(Because I wrote something weird, the 4,000-word chapter was immediately locked and will not be released until tomorrow by the editor.)
The number of new troops recruited has exceeded 2,300. Since there have been far fewer civilian refugees flowing into Harrenhal in the past few days, the number of new troops has also stopped growing.
And due to the different lengths of joining, the training levels of recruits vary.
So Arthur selected the already trained soldiers of the second level and above to form the first regiment.
There are a total of 1,300 second-level soldiers, 220 third-level soldiers, 29 fourth-level soldiers, and six fifth-level soldiers.
Among them, the second-level soldiers were all strong farmers recruited from the Moulin Rouge and Harrenhal, the third-level soldiers came from Arthur's original territory, and the fourth- and fifth-level soldiers were family soldiers who had quit their jobs before crossing over.
In order to facilitate management, Arthur established an army system at the levels of squad, platoon, company, battalion, and regiment according to the habits of his previous life.
There are ten men in one squad, three squads in one platoon, three platoons in one company, and a company of ninety men is the most basic combat unit.
The reason for this division is that Arthur remembered a theory from his previous life. The number of people a person is familiar with can only be maintained at around a hundred people, so a company of ninety people can make the company commander familiar with all the soldiers, which is conducive to cooperative operations.
Five companies form a battalion. At this level, non-combat members must be deployed.
Each battalion was stuffed with a number of cooks and twenty handyman servants, as well as several monks who volunteered to help, and they were responsible for functions other than combat.
Each squad leader and platoon leader is a smart person selected from the 220 third-level soldiers. The fifteen company commanders are served by fourth-level family soldiers, and the three battalion commanders are served by fifth-level family soldiers.
, the commanders above the battalion commander are concurrently appointed by Arthur himself.
The three battalions are organized into the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion in order, and the same is true for the companies and squads under their jurisdiction.
The three battalions were filled with a total of 1,450 soldiers, and the remaining 104 soldiers formed a reinforced company, directly under the command of Arthur.
In terms of equipment, there are all kinds of things.
There are 200 sets of ironclad armor purchased in King's Landing, 520 sets of chain mail and 80 sets of plate armor purchased in the Reach, and more than 700 sets of Western Light Cavalry captured in the First Battle of Harron Town.
of chain armor, and nearly a hundred sets of chain armor obtained during the pursuit of the Magic Mountain.
The armors and weapons of the cavalrymen of various river families who died in the battle of Heron Town cannot be tampered with for the time being. After all, they are owned by their owners and may be returned after the war.
After all, the biggest expenditure of an armed noble is to maintain their family's armed forces, and armor and weapons are the biggest part of it.
Fourth- and fifth-level soldiers received plate armor, more than 600 sets of chain mail were given to second-level soldiers, and the rest were distributed casually.
After the entire armor was distributed, there were only more than 80 sets left, which required the armory to speed up the armor recasting work.
In order to separate themselves from the soldiers of the Western Border, the soldiers wearing the Western Border Armor were given special robes with patterns of golden armor, red horses and golden swords drawn on them.
The new flag was called the Golden Saber Picture by the refugee farmers who helped dye it, and Arthur recognized this statement.
After all, his gold content is quite high.
The work of establishing the command structure of the new army lasted all afternoon. Before dinner, all the prominent figures in Harrenhal came to watch the short formation ceremony.
In the barracks hall, Lady Riverside, Patrick Mallister, Hendry Bracken, Dickon Tarly, Beric Dondarrion, Thoros, etc., stood in neat rows of fifteen hundred people.
In front of the new army, he watched Arthur perform this weird ritual.
The three battalion commanders Jordan, Kafi, and Dava were awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel by Arthur, the three deputy battalion commanders were awarded the rank of major, the squad leader, the platoon leader, and the company commander were awarded the rank of second lieutenant, lieutenant, and captain in that order.
The military rank Arthur gave himself was colonel. Since the number of new troops was small, he set colonel as the highest military rank.
Of course, this does not prevent the new army soldiers from calling him general.
After the titles were awarded, more than 1,500 soldiers began to sing the newly composed military song.
"The drums are beating, the sabers and flags are spread, and General Arthur's orders are heard; be tenacious and brave, when the sword meets red, all enemies will be destroyed..."
"Ride a red horse by the God's Eye Lake, and insert the golden saber flag into Casterly Rock..."
After the song ended, more than 1,500 people uniformly raised their left hands, pointed diagonally upward, and shouted in unison:
"loyalty!"
Then, the commander of the first battalion, Jordan, walked up to Arthur, who was wearing plate armor, and said angrily:
"General Arthur, please give the order to fight against the evil Tywin's army!"
"For the sake of the people in Hejian, I declare that from now on, the New Army and any Western Army that enters Hejian will be in a state of war." Arthur said to the soldiers of the New Army.
Behind him, the Lightning King, Patrick, Lady He'an and other nobles looked at these actions in surprise, and then looked at each other.
"Where is this custom? It's so strange."
"This song is quite nice."
"It's not the custom of Mir anyway." Thoros touched his bun and looked at the new army in confusion.
Dickon explained: "These are all done in accordance with Lord Arthur's instructions. In terms of military and command, I think he is simply a genius."
Although he had received complete military training from his father Randyll Tarly, compared with Arthur's, it was still a bit unsatisfactory.
Dickon admitted that he could not design an army system such as military ranks, squads, platoons, companies, and battalions.
Patrick looked at Arthur with pride: "As expected of my idol, he can even do this."
His admiration for Arthur went beyond just his martial arts.
After the entire ceremony was completed, the soldiers returned to the Wailing Tower, and the nobles returned to the Burning King Tower.
Originally, the barracks hall was a dining place for soldiers, but in order to train new recruits, it was converted into a training ground, so the soldiers had to go to the large kitchen passing by to get food, and then go back to their rooms to eat.
Since the plan to recruit new soldiers from the refugees will continue for a long time, the barracks hall may not return to its original purpose.
During dinner, Arthur discussed the defense plan with everyone based on the layout of Harrenhal, and then made the following deployment:
The east gate was defended by 1,300 soldiers from various river families, with Earl Berry in charge, and Patrick, Hendry and other river nobles assisting and coordinating.
Twenty or thirty people from the Brotherhood Without Banners also joined the battle at the east gate. With experts like Soros around, there was not much pressure there.
The other gate of Harrenhal, the main gate, was defended by Arthur with the first and second battalions of the new army and the reinforced company.
A small number of Hejian soldiers and some unorganized New Army soldiers were scattered around the city wall. They were responsible for monitoring the movements of the Western Border soldiers under the city wall.
But considering that the weather has been nice recently, and Harrenhal is close to a lake, we only need to keep an eye on the large open space in front of the main entrance.
Because the other two directions cannot place tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as large ordnance such as battering rams and trebuchets.
The third battalion, as the general reserve team, stayed on the ground on the first floor. They were responsible for supporting the guards near the two gates when they could not withstand it.
