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After a short period of busy work on money and food, I have to wander between the women's beds every night, calculating Connorsa's safe period, studying Jones' due date, and at the same time, I have to deal with things like Ms. Marianne. Huo Teng, the woman who came to the door to ask for connections, finally had time to clean up his army.

At present, the important parts of Huo Teng's army are mainly two Frankish professional mercenaries, two retinue knights, a crusader archer, a ranger, and a chivalrous concealer. Peasant Spear Corps and Peasant Archers are common supplements for combat power.

Although the performance of the Peasant Spear Corps has been very reliable in the past, their morale and tactical ability are still far behind in the face of the threat from the northern lion.There's nothing you can do about armor alone.

Now, Huo Teng can recruit three new arms through Fort Göttingen.

Ordinary arms: retinue cavalry (basic number: 20 people. The recruitment fee is 20 gold, and the monthly salary is 6 gold. They come from the group of farmers and small landowners. They have their own villas in the countryside and have a place in your castle. Maybe their combat effectiveness is average , but it is always reliable.)

Ordinary arms: Infantry Spear Regiment (Basic number: 40 people. The recruitment fee is 5 gold, and the monthly salary is 3 gold. Some poor farmers and tenant farmers can't make ends meet, so they decide to accumulate a set of poor equipment to work for you. Traits : Form an formation to resist the charge.)

Ordinary arms: Mountain Javeliners (Basic number: 40 people. The recruitment fee is 0 gold, and the monthly salary is 4 gold. They are hunters from poor mountainous areas. They are good at short-distance javelin fighting, throwing stones and shooting, but do not demand that they maintain a strict formation .Trait: scattered array.)

Göttingenburg is a three-level stone castle, but the construction of the barracks obviously did not keep up.

The barracks of the cavalry line only mentions level 2, which can gather fief knights, but of course this is nothing.But the barracks was only level 1, so there wasn't even a better infantry.

But fortunately, among the three new arms, the latter two are relatively reliable armies.The infantry spear regiment initially comes with linen armor, which can be upgraded to the weapon configuration of inferior chain mail, spears and shields through the blacksmith shop. Coupled with the characteristics of forming an formation to resist charges, it is entirely feasible for them to support the defense line.

As for the mountain javeliners, only scattered formations are available, and it is not bad to cover the flanks.

How to describe the difference between linen armor and inferior chain mail?

If you want to describe it in numerical terms, then the linen armor is at most 15 armors, while the inferior chain armor has at least 40 armors.There is no horizontal line between the two parties.

Even on the Saxon side, most of the infantry still wore linen armor, and they relied more on the charging power of the knights than infantry groups.Huo Teng thinks this is a good breakthrough.

With this in mind, Huo Teng first recruited an infantry spear regiment that underwent two modifications.

These people wore vest-like chain mail, bowl-like simple iron helmets on their heads, and about two meters long spears and a square shield in their hands.They are also generally in better shape than farmers.

"good, very good."

Huo Teng is very satisfied with the performance of these recruits.A stronger infantry line than the Saxons and able to withstand their cavalier charges was the cornerstone of victory.

"Next, I will expand your team and practice hard. This autumn will not be peaceful."

After Huo Teng encouraged them, he looked at the next person.

That was the elite affairs officer he had recruited, the sergeant captain.There is no other task for this officer. He trains troops in peacetime, and as a middle and low-level officer in wartime, he leads the army to meet the enemy.

"You... hello! My name is Adlaib." The sergeant hurriedly adjusted his appearance.

Huo Teng was quite satisfied with this sergeant instructor.He watched the scene of Adlaib's military training, and he did it vigorously, with a lot of sensuality.He also patted Adlaib on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Do well, I am optimistic about you."

Leaving the training ground, Huo Teng directly expanded the number of infantry spear regiments to 10 teams without telling Conosha and others, with 80 soldiers in each team, and a total of 800 soldiers joined the team.In addition, four teams of 80 mountain javeliners were recruited as their flank cover, so that there was an infantry line of nearly a thousand people.

What about the rest, the former old infantry?

What about those who lack combat effectiveness but are still in the process?For example, a very single-purpose fighter like the Forest Axeman.

Huo Teng's answer is also the same as before, cut.

But not directly kicked away.

Huo Teng took the time to summon these people to the playground, and then told them: "It is very likely that the war will continue in autumn. I know that some of you miss your hometown, and some of you are wounded. If you are willing to stay and fight, I will not stop you. If for some reason If you want to quit, then each person will be given two square fields (a total of [-] mu) and a piece of homestead, and everyone can be a self-cultivating farmer."

