There are more than fifty direct vassals under Alice, including five viscount vassals, twenty-three barons, and thirty lord vassals.

The total number of vassals is as high as more than 4,000 people, plus more than 2,000 people brought by Alice herself, the total number of troops invested by the Jones family this time is more than 6,000 people, although many serfs in these more than 6,000 people are actually not soldiers, but this is also a gathering of more than half of the military strength of the entire Jones Territory.

Even Alice's team of more than 2,000 people is the elite of the Jones family, including 500 rose knights, 1,200 elite infantry, plus more than 300 ordinary guards, and finally more than 400 ordinary serfs in charge of logistics.

Needless to say, this is the essence of the Jones family, not to mention how much money it costs to cultivate a knight, that is, to gather 500 war horses, and to train so many warrior cavalry, it also costs a lot of resources.

Although the 1,200 elite infantry is not as good as the Rose Knights, their strength should not be underestimated, these 1,200 infantry only have two arms, one of which is the longbowmen, a total of 200 people, it takes at least two to three years to train a qualified longbowman, and the training of these 200 longbowmen alone needs to consume a large number of longbows and arrows, and no small nobleman can afford to raise such a number of longbowmen.

The second is the pikemen, a total of 1,000 people, each 100 people are a phalanx, the pikemen are the real infantry main force under the hands of each nobleman, equipped with chain mail, leather armor and helmets, plus a spear more than four meters long.

On the battlefield, in addition to the cavalry, when the Battle of the Truth broke out, the victory or defeat of the infantry phalanx could determine the victory or defeat of the war.

And the last remaining 300 ordinary guards, although they are not elite, but they are not enough to compare, but there is no problem in comparing with the bottom, these guards are no worse than the guards under Gervais and their hands.

Even some minor nobles were reluctant to spend money on equipment, and the guards under their hands were not as good as the 300 guards used by the Jones family as auxiliaries, these guards were all swordsmen, and they were used when attacking cities and castles.

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When the march had been two hours long, Gervais realized that he was still naïve.

Originally, he thought that he could admire his cheap wife's face on the road to relieve his boredom, but he didn't expect that since the army stopped for lunch at noon, he never saw his cheap wife again, because Alice had changed from riding a horse to riding a carriage.

It was also a carriage, and the carriage in which Alice was riding was many times more luxurious than Pat's, and it was not a problem to squeeze four or five people into the space alone.

Looking at the luxurious carriage beside him, Gervais was full of bitterness, and after thinking for a long time, he finally rode a unicorn to Alice's carriage, and said to Alice in the carriage in the surprised eyes of everyone: "Alice, your carriage is so spacious, why don't you let me squeeze it?" ”

Gervais wasn't afraid of tiredness, but he looked towards the back of the line, many young nobles were sitting in carriages, and only old nobles like Gandalf were meticulously riding their horses.

Although the carriages of the young nobles were the kind that carried goods, and there was no roof or anything, the carriage with no goods at all was enough to accommodate a person to lie comfortably on it, and at the same time put some cushions on the carriage to reduce the vibration of the carriage, which was simply enjoyable.

Gervais now blames not only for his inexperience, but also for being too upright, even filling all the carriages to the brim, and not knowing how to arrange an extra carriage for him to sit in.

Gervais's words and questions fell for a long time, but he did not hear any response from the carriage.

After all, under the watchful eye, Gervais could only keep his mouth shut and see if he could get a carriage to ride when he set up camp at night.

……

Ten days later, Gervais's team of more than 6,000 people finally saw a giant city appear on the distant horizon, and when they saw this huge city, all the soldiers couldn't help but smile with joy on their faces.

In addition to fighting on the battlefield in war, it is frightening, in fact, such a long journey of eating and sleeping in the open is also a kind of torment for the soldiers.

The infantry, in particular, had blood blisters everywhere under their feet as they went, and every night Gervais could hear the painful chirping of many of his medical team girls and ordinary guards in the tent.

Gervais himself was fine, for the first day he rode a unicorn for a while, and then spent the rest of the day in a carriage.

This carriage was not given by someone else, but he bought it for 1 gold coin.

Horses are the most common old horses, and the carriages are brand new, but they are also the kind that carry goods.

