Chapter 64 Summary and Reorganization

The snow was still falling, but it had turned from goose-feathered snow to small snowflakes, and the sky and the earth were snow-white.

The tent was warm as spring, and the red charcoal fire in a large brazier placed in the middle of the tent was emitting scorching heat. A large copper kettle hung from the brazier, and the hot water in the kettle was bubbling hot.

Sederkamp lifted the copper kettle, filled the teacup in front of him with water, and served it to those who needed it. When the kettle ran out of water, he refilled the kettle, poured Michels into the copper kettle, hung it on the brazier and boiled it again, and soon the tent was filled with the aroma of Michels.

Lorlist, Fat Boy, Telman, Yuri, El, Bodfinger and his two comrades-in-arms, Rod Wells and Mon S. Malayk, as well as thirty-seven old cadets of Dawn Academy, sat in the corner of the tent with Injerek and his granddaughter Jawris, all of whom were listening to Fat Smith recount the harvest after the battle of the previous night.

"From a logistical point of view, yesterday's battle was more than worth the cost, although we suffered a slight loss, killing nearly 3,000 enemies with only seventeen crossbowmen, but we captured very little, or we could say that we carried a heavy burden. We have eliminated more than 1,600 enemies, captured more than 1,200, and rescued more than 2,300 young men, which is a great victory, but we have not captured much grain and grass materials, these more than 3,000 people need us to feed them, and also give them warm clothing, and it is estimated that our food and grass materials can barely last for about a month. ”

"Yesterday in this battle we lost seventeen crossbowmen, in addition to forty-eight wounded, thirty-four of whom were crossbowmen, four of Telman's knights were slightly wounded, Yuri's light cavalry was wounded seven, and the spearmen were three wounded. It is a good thing to have very little casualties, but it should be noted that this war has caused us a lot of consumption of war materials. Taking crossbow arrows as an example, we prepared 20,000 crossbow arrows in advance, but now there are only 8,000 left, which is still the result of recovering the crossbow arrows that can still be used on the battlefield, and the rest are either broken or damaged arrows and need to be reheated. ”

"There are also crossbow arrows and crossbow strings consumed by the crossbow of the Dorus chariot car, and we still have a spare crossbow string, but the crossbow must be remade, otherwise this crossbow will not be left on the battlefield. In terms of seizure, we have not received food and grass supplies, and we have more than 3,000 sets of weapons and leather armor that can be captured. In addition, we have captured more than 2,000 horses, all of which are spare horses of the lancers and survived from the battlefield, but fortunately there is a large amount of forage stored in this barracks, otherwise we would have to consider slaughtering them. ”

"In addition, we found in the enemy's camp nearly ten thousand gold merits, as well as nearly a thousand spears, three hundred long swords, more than six hundred longbows, nearly ten thousand long arrows, and more than five hundred round shields. One hundred and thirty-two four-wheeled carriages, three hundred and forty-one two-wheeled carriages, and one thousand two hundred and fifty-two pack horses pulling the carts, all of which, according to the captives, were left in the camp because the barracks were occupied by us. Other than that, the rest is clutter. ”

"Now we are facing three problems, one is what to do with the more than 1,000 captives? When we continue on the road, will we let them go or take them with us? Second, at least more than half of the more than 400 rescued in this barracks and the more than 2,000 young men rescued in the big camp will join our army, and they want to take revenge on the Count Corbilly because their relatives were killed, and who told us to annihilate this sweeping force of the Count Corbilly, they regard us as hope. Should we take it or not? There is also the question of whether the hundreds of people who are going to leave are headed by the son of a viscount, and they hope that we will give him a batch of captured weapons and equipment, or will they not give it?"

As soon as Shi Fatzi finished his report, there was an uproar in the big tent, and everyone was discussing the three questions that Shi Fatzi said. As for the captives, although some advocated that they should be kept clean and that food should not be consumed. But there are also people who propose to release the captives, fearing that they will turn around and join the command of Earl Corbilly, and will sell the bottom of the family's northbound convoy, since they can't be killed or released, it is better to take them on the road, like carrying things, setting up camps, or something, and some of them are doing hard work for them.

