85_85536Thinking of this, William felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, so he warned himself that if there is no accident in the future, the kind of worrying words should not be mentioned.

Now not only are the times different, but the world is also different, he is not on the earth now, and there is no such country as China on this earth-like planet. He should completely discard the burden of history, because that qiē is meaningless.

After thinking about these things, William's mood relaxed a lot. It was in this mood that the time arrived in July. In response to the succession of Count Baudelaire, the dispute between Circassia, Vitra and Sandomitz began to escalate.

Just like William thought, seeing that the summer harvest was approaching, a war seemed inevitable.

"We're going to win, aren't we, William?" after receiving threatening letters from Count Vitra and Count Sandomit, demanding that Circassian give up his claim to Baudelaire. Xia Lumi's mood was naturally not too good. In the face of an impending war, the countess does not seem to be too confident.

"It's okay, Charlumie. Do not worry. William smiled and said to Charimi, "We will win." ”

"Hmm," Charlumi nodded. But William could tell. The guy's smile was very forced. In the matter of war, she did not have enough confidence in herself as before.

"Don't really worry, Charlumie. You've seen it before. I've only been training a little bit of a reservist. Their combat power is enough to withstand several times, if not more than ten times the enemy. Now these new troops are more trained and trained for a longer period of time. And it is also equipped with better weapons and equipment. What else do you have to worry about?"

"That's so, but ......" Charlumi nodded, and then hesitated. It looked like he was about to say something - yes, yes, what William said was right and not right. Shalumi has a lot of confidence in him.

The problem was that Charlumie's faith in William did not extend to the stupid, semi-literate, dogmatic, and rigid officers that William had trained.

Charlumi didn't trust these officers. Because in such a short period of training, they have made so many jokes that Xia Lumi can't count them. Even with it, Charlumi had no confidence in the soldiers they had trained......

Well, Charlumi herself is in charge of the 1st Infantry Battalion, and William is in charge of the 2nd Infantry Battalion, and she is still a little more confident. But not by much.

That's it, that's it.

Although after William gave her an infantry battalion, Sharumi also participated in the training of the new army. We have gained a deeper understanding of the combat effectiveness of the new army, which has been trained for nearly three months. But at the same time, Xia Lumi is still a little lacking in confidence. She was still skeptical about the fighting power of the Forces nouvelles, which had only been trained for three months.

In fact, Charlumi is not alone. William's collaborators, namely John the Merchant, and Father Peter. and his squire, John, Jr. Almost all of the men in William's current squad have little confidence in the Forces nouvelles. Although these people are more or less aware of William's new army, the inherent concepts in their minds cannot be reversed in a short period of time.

Generally speaking, the training of the regular army in this era was very slow. Dating back to the classical Bronze Age. Hoplites armed with large shields, spears, baroque armor, and Corinthian helmets. It will take at least twenty years for these elite troops to become an army. All the slave-owning class with citizenship received military training from an early age. Eventually, you won't be able to become an army until you reach adulthood.

History has evolved to the feudal era, and the elite cavalry units using iron tools have also been in army for about 20 years. This was true of the knightly class of the Gothic, Visigothic, or continental nations, as well as the court guards of the Ottoman Empire, and the Mamluk cavalry guards.

The only difference is that the knights are trained one-on-one in a family-style way. The dark elves of the Ottomans, on the other hand, steal and buy, capture young boys, and concentrate the power of the whole country to concentrate training.

Compared to the two, it is true that the training of humans is not as good as that of the dark elves. However, in terms of armaments, the dark elves spend an outrageous amount of money on military matters. Both can be said to have their pros and cons.

And the war has evolved to the current level, and the mercenary units of the Bern mountains, the Gothic Empire and the Lombard region have begun to be active on battlefields around the world. Armed with muskets, artillery, and a phalanx of retro-style spears, or armed with two-handed swords, mercenary units quickly became sought after by kings and nobles everywhere.

The combat effectiveness of these mercenary units equipped with semi-firearms and semi-cold weapons is much stronger than that of the old-style cold-weapon armies. At the same time, the well-organized phalanx of ultra-long spears is also very effective against cavalry units, so much so that at present, these mercenary units are usually imitated by the military reforms of the nations.

The kings and lords with war-minded ambitions also did so according to this standard when they formed a new standing army. And a new army like this, or a Praetorian Guard, or a Royal Musketeer, it takes three to five years for them to become an army. That's pretty fast -- by the old one.

As for William, like William, he trained an army in three months...... This is not only now, but even if you go through the entire history books, there will be no such record. It's no wonder that Charlumi won't be worried.

"So, what does Uncle say about this matter?" and some Xia Lumi, who was still unrelenting, subconsciously moved out of this question. Then, of course, William's dissatisfaction and disgust were aroused.

Yes, yes, yes. Although it has not been a year since he left the Barony of Hereford. But William's attitude towards his father, Baron Otto, had changed considerably.

Although he still respects his father's heroic identity. At the same time, he expressed his admiration for his swordsmanship. But more often than not, William's opinion of Baron Otto is actually not very high.

Yes, Baron Otto's military abilities were largely limited to skirmishes. And Baron Otto's political capacity, the economic capacity is basically zero. To this day, William thinks that his abilities have basically surpassed his father's.

What's more, here in Circassia, Charlumi spoils him, coaxes him, and does whatever he wants. He was able to fulfill his ambitions, whether economically, agriculturally, commercially or militaryly. He can use his talents as he pleases.

It is for this reason that it is also possible. After the battle, that is, the battle against the displaced people. In the face of several letters from his father, urging him to go back. William was so vague that Baron Otto was annoyed. At the same time, I was a little worried...... Although he is happy with William and Charlumie's relationship, he is also happy to see it. But it seems like living together without getting married or something. Baron Otto was a little hard to accept.

Well, at this point it was Baron Otto who misunderstood William. And in his later letters, he vaguely mentioned this matter, and also mentioned that if William really liked Charlotine, it would be good to come back and have a make-up wedding. This made William laugh and cry a little...... Of course, after Xia Lumi saw these letters, she really had such thoughts.

But even so, even if he was misunderstood by Baron Otto, and at the same time was forced to marry by Charlumi like and that. For a short time, William still didn't want to go back to Hereford. Or rather, I don't want to go back like this.

He felt that he had to make some achievements to impress his father. It was only then that the power of the Barony of Hereford would be taken over.

That's it.

And after the training of the new army and the intensification of the struggle against the county of Baudelaire. William did see an opportunity.

He had already decided, decided to return to Hereford after defeating Sandomith and Vitra, and taking Baudelaire under control. At that time, he can be regarded as returning to his hometown, and he will have something to say when he sees his father again.

So, now, after William had an idea in his heart, Charlumi mentioned Baron Otto here. It seems that there is still a bit of a feeling of "if my uncle says no, we should not do that". This made William very, very unhappy.

In fact, something about Baudelaire's ownership. Naturally, William had communicated with Baron Otto before. And, of course, Baron Otto was not too optimistic about William's military adventure. The old baron, who had experienced "some things" and had long since lost the adventurous spirit of his youth, was not much interested in expanding his family's territory. Even though William repeatedly emphasized the county of Baudelaire in his letters, it meant the same to the Hereford family.

Of course, this is not to say that the baron will go out of his way to oppose William's actions.

On this point, Baron Otto's position was clear—he was too old to move—though in reality he was not yet forty years old—but his son William was still a young man. Naturally, he could not stop William's self-motivation.

He just wasn't optimistic about William's new army, which had only been trained for three months