Chapter 196 Rand, Shelan, Pero

Rand had always believed that the number of cavalry in the hideout was small, but compared to the area of ​​Rand's territory, the number of these cavalry was surprisingly large.

At least if the nobles around knew the exact number of cavalry in the hideout, they would definitely wonder how Rand could afford so many cavalry.

In fact, Rand could have had more cavalry, but the White King's personal guards must be mentioned here, totaling 36 riders. Each noble knight had three horses, and each knight's squire had two horses. Thirty-six people had a total of 84 horses, and they were all good horses. When Rand learned of this situation, he was really surprised.

You know, although these horses do not need to be paid like centaurs, the daily ration of a good horse is three times that of a soldier. They will consume more in wartime, so they are definitely big food consumers.

As for the other cavalry soldiers in the hideout, there is only one horse for each person, and there are no good horses. It can only be said that they cannot be classified as poor horses.

Rand's cavalry system was modeled after the system in his previous life. Although it sounds a bit counterintuitive, Rand's cavalry usually do not ride horses and cannot be far away from the main infantry force.

For example, scouts, because they need to conserve horsepower, walk with horses when marching, and only ride horses when there is a mission to be carried out.

The same applies to cavalrymen who need to charge into battle. They usually walk with horses, and the war horses do not carry anything.

Then he would charge on horseback during battle and dismount after the battle.

However, this is the opposite of the magic steel plate armor soldiers of the Royal Guard. They usually ride horses when traveling, and dismount and fight on foot when fighting. Only in very rare circumstances will they charge on horseback.

In addition to the guards, the cavalry in the hideout briefly exceeded one hundred during the Brown Moon Deer Raiding Group period, but later decreased with the loss of personnel and horses.

Due to the shortage of both horses and riders, no replacements were provided.

There were only sixty-five cavalrymen who set out with Fenris this time.

Moreover, they were all single-horse cavalrymen and could not be called a knightly order.

But even so, no viscount in the Frost Moon Kingdom had as many cavalry as Rand.

It's just that Rand kept it secret, so no one knew about it.

After two weeks of marching, Fenris finally arrived at the Full Moon Territory.

This should be a fertile land. Unlike the mountainous terrain of Crescent Territory and Crescent Territory, it is almost all plains and has a high degree of cultivation.

After taking over, you can start production immediately, but the prerequisite is that you have people.

Thanks to the help of the Tauren, the reclamation speed of the nest is not slow. Now the cultivated land area and population of Crescent Territory and Crescent Territory are in balance, and there is no overflow population to come here.

It was a winter morning, and the countryside was covered with a thin layer of snow, as if it was covered with a white gauze. The branches were covered with crystal clear icicles, and the stream had frozen over, extending to the plain in the distance, which was looming in the snow and fog.

This is a beautiful sight worth mentioning. If a wandering bard passes by, he might even play a few tunes, provided that there is something else on this land.

Today, Man Yue Territory seems to have nothing except the land.

There were no villagers, no livestock, and no crops in the fields.

Everywhere there were corpses that were gradually rotting due to the lack of burning. Scavengers were gnawing on the dead flesh, and from time to time they would cast their eyes towards the marching army in the hideout.

The earth is full of cracks blocked by the cold winter, and there is no trace of human life.

According to Rand's judgment, there should still be many villagers alive here. Fenris needs to find them as soon as possible and then "convince" them to obey orders.

Otherwise they would not be able to survive for long. By the end of this winter, many villagers who had survived the war and the looting would surely freeze to death or starve to death due to lack of fuel and food.

And these populations are the cornerstone of development.

But now, they need to deal with the nearby enemies.

The decree of the Frost Moon Kingdom was not issued in secret, but it was not announced with much fanfare either. If there were no traitors, the nobles of the surrounding southern countries should not be aware of the Frost Moon Kingdom's development plan.

However, this does not mean that the nearby nobles did not speculate about this.

The great nobles who had strategic room retreated to varying degrees, leaving a lot of strategic buffer space.

For example, the Snow Fox Countess herself should have gone to participate in the gold mine war, so her territory retreated a long distance and built a defense line like the Crescent Territory, but it was very rough and seemed to be just a temporary response.

But the petty nobles did not have this space.

In this situation, the southern countries did not forcibly conscript them to participate in the gold mine war, but allowed them to stay in their own territories and try to defend them.

But in fact, the nobles on both sides knew that it was unlikely that these small nobles could defend their own territories.

Just like now.

A baron's army came head-on into battle against the pioneering army led by Fenris.

In case of encounter or field battle, Fenris, thanks to his scouts, will be able to discover the enemy before the other side.

