When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 515 Determined Plan (Part )

Hearing Prince Condé's words, Putsilio even wanted to smile bitterly.

He came here with almost no purpose or demand. He just wanted to help his aunt with a small favor, but he didn't expect to get himself involved.

He had no opinions or ideas about the Savior Army or the war situation in the Thousand River Valley. He just wanted to take over the position of Duke step by step.

If he hadn't been afraid that his father would discover his relationship with his aunt, he would not have agreed to it, otherwise this series of lies would have been exposed.

According to the old Duke of Omes, Putsilio and his brother who led the Gravel Plains Army came to the Thousand River Valley for training.

The battlefield of Thousand River Valley does not involve too much politics, and will not be as devastating as the Leia Civil War. It can be used to train the family's heirs and new recruits.

So he had to lie again: “My father sent troops to help because of the favors of Mizam and the old Pope.

If you are willing, there are many dignified ladies with beautiful faces in our family. It would be a good thing if we could secure some favors.

The second reason is to train the family's private soldiers and give the family's youth experience, so I'm afraid I have to tell you that we won't go all out after this battle."

"What if I ask you to carry out some dangerous tasks?" Lacunio asked immediately.

"Then I think I have the right to refuse. This is my bottom line," Putsilio said firmly. "To put it bluntly, this is free aid, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Your Majesty, Prince Conde, we can certainly do our best, but you also know that a great reward will bring out a brave man. We have already provided almost free assistance. This reward should not be paid by me, right?" Having said that, Putsilio took the opportunity to do a favor for the young people of his family.

Since I'm here now, what's wrong with mowing the grass and hunting rabbits to provide some benefits for my family?
These new generations of his own family have accepted the favor, and in the future, Putsilio's voice will become louder in the Osla family.

He even suspected that part of the reason the old duke asked him to bring these new family members to the battlefield was that he hoped to establish a solid foundation among the new generation.

"If you are willing to provide the young men of the Osra family with a fiefdom in the Thousand River Valley, they will naturally do their best."

For many land servants, getting promoted through war and being knighted for military exploits is their lifelong dream.

Most of these land servants were from wealthy peasant armed peasant families, and were hired as land servants of the Osra family.

Among them, all the double-paid swordsmen came from knight families, and many of them were even branches of the Osra family. However, they could not get any land or manors, so they had to go out and make a living.

For these two classes, the former wants to transition to a higher class, while the latter wants to retain their class, and they have an endless desire for fiefdoms and glory.

If Prince Condé is willing to provide the estate to these elite infantrymen, they will definitely be willing to fight to the death.

"How many manors do you want to get from me?" Prince Kongdai was quite generous. Since the Thousand River Valley was full of rebels, it didn't matter if he planted more Leia nobles there.

"It depends on the performance of the young men in the family. You can give it as you see fit." Putsilio answered equally straightforwardly, "I believe you are an upright and reasonable person."

"Do you think this army of 4,000 people will be able to perform any key functions?" He glared at Prince Kongdai speechlessly.

This Putsilio is trying to set up Prince Condé, and in order to show his integrity, he might have to give him more fiefs.

Although Lacunio knew that the two were playing the good guard bad guard trick, Prince Condé was a little too outrageous.

"We have 2,500 land servants, 300 double-paid swordsmen, and over 800 family knights. I believe this is equivalent to a normal night guard of 6,000 men."

In the imperial system, night guards were simply trained tax-exempt conscripts, while armored sergeants were elite armed peasants who were paid.

Generally speaking, both are responsible for security battles within the territory and small-scale battles involving a few hundred people between lords, mostly emphasizing personal bravery.

If they fight too many security battles, they won’t be able to fight a normal war.

Once they encounter regular infantry like the Savior Army, they will be swept away like in the previous Battle of Rapid City.

The Homeland Mercenaries are special in that they are a type of regular combat infantry used for external attacks. They emphasize discipline and organization, with personal bravery being secondary.

After the Battle of Windmill Land, due to the long-term employment of mercenaries by nobles from all over the country, many mercenary groups were directly transformed into family private armies.

