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Therefore, during this period of time, he could only focus on increasing revenue and reducing expenditure at the moment. While selecting the strongest troops in the city to expand, they also sent people to set up checkpoints along the roads to intercept and contain the stragglers scattered among the people. On the one hand, quotas were adopted and the old, weak, women and children in the city were hired to work.
In the end, after excluding the old, weak, injured and those who had just begun training, there were still about 1,300 intact soldiers left. Then according to the existing military structure of the kingdom, they were re-armed and classified into roughly six companies (200+).
Among them, the second and fourth companies are companies of white soldiers mainly equipped with swords, shields/knives and axes; the third and fifth companies are companies of spears mainly equipped with spears, axes, guns, and hooks and sickles. The first and sixth companies are strike (support and suppression) companies mainly equipped with crossbows and fire guns.
In the first (strike) company, most of the firearms in the army are concentrated; it is organized into two musketry brigades (70+) and a crossbowman brigade; the sixth company is a crossbowman brigade and two bows and arrows Brigade. The 1st Gun Corps formed an additional grenade squadron (25 men).
They mainly focus on the veterans with the best arm strength and the most accurate throwing in the army. After getting started with simple training, he is responsible for throwing some incendiary cans filled with asphalt and kerosene, or special gunpowder bottles/gunpowder bags; and minimizing the probability of accidentally injuring friendly troops in the front row.
In addition, the Second Gun Corps has an additional Thunder Squadron (42 people) with seven variegated artillery pieces; and if it is in the field or in an offensive state, each combat company will form an additional one for management. Auxiliary squadrons (3 to 40 people) for livestock, horses and transporting baggage.
Moreover, Jiang Tian discovered that in this era, although there were already widely used firearms, the level of use was quite low; they were still at a level between fire gate guns and matchlock guns. Even if artillery has been invented for attacking and fighting, it is still a rather bulky front-loaded stone cannon.
Regarding the use of various explosives and arson methods, there is basically a blank. Therefore, this also gives Jiangtian room and prospects for redevelopment. To this end, he even held a simple and grand founding ceremony for the Southern Freedom Army and the Guerrilla Corps after the war.
After appointing many lieutenant, non-commissioned officer and sergeant titles, he also personally conducted an exclusive flag-giving ceremony for them. The new flag is also a revised version of the Kingdom’s military flag. The blue flag, with nineteen white irises surrounding eight golden stars, representing the kingdom's provinces and royal territories, has changed to a smiling golden sun on a blue background.
Now that the number and organization are there, the equipment and equipment are sufficient for the time being, and a ten-year salary has just been distributed according to the military rank and position; next, it is time to cheer up the momentum and the enthusiasm to defeat the enemy, which has not completely dissipated. before; looking for a new goal.
So two days later, Jiang Tian led a thousand well-equipped soldiers and left the city of Midonie; along the tributary of the Pentium Rhone River, after a day and night of marching and training, he appeared covered with dust. In a valley dozens of miles south of Midonie City.
Not far outside the valley, it is also the southernmost provincial boundary in the usual sense. From the adjacent provinces of Ardèche in the southeast, the provinces of Gard and Vaucluse in the south, and the province of Haut-Provence in the southwest, there are corresponding ancient roads/provincial roads/kingdom roads that intersect here.
"Is this the Castle of Pollagero? The only place where food can be stored within a radius of dozens of miles?" Jiang Tian looked at the gray-white city walls in the valley floor, on the side of the ancient road passed down from the Roman era, on the majestic mountains and dense forests. And he asked: "It still seems like that."
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"My lord, it's absolutely true." Someone quickly replied. But he is one of the few lower-level officials remaining in Midonie City; the provincial post office appointed the local agent, Armand, with rough and dark skin. "Under the orders of senior officials, I personally participated in the escort and headed in this direction overnight."
"Although I used the cover of night to conceal the specific scene on the road, based on my experience of many business trips, the final return location should be near here." Armand continued to explain: " After that, several batches went south but did not return."
