Remember in one second to provide you with wonderful novels to read. The passage of guest troops is like a plague of locusts from the sky. This saying is not just rhetoric.
No matter how elite your army is, soldiers need to eat. People are made of iron and will be starving if they don't eat. It costs a lot of money for people to eat what horses chew.
Let’s talk about the equipment of soldiers. It is impossible to be fully armed at all times during long-distance marches. One-third were fully armed, one-third only wore breastplates, and the remaining armor was packed and carried on their backs, which was not easy. Every two hours, everyone takes turns.
Don't use the grand military appearance at the military parade when the army goes out to say the matter. After leaving the city only twenty miles away, King Carlos's first order was to disarm all the troops. The first reaction of the soldiers was that the boss was a veteran. Those who can lead troops in battle will have their loyalty increased by one.
War is not a treat, and fighting is not a game of play. In a life-and-death fight, the battle is about courage, the battle is about skills, and the competition is about physical strength. The cavalry's charge to defeat the enemy, and the way the soldiers' front points are directed are all bluffing jokes in knight's novels, written just for young men and ladies to kill time. A real battlefield fight, unless the terrain is open and the strength of the troops is hugely disparity, like the way His Majesty the King of Alterac, Carlos Barov, surrounded and annihilated the troll team in Blackwood Lake, otherwise, when the enemy is evenly matched, a battle of hundreds of people will take place. It is very common to play for more than an hour.
In such situations, the side with the physical advantage can often win the final victory.
Even if you take the main road, transporting ordnance, food and grass is a fatal matter.
Originally, Terenas's condition was that Alterac send 10,000 troops to help coordinate with Stratholme's guards to defend the surrounding areas. However, the regent Grand Duke Alex made a settlement with the plenipotentiary envoy of the Kingdom of Lordaeron. , and led the envoys to observe the training of Alterac soldiers. The envoy sincerely agreed to the condition that Alterac only send 6,000 troops on the basis that the price remained unchanged, and he continued to praise Alex Barov for his righteousness.
Why?
Raising military rations.
According to the agreement, outside the territory of the Kingdom of Alterac, the supply of food and fodder for the army should be borne by the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Terenas, who had a big family and a big business, naturally couldn't do anything but let the horses run without giving them grass to eat. But after Andorhal, there are no towns along the way that can supply the food and grass needed by the army. And where there is the ability to supply. One is in Darrowshire, one is in Stratholme, one is in the opposite direction, and one is at the end of the destination.
So raising food and grass has become a headache.
Because the war in the Hillbrad Hills continues. The output of the Barov family's fiefdoms of Brill, Keldaron, and the alpine pastures near Stannbraid have become the sustenance of the Alterac Kingdom. Don't count on Alterac. The kingdom provides its own food while it fights for others.
But Carlos didn't want to ruin his reputation, so he had to spend money and buy it by force along the way.
Holding Terenas' blank handwriting. The envoy signed this order on the blank document: The friendly army is under the jurisdiction of His Majesty Carlos Barov, King of Alterac. Officials from all parts of the Kingdom of Lordaeron should fully supply food, grass and military supplies. His Majesty King Carlos Barov's seal certifies that the price of the same period the year before last can be used as a reference to force the purchase, and the price difference will be made up by the Kingdom after the war, with the seal of His Majesty King Carlos Barov as the letter. Order of Terenas Menethil II of the Kingdom of Lordaeron.
At first, when the little nobles along the way saw this order from their king, they cried and cried, and the earth collapsed, and they couldn't live their lives. War times. Food is expensive. What was the price last year? Is the price of food the year before last half as expensive as the price of food now? And this was a forced conquest ordered by the king.
As a result, Carlos was very unhappy and felt that he had been tricked by Terenas.
However, as the scribes sent by Grand Duke Alex Regent with the army traveled around and talked for a few days, the nobles and rich peasants in the Stratholme area suddenly became enlightened, understood, understood, and enlightened.
This is not a forced purchase or a loss-making transaction. This is a pie-in-the-sky thing. His Majesty King Carlos is the God of Wealth descending to earth!
"Forced purchase. The price difference will be made up by the kingdom after the war."