As for those young men who want to join the family army and seek revenge on Earl Cockbilly, most people tend to let them join first. As for what viscount's son wants a batch of weapons and equipment for free, everyone's opinion is why give it to him, and if he doesn't have a family name, he opens his mouth like a lion, even if the team has more weapons and equipment, he can't give it.

When everyone was almost discussed, Lorist clapped his hands to silence everyone, and then spoke: "Regarding the three questions raised by Knight Schreed, I have listened to everyone discuss for a while, and I think that the matter of the captives cannot be released at present, and if we want to release them, we must wait until we are out of Count Cobilly's sphere of influence before releasing them, so as not to cause us unnecessary trouble." For those who want to join, we must first ask them if they are willing to follow us north, and explain to them the treatment of our family's soldiers. Let them join if they are willing, and we will not be reluctant if they are unwilling, otherwise it will be easy for deserters to appear. ”

"Last question, I don't think you can overrule the request of the viscount's son. I am going to meet this man first, and see what reasons he can persuade us to agree to give him a batch of weapons and equipment. We won't agree without the right excuses. Okay, let me tell you about the summary of yesterday's battle, I hope everyone will use snacks, this is just the first battle we encountered on the way north, I don't know how many difficulties we will encounter in the next trip. I hope that everyone will learn from the experience of each war and draw lessons from it, so that we can avoid repeating the mistakes of the past in the future. ”

"In yesterday's battle, we paid a very slight price, and we completely annihilated more than 3,000 enemies. It was a great victory, a complete victory, and it can even be recorded in the history books. However, we must not forget that this great victory, like yesterday's, actually contains several coincidences, and the right time, place and people are on our side. The so-called weather time is that the weather suddenly turns cold and snows, forcing the enemy to storm our military camp because of lack of supplies. As the commander of an army, it is extremely undesirable to devote all his forces to the offensive in such a desperate and desperate manner, and it is most likely to fall into the trap set by the enemy without knowing the enemy's situation. Yesterday Earl Cobilly's army taught us a good lesson. ”

"There is also a favorable location, the military camp is the high ground in this area, the defense facilities are perfect, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus we have dealt with it properly, so that we have successfully delayed the enemy until it is dark and snowy before entering the military camp, so that the enemy is angry and the snow is not clear, so we go down step by step according to the trap we set. If the enemy had broken through the camp in the afternoon, what would they have done when they saw the wooden partition walls on both sides of the road? Would they have let the lancers gather together and go down the road? Then everyone would have seen another result, and even if we could annihilate them, we would have to go through a hard fight and pay a heavy price for casualties. So, last night's big win had an element of luck in it. ”

"There are also people, we set a trap, lead the enemy into the barracks, use crossbows against the lancers, and achieve unexpected results, so that the enemy's lancers are almost completely annihilated. We took the initiative on the battlefield with crossbowmen against the enemy's garrison behind the wooden partition wall, and we achieved this great victory. But yesterday's victory, we have to look at it in conjunction with the attack on the convoy and the capture of the barracks two days ago, to be a complete battle. At the beginning of the battle, however, our convoy was attacked by the lancers and suffered a great loss, even losing one of our companions. ”

"Looking at this war, we will find that our family armed forces are facing a very embarrassing problem, that is, our family armed forces rely on it, and the heavy armor soldiers have almost no room to play in this war, and they have become decorations. We relied on light cavalry scouts, knights, crossbow archers, and crossbow chariots to win the battle. It's not the fault of the Borg knight, it's not that he didn't train the heavy armor well, on the contrary, the heavy armor is the elite of the family's armed forces. It's just that we forgot one thing when we set up the heavy armor soldiers, that is, the convoy is mobile, and the most important thing for the escort of the convoy is mobility, and the most lacking thing for the heavy armor is mobility. ”

"The Knights and the Hussar Scouts were the biggest surprise in this battle, but they also exposed their shortcomings. The key to the Order is that it is understaffed to make a final decision. And the light cavalry scout squad was also unable to attack the enemy because of its small number of people, just as the overall situation last night had already decided that the light cavalry had captured the enemy's large camp, and seven of the small garrisons facing the enemy's camp were still wounded, which was very undeserved. Therefore, taking advantage of the snowy weather in the past two days, the road is difficult to navigate, and I am ready to reorganize the family armed forces and re-establish a new military composition. ”

