A magical defense shield must not only have magical defense capabilities, but also physical defense capabilities.

After all, a soldier's weight is limited, and he can't always carry several different shields in battle.

The new magic shield developed by Sophia has relatively average physical defense capabilities, not only is it denser and feels heavy to use, but the hardness is not very high, and the corrosion resistance and wear resistance are relatively poor.

If you are directly attacked by a weapon, it is easy to break the magic rune.

Because of this drawback, this magic shield has a large flaw and is not suitable for equipping soldiers in large quantities.

The soldiers of Haaland's territory need to take on a variety of combat missions. Soldiers must have a wide range of adaptability in their skills and tactics, equipment, and establishment, and they must face a variety of different enemies in battle, and the equipment they use must also adapt to different wars.

Although the Magical Energy Shield is very good against mages, it is not particularly suitable for orc attacks.

The biggest enemy facing Haaland's territory now is precisely the orcs, so Richard will equip a small number of combined magic shields.

If you want to make a better magic energy shield, you need to make a better magic alloy.

The research of new materials requires not only luck, but also a lot of time, and high costs, which is not an easy task.

Although the combined energy shield has certain drawbacks, this magic item enriches the tactical level of Haaland's army, and the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages, so Richard will produce it and equip the troops with a part.

Moreover, the production of a part of the combined energy shield can also allow the Magic Alloy Research Institute to return some funds, forming a positive cycle.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's August.

Richard was in the Lothar Basin when he suddenly received a letter from William.

On August 2, the Grizzlies suddenly received an order from Nolan to prepare in advance and prepare for the march to Steven's province in the south in early October.

The province of Stevens was the former county of Voda.

Seven years ago, the Venus family planned a conspiracy rebellion behind the scenes, and the three counts of the south were behind it.

Although in the end, Duke Bryner relied on the strategy of feigning his death to inflict heavy losses on the legendary magician Elena of the Venus family and put down the rebellion, the Grant family lost the prestigious old duke, and actually suffered a loss, making the situation of the Grant family even more difficult.

After the war, the three earls of Voda, Clofud, and Meslin lost their titles, and some of the family members followed the Venus family and hid in the shadows, and some of them went into exile in the United Kingdom on the East Coast and the two neighboring kingdoms of Delong.

These members of the aristocracy who fled were the bane of local stability.

Seven years have passed, because these people have sowed discord and rioted in the local area, and the law and order in the three southern provinces has been relatively chaotic.

In recent years, the Grant royal family has stationed a large number of troops in the three southern provinces, the main force of which is a royal janissary legion, a Duke of York leading the army.

Although the Duke of York and the Grant royal family are the same, after all, they have been separated for many years. Being able to borrow soldiers for a few years is already very face-saving.

Moreover, they have been stationed outside for a long time, and the officers and men also have great opinions.

Since five years ago, the Duke of York's army has returned to the territory, losing the suppression of this main army, and the situation in the south is getting worse and worse.

In the spring of this year, with the support of foreign powers, the fugitive aristocracy set off several rebellions of no small scale.

The Grant royal family had intended to continue to draw the Central Forbidden Army to suppress the rebellion, but with the rise of the Haraland family in the north and the annihilation of the two orc legions, the balance of power in the north has changed.

King Roger decided to draw the Forbidden Army from the north, and the Grizzly Legion was the first to choose.

After all, William is the captain of the Grizzlies and has too close a relationship with the Duke of Haaland. In order to avoid the Haaland family's power in the north from being uncontrolled, moving the Grizzlies south has become the first choice.

Moreover, the province of Lah, where the Grizzly Legion is located, has been protected by the Duke of Harland, and it is no longer a front-line province facing the Orc Empire, there are many garrisons in this province, there is a central legion and two second-line legions. After the Grizzlies are transferred to the south, relying on local troops can also stabilize the situation.

In the Kingdom of Grant, there were a total of eight central legions, of which three were stationed in Nolan, one was stationed on the southern front, and the four main legions were stationed in the four northern provinces. The power that is pinned down by the orcs is more than half of the kingdom.

King Roger's transfer of the main force from the north to the south this time actually means that the focus of the Grant family's troops has shifted from the north to the south.

