The passage of the guest army is like a plague of locusts from the sky, and this is not just talking.

No matter how elite your troops are, the soldiers want to eat, people are iron and steel, and they are hungry and panicked if they don't eat a meal. People eat horses and chew them, and the expenses are really a lot.

Turning to the question of the equipment of the soldiers, it is impossible to be fully armed at all times on a long march. One-third were fully armed, one-third wore only cuirasses, and the rest of the armor was packed and carried on their backs, which was not easy. It rotates every two hours, and everyone takes turns.

Don't use the grand military appearance at the parade when the army goes out to say things, only twenty miles out of the city, King Carlos's first order is to unload the armor of the whole army, and the first reaction of the soldiers is that this boss is a man who has fought and will lead the troops, and his loyalty is all added to one.

War is not a dinner party, and war is not a mud game. Life and death fight, fight for courage, fight for skills, and compare physical strength. What cavalry crushes the enemy with a charge, and what soldiers point to and look at, are all bluffing paragraphs in knight novels, and they are all written for the eldest young master and lady to pass the time. The real battlefield fight, unless the terrain is open and the disparity in forces is huge, just like His Majesty Carlos, King of Alterac before. Barov encircled and annihilated the troll squad at Blackwood Lake, otherwise it would be very common for a hundred-man battle to last for more than an hour in a situation of parity.

In such a situation, the side with the superior physical strength can often win the final victory.

Even if you take the main road, the transportation of ordnance, grain and grass is a fatal matter.

Originally, Terenus offered a condition that Alterac send 10,000 troops to help coordinate with Stratholme's guards to defend the surrounding area, but the Grand Duke of Alex Regent settled an account with the plenipotentiary envoys of the Kingdom of Lordaeron and led the envoys to observe the training of Alterac soldiers. The envoy happily agreed to the condition that on the basis of the same price, Alterac would only send 6,000 troops, and he would also praise Alex. Barov was righteous.

Why?

Raising of military rations.

As agreed. Out of the territory of the Alterac Kingdom, the supply of food and grass for the army should be borne by the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Naturally, Terenus, who had a big family, couldn't do anything to ask the horses to run and not give the horses grazing. But after Andohar, there were no towns along the way that could supply the army with food and grass. And where there is a capacity to supply, one is in Talon and one is in Stratholme. One is in the opposite direction, and the other is at the end of the destination.

Therefore, raising food and grass has become a headache.

Because of the prolonged war in the Hillbride Hills, the output of the Barov family's fiefdoms of Brill and Keldaron, as well as the alpine pastures near Steinbly, became the lifeline of the Alterac Kingdom, saying that it was not expected that the Alterac Kingdom would produce its own food when it was fighting for others.

But Carlos didn't want to ruin his reputation, so he had to spend money to buy it along the way.

Holding the blank handwritten letter of Terenus, the envoy signed the following order on the blank paper: Carlos, the friendly king of Alterac. His Majesty Barov is under the jurisdiction of the country, and the officials of the Lordaeron Kingdom should make every effort to supply food, grass and military supplies. The inadequate pass by Carlos. His Majesty's seal of Barov proves that the price of the same period of the previous year can be used as a reference, and the price difference is made up by the kingdom after the war. His Majesty King Barov is printed as a letter. Lordaeron Kingdom Terenus. Decree of Minashil II.

At the beginning, when the little nobles along the way saw this order of their own king, they cried and grabbed the earth, and the sky fell apart, and they couldn't live their lives. War years. Food is expensive, the price of the year before last? Was the price of food half as high as half the price of food now? And this is still a forced levy ordered by the king.

As a result, Carlos was very unpleasant. I feel like I've been pitted by Terenus.

But as the clerk sent by the Grand Duke of Alex Regent with the army traveled for a few days, the noble kulaks of the Stratholme region suddenly came to their senses, understood, understood, and enlightened.

Where is this forced buying and selling, and where is it a loss-making transaction. This is a good thing that falls from the sky, His Majesty King Carlos is the God of Wealth!

"Forcibly requisitioned, the difference between the price and the kingdom after the war."

