Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 93 Military Reform
As the Wingerburg conference came to an end, its influence on the whole country gradually spread, and a new era was coming.

Among the many new policies of Herme, the first to be reflected is the impact of Herme's dismissal of the army.

After the news about the severance spread, a large number of people came to collect the severance pay in an instant, and then packed their bags and prepared to go home.

In order to allow these people to go home as soon as possible, the government of the Protectorate also opened a window at the market in Wengerburg, so that they can quickly exchange their spoils for the supplies they need.

So soon, the road in Aden was full of armed people returning home. They took coins and supplies, as well as war stories full of war stories, and set foot on the road back home.

Homer hopes that the war stories and wealth these men return home will attract more active enlistment the following spring.

For a large group of returnees, the Hackland Cossacks, Herme did not let them wander around at will, but organized them into a unified team and set off together.

Letting this group of people wander around, Hemei was really afraid that they would take the opportunity to rob their homes.

This group of people really did this kind of thing. They often stealthily rob on weekdays, and most of the time they can't catch these guys, because they all kill people directly to silence them.

So it was better to let them go home in formation and supervise Hemei all the way.

Otherwise, they would be killing all the villages and towns along the way, and Herme was not surprised at all.

And as the soldiers kept leaving, soon there were only 1 people left around Wengerburg.

The 1 people are mainly composed of two parts, one is the original Aden standing army, and the other is Heme's direct line, including some Sazaburg militias and Esenland militias, and even registered Cossacks.

Herme wanted to keep more troops, but he couldn't afford them and had no money.

Only by maintaining this amount of troops can we barely make ends meet while ensuring a certain amount of accumulation.

There are another 3000 people fighting in the direction of Anglin, which is mainly to support Temeria and contain the strength of the Central Army.

This group was mainly nomads, newly arrived Cossacks and recruits who had not won much spoils in the war.

The main battles in that swamp and quagmire were all kinds of small-scale killings, which was just right for troops with low quality like them.

And the main attack in Anglin is not the Aden army, but the Livia army.

Queen Miwei fought her way out from the siege of Nilfgaard's army in the mud of Anglin, so it would be easy to fight there now.

During the discussion with Queen Mivi, the United Kingdom of Livia and Leiria will mainly undertake the next phase of the war against Nilfgaard.

The situation in Livia and Aedirn is different. The war has devastated Aedirn, but Livia still maintains prosperity because of the surrender of Prince Wilm.

Right now, in order to avoid being accused of being a mother and son singing a double reed, Livia naturally has to shoulder the main battle in the next stage of the Eastern Front.

At present, Livia has mobilized [-] troops, and could have mobilized more, but considering that the people should survive this winter smoothly, Queen Mi Wei still controlled the mobilization.

However, at the moment when the Nilfgaardians are still rectifying the remnants and defeated generals, these 2 people, combined with the Aden Army as a reserve team, are completely sufficient to maintain the safety of the Eastern Front.

This is also an important reason why Hemei dared to disband so many troops.

Now that Prince Wilm is leading an army in the Anglin area, his mother sent him all the veterans who had crossed Anglin with her, hoping that he could make a difference and wash away the shame of being a puppet.

According to the battle report from the front line, the prince who was once a puppet of Nilfgaard was extremely brave on the battlefield, with a sense of attack and defense, and could advance and retreat freely. He was not as timid and cowardly as the rumors said.

In Anglin, three Nilfgaardians had already been maimed by him, and the Nilfgaardians were caught off guard. They never thought that the old puppet was so strong.

The performance of His Royal Highness is no less than that of his mother, and he washed away his shame with the blood of the Nilfgaardians.

Marshal Menno had to put all the divisions from the Verdon (Western) Army into Anglin's defense instead of the original counterattack, which stabilized the front line.

Queen Miwei was not idle either. She took the initiative to attack and entered the border of Nilfgaard many times, just like she did guerrilla warfare a few months ago.

