In addition to these four standing legions directly under the Imperial Court, another important component of the Imperial army is the Imperial Legion, or Principality Legion, which is also a legion with the regular name of the Empire, but administratively and financially under the responsibility of each principality. Their establishment is smaller than that of the Imperial Legion, generally less than 10,000 people, and they do not have the level of the left and right wing flag teams, and there are fewer subordinate units. A royal regiment often has two or three infantry wings, two cavalry wings, and one or two artillery wings. And an imperial regiment generally had only two infantry wings, a cavalry wing, and an artillery wing. However, in terms of the establishment below the wing, the Imperial Legion and the Imperial Legion are basically the same, which is to increase the organizational versatility.

In the current Great Holy War Expeditionary Force, a total of nine Imperial legions participated in the battle, they were the Eighteenth Army and the Fifteenth Army of the Duchy of Midland, the Twenty-seventh Army of the Duchy of the Highlands, the thirty-fourth Army of the Duchy of Nordland, the twenty-sixth Army of the Duchy of Ostland, the thirty-ninth Army of the Duchy of Ottomark, the First Artillery Army of the Duchy of Nunn, the twenty-seventh army of the Duchy of Ayvaland, and the forty-first army of the Duchy of Stillland, adding up to a total of more than 43,000 people, with an average of about 5,000 troops per legion. Of course, in fact, the initial strength of each legion participating in the holy war is different, and it is not so even.

In addition to the four Imperial Legions and the nine Imperial Legions, the other main force in the Great Holy War was the Imperial Guard, the so-called First Legion and the Marine Corps. The First Army is a super-large corps with two infantry wings and three cavalry wings, with a total strength of nearly 20,000, while the Marine Corps, although it has only 4,000 troops, is the king of heavy firepower with ten land warships, and has a strength that should not be underestimated. In fact, half of the soldiers in this marine army directly under the Imperial Court are from the Sea Elf Dominion, and the ship is full of pointed ears, which looks more like an elven army.

In addition to the 100,000 regular troops of the Empire, the strength of the other small territories, independent monks, temples, and mercenary groups participating in the Great Holy War was about 50,000, which was equal to half of the number of regular legions. However, less than 10,000 of them were actually incorporated into the main army and put into the march to Kislev, which was only one-fifth of the proportion. This is because the Imperial Command needs to consider whether the strength of the troops can withstand the test of the Chaos Storm, and Marshal Yang is absolutely unwilling to rush the soldiers who have no field combat ability into a decisive battle, because that will only allow the enemy to seize the opportunity to break through the weak points. There are many cases in history where 100,000 rabbles were defeated by 100,000 elites, this is a simple truth.

"The Great Holy War of a Million Army! The Great Expedition of 200,000 Iron Horsemen!"

This is a popular phrase among the people of the empire during the Great Holy War, although it is exaggerated a lot, but in fact it has a basis. Because the empire is a powerful country with a standing army of 500,000, and more than 200,000 troops have been mobilized in this great holy war, and after adding the entire army of Kislev, it is perfectly okay to call it "million". Of course, there were about 234,000 field troops who really left the empire and went north into the territory of Kislev, and after removing the battle casualties and maintaining the rear supply lines and the remaining forces in the cities, the imperial army that followed Marshal Yang into Kislevgrad to relieve the siege totaled more than 113,000 people, including 35,000 cavalry. In addition, the Dukes of Kislev rushed to join the army of nearly 60,000 troops, of which 37,000 were thrown into the ranks of the decisive battle in the north. Most of them were cavalry, including 5,000 Wind Wing Cavalry and 800 War Bear Cavalry.

All in all, Marshal Yang now has a combined army of more than 150,000 troops, and if you add the number of non-combatants such as miscellaneous servants and merchants, the total number is almost close to 200,000. They had 100,000 horses and pack horses, 40,000 camels, 50,000 long-haired oxen, 8,000 four-wheeled chariots of two and three, and eighteen land-based warships like hills. This is a rare magnificence in the history of Kislev, and it is also a rare expedition in the history of the Empire, and the investment of the Empire to crush the Chaos Storm of Slain is difficult to calculate.

