Chapter 400 Southern Hunting Ground
May was approaching in a blink of an eye. As the weather gradually became hot, the war in the north of Burgundy was temporarily extinguished for a winter.
As early as early spring, Flander ordered the 600 elite troops of the Restoration Army near Besanson to divide into three teams to advance towards the border of Soon Province west of Besanson.
The main purpose of these teams is not to kill and injure the enemy, but to harass the agricultural areas in the border areas of the Thorne province, so that the enemy cannot successfully complete spring plowing and sowing.
The elite troops of the Longxia Army went deep into the enemy territory to kill more than 50 private soldiers of the local lord Thoren, and also killed hundreds of innocent local civilians.
Flander cannot be blamed for his cruelty, because almost at the same time, Bernard also dispatched an army of 200 people to sneak into the central part of Lucesen from the mountain road that attacked Tinets. The difference in the end was that Count Lucesen had an insight into the movements of the Western Army in advance and set up an ambush at the mountain pass, and all the two hundred Western Armys were immigrated and annihilated.
Tinets and Lucesen were bordered by Lucesen. When Lucesen's enemy warning was delivered to the valley, Yat immediately put down his military training mission and rushed to the city of Tinets with his guards and Lucenion's cavalry.
Dozens of cavalry arrived in Tinets before their feet, and the letter of victory from Lucesen's army was immediately delivered to the hall of the Lord Tinets.
At this time, Odo and Angus were training the troops at the North Gate Fort. After the war was announced, the valley garrison army was relatively idle, so Tinets County was temporarily stationed by Bass.
"...Sir, although Lucesen resisted the sneak attack from the Western Army this time, it is hard to say whether he can be so lucky next time. Do you send another group of troops to Tignets again?" Bass, who was in the city of Tignets these days, was worried every day. He was not familiar with the 180 or so county soldiers left by Pierre. He was really unsure of the combat power of the master soldiers in these cities, so he really hoped that Yat could send an elite Wells army to station the county and protect the county.
Although it was the third floor of the Lord's Hall, the office room was still a little damp and stuffy. Yat put down the letter of Joseph that had just been sent from Lucesen, got up and opened the small window on the north side of the office room, and tried to let the fresh cold wind blow in.
Standing in front of the window, Yat looked into the north for a long time, "Bass, I think Tignets County is not the focus we should pay attention to."
Yat said as he walked to the huge topography hanging on the wall on one side of the office room. This was something left by Viscount Pierre. Yat liked it very much, so he didn't let anyone take it down.
"Look, from the perspective of geographical location, Tinets does not border Thorne Province. Even Lucesen is also separated from Thorne Province by a large mountainous area. It was not until Lucesen's north that the area close to Besançon was somewhat bordered by Thorne Province. In this way, if the Western Army wants to attack Tinets, it must pass through the Lucesen province."
"That year, Bernard secretly ordered the Western Army to attack us because Lucesen did not meddle in other people's business, but now Lucesen is an enemy of the Western Army, will they allow the enemy to pass through their territory? Besides, compared with Lucesen, Tinets is definitely a remote place. Even if the Western Army fights, it will definitely attack Lucesen's wealthy land. I'm afraid there is no intention to go deep into the enemy's territory and run to us."
This is analyzed from the external situation. The poor and remote Tinets County is indeed not a place where the enemy is interested.
Yat pointed to the location of the Tignets County City again, "Inside, although the Tignets walls are neither tall nor strong, we still have nearly two hundred county soldiers."
"Bass, those county soldiers may be a little worse than our Wells Legion, but Viscount Pierre has devoted his efforts to train them for several years. The combat power is actually not bad. It is only because Pierre took the time to get the skeleton of the officers that these 180 or so men have become a mess. After the second phase of the Officer's Academy training is completed, I will draw a few capable officers to lead the county soldiers. Most of the county soldiers are local soldiers, and they are still very passionate about guarding their homes. I feel at ease with this army stationed in Tinets."
Most of the county soldiers in Tignets are good people with families in the county towns or counties. It may be difficult for them to go out to fight, but if foreign enemies invade them, they will also defend them to the death.
"I'm more worried about another problem now." Yat's fingers kept pounding the sheepskin spliced topography.
Bass stared into Yat's eyes and waited for the following.
"This time we led the army north to fight, we suffered a lot of losses from foreign wars. Especially in the north where all the armies gathered, it was very difficult to raise food and food for the army. Needless to say, when we were on the battlefield on the Western Front, we had to spend a very high price to raise food and supplies even when we resisted the Swabian army on the Eastern Front."
"I don't want to go to the north to fight..." Yat stared at the city of Besanson. He knew that there would be a large army gathering there soon, and a war that would ultimately determine the fate of the country of Beth was about to break out.
Bass' head turned rapidly, "You mean?South?Codor Province?"
Yat smiled, "Our new man is a powerful character. He knew that I didn't want to soak in the Northland dye vat, so he ordered me to form the Southern Xinjiang garrison army. This is a good move, which will not only make me grateful, but also preserve my confidant's strength."
I said before that Flander has already felt the trouble of the old forces in the North. As the new king, he will sooner or later face the checks and balances of the old forces, so he will do his best to protect the Yat, who will definitely be loyal to him.
