Chapter 370: Let's go
Four months have passed, and the weather has moved from midsummer to late autumn, but although it is already autumn, the hot wind is still raging between the sky and the earth in the afternoon and even at sunset.
The Denlenburg army had to undergo very rigorous training, both cold and hot, and the current Denlenburg infantry was not so far behind their predecessors and veterans, except for their experience on the battlefield.
The other units are not as smooth as the Denglenberg infantry, after all, they are the most basic resistance arms, the most important backbone on the battlefield, and they are also relatively easy to train, compared to the cavalry training cycle that can only be formed in four or five years, their training time of two years at most is short.
This training cycle is also only for William's soldiers, and usually, the training cycle of the armed infantry under other noble lords is about three months, and you can officially become a soldier.
The training cycle of the Denlenburg infantry is simply a world apart, and on the contrary, there is also a considerable gap in the combat ability between the two.
In the eyes of other lords, a soldier can maintain a relatively complete phalanx, then he is considered a qualified soldier, and he can also maintain a relatively complete queue when marching, that is, the elite soldier, the originator to retain the force at the bottom of the box.
And when William trained the first batch of Manders infantry, he did go through two years of training, during which he also used bandits and robbers to train them in actual combat, which gave the Delenburg infantry the ability to crush other armed infantry.
But to be honest, the two-year training cycle was too long, and William couldn't afford to wait for these two years, so he established the militia system, which was able to defend the territory and reserve troops, which was originally just to shorten the training cycle.
This policy was apparently very successful, and the Dellenburg infantry, which had originally required two years of training, now took just over five months to complete all the training.
The rest of the troops, unlike the Denlenburg infantry, have a long training cycle without exception, but fortunately, the heavy infantry are selected from the Denlenburg infantry, and the Golden Lion Guards, which require a whole year of potions.
The only ones who haven't reached the standard are the apprentice knights, but William didn't criticize them too harshly, after all, fighting on a war horse also has to attack the enemy's array, which requires quite high technology.
However, they have not trained in vain in the past four months, and their riding skills are passable at the moment, even on the battlefield, they can be of great use, at least they are much stronger than those knights.
And, in addition to them, William also recruited a group of about 300 knights to join the Knights, let them train together, and finally gathered 1,500 Knights, now William's subordinates, knights and infantry Billy is quite high, any lord will feel hot when he sees it.
William, on the other hand, had a lot of criticism about the light cavalry, who came from the Cheker tribe and did not dare to compliment their discipline.
As herdsmen who could ride horses, they were naturally disobedient, and although they may have been more fierce and uninhibited than the Loalds, this bravery often led them to disobey.
It makes sense that since ancient times, whether it was this world, or William's previous life, the best source of soldiers was the farmer who worked in the field all day.
And these herdsmen, or nomads, are only suitable for use as mercenaries, and the most honest and loyal farmers must be used as serious resistance soldiers.
After all, when fighting, it is absolutely not allowed for soldiers to disobey and disperse on a large scale, and the hard-working, honest and loyal, or obedient farmers are the soldiers who can stick to their posts.
It was only during the Industrial Revolution that factories began to develop on a large scale, and the working class replaced the peasant class as the best source of soldiers.
When he trained them, it was really infuriating to Urimu, who had followed William for ten years, and he was no longer like the Krizatou man he used to be, and he didn't have such high discipline requirements for his soldiers in the past, after all, the Kriza people were the same.
However, at William's strong request, and because he also saw the benefits of discipline to the army, he changed his opinion and attached great importance to discipline.
Therefore, for these people who once surrendered to him and had nomadic characteristics, Hu Limu seemed quite angry.
Therefore, every day on the training ground, you can hear Hulimu shouting at them.
To tell the truth, the discipline of the Chekers is so bad that even the Kriza are more disciplined than they are.
After all, the Kriza are a people who have defeated many nations, crossed the sea from the northeastern part of the continent, cut through several countries, and destroyed a kingdom and put down roots here.
Besides, why did the Kriza people cross the sea, didn't anyone think about it?
They had been fatally struck by a powerful empire and could not sustain themselves anywhere, so they gathered thousands of ships as nomads and traveled back and forth for four or five years before moving the rest of the tribe's population to the continent.
When they first came here, the countries of the Holy Sect camp captured some of the captives, and under severe torture, they learned that they had been defeated by a huge empire called the Yun Dynasty and almost wiped out, so they fled here in embarrassment.
And that dynasty, or empire, was known for its discipline, and their armies crushed all their armies with a discipline of steel, so they learned a lot of discipline.
Under the policy of the carrot and the stick, the Chekers finally began to understand the importance of order and discipline, and their families came with them to William's men, and they did not dare to act rashly, so their discipline finally began to gradually improve.
Everything was ready, the autumn harvest was still in full swing, and William's military operations basically did not affect the development of the territory, because all the regular troops he put into battle were trained off-duty.
For more than four months, William had been enjoying family fun with his family, but he knew that he could not go on like this forever.
Just when the soldiers had already had some training results, William was finally ready to pull.
Bidding farewell to the reluctant Wella, Lingsi, and the three lovely children, William recruited all his few vassals and set out on the march.
First of all, William sent the documents to those countries through the passage, and made a guarantee that he would never commit any crimes when he passed, and William gave some silver coins, which opened up all the places to be passed.
In this way, William led his troops, as well as a large number of baggage convoys with thousands of vehicles, and thus embarked on the journey against the kingdom of Senmoriel. 2k reading web