When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

Chapter 666: God's Punishment Group
Although the battle reports from the front were still strong, with small, medium and big victories every day, it seemed that as long as Horn provided enough weapons and armor, they would be able to counterattack and reach Flower Hill City.

But Horn knew very well that this was not the case.

Judging from Otatila's letter and intelligence from Salvation Army officers on the front line, the war situation is tilting in an unfavorable direction.

The area of ​​Black Snake Bay is almost twice that of Thousand River Valley, but it only has five counties in total.

The Eastern County is the territory of snakemen, monsters and savages, the Western County is mostly controlled by the church, the Central County can barely protect itself with the natural barrier of the Ibe River, and the Southern County is completely divided and surrounded.

One third of the Southern County itself is controlled by the Church. At this moment, only the important fortress of Sola Castle is still in the hands of the Secret Party. The rest of the strongholds have either been cleared or are under siege.

Even so, several witches led by Aesena and Seromis still disagreed with Horn going south.

Or to be more precise, they were unwilling to invite Horn, but they also did not rule out Horn taking the initiative to go south.

Aisena represented the interests of the Southern County Border Trade Secret Party and refused to accept the tariff treaty.

Seromis was worried about Horn's identity as a Messianic Cultist, and was even more afraid that Black Snake Bay would become a territory of the "Messianic Cult". He was unwilling to join the Holy Axis and was even more unwilling to accept the garrison.

Horn isn't worried.

He knew clearly that when the battle became increasingly intense and threatened the core survival interests of the secret party, even if the witches did not bow their heads, the people below would force them to do so.

At that time, the newly formed Northern County Army will come in handy.

Horn has been busy building this new army in the northern county during this period.

这支新军战团未来将下属8个步兵军团，每个步兵团500人分为10个五十人队（即先前的师队），人数在4000到5000人之间。

In terms of the configuration of holy power, each regiment still has 200 holy musketeers and 300 spearmen, while the infantry regiment directly under the regiment has 300 holy musketeers and 200 spearmen.

When necessary, the Chapter Master can call upon Holy Gunners to support the cavalry or infantry regiments under his command.

Each infantry regiment was equipped with three falcon guns that fired 3-pound shells or shotgun shells, each falcon gun was manned by a gunner and two orderlies.

As for the original hand cannon team and leather cannon team, they have all been replaced by the clockwork falcon cannon. Only the guards still retain the organization of spiral guns and hand guns.

In addition to the ordinary soldiers, there was also an officer corps consisting of 80 sergeants-at-arms (division captains) commanding teams of fifty men, 8 colonels, 1 battle regiment commander, 1 quartermaster, 2 chaplains, 2 clerks, 2 military judges and 3 barbers-cum-surgeons.

Of course, there are also 300 to 400 service soldiers accompanying the army, led by a semi-officer service chief. The service soldiers also include flag bearers, drummers, armorers and other job responsibilities.

Such an army constitutes a standardized new army regiment.

Of course, in the process of combat and development, these new military regiments developed different tactical styles due to differences in founders, commanders, customs and groups.

For example, the Guards retained a part of the heavy infantry, which is the First Infantry Regiment of the Guards, known as the Holy Armor Guards by outsiders.

In addition to the black feathers on their helmets, the Black Champions are often equipped with halberds, bows and arrows, chain hammers and other weapons in their armies, because many of them are mountain people, mercenaries and armored soldiers.

I just don't know what style this new army from Black Snake Bay will show... Thinking of this, Horn's originally calm expression stiffened.

He had already vaguely seen the style of this new Black Snake Bay army from its name.

Horn saw several good names for the new chapters, such as the Embers, representing the rebirth of Black Snake Bay, and the Midnight Chapter, representing the opposition to the Church.

But he never expected that the name of the regiment chosen by the people of the northern county would be the [God's Punishment Regiment], and its emblem was an inverted triple crown, and its motto was "Once a slave, now a judge."

A group of people who are against the church are called the God's Punishment Group? Although it is full of irony, aren't they afraid that outsiders will think they are fanatics of the Messiah Church?

I really don't understand the train of thought of these people from Black Snake Bay.

Shaking his head, Horn picked up the conscription list and regulations and manual at hand and began to read them page by page.

The Northern County Council recruited around 1600 men and began training, with Horn providing two-thirds of the officers and musketeers (captains of ten-man squads) and 500 holy musketeers.

It is expected that by the end of March, they will be able to form four infantry regiments, which, together with the Guards Regiment led by Horn himself and the prototype Griffin Cannon, will be enough to march south to counterattack the church.

