The sky was snowing for days, and the temperature was unusually cold, but in the Wincheston Manor Mansion, Art couldn't help but pull his neckline to let the heat from his body come out. He looked around, and the oak table, which Dean and his son had hired to be made by skilled craftsmen, was surrounded by officers above the captain of the flag of the Welsh Legion, as well as the lieutenant Lynn and the adjutant of construction Gel, who had been ordered by Art to make a special trip from the Barony of the Vale to Wincheston Manor.

Art picked up the beer glass on the wooden table in front of him, tilted his head and squirmed his Adam's apple and drank it, a chill poured into his stomach and made him feel a lot more comfortable, he continued: "Guys, Wincheston is a good place, the mountains, lakes, rivers and fertile soil plus a trade route that runs through the territory from north to south, I like it here."

"However, this is an extraterritorial territory of Bernard, the Earl of the Palace, and he will never tolerate us occupying this place, so Wincheston will inevitably have a fierce battle, but now it is a cold winter, which is not suitable for the army to fight long distances, and Bernard will definitely be plagued by many disasters caused by heresy during this time, so I think that until the heresy subsides in the spring, Bernard will not be able to take care of Wincheston Manor."

Art rubbed his hand on the steel dagger at his waist, "Yesterday I told Otto that Wincheston Manor was ours, and he asked us how we would deal with the court and Bernard. My answer is simple, cope with knives and swords. ”

"I spent so much money training the army to cope with this situation. I have sent a letter to the court, requesting that the court allow some of the soldiers of the Welsh Legion to be stationed at Wincheston Manor for the time being, and that the snow should melt a little, and then go out to clear the bandits. ”

"I decided to leave the first banner team of the first company of the regiment and the first banner team of the second company to garrison, and the baggage team, cavalry team, and crossbow team of the legion each left some men and horses to assist in the defense. In addition to Wincheston Manor, the garrison army is also responsible for controlling the Southwest Farm and Lane Manor, and the palace has not officially given me the Lane Manor and the Southwest Farm, so we can't be careless. ”

Art set his eyes on Kazak and Tuba, who were sitting next to Ron, and said, "Temporarily appoint Kazak as the commander of the garrison army, and Tuba as the commander of the adjutant, you two must take everyone to keep these three places for me to keep and control, and in case of emergency, send cavalry back to Beiguan to report urgently."

"Yes, sir."

"Yes, sir."

Kazak and Tuba immediately got up and responded.

Art turned his gaze to Lynn and Gehr, who had arrived from the valley at the end of the long table, and this time they were ordered to rush to Wincheston Manor with a few skilled officials to accept Art's mission.

"Lynn and Geer, you are here to prepare for the future of your new territory. Wincheston, Lane and South West Farms have nearly 10,000 acres of fertile land suitable for arable land, with rivers and lakes and dense forests of hills and forests. The two of you and the officials you have brought with you must find out to me before the beginning of spring next April the situation of the cultivated land in the three territories that has been cultivated or suitable for cultivation, whether there is sufficient fishing in the rivers and lakes, whether the water from the rivers and lakes can be used for irrigation, the number of laborers in the three territories, and the shortage of farm tools and livestock. The village chiefs in charge of the general affairs have been appointed in all three realms, and they will assist you, and if you do not have enough manpower, you can consult with Kazak to seconded soldiers to help. ”

"You two remember, the valley is our home, but this is the granary and grain at our doorstep, and in the future, in addition to continuing to develop the valley, I will also recruit a large number of people to farm in these places. What you've been doing these months is laying the groundwork for the future. ”

"Don't worry, adults, we will definitely live up to our responsibilities!" Lynn is now a lieutenant and has a good salary, so he also wears a cotton robe and a sheepskin jacket outside, and he is occasionally arranged to be taught by Father Hamish in the parish school of Mubao, so he has also learned a few words of Wen Zou Zou.

Gehr was relatively silent, just got up and nodded in response.

After arranging the garrison of the army and the civil affairs, Art began to prepare for the withdrawal of most of the Welsh Legion. The chaos is imminent, and Art must let the Wells Legion continue to train to strengthen its combat strength, and Wincheston does not have a training venue and sufficient training equipment, so Art decides to withdraw to Beiguan with several other teams with relatively weak combat power to continue training.

"There is no need to worry about this place for the time being, and it is time for the Wells Legion to return to Beiguan to continue training. The sergeant major took the task force to escort the bodies of Dean and his son to Tinets County and pick up the loans sent to the county by the knights of the Holy Order, and as soon as they returned, we would immediately pull out, and Otto and everyone prepared for the retreat. ”

"Otto and Ron stay, the rest of the meeting is gone!"