The Grizzly Legion has been stationed in the province of Lah for hundreds of years, and the soldiers are almost entirely selected from the north, and there are a large number of noble officers from the north within the legion, and it is very difficult to get the Grizzly Legion to move south.

However, the logistics of the Grizzly Legion are completely controlled by the Grant royal family, supporting a main legion, and the annual consumption of funds is more than 300,000 gold coins, which cannot be borne by relying on the Lag Province.

The logistical supply was controlled by the Grant royal family, and although the officers and soldiers were very reluctant to move to the south, they could not actually stop it.

After receiving the order to transfer to the south, many officers and men were reluctant to leave their hometowns and wrote down applications for retirement one after another, and in just a few days of 10 days, no less than 3,000 officers and men asked to be retired from active duty.

The officers and men of the main army are all high-income people, many of them come from professional families, and have accumulated a lot of family business over the generations, and the officers have large estates in the province of Lahe. The soldiers relied on high salaries, had a very high standard of living, and did not lack food and clothing.

Let them abandon their families and possessions, abandon their estates and property, and camp a thousand kilometers away, although King Roger has made many conditions, and many soldiers are reluctant to leave their hometowns, although their hometowns often face war.

Despite the fierce opposition and backlash, King Roger's determination remained unchanged.

In October, the order was officially issued, but there were only 18,000 Grizzly Legion officers and soldiers heading south.

The 18,000 forbidden troops who went south, including the families of the forbidden troops, actually migrated no less than 100,000 people.

When the Grizzly Bear Regiment went south, the houses of the soldiers' families had to be solved, and the families of the officers and soldiers could not be allowed to live in the ground and grass huts.

The soldiers of the Grizzly Legion are not the People's Liberation Army, and if they treat the officers and soldiers of the main legion so harshly, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers will rebel immediately.

In fact, before the appointment was issued, King Roger had thought about it for a long time, and made a lot of preparations months in advance, such as building private houses, acquiring land, and so on.

Fortunately, the Three Earls of the South were destroyed in the war a few years ago, and the royal family has a lot of resources at their disposal.

These resources include land, houses, and with enough resources, the officers and soldiers can be stabilized.

In order to win people's hearts, King Roger also referred to the policy of Harland's territory and decided to divide the land among the Grizzly Legionnaires who went south. Each soldier who went south could get thirty acres of land, and the officers were paid even more. For example, the corps commander William, as long as he is willing to go south, he can get a 10,000-acre manor.

For a hereditary aristocrat like William, a 10,000-acre estate was nothing, and what they valued was whether they could make war achievements and obtain new fiefs, and it was clear that King Roger had plans to expand south.

This sudden transfer caused the Grizzly Legion to lose 5,000 soldiers, and nearly a quarter of the officers and soldiers were reluctant to move south.

These people are all elite soldiers, and of course the nobles of Northern Xinjiang are fighting their ideas and want to integrate this group of soldiers.

The Haaland family is the new duke, and the military treatment is also very considerable, although the military salary is lower, counting the welfare materials distributed, it is almost the same as the treatment of the main legionnaires. The usual food is better.

Moreover, Haraland is not too far from Grizzly Castle, especially King Castle in Grotta River County and Ferin Castle in Salt Lake County, which are only eighty kilometers away from the Grizzly Bear Castle.

After joining Haaland to lead the army, his salary has basically not decreased, and he can still take care of his family nearby, and his competitiveness is far higher than that of the small nobles of Lahe Province.

What's more, William is also the commander and commander of the Grizzlies. Serving the Duke of Haaland, the old prefect and the old superiors can also lead the line for the officers and soldiers.

With this innate advantage, Haaland led the collection of 3,400 retired officers and soldiers of the Grizzlies at one time.

In addition to the Duke of Haaland, the Duke of Jonathan, not far from the province of Rahe, also had a big meal, and 1,200 officers and soldiers of the Grizzly Legion were recruited, and the remaining 400 people were incorporated by the minor nobles of the province of Rahe.

In order to maintain combat effectiveness, Richard did not dismantle this unit, but integrated it into two complete infantry brigades, with military law and logistics officers, and the remaining 400 soldiers were also reorganized into two squadrons of scout cavalry, which were attached to the Soros division of Grotta River County.

