Gavin has heard a lot about Darren.
Although he is only fourteen years old, he is one of the best among the younger generation in Nottburg. Not only does he have excellent adaptability, but he is also self-disciplined, possessing super toughness and perseverance. He actually carried out Gavin's casual teachings. After all, it is said that the amount of daily training is astonishing, not only more than most adults, but even more than many professionals.
Pay and gain are directly proportional, which allowed him to start a career template at the age of fourteen.
What really made him stand out was the remaining manuscript of the strategy book that Gavin gave him casually. He actually learned something from it and put it into practice, leading a group of children to form the Boy Scouts. In a battle, , played an unexpected role.
Zalanda simply broke the rules and absorbed him into the Nott Guards, and this was the beginning of his glory. He used his mind to convince the Nott veterans. It was from him that Zalanda's Military officers and soldiers pay more and more attention to the book of strategies.
Unlike those soldiers who respected the Strategist Lady for this reason, Darren also hid a secret in his heart, a secret that only he and the Lord of Zalanda knew. The Book of Strategies was not given to Zalanda by the Strategist Lady as outsiders thought. It was written by his young master Gavin Nott himself, and he personally delivered it to the Lord of Zalanda.
They all believed in the wrong person, and the one who should be respected for this was Master Gavin.
However, due to the oath he took, he had no way to correct other people's views. He could only angrily declare that he was Master Gavin's student, and that Master Gavin taught him everything. Outsiders only thought he was talking about it. It's a training method. I don't know what he is talking about is the book of strategies in the past and the current way of war.
"Okay, I was right. You not only completed the task I assigned you excellently, but you also left me such a big surprise." Gavin stepped forward to help Darren up, and said happily smiled.
The circumstances of life are very strange.
He didn't realize at the beginning that Darren turned out to be a piece of rough jade. He did it completely as he pleased, but he didn't expect that he would actually harvest a good seedling in the end.
Darren couldn't hide his nervousness, "Master, General Copperfield has overrated me. My ability is not as strong as he said. Asking me to command so many regular knights and so many people is far beyond my ability. I The life and death of one person is small, but the life and death of countless soldiers and soldiers and civilians is big."
So far, the one he has led the most is a hundred-man ranger.
Now he was suddenly asked to lead a 2,000-man legion, and he had to form it himself. He was somewhat confused. Being able to fully express himself under such circumstances was considered to be extremely capable for his age group.
"Sometimes ability is something you feel yourself, but no outsider can see it more accurately. I understand General Copperfield's temperament. He always talks about what he says and seeks truth from facts. If he says you can do it, you must be able to do it. It's just you. It’s just that we haven’t discovered it yet.” Gavin patted Darren heavily on the shoulder and encouraged him, “But this matter is not decided by me, but by the city lord of Zalanda. Are you reluctant to let him go?"
Although the relationship between the two is close, and Zalanda has made it clear that she will send him to the position of Baron Nott and return the original number of Nott's guards, the process of some things is indispensable.
Because in her position, she also represents an interest group.
"As long as Darren nods, I have no objection." Zalanda said cheerfully.
"Darren." Everyone's eyes were focused on the young man again.
"Darren is willing to follow the young master to the death." Darren was so excited that he wanted to kneel down, but he was grabbed by the big iron-like hands.
"Very good, this matter is settled." Gavin made a final decision. "This vanguard vanguard army will be handed over to Commander Darren. All war horses will be given priority to them to ensure that each vehicle is fully equipped." Four fast horses for driving, one war horse for each man, a thousand men equipped with spears, and a thousand men equipped with crossbows.”
The number of horses in Darauma is only in short supply, not at all. Tethyr is a kingdom of knights after all, and horses are an important means of transportation. As long as there are conditions, manor owners and even farmers will keep a few horses. Used as a means of transportation.
The two thousand people brought by Copperfield all came on war horses, and some even had one or two spare horses or burden horses.
These war horses and rhinos are probably the personal belongings of these warriors and mercenaries, so naturally they cannot be requisitioned casually.
But you can buy the excess from them at a high price and distribute it to places in need. This is also the next thing to do.
Gavin turned to look at another woman who stood out from the crowd and said: "Ms. Carissa, I would like to ask you to serve as the deputy commander of this legion and lead all the Goliaths to form General Darren's personal guard to assist him in controlling The whole army.”
He had just scanned Darren's specific attributes and found that the profession he transferred was not a warrior, but a spell-casting professional battlefield mage unique to Tethyr, with only three professional levels.
This kind of mage usually undergoes various military training from an early age and does not require much knowledge of the mage, because this profession gives up part of the improvement of a regular mage (only half of the spell slots of a regular mage) and specializes in combat spellcasting and wand use.
The professional levels of three battlefield mages are enough to allow them to use three-ring magic wands like sixth-level ordinary mages. The most representative ones are naturally the fireball wand and the paralysis wand, allowing them to become spell forts on the battlefield, providing group attacks and Control support.