According to the standards of the Frost Moon Kingdom, a baron's military strength consists of 12 knights, 12 squires, and 75 infantrymen.

But in reality there are definitely some differences. Some barons have more infantry, and some barons have more cavalry.

Some barons may have just faced a major defeat and their armies were wiped out, which is normal.

The opposing baron's military strength is fairly standard, with fifty infantrymen, twenty cavalrymen, and the rest should be guarding the house.

Fenris glanced at the flag opposite, which was a border baron family of the Kingdom of Borun.

Heraldry is a profound subject, but as a former envoy, Fenris is very familiar with it, much more familiar than Rand and Tanr. He can tell at a glance what family the other party belongs to, and even what the family’s origins are and what glorious deeds his ancestors have done.

But it doesn’t matter now. He just needs to know that there is an enemy on the other side.

Fenris looked around. There were no high slopes, no forests, at least there were only plains nearby.

There was no place to ambush.

Fenris ordered the cavalry to intercept and the infantry to advance.

The infantry is composed of 60% veterans and 40% new recruits. Their combat effectiveness is medium, but it is easy to defeat this number of enemies.

To Fenris' disappointment, the opponent didn't even have the courage to fight and surrendered directly.

The opposing lord was not here. Fenris interrogated these people and learned that they had received orders to find and occupy some defensive facilities, such as castles and towns.

Fenris admitted that it would be troublesome if these people were stationed in the castle.

It seems that the surrounding petty nobles are not that stupid. At least they are actively trying to stop the invasion of the Frost Moon Kingdom.

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On the other side, Shelan led his family cavalry to his fiefdom.

Since he is the first heir to the Earl of Buck, in a sense the Earl of Buck's army is his army.

And although his brothers and sisters were also outstanding, because they had a good relationship with each other and they were not interested in this, there was no one who challenged his position as heir.

However, due to cost reasons, he did not bring many troops this time.

But they are all core, high-combat-powerful troops.

Just as the Marquis of Black and Brown has the Knights of the Black and Brown Boar, the Earl of the Stag has a similar legion, the Antler Cavalry.

However, unlike the Black and Brown Boar Knights, the Boar Knights actually ride boars, but the Stag Knights do not ride deer.

They all rode tall horses, but the knights all wore deer antler helmets.

Looks interesting, but provides no additional combat power.

But these cavalrymen are carefully selected, equipped with good equipment, and with their distinctive helmets, they can be considered special units.

And since they do not have the disadvantage of wild boars' short legs, in some sense they may be much more practical than wild boar cavalry.

Shelan called the guide over: "This is it, right?"

The guide nodded and pointed out the location on Shelan's map.

Shelan took a look and then signaled to the guide that it was time to go down and rest.

Lead the cavalry to continue forward.

Of the three pioneer territories that served as "pioneers" this time, the most dangerous and valuable was the territory assigned to Pero, the second son of Earl Feihu.

This viscountdom borders the inland sea, where fisheries can be developed. If we compete with the nobles of the Kingdom of Bolen, there is a natural deep-water port nearby. If we succeed in seizing it, just the port alone can bring in endless wealth.

Next is Sheran, and then Rand.

This division is very reasonable. Currently, Earl of Flying Fox has the strongest military force, followed by Earl of Stag, and Viscount Rand has the weakest military force.

There is nothing to dispute about this; it is so in appearance and in reality.

Even if Rand concealed his military strength, he would still be no match for the Earl of the Stag if he used all of them.

However, these three noble territories have left enough room for development, and their three development orders are definitely the ones with the greatest development potential. Once they have gained a firm foothold, the nobles of the Frost Moon Kingdom will follow suit.

In fact, as long as the reaction of the Kingdom of Bolen is not particularly intense, the domestic nobles of the Kingdom of Frost Moon will provide support to these three "pioneers".

But in the early stages, they can only rely on themselves. If the Frost Moon Kingdom interferes too much, it will be more likely to cause a backlash from the Boren nobles.

As for Pero, the second son of Count Feihu, he has not set out yet.

He was still making preparations for the expansion. Due to the death of his eldest brother, the relationship between his brothers and sisters was not very good, and his position as heir was not very stable.

Sometimes, he even had some ideas, such as using some different ways to get rid of his brothers and sisters.

His father had been acting more and more strange recently, and sometimes he even wanted to go to the Torch Church to ask for ritual objects to examine his father.

Recently, there have been some fresh corpses appearing in the manor of his father, Earl Feihu.

But when he met his father, he seemed normal again. Even when he asked his father the reason for participating in this development, Earl Feihu gave a reasonable explanation.

"This world is destined to become increasingly chaotic. Only by building up sufficient military prestige will more nobles be willing to follow you in future conflicts."

(End of this chapter)