Chapter 907 The Holy Grail Master will bring us one
After the face-to-face meeting, Kalad and Turas rested for a day and began to gather the troops the next day.
Lane named this army the Northern Front of Brittany, commanded by Callard, with Turas as his deputy, and Beria as the general political commissar and commander of the Ugor Legion.
The Northern Front began to gradually concentrate its troops. The Dukes of Britannia sent their newly formed strongest elite infantry regiments to fight under Ryan. Most of these infantry regiments were 300-500 people in size and were relatively ordinary.
infantry regiment
The number is small, but almost all of them participated in the Great Expedition of Eight Peaks Mountain. At the same time, many of them also participated in the Great Expedition of Obiun. They gathered in formation, fully armed, with great military appearance and murderous intent, which made people look at them.
, which also gave Kalad a lot of confidence.
Of course, the total cost of this group of troops is high. Fortunately, Ryan has money, and the scale is small. The Dukes also began to realize that although the Kingdom of Knights is mainly cavalry, an elite infantry is indispensable, so it is also necessary.
Everyone is willing to pay for it.
The first to arrive was the Belion Piggy Scoundrels. This regiment disliked Duke Theodoric. Why? Because Duke Theodoric was really full of misdeeds and never cared about him very much.
This group of soldiers deeply hated Duke Theodoric, but the Duke finally relied on his return at the critical moment to kill the vampire pirate commander.
After saving the duchy and winning back a little prestige, the duke finally reached a compromise with the soldiers who had returned from the Bafeng Mountain expedition. The duke would pay half of their military expenses and allow them to recruit new soldiers from serfs and free people. Stupid Pig
Rogue groups are free to leave the principality to participate in wars or accept commissions, and they only need to return when the principality encounters danger.
Then arrived the Palavon Swift Army. This infantry regiment is famous for its fast movement and accurate shooting in the mountains. They wear chain armor and are good at using muskets and hard bows to fight. They are very good at field battles and defensive warfare.
After that came the Mannann Guards of Bordeaux, the Unicorn Guards from Winford, and the Red Dragon Guards from Bastogne. These armies have also been tested for a long time and can deal with any difficulties calmly.
Fighting elite.
After gathering these troops, Kalad then faced a large group of knights errant sent by the southern knight nobles.
Britannia's knights errant generally have three characteristics. The first is that they are young and reckless and have high ambitions. The second is that they are hot-blooded and do not obey orders. The third is that they are not good at fighting against the wind. They will win if they are overwhelmed by a wave of charge, but they cannot charge.
There is a danger of morale collapsing.
Most of these knights errant have not been formal knights for more than ten years. Their hearts have long been filled with the passion for making achievements and the desire for the Holy Grail. Especially in recent years, Britannia has become rich in martial virtue.
After winning consecutive battles, the brains of the knights errant were also covered with blood.
It's the autumn harvest season recently, and everyone is busy with the harvest. The knights errant are strictly ordered not to affect the harvest, so they have nothing to do all day long. They fight around, engage in various competitions, and seek to meet the knight king or the dukes all day long to get some money.
The great nobles were troubled by the chance of promotion. Ryan's proposal played into the hands of the dukes. Everyone almost couldn't wait to tell the knights errant to go find Kalad and gather them.
The knights errant from the south gathered together. Counting the knights' retinue, there were more than 5,000 people who had arrived in just a few days. Kalad was overwhelmed when he saw this scene, but the Holy Grail was helpless and could only
It took a few days to filter out more than a thousand people based on certain criteria, and they quickly set off, planning to head north along the canal.
In September, during the autumn harvest season, Kalad, Turas, and Beria stood on the deck of the transport ship, watching the comings and goings of the Landuin Grand Canal, the bustling ships and the people along both sides of the canal.
Dense villages, towns and even castles, Tulas sighed towards Calard: "The Landuin Grand Canal has just been completed in the first phase. It is simply a miracle! A miracle given to Britannia by the lady!"
"Yes, since the creation of the Grand Canal, the cost of transportation has been greatly reduced. The river that runs from north to south irrigates and communicates the entire kingdom. Under the influence of the canal, more than a dozen towns and hundreds of villages have appeared along the Grand Canal.
Village." Kalad also sighed: "It is really the lifeline of the kingdom."
"Such a big project cannot be accomplished without certain determination and ability." Turas sighed. The Holy Grail Knight looked at the sunny sky in the distance. The autumn sky was clear and cloudless, with many wild geese.
Flying from north to south: "I really can't imagine how your Majesty came up with the Bafengshan National Debt and the Canal National Debt."
"Great people are always different. Your Majesty is the great savior given to Britannia by the lady. It is not surprising that he has any strange ideas. All we have to do is fully understand his meaning and implement it.
"Beria was wearing a Breton military uniform but had the medal of Lieutenant General Kislev on his chest.
Zhang, looked a bit nondescript but very imposing, and at the same time a bit eerie, which made both Kalad and Turas uncomfortable, but they soon noticed that Beria had a slightly taller figure behind him.
