Chapter 912 Why can't we endure each other for the country?
The suburbs of Curona in early October were very lively.
The Northern Front led by Calard is now stationed on the outskirts of the city. This army of more than 8,000 people is composed of about 5,500 infantry and more than 2,000 knights and knight retinues, and comes from Brittany except Carcassonne.
All the principalities of Asia.
Since most of the news coming from the front line was good news, this army did not go to the northern coast to set up defenses. Instead, it was stationed at the famous Diana Manor on the outskirts of Curona, which was once the home of Richard's eldest son, Charles, Baroness Diana.
family manor, this manor is about 10 km from Curona
Only less than five kilometers away, after Charles was turned into a vampire by Mathhubard, this manor was also confiscated as a matter of course. At the post-war auction, Hendrik of the Aniug family, a large merchant,
House spent a lot of money and trusted connections to buy the land title and use rights of this manor for a hundred years.
This big businessman is very famous in the old world. The Aniug family is one of the top food merchants, wine dealers and raw material importers in the old world. He likes to talk nonsense after drinking.
Some time ago, this brother said the most classic saying, "I have killed many people in my life, and my next goal is to defeat impossible enemies."
No one knows where Hendrick House's confidence comes from, but the next thing this guy did was to "peer-to-peer discussion", lowering the purchase price of grain, and trying to resell the grain to the northern part of the empire, Arabi, and the Border Prince Territory.
Or even Ulthuan to make huge profits.
Everyone knew what happened next. This group of businessmen was no match for Ryan's endlessly thick treasury, and they all declared bankruptcy. The manor returned to Ryan's hands, and Ryan arranged for Diana Manor to be assigned to the Kalad Garrison.
Diana Manor, which covers an area of more than 300 hectares, has an oval lake shaded by green trees. The scenery is beautiful and suitable for large-scale grazing. More than 8,000 troops are stationed here for military training. They rest one day every ten days and watch the nearby harvest.
The soldiers actually enjoyed the sight, and no one thought it was a hard job.
This time the army was filled with proud soldiers, especially the elite infantrymen who had participated in the Great Expedition to the Eight Peaks Mountains. Fortunately, Ryan chose Kalard as his coach, the legend of Britannia.
The hero, the strong man in the middle level of the Holy Domain not only personally participated in the Great Expedition of Bafeng Mountain,
He also had numerous military exploits, including killing several great green warlords, more than a dozen green warlords, goblin warlords, giants, including the Skaven warlord, the Ghost King Strig, and the Terror Beast. As soon as it was announced that it was him
Commanding the army, all the soldiers did not say anything and obeyed Kalad's orders obediently.
The knights errant, who were ready to move and had their minds full of achievements, naturally followed the orders of the great hero Kalad. The Holy Grail quickly completed the integration and recruitment of the entire army.
During this process, two very interesting things happened.
The first thing was that two days after settling in, a young knight errant couldn't stand the complacency of the new elite infantry regiment, so he made provocations. The free people soldiers fought back angrily. After the two sides cursed for a long time, the free people and knight nobles became angry.
The confrontation finally came to Kalad.
Kalad didn't know how to deal with it, but Beria immediately gave him an idea, and Kalad then asked the two sides to have an honorary duel.
The result of the duel was naturally that this veteran of many battles was able to hang up the knight errant and beat him up when his equipment was equal.
Kalad immediately knighted the freeman soldier, and then gave a speech to the knights, saying that if you, the knights and nobles who came here for recruitment, are like this, you should just go home and farm. Don't be knights.
Your Majesty and Madam Lane are in disgrace.
The knights errant suddenly felt deeply ashamed and disgraced. From then on, they began to train seriously and actively seek guidance, vowing never to embarrass the lady and the king.
The freedmen immediately felt that their social status had improved, and they trained harder. Everyone hoped to obtain a knighthood, and even have the opportunity to become a knight!
The second thing Beria also suggested was that "competitions" could be held occasionally, so that knights and infantrymen from different principalities could combine to "compete". The knights would compete in polo matches, and the free folk infantrymen would compete in football matches.
This kind of competition soon became popular among the army. It takes place every two or three days. Not only will the winner be rewarded, but the knight or soldier with the best performance will also receive an extra meal promotion.
After a series of competitions, a serf from Winford, Ethan, won the supreme honor of eating the same food as the Knights of the Holy Grail. Hundreds of years later, another soldier of the serf class openly ate pepper and saffron.
and cinnamon-marinated roast venison.
In this way, relying on endless activities, the combat effectiveness and tacit understanding of the entire army have been improved.
