On February 1st of the Christian New Year, Art announced the recovery of the four cities in the Eastern Territory in the name of the border military officer of Yona Province. When the messengers spread the news, the entire Burgundians in the Eastern Territory breathed a long sigh of relief. A sharp sword hanging over the heads of the 200,000 people in the Eastern Territory was finally lowered.
In fact, the recovery of the four major towns in the east does not mean that the crisis has been completely resolved. There are still sporadic Swabian troops in the military forts, villages and manors and farms located on the border, but the enemy forces are very small. There are only less than 30 enemy troops in the military fort with the largest number of troops in the North. These Swabians really can't let go of the newly established military forts and the surrounding fertile land.
The military merits achieved by Art and his officers were sufficient, and he had no intention of spending any more troops fighting for scattered territories, so the task of recovering the scattered lost territories on the border was left to Sir David who came to the east from the west and some small lords on the border.
On February 3, Art appointed Sir David as the military adjutant of the eastern border in the name of the border military officer of Jonah Province, giving him the power to summon and command the lord's army on the border to fight. At the same time, he also petitioned the Jonah court to transfer one hundred people's share of the food and supplies allocated to his army to David's army.
David’s ability to command and fight was very strong, but he did not have the strength of Art. Art knew that once he left, it would be difficult for David to get actual support from the Jonah court and the County of Bramon, so he squeezed out a hundred men and half a month’s share of his own small military food and material reserves to send He gave it to David and lent him 80,000 pfennigs for military expenses. The twenty heavy cavalry and one hundred elite soldiers that David brought from the command camp of the Central Army of the Liberation Army were not his private soldiers. These people would not easily obey the orders because of David's excellent command. Art lent David 80,000 pfennigs in order to give David a sufficient price to command them.
As expected, these cavalry and infantrymen belonging to the Central Army of the Liberation Army did not have a strong will to fight. They were ordered to assist Art in recovering the four cities. Now that the four cities had been recovered, they were unwilling to waste their troops for minor military achievements, so in the end only 20 elites were willing to follow David to break out. Together with David's own 25 young and strong peasant soldiers (five were killed in the previous battle to recapture the eastern military fort of Fort Medier), the army directly under David's command totaled less than 50 people.
It is worth mentioning that Baron Caitlan also extended a helping hand to David. He asked one of his leading knights to lead fifty elites to fight with David. The military expenditure of the fifty elites was also provided by himself.
David, who received support, did not disappoint Art. The day after he was appointed as military adjutant, he led more than ninety infantrymen and Taxue towards the border line. He would also gradually recruit some local lords' private soldiers to fight together on the border line.
February 6th, the snow melted.
After receiving the good news, the Jonah court sent a palace dignitary to Bramont City with twenty carts of wine, meat, fruits and vegetables and 300 soldiers temporarily recruited by the palace. Along with him was Banting, the advisor of the Jonah Border Guard Corps.
Banting was very disappointed. He missed all the important battles in Ater's recovery of the four border cities.
More than a month ago, Banting returned to the city of Jonah with the gold and silver treasures Ater gave him to call for reinforcements. However, at that time, the battle for Besancon was at its fiercest. The court of Jonah sent all the troops it could mobilize to fight in the city of Beisang. Even most of the city guards in the city of Jonah were transferred.
The 120 city militiamen Banting had raised with great difficulty were forcibly levied with a single order from the Central Command of the Liberation Army. At this time, he had almost spent all the 50,000 pfennigs given to him by Art, and could not recruit any more soldiers.
Banting, who felt that he was sorry for Art, had no shame in returning to the east to share his military exploits. He could only run around the court of Jonah, trying to raise as much food as possible for Art, who was fighting a fierce battle with the Swabians in the east. He used his connections in the Earl's Palace to borrow 15,000 pounds of grain from the homes of distinguished and wealthy families in Jonah City and gave it to Art's baggage team who was raising food everywhere. This was considered an explanation to Art.
原本窝在约纳城失落至极的班廷在得知东境四城收复的第二天收到了亚特派人送来的私信，召集他立刻赶赴布拉蒙城，商议报送军功事宜。
Banting was overjoyed and extremely excited. In order to express his gratitude to Art for his generosity, he tried his best to persuade the stingy Jonah palace treasury officer to take out twenty carts of wine, meat, fruits and vegetables from the palace warehouse and transport them to Bramon with the army to celebrate Art.
These twenty carts of wine, meat, fruits and vegetables have solved Art’s urgent need.
The army has not seen fresh fruits, vegetables, wine and meat for half a month. Bramon's material supply capacity is limited. The baggage team is struggling to maintain the army's more than 2,000 troops for five days. Wheat and black beans are still in short supply, and those fresh fruits, vegetables, wine and meat are unimaginable luxuries.