In fact, owner farmers are gradually being subject to more personal restrictions and other requirements like tenant farmers. However, after all, they belong to their own fields and are soul memories that everyone can never forget.

"It's good to disarm, as long as we get farmland, we can all be country gentlemen."

Many people couldn't help but feel that Huo Teng was so kind.

Huo Teng didn't talk nonsense, everyone sent a message, telling them to leave as soon as possible and go to the countryside to farm.

This series of short-lived changes happened in less than half a month.And Horten finally got a reply from the Duke of Saxony at the beginning of October.

"After all the bishops have been researching and deciding, they think that only October [-]th is more appropriate, and it is suitable to complete a holy marriage on St. Luke's festival."

St. Luke's Day, or St. Luke's Feast Day, is the only solemn memorial day for Christianity in October, and there are no other major festivals other than this.And if the wedding is delayed until November, the problem will be more serious.In Christian culture, November is used to commemorate the dead, known as the month of refining spirits.Halloween, as we all know, is November 11st.The next day, November 11, is All Souls' Day.Halloween is used to commemorate those saints who are not well-known but have indeed been canonized in history; All Souls' Day is broad and expanded to commemorate all deceased believers, relatives, friends, etc.

Marrying on a festival that commemorates the dead is obviously a little crazy.

"So anxious."

Huo Teng threw the planks into the trash, and then dispatched troops at a faster speed.

October 10th is the day of the bloody wedding where swords meet.

Chapter 140 Eighth

In the north of Göttingen, there is a very small country, almost only a small castle, and dozens of villages.

This place is called Nottheim. On the north side of its castle is a tributary of the Weser River, the Rumer River, which flows northwestward and finally into the Weser River; on the east side of the castle, it is a series of mountain hills belonging to the Harz Mountains. There are some nasty bandits, greenskins, etc. hiding inside, but this place is not big, so it is difficult for bandits to disturb the safety of the castle.

On the northwest side of the castle, there is a huge lake, Glauber Lake, which has an area of ​​four square kilometers and is shaped like a human kidney, firmly enveloping the west side of the castle; On the south side of the castle, twenty or thirty miles away, is Göttingenburg.Of course, on this road, there is also a north-south river called the Leine River.

In other words, this small place is surrounded by mountains in the east, sheltered by rivers in the north, blocked by a large lake in the west, and long rivers flow in the southwest. Only the south side is unprotected.

The reason why this place prospered early was because the terrain was very good. Ordinary unskilled enemies had already exhausted their technological capabilities just by crossing mountains, building bridges and crossing rivers.Not to mention the siege of Nottheim Castle.

The name Northheim is also very simple in German, Nott means 'north' and Heim means 'village'.

So the full name of this place, together, is 'there is a village in the north'.

This north, the location is of course compared with Göttingen.Northeim is not far north of Göttingen.

Göttingen and Nottheim also appear in textual records at about the same time in the middle of the tenth century.The villages in the Göttingen area are famous for their relatively developed handicrafts and commerce, which is also the basis for his future entry into the Hanseatic League, a business alliance; and Northheim is simply a good place.

The reason why Huo Teng pays attention to this place is, on the one hand, because Northeim is the northern gate of Göttingen.Shut the gates, destroy the bridges over the Rumer, old Bernard can't help himself.

The Rumer River is not small. It is a large river about eight meters wide, wider than the Yachi River. It is difficult for ordinary boats and floating bridges to pass without protection.

Compared with a larger county like Göttingen, Northeim is ridiculously small.

But what is even more outrageous than this is that the place of Nottheim turned out to be a disputed area, even semi-independent.

"I heard people say that you have thoughts about Nottheim, and you sent someone to write to Siegfried, Earl of Luxembourg?" Jones' belly has grown, and counting the days, she is almost six months pregnant.

In order to take care of Jones, Horten specially asked his sister-in-law Amelia to come from Bowendeng Village to take care of Jones' daily life.The child between him and Mrs. Chara, the daughter-in-law of the Luxembourg family, is not legally his.After the Luxembourg family learned that the child was male, they allowed Mrs. Schara to collect the child and use the Luxembourg family's surname as the inheritance, which was regarded as a continuation for her deceased husband.

Therefore, this child with Jones is Huo Teng's first child.