The envoys of the kingdom of Lordaeron were eager for Alterac to send troops to the rescue, and they were very lenient in terms of conditions, and they were good at playing politics. However, economic acumen is a little bit worse. He only thought that the forced expropriation of grain and grass might cause dissatisfaction among the local nobles, so he added an empty promise to make up the difference.

At first, the little nobles didn't understand this, and they said it nicely, make up the difference, it's good to exempt you from taxes as much food as you donate, and you still want to use the price of food during the war to talk to His Majesty? After the battle, this Lordaeron is still in the hands of His Majesty Terenus.

But under the inspiration of the clerk trained by Alex, everyone understood, understood, enlightened, and enlightened.

"Take Carlos. His Majesty King Barov is printed as a letter. ”

How much he donated, His Majesty Terenus said it doesn't count, His Majesty Carlos said it!

Then the clerks of the Grand Duke of Alex Regent said in private, how much and so much do you give me, I will ask Your Majesty to issue you a receipt for one catty and five catties if you give me a pound of food, if you can add more to me about that and what, it is not impossible to get a receipt of two catties, if the quantity is enough and the condition is good, I can also get you a receipt of three catties!

The nobles, lords, rich peasants, and wealthy merchants suddenly realized that they could still play like this! It turns out that bread should be eaten with cheese!

The people of Lordaeron who turned this corner gave full play to their subjective initiative, I don't have enough food, I can't collect iron, you can give me a few catties of receipts; I'll send donkeys and horses to help you carry materials, I don't want money, you can give me a few pounds of receipts; It's so complicated, the uncle directly spends money to buy it, you say, how are you going to sell this receipt Your Majesty Carlos, let's make a price!

For a time, the problem of food and grass that plagued the advance of Carlos's army was solved, and the food delivery team from Andoham and Talon County was constantly chasing the footsteps of Carlos's team, and the soldiers didn't even have to carry their own armor and bags, and there were idle farmers on the side to do the work for them, anyway, His Majesty Terenus paid the bill, and his family did not believe that the benevolent and wise King Terenus would owe money to everyone in the entire region!

There were even merchants from Alterac who came to the door and wanted to participate in this feast, but Carlos refused.

Aunt Liang doesn't need oars to row a boat, and politicians don't use knives to kill people!

Watching his father exchange a piece of paper that seemed like waste paper to him for the support of the people of the entire Talon County and the Stratholme area, Carlos felt a chill in his heart and cold to the bone marrow in addition to admiration - politics is terrible!

I originally thought that as long as I had peerless martial arts and a strong body, I would be able to change my life against the sky.

Now it seems that he is still too naïve, if he doesn't have his father's aftermath, this iron crown of the Alterac Kingdom may be able to crush his backbone!

"Oh, oh, Carlos, your father, Grand Duke Alex, is amazing, amazing!"

"Politics as dirty as Silvermoon City."

In Tulayan's and Aurelia's comments, Carlos is a little more jealous of Terenus. You know, Alex has highly praised the political wisdom of Terenus and said things that he is ashamed of. Now that he is a pit like Terenus, will he be counted afterwards?

Suspicious, Carlos sent his men to send a letter to his father.

When Carlos got the reply, the whole person was relaxed, and there was only one sentence on the reply: "Either you don't do it, you have to do it bigger, the people of Lordaeron are your solid backing!" ”

"Hahahahahaha, my Carlos never leaves a name for doing good deeds, you just call me Lei Feng!"

Carlos, who figured out the joints, couldn't help but start convulsing.

"He used to be like that? Looks like a pretty steady person, why is it for a while? Aurelia asked Tulayan.

"Maybe it's Carlos's special trick to adjust his mood." Although Tulayan was very happy that Aurelia took the initiative to talk to him, as a paladin, he couldn't make random arrangements, so he had to guess carefully.

"Last time, it was a red scarf, and now it's Lei Feng again, how many nicknames does Carlos have?" Aurelia looked uncomfortable.

"I've also heard of Zhao Zilong and Optimus Prime, and by the way, Xiao Feiyu." At the moment of the goddess, Tulayan decisively sells his teammates. (To be continued......)

PS: I still owe 4 chapters, and I will never be bad, well, never.