His attributes are well-proportioned, all above twelve points, and the highest one is naturally intelligence, which reaches fourteen points.
In front of a group of monsters like Gavin, he is naturally not impressive, but compared to his peers, especially those with a lack of basic education, he is already considered to be born with high intelligence.
Want to control an army, especially one where rebellious mercenaries make up the majority.
As Copperfield said, Darren's personal combat ability is a major shortcoming. It is too late to use the elite grace of Zalanda's way of war to catalyze his improvement to the extraordinary.
Gavin can only equip him with a capable lieutenant and a group of powerful personal guards. This group of Goliaths, who are tall and powerful and have amazing close combat capabilities, is undoubtedly the best choice.
"As you command." Carissa stood up and obeyed.
When she agreed to help Gavin and escort the Dalauma immigrants to the valley, she had already adjusted her mentality and regarded herself as one of Gavin's soldiers.
Gavin turned around this time and said to the young man who was a little confused, as if he was dreaming: "Don't refuse in a hurry. You will know if you are qualified or not. You will know after trying it. Keep this book. This is a brand new way of war. There are some things in it." Regarding the application records of sidecars and car formations, I will give you three days to come up with a draft for preparing a vanguard army and the specific use of car formations. Don't worry about right or wrong, think boldly. Forming an army is not We will also assist you with some preparation work."
This matter is only a preliminary decision. Whether Darren is qualified to be the commander of the sidecar army depends on his subsequent performance.
Darren was being pushed to put it on the shelf. He took the copy of the Way of War from Gavin's hand and said loudly: "I will definitely do my best to complete this matter, but I have a request. Please allow the young master and the city lord."
"explain."
"Can you transfer the cavalry brigade I originally led to me?"
After Gavin and Zalanda looked at each other, Gavin nodded and said: "As long as you can convince them to follow you, that's fine, but I want to warn you in advance, nepotism is not advisable, especially in this new era. Form an army."
Darren saluted respectfully and said: "I follow the teachings of the young master. I just need my own trusted informants so that I can understand and control the entire army. As for how well they can do it, it depends on their abilities. I won't do it because of that. Their relationship with us is promoted at will, and they will not deny merit in order to avoid suspicion."
Gavin laughed, "Look, you have successfully taken the first step. Keep working in this direction. You can sit down too."
With a wave of his hand, Gavin ordered someone to add another seat.
Darren couldn't refuse, so he could only sit down, but he didn't dare to sit down, so he just sat in a corner.
Regardless of his age or strength, he felt inexplicably weak sitting in this room.
This is a normal phenomenon in promotion. He still needs some time to adapt. The most important thing is to build up his self-confidence. The simplest way is to quickly accumulate outstanding military achievements. This is not something that can be achieved just by thinking about it.
Gavin ignored Darren's little thoughts, but turned to Nora and said: "The Nott Guards also need to expand, and I will give you a thousand places, whether it is recruiting from immigrants or mercenaries, Before setting off, set up the airs for me and recruit enough people."
For a migration team of tens of thousands of people, a cavalry team of one hundred people is too small.
A thousand people were still established, and there was the Blood Claw Legion in front to help them clear the way.
"Promise to complete the mission." Nora responded confidently.
The one hundred Nott Guards in her hands were originally used as seeds. Each person brought ten recruits, which was a thousand-man army.
As for running-in training, it can only be done on the road.
After a series of appointments, the framework of the entire immigration team was basically set up, and then it was just a matter of filling it with civilians.
There were still several key appointments left, so Gavin no longer consulted everyone's opinions, but directly made the decision: "Anna, you will serve as the quartermaster and captain of the medical team for this immigration, and you will be responsible for coordinating the supplies we carry. Organize all the pastors and doctors among the immigrants to form a medical team to handle various medical matters.
Laura, you are responsible for controlling all Treants and Enlightenment Trees, and assisting Anna in material supervision, distribution and other related matters. You must formulate corresponding procedures as soon as possible to ensure the management and control of materials. "
This matter is naturally a top priority.
If people eat horse chews, the amount of food consumed every day will be a terrifying amount. It must be managed by a dedicated team and controlled by trustworthy people.
Gavin is now determined to train Anna in this aspect.
Although Anna was still a little frightened, she didn't know the specific scale of the immigration this time, and she had accumulated some experience in Amphail Village, so she had a clue this time.
Zalanda raised a new question on the side: "Those immigrants have different wealth, some are rich in food and some are poor. How are you going to balance this? If you don't do it right, it will be Provoking internal conflicts.”
"I have already considered this issue." Gavin frowned involuntarily, "I have a preliminary idea, which is to purchase all the food in the hands of citizens according to market prices, conduct unified management and distribution, and Centuries serve as units, which will save a lot of time.
