The Lord of the Rings: Lords of Middle-earth.

Chapter 180 Dress Up
Through the system page, Roland could clearly see that the military strength of his territory had once again jumped to a higher level.

Swiftstream City:
Area: One kilometer in radius.

Building units: 1 ruined lord's castle, 240 ordinary wooden houses, intermediate magic-inlaid walls, stone well, blacksmith shop, barracks, archer's temple.

Generals: Caslo (Tier 3), Renault (Tier 4), Radil (Tier 4), Yunfeng (Tier 6), Omske (Tier 6).

Special personnel: Ivy (Tier 3) Grand Duke Nyx: Nyx ​​(Tier 2)
City Defense Officer: Marcus (Tier 4)
Political Officer: Lance (Second Rank)
Troop strength: 2762
Holy Knights Order: 100 Tier 2 Lagrange Knights.

Lagrange City Guards: 100 Tier 2 Warriors

Battanian Shooters: 700 Tier 2 Shooters.

Dovenian Heavy Swordsmen: 100 Tier 2 Swordsmen.

El Niño Ranger: 100 Tier 2 Rangers.

Lagrange Royal Guards: 200

Swiftflow Legion: 683 Swiftflow Infantry

Recruit 200 light infantrymen.

Lagrange Heavy Cavalry: 100 heavy cavalrymen

Priests: 8 Tier 2 Priests

Mage: One second-tier fire mage

Crusader Lancers: 100

Crusader archers: 300

Crusader Heavy Shieldmen: 20

Cross Bauhinia Knights: 20

Duchy Light Cavalry: 30

Population: 3024 (1647 civilians who can be trained)
Evaluation: The lonely king led his surviving people back to their homeland and built this city with high walls. The city now has some residents, giving it a more vibrant and lively atmosphere. Everything is developing in a positive direction. The city has a strong military and a large pool of eligible soldiers! The city can fully defend itself even in the face of a large-scale attack. Note: The Grand Duke of the Duchy of Nyx fled here; the country is currently without a mistress or heir.

Abilities: 1. As the only territory of the Kingdom of Lagrange in Middle-earth, she will attract the remnants of Lagrange. The system will guide a group of wandering Lagrange civilians to her territory every day, hoping that the lord can properly settle them.

2. Allow the recruitment of local civilians to train swift infantry.

Previously, Swiftstream City could only withstand small-scale attacks, but with the arrival of this army, it can now completely withstand large-scale enemy offensives. 300 ordinary archers have brought about a qualitative change in the city's defenses. It has to be said that the killing power that archers can inflict when relying on the city walls is terrifying! Most importantly, the city has enough troops to keep a reserve force. The difference between having a reserve force and not having one is completely different. Swiftstream City can now wage a large-scale and protracted war without collapsing.

However, after Roland carefully examined the army's attire, he was speechless. As expected of a force that had survived the wilderness, their chainmail was almost completely broken and missing large pieces. Their leather armor was even worse; it was considered good if it was worn through. Some were so worn that they could only be held up by a few ropes. Most of their clothing was also in tatters. The only bright spot in the entire army was probably their military flag. Looking at their weapons, Roland almost sent them away on the spot. Apart from their spears, which were barely usable, the shields of the spearmen were either destroyed in battle or discarded to reduce their weight. At least half of the spearmen did not have shields.

The archers fared somewhat better, at least each of them had a longbow. However, when you circled around to their backs... their 50-arrow quiver was almost empty. Most archers had emptied their stock during their escape. But compared to the archers who died in battle, they were relatively lucky, at least they had the chance to empty their quiver.

The light cavalry did not lose much equipment; they were able to keep their weapons mostly intact, with a lance and a longsword. However, many of the light cavalrymen's lances had varying degrees of damage to their tips, making them almost unusable.

"It seems that apart from the heavy shield soldiers whose equipment is intact, everyone else's equipment needs to be refurbished..." Roland's eyes twitched, and his heart clenched with pain. This would be such a huge expense.

"Sigh... Caslo, take them to Yunfeng and have him figure out how to equip these soldiers." Roland finally decided to leave this headache to Yunfeng. Anyway, Yunfeng was now in charge of managing the blacksmith shops in the city, and with the blacksmiths that had appeared among the refugees, he could easily meet the needs of these soldiers. It was just a matter of time.

“Yes, Your Highness.” Caslo nodded in agreement. These soldiers’ equipment needed to be replaced; making them fight with such equipment was practically murder.

……

"Your Highness, are you going to kill me?" Yun Feng asked with a dark expression as he lifted the curtain and entered the room in the evening.

"What's wrong?" Roland asked, puzzled.

"This is the first time I've seen a lord who would assign the task of crafting equipment for nearly 500 people to a wise man... You're exhausting me." Yun Feng sat down with a displeased expression, not treating himself as an outsider at all. He thought that a sixth-tier professional would receive the same treatment, and in a sense, their status was on par with that of a great lord.

“They’re just some simple standard equipment. Alchemy should be able to finish them quickly, right?” Roland asked.

"I can only make magical equipment and magical items faster, but for these ordinary carriers, I also need to forge them one hammer blow at a time. It's not something that alchemy can speed up..." Yun Feng explained to Roland with a dark face.

"Oh, I see... I thought that with a single alchemy, the raw materials would immediately turn into equipment..." Roland said, both amused and exasperated.

"So these things still need to be made by ordinary blacksmiths. How long would it take me to make them all by myself?" Yun Feng shrugged helplessly.

“But we don’t have enough blacksmiths at all…” Roland said helplessly. After all, there were only two blacksmiths in the entire city of Jiliu. It was very rare for refugees to have a skill.

“Then we’ll have to buy them from the dwarves. But Your Highness, our war isn’t too intense right now, so we can give the blacksmiths some time to work on these items,” Yun Feng suggested. Since we’re not fighting the orcs right now, the need for these items isn’t particularly urgent. If the blacksmiths work on schedule every day, we should be able to have all the equipment ready by the time we launch our expedition to Moria.

"Fine, let's do it your way..." Roland calculated his wallet and readily agreed. After all, customizing a full set of equipment from the dwarves wasn't cheap, and the dwarves weren't philanthropists who would give Roland weapons and equipment every day.

"A wise choice, my king." Yun Feng breathed a sigh of relief. The fact that his king could think this way proved that he was not brain-dead. There was no need to spend a lot of money to get items that were not urgently needed. After all, all that was needed to craft a batch of equipment was time, and the only thing that Jiliu City had to offer was time.

"Perhaps it's time to improve the quality of life for the residents." As the saying goes, once people are well-fed and clothed, they start thinking about other things. Roland is no exception. After the safety issues were resolved, the entire city can be said to be on the right track.

(End of this chapter)