Volume Two: The Iron-Blooded Baron Chapter 254 Advent (2)
Although Raven Ridge, the middle location on the south bank of the Carr River, is relatively far away from Fort Noland now, in the long run, once Balian takes over the entire land on the south bank of the Carr River, the location of Raven Ridge will change.
It's very critical.
It was precisely with this consideration in mind that Balian built a large-scale military fortress in Raven Ridge. For now, after the completion of Fort Victory, it will serve as a barrier to the entire western part of the Norlandenburg area, and will provide a basis for the construction and settlement of western settlements.
Develop and provide super assistance.
In the long run, once the entire Stag Forest on the south bank of the Carr River becomes Balian's fiefdom, Raven Ridge, a key point in the middle, is the garrison of the core armed forces of Fort Noland.
When the war comes, quickly support both fronts.
Because the Stag Forest on the south bank of the Karl River is rectangular, with Fort Nolandon on the east side and the Wind Chime Land on the west side, only by stationing troops in the middle can we take care of both ends, especially the Wind Chime Land which will be filled with new settlements in the future.
The Raven Ridge area, as the former home of the Hound Bandits, has a certain agricultural foundation. Mark organized people and was preparing to build the first civilian settlement. They named it Bu after the name Gu Huiyang and the others called the place at that time.
Village.
The positioning of Buri Village is to supplement agriculture and focus on animal husbandry. Because the Raven Ridge area has many mountains and hills, there is not much land suitable for farming and it is very scattered. However, there are many gentle slopes and grasslands, which are very suitable for grazing.
Here we should not only focus on developing animal husbandry, but also develop military horse breeding. Buying horses is a high expense, and war horses are very delicate. It is important to have a breeding and horse base yourself. This is a strategic security issue.
In addition, the two horse dealers, Rothschild and Greenberg, are good horse breeders, so it would be best to let them take charge of this matter. After all, they have rich experience in horse breeding, and this skill is in ruins.
It would be a big loss for Nolandenburg.
When Rochiel and Greenberg heard Balian soliciting their opinions on this matter, they both expressed support. After all, as the chief officers of the cavalry, they still understood their current situation. After adding a new light cavalry team,
Under such circumstances, the cavalry troops did not even have spare horses.
Although Bellion has already purchased some from a horse dealer and will deliver them in more than a month, in the long run, it is better to start his horse breeding business as soon as possible.
The gestation period of a horse is basically almost one year, which lasts about 340 days. Young horses start training at the age of two and cannot serve until they are four or five years old. It is necessary to train a group of war horses from scratch.
The cycle is at least five years, so we can’t do it if we don’t start as early as possible.
This time, in the city of Valombre, in addition to buying thirty war horses from horse dealers, they also bought ten female stallion horses, and used high-quality male war horses to mate with them during the estrus period.
A batch of genetically excellent young horses can be obtained every year.
Under the premise of ensuring that the war horse breeds do not deteriorate, some good breeding horses are introduced every year. In only five or six years, Norandenburg's war horses will be enough to be self-sufficient.
Of course, the prerequisite for self-sufficiency of war horses is that Balian does not suddenly attack the cavalry troops, especially the cavalry troops. After all, cavalry is very valuable. It can be called the naval aviation force in this medieval era. It really takes a long time to train, costs a lot, and causes many casualties.
It is also true that the cavalry on the Weilin continent are mainly the knight class itself, plus retainers, trainee knights and other groups of fiefdom warriors who can provide their own equipment. They are mainly fully armored heavy cavalry. On the battlefield
, is an important force that determines the direction of the battle.
Balian didn't have so many fiefdoms to engage in feudal knights. He couldn't do things that were costly and slow to produce results. In Balian's early plan, both light and heavy cavalry were professional arms. Knights and titles were a matter of honor and
award.
Moreover, in terms of combat methods, Balian was not prepared to adopt the heavy cavalry wall charge, light cavalry reconnaissance, and pursuit combat methods commonly used in the Weilin continent.
Balian's cavalry troops will mainly consist of light cavalry, with a small amount of heavy cavalry, in mixed formations. When the troops are fighting, the light cavalry troops will be responsible for using javelins and crossbows to disrupt the enemy's formations and attack their marching routes and supply routes.
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After the infantry troops defeated the enemy, the light cavalry troops pursued the defeated troops, while a small number of heavy cavalry troops were used at important moments such as cutting through the enemy's formation, especially when the opponent formed a tight formation or hid in a wooden camp.
A group of heavy cavalry, each with man and horse, plus full armor, weighs more than a thousand pounds. Under high-speed impact, it is enough to cut through the strong formation and break through the wooden fence of the enemy camp.
However, although it is effective for heavy cavalry to use this combat method, the casualty rate will definitely be high. Every time they go into battle, the horses will basically be damaged. Although these heavy cavalry are protected by tight and strong armor, injuries are still inevitable.
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However, today's knights and knight squires also mostly play this role. They only seek wealth and wealth through danger. There are always people who want to do risky things.
After equipping the cavalry with javelins, Balian also equipped them with bows and arrows for horseback riding. In the battle with the Toba pirates, he captured many compound bows. These were made of fish bladder glue, beef tendons, horns and wood.
The composite recurve bow was quite powerful, and the soldiers of Fort Nolanden suffered a lot in some close-range battles.
With these bows and arrows, and finding a few people who could make such bows from the captured Toba pirates, Balian decided to equip the light cavalry with riding bows and let them train in horseback shooting techniques.
In the history of Balian's previous life, the army that swept across the Eurasian continent did not play a decisive role in riding and archery skills, but the skill of firing arrows when attacking and retreating was still very useful in harassment battles.
Advantageous.
Although, looking at the current situation, I don’t know whether the riding and shooting skills will be effective in future battles, but we still need to train well. Only with good training can we have good results. Balian will use the Mongolian cavalry that he saw in his previous life.
The content of the shooting training was explained to Rochiel and Greenberg as much as possible. As for what the training was like, it was because of their hard work.
Among Balian's current cavalry, there are some who can shoot arrows on horseback. This person is Orome. Although he is tall and thick, he can shoot arrows with a hunting bow on the back of a galloping horse.
What is commendable is that Rohirr can not only shoot arrows from the front on a galloping horse, but he can also turn around and shoot arrows behind him while the horse is galloping forward. This is a really difficult move.
After Oromei tested the Toba pirate's bow and arrow, he felt that it was quite useful, so Balian gave him the position of chief cavalry and archery instructor. Oromei also swore that there would be no problem.
For this reason, Balian specially assigned a group of boys between the ages of twelve and fifteen to the cavalry. These teenagers would learn faster, and let them participate in the work of feeding and breeding horses from their youth. When they grow up,
After becoming a cavalryman, he is no stranger to horses. This chapter has been completed!