In the barracks of the commander of the Wells Regiment of the North Pass Military Fort, Yat sat on the chair and kept beating his waist, his posture was a little funny.

On the other side of the official table, the political officer of the legion, Dunnis, said with courtesy concern: "My lord, what's wrong with you?" Do you often hurt your back while riding a horse? ”

Art stopped thrashing, nodded awkwardly, and said vaguely: "Uh~um~ I rode too much and hurt my waist." He couldn't say that he was tossed by his wife for an afternoon, and he was tired and had a sore back.

"Your Excellency, you must take care of your health, can the Baron lead thousands of people to count on you, if you are a little poor, our subordinates will not be able to sleep well." As an ideological and political officer, Dunnis is subordinate to the command camp, he himself neither leads troops to fight nor trains soldiers, all his achievements come from Art, so he really cares about Art's safety.

Art coughed lightly and led the topic to the right path, "Dennis, you have been serving as an ideological and political officer for nearly half a year, what do you think about the position of ideological and political officer?" What do you think is the fundamental purpose of my establishment of the post of ideological and political officer? ”

Dunnis knew that Art had called him here for the purpose of the examination, so he thought for a moment and replied: "My lord, just like the three tasks you gave me at the beginning, one is to find out the details of people, the second is to speculate on people's minds, and the third is to prevent traitors from traitors. In the past six months, I have been experiencing the three tasks of adults all the time, and now almost all the soldiers and officers of the Wells Regiment have kept a book in the command camp tent, and their details can basically be checked; Daniel and I are also trying our best to find out what is in the minds of the officers and soldiers in the legion; As for the prevention of rape and rebellion, the military law team is also doing it, we just press two pairs of eyes in the legion, and the soldiers see the military law team wearing feathered helmets hiding far away, so we can see many things more deeply and thoroughly. ”

Art nodded, this Dunnis really has some brains.

Art continued to ask: "Then why do you think I set up an ideological and political officer?" Is it just to spy on the soldiers? ”

Apparently he already had a big answer, he deliberately pondered for a while, and replied: "My lord, you can control the body of soldiers and officers with abundant food supplies and generous military salaries, but you also need to use one thing to control the hearts of soldiers and officers, and the ideological and political officer is the weapon you use to control people's hearts."

Art was slightly startled in his heart, but his face was silent, "Control people's hearts? It's something new, tell me about it. ”

Dennis was affirmed, and his mind was even more open, "You asked Daniel and Daniel to go to the Welsh Regiment to talk to the soldiers, understand the soldiers' minds, and enlighten the soldiers' complaints, I guess you can not only let the soldiers feel your kindness?" And if it is only to enlighten the soldiers, these things should also be done by the military priest or the clergy under the priest, although you asked Daniel and me to follow Father Robert, but we are not clergy. We don't enlighten the world for God, we exist only for you......"

Art raised his hand to stop Dennis from talking about it, and it would be easy to go wrong if he continued.

"Dennis, since you know the fundamental purpose of my ideological and political officer, you should know that the ideological and political officer must be a worm in my belly."

"Moreover, you remember to me that God is the only salvation of the world, and the only existence that can control people's hearts!"

"It's my lord!" Dennis got up suddenly, his face full of flattery turned into serious determination, and his palms clenched into fists.

Art waved his hand, "Sit down." ”

Dunnis sat down slowly, leaning half of his ass on the wooden bench.

"From today onwards, four more ideological and political officers will be added under the ideological and political officer, who will be subordinate to the regimental command camp and enjoy the treatment of soldiers. The ideological and political officials are selected by you and Daniel, and reported to me for review. ”

Dennis's eyes lit up, and the addition of subordinates meant expanding the authority, "Thank you for your trust!" Dennis rubbed to his feet again, in a more standard posture than the officers.

............

"My lord, this is an inventory of the new weapons and armor in the Legion's arsenal."

"This is a list of grain and grass."

"This is an inventory of the Legion's supplies."

In the barracks of the North Pass Military Fort, Spencer, the baggage officer of the Wells Legion, presented three pieces of birch bark densely covered with characters to Art, who was sitting behind the official desk, and then sat back on the wooden bench.