Most of what she faced were the remnants of the Eastern Group Army's defeated generals, so under Mi Wei's attack, they were naturally defeated again and again.

However, the Livia army did not occupy much of the empire's territory. They only controlled a few key fortresses on the border, and then retreated with the supplies they found from the Nilfgaard warehouse.

The most important thing in this battle was the liberation of a large number of northern slaves. After all, this place was the former rear of the Eastern Group Army, and naturally accumulated a large amount of supplies and slaves of the Group Army.

Although things like property were moved away, slaves were not so easy, so the White Queen's army was able to free many northerners.

It wasn't until Emhyr ordered the [-] Nilfgaardian troops left behind to go north that such a bad situation was contained.

However, it was precisely because of the 2 people going north that the Skelly people seized this opportunity.

King Bran led the main force of the archipelago fleet to invade the province of Nasser, setting Nilfgaard's butt on fire and greatly affecting the supplies delivered to the front line.

The Archipelago controlled the Nilfgaardian flank and could launch surprise raids on the Imperial provinces whenever they wished.

In the past four years, the Skelliges have done just that, attacking the ruling hubs of the provinces, aiding the rebels in the provinces, and even once attacked the city of the Golden Tower.

Therefore, under the background of all the soldiers of the whole country going north, the Nilfgaard Empire, which lacked a navy, had to maintain as many as 5 garrison troops in the country, and the number of temporarily mobilized militias was even greater.

But now that Emhyr mobilized the domestic defense forces, the Skellys seized this opportunity and presented him with a big gift.

It is said that Emhyr was very annoyed by this. Although the White Flame knew that the destruction of the Eastern Group Army would lead to a series of chain reactions, they had no idea that it would be so bad.

Emhyr can't do much now, he can only order to rectify the collapse of the Eastern Army Group, and at the same time recruit a few more divisions from the country to fill the front line.

Seeing these battle reports, Herme was naturally more excited. In the face of Nilfgaard, the north undoubtedly stood together, and defeating the black army would benefit everyone.

Then it's a pity that in Aden, it seems that there is no one who can stand alone except himself.

Look at Livia's mother and son, the mother and son are in the same direction, and the Nilfgaardians are beaten to the ground.

But it's useless to think too much about these things. You still have to do the things at hand first and solve the problems at hand.

For the remaining 1 people in the Aden army, Hemei wanted to reorganize them and replace them with a new organization.

In the past, the composition of Herme's troops was extremely complicated.

There is the standing army of Aden, there are Cossacks, there are militias from all over the place, and there are even rebels who come from God knows where...

At that time, the battle situation was urgent, and Herme could only make do with it. It was conceivable that the command system was chaotic, and most of the time, it was enough to call people.

But now that this problem can be solved, it has to be solved. He was disgusted enough before.

Regarding this military reform, Heme mainly focused on the organization and system rectification. This is not a reform of the deep-water area, so there is no need to worry about causing too much backlash.

However, Herme intends to use this opportunity to allow the power of the General Staff to infiltrate and prepare for the next changes.

In the original Kingdom of Aden, there were three mobilization systems of the royal family, the nobles, and the militia. These three systems were under the control of the king at the same time, and they were running smoothly.

However, the fierce Second Northern War has proved that such a system cannot cope with high-intensity wars. Once any system suffers too many casualties, the original model will completely fail.

Under the heavy pressure of Nilfgaard, this system was directly shattered.

All three systems suffered heavy losses in the flames of war, and in the chaos, various forces mixed with each other, leaving a mess full of military leaders of various backgrounds.

And after Herme introduced Hackland's forces, the mobilization situation became more complicated, and it had become a mess of lines that I don't know how to sort out.

So Herme wanted to rebuild the system, and he planned to introduce Nilfgaard's division and brigade organization.

If you want to carry out a major reform of the military system, you will have to undergo major surgery on the entire system. This is absolutely impossible, which is why Hemei focused on the rectification of the establishment and system.