Jones was lying on the bed at the moment, thinking about state affairs, and asked Horten about Northheim.

"Yes, I know that the earl there is named Bernard Imdin. It is rumored that he is the grandson of Lord Siegfried, but I know that he is the descendant of the Siegfried brothers' children." Horten Kneading the frown of the Sichuan character, letting it relax, he paused and said: "Frankly speaking, I don't want to offend him, after all, Siegfried is famous. But in order to protect Göttingen, I must Be the first to control the city-state of Northheim and the bridges over the Rumer River."

Bernard Imdin, who is not subject to anything in name, has recently expressed his willingness to submit to the Principality of Saxony, but since his territory has just been inherited from Count Siegfried of Luxembourg, he is still going his own way.The territory of Nottheim was granted to Siegfried during the time of Otto II, so it must have been much later than the Ardennes in 957.

Speaking of which, if Horten had risen a few years earlier, he might have given Notheim to Horten in order to repay the opportunity for the Duchy of Bavaria to elect Henry V to take office.

Therefore, in order to obtain Siegfried's understanding, Huo Teng first wrote a letter to Luxembourg, and then considered taking action against Nottheim.

"Can you borrow a road first? Just control the bridge over the Rumer River, and block the north-south traffic." Although Huo Teng felt that the chances of winning this trip were not high, Jones still actively offered advice and suggestions.

After thinking about it, Huo Teng still shook his head.

The legend of Siegfried is indeed trustworthy, but is his nephew reliable?Who knows.

Bernard Imdin's name was Bernard, which was the same as the Duke's name. Huo Teng didn't know how it was related, but when he saw this name in his heart, he was unconsciously vigilant.

Although the name Bernard is derived from 'bear', it is a common name popular in northern France, Friesland, Lower Lorraine and Saxony around the time of the Old Germanic division.It means 'bear-like man'.But Huo Teng always felt uneasy in his heart.

"Hmm... I'm afraid we still have to do it." Huo Teng thought so.

Amelia looked at her brother-in-law, and then at her brother-in-law's Jones, who was neither a wife nor a concubine. She didn't care about the outcome of the war.Because since Huo Teng came out of the mountain, the road has been bumpy, but the final result has been smooth.

Perhaps God has already decided in the dark that Huo Teng will definitely win.

……

On the other side of the castle, Connorsa, who was still sleeping wrapped in a velvet duvet, woke up sleepily.

The man by the bed did not stay and she gradually got used to it. It is said that today is the day when the doctor of the monastery visits Jones.

Thinking of the six-month pregnant child and touching her flat belly, Connorsa couldn't help sighing.Obviously she also tried very hard to conceive a child, why didn't she succeed?

"Countess, there is new news from the north, do you want to see it?"

The maids were very careful to use referential language to prevent Connorsa from being provoked by Huo Teng's new marriage.After all, the husband who was lying next to him became someone else's fiancé when he came back from a trip. No matter how you think about it, it is very disappointing.

"What news? If it's not important, leave it for the earl to read." Connorsa hugged the pillow a little disheartened, and sat alone on the edge of the bed.

The maids outside the door seemed to be discussing something, and after a while, they said: "The Duke of Saxony in the north has just sent a message. He will use the most magnificent send-off team in the world, a full 3000 people as a send-off team, And take his son Bernard Jr. as the emissary to send off relatives."

"what!"

Connorsa jumped off the bed in a hurry, before she even had time to put on her shoes, she ran to the door with her bare feet.

The maid sent the wooden board that came with the messenger, and some Latin characters were carved on the wooden board.

"Damn...Damn Bernard, you are too deceitful!" Connorsa was so angry that tears came to her eyes.

It was quite evident that Bernard Billon had no desire to marry off his daughter at all. A 3000-person send-off team?

I'm afraid it's not a team that grabs the class and seizes power.

Without waiting for Huo Teng to come back, Conosha grabbed the wooden board and turned it over, scrawled a few cursed Latin words on it, and handed it back to the maid: "Send it back to that dirty, shameless and hateful old man! I, Conoza Never suffer from him!"

The maid was in a dilemma holding the board.

Finally, after another discussion, a maid sneaked out of the castle and went to Huo Teng to ask for a solution.

Huo Teng couldn't help laughing when he heard that the Saxon army was still 3000 strong and led by Bernard Jr.

"Then give Duke Bernard a word. You will offer three thousand, and I will also offer three thousand. Göttingen will send out a team of three thousand to welcome the bride, and I will also personally serve as the host, and we will go north to welcome Gotisdiu together!"

