Chapter 309 A Sudden Transfer Order
A magic defense shield must not only have magic defense capabilities, but also physical defense capabilities.
After all, the load capacity of soldiers is limited, and they cannot carry several different shields in battle.
The physical defense capabilities of the new magic shield developed by Sofia are relatively average. Not only is it dense and heavy to use, but it is also not very hard, and its corrosion resistance and wear resistance are relatively poor.
If it is directly attacked by a weapon, it is easy to damage the magic rune.
Because of this shortcoming, this magic shield has a big defect and is not suitable for large-scale equipment of soldiers.
The soldiers of Harland Territory need to undertake a variety of combat tasks. The soldiers' skills, tactics, equipment, and organization must be adaptable. In battle, they have to face a variety of different enemies, and the equipment they use must also adapt to different wars.
Although the magic energy shield is very good against magicians, it is not particularly suitable for the attack of orcs.
The biggest enemy facing Harland Territory now is the orcs, so Richard will equip a small number of combined magic shields.
To make a better magic energy shield, you need to make a better magic alloy.
Researching new materials requires not only luck, but also a lot of time and high costs. It is not an easy task.
Although the combined energy shield has certain disadvantages, this magic item enriches the tactical level of Harland's army. The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages, so Richard will produce it and equip the troops with part of it.
Moreover, the production of a part of the combined energy shield can also allow the Magic Alloy Research Institute to recover some funds and form a positive cycle.
Time passed quickly, and it was August in a blink of an eye.
Richard was in the Losa Basin and suddenly received a letter from William.
On August 2, the Grizzlies suddenly received a transfer order from Nolan, asking them to prepare in advance and set off in early October to garrison in Steven Province in the south.
Steven Province is the original Earldom of Woda.
Seven years ago, the Venus family planned a conspiracy rebellion behind the scenes, and the supporters behind it included three earls in the south.
Although Duke Brena relied on the fake death strategy to severely injure the legendary magician Elena of the Venus family and quell the rebellion, the Grant family lost the famous old duke, and actually suffered a loss, making the situation of the Grant family even more difficult.
After the war, the three earl families of Voda, Cloveford, and Meslin lost their titles. Some of the family members followed the Venus family and hid in the dark, and some went into exile in the two neighboring countries of the East Coast United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Delong.
These escaped nobles are the root cause of local stability.
Seven years have passed, because these people have sowed discord and set off riots in the local area, and the public security in the three southern provinces has been relatively chaotic.
In recent years, the Grant royal family has stationed a large number of troops in the three southern provinces, with the main force being a royal guard corps and a York Duke corps.
Although the York Dukedom is one family with the Grant royal family, after all, it has been separated for many years. It is already a great honor to be able to borrow troops for a few years.
Moreover, the officers and soldiers have great opinions about being stationed outside for a long time.
Five years ago, the Duke of York's army had returned to the territory. Without the suppression of this main army, the situation in the south became worse and worse.
This spring, with the support of foreign forces, the fleeing nobles launched several large-scale rebellions.
The Grant royal family originally planned to continue to draw the central imperial guards to suppress the rebellion, but with the rise of the Harland family in the north and the annihilation of two orc legions, the balance of power in the north has changed.
King Roger decided to draw the imperial guards in the north, and the first one he chose was the Grizzli Legion.
After all, William is the commander of the Grizzli Legion and has a close relationship with the Duke of Harland. In order to avoid the uncontrolled power of the Harland family in the north, it is the first choice to transfer the Grizzli Legion to the south.
Moreover, the Rah Province where the Grizzli Legion is located has been protected by the Duke of Harland. It is no longer a front-line province facing the Orc Empire. This province has a lot of garrisons, including a central legion and two second-line legions. After the Grizzli Legion is drawn to the south, it can also stabilize the situation by relying on local troops.
There are eight central corps in the Grant Kingdom, three of which are stationed in Nolan, one in the south, and four main corps in the four northern provinces. The forces tied down by the orcs exceed half of the kingdom.
King Roger's transfer of the main forces in the north to the south actually means that the Grant family's focus of using troops has shifted from the north to the south.