Art took a few birch bark and glanced at them and put them aside, "The inventory is too trivial, you can just tell me the overview." ”

Spencer was obviously prepared, he cleared his throat and said, "My lord, then I'll say it one by one." First of all, the armament overview, after several battles of the capture, especially the battle of Wincheston Manor and the battle between the county north and the western army, we have captured a large number of weapons and armor, some of which are well-made, we directly deposit them in the arsenal and use them at any time, and those that are inconsistent with the armament regulations of the Wells Legion or have battle damage have all been sent to the weapons workshop for repair and forging, and all of them have been returned to the arsenal yesterday, and the fees have been settled. After counting, the arsenal contained 12 sets of full-body plate armor, 69 sets of half-body plate armor, 17 sets of plate chain armor, 35 sets of long-sleeved chain mail, 162 sets of half-body chain mail, more than 200 sets of armor such as iron scale armor, leather armor, and piercing armor, and more than 650 sets of cotton armor or memory armor. ”

"At present, there is still a big shortage of heavy armor in the legion, but the light armor can be fully matched, and in addition to assembling the legion soldiers, you can also move some armor for the border garrison, the patrol team and the garrison corps."

"As for weapons, our current weapons are capable of assembling nearly eight hundred soldiers, and some of them have been sent back to the workshop for reforgment, and these weapons are fully sufficient for the consumption of the legion's soldiers for a year. In addition, the weapon workshop has successfully imitated the cross crossbow, because the time is a little rushed, so the cross crossbow made by the workshop is made with pedals, and the power is slightly inferior to that of the winch, some time ago the workshop rushed to repair and make armor, so only fifteen gōng nǔ were made, and all of them have been reequipped with gōng nǔ team. ”

"The above is an overview of the weapons and armor."

Spencer sat down and waited for Art's orders.

Art was still very relieved to hear about the army's armament reserves, and he did not hesitate to exchange his life for victory, in order to pay a rich return after the battle.

"Spencer, order the arsenal to pick out the best reserve weapons and armor for the legion to carry out an equipment replacement, and the weapons and armor will be distributed to the soldiers as soon as possible, so that they can get used to it first. The weapons and armor issued to individual soldiers do not need to be taken back from the arsenal for the time being, and now they are no longer recruits and know how to take care of their weapons and armor. ”

"Yes, my lord." Spencer pulled out a piece of birch bark from his bosom and used a hard charcoal stick to write down the words "pick" and "allotment".

Art watched Spencer hold the "pen" shorthand and nodded sincerely.

"Let's talk about the preparation of grain and grass."

Spencer put birch bark and charcoal rods on his lap and continued: "According to the original plan, we would lead our army north by April, so the army's food and grass had been prepared a month ago. The baggage team received 60,000 pounds of wheat from the civil administration, which was enough for the army to consume for three months. After receiving the military rations, we asked the civil administration to send 15 peasant women from the territory to make 10,000 pounds of special bread in the wooden fort for a whole month, and this 10,000 pounds of special bread will be carried by the baggage team with the army for the supply of military rations in emergency war situations. In addition to the special bread, we also grinded 10,000 pounds of husked wheat and distributed it to the flag teams, which were kept by the baggage soldiers in the tents of the flag team commanding the battalion. The cavalry and the livestock of the convoy only carry concentrated fodder such as black beans and wheat bran, and roughage such as hay and pasture are collected or harvested on the spot. ”

"The remaining 40,000 pounds of grain will not be carried with the army, and will be transported by the civil administration and caravan according to the location of our legion after the legion is deployed."

"My lord, the above is the food supply that the legion has prepared for the next campaign, these are just what we use to guarantee the bottom, and after the army goes to the battlefield, we will definitely have to send another food collection team to buy and collect it everywhere."

"As for the other military supplies, they have also been basically prepared, and the field camp tents are configured according to one squadron, two large and one small and three camp tents, which the regiment had before, plus the purchase through the caravan these times is almost the same, and the twenty camp tents that are currently in short supply and the textile workshop are also stepping up the production, and I have sent someone to urge it, and it will be delivered next week at the latest. Items such as iron nails, hammers, hand axes, iron bars and other items for attacking the city and setting up the foundation are also basically ready; We have captured a lot of other iron pot cooking utensils, water bladders, quilts, military boots and other items, which can fully meet the needs of the regiment. ”

Spencer remembered something, lowered his voice, and said: "In addition, the medical team has assisted Thomas and Fana Yu in making a large number of wound medicines, we have distributed some to the baggage guards of each squadron, and the rest is all kept by the medical team, and we have prepared twenty rolls of the "bandages" you explained, and the textile workshop is still rushing to make them. But is it too expensive to bandage the wound with a cotton cloth? ”

"It's worth it to save a wounded soldier!"

"Okay, I'll urge the textile workshop to make and deliver it as soon as possible."