Postscript to Chapter 140 IX War

October, a relatively low-key month, is the time when the autumn is crisp and the autumn harvest is just over.

People at this time were divided into two parts.Before winter comes, before the cold overwhelms people's physical defenses, go out and fight.There is revenge, revenge and revenge.In fact, when nobles generally fight with each other, they mainly focus on the autumn harvest.In this way, if the enemy loses in the field battle and flees back to the castle to hide, then you can just cut off his wheat field as compensation for your loss.In this era, most of the wars ended in this way without accident.

Therefore, there will be fights after the autumn harvest. Most likely it is the hatred of sworn enemies, and there is no economic dispute.

The second type of people has no enemies, and they are all relatives from all over the world.They chose to hide the grain they received in their own warehouses, and then regardless of the life and death of the farmers, they hugged their wives and hid in the castle to enjoy every day and night, basking in the sun during the day and giving birth at night.

But in this good season of fighting, killing and giving birth, everyone in the northern land of East Francia is looking at Saxony and Göttingen.

Whether it is Friesland and Lower Lorraine outside, or Meissen, the Marquis of the East and the Marquis of the North, or Westphalia, Eastphalia, and Angli within the Duchy of Saxony, In the four traditional regions of Asia or Nordarbingia, every nobleman sent someone to stand at the entrance of the village or at the intersection of the roads to ask the passing passengers for news about Bernard marrying his daughter to Huo Teng.

If you can talk vividly, you can get a free and sumptuous dinner in the village by the roadside or in the living room of the owner of the castle, and sleep in the owner's stable or cowshed for a night for free.

At the beginning of this story, it was just a joke.

Initially, Bernard announced that he would send his son to lead a concierge team of 3000 people to send his daughter to Göttingen for marriage.

Most of the spectators felt that Bernard was joking.You can't beat Huo Teng, we understand it very well, because many nobles themselves do this.Even if Huo Teng did well, the Duchy of Saxony would probably be passed to Huo Teng.This is also one of the inheritance rules that everyone defaults to.

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But soon, everyone found out that we all took it as a joke, but Huo Teng seemed to be serious.

Horten Bowenden sent back a message in Göttingenburg, saying: "I also have an army of three thousand, and I will personally serve as the leader of the welcoming team and go to Saxony to meet my future wife."

This reply, apart from being full of gunpowder, is not a big problem. Everyone just read it for fun.Think about it carefully, is a country like Göttingen with a population of tens of thousands qualified to have an army of 3000?But in Saxony, too, there are differences of opinion.Some earls with relatively large territories believed that if Huo Teng mobilized those farmers who should not appear on the battlefield, they could still gather [-] people, but the combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.

At this time, the peasant uncle is mainly a production unit and does not participate in the war on weekdays.At this time, the battle between the lower nobles was often a small group of knights and followers, leading the semi-professional infantry composed of local self-cultivating farmers and small landowners, and the same group of people on the opposite side fought at the entrance of Qiaotou Village. It's not particularly exaggerated.

At the level of the earl, it cannot be regarded as a village chief's war, but apart from the population limit, the habit of farmers not going to the battlefield must still be preserved.

Therefore, everyone estimated that Huo Teng might prepare [-] peasants to line the road to welcome the marriage of Godis Diu.

It's out of the ordinary, but it seems to be an expression of the importance he attaches to Goldiu.

The smell of gunpowder and festival burst out at the same time, and everyone began to look forward to how the Duke of Saxony would respond to Horten's three thousand guests.

Bernard chose to gradually remain silent.

But then, it was Archbishop Targino of Magdeburg who slowly stepped forward, saying that 'a welcome team of 3000 people has never been a rule, and a sending team of 3000 people is also unheard of.Since both parties are willing to enter into a marriage, it will be a good alliance forever.It is better to reduce the number of people to 300 and show goodwill.

To express it in more modern terms, Tajino is trying to be a good guy, be reasonable, and persuade both parties to have less conflict.

But how can this satisfy the nobles who lack entertainment on weekdays?

On the surface, they agreed with Tajino's remarks, but secretly wished that the two sides would fight directly, have a good fight, and hit the dog's head all over the floor!

The opinions of the masses who watch the show and eat melons cannot determine the change of the positions of the two parties for the time being.However, the day when the nature of this matter began to change was October [-]th.

On this day, the animal farm in Lüneburg opened its cage.