Officer Kislev, who was slightly fat and looked a little unnatural: "Who is this?"
"This is General Meretskov, the acting commander of the Ugor Army whom I appointed." Beria calmly introduced: "I am not an officer who is good at commanding, and I have never felt that I am, just like this.
Meretskov is a proven military officer. He served as a general and chief of staff during the reign of the previous Tsar Boris Bokha, and he defeated the Beastman army outside Prague.
It was he who drew up the military plans for the war in which Lys won the title of Red Tsar."
"Nice to meet you, General Meretskov." Kalad took the initiative to extend his hand, and the Ugor officer smiled cautiously, and then took a step back, behind Beria: "
Hello, Lord Kalad, Lord Turas, it is an honor to meet you."
Beria smiled sinisterly, and General Meretskov's glorious deeds actually ended here.
After the Red Tsar Boris died heroically in the Troll Kingdom, he fell out of favor. Later, in the Winter War, Kislev suffered heavy losses. Meretskov, who participated in formulating the strategic plan, was also implicated. He was arrested by the Cheka.
He was taken to prison and tortured, with one of his legs broken, forcing him to admit that he was influenced by Chaos and reached an agreement with the barbarians, and was blamed for huge losses.
Fortunately, Kislev had a lot of problems after that. In addition, this guy has always kept a low profile and has a low reputation. Everyone forgot about him. This guy had to spend several years in prison. Until recently, Beria suddenly realized that he was in military command.
He lacked talents in this field, so as a former Cheka member, he remembered this outstanding commander who was still in prison, and took the initiative to report to Ryan and asked for ways to get him out, and Ryan approved it.
What happened after that was very simple. It was just a matter of planning, stuffing money, and his contact with Cheka warden Bruna. Beria successfully caused a prison brawl for less than five hundred gold crowns.
incident and managed to get the general out.
Several years in prison taught General Meretskov to be cautious, obedient and approachable. Since being rescued by Beria, he has been grateful and has discussed and reported everything to Beria as soon as possible.
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Kalad also saw the state of the general. After chatting with Meretskov for a while, he immediately felt the uniqueness of the other party's tactical plan and strategic vision. Kalad felt a little uncomfortable.
, he thought to himself that the tsarina really didn’t know how to use people! This was completely different from Ryan. Such an excellent general would be tortured into the cautious and cautious person he is now, not daring to speak loudly. How could he be a general?
Style and pride?
The ship continued to move forward, and it took a week to arrive at the Graysmoray River in Mousilon. Kalad gathered the already ready Mousilon Coldstream Guards and Leon Nasaysilluf's Ambition at Mousilon.
group.
By the way, Urban, the chief engineer of the second workshop of the Mousilon Gun Factory, also came out to meet Beria and others. The Mousilon Gun Factory provided 24 artillery pieces for the Northern Front, including eight Yaori.
Rocket launchers, eight dwarf organ cannons, five heavy cannons, and three special mortars. Chief Engineer Urban improved the mortars, making the attack trajectory of the mortars more accurate and difficult to harm friendly troops. At the same time, the shrapnel explosion damage and damage were strengthened.
range.
At the same time, Urban also got fifty dwarf long-barrelled rune-fire guns. Then the former chief engineer of Kislev met his former prisoner Meretskov and laughed so much that he burst into tears.
: "You guys, Beria, are you planning to move all the Cheka prisons to Britannia?"
"Then I think I have to take a few more steps and take my time." Beria also made a joke with Urban. This great engineer now has a big platform that can perfectly display his talents, and he is like a duck in water.
It cannot be overstated. Urban is definitely responsible for the fact that the Mousilon Gun Factory was able to form large-scale production capabilities so quickly and continuously improve and upgrade war machines.
At the same time, the assistant Beria assigned to Urban, a Ugor soldier named Tupolev who followed him for a long time, seemed to have been influenced by Urban. From a monitor, he now became a student who studied with him all day long.
A technical apprentice, Beria thought that he should quickly find someone else to monitor Urban.
Subsequently, the reorganized army reached a size of 6,000 and continued to march north.
On the way, Kalad and others also encountered an interesting thing. When they arrived at the northern part of Mousilon and were marching in the old territory of Lyonnasay, the army was stopped by a group of people armed with weapons.
The leader was a big man, wearing a breastplate made by the empire, carrying a shield and a crossbow on his back, a long sword hanging on his waist, and a triangular iron helmet on his head, blocking the middle of the road: "
Master of the Holy Grail! Master of the Holy Grail! Wait."
"Who are you from?" Kalad was riding on a pure-blood elf warhorse. He frowned at the group of people and signaled the army to stop: "What are you doing?"
"We are all free citizens of Mousilon." Seeing that the Holy Grail Master was willing to listen to his words, the big man couldn't help but show joy on his face: "Master Holy Grail, you are the legendary Earl of Kalad, the hero of thousands of people.