After the four border cities were recovered, Art deployed 600 local border troops to garrison in the four cities. Those castles needed food reserves. No one would be willing to enter without more than one month of military food reserves. Once Swabia suddenly came to besiege again, the castles would starve to death without food. So Art transferred 30,000 pounds of wheat from Bramon City's already insufficient warehouse and sent it to the four cities. Except for the wounded and a few troops preparing for war, Bramon's army on the second line could only eat one meal of clear soup, wheat paste and half a pound of rye bread every day.
When Jonah's court team arrived at Bramon, Art was holding a clear soup and wheat paste, gnawing rye bread and laughing with the soldiers by the bonfire in the open space of the military camp outside the city. Originally, the kitchen had prepared additional food for the officers, but Art ordered all high-ranking officers to They must temporarily eat the same food as the soldiers. On the one hand, they set an example to boost morale. On the other hand, it is also to allow the officers to keep track of the soldiers' physical strength. If the officers eat enough food and wine, it will be difficult for them to understand how much physical strength ordinary soldiers retain.
A fast horse galloped into the garrison camp outside the city through the mud. The deputy captain of the task force, Dawson, hurriedly reined in his horse and stopped in front of the bonfire. He jumped off his horse and excitedly reported to Art: "My lord, the team sent by the palace has arrived three miles northwest of the city. Captain Stanley is accompanying them. Will you go and greet them?"
Matt stood up suddenly, "Quick, let Odo and Angus prepare, and come with me to greet them."
"Ron, go to the city and call Viscount John and Baron Caitlan to go together."
After giving the instructions, Art glanced at the food in his hand, and put the wheat paste and half of the rye bread into the wooden bowl of the soldier beside him, "Man, don't eat full, keep your belly. Let’s eat meat and drink wine tonight!”
“Matthew, prepare armor and horses for me.” He smiled and walked towards the military camp...
That night, bonfires were brightly lit inside and outside Bramon City. The atmosphere of victory in the war in the east reached its climax that night. Art distributed ten carts of food to the garrisons in the four border cities, and used half of the remaining supplies to hold a celebration dinner.
Five carts of wine, meat, fruits and vegetables were distributed to more than a thousand soldiers. Even though there was a little meat and vegetables floating in the wheat paste, the morale of the army was high.
r/> February 84, Art handed over the military affairs of the eastern border to the army sent by the Jonah court. Along with the border defense, the command of more than a thousand frontier troops was also transferred. The employment period of these border troops has expired. Whether they can continue to fight under the command of the powerful leader of the palace is not Art's problem.
On the same day, Art, as the commander-in-chief of the Jonah Border Guard Corps, announced the disbandment of the Jonah Border Guard Corps on the spot, and the army directly under Art restored the Wells Corps organization, and all officers and soldiers were reorganized.
The officers and soldiers of the Wells Legion from the original 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Yona Border Guard Corps and the Deadpool Team were transferred away, and the prisoners of the 2nd Infantry Regiment were also declared free by Art.
These prisoner soldiers have been fighting with Art for several months. Regardless of their strength, at least most of them are brave young men, so Art has no intention of disbanding all of them.
Just after it was announced that the prisoners were free from charges, Art immediately announced the recruitment of soldiers among these free prisoners.
These prisoners experienced firsthand the generous treatment of soldiers in Ater's army during the period when they fought with Ater. Most of these people had no families and were not afraid of fighting, so they flocked to the army as soon as Ater announced the recruitment of soldiers.
Two hundred and fifty-two of the three hundred and twenty-five surviving prisoner soldiers chose to recruit, including Hans, who had repeatedly made military exploits, and Bury, the butcher who was recovering from his injuries. These people would follow Art back to the south, and after passing the recruit training, they would become Art's source of troops to expand his army.
The rest of the free prisoners who were not selected or who have no intention of fighting due to family ties can receive some military rewards and leave on their own. The more than one hundred prisoners stationed in Vaal City will also receive the same treatment.
On the third day after the army is demobilized, the Welsh Army will leave the eastern border after handling various general affairs. According to the military orders from the Jonah Court and the Central Army Command Camp of the Liberation Army, the Welsh Army will temporarily return to the station to repair and standby. They will be in Odo. Led by Angus, they headed south from Glaru County to Andermatt Castle and back to Tyniec along the same road. Bramond's few reserves of military rations were left for the troops who came to take over the defense. The supply of military rations for the Welsh Army could only rely on temporary collections along the way.
Att, the commander of the Welsh Legion, was ordered to go to the court of Besancon to meet with Flanders.
The flames of war spread across the eastern border. Their homes were destroyed, the land was desolate, and they were in decay. Countless civilians began to return to the border from the hinterland of refuge through the King's Road. These civilians whose homes were destroyed were easy to recruit. Art had already begun to plan for post-war development. He sent Bob "Baron" who belonged to the Chinese army's command camp and the ideological and political officer Dennis and several Chinese military officials to recruit returning refugees along the King's Road, and brought them back to the south to farm and manage the territory.
Hite himself led the baron's bodyguards and special forces to ride fast horses towards Besancon. Also accompanying him to Besancon were Baron Caitlan and Lord Banting...