But when it comes to counterattack, it is worth discussing. "Dongdong!" Rafael poked half of his head out of the door, "Your Majesty, Drogba, the messenger of the dawn sun, is here to see you again. Do you need me to drive him away?"

"No need, you're here at the right time, let him in." Horn snapped his fingers and hooked his finger.

After a few minutes, a skinny man in a silk robe walked into the office. He had the slick chin and rough mustache that were typical of the people of Black Snake Bay.

Walking quickly to Horn's desk, he bent down and saluted roughly and casually.

The waiter next to him brought a cup of blue coffee, but Mr. Drogba didn't even look at it. He pushed it away and asked, "Mr. Horn, it's the end of February, aren't you going south yet?"

"The situation on the front line is not urgent. The witch ladies have not written letters asking for help." Horn leaned lazily on the chair and stared at the waiter in front of him with interest. "Are you anxious?"

"But if you could go to the front line sooner, countless of our people would be spared from death."

"The one who died was not from my Sacred Axis, so what does it have to do with me?"

"The people of Black Snake Bay helped you."

"Am I not helping the people of Black Snake Bay now? Don't you see the boats on the river outside?"

Drogba took a deep breath, rubbed his fingers, and asked after a long while, "What do you want? We can provide money, women, or rare items."

"What I want is very simple, the same old three things." Horn narrowed his eyes and raised three fingers, "Join the Black Snake Bay Federation, hand over diplomatic rights and tariffs, and accept the Holy Axis garrison."

"You, you are taking advantage of the situation!" Drogba stood up and shouted angrily, "We from Black Snake Bay have helped you."

"Was it Black Snake Bay that helped me, or was it a few secret parties of Black Snake Bay that helped me?" Horn's voice was calm and slow, but it directly suppressed the words that Drogba had just spoken.

"The Ruoan Party has made the greatest efforts, so I will give them the best conditions." Horn stood up and walked slowly around the long table. "I will help them train the army for free, provide them with weapons and equipment, and transport as much food and cloth as they need. I will ask my soldiers to go into battle and help them eliminate the church stronghold in the northern county.

In the Central County, Tiannu City gave us Red Dragon Breath and Green Dragon Breath. Even though it was done with the help of Lady Lulos, I am still grateful.

I have all the farm tools, food, cloth and weapons. Not only that, I will also install griffin cannons on the ship to help them bombard the church bridgehead on the other side of the Ibe River, because they have helped me.

Then I would like to ask, when the Thousand Valleys were in trouble, what did you, the Dawn Sun and the Golden Cross, do?"

Picking up the blue coffee on the table, Horn took a sip and sat on the edge of the table facing him.

From the messenger's perspective, he could only see Horn's belly button, where there was a simple black cloth button, but it looked like an eye staring at him.

"But even so, I still provided tens of thousands of tons of food and thousands of weapons to the front line of Southern County. Who is taking advantage of the situation?"

"Okay, I admit that I am exaggerating, but Black Snake Bay is a whole."

"It's not your turn to say that 'Black Snake Bay is a whole'!" Blowing the mist floating on the water cup, Horn said in a deep voice as if he was not paying attention, "Aren't you the secret party that caused the Black Snake Bay to fall into division?

My conditions were agreed to by the Northern County, the Central County, and the Western County. Everyone thinks it’s fine, but you’re the only one who disagrees.”

"The people of Black Snake Bay will never be slaves. Your conditions are too harsh. If you can relax a little, Lord Selomis will definitely..." Drogba had to continue to make amends.

"The Sacred Axis cannot support you without restraint, reason or compensation. I know that my request will take away part of your sovereignty, but without external forces, Black Snake Bay cannot unite.

I didn't give alms to you, and you didn't give alms to me. We were united out of common interests. The people of Black Snake Bay and Thousand River Valley are one family.

If you think paid aid is harmful to the interests of the people of Black Snake Bay, then isn’t free aid also harmful to the interests of the people of Thousand River Valley?

The people of Black Snake Bay have always claimed to be equal, so do they think they are superior to the people of Thousand River Valley? It is impossible to have everything you want and to have nothing to pay for it. "

Standing up again, Horn took a sip of blue coffee to moisten his throat: "I'll say it again, I only give you two choices!"

Drogba raised his head and looked at Horn's calm and even smiling face, but the chill in his heart kept rising.

"Either you open your doors and become a part of us and invite me to come south to help, or I'll wait for the church to kill you all and then lead my troops to drive the church out." Horn tapped the table with his knuckles and turned back to his seat with his coffee. "Don't think that what I said won't come true... Rafael, show me out!"

(End of this chapter)