"First of all, the Order will be expanded, and now the fleet still has spare knight full armor and eighty-eight matching horse armors, plus the original forty-six pairs of knights, we have decided to expand the Order into a knight squad of one hundred and twenty people, each knight is equipped with three horses, a wartime mount, a daily riding mount, and a rotating mount. Each knight had a knight's squire, who was to be sent to the army to find a boy of fifteen or sixteen, and each knight had a servant to take care of the horses and take care of chores. Squires and servants each have a mount, and they do not need to go to battle. Knights of Telman, you are in charge of the expansion of this Knights, and I hope you can bring a Silver Knights to our Norton family. ”

Telman stood up and saluted, "My lord, I will live up to my expectations." ”

"Secondly, Knight Yuri, your Hussar Scout Squad has been expanded into a Scout Squadron with four scout squadrons, each with a full strength of one hundred and twenty men. Two horses for one man, equipped with crossbows, throwing spears, spears, swords, arm shields, chain mail and leather armor. Then assign a team of servants to take care of the horses and chores. You have to train them rigorously, not only from afar, but also in close combat. ”

"Yes, sir. Yuri also stood up and saluted.

Lorist looked at Bodfinger, who nodded slightly. Lorist continued: "Next, I'm going to reshuffle the heavy armor. The lancers in this battle gave us a lot of inspiration. After my discussion with the Borg Knight and others, we are going to reorganize the heavy armor into heavy armor spear cavalry, first expanding into two squadrons, each squadron is subordinate to four squadrons, each squad is also full of 120 people, one person and two horses, and each squadron is equipped with a servant squad. The newly formed heavy armored lancers were in charge of the Knights of the Borg and the Knights of Ross. ”

Bodfinger and Rod Wells stood up: "Do as you ask, my lord. ”

Lorist smiled with satisfaction and motioned for the two to sit down, after this time of getting along, it seemed that Rose would be happy to join the Norton family, and it would be natural for him to become a family knight: "Now all the soldiers in the convoy must give priority to the selection of personnel when these three troops are expanded. In addition, we will also set up a law enforcement team to maintain order in the convoy, equipped with infantry ring armor and axe guns, as the law enforcement force of the family. I hope Mons. The Malek Knight can take charge of this law enforcement team and become the family's law enforcement officer. ”

Mons Malek stood up and gave a chest salute: "My lord, I am willing to serve you. ”

"In addition, the General Battalion Guard will also be expanded into a squadron, which will be responsible not only for the guard of the General Battalion, but also for the custody of prisoners. El, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"Finally, it's about the spearmen brigade. I decided to combine crossbowmen and spearmen. Each spearman squadron consisted of five squads, one sword and shield squad, one crossbow squad, one longbowmen, and two spearmen squads, each with a full strength of one hundred and twenty men. This brigade of spearmen, I'm going to hand it over to ......"

Lorlist's gaze fell on Injerek: "Injerek, it's up to you to be responsible." ”

Injerek didn't expect Lorist to hand over the largest number of spearmen to him, and his old face turned red: "My lord, I, I can't do it......"

"Why can't you? You've been a town garrison, and none of you have any experience. And you've been bored in the convoy all this time, and I've seen it several times every night when you're lying outside Knight Schreed's tent and listening to the corner. As a Golden, it's time for you to get down to business. As for your granddaughter, you can rest assured, Knight Schrader has already mentioned to me that he is going to marry your granddaughter when he arrives in the family territory. In order for your granddaughter to have a good home, you also have to do your best for the family team. ”

Lorist said that the old man's face was flushed and she hid behind her grandfather's back, but the fat man stood up and walked over to protect Jasmine in his arms. Everyone in the big tent suddenly burst into laughter, some joked about Ingjelek, and some congratulated Shi Fat on finding true love.

Injerek was ashamed of what Lorist said, he was worried that Shi Fat would bully his granddaughter. It's just that his granddaughter and Shi Fatzi are in love, and he can't help being bullied willingly. However, when Lorist said that Shi Fatzi was willing to marry his granddaughter, he was full of joy: "Okay, I will do what the adults tell me." ”

Lorist waved his hand at the people in the big tent: "Okay, let's disperse, time is tight, we only have two days to adjust the family's armament, everyone must hurry up and cooperate with each other." ”

"Pat, go and bring the son of the Viscount, and I'll hear what he has to say.