The empire has strict control over the possession of guards and private soldiers by nobles of all levels. This is a bloody lesson learned from the collapse of the great Tang Empire 1,200 years ago.
The territory of the Tang Empire was even greater than that of today's Amy Empire. The empire spanned 4,000 miles, with 40 million domestic residents, 1 million armored soldiers, more than 50 magisters and great magicians, and more than 30 dragon knights. But like this
The huge empire collapsed completely only 157 years after its founding. The main reason was the private soldiers of the nobles.
There were dozens of feudal officials in the Tang Empire, most of whom were princes, dukes, and marquises. Duke Anlushan, the largest in the fief, had 280,000 armored men, and Count Guo Ziyi had 40,000 light cavalry alone... These princes
The total number of Viscount Hou Bo's private soldiers actually reached three times that of the royal army of the Tang Empire. All the princes who had a certain amount of private soldiers established principalities one after another. In the face of the Tang Empire's royal orders, they obeyed the orders rather than the announcements. Therefore, the Tang Empire ceased to exist in name only.
It only took 23 years until the final collapse.
The Amy Empire has clearly decreed that the number of private soldiers (including mercenaries) owned by the royal family and duke level cannot exceed 3,000, marquis 2,000, earl 1,000, viscount 500, baron 100, and imperial knights 50. Among them, the marshal position has the total number of guards and private soldiers.
It cannot exceed 6,000. Within a famous family, the total number of private soldiers of all nobles directly within three generations cannot exceed 6,000.
——Scambrae National Library, note left by an unknown person on the title page of "The Sacred Duties of the Imperial Nobility"
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After declining the dinner invitations from Viscount Fan and many nobles, Amy entrusted Horns and Daqingshan, who were in better condition, to serve as representatives of the small mercenary group to report the war situation to the Imperial Lion River Defense Zone Headquarters. Amy and other mercenaries
The soldiers helped their injured comrade from the stretcher and walked to the temporarily rented mercenary regiment headquarters in Lion Heart City.
"Your Excellency, don't you have any complaints about me not sending troops to rescue you?" Behind him came the soft greeting from the top commander of the theater.
Amy paused for a moment: "If so, even as a mercenary, you should know for sure that your mission is to defend the Lion River area and the largest cities and major mainland highways. If these are not lost, then this area will still be
From the empire. I just hope that the brothers who sacrificed today will not die in vain." Amy did not look back, leaving behind words that were polite but whose correct meaning could not be judged.
Da Qingshan, who is not good at talking, and Horns, who does not want to talk, described all the experiences of the past 15 days in impeccable, concise and accurate military terms. Although the military and nobles have successively withdrawn from the Imperial Army in the past month,
The ministry has received or obtained reports through legal or illegal channels about the ferocious-looking, brave and capable soldiers from the foreign continent. However, most officers in the military believe that this is the result of the weak Hughes Empire army and the incompetence of the mercenary empire mercenaries.
cover-up vocabulary, but the nobles simply did not believe that such a powerful army existed in the world. At this time, the descriptions of the two mercenaries who had just escaped from the death trap made them understand their past.
A new judgment was made - among the imperial nobles, dragon-slaying warriors like Amy and Da Qingshan, as well as famous strong men like Chi Aotian and Horns, were given a very high evaluation. If the enemy is extremely powerful, such evaluation
Coming from the mouths of these powerful men, it is undoubtedly the best advertisement. Most of the nobles have shown a completely opposite attitude from before, and their faces are even more ugly.
The tight facial skin and straight chins of the two guests undoubtedly showed that they did not want to stay as guests for a moment longer. The long-standing nobles quickly discovered this and did not force them to stay for another minute.
It was the first time that all the chatty nobles were driven away so easily. Fan Zijue, the main person in charge of his defense zone and members of the staff revised the battle plan again. After the meeting, the captain of the scout squadron directly under the defense zone rode his own fantasy beast lion.
Ying flew to Didu overnight to report the latest situation to the military.
For the next fifteen days, the Lion River defense zone was extremely quiet—even quieter than before the war. Anyone who saw this quiet and peaceful surface could not believe that this was once a battlefield filled with smoke.
