Chapter 115 On the Road

When Richard came, he only had 300 people with him. The team was small and it was very easy to walk.

Even in a barony, it was easy to replenish water.

There were supply points everywhere along the way.

When returning, including the soldiers responsible for protection, the total number of people had exceeded 3,600.

With such a large number and a large number of livestock, it was very difficult to supply along the way.

Richard bought about 200 horses, dozens of carriages, 50 tons of food, and a large amount of supplies from Linus Castle, enough for more than 3,000 people to eat for a month.

In a month, even if the road is slower, walking 30 kilometers a day, it should be possible to enter the Harland territory.

In order to transport food, Richard also asked the carpenters among the slaves to make a large number of wheelbarrows.

Making a wheelbarrow is very simple. As long as you can splice wooden wheels, you meet the requirements.

A small wheelbarrow can carry more than 300 kilograms of goods.

A man pushing a wheelbarrow can carry a family's rations for a month.

Women and children carried some tent cloth, clothes, bedding and other sundries, and with the help of wheelbarrows, they could make the journey easier.

The carriage was loaded with some wooden poles for setting up tents, pots and pans and other sundries.

The wheels of the carriage made a monotonous and repetitive sound, and it was moving hard on the muddy mountain road. ₆₉ₛₕᵤₓ.cₒₘ

Richard, like ordinary people, did not take a carriage and walked in front of the team. Richard's strength was more than 15 points, and his physical strength was several times that of ordinary people.

With enough food and drink, he could walk 400 miles a day.

But following the large army, he had to take care of the physical strength of most people.

Richard stopped and asked several ordinary slaves around him: "Are you tired?"

"Baron, we should find a place to rest. The road is too difficult to walk. People can bear it, but horses can't. We should let the horses rest."

Richard had many years of experience in mountainous rural life in his previous life. He knew that people's endurance exceeded that of horses.

This is especially obvious for long-distance marches.

Richard is now considered a little superman. Although he does the same thing, his feelings are different from those of ordinary people.

Ordinary people feel very tired when they are constantly climbing mountains during long-distance marches, but it is very easy for Richard.

He walks 30 kilometers a day, and even if he carries a thousand pounds of weight, he does not feel tired.

Since he does not have the same feelings as ordinary people, Richard has to listen to the slaves' opinions.

"Then let everyone stop and rest. The carpenter will repair the carriage by the way. I feel that the wheels of several carriages are tilted outward. Everyone drink some water and eat some dry food. After resting for half an hour, we will continue to set off."

Everyone ate some dry food, replenished some energy, and continued to set off for the Harland territory.

After walking for seven consecutive days, a group of people walked 200 kilometers of mountain roads and entered the territory of Duke Fox.

After seven consecutive days of marching, they walked 60 miles of mountain roads every day.

In the afternoon, they had to set up camp, cut down trees to make deer antlers, and dig trenches to build fortifications.

Everyone's spirit is already quite tired.

During these seven days, Richard selected slaves with military experience from the slaves and formed a slave squadron. Four professional contract slaves were temporarily placed in the new squadron as officers.

Squadron leader Lost was a second-level knight and a noble officer. The contract signed was less than three years old.

Richard listened to him and planned to return to the Kingdom of Ryan in three years. He had been away from his hometown for seven years since he was defeated and captured. He didn't know how his parents, wife and children were living.

Nobles have privileges after being captured. Since Lost was not redeemed, something must have happened at home.

After fulfilling the contract, he planned to go back to his hometown to take a look and make further plans.

In order to win over professional slaves, the Fenda family arranged for female slaves to start a family for them. Lost also had a female slave wife and gave birth to a child, but emotionally, he still missed his original family more.

Deputy Squadron Leader Claude was also a second-level warrior. He didn't miss his hometown much.

He was a native of the Grand Duchy of Stannik. His hometown had long been destroyed in the war of orcs. He had decided to be loyal to Richard and follow Richard.

There are also two deputy squadron leaders, Charles and Andre, who are officers of the Kingdom of Delong. There are many people of this status in Richard's territory. Many of the first batch of slaves he bought were prisoners of war from the Kingdom of Delong.

Bradrick, the captain of the fourth squadron, and Vincent, the deputy squadron leader, are both former officers of the Kingdom of Delong.

Vincent's hometown is not far from Andre, about a baronial territory away.

With the same background and seeing that Bradrick and Vincent are treated well, the two are also ready to stay in Richard's territory and work with Richard, the wise and kind lord.

As for the relatives in his hometown, he will take them back when he has the opportunity to return to the Kingdom of Delong.

After spending these few days together, Richard has a preliminary understanding of the officers of the newly formed squadron.

After returning to the territory, he plans to let Lost go home first.

Even if Lost never comes back, the loss is not too big. It only costs 80 gold coins to buy Lost's contract.

Richard thinks he can afford this loss.

Everything will be fine if Lost comes back. If he doesn't come back, this incident can win people's hearts.

Richard thought it was a good deal to buy a reputation of being lenient with eighty gold coins.

After resting for two days in the Dukedom of Fox, Richard bought a batch of simple weapons.

This batch of weapons only has long spears, which replaced the wooden spears equipped by the newly formed squadrons, making this army look more decent.

The Dukedom of Fox and the Dukedom of Edward have been severely harmed by orcs in recent years.

Many nobles lost their territories and their families were killed by orcs, just like the Stopa family.

Because of the war, the fleeing of the people in the territory has been repeatedly banned. Many people fled into the mountains and became refugees and thieves.

Refugees and thieves robbed merchants and travelers. In fact, this road is no longer safe for ordinary caravans.

There are big pits dug by bandits on the road to prevent carriages from passing.

Bandits are not fools. They will only attack small-scale merchants.

When they encounter a caravan of a noble, they will try to avoid conflict.

Richard brought thousands of refugees and two squadrons of soldiers to escort him. He looked very difficult to deal with.

The thieves along the way naturally would not bother him.

This time, Richard walked for fifteen days without stopping in the Dukedom of Edward until he entered the Gascoigne Province and walked 500 kilometers in one breath. We just rested for one day near the Flame Castle.

Now we are only a few dozen kilometers away from the territory controlled by the Harland family. Although we are very tired mentally, the slaves persisted for two more days, bypassed the Pratos fortress group, and returned to Sophia Castle.

After a long march of 27 days and 800 kilometers, we finally reached our destination.

The time spent in Linus Castle, including waiting for customs documents on the road, took about 80 days.