"My lord, I'm done." Spencer swallowed as he finished speaking.

Art noticed Spencer's squirming in his throat, got up and walked to the table next to the official table, took a wine glass and poured a glass of wine and handed it to Spencer, puffing: "Spencer, I was still a little worried about the upcoming battle, but I am much more down-to-earth after listening to your report today." I don't have to worry about you doing things. In this case, Art would not be stingy with praise words, not to mention that Spencer did indeed do the military affairs in an orderly manner.

Spencer cautiously took the glass, "Thank you, sir!" Willing to serve the adults! ”

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"The Legion's weapons, armor, food, baggage, and military supplies have been basically prepared with the efforts of Otto and Spencer, and last week I also asked the civil administration to send 100,000 Fenni military expenses to the Legion Command Camp."

"Armed equipment, heavy money, and all kinds of money are readily available, now we are starting to make the next step for the northern expedition, please see." Art pointed to the corner of the back room of the Stone House Academy.

A large sand table sits in the corner of the stone house. It took Artist and more than a dozen officers and officials to command the camp to make this sand table a full twenty days to make, and Artist had obtained a topographical map of the kingdom from the court through Earl Balwyn half a year ago, and the map drawn by the court painter with imagination and exaggeration was definitely a work of art, but the map was too abstract as a reference for marching and fighting, so Art had to build on the basis of that map. A sand table was created by revising the descriptions of soldiers recruited from all over the Northlands and the caravanserais.

This is the second time that Art has made a sand table, which is made from fine-grained river sand from valley streams, and is made of easy-to-shape river sand piled up into hills, plains, river valleys, valley floors, and castle fortresses, and in order to make the sand table look more realistic, those hills and dense forests are also decorated with broken grass and branches.

Although it is impossible for the mountains, plains, and dense forests and valleys to be completely consistent with the real location, it is still barely useful for the first understanding of the terrain, formulating tactics, and selecting the battlefield.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the sand table made by the legion command camp, and I know that there are still some of you who can't read the map at all, so I took them to make this sand table. This sand table is still very rough, and the number of civilians, troops, etc. in various places is not yet known, and I have ordered our Eagle Eye in the Northland to gather as much intelligence as possible. ”

"Now let's take a look at the layout of some important cities and castle fortresses in the Northland......"

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"My lord, you are in command of the rear on the battlefield, and you don't need to walk even if you march, so why follow the infantry to participate in weight-bearing running training?"

At the wasteland training ground outside the Beiguan Military Fort, Yat was dressed in the half-body chain mail and cotton armor of ordinary soldiers, carrying a piece of heavy wood weighing about fifty pounds on his shoulders and running on a road that had been artificially trampled out of the training ground Wài Wéi, and a squadron leader of the Third Banner Team of the First Company also carried heavy logs to accompany Yat.

Yate's face was covered with beads of sweat, and the cotton lining was already soaked with sweat, and he was already a little struggling with more than a hundred steps left in the distance of a mile. In the past year or two, Yate has been busy with military and civilian politics, and there are fewer and fewer opportunities to go deep into ordinary soldiers and personally participate in heavy training, so when the squadron leader doesn't even breathe, Yate can't support it.

"Thor, I~have said~ at the Military Academy that ~ army commanders must ~ always grasp ~ the combat power of the soldiers under their command. I don't personally experience the training of soldiers, how can I know ~ how much weight a soldier can carry, how can I know how far the ~ limit of a soldier's daily march is? Sometimes hearing is not enough. ”

Finally reached the finish line, Art threw the heavy log on his shoulder to the ground with a "poof", then drew a short sword from his waist and ran towards a row of thatch men erected near the finish line, swung the short sword and slashed at the "head" of the thatch, "beheading" all five thatches, and then took a shield and a long stick {instead of a short spear) handed over by the instructor on the side to conduct confrontation training with the squadron leader who was also dressed just now......

After an infantry training, Art felt sore, but also unusually light and comfortable.

He took a breath, took the water bladder handed over by the squadron leader, poured a large mouthful of water, returned the water bladder to the squadron leader, and instructed the squadron leader and several instructors beside him: "The training intensity of the infantry is enough, there is no need to increase the intensity for the time being......

Just as Art was explaining the training requirements to the instructors and officers, Ron ran towards the training ground with a fire paint seal letter and found Art, "Sir, Baron Galvin of Sappburg is urgent. ”

Art took a few steps towards Ron, took the letter handed by Ron, tore off the fire paint seal, glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Count Flender invited me to go to Midsummer to receive ~"