Chapter 558 Defensive War
The large open space on the west side of the exterior wall fence of the Valley Wood Fort is the permanent residence of the Wells Garage Corps and of course the government security team.
When the Wells War Army Corps was stationed in Beiguan, this was the command center and garrison camp of the garrison.
Unlike other Earl's provinces, the peasant soldiers are in a sense the soldiers who are included in the combat sequence, so the Wells Garrison is also a veritable military unit.
Especially when the war came, the Wells Garrison played a huge role.
At this moment, in the camp outside the Mubao, several five-man standing peasant soldiers were fully armed and patrolling the camp. In front of a large courtyard, four sweat-filled sentries stood upright. Obviously, they were not used to this kind of sentry mission under the scorching sun.
The weather in July is hot enough, but the garrison army camps of the garrison are even more lively at this moment.
The fierce quarrels that came from the compound from time to time added to the heat.
"......Cutim is one of the earliest villages in Wells Province. Our village has produced many warriors with outstanding military achievements. Every young and strong man in the village is willing to bleed for the battle. But why is there only seven peasant soldiers assigned to us this time? There are twenty recruitment places in the village No. 27 just three months after it was established. This is too unfair." In the command barracks of the garrison garrison, a brown bearded one-armed bald man with a bronze bell-like eyes stood up and stared at an honest middle-aged man in a corner beside him.
The upper head in the room, Scott, sitting on a high-legged chair, raised his hand and pointed at the angry one-armed bald head, and said fiercely: "One-armed Patton, be honest. This is not your village office. If you dare to make a loud noise, be careful of military law. You are a soldier, you should know the majesty of military law."
Scott is the Minister of the Ministry of Government Affairs, but he is also one of the deputy commanders of the garrison corps of the Wells Legion. The other two deputy commanders are Lawrence, who is still temporarily in charge of the Ministry of Commerce and the European Trading Company, and Tridork, the captain of the company who had just retired from the First Division of the Wells Legion. In the battle of the successor, he was hit by a rock and shattered fracture of half a palm. After treatment for more than half a year, half of his foot was cut off, and he was transferred to the General Staff Department by the Military Affairs Office and transferred to the deputy commander of the garrison corps.
Bass's old disease has recently relapsed and was sent to Beiguan for treatment by chief physician Thomas. Tridork took over Bass's mission and went to Beiguan Fort with officers from the garrison army to train the peasant soldiers gathered from all over the country.
Now the military affairs outside military training have been handed over to Scott.
The so-called military affairs include the distribution of weapons and armor, the supply of food and supplies, the distribution of military pay allowances, and the most difficult recruitment of soldiers.
For the garrison army, the most important thing now is to recruit peasant soldiers.
After introducing mountain people from the Confederate area, the population of the entire Wells Province exceeded 120,000. Under the military and political rule model for many years, Wells Province was almost half-army and half-people.
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They are peasant soldiers based on villages and fort settlements. In Wells Province, as long as they have a population of more than fifty, they have peasant soldiers. Basically, five farmers have a regular peasant soldier, and roughly twenty people support one peasant soldier.
In Wells Province, villages such as the valley land, the Kutim, the Ryan Manor, and the Wincheston Manor, with hundreds of farmers and dozens of peasants. In the remote places of Fort Andermatt, there were less than a hundred people, but there were also three or five peasants affiliated with the Wells Garrison Legion.
The complete peasant and soldier system makes the number of this hidden team around 5,000.
However, Att will not fish out of the waters. Five thousand peasants are the youngest laborers in the five thousand, once these five thousand people are taken away, there will be no strong laborers in Wells Province.
Therefore, even if the national war against the weak is about to break out, Yat only plans to mobilize and recruit 1,200 peasant soldiers first.
However, this recruitment of peasant soldiers is different from the past. After all peasant soldiers participating in the southern expedition, after winning the battle to recover lost land, they will obtain twenty acres of plain land per person. If they make military achievements, the land area they obtain will increase.
The originally forced military service of the peasant soldiers became a bad habit of obtaining fertile land, and the taste changed, and more people wanted to compete for it. So the scene just now came.
Looking at the village managers in the barracks who were quarreling over the soldiers, Scotton felt a big deal.
He is a government official, and his complicated government affairs have already made him feel troubled. Now he still has to take charge of peasant and soldiers, which is really a headache.
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He picked up the wooden wine glass and knocked on the table a few times. Everyone gradually calmed down, "Everyone, you are arguing here before the battle started. When the enemy arrived at the battlefield, you had to attack each other before you could fight. If so, I will report to the Lord immediately. Everyone present does not have to go to the battlefield, and they will all go back to plow the fields and farm."
Scott has always had a gentle temper, but now he has lost his temper, and everyone is at a loss.
Just as the room was silent, a sentry pushed open the goalkeeper and presented it to Scott...
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"......Report to the Governor General, the South came to report that the Lombards launched an attack on the Nanguan Army Fort yesterday morning. The enemy attacked for one morning and retreated. Five people were killed and three people were seriously injured. More than 30 people were killed and injured in the enemy, and more people were injured."
