Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 34 The boring life of a lord

"I have never seen such love for the people in my life."

Benji said to Arthur.

He was a standard bachelor, wearing a formal gray robe and a necklace with a bachelor's emblem.

It is said that people who are familiar with this kind of necklace can tell the rank of the owner.

The original owner's family did not employ or come into contact with many bachelors, so Benji's rank could not be seen from the necklace.

"I just treat them as human beings." Arthur responded lightly.

It has been ten days since Benji arrived. After he took over the command, the project suddenly became standardized and orderly.

The ring pit has been excavated for half a month, and the wall is also being dug simultaneously. The outline of the stockade Arthur envisioned has already taken shape.

The design of the ring pit was supported by Benji, and he also added a few points, that is, the ground between the stone wall and the ring pit can be piled up a little more inclined.

Just enough to stand, but not to use strength.

And in the ring pit, dead water is introduced, mixed with soft soil, and made into mud.

The pit was also dug a little deeper, about one and a half meters deep.

In this case, once the soldiers in armor fall into it, they can't get out without the help of outsiders.

Arthur also thinks that this kind of mud pit in the moat is stronger than his original idea.

After all, intellectuals are more malicious!

The two thousand adult men promised by Earl Janos have also arrived. They are carrying large stones from the river every day and transforming them into suitable shapes under the command of stonemasons.

The whole village is large enough to accommodate three thousand people for food, drink, defecation and urination.

In order to ensure drinking water and hygiene, Arthur also ordered ten wells to be dug and dozens of toilets to be built.

Of course, a large number of wooden houses were built around Arthur's castle.

The most common tall tree in the river is the beech tree. This is a deciduous tree that can reach a height of 30 meters and is a good material for making furniture.

The workshops along the three rivers use the wood of this tree to make handicrafts that are popular in the seven countries.

Of course, beech trees are also used to build wooden houses and repair the walls of the stockade.

"Then you keep an eye on it, I'll go and see how the new recruits are training."

"I'm happy to serve you, Lord Arthur."

After Arthur said goodbye to Benji, he went to the training ground around the castle.

Here, Amber was letting the newly recruited militia get familiar with their weapons, the half-sword.

After Arthur proposed to build the stockade, he recruited fifty militiamen in the name of strengthening the defense of the territory.

They were all strong men selected from various villages.

These people did not participate in the construction of the stockade, but only trained with several elite soldiers who assisted Amber and Bracken every day.

Let Amber organize it, it was really that Arthur had no one under his command.

You can't let the guest soldiers manage it, right?

As for the armor, there is no armor yet, and Arthur needs to think of a way.

He hasn't made up his mind yet whether to rob some or go out and find a great noble to buy it.

He did get a batch of weapons.

One hundred half-swords from the Beauty Market.

This most common knight sword in Westeros is also called a one-handed sword, a handguard sword, or a single-handed mixed sword.

According to the development of weapons in the previous life, this was the mainstream weapon in the late Middle Ages in Western Europe.

The product features are the integration of the stabbing of the knight's sword, the slashing and slashing of the two-handed sword, and the classic of the long sword.

There are no obvious disadvantages, nor are there any outstanding advantages. The main focus is on balance.

Thanks to the extremely popular knight culture in Westeros, the weapons equipped by the army are also knighted.

In addition to the half-handed sword, the infantry are generally equipped with round shields, knight sword shields, duel shields and other shields.

The concave shield used for lances will not be equipped in large quantities by the army.

What Arthur couldn't understand was why no lord in this land liked to give soldiers weapons such as lances and spears?

For small-scale battles, the combination of shield and sword is indeed more suitable.

With a slightly larger number of people, the combination of lances and battle formations is obviously advantageous.

And no army likes to equip a large number of crossbows.

Whether it is arm-drawn crossbows, waist-drawn crossbows, leg-drawn crossbows, or King Joffrey's rocker crossbows and bed crossbows, there are not a large number of troops equipped with them.

As for crossbows, in addition to plate armor, chain mail and halberd armor can break through the defense.

Leather armor, cloth armor, etc., bows and arrows can break through the defense and cause casualties.

Arthur guessed that this abnormal development of weapons was influenced by the dragons of the Targaryen family.

As long as a dragon appears, it is an overwhelming advantage, and ordinary soldiers can't influence the situation at all.

In this abnormal atmosphere, the long spears and crossbows that should have been developed have all stagnated.

Only the armor has been updated and developed to the level of plate armor.

Ordinary soldiers have become the security brigade and noble bodyguards, with a function of collecting taxes at most.

Arthur wondered whether he should discuss with Benji to see if he could get some long spears, crossbows, etc. to equip his troops.

"My lord, our training business is booming." A recruit said to him.

They are called recruits, but on Arthur's troop panel, they are called peasant soldiers.

After he carefully studied the panel, he came up with the upgrade path of an ordinary soldier.

There are five levels in total. Taking the Hejian soldiers as an example, the first level is the unarmored peasant soldiers, then recruits, veterans, warriors, and shield-carrying heavy infantry.

The 100 elite soldiers who assisted in the defense of Shili City are at the level of third-level veterans.

And Amber is also a veteran.

The previous 35 were shown as second-level recruits.

After knowing this, Arthur was deeply shocked.

Among the soldiers who truly belonged to him, there was only one veteran soldier, and the rest were recruits and unarmored peasant soldiers.

It seemed that they had not been trained or fought.

With this little strength now, they could not go out to fight to upgrade their soldiers, so Arthur could only order them to increase their training intensity every day.

"Continue training." The lord responded.

"Amber, you also practice." Arthur saw the steward standing in front and ordered.

Now all the soldiers under his command had to be trained by him.

Amber had a bitter face and reluctantly joined the training team, and was guided by the elite soldiers who assisted in the defense to practice sword dancing.

After watching a twisted sword dance, Arthur returned to the site of the fort to supervise the progress.

Both Arthur's subjects and the laborers on the south bank were working very hard.

He couldn't find a typical lazy person.

Ah, this boring and boring life of a lord.

There wasn't even a maid in black silk in the castle, and Arthur really felt a little bored.

He now understood why the king and the great nobles held a tournament to attract knights and nobles from all over the continent.

Because staying in one's own territory was too boring.

Not everyone married N wives like Marquis Walder Frey.

And Arthur himself, no noble around him was willing to marry his precious daughter to him.

Just when he was bored, someone came over.

"We found Cyril's trace."

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