Beiguan Army Fort, the legion's arsenal, soldiers came and went, distributing pieces of weapons and armor to each team according to the styles and quantities recorded in the weapons inventory.

A young man who looked like a scribe was holding a piece of rough papyrus in his hand. On the papyrus, the weapons, armor and military supplies allocated to each team were clearly recorded.

The young arsenal clerk had just handed over the distribution of weapons and armor to an infantry squadron. When he saw Bangeda, the captain of the fourth flag of the first company, personally leading three soldiers pushing a two-wheeled cart towards the arsenal, he hurriedly

He quickly stepped forward and greeted warmly, "Sir Bangeda, why did you come to collect the weapons and equipment in person? Why don't you just ask a few squadron leaders and brothers to come over?"

Bangada was not in a very good mood. When the combat mission was issued this time, two flag teams of him and Pats were arranged to attack the southwest manor. He who was once the main force in the battle actually became a non-main force. Although he

He will never disobey orders, but this makes Bangda quite frustrated. This time Bangda came to the arsenal in person to get some more cotton armor and eliminated weapons for the new soldiers, so that at least the soldiers on the battlefield can have one.

arms.

Bangda glanced at the legion's heavy armored infantry team that was receiving armaments in the arsenal. The number of this team was only thirty, but each of them was strong and powerful. This thirty-man team was equipped with the best of the Welsh Legion.

Infantry weapons and armor. Ordinary soldiers are issued half-body plate armor with shoulder and arm guards and a mid-helmet with chain mail and neck guard. Even the cotton armor lined with five layers of linen, and the weapons in their hands are also

They are heavy weapons such as broadaxes, warhammers, halberds, heavy swords, and iron-inlaid bucklers with high lethality.

Although the number of the Fourth Flag Team of the First Company has reached 55 after two replenishments, which is basically full strength, the shortage of weapons and armor is even more serious. Even if all the weapons and armor handed in a month ago are removed,

Even the parts are not enough for one person.

"Okay, seventeen sets of cotton armor, twenty-eight simple saucer-shaped light helmets, twenty iron-tipped short spears, and a dozen fragmentary short swords and daggers. These things can't be loaded into a cart. Fei Na

What are you doing?" There was a kind of uncontrollable sadness and loneliness in Bangada's tone. This is why he lazily brought a few soldiers to collect the equipment after everyone else had almost finished receiving it.

When the clerk heard something was wrong, he picked up the papyrus and looked at it carefully, and replied with certainty: "Sir Bangeda, you did only have these weapons and equipment when you handed them in a month ago, but the weapons and equipment distributed to you this time are not

That’s it.”

"Yeah" Bangeda didn't know why.

"Yes, you see, this is the weapons and equipment booklet sent from the legion command camp. The armors distributed by the first company and the fourth flag team include: one set of plate and chain mail, four sets of half-length long-sleeved mail armor, and double-layer leather armor

Eight sets, fifty sets of four-layer cotton armor for chest protection; weapons including: sixty short spears, thirteen broad swords, fifty short swords and daggers, and thirty hand axes; the rest of the military supplies are also provided."

"Man, please make me happy." Bangda thought he heard wrongly.

"This is the military equipment book signed by Lord Odo personally." The clerk handed the rough piece of papyrus to Bangeda who was doubtful.

Bangada took it and scanned it carefully several times to confirm.

"Don't our legions lack weapons and armor?"

"Chief Bangeda, the valley weapons workshop has been able to make weapons and armor. During this period, the Northland caravans went to Provence in the south to purchase a large number of spare parts and semi-finished weapons and armor and sent them back to the weapons workshop for assembly and production in winter.

This month the legion's arsenal has been replenished with two batches of weapons and armor. And this time Lord Odo ordered a batch of weapons and equipment to be transferred from several other flag corps to be distributed to you."

