"Hurry up, run."

In the mill village, twenty miles away from Ironwood City, the sheriff shouted loudly to a group of young villagers.

"The whole team, stand upright."

"Count"

"One, two, three......"

"Report to the sheriff, the village guard of Mill Village should be 56 people, but it is 56 people, please give an order."

In the mill village under the rule of Temucheng, a group of peasant soldiers were gathering in the square.

Each of them had an ironwood spear, and some of them also carried hunting bows, but they wore a variety of clothes, some of them wore cotton clothes and tied a rattan armor made of sword grass, some wore leather armor and wore leather helmets, and a few even had some iron pieces inlaid on the leather armor.

Although the equipment was varied, the formation was decent, and although they were a little nervous, their morale was still high, and they were a little more eager than most of the peasants who were numb to the territory.

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"Stay in formation and run to Ironwood City."

Soon the villagers left the village and headed for Tiemu City, leaving only the old and weak women and children who saw them off as soon as they arrived.

And this scene happened at the same time in dozens of villages under the rule of Hunter.

Compared with Willling's procrastination, Hunter's mobilization was much faster and more efficient.

Under Richard's instructions, with Tiemu City as the center, it spread to dozens of surrounding villages, and organized civilians to conduct basic combat training every month during the non-agricultural busy season, and had a complete combat mobilization system.

Now, for the first time, the war machine that Richard has spent years building is showing its fangs.

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A few days later, all the peasants and militia in Tiemu City had been assembled, and it was obvious that the militia in Tiemu City was better equipped than the peasants in the village.

Most of the militia in Ironwood City wore leather armor, and even a few wore old and broken iron armor, but except for an ironwood spear, which was issued by the territory, the other equipment was brought by themselves, and the people of the Hunter family would not bother.

In order to save their lives, everyone tried to prepare some armor for themselves, but even rare things such as iron armor appeared, which also shows that some people did get rich first under Richard's governance.

……

At this moment, in the Ironwood Fort, the main members of the Hunter family and the centurions of the Ironwood City Guard are conducting an important post-war battle deployment in the council chamber.

Richard rarely sat on the main seat and gave orders, and Viscount Sauter sat in the second seat and waited for Richard's arrangement.

"The second and third uncles took the cavalry team to cover the flanks and prevent the cavalry of the Will family from attacking our flanks."

"Yes"

"Father and I led the Guards together."

Of course, the knights should be used together, crushed in an invincible posture, rather than scattered for each person to break.

"Good"

Richard used the soldiers produced by the system as personal guards alone, and this group of soldiers who were absolutely loyal and fearless of death were definitely the best guards.

"Kocha, you lead the newly recruited city guards and a part of the militia to guard Tiemu City and maintain order."

There were originally 300 city guards in Ironwood City, all of whom were veterans of long-term training, and the newly recruited 200 people Richard planned to let them stay in Ironwood City to prevent accidents, after all, Ironwood City could not leave no one behind.

Rushing to add new recruits who have not been trained for a long time into the ranks may also reduce the overall combat capability and have the opposite effect.

"I want to fight together."

Kocha is the son of Richard's second uncle, a few years older than Richard, and is a new quasi-knight.

Kocha was very convinced by Richard's cousin, and had never questioned Richard's decision before, this time he was really anxious, and he was boiling with enthusiasm to do a big job, but Richard asked him to defend the city, and he was indeed a little uncomfortable.

"Cousin, the women and the children are in the city, and it's just as important to protect them."

"Yes"

At this point, Kocha couldn't say anything more.

After arranging a few more things, Richard let the others disperse, leaving Kocha alone.

"Is my cousin unhappy with my arrangement?"

"Nope"

This is true, Kocha complained at most, and if he really had any dissatisfaction with Richard, it would not be enough.

Richard nodded, not dwelling on the topic.

"There are so many people, I trust my cousin even more." There weren't many people in the Hunter family, and even fewer could go into battle, Kocha was a person who had the strength and could be fully trusted, and Richard had some other arrangements for him.

"If the war is unfavorable, Cousin Kocha will protect the women and children in the fort, and retreat to the Iron Wood Forest as a free man according to the plan, and Egger Steward has stored enough supplies inside."

If you don't think about winning, you should lose first.

Although Richard had full confidence in the war, his cautious personality also made him plan for the worst-case scenario.

Richard is a man who is used to planning everything, everything should be under his control, no matter what kind of accident arises, he must deal with it calmly, and there can be no rush.

"Yes"

Although Kocha also wanted to fight on the front lines, Richard made it clear, and he also understood the importance of his mission.

……

When everyone had dispersed, Richard walked alone to the attic on the top of Ironwood.

Looking out, the entire Ironwood City was in sight.

Neat houses, wide streets, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians, and the army assembled on the school grounds.

There are also endless ironwood forests and fields in the distance.

Ignoring the wind blowing in the high places, looking at everything in front of him, Richard felt a surge of pride in his heart.

The situation on the mainland will be stirred up from then on, and the first ripple will be stirred.

……

In Boulder Castle, the candles in Viscount Will's room illuminate the entire room.

The information gathered by the army of Ironwood City has already been reported by spies.

Hunter's movements were too fast, so fast that he felt uneasy, and the peasants and would-be knights of the Will family had only gathered four thousand people so far, at least more than a thousand had not yet arrived.

Viscount Will went on the horse to fight and dismount to rule the people, he was not a nobleman without common sense, he naturally understood what it meant to be efficient mobilization and preparation speed.

An ominous premonition has been lingering in my heart. However, the arrow is ready to be sent, unless you are willing to become a vassal of the Hunter family, otherwise this battle will be inevitable after all.

"Whew"

Blowing out the candles in the room, Viscount Will lay down on the bed, forcing himself to fall asleep as quickly as possible and stay in the best condition.

In the darkness of the night, both territories were agitated in the darkness.

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