When he came, Richard had only 300 people around him, and the group was small, so it was very easy to walk.

Even in a barony, it's easy to replenish water.

Supplies are everywhere along the road.

By the time they returned, the total number of soldiers, including the soldiers in charge of the protection mission, had exceeded 3,600.

With such a large number of livestock and a large number of livestock, it is very difficult to replenish along the way.

Richard bought about two hundred horses, dozens of wagons, fifty tons of grain, and a large amount of supplies from Linus Castle, enough for more than three thousand people to eat for a month.

In a month, even if the road is slower, walking 30 kilometers a day, you should be able to enter Haaland's territory.

In order to transport food, Richard also had carpenters among the slaves build a large number of wheelbarrows.

Building a unicycle is very simple. As long as you can splice wood wheels, you are eligible.

A small wheelbarrow can carry more than 300 catties of goods.

A man pushing a wheelbarrow can carry a family's food rations for a month.

Women and children carry some tent cloths, clothes and bedding and other sundries, and with the help of wheelbarrows, the road can be easier.

The wagon was loaded with some wooden poles, pots and pans, and other miscellaneous items for setting up tents.

The sound of the wheels of the wagons was monotonous and repetitive, and it was difficult to move on the muddy mountain road.

Richard, like ordinary people, did not ride in a carriage and walked at the front of the line. Richard's strength is more than fifteen points, and his physical strength is several times that of ordinary people.

His physical strength was well fed and drunk, and he could walk four hundred miles a day.

But with the large army, it is necessary to take care of the physical strength of the majority.

Richard stopped and asked a few ordinary slaves around him, "Are you tired?" ”

"Lord Baron, it's time for us to find a place to rest, the road is too difficult. People can't stand the horses even if they can't stand them, and the horses should be allowed to rest. ”

Richard had many years of experience living in the mountains and countryside in his previous life, and he knew that human endurance surpassed that of horses.

This is very noticeable, especially on long marches.

Richard is now considered a little superman, and although he does the same thing, he feels different from ordinary people.

The long march and constant climbing of the mountain made ordinary people feel very tired, but it was very easy for Richard.

Walking 30 kilometers a day, even if he carries a thousand pounds of heavy loads, he does not feel tired.

Since he didn't feel the same way as ordinary people, Richard had to listen to the advice of the slaves.

"Then let everyone stop and rest, and the carpenter will fix the carriages by the way, and I feel that the wheels of several carriages are tilted outwards a little. Everyone drank some water and some dry food, and after half an hour's rest, we continued our departure. ”

Everyone ate some dry food, replenished some energy, and continued to set off towards Haaland's territory.

After walking for seven days in a row, a group of people walked two hundred kilometers of mountain roads and entered the territory of Duke Fox.

Seven days of continuous marching, sixty miles of mountain roads every day.

In the afternoon, they set up camp, cut down trees to make antlers, and dig trenches to build fortifications.

Everyone's spirits are already tired.

During these seven days, Richard selected those with military experience from among the slaves and formed a slave squadron. The four professional indentured slaves were temporarily placed in the new squadron as officers.

Squadron Leader Loster was a second-order knight and a noble officer, and his contract had been signed for less than three years.

Richard listened to him and prepared to return to the kingdom of Lane three years later. It has been seven years since he was defeated and captured, and he doesn't know how his parents, wife and children are living.

The nobles had privileges after being captured, and since Loster was not ransomed, there must have been an accident at home.

After fulfilling the contract, he plans to go back to his hometown to have a look before making his next move.

In order to win over the slaves of the professionals, the Fanta family arranged for female slaves to start a family. Losster also had a slave girl wife and gave birth to children, but emotionally, he was still more concerned about his original family.

Deputy Squadron Leader Claude is also a second-order warrior, and he doesn't have much concern for his hometown.

He is a native of the Grand Duchy of Starnik, whose hometown has long been destroyed by the Orc War, and he has decided to pledge allegiance to Richard and follow Richard.

There are also two deputy squadron leaders, Charles and Andre, who are both officers of the Delong Kingdom, and there are many people with this status in Richard's territory. Many of the first slaves he bought were prisoners of war in the Delong Kingdom.

The fourth squadron leader Bradlik and deputy squadron leader Vincent were both officers of the former Delong Kingdom.

Vincent's hometown is not far from André, about a barony away.

With the same background, and seeing Bradrick and Vincent treated well, the two were also ready to stay in Richard's territory and follow Richard, the wise and benevolent lord.

As for the relatives in their hometown, they will be brought back when they have the opportunity to return to the Delong Kingdom.

After getting along for the past few days, Richard also had a preliminary understanding of the officers of the new squadron.

Once back in the territory, he was going to let Losester go home first.

Even if Roster never returns, the loss is not very large, and it costs eighty gold coins to buy Rost's contract.

This loss Richard thought he could afford to eat.

Everything is easy to say when Loster comes back, and if he doesn't come back, he can buy people's hearts through this incident.

Eighty gold coins, to buy a Kuanren reputation, Richard thought it was a good deal.

After resting for two days in the Duchy of Fox, Richard bought a batch of simple weapons by the way.

This batch of weapons only has long guns, replacing the wooden guns equipped by the new squadron, making this army look a little more presentable.

Dukedoms of Fox and Duke Edward have been plagued by orcs in recent years.

Many nobles lost their territories, and their entire families were killed by orcs, just like the Stoppas.

Because of the war, the flight of the people has been repeatedly prohibited, and many people have fled into the mountains and become homeless thieves.

Wanderers and thieves plundered the caravanserais, and in fact, this road was no longer very safe for ordinary caravans.

On the road, there are large pits dug by bandits to prevent the passage of horse-drawn carriages.

Bandits are not fools, they will only attack small caravans.

When encountering a caravan of the great nobles, they will try to avoid conflict.

Richard was escorted by thousands of homeless people and two squadrons of soldiers, and he was very difficult to mess with.

The thieves along the way, naturally, will not trouble him.

This time, after fifteen days of walking, Richard did not rest in the Duke of Edward's county until he entered the province of Gascoigne, and walked five hundred kilometers in one go. I had only rested for a day near Fort Blaze.

Now only a few dozen kilometers from the territory controlled by the Haaland family, although mentally exhausted, the slaves held out for another two days, bypassing the Platos fortress complex and returning to Sophia Fort.

After a long march of twenty-seven days and eight hundred kilometers, we finally reached our destination.

The time spent at Linus Castle was about eighty days.

(End of chapter)