Rise of the Lord of Mount and Blade

The next day, March 8, 1021 in the posterior calendar, Roger, Johnny, and Conil, who were assigned the task of suppressing bandits by Richard, each led an infantry Hundred Men Squad and a small number of archer and crossbowmen left Mein City and went to various areas in the collar to fight bandits.

It is worth mentioning that the first and second Hundred Men Squad have their own centurion. Among them, the centurion of the first team happens to be Roger Lelis, and he has For the chance of running into contact with his subordinates, the centurion of the third Hundred Men Squad is Cassia who has just been appointed as the military commander. Richard can only let Conil, who led the first team, temporarily replace the centurion of the third team—— He also had the idea of ​​removing Cassia’s centurion position and replacing him with another person.

This is also no way. After Cassia was appointed as military commander, unless he went out with Richard, he didn’t have the opportunity to personally command the third team. This was also his idea of ​​resignation and replacement. Reason—If the Centurion is not familiar with the soldiers, the battle strength of the Hundred Men Squad will not be able to perform normally, but will decrease.

Coincidentally, soon after Richard had this idea, Cassia took the initiative to approach him and asked about the military appointments that had not yet been released.

Yes, Richard has been delayed until now and has not announced it. This is not his late stage of procrastination. It is just that he wants to wait until there is no problem and then announce it, so that it can also avoid the occurrence of remedies.

“Lord, regarding the appointment of the centurion, I think it should be revised.” As soon as he entered the study, Cassia said straight to the point.

“You came just right, and I was just ready to discuss this matter with you.” Richard nodded, said: “Since you have your own opinions, then you can explain it first.”

“Yes.” Cassia replied, and then said: “My lord, I think that the position of centurion should be filled by an experienced veteran from among the soldiers, not by a nobleman out of thin air. Khalid of the second team is fine, and the other two teams should follow suit.”

“But there is no suitable candidate.” Richard said his main worries.

Cassia is already prepared for this. He replied: “You can issue the order and let the soldiers of the Hundred Men Squad select a few people who serve the crowd, and then choose from them. Find the most suitable centurion.”

“Besides, before Leliss and the others set off, I went to the scene to inspect the three Hundred Men Squad soldiers, and I found that their weapons and equipment were all different. , Even the same Hundred Men Squad is mixed with several obviously different races, I think this is inappropriate.” He said again.

Richard hearing this could not help but said with a bitter smile: “I also considered this issue. In order to eliminate the problem of getting along between different races, I have promoted Touraine in the army, as long as the soldiers use it. Touraine speaks, so there is no communication problem.”

Cassia shook the head, he did not agree with Richard’s words, “My lord, you may think the problem is too simple. “

“en?”

“I don’t know if you have read their own historical documents compiled by the Thornland people. In history, the Thornland people used to Occupying a vast area in the southern part of the West Guinness Peninsula, their army is also mixed with many different races. Although soldiers of all races also use a unified Sornland language to communicate, they still have many problems on the battlefield. In the end, repeated battles and defeats, a huge country quickly decayed and shrunk to its current territory.”

Richard was speechless. The example given by Cassia is indeed a living example of the Thornland Empire. The army is composed of multiple soldiers of different races, and the weapons they use are not unified by myriad. In the face of a single race army that resists them, they have repeatedly failed. Some people say that the failure is due to the uncoordinated deployment of the various ethnic forces, while others say that the relationship between the various ethnic forces is not harmonious, which leads to the defeat on the battlefield.

Of course, Richard is not worried about this problem in his army, because his soldiers are controlled by a system. As long as their loyalty is high, they will unconditionally obey Richard’s command. There is a situation of infighting.

Although he knows this, Cassia doesn’t know it. He can’t tell the other party truthfully. This will only make Cassia think he has been wicked.

Seeing that Richard did not answer for a long time, and Cassia did not press on every step of the way, he changed the subject and said: “There is another question, Sir, how many standing troops are you going to maintain?”

This question also knocked Richard down. He originally wanted to maintain an army with only cavalry and slasher units to follow the elite route, but now the series of words from Cassia made him a little shaken, he thought about it and didn’t directly To answer, instead, he asked: “In your opinion, how many soldiers should we maintain a standing army?”

“Based on the current army, I think we can maintain a number of soldiers. A standing army of about a thousand people.” Cassia replied, judging from his confident look, he seemed to have thought carefully when he said this: “You see, we currently have more than four hundred soldiers, maintaining one thousand. If you have a standing army soldier, you only need to recruit 600 locals, which is completely affordable for the current Mien Ling. Moreover, the existing veterans can be promoted to middle and lower-level officers to control local soldiers. , It can also guarantee the loyalty of the recruits to you.”

“What you said makes sense.” Richard nodded, he can freely traverse two worlds and resell the goods of the two worlds. In terms of economy, he I don’t worry at all. Although it may be a bit difficult to maintain a 1,000-person full-time standing army, it is not impossible.

However, it is inevitable to maintain such a high standing army rashly. If this is known by Richard’s nominal Sect Master, Duke Khaxiu Garcia, he will definitely be afraid of Richard’s strength and unite The royal party’s nobles imposed some restrictions on Richard…

Thinking of this, Richard said to Garcia: “I agree with your proposal and authorize you to recruit soldiers to expand the standing army, but the conscription must be exhausted. Possibly low-key, too ostentatious will cause unnecessary attention.”

Cassia understands what Richard’s unnecessary attention refers to. He nodded with understanding and said that he understands, and then he listens to Richard to continue. Said: “As for the centurion thing, wait until the suppression of bandits is over. In addition, after the standing army is expanded, you can divide the soldiers with different weapons and let them each lead the recruits with the same equipment for training. ——Oh, by the way, when you go back, remember to draft a framework for the establishment of the future standing army. After you write it, you will give it to me for my review.”

“Yes, Sir Sir.” Cassia quickly promised.