Beiguan Army Fort, the legion's arsenal, where soldiers came and went and distributed pieces of weapons and armor to each team according to the styles and quantities recorded in the weapons inventory.
A young man who looked like a scribe was holding a piece of rough papyrus in his hand. On the papyrus, the weapons, armor and military supplies allocated to each team were clearly recorded.
The young arsenal clerk had just handed over the distribution of weapons and armor to an infantry squadron. When he saw Bangeda, the captain of the fourth flag of the first company, leading three soldiers to push a two-wheeled cart towards the arsenal, he quickly stepped forward and greeted warmly, "Chief Bangeda, why are you here to receive the weapons in person? Can't we just ask a few squadron captains and brothers to come over?"
Bangeda was not in a very good mood. When the combat mission was issued this time, he and the Pats flag team were assigned to attack the southwest manor. He who was once the main force in the battle actually became a non-main force. Although he would never disobey, this made Bangeda quite frustrated. This time Bangeda came to the arsenal in person to obtain some more cotton armor and eliminated weapons for the new soldiers, so that at least the soldiers on the battlefield could each have a weapon.
Bangda glanced at the heavy armored infantry team of the legion that was receiving armaments in the arsenal. The number of this team was only thirty, but each of them was physically strong and had extraordinary combat power. This thirty-man team is equipped with the best infantry weapons and armor of the Welsh Legion - ordinary soldiers are issued half-body plate armor with shoulder and arm guards and a mid-helm with a chain mail neck guard. Even the cotton armor lined with five layers of linen, the weapons in their hands are also heavy broadaxes, warhammers, halberds, heavy swords, iron bucklers and other high-destructive weapons.
Although the number of the Fourth Flag Team of the First Company has reached 55 after two replenishments, which is basically full, the shortage of weapons and armor is more serious. Even if the weapons and armor handed in a month ago are all broken into pieces, there is not enough for one person...
"Okay, seventeen sets of cotton armor, twenty-eight simple saucer-shaped light helmets, twenty iron-tipped short spears, and a dozen fragmentary daggers and daggers. These things can't be loaded into a cart, so why bother~" There was an uncontrollable sadness and loneliness in Banganda's tone. This is why he lazily came to collect it with a few soldiers after everyone else had almost finished receiving the equipment.
Hence the scribe heard something was wrong, he picked up the papyrus and looked at it carefully, and replied with certainty: "Sir Bangeda, when you turned it in a month ago, you did only have these weapons, but these are not the weapons issued to you this time."
"Huh?" Bangeda didn't know why.
“Yes, you see, this is the weapons and equipment booklet sent from the legion command camp. The armor issued to the Fourth Flag Team of the First Company includes: one set of plate and chain mail (flag captain), four sets of half-length long-sleeved mail armor (squadron leader), eight sets of double-layer leather armor (squad leader), and four layers of chest protector Fifty sets of cotton armor; weapons include: sixty short spears, thirteen broadswords, fifty short swords, and thirty hand axes; the rest of the military supplies are also provided. "
"Man, are you kidding me?" Bangeda thought he heard wrong.
"This is the armament preparation book signed by Lord Odo himself." The clerk handed the rough piece of papyrus to Bangeda, who was doubtful.
Banganda took it and scanned it carefully several times to confirm.
"Don't we, the legion, lack weapons and armor? Why~"
"Chief Bangeda, the Valley Weapons Workshop has been able to make weapons and armor. During this period, the Northland Caravans went to Provence in the south to purchase a large number of spare parts and semi-finished weapons and armor and sent them back to the weapons workshop for assembly and production. This month of winter, the legion's arsenal has been replenished with two batches of weapons and armor. And this time Lord Odo ordered a batch of weapons and armor to be transferred from several other flag corps to be distributed to you."
"This, so that's it!"