"My lord, there are twenty-five four-wheeled iron-inlaid carriages here, and thirty horses pulling them. Grain and farm implements and cattle looted from the South-West farms and Wincheston Manor had been sent back to the valley in advance, along with the seriously wounded soldiers, and these wagons were mainly used to transport the army's weapons, armour, and grain baggage. Outside Wincheston Manor, Spencer was briefing Art on the delivery of supplies.

The Welsh Legion's war capture in the north came mainly from Wincheston Manor and Southwest Farm, the main seizure of Southwest Farm was grain and farm tools and livestock, and the capture of Wincheston Manor was mainly weapons and armor and a large number of wagons and goods hoarded by Dean and his son, and of course, the huge sum of 380,000 Fenni looted from Wincheston Manor. The battle was not fierce, so many soldiers failed to make the first feat of killing the enemy, so the military reward distributed was less than 20,000 fennig.

With 380,000 seized, 500,000 borrowed, and the remaining 100,000, the funds that can be embezzled by Yate now have reached nearly one million pfennigs.

In addition, if manpower is also wealth, there are as many as one hundred and thirty-five war slaves captured this time, and Yate has no intention of doing slave trade, so these people will basically become war slaves for two years of "labor reform", which is the main force of Yate's territory construction. Lawrence, who had just returned from his temporary tenure as steward of the Northland caravan and returned to the Barony of the Valley to reinstate as a construction officer, had to be busy again.

On the second Wednesday of February, the clouds cleared and the sun melted the snow on the ground for several days, but it was even colder under the scorching sun.

The southbound road of Tignats shire forks here, following the muddy avenue south-west to the border post on one side and the vast wasteland leading to Boulder on the other.

There is turf in the wasteland, so the snow melts and does not form mud, and a large team in the wasteland advances in three squares, each of which is composed of two flag teams of more than 120 people. On the left and right sides of the zigzag phalanx are two teams of itinerant cavalry, and in the recess of the back groove of the zigzag phalanx is a crossbow soldier with a bow and arrows on his back.

Two hundred steps behind the Pinzi phalanx, a baggage team composed of dozens of carriages followed, most of the carriages were full of grain baggage and excess weapons and armor, but one of the carriages was very special, it had a closed carriage inlaid with iron grids, two pairs of wheels were also specially made widened iron wheels, and even the horses pulling the carriage were green and strong horses wearing horse armor.

Such a carriage was obviously not intended to carry ordinary goods, and its greatest function was to escort gold cakes and silver coins and unusually valuable goods, and the carriages were loaded with gold coins and large silver marks, which were only a million fennigs, and although they were large denominations, they were still very heavy, and even the specially widened carriage ruts were several times stuck in the muddy roads after the snow. Every time the carriage fell, the seven or eight soldiers of the task force who were responsible for guarding it had to be on the lookout, and although there were basically no large bandits along the way, and a large army was with them, Stanley was still vigilant for fear of slacking off in the slightest.

Thanks to Dean and his son's thoughtfulness, not only for the selfless gift of hundreds of thousands of Fennig for Art's money, but also for the special carriage to escort gold and silver, which has been prepared in advance.

The captain of the baggage team of the legion baggage team glanced at the special carriage walking in the team, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then looked at the phalanx of legion soldiers marching slowly in front of him, turned his head and complained to the baggage officer Spencer: "Your Excellency, you said that everyone is looking forward to rushing back to Beiguan Military Fort to repair for two days, why do you have to practice any enemy border march at this time~ Look at those soldiers, we can only press the steps to walk."

Spencer followed a carriage full of armor, holding a few bone dice for gambling in his hand as he walked, and after listening to the complaints of his subordinates, Spencer put the dice into his arms, looked up at the military formation in front of him, and replied: "The regimental commander of the camp thinks that the field march is very important, so take advantage of the right time to quickly let the soldiers practice the wartime march on the spot."

Spencer said as he remembered something, turned his head and shouted loudly to the baggage guards who were lazily marching with short spears on either side of the baggage team, "TMD, what are you doing? This is a marching drill on enemy territory, and the baggage guards must be on guard throughout the whole process, and you TMD will guard the grain and grass baggage like this! Go and spread out on both wings, and hold the spear for me! The spirit warns me of it! ”

The dozen or so miscellaneous soldiers who were lazily walking on both sides of the baggage team as guards hurriedly erected their short spears and clenched their short spears, and pretended to look around vigilantly.

Spencer turned his head and muttered in a low voice, "Looks like we'll have to ask Lord Odo to train a real baggage guard." ”

"What did you say, Lord Baggage?" The captain of the baggage transport beside him asked.

"It's nothing, didn't you just say that the army can rest for a few days after returning to Beiguan? Let's make a bet on whether the legion can be repaired after returning to Beiguan. I'm betting ten pfennigs and not going to rest. ”

Spencer turned to the other guards around him, "Did anyone call?" Do you have? Bet one to five! Bet one to ten! ”

No one around dared to answer, they were afraid of losing.

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Chapter 280: Million Fennig