The Imperial Military Headquarters received the battle report from the Lion River Defense Area and raised the war level again - all regular armies except the Northern Federal Army entered Level 1 war alert, all swordsman battalions entered Level 2 war alert, and all personnel registered with the Empire entered Level 1 war alert.
All mercenary groups are required to return to their original garrison within 20 days to coordinate garrisoning; all non-empire registered mercenary groups are required to leave the empire within 20 days.
The Imperial Military Department has once again issued a war mobilization order. All imperial nobles are required to provide the Imperial Military Department with a third-line armed force that is no less than 1/80 of the total number of residents in their own fiefs in accordance with the rules of loyalty of the imperial nobles.
Such a large-scale war mobilization order has been rare in the 500 years since the founding of the empire. Under this level of mobilization order, a total of 170,000 regular troops, the same number of swordsmen troops, 40,000 mercenary teams, and 40,000 noble guards were mobilized.
Regular troops, 300,000 noble temporary troops, a total of 700,000 troops.
The citizens of the Amy Empire implement tithes. All citizens are required to pay 1/10 of their total income as imperial tax. The income of an ordinary soldier is basically equivalent to the income of an ordinary empire resident, so other expenditures are not considered. The empire
10 inhabitants feed one soldier.
In fact, the operation of a huge national machine requires several times this amount of funds, regardless of normal expenses, normal losses and very normal black hole losses. In peacetime, all arms expenditures of the Amy Empire account for 10% of the total national expenditures.
Based on this number, it is not difficult to conclude that the actual total population of the empire is approximately between 15 million and 20 million. Mobilizing a total of 700,000 troops means that 20 to 30 citizens of the empire will share the expenditure of one soldier. This also
Just for the soldier's income and regular expenses, a piece of equipment for an ordinary swordsman requires at least 2 months' income of an ordinary citizen to purchase, and a piece of equipment for an ordinary heavy infantry requires at least a year's income of an ordinary citizen.
Before they can be purchased, the horses and equipment of an ordinary light cavalry require at least 2 to 3 years of income of an ordinary citizen before they can be purchased. The horses and equipment of an ordinary heavy cavalry require at least about 5 years of income of an ordinary citizen before they can be purchased.
, not to mention the powerful Earth Dragon Knights, and the Empire's regular army alone has more than 20,000 medium and heavy knights, and at least 5 million people's taxes in recent years will be collected at once by this armed recruitment.
Consumption of light, not to mention how much is caused by black hole erosion.
As far as the Imperial Military Department is concerned, this heavy burden is something they do not want to bear under any circumstances. Maintaining 700,000 troops for one year means that the Empire will be in a deficit stage or have to levy wartime taxes in the next two years.
but……
War is not particularly inconvenient for ordinary residents of the empire. Ordinary residents rarely need to travel ten miles to do things, let alone deal with imperial soldiers who set up road jams on the mainland, and at this time, there is no need to deal with them.
Some mainland roads have not yet been closed.
For businessmen, there are indeed some inconveniences, if small businessmen are also considered businessmen. As long as there are some businessmen with some connections, they will use some unique channels in their hands and take advantage of the special period when other businessmen cannot purchase from other places to do some good things for the country and the people.
That's all; even for small businessmen with no connections, as long as they have some sense, it seems impossible if they don't take advantage of this opportunity to hoard food, iron, copper and other resources that may be classified as war materials. The empire's various materials are shipped at an abnormal rate
Prices are flowing, and it is foreseeable that countless small businessmen and hawkers will use the few war materials in their hands to become new big businessmen.
For soldiers who are directly facing war, and for soldiers who have ideas, this is the best time for them to make contributions. Of course, most of them do not have this idea, so history always turns soldiers without ideas into the number of war casualties.
a part of.
Regarding the nobles, most nobles believe that the war will not have an adverse impact on them no matter what, and most nobles not only have their own guards, but in compliance with the imperial noble regulations, all male boys of the nobles over 12 years old are required to
Enter the Imperial Knight School, and most nobles obtain titles through military exploits. Theoretically, every noble has a noble bloodline and higher combat skills than ordinary soldiers. Most of them are known as pool warriors.
As a famous family in the empire, as their role models, they believed that their children would have better combat skills than their parents, just like the children of the Chi family. Therefore, it is easy to imagine their views on war.
From this we can see that war is not always a bad thing. At least, for the people, nobles, and soldiers of the empire who have not experienced large-scale wars in the past 300 years, they do not think it is a bad thing.
