Leave the pressure to our enemies. We are the victorious army. If they want to die, we will help them."

"Yes!" All the officers stood up and saluted at the same time.

Roman also raised his arm and returned a standard military salute.

After everyone had their meal, they turned around and left. Roman said to Tashina again. "Your Highness, the future depends on you."

He and Tashina had a delicate relationship and admired each other, but due to personality problems and political ideas, they could not build a good relationship.

The princess said: "Huh, it's rare that you said something human."

Roman didn't care. It was right to say a few good words during special times.

People came to save the situation, not to be bullied.

He actually didn't want to provoke Tashina. As long as she didn't lust after him, he still respected this poor princess. As long as she obeyed my law, you would be my most distinguished guest - at least now, it would not be good for him to offend Tashina at this stage.

Wouldn't it be good to grow up quietly by farming?

But Princess Baigang only wanted to ascend to heaven in one step.

In the face of this situation, you can't give the other party any hope!

Make your attitude clear by cutting the Gordian knot.

On the other hand, Tashina is a very reasonable person and didn't think of taking advantage of the issue.

For example, using means of repaying a favor like "Lord Roman, you don't want me to withdraw my troops, do you?"

Everyone has bad thoughts in their hearts, especially for powerful people, who usually have arrogant thoughts of "How dare you disobey my orders".

This has nothing to do with gender. When you have the ability to decide the fate of others, most people lose the ability to empathize.

Especially for those who are rich, powerful, and have extremely high military power.

The 500 elite units brought by Tashina alone are equivalent to 10,000 conscripts. The two sides fought each other to the death, and the former could easily solve the latter.

There is absolutely no exaggeration.

Concentrating resources on a few people, and then using a few people to achieve explosive effects, the cost-effectiveness is extremely high.

This is the true meaning of the war knight!

Roman feels that this time the Black Iron General Mobilization is very likely to shake out 6,000 to 7,000 war knights.

…

The Duke's war knights usually have hundreds or thousands of people, but because of the long life cycle, the middle-level knights are still good at fighting in their seventies and eighties, but they are prone to lack of energy and their physical condition has declined sharply.

The lower-level nobles can't afford so many people. A baron has only three or five, and a higher-level one has seven or eight. The knights have their own knight leaders-the war knights themselves are the lowest-level nobles.

According to the differences of each family, special knights such as Black Iron, White Knight, Shocking Wave Knight, Broken Archer, etc. are also derived.

They also occupy the ecological niche of the war knights.

The same is true for Roman's apostles. Their military strength varies, but the highest is generally a third-level knight.

Because at this stage, we cannot afford to support a group of fourth-level knights.

The resources required to upgrade a third-level knight to a fourth-level knight are equivalent to upgrading ten ordinary people to first-level knights.

In other words, Roman sacrificed a third-level knight and ten first-level knights in exchange for a fourth-level knight.

This is definitely a big loss.

It is better to exchange for hundreds or thousands of low-level knights and rely on their strong military qualities to sweep the battlefield.

They have strong physiques and endurance, and can run even wearing armor weighing dozens of kilograms.

The horror of heavy infantry was fully demonstrated in the Tianma Plain.

However, the River Valley Army has not been equipped with armor so far.

Because they have to be used first by professional brigades, captains and think tanks, such as guards and heavy brigades-after their job transfer, their bodies have increased, their physiques have become stronger, and their limbs have developed. The previous equipment is no longer suitable and must be replaced.

There are still four or five thousand auxiliary soldiers who are not equipped with plate armor. They are usually responsible for logistics and have fewer combat functions. Armor will only affect their activities.

Now all these auxiliary soldiers must be equipped with armor to fill the battlefield.

Their original work will be done by real chores.

Roman has already drained the labor force of the young generation, and now he has to let thousands of strong farmers do logistics chores, which will greatly delay production and construction.

But he has no choice.

In fact, not only a group of chores should be transferred, but also a group of militia crossbowmen should be sent out from Origin City to protect the safety of Fengrao City.

Origin City is fine, the foundation is solid, except for flying in the sky, basically no one can hit his nest, but he will never give up Fengrao City, he has paid too much in the past.

Winter has just passed, and everyone is busy in a hurry.

…

Early spring January.

Roman asked the construction team: "How is the construction of the military fortress going?"

"It's almost done."

"There is still time now, tamp it more, and it must not be tofu dregs."

"Yes." The visitor was timid and not good at speaking, but he could guarantee the quality of the fortress.

This time, he really invested in it regardless of the cost.

Roman wanted to build four fortresses outside. There was a place without stone materials, and it was pulled over by human and animal power. The construction standard was extremely high, in preparation for future wars.

He went to the woodworking factory again, and under the shed for weapons processing, he saw a row of standardized crossbows, neatly arranged, as if they were carved out of the same mold.

But there are several styles. There are bed crossbows, light crossbows, repeating crossbows, compound crossbows, etc., and boxes of crossbow arrows are placed next to them.

These are the fruits of the labor processed by the woodworking factory last year.

February.

While there is still time, Roman returned to Fengrao City with a large number of weapons and rushed to spring farming.

Hurry up and do everything you can.

You have to fight and farm.

If you don’t farm, where will you get the resources to fight.

As long as the logistical supplies are in place, Roman can fight the Black Iron Kingdom for a whole year!

Bang bang two punches!

Let you see what a civilized country in the new era is!