As for the bulky items that citizens need to carry, they will be registered and handed over to me to transport them to the manor through the shadow plane. When the time comes, only the people will be on the road, which will be much lighter. "
This is a typical military management model.
At that time, they will not be leading a group of immigrants, but an army.
"If you agree with me, I will personally come forward to help advance this matter." Zalanda took the initiative.
"This matter belongs to none other than the Lord of the City. Others do not have such a high influence. After all, this is a major matter related to their life and death. It is likely to give rise to resistance." Gavin couldn't help but sigh, "Actually, The best solution to this matter is not to pay cash on the spot, but to wait until they arrive in the valley and then pay them, or use food as cash. However, this matter requires a very high degree of trust. I am afraid that the city lord will No."
"Winning the trust of the people is a long and arduous task. As long as you can successfully bring them back to the valley, you will initially achieve this." Zalanda also knows the difficulty of this matter, "Even I can't do it. To convince them 100%, we are making two-way preparations for this matter. Those who are willing to sell food to us will be responsible for the entire food supply. Those who are unwilling to sell to us will let them solve it on their own until they Until the grain is sold to us, I estimate that a large part of the grain transaction will be completed on the road, so you have to be mentally prepared."
"This is indeed an effective compromise." Gavin agreed. "The migration process will also be a process for us to get along with each other and gain trust. Just follow what the Lord of the City said."
What Gavin and Zalanda said has a major premise, that is, if the food provided on the road is sufficient and the distribution is fair and reasonable, the citizens will sell the food to them one after another and distribute and manage it uniformly. Otherwise, It will only have the opposite effect.
In this regard, not only the person involved, Gavin, but also Zalanda was deeply confident, because she believed that Gavin was not the kind of short-sighted person who would not do stupid things for petty gains.
With the introduction of a series of policies, it indeed caused an uproar throughout Dalauma.
"What do you think about selling grain to Lord Gavin and having them distribute it uniformly under military control?"
“There are pros and cons.”
"Let's hear the details."
"The advantage is that when we sell food to Lord Gavin, he will bear the cost of migration food for free, which will reduce our burden along the way. We only need to take the simplest luggage on the road. He is already at the recruitment point and has shown a lot of food. It’s real money and can’t be faked. I heard that some people have already entered military control, and the food provided is very good.”
"What about the cons?"
"The disadvantage is that without food in hand, we are completely tied to Lord Gavin and can only follow him all the way to the dark side. Once there is a shortage of food, it will be a collective nature. At that time, everything can only be pinned on Gavin. On the lord’s way of doing things.”
"I don't think the disadvantages you mentioned exist. Since we have chosen to travel thousands of miles away on the road of migration, we have chosen to believe in the Lord of Zalanda, believe in Lord Gavin's character, and believe that we can seek better results in the valley. A good life?
If you can't give him this trust, you might as well stay in Darauma honestly, at least you don't need to take any risks.
As for being completely tied up, when you get to the wilderness, even if you are given enough food, do you dare to leave the group and walk into the wilderness alone?
Once on the road, we must follow the large group to the dark, and we must trust Lord Gavin.
When the time comes, they choose to compulsorily collect grain and unify military control. How are you going to respond?
Therefore, it is the most correct choice to obey the big policy, sell all the food and materials to Lord Gavin, and go on the road with gold coins.
If the lord wants to gain our allegiance, he must treat us well. Even if we are slaves, those slave owners will not let them starve to death on the road, otherwise they will lose their value. "
"Sir's words are truly wise words. He analyzes the whole matter extremely thoroughly. Anyway, I can't reach the valley with the food in my own hands. I might as well leave it to Guy from the beginning." Lord Wen is in charge.
By then, even this food will be saved. I heard that the valley is a famous granary, and we can buy more food with the gold coins in our hands. "
"Yes, even if we prepare enough food for the journey, what will we do when we get to the valley? In the end, we have to rely on Lord Gavin? This decision is nothing more than whether to make it sooner or later."
"Even if you are selling, don't be so sincere. Prepare some easy-to-carry food in advance, so you can have emergency supplies in critical moments."
"Ha, even a fool can have this little thought."
"If you tell me that, I'm worse than an idiot."
"You won't leave any of it and sell it all, right?"
"Yes, anyway, I am alone. I have enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. Don't forget my old profession. I am a hunter. As long as I have a bow in my hand and walk in the wilderness, do I have to worry about not having enough to eat?"
"That's right. I heard that we are recruiting hunters like you to prepare a hunting team. It is probably to prepare hunting supplies along the way."
"I just came back from there. They gave me such a small card and asked me to report to the military camp. I don't know what kind of job I was assigned."
"No matter what job, it is a good thing. I heard that no matter what job, there will be corresponding subsidies. When the settlement is unified in the valley."
"Is there such a good thing? I wonder if there is a job suitable for me?"
"You can ask, and at worst, you can become a collector."
"Let's go and see together."
(End of chapter)