Banganda's mood immediately rose a lot. He turned around and shouted to the soldiers who were following the cart: "The legion has specially equipped all the infantry equipment for us to capture the southwest farm in one fell swoop! Kagan, go back and ask the four squadron captains to bring two people each to collect the weapons and armor of their respective squadrons!"
This smart guy named Kagan has three positions: baggage (guard), messenger, and flag captain's personal soldier. He often stays with Bangda. Of course he knows the mood of his superiors, so he simply responds and rushes to the flag team's barracks...
· The army went out to fight, and the civil affairs mainly needed to mobilize people, property, and materials. After the Dean family sent a "settlement fee" of 120,000 pfennigs, the army was not short of money for the time being, so the civil affairs mainly mobilized materials and manpower.
Material issues: Because the war is not expected to end for a long time, the bread, wheat flour, tents and other materials prepared by the legion's baggage team are basically enough. The civil affairs side mainly bakes some rye bread, bacon and vegetables to supply the army. In addition, the textile workshops and the peasant women in the territory have to sew a batch of winter clothes, shoes and socks for spare use.
Once the materials are ready, manpower is recruited.
The Valley Guard Corps has only about thirty peasant soldiers on standby, and they also serve as security forces. Once the Wells Corps arrives, the Beiguan Army Fort will have a garrison stationed for defense until the Corps comes back to take over.
In order to defend the Beiguan Army Fort and to rush to reinforce the army and the border and several places in Jushi Town at any time, the Valley Guard Corps will immediately recruit registered peasant soldiers to assemble. This battle is not expected to take long and the battle will not be too difficult, so the army command camp decided to recruit 20 peasant soldiers in advance to garrison Beiguan. Together with the trained recruits of the new army, guarding Beiguan will be more than a mistake.
The recruitment of peasants and soldiers was handled personally by Bass, the commander of the garrison, and Scott, the settlement officer. The peasants and soldiers in the valley had already been registered, and they only needed to issue the list of those confirmed to assemble.
The second aspect of manpower recruitment is the recruitment of labor with the army. The army has baggage teams, but if there is a large-scale battle or the war lasts for too long, feeding and drinking of hundreds of people in the army will become the most difficult problem. At this time, it is necessary to recruit a large number of labor to serve with the army. The laborers can complete the chores such as transporting food and fodder, making siege equipment, etc., so that the soldiers can accumulate strength to kill the enemy.
The third newly built village in the valley south of Mubao, close to the workshop area, Lin En, the adjutant of the village and deputy captain of the peasant army, is selecting the first batch of spare laborers in the village.
This village is the latest one to be built and has not yet been named. Most of the people living in it are newly arrived residents who have not yet been allocated land for farming. They still eat the food provided by the civil administration, and live in shacks built by the civil administration. These young and strong men and women are reclaiming wasteland under the leadership of the station officials.
Tunnel Adjutant Lin En's dress today is different from usual. Civil Affairs system officials are different from military officers. They do not yet have uniform clothing. The clothes of Civil Affairs officials depend on the money they spend on clothing.
However, the chief adjutant of the settlement and the chief adjutant of the builder were also members of the peasant army of the Valley Garrison Corps, so the garrison army also issued them a set of cotton armor, a sash, a dagger and a self-made robe made by the valley. On weekdays, village officials rarely wear this outfit. After all, coarse linen clothes and tight trousers are more suitable when leading farmers to cultivate the fields.
However, after the Barony of the Valley entered a state of war readiness, his identity became a civil affairs official serving the war. This outfit was more suitable for the occasion. In order to keep out the cold, Linn even specially wrapped a sheepskin jacket over his cotton armor.
In the open space in front of the gate of the newly built village, about twenty young and strong farmers were scattered, chatting and laughing in groups of three and five. They were all new residents who had been incorporated into the newly built village, and most of them were between seventeen or eighteen to thirty-five or six years old.
