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Therefore, during this period of time, he could only focus on increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. While selecting the strongest troops in the city to expand, he also sent people to set up checkpoints along the roads; intercepting and containing the stragglers scattered among the people. At the same time, he adopted quotas and hired old men in the city.
Weak women and children work.
In the end, after getting rid of the old, weak, sick and injured who lacked combat effectiveness, and the new recruits who had just started training, there were still about 1,300 intact soldiers. Then they were re-armed and classified according to the kingdom's existing military system.
, organized into roughly six companies (200).
Among them, the second and fourth companies are white soldier companies mainly equipped with swords, shields/knives and axes; the third and fifth companies are pike companies mainly equipped with spears, axes, spears, and hooks and sickles. The first and sixth companies,
It is a strike (support and suppression) company equipped with crossbows and muskets.
In the first (strike) company, most of the firearms in the army were concentrated; it was organized into two musketry brigades (70) and a crossbowman brigades; the sixth company was composed of a crossbowmen brigades and two archery brigades.
.The First Gun Corps formed an additional grenade squadron (25 men).
It mainly focuses on the veterans with the strongest arms and the most accurate throwing in the army. After simple training, they are responsible for throwing some incendiary cans filled with asphalt and lamp oil, or special gunpowder bottles/gunpowder bags; and try to reduce the number of
The probability of accidentally damaging friendly troops in the front row.
In addition, the Second Gun Corps has an additional Thunder Squadron (42 people) with seven variegated artillery pieces; and if it is in the field or in an offensive state, each combat company will form an additional one for management.
Auxiliary squadron for livestock, horses and baggage transport (3,40 men).
Moreover, Jiang Tian discovered that in this era, although there were already widely used firearms, the level of use was quite low; they were still at the level between the fire gate gun and the matchlock gun. Even if artillery had been invented for attacking and fighting, it was still quite low.
A bulky front-loaded stone cannon.
The use of various explosives and arson methods was basically blank. Therefore, this also gave Jiang Tian room and prospects for redevelopment. To this end, he even held a special event after the war, which was simple and grand.
The founding ceremony of the Southern Free Army and Guerrilla Corps.
After appointing many lieutenants, non-commissioned officers and sergeants with titles, he also personally conducted an exclusive flag-conferring ceremony for them. The new flag is also a revised version of the kingdom's military flag. Nineteen white iris flowers surround the eight golden stars representing the kingdom's provinces and royal territories.
The blue flag turns into a smiling golden sun on a blue background.
Now that the number and organization are there, the equipment and equipment are sufficient for the time being, and a ten-year salary has just been distributed according to the military rank and position; next, it is time to cheer up the momentum and the enthusiasm to defeat the enemy, which has not completely dissipated.
before; looking for a new goal.
So two days later, Jiang Tian led a thousand well-equipped soldiers and left the city of Midonie; along the tributary of the Pentium Rhone River, after a day and night of marching training, he appeared covered with travel dust.
In a valley dozens of miles south of Midonie City.
Not far outside the valley, it is also the southernmost provincial boundary in the usual sense. It comes from the adjacent Ardèche province in the southeast, the Gard and Vaucluse provinces in the south, and the Haut-Provence province in the southwest.
Provinces have corresponding ancient highways/provincial roads/kingdom roads that intersect here.
"This is the Castle of Pollagero? The only place where food can be stored within a radius of dozens of miles?" Jiang Tian looked at the gray-white city walls in the valley floor, on the side of the ancient road inherited from the Roman era, the majestic mountains and dense forests.
And he asked: "It still seems like that."
"My lord, it's absolutely true." Someone quickly replied. He was one of the few lower-level officials left in Midonie City; the provincial post office appointed the local agent, Armand, with rough and dark skin. "In
Under the orders of senior officials, I personally participated in the escort and headed in this direction overnight."
"Although I used the cover of night to conceal the specific scene on the road, based on my experience of many business trips, the final return location should be around here." Armand continued to explain: "
After that, several groups went south but did not return."
