Chapter 68: Pre-War Mobilization (Four Thousand)
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"Guys, I think you already know something. Just now, a group of extremely vicious bandits, taking advantage of the convenience of holding a banquet with the little girl at night, launched an attack on this manor. "The Count was still cast a 'loud voice' by the girl behind him, and the loud voice echoed through the quiet hall.
The guests below listened carefully to the earl's speech, this is a lifeline for Zuihou, and the next earl's decision is related to the lives of these people, so they have to be cautious.
The Count then made some encouraging remarks, and the impassioned speech stirred up the emotions of most of the people present, while at the same time greatly exaggerating what had happened to them after the bandits had stormed the manor. In fact, it is not much exaggerated, and on the whole it is quite realistic, after all, the military units on the mainland, whether private, national or ecclesiastical, have always been very barbaric in their measures against the defeated side from top to bottom.
In the face of the threat to their lives, everyone agreed with the Earl's proposal to reorganize all the young and strong people with combat effectiveness, and even some nobles with some professional rank themselves said that they could go into battle in person, but in the form of commanders.
The earl naturally agreed with these people's opinions, after all, it was already the biggest concession for these nobles to agree to go into battle in person, if it wasn't a matter of life and death, they wouldn't have taken such a risk, and giving them some basic guarantees and the duties of some grassroots officers was also the proper meaning of the question, after all, they were all temporary things, and they would get through this pass first.
Then came the pointless empty checks, the Count promised a reward for the victory after the war, and the land estates were taken out to stimulate the fighting spirit of these noble lords.
On the one hand, he threatened his life, and on the other hand, he lured him with loot and actual interests, which can be described as a big stick in one hand and a sour jujube in the other.
Kelelius sighed with emotion, and at the same time was a little puzzled, and looked at McElle next to him, and His Excellency the Baron also showed a puzzled expression.
His Excellency the Count's attitude at this time was obviously a certain gap from the prediction just now. In the opinion of Caerlius and Baron Rondero, the Count could only have a team of three hundred men at most at this time, and the rookies and makeshift patchwork personnel accounted for the vast majority, and the enemy was obviously a battle-hardened elite,
The combat effectiveness is completely disproportionate, whether it is morale, training, experience or individual soldier quality, the Earl's Court is at an absolute disadvantage, even the number of people is greatly inferior, only half of the opponent's. Even with the manor's well-designed and constructed defenses, it would be impossible for His Excellency the Earl to pass this crisis easily.
In fact, Kylelius was right, the army of the Earl's family had not experienced a battle of more than 100 people for a long time, and most of them usually caught mercenaries and thieves who offended the Earl's family, and most of them were small gangs of a few people and a dozen people.
The biggest one was three years ago against a small tribe of werewolves who didn't break into the country, and there were only about seventy or eighty people, although the werewolves' super individual combat power and recovery made the earl's family suffer, but the earl relied on the advantage of numbers to kill them alive. The result of the battle is to obtain a batch of precious magic materials and tested troops on the werewolves.
However, the number of troops has dropped from the original 1,200 to 800, although they are considered veterans, but because of their numbers, they are only enough to defend the territory. So this time the Count only brought a small team of elite soldiers over, after all, the Count would not have expected such a thing to happen. And how long does the private army on Banji's side slack the battle formation, and the combat effectiveness is very worrying.
The Earl also knew this very well in his heart, and he also knew that these rookies met those mercenary thieves who licked blood on the knife all year round, and it was not bad that they could maintain the stability of the formation and establishment when they faced them one-on-one, not to mention that they were still at an absolute disadvantage in numbers.
But the Count was already aware of these problems, and the Count had been prepared for such an emergency, and he had been well prepared, and the Count had always had some carefully stockpiled strategic materials in every large estate, food, fresh water, arrows, olive oil for the maintenance of armor and weapons, spare parts for repair facilities and equipment, and most importantly, things that played a key role in this emergency.
Muskets.
Firearms also exist in this plane, but they are not well developed, with only flintlock pistols at the top of the artillery, and twelve-pounder breech guns on the artillery side.
For most professionals, a non-professional with a flintlock pistol is completely unthreatening, and the flintlock pistol fires slowly and reloads even slower, and still has to use the three-stage shooting method to form combat effectiveness.
And artillery played a pivotal role in naval warfare, after all, no matter how powerful a professional is, the sinking of the ship she is sitting on in the vast sea is also fatal, and artillery is an important means of destroying ships.
In addition to the magicians who can fly magic and the magic envoys with special magic skills, even they have to look at the place where the ship sinks, if it is closer to land, it is fine, if it is far away, then it will test the caster's magic liliang, after all, maintaining flying magic is very mana-consuming.
The preparation of firearms is still relatively scarce on the whole road, and about each corps will be equipped with a special firearms unit, but not too much, just one to two wings.
After all, the cost of firearms equipment is still very large, you must know that the production of saltpeter in this plane is extremely rare, which is an important raw material, and the substitute raw material is an important magic material, which is also very scarce, so the scale of firearms has not been large, and it cannot be developed.
And this time the Earl took out sixty 'most advanced' flintlock pistols and the corresponding ammunition at one time, this batch of muskets is where the Earl's confidence lies, although firearms are basically useless against professionals above the third level, but now when they are used to deal with those professionals who mostly only have one or two professional levels, the power of firearms or other long-range weapons salvo can be fully reflected.