The envoy from the Kingdom of Lordaeron was eager to get Alterac to send troops for rescue, and he was very lenient in terms of conditions. He was a good player in politics, but his economic acumen was not so good. He only thought that the forced expropriation of grain and grass might cause dissatisfaction among the local nobles. So I added an empty promise to make up for the price difference.
The little nobles didn't understand this at first. They said it nicely, just to make up the difference, you would be exempted from taxes as much as the amount of grain you donated. They still want to use the price of grain during the war to talk to His Majesty the King? After the war, Lordaeron still has the final say, His Majesty Terenas.
But inspired by the scribe trained by Alex. Everyone understands, understands, enlightens, and enlightens.
"With the seal of His Majesty King Carlos Barov."
How much he donates is not up to His Majesty Terenas, but to His Majesty Carlos!
Then the secretaries of Grand Duke Alex Regent said privately, you can give me as much as you want. If you pay a pound of grain, I will ask His Majesty to issue you a receipt for one pound and five pounds. If you can give me more, Add a little bit of that and that and that and that. A receipt for two kilograms is not a problem. If the quantity is sufficient and the quality is good, I can also get you a receipt for three kilograms!
The nobles, lords, rich peasants, and wealthy businessmen suddenly realized that they could still play like this! It turns out that bread should be eaten with cheese!
The people of Lordaeron who have turned this corner have given full play to their subjective initiative. I don't have enough food and I can't accept the iron. Please give me a receipt for a few kilograms. I will send donkeys and horses to help you transport materials. I don't want money, so you can give me a receipt. I'll give you a receipt for how many kilograms there are. It's so complicated, so I can just spend the money to buy it. Tell me how your Majesty Carlos is going to sell this receipt. Please give me a price!
For a time, the food problem that troubled Carlos's army was solved. The food delivery teams from Andoham and Darrow County kept chasing Carlos' team. The soldiers didn't even have to carry their own armor and luggage. There were farmers nearby. His family did not believe that the kind and wise King Terenas would owe everyone in the entire region money!
Businessmen from Alterac even came to the door and wanted to participate in this feast, but Carlos refused.
Auntie Liang rows without an oar, and a politician kills without a knife!
Watching his father use a piece of paper that looked like waste paper to him in exchange for the support of the people in Darrow County and Stratholme, Carlos was filled with admiration but also felt a chill in his heart. Chilling to the bone——politics is so terrible!
I originally thought that as long as I had peerless martial arts and a strong body, I could change my destiny.
Now it seems that I am still too naive. If my father does not deal with the aftermath, the iron crown of the Kingdom of Alterac may break my back!
"Oh, oh, Carlos, your father, Grand Duke Alex, is really amazing, really amazing!"
"Politics as dirty as Silvermoon City."
In Turalyon and Alleria's comments, Carlos became even more fearful of Terenas. You know, Alex highly praised Terenas' political wisdom and said that he was ashamed of himself. Now that he has cheated Terenas like this, will the general account be settled afterwards?
With doubts, Carlos sent his men to write a letter to his father quickly.
When Carlos got the reply, he felt relieved. There was only one sentence in the reply: "Either don't do it, or do it bigger. The people of Lordaeron are your solid backing!"
"Hahahahahahaha, I, Carlos, never leave my name behind when I do good deeds, so just call me Lei Feng!"
After figuring out his joints, Carlos couldn't help but start convulsing.
"Has he been like this before? He seems to be a very stable person. Why is he acting so suddenly?" Alleria asked Turalyon.
"Maybe it's Carlos's special skill in adjusting his mood." Although Turayan was very happy that Alleria took the initiative to talk to him, as a paladin, he couldn't make up random arrangements, so he had to guess carefully.
"Last time it was a red scarf, and now it's Lei Feng again. How many nicknames does Carlos have?" Alleria said with a look of disbelief on her face.
"I also heard about Zhao Zilong and Optimus Prime, and by the way, there was also Xiao Penyu." In front of the goddess, Turalyon decisively betrayed his teammates. (To be continued.)
ps: I still owe 4 chapters, I will never default on my debt, um, I will never. .