The so-called Boragero Castle looks so large that when you stand at the foot of the mountain, you can barely see the outline of the city wall through the dense forest. And this castle is also named after Borageello.
Viscount; and it is said that he is also the illegitimate son of the former Archbishop Aramis.
It was only when the 19-year-old Viscount Polagello died in the Royal War of Northern Italy that he had just signed a marriage contract. Therefore, as one of the few archbishops in the kingdom, he also led many ministers.
Abbot Aramis was named after such a castle.
However, later the Archbishop of Aramis was involved in a treason incident related to the chief minister of the kingdom; he was eventually forced to flee the country. In the last few years of his life, he encountered the amnesty list of the royal family; he was finally able to return to his country to die.
, and is buried in the castle of Pollagero.
Therefore, this castle is actually one of the branch properties of the Noisy-le-Sec monastery in this province; it originated from the Cistercian church in the Kingdom. Most Cistercian monasteries were built in areas far away from the crowd and surrounded by forests.
; He is also an advocate of the "reclamation movement" led by monks and believers.
Now, under the imminent threat of foreign invasion, this large monastery-style castle, located near a traffic artery but relatively secretive, has become a big figure in the county and even the provincial capital, transferring and hiding property and materials, and even the conservatives and the royal family.
The probability of a party shelter is not small either.
Of course, now this mountain fortress has become the first prey of the newly established Free Army/Guerrilla Corps. In fact, in the Jiangtian observation room, behind the crenellations of the mountain castle, metal flashes can be seen from time to time.
Reflection is obviously not a defensive force for a serious monastery.
However, although this castle does not have a long history of construction, it is undoubtedly the largest and most dangerous fortress in the county. Especially on the seemingly gentle hillside, the zigzag road up is enough to turn any road up.
The attacker is exposed to condescending blows and threats for a long time.
As for the Castle of Pollagero, the city wall layout is also divided into three levels; the base of the lowest level is made of densely packed stones according to the mountain topography; and on the stone base, it is built with gray-white bricks.
The main body of the city wall. On the main body of the city wall, there is a wooden shelter and an arrow tower.
In addition, Jiang Tian also saw a mountain stream winding down, and the source of the mountain stream was a dozens-foot waterfall gushing out of a spacious drainage outlet under the castle's base.
.Obviously, there is also a hidden and sufficient water source or pool behind the mountain the castle rests on.
Not to mention, in addition to more than a hundred registered deans, academicians, priests, monks, and monks, as well as an unknown number of lay believers who follow and keep the oath, there may also be several times that number of nobles, official guards, and personal followers.
.Therefore, just relying on these few soldiers may not be able to attack by force in a short period of time.
But fortunately, when Jiang Tian led his troops, he did not intend to pay a heavy price for a strong attack or a long-term siege. In other words, these soldiers came just to bear witness in a certain sense, and to serve as a guarantee for the aftermath and just in case.
Measures. So the next moment, a crisp bird whistle was blown.
Then, in the forest on the side of the road up the mountain, a dozen soldiers in short clothes and straddling ropes also passed through the rocks, shrubs, weeds, and dense tree branches one after another; after an extremely painful wait, and occasional gravel,
It took a whole morning to climb to the top amidst the noise of rolling clods of earth.
Then, where they had climbed, they had tied them to the tree trunks or nailed wooden stakes with lead ropes to provide relay help for more climbing companions. Therefore, in Jiangtian
After a leisurely lunch of fresh cheese pancakes, more than a hundred soldiers had gathered under the city wall.
However, I don’t know if the people in the castle were too confident and overconfident, or if they were lax and negligent. During this process, even the birds in the forest were frightened several times, but the city still remained.
There is no response or other unnecessary movement.
So, it was Jiang Tian's turn for his personal performance. I saw him holding his hands firmly between the gaps in the wall foundations. He didn't move his whole body in the harsh mountain wind, and he climbed up in three strokes.