After he said that he had the firearms in his hand, most of the guests present were relieved, and their confidence in victory finally overcame their fear of a powerful enemy for the first time. The atmosphere in the hall was also swept away with decadence and despair, and was once again full of energy.
After His Excellency said that there was a batch of firearms, everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and at the same time secretly admired the count's meticulous thinking, and the count also smiled and motioned to the guards to bring in several huge boxes containing guns and ammunition, and opened them in public for everyone to see.
It confirmed the authenticity of the earl's hole cards, and at the same time made the guests present settle down and strengthen their belief in victory. Then His Excellency signaled to the guards to carry the boxes out again, presumably to equip the troops.
After that, those nobles who had the strength to wait to participate in the war received the armor and weapons provided by the earl's family one by one in an orderly manner, and put them on silently, looking at these nobles who were about to go to the battlefield, the hearts of the remaining others in the hall also became heavy again, after all, after this time, I don't know how many people can come back alive.
The female companions or family members of the 'warriors' all accompanied them with a sad expression, enjoying the time that might have been zuihou together, and some of the more emotional female dependents even sobbed softly.
Of course, these warriors didn't really see death as home, but at this time they could not afford to back down, even if the odds of victory on the Count's side were greatly improved by the appearance of muskets. Not to mention that they had already agreed to fight just now, if they regretted it, they would not be able to gain a foothold in Banji, and even if this battle was won, their lives would not be much better after that.
You must know that in this hall, there are most of the leaders and representatives of the top shili of Banji, and if they are labeled in their hearts as a backsliding, fearful of the enemy, and unusable, there is basically no way to turn over.
Looking at the many big people on the second floor, who were familiar to most nobles, the Baron Culol standing in the crowd had a complex and unknown light flashing in his eyes, and then disappeared without a trace.
Kylelius looked at the high-spirited Lord Count on the second floor, smiled casually, and then continued to bow his head and whisper to the two beautiful women beside him who had gradually regained their confidence and hope, feeling the two soft bodies of one left and one right, while being youthful and fiery, and plump and bewitching.
Kylelius was actually not very familiar with the main characters on the second floor, and even knew only three people, namely the Earl of Steyer, the Viscount of Luxembourg and the Viscount Fisher, and he didn't actually know the other four people, and the woman in black never knew her name and origin.
However, Kylelius didn't know, but someone knew, and even knew a certain amount about these people's shili relationships, hobbies, habits, and birth experiences.
"Your Excellency, may I ask who are those people standing on the stage? You know, I have only just been here, and I am only a little priest, and I don't know much about the big people. Kelelius rubbed the roundness of his palms with both hands, and modestly opened his mouth to ask McEl, who was standing on the side, about the bigwigs upstairs.
At this time, Baron Rondello also hugged the female companion who had just found him in the hall, a beautiful young woman of about twenty years, with a baby face that at first glance was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and a fiery figure that did not match her appearance at all, and she was dressed in a high-end aristocratic service of great value, and she was also a lady of a noble family.
Kellius learned after being introduced by Roy's butler, who was standing behind them, that she was a courtesy raised by Baron Rondello in Banky.
Roy did not shy away when he introduced it, and the beautiful young woman only smiled reservedly without showing embarrassment and shame at all, after all, this is not a disrespectful thing in the open aristocratic circles of the mainland, even among some clergy of the church who do not promote marriage and sexuality.
She is the only bloodline of a deceased old baron in Banky, defeated some cousins who wanted to fish in troubled waters one after another, and then inherited the title of baron by virtue of her relationship with McEl, and is a very skillful and scheming woman.
McEl's scheming didn't care about her, and even sometimes discussed some government affairs and situations with her, and relied heavily on this woman, and at the same time she was in charge of some of Baron Rondero's properties in Banky, and she also had a certain level of business, and was McEl's right-hand man.
"Oh, Kyrlius, you are indeed a magician, and the first one you want to know is a magician, who is the chief magician of the family of Earl Stelle, and my name is Gala Tasselere. I'm seventy years old this year, but you also know that it's not difficult for you magicians to make their bodies younger, and last year they just promoted to the ninth level of magicians and came into contact with the fifth layer of magic nets. As for the direction of the main attack, I heard that it is the elemental system, the shaping system and the healing system. β
McElle looked at the scruffy magician and immediately reacted quickly, blurted out the basic information of the magic consultant, and then thought about it again and added a paragraph.
"I heard that this magician is deeply trusted by the Earl's family, counting that this generation has served three generations of Earl Steyer, and has a high prestige in the earl's family, except for the earl himself and his eldest son and the first heir, his words are the most effective in the earl's family. I heard that she is also the only sister of the earl's own magic teacher. β
"Oh. After listening to McEl's introduction, Kylelius replied noncommittally, and then continued to ask, "And who is the sacredness of that fellow who seems to have barbarian blood?"
McElle saw that Kylelius had a cold attitude towards the magic consultant, and he didn't care, but he knew that the Kylelius next to him was a monster who was a whole layer higher than the one upstairs, so he naturally had the qualifications and confidence to look down on the Gala consultant.
Don't underestimate the intelligence network of Count Roundroll's family or Duke Eaglestrom's family, Lucy Pell's 'red mask' can find out the news, and the Duke's family can't get it. Now that the Duke's family has gotten the news, so has the Count of Rundelo, who is the number one henchman.
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