February 10, 1522, after the arrival of the first apostle of the Dark Sun.

From a balcony that once belonged to the nobles of Siena, Ladislaus waved to his newly formed troops, reinforcing their loyalty and identity.

After training every day, they would pass by Ladislaus' balcony and return to their camp in Siena.

Although they were inspected on foot, Ladislaus's "Archbishop's Guard" was actually a cavalry unit of 450 men.

Divided into three cavalry squadrons of 150 men.

Kessell-Vitting, Sirica Boss, and Old John were respectively appointed as squadron leaders.

The annuities of Sirica the Elder and John the Elder were both increased to seven hundred and fifty thalers.

The army itself didn't cost him much.

Ladislaus and Colonna worked well together.

Ladislaus made major concessions in carving up the land. Not to mention how much paddy field he was able to get personally, he also exchanged all the paddy fields and orchards that used to belong to the Church of the Dark Sun and the Fei family.

dry land that is difficult to irrigate.

The hundreds of years of operation of the Church of the Dark Sun in Siena were not only destroyed in one fell swoop, but also set back by several generations.

The dignified Archbishop of Liguria and Bishop of Siena, Ladislaus, certainly had a noble reason for doing this: "To strengthen military force to fight against the French invaders."

As compensation, he owned all about two hundred military horses of the Siena Guard Cavalry. These military horses were of high quality. They were all French military horses produced in Marseille. They were all under ten years old and had basically no history of injuries. Each one was

It cost more than 100 thalers from the Kingdom of Siena. Although the price has dropped a bit as the years have gotten older, it will not be less than 80 thalers.

He also selected a large number of captured weapons and equipment first, ensuring that everyone had a share of leather armor and helmets.

Although he wanted to unify the weapons, in order to avoid the memory of "half-hand sword" being too deep, and because the next enemies were likely to be equipped with a higher proportion of heavy armor, Ladislaus decided to mix armor-piercing weapons with his subordinates.

arms.

A large number of maces, machetes, and axes were also seized. Ladislaus's share was not only enough for everyone under his command, but also a certain amount of stock.

Half of the supplementary soldiers of the "Archbishop's Guard" are former mercenaries with half swords, and the other half are private soldiers who have absorbed the former nobles of the Siena family.

The horses and weapons and equipment of the "hand-and-half-sword" mercenaries were theoretically the property of Kessell-Vitting. According to Machiavelli's suggestion, Ladislaus exchanged these with the business district he was assigned in Siena.

The ownership of military horses, and Ladislaus divided a two thousand acres of land to him, and promised to give him a higher imperial title when the time is right. For now, he is a church knight, but the two

A thousand acres of land can be considered a large barony.

He is also the only squadron leader who does not receive an annuity, but exists as a vassal noble.

Although the city of Siena is currently very depressed, the city is the center of rule after all, and it will not be long before it prospers again. Kessell-Vitting is also very happy to use these business districts to provide some housekeepers and servants who follow him all year round.

return.

Ladislaus also gave him the power to provide whitelists.

Although the other Siena families will not be wiped out, the necessary meeting gifts will certainly not be omitted.

In just a few days, Kessell-Vitting has acquired several mistresses, all of whom are noble daughters of the second-tier Siena families who have not suffered a devastating blow. He can also enjoy some of the business income of these families.

In this way, commercial relationships were dissolved and feudal superior-subordinate relationships were established.

Tony's serious injury caused Cardinal Medici to suffer a big loss in dividing the spoils, and 80% of the benefits fell into the hands of Colonna Sr. and Ladislaus.

These benefits also reached the lowest level soldiers.

Under the setting sun, the soldiers were still in good spirits. Each of them was assigned their own land, although it was all dry land, and Ladislaus made it clear that they had to serve full-time for at least twelve years before the ownership of those lands could be granted.

Belongs to them and their descendants forever.

Full-time soldiers have to live together and only have three days off per month, so they can only let their wives and children work on the dry land. However, even if there is no strong labor force to work hard, they can still support themselves without paying land rent, not to mention Ladislaus paying

A salary of eight talers per year is given to each soldier who has reached the level of a first-level warrior. Although it is very low, considering that he has also been exempted from more than half of the church tax, which means that in the future, he will only have to pay 10% of the harvest for the royal rations. Anyway, this job is still

Not bad.

Most of the "Half Sword" mercenaries are singles. Their land cannot be cultivated this year. However, recently there are many young girls and widows waiting to be married in the city of Siena. They were assigned land and received a bounty for breaking the city.

It is not difficult for them to find a wife.

Although there are many favorable conditions, the work of training the army is still very troublesome.

First, the original organizational structure was completely broken up, and soldiers from various sources were completely mixed.

The most critical issue is how to arrange middle- and lower-level officers.

Ladislaus found that he had to either accept "hands and half swords" experienced and relatively strong soldiers to occupy various officer positions. In this way, Kessell-Witting would have too much power, even though he had bought horses and weapons.

But he is still too popular among the original mercenaries

Prestige, being able to deal with the acting Grand Duke for so many years, and being widely respected is of course. Although Kessell-Vitting is very knowledgeable and indulges in the gentle countryside and does not disturb Ladislaus's reorganization at all, but if too many mercenaries are allowed

It is still unacceptable to occupy an officer's position.

Or we must forcibly appoint unqualified Italians as officers, many of whom can't even ride a horse.

This is why Ladislaus can only let them walk through the balcony every day for the time being.

The final choice can only be a compromise. Some capable mercenaries, two former Reinhardt family warriors who are willing to stay, and some Italians with older qualifications and two levels of personal combat effectiveness have become officers, such as Keira.

Hey, this civilian husband half a month ago is now a squad leader with fourteen subordinates.

This means that his salary is twelve thalers per year and an iron helmet.

It is two-thirds less than that of several fifth-level team captains, but this ratio is reasonable.

Kelal was also one of those who couldn't ride a horse. It's no wonder that the former farmer never thought that he could get close to a war horse that he could never afford to buy in his farming life.

It is this difference that makes the loyalty of the Italians represented by him to Ladislaus even more unquestionable.

Ladislaus also spent a fortune on textiles, including flags and cloaks bearing his coat of arms, of which he was quite proud.

The background color is purple, which symbolizes the dark sun, and the Habsburg double-headed eagle is the main image. The belly of the eagle is the Austrian red and white shield. The two talons are holding half of a jawless skull and a Habsburg.

The castle has a total of six eagle feathers. At present, there are oval coats of arms on the tail ends of two eagle feathers. One is the Ligurian coat of arms with a red cross on a white ground, and the other is the Siena coat of arms with white top and black bottom.

Of course, the Ligurian coat of arms should be a larger circle to show the difference between an archbishop and a bishop.

This is the current "Eagle of Ladislaus".

The two titles require a total of 1,100 reputations to activate, which is no problem for Ladislaus, who performed well in the Battle of Siena.

Looking at the soldiers wearing his own coat of arms, paying tribute to himself, Ladislaus had reason to feel satisfied for a moment. Although their formation had begun to scatter as in the past few days, they at least maintained it for a few more seconds.

Isn't it a clock?

Although there are still many worries, there is still a long way to go.

But the Battle of Siena did make Ladislaus' career a big step forward.
Chapter completed!