Hemei directly created seven divisions at once, and the numbers of each division were named according to the place names of various places in Aden.

There is also a reason for naming the troops according to the regions. Herme intends to give more power to the regions, and this is a channel for sharing power.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible to give out things like army control, but a lot of innocuous powers can be given. Herme regards these powers as carved radishes, but these carved radishes are enough to attract many people to stand by his side .

This is Herme's governing style. He is willing to give some innocuous powers to the localities in order to draw in their relationship and exchange for more power from them.

After all, for people who have never been able to participate in this level of power games, even carved radishes have a huge appeal.

There are 4000 people in each division. Of course, it is definitely not enough. In fact, each division currently has more than a thousand people.

As for why this is so, it is for future mobilization.

In the spring of next year, the battle will inevitably become fierce again, and the conscripted militia and nobles mobilized by Herme will be stuffed into these divisions at that time.

By the time the seven divisions were filled, Herme had 8000 men in his hands, and with some miscellaneous troops, it was enough for 3 men.

Of course, the Cossacks are not included here, and the Cossack system is still independent.

After all, they were not Herme's subjects, and they all came to Aedirn as mercenaries to fight.

The task of building the system was naturally completed by the General Staff led by Lechicki, with Selchik in charge and the White Knights in charge. No one dared to oppose this reform.

In addition, the standing army formation gameplay of the Demawi era is still continuing.

For the militiamen who have shown strong combat effectiveness, Heme allocates them a standing army establishment and distributes a certain amount of subsidies every year, which helps maintain combat effectiveness and most importantly saves money.

In fact, Hemei used to look down on such a way of doing things, thinking that it was too petty, but after becoming a family, he knew that money was expensive.

So he also decisively adopted this method that he once looked down upon, tossing a bunch of semi-standing troops, and raising more "standing troops" with less money.

The rectification went smoothly. After all, the original Aedirn army was scattered enough by the black-clothed army, and Herme established prestige in a series of military exploits, coupled with the support of old-school people like Selchik. , it was naturally extremely smooth.

While rectifying the establishment, there was also a wave of armament changes in Aden, which mainly referred to the equipment of matchlock guns.

In the Battle of Wengerburg and the Battle of Burning God Tower, the arquebus has already demonstrated their power.

At present, artillery can't be produced for a few years, and there are not many artillery on the market, but matchlock guns are easy to make.

The manufacturing industry of this kind of musket is not considered a secret. As for the most complicated shooting device, it can be understood after just a few glances.

Not to mention, the government of the Protector of the Country is still taking the initiative to sell guns on a large scale - after Hemei took control of Wengerburg, he has been preparing for this.

Militiamen and nobles all over the country bought matchlock guns to assemble their soldiers, and local blacksmiths also began to imitate such weapons,

For a moment, the matchlock guns spread out at an extremely fast speed.

However, the ones who bought the most muskets from Lord Protector were not the Adian people, but the northern countries.

After the men of Aedirn had proved the power of the arquebus on the battlefield, it was natural for nations at war to seek this weapon.

At the same time, they were also very interested in artillery.

It's just that Herme seldom sells cannons. He does sell cannons, and he also sells old cannons that obviously don't have a long life, and they are still sold at sky-high prices.

But even so, the northern countries were still willing to buy, which made Herme a lot of money.

In addition, Hemei also sells a "substitute" for artillery, which is a large-caliber musket - oh, now that it is equipped with a gun, it should be called a large arquebus.

Anyway, the caliber of this thing is a few circles larger than that of ordinary muskets, and its power is enough on the battlefield.

It is so much lighter than ballistas and the like, so naturally many people buy it.

In the same way, this thing is not cheap, but there are still many people who buy it.

Matchlock guns are sold as much as they are made. To a certain extent, the Wengerburg Gunpowder Workshop was established for foreign sales.