During this period, Richard came to these two newly organized brigades many times to meet with the officers and men at the grassroots level, talk with the officers and men, solve some minor problems for them, and slowly build up some prestige.

After being equipped with weapons and equipment from the Haaland territory, the 11th and 12th brigades quickly completed their reorganization, and according to the situation of the exercise, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

The officers of the Eleventh and Twelfth Brigades, Richard also appointed the former Grizzly Legion.

The leader of the Eleventh Brigade is named Farrell, and he is the deputy captain of the Warcraft Brigade of the Grizzly Legion.

This man was a noble officer, and his brother was Baron McCarley of the province of Geda. After his father's death, Farrell's relationship with various McCarley was also very average, and Baron McCarrell was very jealous of him because of Farrell's better talent.

Farrell originally planned to follow the Grizzlies to the south, but because his wife was pregnant and afraid of traveling long distances, he had to retire from the army and was introduced to Richard by William.

William spoke highly of him, and he was also very good at commanding cavalry battles.

But the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade is the lifeblood of Haraland's leader, and Richard's cousin Morgan is also a qualified cavalry commander, and it is impossible for Richard to take Morgan and replace him with Farrell. Farrell is in his thirties, awakened the blood of knights, and has advanced to the fifth rank, such a talent Richard must be reused, so he was appointed as the captain of the eleventh brigade.

The captain of the Twelfth Brigade is named Roman, who is from an ordinary background, and is even older than William. He is sixty-five years old this year, and he is already a seventh-order warrior with rich experience in warfare.

In the Grizzlies, Roman is the captain of the second team, but because he is too old, he is at risk of being eliminated.

Despite his humble beginnings, Roman amassed a very large fortune after decades of struggle, not only in the southern part of the province of Lahe, but also in the vicinity of Grizzly Castle. But Roman's accumulated exploits are still far from being knighted. He has only two major merits and six medium merits under his name. Even if you work for more than ten years, it is estimated that it will be difficult to be knighted.

When a veteran soldier like Roman retires from active service, not only will the royal family be richly rewarded, but he can also exchange his military exploits for precious resources.

Originally, at his age, he should have enjoyed his old age at home, but Roman was unwilling to retire early and found the legion commander William.

Under William's introduction, Roman joined the army led by Haaland and was appointed by Richard as the captain of the 12th Brigade.

These two captains, either because of their outstanding talent or experience, may be more capable than most of the high-ranking officers led by Haaland.

The Grizzlies decided to move south, and William was reluctant to retire from the army and also moved south with the legions.

I don't know when I will be able to meet my loved ones?

The Haaland family has become the dukes of the northern frontier, and the conditions are far better than those in the south. Only a few members of the Haaland family will follow William to the south.

Even Lady Ola decided to stay in the north and run the industry of Heihe Fort. This time, only Lady Kelly and her two younger children were the court lady Kelly who followed William to Steven's province. Of course, now the Haaland family has a big business, and has arranged many maids and servants to follow William.

Before leaving, Richard took the members of the Haaland family to Grizzly Bear to bid farewell to William.

"I went to the south, and you are going to take care of these people at home. Some family members have low ability and can't keep up with the development of the territory, I hope you will be kind to them for my sake. ”

Richard knew in his heart that his father was actually very dissatisfied with his harsh treatment of Donne.

William has a deep relationship with his third uncle Bernie, and Richard dealt with Bernie's heir harshly, not giving face to his elders at all, not only did the third uncle have an estrangement with him, but William also had opinions about him.

But things in the world are unsatisfactory nine times out of ten.

For the development of the territory, in order to protect the seriousness of the law, or even to put it darkly, in order to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, in order to let the following know who is the boss?

Richard must break through the obstacles, clarify his attitude, and deal with Donn harshly, in order to establish his prestige and make the magnates of Haaland's territory jealous.

This time, he took care of Tony's affection and let Don go. Later, when something happened, there were more and more people pleading, and even members of the Haaland family would use chicken feathers as arrows to press their sons.

Richard's shackles will grow, and there will be more and more compromises.

If the top is not strictly grasped, it will be rotten, and the bottom will be rotten, and the law will become waste paper, and what discipline will there be at that time?

(End of chapter)