Sword of Daybreaker

Regarding the "army" that has been seen in the world so far, Gao Wen’s evaluation has only two words: Qi Wei.

At least in Ansu.

The serious deterioration of civilization, low productivity, the separation of aristocracy, and the absolute dominance of high-end military occupations have led to the malformation of the military system of the Ansu Kingdom. The country is nominally a unified whole, but in reality Each sub-sealed aristocrat is equivalent to occupying an independent kingdom, and the so-called king is only the most glamorous of all the lords (and not necessarily the most authoritative one). There are no professional soldiers in this kingdom. Some are the leaders of the nobles and the royal family directly under the city of St. Sunil, and there are no top-down ruling authorities at all levels, similar to classical Europe on Earth. The situation that my vassal vassal is not my vassal is particularly serious here. Even the many families in the south who claim to be directly aristocrats of the king are only attached to the royal family in the form of covenants. They only monitor the king in the form of a covenant. A small number of obligations to provide intelligence and to send troops in wartime, but will not obey the other assignments of the king.

The soldiers under their hands are naturally only their own.

Even a few soldiers under the hands of a Viscount are the Viscounts themselves.

So if a big aristocrat needs a war, how can he pull up a big army?

Simple, if his prestige is enough, and he has found a good reason for the war, and promised enough benefits for the post-war partition, then the big and small lords under his name are obliged to lead their own private soldiers. Helping the war, these private soldiers are each formed into a team, led by powerful martial arts workers sent by their own lords or lords (usually the latter, many of the Ansu nobles of this era have fallen to not riding horses, but only with money The degree of hiring a strong person to sit in the family is). When the war is broken, these "mixed army" with all kinds of flags and tactics are all in full swing, depending on the strength of the enemy and the benefits of their own, they choose not to work and lay on the ground. In the dead position, when the game is finished, the leader will run to find the big lord or the king to calculate the benefits of the division.

The result of this is obvious: the entire kingdom does not have a professional army, and there is no unified command system and soldier training rules. The nobles themselves use their various methods to piece together their own private soldiers. The weapons are not unified and the military system is not uniform. The logistics are not uniform, and even the troops trained by the nobles and noble sons are not necessarily unified if the relationship between the two is not so good.

In addition to the variety of soldiers, this chaotic military system has led to a series of other serious consequences: the military's combat formation is extremely slow, the training efficiency is low, the soldiers are unselected, the deserter rate is high, and once led, The strong man is killed, the entire team of soldiers is equal to all because they are neither disciplined nor knowledgeable, what they learn is only to follow the lead knight charge.

In this respect, the Cecil family is slightly stronger than other aristocrats. As the "Southern guardian family" that defended the monsters in the frontiers, the Cecil family even fell, and it still retains the habits passed down from generation to generation: more scientific Militia system.

In addition to the official soldiers (also known as family warriors), another source of Cecil’s soldiers is the trained militia. The family knights train those recruited from the free people in accordance with the standards of the lower soldiers. Training at leisure, busy farming, to supplement the shortage of formal soldiers, but also used this way to reserve a large number of reserve soldiers for the territory, because there are many people who have received basic combat training, and in case of emergency, they should be supplemented. Formal soldiers will be much easier than other aristocrats.

Rebecca’s expansion of the recruitment of militia and militia from the free people to the serfs is the result of further development of this system.

But Gao Wen decided to take it all further.

Considering the future planning, he needs a professional, professional, and stable army, so he simply canceled the system of separation of militia and family warriors, and instead unified all soldiers into "combat troops." He demanded that all soldiers must be systematically trained in a new, unified manner and announced that they would be paid uniformly.

Previously, the private soldiers of the nobility said that they had no salary. Usually, the private soldiers of the nobles must bring their own weapons or purchase weapons from the lords at their own expense. Even in the case of the levy, they must even bring their own food. In this case, The reason why the soldiers are still willing to fight for the nobility is because of the existence of “private plunder”: soldiers can plunder on the battlefield and after breaking the enemy pool, and keep half of their belongings for their own use. This is their When the soldiers paid.

The situation of Cecil’s collar is not the same as that of other places. The lords of Cecil have provided weapons and equipment for the soldiers on a rental basis, and distributed food as a subsidy for delaying farm work during training and service, but otherwise If you don’t pay any salary, then the food is only enough to make ends meet.

Of course, Gao Wen decided to pay salaries to professional soldiers, and at the same time announced that Cecil soldiers would permanently ban any private looting.