Under the beautiful autumn night sky, Kalad personally sat with Turas, Beria, Meretskov and others to discuss the possible invasion of the barbarians.
Kalad learned a very good habit from Ryan, that is, as the coach and the Great Holy Grail of the Sanctuary, Kalad was willing to condescend to use the same food standards as the soldiers, and he rarely made special arrangements for himself or made special arrangements for the soldiers.
Kalad will eat whatever they eat, but the amount will be much larger. Everyone understands this, and the Holy Grail Master will definitely eat a lot more.
Belial actually wanted to find a halfling chef to cook a small stove for him, but when he saw Kalad doing this, he had no choice but to follow Kalad's lead.
The standard meal ration for the Northern Front Army is as follows: 750g of fresh whole-wheat bread every day, about 100-150g of pork, mutton, chicken or duck meat every day, rich fresh vegetables and various tomatoes, potatoes and corn.
Soup, occasional fish, and a daily supply of ale and cider per person (the inferior local product is drunk as water).
The knights can eat better buttered white bread, beef, good eels, and enjoy imperial beer and wine from Curona. Obviously the food is better, but overall there is not much difference from the free people soldiers.
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Kalad ate two pounds of buttered whole-wheat bread, more than a pound of buttered pork stew, finished a large bowl of vegetable salad, and drank a full bowl of corn soup.
The earl said to everyone: "The current information shows that the northern coast is very quiet, but there are still barbarian ships coming and going on the Chaos Sea from time to time. We cannot relax and must remain vigilant at all times."
"Yes." Touras, Marquis of Loire, stuffed bread in his mouth: "Young guys are still very motivated!"
After chatting for a while, Beria wanted to answer but could not join the topic of the Holy Grail Knights, so he said to General Meretskov, the acting commander of the Ugor Legion: "You have been studying it for many days, right? What's the matter?
Imagine?"
"Well, I can't say what I think, I just have a little opinion." General Meretskov said carefully: "It's just a little suggestion. I think the barbarians are most likely to land in two places. I
It means that if the barbarians attack, these two places are most likely to be attacked."
"The Port of Hendaye in the northeast and... the town of Chantillon just north of Curona? Why?" Callard asked strangely.
"Because... I think so. If the barbarians try to land on the northern coast, their most likely choice is not the uninhabited coast. Instead, they should be densely populated ports, manors and villages scattered across farmland, and the most likely options.
Where there is potential for a direct and rapid threat to Kurona."
"You see, if they land at these two ports and defeat the defenders, the barbarians can instantly attack the Alençon Castle. This is the north gate of Curona, and there are a large number of villages for plundering along the way. The barbarians can
If you like to march like this, once the castle of Alencon falls, the barbarians can immediately attack Ku
Under the city of Rhone, you can also turn around and plunder the richest Gane area and Ferragas forest area in the north." Meretskov said cautiously: "Based on my understanding of the Norscans, it is
Of course, you are all famous heroes in the old world. If you have any suggestions, please correct me."
Meretskov's analysis was well-founded and in line with the barbarians' usual style preferences. Not only did Kalad change his mind again.
The Tsarina really doesn't know how to employ people.
How many talents did Ryan acquire from Kislev?
"Well...send messengers to these two ports to inform the noble lords there to stay vigilant! If there is an enemy attack, report it immediately!" Kalad gave the order decisively.
"Yes!" Beria was the first to respond.
…………I am the dividing line to be alert…………
Just when Kalad and ordinary soldiers were stirring the spoon in the same big pot.
Kislev City, Tsar Bokha Palace, Georgiev Hall.
This hall is the most famous hall in Bokaha Palace and is an architectural masterpiece of Kislev craftsmen.
The hall is oval in shape, with six gilded two-chandeliers hanging on the dome, each weighing 900 kilograms. The dome and surrounding walls are painted with giant murals of various battles won by Kislev's army over the past thousand years.
There are 18 columns on the front of the hall, and the tops of the columns are decorated with statues of previous tsars.
Now, a grand state banquet is being prepared in this hall.
The waiters were announcing the names of the dishes loudly.
“Fish and shrimp jelly with mung bean paste~”
“Breton Matsutake Consommé~”
“Kislev roasted pig’s feet~”
“Flame grilled chicken skewers~”
“Spicy baked foie gras with thin brown sugar sauce~”
“Midden Ling Snowflake Steak~”
“Sea bass with red gourd juice and onions~”
“Erengrad caviar~”
"Ulthuan Hazelnut Chocolate Mousse~"
“Brittany Bordello First Class Red Wine~”
"Now, we invite our most noble Tsar Kislev, King Kislev, Grand Duke Kislev, Grand Dukes Erengrad and Plagg, leader of the Ice Witch Sisterhood, Queen Miska's bloodline
The heir of…(18 titles omitted)…get ready to dine!”