The Grizzlies have been stationed in the Rah Province for hundreds of years, and the soldiers are almost entirely selected in the north. There are also a large number of noble officers from the north in the corps. It is very difficult to transfer the Grizzlies to the south.
However, the logistics of the Grizzlies are completely controlled by the Grant royal family. The annual cost of supporting a main corps is more than 300,000 gold coins, which is simply not affordable by the Rah Province.
The logistics supply is controlled by the Grant royal family. Although the officers and soldiers are reluctant to be transferred to the south, they cannot actually stop it.
After receiving the order to transfer to the south, many officers and soldiers were unwilling to leave their hometowns and wrote applications for retirement. In just over ten days, no less than 3,000 officers and soldiers requested to retire from active service.
The officers and soldiers of the main army corps were all high-income people. Many of them came from professional families and had accumulated a lot of wealth over the generations. The officers had large estates in the province of Lach. The soldiers relied on high military pay and had a very high standard of living, with no shortage of food and clothing.
Let them abandon their homes, give up their estates and lands, and station in a place a thousand kilometers away. Although King Roger offered many conditions, many soldiers were unwilling to leave their hometowns, although their hometowns often faced war.
Although the officers and soldiers opposed fiercely, the voices of opposition were very loud, and the backlash was also fierce, King Roger's determination remained unchanged.
In October, the transfer order was officially issued, but there were only 18,000 officers and soldiers of the Grizzlies Corps heading south.
18,000 imperial guards went south, including the families of the imperial guards, and the actual number of people who migrated was no less than 100,000.
The Grizzlies Corps went south, and the housing of the soldiers' families must be solved. The families of the officers and soldiers could not live in dugouts and straw huts.
The soldiers of the Grizzlies Corps were not the People's Liberation Army. If the officers and soldiers of the main corps were treated so harshly, the officers and soldiers would probably rebel immediately.
In fact, before issuing the transfer order, King Roger had considered it for a long time and made a lot of preparations a few months in advance, such as building houses for civilians and collecting land.
Fortunately, the three southern earls were destroyed in the war a few years ago, and the royal family had a lot of resources.
These resources include land and houses. With enough resources, the officers and soldiers can settle down.
In order to win over the hearts of the people, King Roger also referred to the policy of Harland Territory and decided to distribute land to the soldiers of the Grizzlies Legion who went south. Each soldier who went south could be allocated 30 acres of land, and the officers were treated better. For example, the legion commander William could be allocated a manor of 10,000 acres as long as he was willing to go south.
For hereditary nobles like William, a manor of 10,000 acres is nothing. What they value is whether they can make military achievements and obtain new fiefdoms. It is obvious that King Roger has plans to expand to the south.
This sudden transfer order caused the Grizzlies Legion to lose 5,000 soldiers, and nearly a quarter of the officers and soldiers were unwilling to move south.
These people are elite soldiers. Of course, the nobles in the northern border are all targeting them and want to recruit these soldiers.
The Harland family is a newly promoted duke, and the military treatment is also very considerable. Although the military pay is lower, the welfare materials distributed are almost the same as the treatment of the main legion soldiers. The usual food is better.
Besides, Harland is not too far from Grizzly Castle, especially the King's Castle of Grota River County and Felin Castle of Salt Lake County, which are only 80 kilometers away from Grizzly Castle.
After joining Harland's army, the treatment has basically not been reduced, and you can take care of your family nearby, which is far more competitive than the small nobles in Rach Province.
More importantly, William is also the head and commander of the Grizzly Legion. Serving in the Duke of Harland, the old superiors can also help the officers and soldiers.
With this innate advantage, Harland recruited 3,400 retired officers and soldiers of the Grizzly Legion at one time.
In addition to the Duke of Harland, the Duke of Jonathan, not far from Rach Province, also had a feast and recruited 1,200 officers and soldiers of the Grizzly Legion, and the remaining 400 were recruited by the small nobles in Rach Province.
After recruiting 3,400 veterans, in order to maintain combat effectiveness, Richard did not dismantle the troops, but integrated them into two complete infantry battalions, equipped with military law and logistics officers, and the remaining 400 soldiers were also reorganized into two reconnaissance cavalry squadrons, assigned to the Soros Department of Grotta River County for combat.