"This, so that's what it is"

Bangeda's mood immediately rose a lot. He turned around and said loudly to the soldiers who were following the cart, "The army has specially equipped all the infantry equipment Kagan to allow us to capture the southwest farm in one fell swoop. Go back and let the four

The squadron leaders each bring two people to receive the weapons and armor of their respective squadrons."

This smart guy named Kagan has three positions: baggage trooper, messenger soldier, and flag captain's personal soldier. He is often with Bangeda. Of course he knows the mood of his superiors, so he simply responded and rushed to the flag team's barracks.

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While the Welsh Army was preparing intensively for war at Beiguan Fort, the Barony of the Valley also entered wartime mobilization.

When the army goes out to fight, the civil affairs mainly need to mobilize people, property and materials. After the Dean family sent a "settlement fee" of 120,000 pfennigs, the army is temporarily not short of money, so the civil affairs mainly need to mobilize materials and manpower.

Material issues: Because the war is not expected to end for a long time, the bread, wheat flour, tents and other items prepared by the legion's baggage team are basically enough. The civil affairs side mainly bakes some rye bread, bacon and vegetables to supply the army. In addition, the textile workers

The peasant women in the workshop and territory have to sew a batch of winter clothes, shoes and socks for future use.

After the materials are prepared, manpower is recruited.

There are only about thirty farmers and soldiers in the Valley Guard Corps, and they also serve as security forces. Once the Wells Army arrives, the Beiguan Army Fort will have a garrison to guard it until the army comes back to take over the defense.

In order to defend the Beiguan Army Fort and to rush to support the army and the border at any time, the Valley Guard Corps will immediately recruit farmers and soldiers to assemble in several places in Jushi Town. This battle is not expected to last long, and the battle will not be too difficult, so the legion command

The camp decided to recruit 20 farmers and soldiers to garrison Beiguan in advance, and together with the newly trained recruits from the new army, there were more mistakes than mistakes in guarding Beiguan.

The recruitment of peasants and soldiers was handled personally by Bass, the garrison commander, and Scott, the settlement officer. The peasants and soldiers in the valley had already been registered, and they only needed to issue the list of those confirmed to assemble.

The second aspect of manpower recruitment is the recruitment of military labor. The army has baggage teams, but if it encounters a large-scale battle or the war lasts for too long, feeding, drinking, and urinating hundreds of people in the army will become the most difficult problem. This kind of

At that time, a large number of laborers would need to be recruited to serve the army. The laborers would be asked to complete chores such as transporting food and fodder, making siege equipment, etc., so that the soldiers could accumulate strength to kill the enemy.

In the valley south of the wooden castle, in the third newly built village near the workshop area, Lin En, the adjutant of the village and deputy captain of the peasant army, was selecting the first batch of spare laborers in the village.

This village is the latest one to be built and has not yet been named. Most of the people living in it are new residents who have not yet been allocated land for farming. They still eat food provided by the civil administration, and live in shacks built by the civil administration. These young and strong men and women

Under the leadership of the garrison officials, they reclaimed wasteland.

The attire of Lin En, the adjutant of the garrison, is different from usual today. Officials in the civil affairs system are different from military officers. They do not have uniform clothes yet. The clothes of the civil affairs officials depend on the money they spend on clothing.

However, the chief adjutant of the village and the chief adjutant of the builder were also members of the peasant army of the Valley Guard Corps, so the garrison army also issued them a set of cotton armor, a sash, a dagger and a homemade burqa made by the valley.

.On weekdays, village officials rarely wear this outfit. After all, coarse linen clothes and tight trousers are more suitable when leading farmers to cultivate the fields.

However, after the Barony of the Valley entered a state of war readiness, his identity became a civil affairs official serving the war. This outfit was more suitable for the occasion. In order to keep out the cold, Linn even specially wrapped a sheepskin jacket over his cotton armor.

In the open space in front of the fence outside the newly built village, about twenty young and strong farmers were scattered, chatting and laughing in groups of three and five. They were all new residents who had been incorporated into the newly built village, and most of them were in their teens.

Between seventy-eight and thirty-five six.

