Richard and the others stayed in Heihe City for two days before they received the order to open up.

Baron Sharp only came from the territory yesterday, and the quality of this army with him is okay, although the equipment is not as good as that of Haaland's territory, the soldiers are veterans who have been in the army for many years, many of them are from the Wild Lion Legion, and they are Sharp's personal soldiers back then.

Counting the squadron brought by Baron Sharp, the aristocratic coalition army commanded by Richard has a total of ten squadron soldiers, of which five squadrons are in good combat, and the remaining five squadrons are difficult to describe.

On the contrary, the dozen or so guards who protected the baron rode tall horses.

The five barons also have the Warcraft mount, and if these people are organized, the combat effectiveness should not be weak.

The morale of the serf soldiers was very low, and as soon as they left the Black River Fort, they scattered and barely moved thirty miles in a day.

This army did not carry heavy logistics supplies, and there were military stations along the way to replenish them, such a marching speed could be called a turtle speed march in the Dawn Continent.

Richard observed for a day and found that many serf soldiers lacked nutrition and suffered from serious physical deficiencies.

It seems that Baron Rice and others are not selecting the strongest, but specifically selecting those with poor physical strength.

"It's really a cheat to be teammates with such an army."

Richard shook his head and dispelled the gloom in his heart, pig teammates are teammates after all, even if they are cannon fodder, it is better than no teammates.

Follow Dragon Canyon and head 100 kilometres south to Leyteshire.

The Archon of Jeram gave them only four days.

If they fail to arrive in Leyshire within four days, they will be punished with a crime of missing their time.

If there is no delay in the warplane, which causes great losses, the crime of missing the time is not very serious, and the hereditary nobles are generally punished with fines.

The amount of the fine varies from a few dozen to a few hundred gold coins.

Richard has a bad relationship with Jerram, and it is estimated that he will be punished heavily, with a fine of several hundred gold coins.

The fine of a few hundred gold coins was also very painful for Richard.

It was only thirty miles on the first day, and it was not okay to continue procrastination the next day.

However, the serf soldiers who had just been formed had very loose military discipline and average physical fitness, and they had no ability to march long distances at all.

Although Richard made an example of the monkey and disposed of two deserters, he only walked forty miles the next day.

Seeing the evening, Richard had no choice but to camp.

And the serf soldiers staggered and could not build the camp at all, and many people still had the habit of defecating in the open, which made the camp smelly, which made Richard very annoyed and wanted to kill people again.

The next 130 miles were about to be completed in two days, and looking at the quality of the serf soldiers under his command, Richard also felt a little confused in his thinking.

In the evening, Richard gathered the main officers together and said straight to the point: "I think tomorrow we will go separately, the main squadron will rush to Leyte City first, and the auxiliaries will follow behind." ”

"Baron Richard, leave the auxiliaries behind, I'm afraid something will go wrong. Without the main force ammunition pressure, the auxiliary soldiers will flee in large numbers, I don't think the crime of missing the deadline is not very serious, otherwise wait a minute? ”

finally hugged Richard's thigh, so naturally they had to act together. Hearing the news that Richard was going to divide his troops, Baron Duck instinctively objected.

"I haven't been punished for fighting, I really can't afford to lose this person, I think I should divide the troops when I should divide them."

Baron Sharp's eyes widened and he retorted unceremoniously.

Baron Sharp has been in the main army for many years, and he is the first generation of meritorious barons, and his strength is stronger than other barons. In the past two days, I have also been very unaccustomed to the serf soldiers brought by other lords.

In Baron Sharp's understanding, such a soldier would not be useful at all in war.

"Serf soldiers are too lazy to be refined in a short time. In my opinion, if this is not the case, relying on the method of veterans leading new soldiers, five squadrons of serfs will be organized into five main squadrons, and the baron's own soldiers will be reorganized into the second cavalry squadron.

Try it tomorrow and see if it works? If not, the five main squadrons will march overnight tomorrow night and arrive at Leyte the day after tomorrow. ”

Although the five Baron Rice had the intention to oppose it, their strength was not good, and their voices were not loud.

If they all came out with the main force, Richard would have to take their opinions into account.

Now they are all serfs and cannon fodder, and if they don't accept the reorganization, Richard will give them up.

In this case, their fate is already sealed, first convicted of failure in Fort Letter, and then used as a consumable by Jerram.

At that time, the soldiers under his command will be consumed, and they may not be able to save their lives.

It's better to follow Richard, anyway, there are still the parents and relatives of the serf soldiers in his hands, even if Richard wants to annex the serf soldiers after the war, the soldiers can't bear to abandon their families and businesses. may not be willing to follow Richard back to Haaland.

A slave in the prime of life costs twenty gold coins, and a squadron of serf soldiers has one hundred and fifty soldiers, and the value is at least three thousand gold coins, as long as it is not a last resort, the baron lord will not give up the soldiers easily.

In the end, under Richard's strict request, Baron Rice and others agreed to Richard's request.

Early the next morning, Richard disbanded the five squadrons of serfs and incorporated them into the main squadron.

The soldiers of the main squadron were required to take one by one, and the main force with auxiliaries, and the task of marching sixty miles must be completed.

There are veterans with them, and if they don't obey, they will be beaten.

The performance of the serf soldiers finally improved a lot, and whenever they were tired, the veterans would help them carry a piece of luggage, so that the serf soldiers could relax a little

In the evening, the task was finally completed, and the sixty-mile journey was completed.

Today, after walking sixty miles, the serfs' physical strength and will have been tempered, and tomorrow they gritted their teeth and persevered, and they should be able to walk the last seventy miles before dark and reach the city of Wright.

Early the next morning, under Richard's example, he buried the pot before dawn and made food, and walked more than 40 miles in the morning.

At noon, I ate a bite to eat and rested. Gritting his teeth, he finally arrived at Castle Wright before dark.

Having the soldiers camp outside the city, Richard entered the city with a few officers and handed in the call-up order.

After four days of marching, Richard felt that the quality of this auxiliary was inferior.

Since it is difficult to improve their physical fitness in a short period of time, they can only think of a way to enhance their ability to march long distances.

After thinking about it, Richard decided to make a batch of leggings to see if it worked?

Early the next morning, Richard arranged for someone to go to Wright County to buy a batch of coarse cloth, which was then cut into leggings and distributed to the soldiers.

As soon as he was done with this, he received an order to hold a meeting in the city.

Richard entered the City Lord's Mansion with the main officers. It was found that the aristocratic coalition troops of the two counties of Rohmon and Wright had arrived at the venue, and there were also the main officers of the two brigades of the Northern Legion at the venue, including Richard's third uncle Bernie.

It turned out that the 6th Brigade was also in the counterinsurgency army.

William of the 6th Brigade has been in business for more than ten years, and his brother Bernie is still serving as the deputy captain, although the captain has changed, William's influence may last for many years.

With the care of this teammate of the Sixth Team, Richard suddenly felt relieved.

(End of chapter)