Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

　　 Chapter 31 Forming a New Army (Part I)

　　As a translator in another world, Bruno clearly knows the truth of "everyone is not guilty, but he is guilty of his crime".

　　 Since the profits of sugar and sea salt can make the butler old Ford ecstatic, once the news is revealed, it will naturally make other nobles especially jealous.

　　 If this is the case, then you must have enough strength to protect your own interests and ensure your own safety.

After all, the Norman Empire is a relatively dispersed imperial government composed of countless nobles. In this environment where there are many viscounts and many barons, if there is a small-scale conflict or even a small territorial war between the nobles, the royal family And the Regent Council is too lazy to intervene.

　　 As for the so-called aristocratic dignity and chivalry in this world, to be honest, Bruno has never believed it. He only believes in a word, power comes out of the barrel of a gun.

　　 In the long run, Bruno's vision across the ages allows him to clearly see the ills of this decadent empire. In his opinion, the prosperity in front of the Norman Empire is just the last afterglow before its decline.

　　When more and more civilians lose the land on which they depend, and when more and more serfs are oppressed, one day there will be sparks burning across the mainland.

　　 And if you only focus on the present, the dispute between Idar and the Earl of Sauron in the north over the ownership of the Grand Heights has never stopped. The private armies of the two nobles will have small-scale conflicts every year. (Note: There is a hand-drawn map in the book circle)

　　 Therefore, the army owned by Idar is undoubtedly the most important support for Bruno's safety.

Regarding the number of troops that a nobleman can have, the Norman Empire did not make a clear limit, because the output of a territory is only so small. It is extremely difficult for an ordinary nobleman to maintain a large number of troops. matter.

So far, Idar’s army is mainly divided into three parts. One is Bruno’s lord’s personal guards, with about a hundred people; the other is the Idar’s defense forces stationed in the north of Idar, mainly to prevent the invasion from the north. There are about two hundred men threatened by Lord Lun; the third is the salt field guard that has just been set up, a total of fifty men.

　　In other words, the total number of soldiers on paper currently in Idar collar is about three hundred and fifty.

　　 However, in addition to the personal guards and salt field guards, the Idar city defense army, which has the largest number, is not as good as it is, because most of the Idar city defense soldiers are part-time...

　　 This is somewhat similar to the military system in the Tang Dynasty. It usually works in agriculture and serves as a soldier in wartime. Two hundred soldiers take turns on duty. The actual number of soldiers on duty each month is about forty or fifty.

　　 In addition, it is winter at this time, the weather is relatively cold, and the possibility of skirmishes is very small, so there may be only 30 or 40 soldiers on duty.

　　 Bruno didn't like this kind of soldier system, so he decided to take advantage of the winter to carry out some rectification, and implement a recruiting system in Idar to build a more combative professional army.

　　 It is also for this reason that Bruno ordered the Guards Commander Sam Layton to summon all the members of the Idar City Defense Force and personally came to the barracks outside the city.

　　 just...

　　 Looking at the team in front of him, Bruno could hardly connect them with the army.

　　 It is more appropriate to say that it is a gang of beggars rather than an army.

　　 The two hundred soldiers did not have a uniform dress. Some wore old cotton-padded jackets, some wore rags, and even worse, some people were still barefoot. It was winter.

　　As for weapons, some people have spears, some people have hoes, and some people have daggers. Although they look a little weird, they are all acceptable, but...what the **** is the guy with the black bread in tmd?

　　 Although thick and hard brown bread can indeed be used as a weapon in some cases, it’s too much to take a root on the battlefield!

No, it cannot be said to be on the battlefield. The conflict between Idalling and Sauron City is at best a fight or a group fight between the two villages. Everyone rushed into a chaotic battle without any rules, and the outcome was almost the same. Out.

　　 Bruno couldn't believe that this was actually his own army in the legend. He felt that his expectations were a bit too high.

　　 Seems to see the regret in Bruno’s eyes. Sam Layton, the captain of the Guardsman who is also the commander of the city defense army, said: "My lord, don’t look at them, but they are still very effective in fighting."

indeed!

　　 Bruno was able to make up for the two hundred chaotically dressed soldiers who charged with black bread!

　　 The picture is too beautiful to imagine!

Looking back at his guards, everyone has a dagger. Although they are not very good, they are at least neat. These guards who could only barely be seen by Bruno before, at this time In contrast, the incomparable heroic extraordinary was set off.

　　 Sure enough, everything needs to be compared.

　　 "In fact, for these soldiers, the master does not need to pay too much attention. If there is a real conflict, UU reading www.uukanshu.com mainly depends on the guards."

　　 Bruno gave Sam a deep look, and said nothing more.

　　 In fact, Sam’s view is also the view of most people in the world. The so-called Idar City Defense Force is more of a cannon fodder.

　　 After all, the Idar City Defense Force is an army composed of civilians, while the Idar Guards are an army composed entirely of knights!

　　Although in Idar, the knight is not very valuable because of the large-scale rewards of the original body, but it is also the lowest noble class.

　　Although Sam Layton, the commander of the Guards, is a fool, he is a real baron who also owns his own land.

　　 However, Bruno knows that only the army from the people has unlimited potential!

　　The civilians of the Norman Empire are extremely poor and hard, but it is precisely because of this that only a few gold coins can transform a poor civilian into the most loyal soldier! They will scream and move forward, and the reason for all this may be just because you can let him fill his stomach and feed his family.

　　 After trying to calm his mind, Bruno cleared his throat and stood on the high platform in the middle of the barracks: "Soldiers, I am your lord, Earl of Idal, Bruno Stuart!"

　　 After finishing speaking, he looked at a soldier under the high platform: "Are you a serf or a civilian?"

　　 "Ping...civilian! Lord Bruno, every soldier present...is a civilian."

"Well, what I need is civilians. Regardless of your previous fighting methods and training methods, starting today, the Idar City Defense Force will no longer exist, and it will be replaced by the First Battalion of the Idar Standing Army! Bruno announced loudly.