Xiao Yan left the study in a huff, ready to arrange combat training, logistics and other matters.

The southward movement of the orcs has caused the kingdom to prepare for war in full force. In addition to the indispensable garrison troops, Sonya, as the Acting Lord, needs to mobilize as many troops as possible to fight.

As nobles loyal to the king, the lords were obliged to mobilize troops to fight for their suzerains as soon as they received the king's mobilization order, and the result of refusing to fulfill this noble duty was to be completely stripped of all titles and domains.

In the original world of England, lords and nobles, large and small, had to send a son to fight for the British king. This is also why so many children of the nobility gather in military schools and the army. If an entire generation of young nobles shed blood on the battlefield as the backbone of the kingdom's rule, even the king's reign would be shaky. From this point of view, the compromise and concession of the British and French ruling classes to Germany before World War II is also being cleaned up, after all, the best of their children were once bleeding in these meat mills on the Marne River in World War I.

After the order of the king of Romania, 30,000 soldiers, including the standing army of the kingdom and the private soldiers of various princes, were quickly assembled.

Don't underestimate these 30,000 soldiers and horses. How much grain and fodder should be consumed to assemble more than 30,000 legions in a small county, how much fodder should be consumed, how many auxiliary soldiers and civilians should be attached, how many livestock should be used for transportation, how large should the garrison camp be, and how should they communicate with each other?

Not to mention commanding operations, simply maintaining the daily supply of such a large army, so that they will not have diseases and pestilences, and will not bomb the camp because of the turmoil in morale is already an extremely high problem, which cannot be solved by a few historians.

In fact, the core force of the Eight Banners of Manchuria is only about 50,000, and Chen Qingzhi's 7,000 elite soldiers can pacify Luoshui. If there are 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers, the whole world can go.

The 30,000 troops now assembled in the northern part of the Odessa region test the organizational and mobilization capabilities of the Romanian kingdom from top to bottom, both in terms of manpower and material resources. If it weren't for the fact that they were fighting on the front line with their backs to the rich grain-producing areas. It will take more than half a year for the kingdom to mobilize such an army.

In the lord's office in the center of the castle, several mid- and lower-ranking officers were busy preparing for the relevant matters. Although Sergeant Erwin is not a knight or an officer, as a high-ranking sergeant, these sergeants are responsible for the daily training and marching, not only is they very prestigious among the soldiers, but the officers have to be polite when they see them.

Xiao Yan flipped through the report on the table. As the captain of the guard, he was the highest-ranking officer in the entire territory, and all combat matters had to be reported in every detail.

In just one day, Sergeant Erwyn and his team had prepared more than 600 infantry and 1,000 auxiliaries. These 600 regular infantry were similar to the infantry configuration brought by Xiao Yan, but the combat experience and equipment were slightly inferior. The 1,000 auxiliaries were improvised recruits, and they complained about leaving the territory to fight.

According to the Romanian military system, regular troops need at least 1:1 auxiliaries to take on the heavy responsibility of transporting, camping, and transporting ordnance. In some cases, archers and lightly armed scout cavalry were also included in the auxiliaries. When it was especially necessary, the auxiliaries had to take up spears and rudimentary shields to ensure that the battle line had sufficient length and thickness, and it was difficult to say how much combat strength there was.

Counting the nearly 100 elite soldiers he brought, Xiao Yan had a total of 1,700 troops, which could be regarded as the number one among the soldiers and horses gathered in the north.

Just as Xiao Yan was flipping through the pile of reports, the space was very punctual and sent an update reminder for the main quest.

"You have completed the first chapter of the Battle of Odessa: Preparation.

Your squad already has an army of over 1,000 men, which will effectively increase your voice in the upcoming war.

Before receiving orders from Prince Marc Aurelius Commodus, you can increase your combat strength as much as possible, which will help improve your mission evaluation. ”

This quest hint is of little practical help to Xiao Yan, neither a reward nor a definite quest direction like the game.

However, for contractors who are new to this world and are still very unfamiliar with interpersonal relationships, it is still good to have such a prompt to show that they are on the right path.

Xiao Yan flipped through the letters one by one, and suddenly frowned.

"Mr. Canon, the Territory Chief, please come here."

Mr. Canon, the fat head of the territory, had been running the territory as the earl's agent for ten years, and on the surface he had taken care of the remote border town. Of course, this was just on the surface, Xiao Yan was shocked the first time he checked the military rations.

In the last 3 years, there have been 4 fires in the granaries of the county. The reasons are strange, there are arson by orc soldiers, spontaneous combustion of granaries, lightning strikes, and so on.

Thanks to these fires, the food stocks in the territory are now very tight. Due to the backing of the production area, the shortage of grain stocks has little impact on the consumption of the daily territory, but now that the army is about to go to war, the consumption of people eating and chewing is far from being comparable to usual. Considering that it is necessary to leave enough inventory for the castle to avoid running out of food when it is besieged, the military rations that can be left for Xiao Yan to take out are very limited.

"Mr. Canon, I see that the territory's food stock is seriously insufficient......" Xiao Yan looked up at the chubby middle-aged man in front of him, Canon only felt as if he was staring at some fierce beast, and cold sweat continued to break out on his back.

"Captain of the guard, the past few years have been unfavorable, there are so many natural and man-made disasters, we really can't help it." Before Xiao Yan could finish speaking, Canon rushed to defend himself, "It is clearly recorded in the account book, and even the current grain storage is saved by everyone from between their teeth." ”

Xiao Yan stared at the Territory Director, and under the gaze of a blade-like gaze, Canon felt his tongue start to fight.

But there is a reason why the old-fashioned trick of setting fire to the granary to cover up corruption can be played by humans for thousands of years.

After a fire, the warehouses were burned clean, and when you make accounts, keep an eye on where to find out afterwards. Canon felt confident that he could fool the GI, and he couldn't pull out his sword and pry his head open.

As for the vase Countess...... Don't worry, this kind of girl doesn't know anything about things like storage and food ledgers except for shoes, clothes and balls, even if the captain of the guard moves out the count.

"Okay. We need to buy enough food as soon as possible. ”

"IMHO, the financial situation of the territory does not have much money. After all, you know, the Count spends a lot of money in the capital. ”

"No money?"

"Not much."

"Then come with me." Xiao Yan waved his hand, left the office with the supervisor full of question marks, and walked towards the dungeon.

"Captain of the Guard, what are we doing in a place like this?" Walking down the eerie steps, Canon became more and more terrified.

"I'll show you someone." Xiao Yan pushed open the door of a dungeon and walked in with Canon.