85_85536 After having a reasonable and legal identity, William can naturally do some reasonable and legal things, which were a little jealous and unruly before. He was also able to rely on his status as the first (and of course the only knight) of the Countess of Chersk to further meddle in the affairs of the Countess of Chersk.

And as I have said before, William's influence on the Countess of Chersk, that is, Charlumi. It feels like even if he directly smears her, takes advantage of the night to go to Xia Lumi's room and snap her, Xia Lumi will not scream, but will be very cooperative with such and such a level.

It's such a state. It is such a form and rank -- but even in this state, there is a limit to this kind of process and rank.

William was indeed able to rely on his relationship with Shalumi, and the trust that Shalumi placed in him, to do almost whatever he wanted in the county of Chersk. But doing so, of course, will attract the resentment of the native forces of the Chersk Countdom.

Although William is confident, he can rely on his ability, skill, and Charlumi's support to put down all these resentments, as well as the overt and covert opposition. But how much time does it take, and how much effort does it take? Seeing that the centaurs on the other side of Tartaria are about to be killed, and in this situation he still plays this, William thinks that he has no spare time.

Therefore, it is said that Charlumi is required to canonize the knight and turn the outside into the inside. Directly obtained a real power status in the Chersk county second only to Shalumi. Plus his own identity and ancestry. William is in the county, and this is unimpeded.

And the reason why William is so hard to calculate naturally has his reasons.

Seeing that the invasion of the Tartarya Khanate was imminent, the Wende Kingdom was torn apart. In such a situation, in such a chaotic situation, in such a chaotic world. Although his own ability is still a little immature. But this is clearly not a reason for William to back down willingly.

He wanted to make a difference.

Yes, William wanted to do something. And if you want to make a difference, you must have a family background. In such a situation, the Barony of Hereford was his father's inheritance. William joined in as a sister-in-law, and it was not impossible to play the role of icing on the cake.

But after thinking about it, William always felt that this result was a little regrettable. Although his father is strong, in a sense, it can be equated with his strength. However, for young people of this age, the fun and sense of accomplishment of assisting and assisting are naturally far less than the achievements of self-employment.

It was in this situation that such a feng shui treasure in the county of Chersk appeared in front of William. It just so happens that Xia Lumi is a little girl who is rigid on the outside and soft on the inside. Under such circumstances, William almost shouted: Isn't this a feng shui treasure tailor-made for me?

Tianyu does not take it, but suffers the blame. A wealthy county, tens of thousands of people, a large amount of money and food accumulated for more than ten years of recuperation. With such a foundation, William feels that as long as he manages it well, it is not impossible to make a career in the next chaos and even achieve amazing results.

That's it.

And in troubled times, what is the most important?

Talent, people's hearts, fame, connections, maybe these things are important, yes, very important. But none of this was the answer William wanted.

Army. Yes, the army. The answer given by William is such a vulgar "army". In troubled times, the military is the most important. And for William, what he wants to seize at the moment is the military power of Chersk.

This is why he asked Shalumi to appoint him as the military governor of the Chersk Territory.

After William said this request, Charomie felt strange and surprised, "Isn't it the captain of the guard, but the military governor?" she asked with a little surprise. Then he got an affirmative reply from William. This surprised her even more.

Although it sounds like the military commander is much more senior than the captain of the guard. But in reality, this is not the case.

It sounds like a high-ranking military governor, but in fact, all he can manage is the daily training matters in the territory. That is, to train troops. The captain of the guard manages the noble private army units within the territory.

At the same time, it should be noted that the training of the private soldiers of the nobility managed by the captain of the guard was also not managed by the military governor. The military governor only manages the training of those peasant soldiers who have been temporarily conscripted -- and as for the specific command of the operation, these peasant soldiers are not military commanders. Rather, it was a local lord or knight.

Therefore, in fact, the real authority of the military governor is not very large. In addition to the training of the army, there is also the mastery of military reserves, as well as the promotion of military technology. After that, as a senior advisor to the lord, he gave the lord military advice.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a profession with a bright appearance, but it's actually very weak.

And now, what William wants is such a career.

"William, if you think there's still a problem with your identity, that-" So, as far as Charlotine wasn't very good at understanding, she thought William was still worried about something. But William didn't mean that at all:

"No, nothing, I am now a knight loyal to the Countess of Chersk. In that case, I should develop in this knightly position. So, it's okay to hold any position. William replied.

"But...... Then why do you want to be a military commander?" asked Charlumie.

"Because I need to. William replied as a matter of course: "Do you think that if the resources, abilities and potentials are the same, in a short period of time, a person with a high foundation will make great progress, or a person with a low foundation will make great progress?"

"I guess it's a low foundation. Charlumi replied.

"yes, so. William nodded: "So, in the case of seeing that war is about to start, it is not very effective to train private troops who already have some foundation." However, if the peasants were trained, they would be useful. It will help us a lot in the next war. ”

Only, despite what William said. But Charlumi was still skeptical, and thought it was strange.

Although in this era, military reform among the nations has been quietly carried out. It's like a renaissance in literature and art. Militarily, too, there is a revival. The military strategists of the countries dug out the heavy infantry system of the classical militarist era from the pile of old papers, and then began to form a standing army equipped with super-long guns.

In this way, the importance of infantry was put back on the agenda. Today's military system is completely different from the knight-peasant system of hundreds of years ago, when it was purely feudal and divided. The infantry no longer plays a purely supporting role.

However, that's only relative. Relatively.

What the Leninists value is the standing army, which has been armed with a lot of money and resources. Or a spontaneous army of mercenaries. In other words, professional troops.

Yes, they value professional troops. And for the peasant soldiers, temporary conscription. The views of the military strategists of the nations have not changed, and they regard them as scum and cannon fodder.

William disagrees on this.

For he knew that in later generations, the military strength of the state was divided into two parts. Some of them are standing forces, while the other part is reserve forces. In general, every modern country has its own national mobilization system. Mobilized soldiers mobilized through the guò mobilization system. Or, in other words, it is those "temporary conscripts" who make up the main body of the wartime army.

"So, these guys' concepts are still very backward. William thought to himself that there were certainly benefits to standing soldiers. Well trained, experienced and so on. But at the same time, conscripts also have the advantages of conscripts - saving money and at the same time maintaining a high number. And these two points, more than experience and training, are more suitable for a large-scale, long-term, harsh war......

Speaking of which, in the past and modern history, the reason why the French Empire was able to fight all over Europe was not so much because of Napoleon's power, but because of the power of France's mobilization system.

The French Republican Government after the Revolution was the first country in modern history to have a system of national mobilization.

It is with this, with these cheap, and massive mobilization units that are enthusiastic about the Republic, that France sends out its last bit of light and heat in recent history......

Then the man died, and it gloriously became the first country in modern history to lose its population. France, which was knocked out of its spirit, sank into a second-rate weak chicken.

Well, anyway, it's a little further here. I just want to say that temporary conscripts are not as useless as one might think. On the contrary, they represent the direction of the development of the composition of the army......

Of course, William didn't think he could train all the makeshift conscripts under his command into a great soldier - he just needed a quick and capable spearmen