The Governor General of the Valley Mubao, who was signing the order to allocate food and food resources, listened to the reports of his subordinates, and signed the submissions reported from various places.
He replied without raising his head: "There are Nanguan dangerous castle and Odo in charge, and the Lombards cannot get in."
"What we need to prepare for now is the next counterattack. The adults were determined to go south. Now that the Lombards have come over, the adults will definitely not miss this excellent opportunity."
"When we counterattack, the war will really begin."
After signing the submission in his hand, Cooper looked up at his subordinates who reported, "When will the batch of food from Lawrence be shipped back to Wells?"
"Governor General, as planned, Lord Lawrence should be still purchasing wheat in the southern part of the Kingdom of France. It is estimated that the first batch of grain will arrive at Fort Sap in a week."
"Yeah." Cooper huffed and grabbed another article and continued to read it.
"You go down and prepare. I will inspect the construction of grain warehouses in various places tomorrow and let the auditor's office send someone to accompany you."
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"Tritork, you must hurry up the training of peasant soldiers. The peasant soldiers recruited from various places later are more than auxiliary tasks. So now the five hundred peasant soldiers in your hands are the main combat force of the garrison army."
"The battle at Nanguan has begun. Odo came to report that the regular peasant soldiers of the Preparatory Regiment performed very well in the defense battle. The Preparatory Regiment can still achieve excellent results. Your garrison army cannot embarrass me."
The deputy commander of the Wells garrison Legion, Tridork, followed behind Yat, and the cut half of his foot made him feel a little limp and his figure was a little crooked.
"Sir, although I do not have the military talent of Lord Bass, I have been in the War Army Corps for many years and have learned some skills in training and conquest with you. Please rest assured that the Guard Army will not disappoint you."
“Excellent!”
"Are the weapons and equipment allocated to the garrison army in place?"
Tridork was wearing ring armor, his hands were always placed on the hilt of the sword at his waist. This was a habit formed by years of war. "The Weapons Workshop yesterday sent the fifth batch of 200 sets of armed cotton armor and spear short swords inlaid with iron pieces. Including the previously assembled one after another, the 1,200 sets of military equipment in the garrison army were basically fully equipped."
"The 450 reserve regiment under the garrison army has been recruited, and weapons and armor are the first to be supplied. The remaining 250 peasant soldiers, Lord Scott, are collecting one after another."
"At present, the Southern War has more than enough to provide support. The garrison army is training quickly. When we drive away the Lombards, it's time for you to go on the field."
Tridork stood upright with his sword in his arms, "The garrison army will definitely live up to the high expectations of the emperor."
Tridorxun, "Sir, we will have a practical training later. Can you teach the peasants and soldiers?"
"No, the Principality of Provence has sent a special envoy to visit. I have to go and greet it in person later..."
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In the Nanguan Military Fort, war filled the air.
The Lombards' third strong attack had just ended, and corpses and burning siege equipment were everywhere outside the South Pass.
Lombardy was very rich, and he realized that he was willing to spend huge amounts of money on siege equipment during the war.
This is why Wadbury assembled his troops at the end of June, but it was not until mid-July that the Lombardy army began to attack Nanguan in silence, because they spent a whole month making siege equipment and transporting it to the Nanguan Army Fort.
However, it was obvious that the wealth of the Lombards did not bring them victory. Two large siege towers that were burning and three siege ladders that had turned into ashes told the Lombards' grievances.
The attack was three times within eight days. Except for the first tentative attack, the other two were basically doing their best. Unfortunately, the terrain of the Nanguan Army Fort was narrow. Although the Lombards claimed to be three thousand elite soldiers, they had to go to the Nanguan Army Fort to get their lives at thirty or fifty people each time.
On the Nanguan Military Fort, the soldiers who had just experienced fierce battles had been replaced in the military camp behind the city walls to repair. Hans, the commander of the Nanguan Military Fort, personally led the second echelon of war soldiers and the reserve regiments to support the agricultural soldiers responsible for the defense mission of the Nanguan Pass.
Nanguan is very small, but it has a lot of military equipment.
There is no need to mention the necessary weapons and armor for individual soldiers. Arrows, stones, forks, tinctures, etc. are also sufficient reserves.
Even the most secret grenades and bombs belonging to the Wells Legion were issued more than a hundred before the war.
However, explosives are the absolute killer weapon of the Wells Legion, so the government ordered that the Nanguan Army Fort not be used unless the lockdown is about to be broken.
Hans was wearing excellent plate armor, with a full helmet hanging behind his back, and the long sword at his waist collided with his rapid pace to make a rhythmic sound.
"Stand solemnly!"
A squadron leader shouted at his side, and more than a dozen soldiers stood upright.
"After the ceremony!" Hans leaned his right foot against his left foot, and the squadron leader greeted him.
"The Lombards failed in three battles, and the next attack will definitely be even more fierce. Everyone should be very energetic."
Chapter completed!