The brave man who restored Mousilon, defeated the unparalleled warrior who killed the Mad Duke Merovingian, right?"
"Well, it's me." Kalad nodded: "What's the matter? Is there a situation that requires our help, or is there something you want to report to me?"
"Hey, it's Mr. Kalad, it's really Mr. Kalad!" Cheers erupted from the free people. Only then did Kalad notice that there were more than a hundred free people in this group, and they all brought their own weapons and equipment.
Seeing this scene, Leah couldn't help but frown: "Your Excellency Kalad, it is important to march, we should not waste time here anymore."
"It's okay." Kalad waved, and Beria didn't know what to say when he saw this. Ryan made it clear that he was assisting Kalad, not supervising the army.
"Master Kalad, are you going to fight? Take us with you!" the leader of the big man said with a smile: "We also have to contribute to the kingdom! We also have to fight! We didn't have the last expedition to Obiun.
Participate, I heard that Obien’s junior made great contributions in the Great Expedition, and was directly promoted from a freeman to a glorious freeman, and was also selected into the Coldstream Guards!"
"Yes! We also want to fight, Master Holy Grail, take us with you!"
"We also want to join the Coldstream Guards!"
"If I achieve military merit, I should have the opportunity to join the Old Guard!"
"Be confident and remove the should!"
"We also want to make a fortune and become masters! Sir Kalad, please be kind and accept us!"
The fervor of war filled the entire group of free people. They all looked at Kalad with longing and expectation, waiting for the Sanctuary's order to join the army immediately.
Kalad was really dumbfounded when he saw this. The Earl suddenly realized that the situation was now reversed. Before Lane came, the serfs and freedmen tried every means to avoid war and conscription. But now it is completely the opposite. Lane has opened up the upward channels and
After ensuring a fair distribution of the spoils, it was now up to any serfs and freedmen who were interested in changing the status quo to join the army, because only through this method could there be one of the few opportunities to transcend classes and a way to obtain a large amount of wealth.
And Lane did give Callard five knighthood indicators, that is, he could be awarded up to five knighthoods during this military operation.
"No, we are not here to recruit soldiers this time, but we have a mission." Kalad said loudly: "You should mind your own business and ensure the autumn harvest, which is your greatest contribution to the kingdom."
"But we have finished the autumn harvest. The people we came today are all early-maturing crops and finished the harvest early in the autumn. As soon as we heard that an army was passing by, we came immediately!" The free people shouted: "If we want to fight, let's forget it."
Let’s be alone!”
"No, no! We have a mission!" Kalad quickly waved his hand: "This is an order! Okay, now get out of the way."
The freedmen had no choice but to get out of the way unwillingly. The big man at the head was furious and said angrily: "Oh, really, why don't you give me this chance? Why don't you return the Holy Grail Master? Return the Shield of the Kingdom? Protect your home and country?
?What about the devout female believers? You also want us to participate! Mr. Kalad, I wish you all your wishes will come true within three days~We thank you~"
The knights errant glared angrily at the sinister words of this group of free people. If it weren't for the extremely high cost of killing a free citizen (compensation ranging from 200 to 500 gold crowns and fines + at least ten years of expedition to Araby to atone), the knights would have rushed forward long ago.
After killing someone, the young and energetic knights errant quickly started shouting and cursing.
The freedmen did not dare to quarrel with the knights, but continued to be angry: "Let's disperse, make way for the knights, wish them a safe journey, it is best not to see anyone, go and come back soon~"
The army continued to advance.
And just when the Northern Front formed by Lane was preparing to set up defenses on the northern coast of Britannia.
North of the Old World, Norsca Mountains, Dulong City.
The sound of alarm almost resounded throughout the Giant Mountains, and the Norscan dwarves were seizing the time to slaughter livestock, store food, close the fortress, and prepare for defense.
The Norscan Dwarf Lord (short for Great King) Torgard-The Crimson One and his queen Svenna Torsh received a large number of urgent reports from the forward sentries!
A Chaos army numbering at least 150,000 is gathering from the northern wasteland and marching south at an extremely fast speed, aiming directly at Dulong City and the high mountain passes of the Mourning Mountains!
Tolgarde-Crimson was shocked by the news. The Lord of Norsca immediately ordered all Norscan dwarves to enter combat readiness mode and be prepared to hold on for a long time. At the same time, he immediately sent a dwarf messenger to inform Kislev of the high mountain.
The defenders of the pass!
"Quick! Move quickly!"
A small boat took the Norscan dwarf messenger along the underground river in the Norscan mountains and along the dark rolling river channel that the Norscan dwarves spent hundreds of years digging to deliver information about the appearance of a giant chaos army.
Arrive at Erengrad.
However, Mrs. Keesler disagreed: "The reaction of the dwarf is so slow! We have all known for a long time that Chaos is gathering an army. When did the news arrive, it was only delivered now."
"They are going to deal with the dark elves, what does it have to do with us? The dwarf is just slow!"