Although she returned to Roger's territory, Anna's mood was not much better. She had not yet recovered from the grief of losing her father, and she often stayed alone in the room and was sad. Although others sympathized with Anna,
But I don’t know how to comfort her. There are many wounds that can only be healed by time, and it is not something that others can do to make her happy with just a few words of advice.
Roger also often went to stay with Anna for a while. Many times, the two of them didn't talk much and just stayed together quietly. Roger used this method to express his concern for Anna, and Anna was very grateful for it, but
The sadness of her father's death did not disappear so quickly, so she often looked depressed, which made Roger very distressed and her desire to avenge Hamilton became even stronger.
After Roger returned to Kent Town, it was not just as simple as comforting Anna, he was also not idle in other aspects.
Judging from Alonso III's reaction when he found out that Duke Hamilton was not dead yet, Roger knew that this guy would never give up and sooner or later would find an excuse to cause trouble for him. Therefore, he must be actively prepared during this period to avoid war.
I was caught off guard when it really broke out.
Of course, the focus of Roger's preparations was on the castle. During the battle with the undead creatures, one of the city walls was damaged. After returning to Kent Town, Roger quickly used the town's stone, wood and other materials, plus the power of the soul.
The damage to the city wall was repaired.
While repairing the castle, Roger also let the castle operate at full capacity to train soldiers. In the recent battle with the undead creatures, Roger knew that there are many times when you may think that your troops are sufficient, but it is only when the fight starts that you realize that in fact
Such a small number of troops is simply not enough. Especially when encountering brutal battles, the more troops you can control, the better.
That's why Roger asked the castle commander to train his soldiers as much as possible. Whether they were infantry or cavalry, crossbowmen or magicians, anyone who could increase Roger's strength would be the best.
More than ten days after returning to Kent Town, the number of Roger's soldiers not only returned to the level before the battle, but also improved significantly. Now he has nearly 5,000 heavily armored pikemen and more than 4,000 half-armoured soldiers.
The number of swordsmen and infantry alone is close to ten thousand. In addition, there are two thousand heavy crossbowmen and two thousand long archers, plus more than two thousand light cavalry and nearly two thousand chain armor heavy cavalry. There is even a
A mage support team composed of nearly two hundred junior magicians.
In other words, Roger currently has close to 20,000 soldiers, and he is not satisfied with this. He still lets the Castle Commander continue to train soldiers. According to Roger's wishes, he must have at least 50,000 soldiers in his hands.
Only then would he feel a little unsure. After all, if he really fell out with Alonso III, Roger would most likely have to face an attack from the entire Kingdom of Thorne, so 50,000 soldiers was actually not too many.
That is to say, Roger could have the confidence to directly set the number of the army at 50,000. If he was just an ordinary lord, with a territory as barren as Kent County, even one-tenth of 5,000 soldiers would be enough.
They can't even afford it, and having a thousand soldiers would be considered a militancy.
In fact, not to mention that a small lord can raise 50,000 soldiers, even a big country like the Kingdom of Thorne is very difficult to raise so many soldiers. After all, raising an army requires more than just finding a few people.
Just come, but you also need to train them, equip them with weapons and armor, and feed and pay the soldiers. Each of these items is a very large expense.
What's more, Roger's soldiers are not only elite, but even the weapons and armor are as high-quality as those produced by the dwarves. It is even more expensive to maintain such an army. In fact, the Kingdom of Bethorn claims to have 120,000 soldiers.
Standing army, but only the Royal Guards with the best equipment and best training can compete with Roger's soldiers. The Royal Guards only have a total of more than 10,000 people, and the other more than 100,000 troops are not as good as equipment or soldiers.
The level of training is far inferior to that of Roger's men.
Fortunately, these soldiers under Roger only consume a certain amount of soul power during the initial training. Not only do they not need to be paid, but they don't even need to eat. That's why Roger can afford to support so many troops. And he
This time, nearly 300,000 undead creatures were eliminated, including high-level undead creatures such as lichs and death lords. They have already gained extremely amazing soul power. Not to mention training 50,000 soldiers, even if one more
Times are more than enough.
According to Roger's order, the Castle Hub trained soldiers day and night to strengthen the defense of Kent Town. However, Roger's preparations did not stop there. He also contacted the dwarves of the Hammer Tribe and was willing to use more distilled
The wine and they exchanged for a crossbow bed with powerful attack power. The crossbow bed's good performance in defending the castle left a deep impression on Roger, so he wanted to get more of this kind of weapon to defend the city.
The dwarves have long regarded Roger as a good friend and agreed to his request. The dwarves also gave Roger hundreds of sets of weapons and armor for him to help sell on their behalf. The dwarves only trusted Roger among humans and did not believe in him.
He would deceive himself. But for Roger, these weapons and armor were what he wanted most, so he immediately bought the dwarves' goods with his own money.
After more than ten days of trekking, Ralph and his soldiers also came to Kent Town one after another. Roger paid special attention to the number of people and was satisfied to find that 829 people came to Kent Town one after another. This shows that these
The soldier was indeed bent on following him.
Roger organized all the new soldiers into the town's garrison, and put Phil in charge of command and Chris in charge of training. With more than 800 people joining, not only Kent Town itself but also the nearby docks had enough manpower.
To maintain order, even several other outposts in Kent County can be manned.
In addition to the town's security team, Roger also did not forget the team of gryphon knights. He went to the island to observe the training of the elves and found that they had made great progress during this period. Not only could the elves accurately launch attacks on the ground
, its performance in air combat is also very good. Although the Griffin Cavalry
Soldiers cannot chase each other in circles in the air like fighter jets, but after a long period of training, they have become very skilled in rising and falling in the air, turning sharply left and right, coupled with the small and rotatable crossbow installed on the saddle of the griffon.
, the Griffin Knight's ability in aerial combat cannot be underestimated.
Roger was very satisfied with the progress of the gryphon knight and praised Elvira greatly. The half-elf girl remained as indifferent as ever and just nodded to Roger's praise. However, Roger didn't care too much about it.
As long as the gryphon knight has fighting ability and obeys his orders, all other issues are unimportant...