Unlike those farmers who have been allocated land and still need to serve the land even in winter, these people basically have nothing special to do except following the command to reclaim wasteland with the garrison officials. After winter, they will be relatively free, so when the labor levy was imposed, the other two villages only levied ten people from each village, but this village levied 25 young men.
"Guys, can you please arrange your formation a little more neatly for me, so as not to look like a bunch of mice? Come on, come closer to me and form a formation!" A man wearing a thick woolen winter coat and holding a short stick in his hand shouted to the scattered young men.
This man is about twenty-five or six years old, his name is Jeff. He was originally a farmer in the Valley Village and one of the earliest "collars" during the patrol period. After the mayor of the new village was punished as a prisoner (prisoner, hard labor, slave) for embezzling food, Jeff was elected by the warden Scott to serve as the mayor of the new village. He was originally He was a registered peasant soldier of the Peasant Corps. After becoming the village chief, he naturally became the registered squad leader of the Peasant Corps (the village chiefs are all peasant squad captains). Jeff, who had participated in the peasant soldier training, admired the solemn stance of the legionnaires, so during his tenure as village chief, he let the young men in the village practice military formation stances when he had a little free time.
But now it seems that the effect is really not very good, because Jeff's order just caused the young men scattered everywhere to crowd into a big pile.
"You idiots! Haven't you been taught this before? The people behind you should look at the back of the head of the person in front of you, and the people on both sides should be shoulder to shoulder! Quick!"
The crowd moved a little, but there was still no feeling of "array" at all.
Jeff saw Lin En, the adjutant of the Tunnel Bureau, looking here with his hands folded. He felt that he had lost face in his heart and said loudly to the group of young men: "Who the hell doesn't stand neatly and will be in the back when the land for rent is allocated in the spring!"
The young people became nervous as soon as they heard that "array" was directly linked to the sub-leased land. They quickly recalled how the village chief Jeff taught the array before, and the twenty or so people finally managed to get a little bit of the appearance of an array.
Jeff shook his head and cast a helpless look at Lynn.
Lynn smiled and nodded, walked over to Jeff and patted his shoulder, "They are refugee farmers who have just been recruited after all, so take your time."
After speaking, Lynn straightened his armor, put his hand on the hilt of the dagger at his waist, straightened his chest and raised his back, and said to the twenty-five young men in a loud voice: "Guys!"
The twenty-five people immediately stopped whispering and looking around, and looked at Lynn nervously. In their eyes, Lin En was already a very important official. After all, in the previous village, the village elder (village chief) was already a very majestic presence. The person standing in front of them was the village chief's superior, and he looked even more majestic in a military uniform with weapons on his waist.
“Village Chief Jeff must have told you in detail about the labor recruitment this time. Today I will take you to Beiguan to assemble and standby. If the army war ends quickly, you don’t have to go to the battlefield. You can just follow Jeff home. If the army needs our support, everyone can follow us north. There is no need for labor recruitment in the valley. You prepare your own food and grass, and the civil administration will provide you with food during your service. After the battle is won, the civil administration will give you rewards. Those who have made meritorious service in the battle will also receive other rewards!"
The young men were very excited. They not only provided food and supplies to the lord, but also had the opportunity to receive rewards. Such a good thing is really unheard of. When Chief Jeff said these words, they were still a little skeptical. Now that even the Tunnel Adjutant, Mr. Lin En, has promised, everyone's worries and worries about serving in the war have been diluted a lot.
Lynn simply said a few words to the laborers, and then told the village chief Jeff beside him: "Let everyone go back and tidy up a little, get the clothes and tableware, and we will set off immediately."
"Okay, Mr. Linn." Jeff turned around and directed the young men to go down to prepare...
After a while, a team lined up to go north along the newly built carriageway. When passing through Kutim (River Village) and Gujiandi Village, two more labor teams joined them. More than forty laborers, led by Lin En, the adjutant of the Tunnel and several village chiefs, walked towards the Beiguan Army Fort...