"About tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will be able to see the red wall of Kislevgrad. The final decisive battle will also come at that moment, Your Highness Hyde, are you mentally prepared enough?"

After finishing a general account of the strength of the coalition forces, General Chris suddenly put on a straight face and asked a very polite question. In fact, at this moment, even his half-griffin turned his head and glared at Hyde's warhorse with a very unfriendly look.

"Your Excellency Chris is joking again! How could our noble Highness Hyde not be prepared!"

Jessica answered Chris's question with lightning lightning before Hyde, her wolf-eared headdress standing up like a living thing. For the past few days, Midland's 10th champion has been walking around Hyde inseparably, and has carried out the task given to her by Lisa perfectly. Although Frey was a little dissatisfied at first, Jessica's mouth was unexpectedly sweet, and she often gave the dark-haired girl intimate hugs and kisses, so she soon didn't care. After all, Frey is a very sensible person, and she understands the importance of the powerful Jessica to Hyde's safety.

"I understand the brutality of the decisive battle, and I am mentally prepared, thank you for the reminder, my esteemed Lord Chris. ”

Hyde smiled and answered General Chris's question without humility or arrogance. He knew that Chris was not only Midland's sixth champion, but also a very funny and experienced man, and his reminder was by no means meaningless.

"That's fine, my noble highness, let us stick in the ass of that slacker witch! Let her and her goblins taste the power of our spear!"

Chris looked at Hyde's formal expression, suddenly made an ambiguous gesture of thrusting, and then laughed out loud. This slightly embarrassed Hyde, and Frey's face turned red.

"Ahh

Catherine, who was not speaking on the side, immediately jumped up and made a grimace at the bearded co-captain, the girl with the red ponytail was always not afraid of anything, and even more so with Chris, who was often joking.

"Well, this time Jessica is also going to be on the side of the beautiful Sister Catherine, Your Excellency Chris is too ungraceful!"

Jessica grinned wickedly and hugged Catherine's neck, showing her support as she took the opportunity to rub oil on her white breasts. This made the red-haired Princess Tubaro frown, but there was nothing she could do about it for the time being. The strong have their own strong players, and this wolf-eared girl can be said to be a Catherine nemesis stronger than Frey.

"Ladies have to be enduring, too! I remember Miss Jessica saying a hundred times heavier than this when she was on the front, why did she suddenly become a delicate lady when she arrived at Her Highness Hyde?...... Is there a special reason?"

Chris smiled and picked his nostrils, glanced at Jessica with a somewhat peculiar look, and then stared at Hyde, with a little malicious smile. This caused Frey, who had been silent behind Hyde, to immediately lower her head, and Jessica deliberately raised her chest.

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Author's gossip

------- history, Spain in 1562 had 330,000 land and sea troops, while the Netherlands had 70,000 and 40,000 navy. Sweden in the Thirty Years' War had 162,000 troops, the Tokugawa shogunate had 280,000 troops, and if you add the armament of all the daimyos, it was as high as 600,000. The Ming Dynasty had a theoretically huge army of 2.7 million, of course, we must understand that the total strength and the strength of a single battlefield battle are two different things, in ancient times when there were no railways and no ships, it was much more difficult to gather troops than in modern times. There are fewer troops to invest in a single battlefield, each of your cities needs garrisons, there is a distance between the armies, and you will never have a large number of troops to gather on the right battlefield at the right time. In the European battles of the 16th and 17th centuries, the number of troops invested in a single battlefield rarely exceeded 30,000. Of course, in the decisive Armageddon, there are also examples of sending more than 100,000 troops to a single battlefield, such as Charles V's war to rescue Vienna in 1529, when he brought 120,000 men. Although Warhammer World was born out of Europe in the 16th and early 17th centuries, it was a medieval magic steampunk with steam tanks, land warships, dwarven airships and steam clockwork helicopters, and the scale of his wars was naturally larger.

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