And if the soldiers want to get a promotion or an extra reward, it's also very simple: Gao Wen also promised to develop a detailed reference based on the merits and contributions of various contributions, compared to the unprecedented disorder and brutality of the past. Behavior, the wealth that can be obtained by bravely killing the enemy or earnestly executing the order in the future will be more.

This is no problem at all, because the Cecil family has always only fought against monsters. At most, in the early years, they played outside the barbarians. Their soldiers did not have any private habits at all. They have always maintained their loyalty to the Cecil family. These are the food subsidies and the various benevolent policies for participating families. At this time, Gao Wen only changed the "prohibition of private plunder" into a clear law. Everyone has no feelings, and even welcomes it: After all, Gao Wen promised that even if the serfs joined the army in the future, they would be able to rely on the merits and advances. This is in the past. The privilege of family warriors.

But the following things made them feel a little bit: as a reservation and extension of the original militia system, Gao Wen stipulated that all adult men on the territory were obliged to receive basic military training during the slack season, from the original appealing nature. It has become a national and mandatory.

This does not mean that everyone has to fight on the battlefield, but to ensure that the people have basic military literacy and can be easily converted into professional soldiers.

If this is raised at other times, most of them will cause some dissatisfaction, but at this moment, the incident of the monster attack has just passed less than one day, and the prestige of Gavin Cecil has never been higher, and he has defended himself. The factual incentives caused by the camp, this system was announced.

And everyone thinks very open: anyway, the usual servant's labor is also a force, this time to participate in training is also a force, so think about it, in fact, nothing has changed, as long as you can eat a full stomach.

Besides, if there is a chance to be selected as a formal soldier, then wearing a armor and taking a sword is equivalent to becoming a “semi-individual person”, which is a rare thing for most poor people who are extremely poor for life. The way out, before this road is out, just take out the slack time and train it, it is completely deductible.

The changes in the military system are not completed in one day. The details involved are far from being succinct in a few words. Considering the acceptability of the audience and the complexity of various rules, Gao Wen did not put all his thoughts on stage. It was stated that he only said that all the soldiers integrated into a "combat corps" and basic military training left the high platform. As for the real details... then it was to discuss with the two knights and Hedi.

Moreover, what he announced today is just a basis. To put it bluntly, considering the current situation of the territory, he said that these things are even a little too advanced. There are only over 800 people who are full of calculations. There are only one hundred soldiers, and this hundred people are actually the "armies" of Cecil's leadership. The scale of the soldiers and the future of Gao Wen's concept are almost different.

And don't look at only one hundred. This ratio of military-civilian has actually reached the point where one-eighth of the population is turned into a professional soldier. From the perspective of the ratio, it is almost the words of the martial arts written on the face. Gao Wen impression In this world peace, the ratio of military to civilian in a kingdom is usually between 40 and 1 to 70, and even lower, and even during the war, this ratio will not exceed one tenth unless it happens. The war of life and death is a nomadic nation like the northern barbarians.

On his territory, one in eight people are soldiers!

If these are all off-the-shelf soldiers, it means that almost all of the assets of the camp will be used to support the one-eighth of the off-the-war combat population, and all development will be stagnant, and social stability will also decline. Therefore, all the soldiers in the territory are now out of production. They usually train and guard, and they have time to participate in the construction of the camp and the land reclamation work to ensure the abundance of labor.

This makes them similar to the construction of the Corps, and fortunately Gao Wenqing, the soldiers have no complaints about this.

Part of the reason is that more than half of the soldiers are militiamen, which are themselves in the category of non-production. The rest is veteran loyal soldiers, and the Cecil family has always been strict with the military strategy. The warrior will not become a lazy old man, and this is the case today.

Even so, the ratio of this one-eighth soldier is not a long-term solution. Gao Wen’s next plan is to find ways to introduce more people and fill the biggest short-board of the camp.

Don't make up the population, say everything is a fantasy, plan a professional and professional modern army against the camp of only 800 people and a team of 100 soldiers. Gao Wen admits that even if it was first revealed When one didn't support the coffin and covered his head, he wouldn't make this dream.

It’s just that he has to set these frameworks in advance, even if it’s only a framework, because once the outside population floods in, it’s too late to do a lot of things. At that time, if there is no mature and stable frame, he Every effort made here will be diluted by the new population that is mixed.

After the rally, Gao Wen immediately convened the camp management staff including the two knights, and this time he also called the farmer Norris, who had been in the position of “agricultural supervisor” for ten days, and Blacksmith Hammer, who has been in charge of the steel plant business.

(Mama, the transition chapter is hard to do)