The decisive battle of the Successors is in the north, and many people will die at that time, most of which will be old-school forces deeply rooted in the north.
"Since the new king is kind, we cannot let him down. So I have submitted a letter to the court and the command camp of the Central Army of the Restoration Army, requesting that I be allowed to lead my army from Sap Fort to march to the southern part of Kodor Province. First, I can grasp the tail of the enemy and prevent them from putting all their troops into the north. It can also destroy the enemy's territory and make them unable to support the Western Army's operations with peace of mind; second, we are relying on our own territory to fight, and the issue of food supply is relatively relaxed."
Of course, what Yat did not explicitly say is that it is very free to fight in the south without having to endure the clamping of others at all times, and there is no need to worry about others' attention and profit...
The south is the hunting grounds for the Yat and Wells Legion.
The police have been lifted, and since Tinets County is safe, Yat has no plans to stay for too long.
Tignes' spring tax has been scrapped away by Pier. Now there are not many business travelers entering and leaving the county town in the war, so there are very few commercial taxes. After sending troops to patrol, all parts of the county were very stable and there were no major issues that urgently needed to be dealt with. The rest of the scattered trivial matters were fully granted to Bath.
To be cautious, Att let Lusinian's cavalry stay in the county for a few days, and then head south after Lucesen was completely safe.
After arranging the county town affairs, Yat rushed south by the ten cavalry guards, and returned to the valley to continue busy...
In mid-May, the Beiguan Military Fort was busy.
In the stone house in the military fort, a group of trained officers gathered around a huge wooden table to watch the mosand plate making.
A middle-aged man with curly hair led two craftsmen to make a military sand table with materials mainly made of river sand, branches and wooden blocks; Dawson, deputy commander of the task force, took a stack of birch bark full of figures and symbols, and personally guided and explained; on the other side, a young guy "printed" the sand table on a very large piece of straw paper.
The sand tray that has basically been formed is very exquisite, so exquisite that the locations of every stream, well and granary are extracted, and the roads between the hills are carved with red dye.
"...Okay, everyone, what is presented to you is the sand table map in the south of Kodor Province. This is the military information that our contingent took a whole month to sneak into the enemy territory. I would like to praise the brothers of the contingent here." Odo patted Dawson on the shoulder and expressed his high praise for their contingent.
The trainees from the stone house also cheered and clapped.
Odo raised his hand to stop, picked up the long stick beside the sand table, and pointed to the lower right side of the sand table, "Today I will bring you familiar with the terrain of Kodor. First, let's start with the Sapt Stone Fort..."
In the military fort clearing outside the stone house, the ten teams selected the baggage soldiers were also gathered together to participate in a special training. The baggage soldiers were not trained by Spencer, but also the legion commander, the frontier Viscount Yat himself.
Yat held a roll of cotton gauze made of a roll of cut and molded rolls in his hand. This cotton gauze was textile by the Valley Textile Workshop. The color was not white, but it was a little yellow. The specifications of each roll of gauze were about half a foot wide and six feet long.
The gauze is of good quality and expensive enough, but fortunately it can be used repeatedly.
"I would like to emphasize again last. Before bandaging, you must see the type of wounds of the wounds. Remember that burns, scalds and suppurated wounds should not be bandaged in a hurry. They should be handed over to the accompanying military doctors for treatment. Before bandaging the wound, you must clean the wounds, at least ensure that there is no dirt nearby. When bandaging, you should press the bandage head from the distal end to the proximal end of the wound. That is, you must circle it several times. In the future, every wrapping circle should cover half of the front circle..." As Yat said, he wrapped a roll of gauze on the soldier who was lying on the ground pretending to be cut by a sharp blade.
After Yat's bandage, he pointed to the wooden frame next to it that was like a short wooden ladder and a rope net. "... After bandaging the gauze, you can carry the wounded soldiers back to the central army and hand them over to the doctor for treatment."
"Come on, medical captain, let each of you come and try it. I see if you have learned it." Yat wiped sweat from his forehead and pointed the medical captain who was an apprentice of Thomas, and asked him to organize the baggage troops to actually operate.
At this time, the baggage officer Spencer ran behind Yat with a stack of hard cloth in his hand, "Sir? Sir, I'm looking for you."
Yat turned his head and looked at Spencer, then looked down at the pile of hard cloth in his hand, "Oh, so fast? Take it to me and take a look."
"Sir, these armbands were made by the tailors of the textile workshop overnight according to your modified style."
"The infantry is the kite shield armband, the cavalry is the Pegasus armband, the archer is the Zhangxian armband, the chariot is the double-wheel armband, the baggage army is the axe and hammer armband, and the same is true for the corresponding flags of each army. Please review it carefully."
"In addition, the style of the military rank badge you mentioned is quite complicated, especially the heralds of several knights are very complicated, and their military rank badges are also difficult to sew. However, I have urged the tailors of the textile workshop to make it, and they should be delivered in two days."
Att took the stack of armbands representing various troops in Spencer's hand and looked through them one by one, "Well! The style this time is almost the same~"
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