For Fan Zijue and the Lion River Military Region Staff Headquarters, the biggest gains from the arrival of the small mercenary group are two points:
1. The strength of the foreign continent is astonishingly powerful. Hidden beneath the appearance of the warriors being brave and good at fighting is that the officers of the foreign continent's army possess considerable command skills.
2. There are no large-scale and well-organized knight troops and archer troops in the armies of foreign continents. This should be due to the inconvenience of sea transportation.
These two pieces of news, one good and one bad, one happy and one sad, most officers have seen some of the creatures from the fascist continent in the strange creature park in the imperial capital. These savage creatures are strong and powerful. If the weapons are the same
Under such circumstances, any one of them can defeat several imperial soldiers. On the continent of Eminore, probably only barbarians and dwarves can fight to a draw with them. Now, if there are commanders with considerable war skills, they have to admit that
:This war machine seems to have an invincible momentum.
Fan Zijue issued a mission to the Flame Knights of the Fire Lion Legion that afternoon. The 3,500-man light cavalry brigade was organized in accordance with the squadron structure, day and night, and continuously attacked and harassed the outer positions of the foreign continent. In each war, the total number of enemies was controlled to not exceed
100 people, evacuate immediately if enemy reinforcements appear.
A squadron of 1,000 heavy armored knights and a brigade of 4,500 light pike infantry separated from the main camp and set up a new camp 10 miles west to serve as a transfer station for the light cavalry brigade. If the light cavalry was besieged, this unit would also be responsible for
Support relief missions.
In the west area of Shizi River, 80% is plains and grasslands, 5% is mountainous, and the rest is woodland, which is undoubtedly extremely beneficial for large-scale cavalry movements.
Like any Imperial Legion, the Flame Knights are the main force of the Fire Lion Legion. They consist of a 500-man Earth Dragon Squadron, a 1,000-man Heavy Armor Knight Squadron, and a 3,500-man Light Knight Brigade. They are affiliated with the Knights.
There is also a maintenance team of 300 people. The mounts of all knights are high-quality mass-produced red and maroon stallions from 2 to 8 years old on the plains in the hinterland of the empire. The Earthly Dragon comes from the eastern part of the empire and borders the Holy Desert Empire.
There is no need to mention the earth dragons that are abundant in the mountains. The Imperial Military Department will allocate all red earth dragons to the Fire Lion Legion.
Except for graduates of the Imperial Knight School, all others who want to enter the knight army must pass three difficulties. First, they must serve in the regular army of the Empire for more than one year. Second, they must pass the bayonet or carbine assessment. Finally, they need to be a regular
A knight must serve as a follower for one year before he can become a trainee knight. The trainee knight's assessment lasts for one year, and after one year, the knight's leader will officially award the knight's sword - of course, this is a process in peaceful times.
For imperial soldiers, members of an ordinary knight order are also symbols of faith, honor, and strength, and there is no doubt that the knights under the Flame Knights are even more so.
The knights who were ordered to leave fully demonstrated the unique strength of the knights - for the lone soldiers or patrolling teams in the fascist continent, they were simply the makers of death.
Every time, a cavalry squadron swept in from the dense forest or from behind a hill or from the night. The knights' fiery red cloaks flew in the wind, like flames rolling across the ground, and their long spears
Taking away the soul of this target. Just as this cavalry squadron disappeared into the distance, another squadron came roaring from another direction... endlessly.
In the first two days, Norton and Merlin were a little helpless in the face of this 24-hour uninterrupted raid. In a foreign continent, most areas were swamps, and there were quite few knights, let alone a large-scale knights.
It was applied. This kind of sudden attack was impossible to guard against. After every attack, the fascist mainland camp would set off billowing smoke to cremate the soldiers who died in the raid. Merlin sent two brigades to set up a small trap.
I wanted to eat the cavalry troops. Unfortunately, this was just a thought. Even the running speed of the werewolf soldiers could not match the light cavalry. The knight squadron of the Flame Knights took the initiative to end the war after losing 76 people.
Three days later, Dahino woke up from the drug-induced coma again. Upon learning of this situation, the veteran officer who was an imperial officer on the Eminor continent gave a few simple instructions and completely restored the disadvantage.