Tsarina Katarina, wearing a tsarist crown and an ice blue classical embroidered Tsarina dress, was led by her attendants and slowly stepped onto the throne of the extra-long dining table. The Tsarina was obviously
Not in a good mood.
She slowly sat down and looked at the dishes in front of her. She felt irritable and had no appetite, so she said casually: "This is just the food, I really can't move my fork."
The attendants and servants immediately knelt down in fear and confessed. No one wanted to be turned into an ice sculpture.
Katalin's face was cold. In fact, her accusation was justified. Normally, a standard state banquet should have thirteen dishes, but today's state banquet only had eleven dishes, two dishes missing. This was enough to make many people
He was imprisoned in Cheka prison.
Like many Gloria witches, she also likes luxurious life enjoyment, especially the Queen's standard life enjoyment. For Kislev, the Tsarina has sacrificed a lot, and the standard thirteen dishes have been reduced by two. Those
Why can't soldiers and boys who argue about pay all the time just can't tolerate each other for the sake of the country?
Also, why are all my men so useless? Those who are capable are disobedient and disloyal, and those who are obedient and loyal are not capable enough? Why don’t we here in Kislev have Karl’s Marshal Rick Heilberg and Hunter Marshal Wo?
What about Fhart, or the Saint Holy Grail under Ryan, such as Francois, Berhemond, and Kalad, who can stand alone?
Katalin was very unhappy.
The Tsarina did not touch the knife and fork, and no one dared to move, until Katalin told the latest information.
Although Plagg did not report that the Vosgrad Fortress was surrounded by Chaos troops, that the scouts disappeared, and that five thousand reinforcements were sent to support but there was no news at all, Katalin has never been one who lacks information.
, in fact, when there was no news of the five thousand reinforcements being sent back to Prager, Katalin had already received the news from Yezhov, the head of the Cheka.
Compared with General Pavlov and Prager's Duma representatives who were taking chances with these five thousand people, Katalin had already made an inference in her mind that these five thousand people were marching in a hurry and for a long time.
There is no news, so it is almost certain that they were ambushed and the entire army was wiped out.
The inexplicable invasion of the barbarians made the tsarina very displeased. We are preparing for the Millennium Celebration here! You barbarians didn't go to fight the dark elves, so why did you suddenly come south to fight us?
"I have an inference, Your Majesty." Marshal Kislev Konev said seriously: "I think that no matter how large the barbarian dragon boat fleet is, it is limited, which means that not all barbarians are capable of participating.
The war with the dark elves."
"You mean that some barbarians may not be able to participate in the expedition, so they are targeting us?" Marshal Kislev Dimitri Zaev answered: "It is possible that they will not be able to get the information they need in the expedition."
The God of Darkness had an opportunity to show off, so he turned around and headed south."
"So, is it conceivable that a Chaos army of at least 10,000 people surrounded the Vosgrad Fortress and used the strategy of encirclement and reinforcements to eliminate Prager's reinforcements?" Marshal Kislev Hussars, Lion
Romanov, the commander of the Eagle Legion, put forward his own opinion: "The current question is, what is the situation in Vosgrad Fortress, and are the defenders still resisting?"
"The Vosgrad Fortress is well-defended, with more than 30 cannons and more than 300 muskets imported from the empire. The soldiers there have also been tested for a long time. It should not be a problem to hold on for a week." Kislev Northern Military District
Commander Zhaka Fedosov said: "I went to check the defense of Vosgrad. It is very strong. There is no reason for it to fall quickly."
"In addition, news also came from the front line. It seems that the barbarians are still besieging Dulong City. In the end, it took a week to not only break through one line of defense of Dulong City, but also lost more than 3,000 people. Dulong City only suffered casualties.
There are more than a dozen people." Palace Minister Petrov said quickly: "This shows that the barbarians only look powerful and powerful, but in fact they just go south to plunder on a routine basis. Your Majesty only needs to summon a large army. These barbarians
I will pay the price for my stupid decision."
Marshal Rokossovsky of the Bear Cavalry always felt that something was not right. The brown-haired and blue-eyed Marshal of the Bear Cavalry, who was handsome, always felt that everyone was too optimistic about the battle situation, so he quickly said: "There is currently no more information. We are making a decision now."
It’s still too early to judge, and the barbarians may arrive at Pulag City at any time, so we must assemble the army as soon as possible!”
"That's right!" The tsarina sitting on the throne suddenly stood up.