During this period, Richard came to these two newly formed battalions many times, met with grassroots officers, talked with officers and soldiers, solved some minor troubles for them, and gradually established some prestige.
After replacing the weapons and equipment of the Harland Territory, the 11th and 12th Battalions quickly completed the reorganization. According to the situation of the exercise, the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.
For the officers of the 11th and 12th Battalions, Richard also appointed the original Grizzly Legion personnel.
The captain of the 11th Battalion is named Farrell, who is the deputy captain of the Grizzly Legion Warcraft Battalion.
This person is a noble officer, and his brother is Baron Maccare of the Geda Province. After his father's death, Farrell's relationship with the McCares was also ordinary. Because Farrell was more talented, Baron McCare was very afraid of him.
Farrell originally planned to follow the Grizzlies to the south, but because his wife was pregnant and he was afraid of long-distance travel, he had to retire from the army and was introduced to Richard by William.
William gave him a high evaluation, and he was also very good at commanding cavalry operations.
However, the Warcraft Cavalry Brigade is the lifeblood of Harland. Richard's cousin Morgan is also a qualified cavalry commander. Richard can't take Morgan down and replace Farrell. Farrell is in his thirties. He has awakened the blood of the knight and has advanced to the fifth level. Richard must reuse such talents, so he appointed him as the captain of the eleventh brigade.
The captain of the twelfth brigade is named Roman. Roman is of ordinary origin and even older than William. He is already sixty-five years old this year and is already a seventh-level warrior with rich war experience.
In the Grizzlies, Roman is the captain of the second brigade, but because of his age, he is at risk of being eliminated.
Although he was born in a humble family, after decades of struggle, Roman has accumulated a lot of wealth. He not only has a manor in the southern part of the Rah Province, but also has a large amount of land near the Grizzly Castle. However, Roman's accumulated military merits are still far from being awarded a knighthood. He only has two major merits and six medium merits. Even if he works for another ten years, it is estimated that it will be difficult to be awarded a knighthood.
When an old soldier like Roman retires from active service, not only will the royal family receive generous rewards, but he can also exchange his military merits for precious resources.
Originally, at his age, he should enjoy his old age at home, but Roman was unwilling to retire early and found the legion commander William.
Under William's introduction, Roman joined the Harland army and was appointed by Richard as the captain of the 12th battalion.
These two captains may be better than most of the senior officers of Harland because of their outstanding talents or rich experience.
The Grizzlies decided to move south, and William was unwilling to retire from the army, and he also wanted to move south with the army.
I don't know when I can meet my relatives after this trip?
The Harland family has become the duke of the northern border, and the conditions are much better than those in the south. Only a few members of the Harland family will follow William to the south to develop.
Even Mrs. Ola decided to stay in the northern border and run the business of Black River Fort. This time, only the court lady Kelly and her two younger children followed William to Steven Province. Of course, the Harland family is now big and powerful, and many maids and servants have been arranged to follow William.
Before leaving, Richard took the members of the Harland family to the Grizzlies Fort to see William off.
"I'm going to the south, and you'll have to take care of these people at home. Some family members are less capable and can't keep up with the development of the territory. I hope you'll treat them better for my sake."
Richard knew that his father was actually very dissatisfied with his harsh treatment of Tang En.
William and his third uncle Bernie had a deep relationship. Richard severely dealt with Bernie's heir and didn't give his elders any face. Not only did his third uncle have a gap with him, but William also had opinions about him.
But things in the world are not satisfactory in nine out of ten cases.
For the development of the territory, to protect the seriousness of the law, or even to put it darkly, to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, to let the people know who is the boss?
Richard must break through layers of obstacles, make his attitude clear, and severely deal with Tang En in order to establish prestige and make the powerful people in the Harland territory afraid.
This time, he took care of Tony's feelings and let Tang En go. In the future, when something happens, more and more people will ask for mercy, and even members of the Harland family will use chicken feathers as a token of authority to suppress their sons.
Richard's shackles will become bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more compromises.
If the upper level is not strict, and if there is a little corruption, the lower level will be corrupted, and the law will become a piece of waste paper. At that time, what kind of discipline will there be?