Such a carriage would normally cost only 30 silver coins to take, but Gervais now costs a full gold coin.

Why is it selling so expensive?

This incident made Gervais gnash his teeth, because he met a profiteer who was sitting on the ground.

It turns out that every year, some inexperienced stunned young people like Gervais join the Southern Expedition.

Unable to bear the suffering on the way, or seeing the appearance of other people, and also looking for a carriage to ride, these profiteers took the opportunity to sell the carriage they had brought.

On the first night of departure, Gervais approached Pat and the others to ask if there was any extra carriage to buy or borrow for the time being, and soon Pat and the others introduced the little nobleman who took the opportunity to sell carriages to Gervais.

The minor nobleman was only a lord, but his father was a baron and a vassal of Alice.

The minimum number of people in a lord's conscription order was 30, but this lord brought sixty men, all serfs, and in addition to these 60 serfs, there were 30 carriages.

This kind of operation made Gervais marvel on the spot, what a talent is really special.

Originally, when Gervais proposed to buy a carriage, the lord offered 1 gold and 30 silver coins, and finally heard about the title of the husband of Lord Count Gervais, so he erased the odds.

1 gold coin is not too expensive, many young nobles lined up to buy it, and when Gervais went to buy it, there were only 10 of the Lord's thirty carriages left, and Gervais could only buy it with gritted teeth.

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As Gervais and the others continued to advance, when they crossed a low hillside, the full appearance of the giant city in front of them fell into their eyes.

I saw that the giant city was boxy, and although the scale was not as large as that of Winterfell, the walls of the giant city were more than those of Winterfell.

At this moment, countless tents have been densely stationed outside the giant city, these tents stretch for more than ten miles, as the saying goes, there are 10,000 people, boundless, this moment let Gervais really see the different beauty of war in the age of cold weapons.

There were already at least forty or fifty thousand troops stationed in the camp below.

At this moment, Alice had also stepped out of the carriage, mounted her war horse, and looked towards the giant city ahead.

"This is the City of Glory, the most important line of defense of the Duchy of Jean, as long as you get out of the City of Glory, it is the Duchy of Alban, the impact of the Plain River!"

Alice's words are like an exclamation, and they are also like saying them to Gervais.

Gervais raised his eyes and looked into the distance again, the city of glory was flanked on both sides by towering mountains, stretching to the end of the horizon, and the city of glory was right in the middle of the only gap in the mountains, this giant city was like a stubborn stone, firmly locked the path of the Duchy of Jean and the Duchy of Alban.

In fact, without Alice's export, Gervais also has the details of this glorious city.

This city of glory is of great significance to the Duchy of Jean, so it is also explained in the aristocratic school.

The name of the City of Glory was actually changed more than 30 years ago, because every year the Duchy of Jean would go on a southern expedition, and many people with outstanding merits would be canonized here as noble lords in the southern expedition every year, so over time, it became a veritable city of glory.

As long as you set foot here, out of the mountains, there is a good chance that you will really get more glory than ever before.

When Gervais and the others stopped on the gentle slope, the rangers on the periphery of the camp below had also spotted their group, and immediately dozens of horsemen turned around and rode their horses towards the hillside.

"Lord Alice Jones, welcome to you! I am Chakra, the logistics director of His Majesty's southern expedition, your camp has been divided, please follow me! ”

As the cavalry approached, a fat man with no armor nodded at Alice.

However, the fat man did not turn over and dismount, and all the words and nods were done while sitting on the horse.

Gervais looked at the self-proclaimed head of logistics, there were three or four badges on the luxurious silk clothes, although Gervais didn't know what those badges represented, but it was obvious that this fat man was also a pivotal figure under the king, so that he would have enough confidence to not dismount in front of Alice.

"Thank you, Director Chakra, then please lead the way!"

Alice's tone was not wavering, and her pretty face was still arrogant and cold, but she nodded slightly, which was a response to Chakra.

Chakra didn't care about Alice's attitude, but instead stayed on Gervais for a moment, more precisely on the unicorn beneath Gervais.

Chakra's gaze lingered for a moment, then he bowed slightly to Alice again, then turned to lead the way for the group in front of them, slowly walking towards the huge camp a few miles down the hillside.