Eight hundred cavalry, two hundred archers, five hundred hoplites, and three hundred city defenders were the total strength that Surdak currently possessed.

It is completely possible to form a corps with a full range of arms.

The Archswordsman of Chester only now figured out why Marquis Luther had entertained the Archswordsman of Chester alone before coming to the Bailin Plane, and why Lady Marianne was also by his side at that time, and her smile was still so kind.

These ...... in front of you Probably entirely in the Marquis of Luthor's plans.

As long as Surdak can prepare a cavalry battalion, and then use this garrison mission to send him to a small town on the edge of the White Forest Plane, and then draw elite soldiers from other units of the legion and inject them into Surdak to form a war group.

Even if Surdak didn't have the ability to build this cavalry battalion, it was estimated that Marquis Luthor would help him privately prepare this cavalry battalion.

In this way, even if everyone knew in their hearts that Marquis Luthor wanted to cultivate Surdak, they would not be able to find anything wrong.

After all, the Bailin plane is about to usher in a once-in-a-decade beast tide, and it is a matter of course to send additional troops to the border towns, Surdak is the military and political official here, and the Luther Legion is the private army of the Marquis of Luther, and it is not up to him to decide how to dispatch it!

The Chester Great Swordsman also wanted to help Surdak smooth out the relationship between the various warbands, he stayed in Dodan Town for three days, and found that Surdak had firmly controlled this army, to put it bluntly, it was still a complete management system, and every day meals, training, and field training were all uniformly arranged.

Even if he manages it, he will not necessarily do better than Surdak.

The dormitories in the garrison camp had been erected in just three days.

The town of Dodan is located at the southern entrance to the Dodan Gorge in the middle of the Thorn Mountains, a large area of broad-leaved woodland at the foot of the Thorn Mountains, where there is no shortage of wood.

There was a lumberyard just outside the town, and Surdak had led people to buy 1,800 one-foot-diameter red pine logs from the lumberyard and cut semicircular grooves into the ends of these logs.

Stacked on top of each other, it took only one day to build the main frame of the barracks dormitory, followed by the main beams and tripods of the roof, and finally the tripods of the roof with arm-thick wooden rafters, and the twenty wooden houses were built almost in three days.

In particular, the wooden house has a flat pine floor, and the wooden beds inside are single beds with bunk beds, and they are neatly arranged in rows in the wooden house.

If it weren't for the Chester Swordsman seeing it with his own eyes, it would be hard to believe that these cabins were all made by the cavalry battalion of Surdak.

Groups of soldiers walked into the wooden houses that exuded the smell of pine wood, and they all looked at the exquisite wooden houses with a new look on their faces.

Surdak explained to the Great Swordsman of Chester: "We have barren land there, and in the autumn and winter, many people go to the local lumberyard to work to support their families, and they are familiar with this kind of thing. ”

Seeing that a thousand reinforcements had been settled by Surdak so quickly, the Chester Archswordsman decided to take a look around the other border towns to see what was going on in those towns.

He also recommended two squadron leaders who had performed very well, Adams and Gallatin, to Surdak.

These two knights were also personally named by the Great Swordsman of Chester, mainly because they were worried that Surdak had little experience in managing the army, and he had urgent matters to deal with, and there must be trustworthy and capable people around him to organize the situation, and these two squadron leaders were young officers with outstanding performance.

Before leaving, the Chester Great Swordsman of course introduced the two to Surdak.

……

Before leaving, the Archswordsman of Chester and Surdak drank together in the tavern in the town of Dodan and chatted casually.

In the tavern in Dodan Town, there is only the tavernkeeper's own ale, and due to the rough straining process, there is even some residue in the ale, but the ale wine tastes very good.

When Surdak was drinking, he used to eat a little dried fruit, fried fish, and other foods.

There were always some hazelnuts in the woods at the foot of the Thorny Mountains, and there were only hazelnuts in the tavern, so Surdak ordered a small plate, sat down at the bar, smashed them one by one, and picked the nuts inside.

The Great Swordsman of Chester, holding the glass in one hand, said to Surdak:

"On the side of Dodan Town, you can leave the rest alone, but the defense here is above all else, as long as anyone dares to obstruct the local defense, you can deal with it first, regardless of the civilians, if you are a nobleman, you need to write an explanation of the situation and submit it to the Wilkes City Military Department, as long as we are prepared in advance."

"I'm here this time to see if this town can still operate normally, and if I can, I won't send the mayor for the time being, so as not to have to run in with you."

"This beast tide is a big challenge for you, but also a rare opportunity."

"To be honest, no matter which plane you conquer, you will encounter difficulties of one kind or another, and the beast tide is definitely not the most terrifying, I hope you can gain something here."

"Let me see what kind of person Marquis Luthor has in mind."

The Great Swordsman of Chester raised his beer glass and touched Surdak.

Then the Great Swordsman of Chester said:

"You should be the best of the five passes here."

"But after all, it's a border town, located in a remote place, and it's also the favorite place for some wanted criminals and exiles to gather, you must pay attention to safety here, and if something happens beyond your control, give me a withdrawal to Wilkes immediately, and I'll help you deal with it later."

Surdak nodded and agreed, "Hmm! ”

Later, he said: "I will complete the garrison mission." ”

……

The Archswordsman of Chester arrives at the town hall, and with Lady Luna, the group wanders around the town of Dodan again.

The Chester Great Swordsman found out that the town of Dodan was well prepared for this beast tide.

The large-scale hunting campaign on the eve of the animal tide has left the town with plenty of meat reserves, and the streets are full of rabbit and guinea pig pelts.

In the attics of some residents' homes, there are also some air-dried snowcocks and grouse.

Not only that, but according to Mrs. Luna, the town also spends one-fifth of its tax revenue to subsidize the town's per capita food rations.

That is, the town of Dodan buys wheat flour and gives it to the bakery in the town to bake wheat cakes and whole wheat bread of uniform size.

There are strict requirements for the material, diameter and thickness of this type of bread, basically a white loaf of bread weighs about a pound of wheat flour, a whole wheat loaf is enough for an adult to eat for a whole day, and such a whole wheat bread with a little salt flavor is sold for only two copper plates in the bakery in Dodan Town.

As long as the townspeople have sixty copper plates in their hands, they can eat enough in a month.

Even the indigenous people who live at the bottom of society do not starve to death because they can't eat in the most difficult times.

When this measure was first introduced, there were long queues at the entrance of the bakery every day, and the bakery owner had to supply the goods according to the number of people.

In the following week, when everyone found that the baked wheat cakes had been maintained at such a low price, they did not continue to rush them.

Almost everyone in the town has to go to the bakery to buy baked wheat cakes and whole wheat bread.

This forced the bakery to build five large ovens in quick succession and employ twenty bakers to satisfy the town's bread supply.

Of course, this benefit is only available to existing residents of the town of Dodan, and those who come to the outsiders can only enjoy this cheap scone and whole wheat bread if they have a tax payment certificate stamped by the tax collector of the town of Dodan.

Although the nobles of the town were dissatisfied with this matter, the taxes of the town would not fall into their pockets, so they did not speak out against it.

The Chester Swordsman stayed in the town of Dodan for only four nights before leaving the town on horseback with four retinues.

The wagons brought by the Chester Swordsmen were hired by some local nobles to carry the wealth they had accumulated over the years, and they took the opportunity to leave the town of Dodan and rush to Wilkes City.