However, their identities were difficult to determine, so they were defined as military servants outside the imperial knight system. This is the origin of the term "land mercenaries".

They were quite similar to mercenaries, with officers subcontracting, recruiting and training soldiers, and paying soldiers a fixed salary based on the number of soldiers. However, most nobles and cities could only afford to hire short-term mercenaries, and only the great nobles could have an elite group of land servants.

In territorial disputes at the duke level, each noble would call on his friends and engage in a war with the number of people on the battlefield reaching tens of thousands.

Only on such a large-scale battlefield will these local servants have the opportunity to take action.

However, the empire had been at peace for a long time, and such opportunities were rare. Not all nobles were willing to spend money to build such an infantry.

But the Osra family, which owns gold and silver mines, has three branches of such national servants, and the most recent one was only established in the past five years.

After all, they border the barbaric Norns of Bearhammer Territory, and there are occasional conflicts between the two sides.

Besides, they had such a real gold mountain, and without enough troops, the Duke of Omes couldn't sleep at night.

"As the commander of the army, Your Highness, I implore you to entrust me with this important task of the fiefdom as an incentive to the soldiers."

As the villain, Lacuno took the initiative to take away this responsibility from Prince Condé to prevent him from doing anything wrong and being too generous.

With a blink of his eyes, Prince Conde entrusted the task to Lacuno with great trust.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not agree, but Prince Kongdai was 100% confident in his teacher and old friend on the battlefield.

Lacunio breathed a sigh of relief. Conferring a manor was a delicate job, which required consideration of the three angles of politics, economy and military, and the majority of people had to be satisfied.

He didn't think that his disciple could do it. What Prince Kongdai needed most at the moment were a few good officials and consuls.

All hell broke loose after Mizam's death.

After the key political issues were settled, consensus was quickly reached on the issue of food and fodder, and then came the military issues that affected the current war situation.

"…After Ludwig's death, things have changed."

"Kasha County is in chaos now, and it will remain in chaos until a new abbot of Brago Monastery is elected."

"The Grey Horse Knight Wayne recently set out from Long Front Fort and led his troops to the border of Honey River Township. It is expected that he will attack Honey River Township and Deer Horn Township."

"Due to the witch Catherine in Rapid City and the alliance between the Salvation Army and the Secret Party, some monasteries in Kasha County secretly surrendered to us."

After listing the conditions one by one, Lacunio placed a black stone in the northwest of Cassia County on the map.

"Given the current war situation and your secret arrival, I have a bold plan, which is to attack Kasha County immediately without stopping.

If you and I lead the local knights and your army to charge directly, they will certainly not expect your fresh force, the surrendered monastery and the conciliatory policy, and Kasha County will inevitably be lost.

If Kasha County is completely lost, then the Salvation Army's battle line in Langsand County will change from the original Rapids City line to the entire Nanauan River line, and the length of the battle line will be widened three times."

"Then we take the opportunity to wipe out the Savior Army?"

"If there is a chance, destroy them. If there is no chance, contain them." Lacunio drew several clear lines on the map.

“Meanwhile, the troops in Honey River Township retreated to Deer Horn Township, burning fields and houses to prevent the troops from getting supplies.

The Grey Horse Knights will most likely continue to attack Deer Horn Township. At this time, Charles leads the Imperial Order Company to launch a surprise attack to cut off their retreat, while the Gravelfield Army stands by in the north.

If Charles succeeds, the Gravel Plains army will move south and approach High Castle City. The Savior Army rebels in the south have too long a defense line and their forces are too dispersed to provide rescue.

If Meliati advances, she will lose the High Castle; if she defends, she will lose the Gray Horse Knight Wayne and the main knight.

If Melia tries to advance, we will surround the city and attack its reinforcements. If Melia tries to defend, we will capture the Gray Horse Knight and then go south to attack Rapid City.

With the Gravel Plains army in the north, Meliati is also unable to rescue the Saviors. The Saviors' defense line is stretched and their strength must be thin.

Our army will surround Rapid City but not attack it. We can order a quick attack on Castle Jeanne and behead that evil man Horn. Then the battle for the Thousand Valley will be won."

(End of this chapter)