It was precisely by exporting arms that the Protectorate Government was able to get through the initial stage of stopping large-scale conscripts so smoothly.

However, there are obviously more spies on the gunpowder workshop, including Nilfgaard and the northern countries.

It's just that they can only meet the Wengerburg Gunpowder Workshop for the time being, and the good goods and good masters are both at the Sazarburg Gunpowder Workshop, and their power will not be able to extend there for a while.

Charon has been very busy during this period, and the temptations from both the north and the south made him, the intelligence chief of Aden, exhausted. This is the first time that Hermey has been so tired as a guy who always looks relaxed on weekdays.

Because of this, Charlene came to Herme every now and then, hoping that Herme would replace him from the position of chief intelligence officer.

It's a pity that he is the only one in the kingdom who is now playing intelligence warfare, and Hemei naturally let him continue to come.

Charon was complaining endlessly, but Herme was secretly happy in her heart. Seeing that Charon was in such a mess, Hemei was very happy, because it proved that even he would be very embarrassed.

Charron often gave Herme the feeling of a master of the mirror, smiling at the disputes in the world, which was an important reason why Hemei was happy to see Charon deflated.

At the same time, these intelligence battles also reminded Herme that he once again strengthened the defense around him, ensuring that there were more than 20 guards around him at all times, and all of them were carrying magic-blocking gold and silver weapons.

There is also Abelard, the warlock, accompanying, and there are hundreds of soldiers on the periphery at all times.

Although it is said that he has the divine emblem of Cliff in his hand, the two apparitions of the great god Cliff are still aimed at the power of the evil gods.

If he faces Nilfgaard's assassination, it's really hard to say whether that great god will lower his strength. If it doesn't exert strength at that time, he will be stupid.

So you still have to rely on yourself, no matter whether the great god will protect or not, in short, you have to do everything you can do first.

Going back to the current situation, Nilfgaard on the opposite side is also promoting a wave of musketization.

For the Nilfgaardian Empire, it was not difficult to imitate the style of the northerners to make matchlock guns.

According to front-line reports from Anglin and the Western Front, the number of Nilfgaardian soldiers holding muskets and matchlock guns in the Nilfgaardian army's shooter troops has increased significantly, and the front line is also crackling.

Herme believed that Nilfgaard must have started the trial production of artillery, but even that empire would definitely not be able to produce that kind of weapon in the short term.

The biggest change on the battlefield right now is actually the addition of a musket.

For these changes, Herme is not very worried. Just simply increasing the proportion of muskets can't offset many of Herme's military advantages.

The musket is not something that can have an advantage just by having it, and it must have supporting military tactics.

When it comes to this, Herme is very confident. No one in this world knows muskets better than him.

Speaking of muskets, Hemei is currently working on a musketeer manual, and he feels that the professionalism of Aedirn musketeers needs to be further enhanced to maintain their advantage on the battlefield.

However, how could it be so easy to write the exercises? Herme had to work long hours every day, so she was often stuck writing.

Although he was tired, Hemei never complained, instead he felt more and more excited. After all, power is the best aphrodisiac, and now he only thinks about Katya in his spare time.

After expelling the Nilfgaardians, Herme once wanted to take his wife over, but he finally strangled his own idea. Katya is doing well in Fort Sazar, so let’s wait until the war is over before talking about other things. thing.

In this kind of work and life, Herme received an important letter. The content of this letter stated that the northern countries decided to hold another summit to discuss the current war.

The rulers of the Northern Alliance countries were all invited, and Herme was naturally among them.

After receiving this letter, Herme was very excited. This was the first time he participated in a meeting of this level.

And the place where the meeting was held made him feel even more interesting, because that place was the floating port, where the four northern countries met.

It just so happened that Herme was very interested in that place. After getting the information, the Protector immediately explained the matter at hand and started to prepare for departure. Anyway, he is not needed to be on duty all the time now.

(End of this chapter)