The so-called Boragelo Castle looks so large that when you stand at the foot of the mountain, you can barely see the outline of the city wall through the dense forest. The castle is also named after Viscount Polagello; it is said that he is also the illegitimate son of the former Archbishop Aramis.
It was only when the 19-year-old Viscount Polagello died in the Royal War of Northern Italy that he had just signed a marriage contract. Therefore, as one of the few archbishops in the kingdom, he also led many ministers. Abbot Aramis named this castle in his honor.
However, the Archbishop of Aramis was later involved in a conspiracy related to the chief minister of the kingdom; he was eventually forced to flee the country. In the last few years of his life, he encountered the amnesty list of the royal family; he was finally able to return to his country to die. , and is buried in this castle of Pollagero.
Therefore, the castle is actually one of the branches of the Abbey of Noisy-le-Sec in this province; it originated from the Cistercian sect of the Kingdom's Church. Most Cistercian monasteries were built in areas far away from crowds and surrounded by forests; they were also advocates of the "reclamation movement" led by monks.
Now, under the imminent threat of foreign invasion, this large monastery-like castle is located near a major transportation road but is relatively hidden. In this way, the probability of becoming a big shot in the county or even the provincial capital, transferring and hiding property and materials, and even sheltering the conservatives and the royal party is not small.
Of course, now this mountain fortress has become the first prey of the newly established Free Army/guerrilla group. In fact, in Jiang Tian's observation room, behind the crenellations of the mountain castle, metal reflections flickered from time to time, which was obviously not the defense force of a serious monastery.
However, although this castle does not have a long history of construction, it is undoubtedly the largest and most dangerous fortress in the county. Especially on the seemingly gentle hillside, the zigzag road up is enough to expose any attacker to condescending blows and threats for a long time.
As for the Castle of Pollagero, the city wall layout is also divided into three levels; the base of the lowest level is made of densely packed stones according to the mountain topography; and on the stone base, it is built with gray-white bricks. The main body of the city wall. On the main body of the city wall, there is another wooden shelter and arrow tower.
In addition, Jiang Tian also saw a mountain stream winding down, and the source of the mountain stream was a dozens-foot waterfall gushing out of a spacious drainage outlet under the castle's base. . Obviously, behind the mountain the castle rests on, there is also a hidden source of sufficient water or a pool.
Not to mention, in addition to more than a hundred registered deans, academicians, priests, monks, and monks, as well as an unknown number of lay believers who follow and keep the oath, there may also be several times that number of nobles, officials' guards, and personal followers. . Therefore, just relying on these few soldiers may not be able to attack the enemy in a short period of time.
But fortunately, when Jiang Tian led his troops, he did not intend to pay a heavy price for a strong attack or a long-term siege. In other words, these soldiers came just to bear witness in a certain sense, and as a guarantee measure for the aftermath and just in case. So the next moment, a crisp bird whistle was blown.
Then, in the forest on the side of the road up the mountain, more than a dozen soldiers in short clothes and straddling ropes also passed through the rocks, shrubs, weeds, and the cover of dense tree branches; during the particularly painful wait, and from time to time gravel, It took a whole morning to climb to the top amidst the noise of rolling clods of earth.
Then, where they had climbed, they had tied them to the tree trunks or nailed wooden stakes with lead ropes to provide relay help for more climbing companions. Therefore, after Jiang Tian had a leisurely lunch of fresh cheese pancakes, more than a hundred soldiers had gathered under the city wall.
However, I don’t know if the people in the castle were too confident and overconfident, or if they were lax and negligent; during this process, even the birds in the forest were frightened several times, but the top of the city remained unchanged. There was no response or other unnecessary movement.
So, it was Jiang Tian's turn for his personal performance. I saw him holding his hands firmly between the gaps in the wall foundations. His whole body did not move in the harsh mountain wind, and he climbed to the top of the wall in three strokes.