Unlike those farmers who have been allocated land and still need to serve the land even in winter, these people basically have nothing special to do except following orders to reclaim wasteland with the village officials. After winter, they will be relatively free.

Therefore, when the labor force was levied this time, the other two villages only levied ten people from each village, but this village levied 25 young men.

"Guys, can you please arrange the formation for me a little more neatly? Don't look like a bunch of mice. Come on, come closer to me and form a formation." A man wearing a thick woolen winter coat and holding a short stick in his hand said to

The scattered young men shouted.

This man was about twenty-five or six years old, his name was Jeff. He was originally a farmer from Gujiandi Village, and was one of the earliest "residents" during the patrol period. The head of the newly built village was punished for being greedy for grain.

After being imprisoned as a slave, Jeff was elected as the mayor of the newly built village by the warden Scott. He was originally a registered peasant soldier of the Peasant Corps. After becoming the village chief, he naturally became the registered squad leader of the Peasant Corps and participated in

Jeff, who had been trained as a peasant soldier, admired the solemn stance of legionnaires, so during his tenure as village chief, he let the young men in the village practice military formation stances when he had some free time.

But now it seems that the effect is really not very good, because Jeff's order just caused the young men scattered everywhere to crowd into a big pile.

"Haven't you idiots taught you before that the people behind you should look at the back of the head of the person in front of you, and the people on both sides should be shoulder to shoulder?"

The crowd moved a little, but there was still no sense of "array" at all.

When Jeff saw Lin En, the adjutant of the settlement, looking here with his hands folded, he felt that he had lost face and said loudly to the group of young men: "Whoever doesn't stand neatly will be pushed to the back when the land for rent is allocated in the spring."

As soon as the young and strong people heard that "array" was directly linked to the sub-leased land, they immediately became nervous. They quickly recalled how the village chief Jeff taught the array before. More than 20 people finally managed to do it crookedly.

A little bit more like an array.

Jeff shook his head and cast a helpless look at Lynn.

Lynn smiled and nodded, walked up to Jeff and patted his shoulder, "After all, they are newly recruited refugee farmers, so take your time."

After speaking, Lin En straightened his clothes and armor, put his hand on the hilt of the dagger at his waist, straightened his chest and raised his back, and said in a loud voice to the twenty-five young men: "Guys"

Twenty-five people immediately stopped talking in low voices and looking around, and looked at Lin En nervously. In their eyes, Lin En was already a very important official. After all, in the previous village, the village elders were already very dignified.

, the person standing in front of them was the village chief Shangguan, and he looked even more majestic in a military uniform with weapons on his waist.

"Village Chief Jeff must have told everyone in detail about the forced labor recruitment this time. Today I will take you to Beiguan to gather and standby. If the army war ends quickly, you will not have to go to the battlefield and follow Jeff home.

That's it. If the army needs our support, everyone can follow us north. You don't need to prepare your own food and grass for the labor recruitment in the valley. Food will be provided by the civil administration during the service. After the battle is won, the civil administration will also give you rewards. Those who have made meritorious service in the battle will also be rewarded.

There is another reward”

A group of young men were very excited. Serving the lord not only provided food and supplies, but also had the opportunity to receive rewards. Such a good thing was really unheard of. When Village Chief Jeff said this, they were still a little skeptical. Now even the adjutant Lin En The adults all agreed, and the worries and worries about serving in the war were alleviated a lot.

Lin En said a few words to the laborers briefly, and then told the village chief Jeff beside him, "Let everyone go back and tidy up a little, get the clothes and tableware, and we will set off immediately."

"Okay, Mr. Lynn." Jeff turned around and directed the young men to go down and prepare.

After a while, a team lined up to go north along the newly built carriage road. When passing through the villages of Kutim and Gujiandi, two more teams of laborers joined them. More than forty laborers were working under the command of the Tunnel Adjutant Lin En. Walking towards Beiguan Army Fort with the leadership of several village chiefs
Chapter completed!