As early as ten years ago, in order to expand his influence and let himself take root in the Northland, Chen Heng adopted a policy of actively outwardly and striving to make friends with the nobles of the Northland.

The nobles multiplied, and in basically every family, in addition to the eldest son who had the right to inherit, there were a large number of clansmen who could not be arranged.

The whereabouts of these people are undoubtedly a headache.

As the second son, these people have no inheritance rights, and can only receive a small amount of property and even other help.

Under the rules of the age, it is difficult for them to earn a decent living like their fathers.

But Chen Heng solved a problem for them to a certain extent.

Unlike other lords in this era, Chen Heng's territory has a complete bureaucratic system, which involves all aspects and is very perfect.

A well-established system of governance naturally requires a large number of administrative officials for execution.

And the second sons of the nobles who could not be placed in other people's places were targeted by Chen Heng.

In this era when the common people were generally illiterate, these second sons of the nobles were born among the nobles, basically could read and write, and some of them may have mastered other skills, and were the best and only source of officials in this era.

Therefore, in the past ten years, along with Chen Heng's development, a large number of clansmen from other nobles have gathered in his territory.

To this extent, it is natural that there are many people who are loyal to it.

However, among them, there are only a few lords like Kurudo.

Among those loyalists, there were more landless nobles who had no territory and were eager to gain territory through Chen Heng.

"His Majesty Oliman has ordered me to gather my army and go to fight the rebels. ”

Sitting in the hall, Chen Heng's face was calm, and he looked at Kuludo and said.

"Fighting the rebels?"

When the words fell, the faces of everyone present changed.

Leaving one's own territory and fighting the rebels in a strange place is not something to be a matter of lip service, there are many, many things involved.

How should we arrange food and how can we ensure logistics? Where will the troops be drawn from, and will it cause the territory to be empty and cause accidents?

There are many of them on the literal scale.

And beyond the battlefield, there are many more.

Especially with the current situation, do they still want to support Oliman and fight those rebels?

These are all questions.

Thinking of this, the faces of everyone present couldn't help but change, and then they all looked forward and looked at Chen Heng.

At present, in the entire Suoda, the only one who can make a decision is Chen Heng.

His thoughts are the most important factor in deciding whether to play or not.

Feeling the gaze of the people around him, Chen Heng's face was calm, he just raised his head silently, and said, "If we really go to war, how many troops can we take out at present?"

"Without affecting the defense, about 5,000 people can be taken out. ”

Someone thought for a moment, and finally spoke.

"Five thousand. ”

Chen Heng nodded.

These 5,000 people are the family foundation he has accumulated over the past ten years.

Although it looks good, it is completely compared to the number of hundreds of thousands and millions of troops in history, but it is already the result of Chen Heng's best efforts.

After all, Soda's foundation was too poor, and it was just a blank slate.

Although in the past ten years, Chen Heng has tried his best to develop, attract the population, pull the tribes, and buy slaves to fill it, but now the population of Suoda is only hundreds of thousands.

At this point of population, being able to raise 10,000 troops is already the limit.

And among these 10,000 people, only these 5,000 people can be drawn.

Of course, although this number was nothing in Chen Heng's opinion, in the eyes of the other lords of the Kutu Kingdom, it was already an extremely large number.

The lords of this era were generally poor, and except for a few big nobles, the number of warriors in the hands of the rest of the small lords was actually not much at all.

Just like Chen Heng's father, Baron Kaisen, the number of guards in the entire territory at the beginning was only three or four hundred.

At this moment, the prestige of the rebel army in the south is so huge, but the core combat power of it is probably less than 10,000 people, and it is still under different lords, which is the same as the army under Chen Heng's command, and the complete communication is not the same.

In the eyes of Kuludo and others, the strength in Chen Heng's hands is already very strong, and it can be called the first in this northern land.

However, in Chen Heng's opinion, the number of troops is still a little insufficient.

It's not that the combat effectiveness is insufficient.

In fact, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of his army, Chen Heng can be said to have put a lot of effort into it.

The army in his hands is an army that fights against foreign races every day, and not only often faces battles, but also has the slightest difference in food and training every day.

With their level of training, if they were placed in the armies of other lords, I am afraid that they would immediately cause a mutiny.

Training, logistics, equipment, actual combat, there is no shortage of one.

The combat effectiveness of such an army is bound to be not bad.

And in fact it is also true.

Over the years, in addition to fighting against foreign races, Chen Heng had not fought against the army of the lord of the Northland.

For the army of the southern lord's elite northern territory, in the face of Chen Heng's army, it would not be able to match it at all with the same number of people, and it would be easily defeated.

The lords of the Northland have been fighting all year round, and the combat effectiveness of the army is stronger than that of the South.

This is true even of them, not to mention the armies of the South.

It's just that although the combat effectiveness is sufficient, it may not be enough to achieve a larger goal.

If you want to defeat the army in the south, Chen Heng's five thousand men are enough.

But if you want to control that wide territory and achieve the effect that Chen Heng wants, it may not be enough.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Heng turned around and looked at Kuludo: "If I ask the Lord of the Northland to send an army to set off with me, how many people can be recruited?"

Chen Heng said lightly.

Looking at Chen Heng, Kuludo was stunned for a moment.

But soon, he reacted, and his face turned straight: "The Aura family is willing to take out five hundred people to follow." ”

"The Caesso family is willing to give three hundred. ”

"The Thorin family is willing to give four hundred ......"

"The Victor family can come up with three hundred ......."

Bursts of sound fell in place.

Among the present, in addition to Kuludo, there were several minor lords who also secretly swore allegiance to Chen Heng.

As soon as the number of troops taken out of these hands increased, in a short time, another 1,500 men were gathered.

"Send a message to the other families on my behalf, saying that I want to feast them at Soda. ”

Listening to the words of Kuluduo and the others, Chen Heng had a smile on his face, and he couldn't help but smile at this time: "By the way, please send an army together to assist me." ”