Vol 3 Chapter 20: Silent Eve

The Empire has strict control over the guards and private soldiers owned by nobles at all levels. This is the lesson of the collapse of a great Tang empire 1200 years ago.
The Tang empire has more territories than the Amy empire today. It has 4,000 miles of empire, 40 million domestic residents, 1 million apprentices, more than 50 magicians and magicians, and more than 30 dragon knights. However, such a huge empire collapsed in only 157 years after its founding. The main reason is the noble private soldiers.
There are dozens of great officials in the Tang Dynasty under the empire, mostly princes, dukes, and marquises. The largest Duke of Anlu Mountain in Caiyi has 280,000 iron armor, and Count Guo Ziyi has only 40,000 people in Qingqi ... The total number of private soldiers of the Viscount Hou has actually tripled the royal army of the Tang Empire. All the princes with certain private soldiers have established the Principality in the face of the king's decree in the Tang empire and listened to the announcement. Therefore, the Tang empire was only 23 years old from its demise to its final destruction.
The Amy Empire clearly stated that the number of private soldiers (including mercenaries) at the royal and duke levels cannot exceed 3000, 2000 marquis, 1000 earls, 500 viscounts, 100 barons, and 50 imperial knights. Among them, the total number of marshals with guards and private soldiers cannot exceed 6000. Within the famous family, the total number of noble private soldiers within three generations cannot exceed 6000.
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Declining to invite the Viscount Fan and many nobles for the dinner invitation, Amy entrusted Hornes and Daqingshan, who were still in better condition, as representatives of the small mercenary group to report to the headquarters of the Imperial Lion River Defense District. Amy and the other small mercenaries lifted the injured partner from the stretcher to the mercenary regiment temporarily hired by Lionheart City.
"Your Excellency, don't you have any complaints about my failure to rescue the soldiers ..." There was a soft greeting from the highest commander in the theater.
Amy's body paused for a moment: "Where, even as a mercenary, you should be sure that your task is to defend the Lion River field and the largest cities and major continental roads in them. If these are not lost, then this area is still Imperial. Just hope that the brothers who died today will not die in vain. "Amy did not look back, leaving words that were polite and could not judge the correct meaning.
The unspeakable Great Green Mountain and the undesirable Horns described the entire experience of the past 15 days in the impeccable most concise and most accurate military terms, although the military and nobles have successively moved from the Imperial Army in the past month The Ministry received or obtained legal and illegal reports about the brave and brave warriors of foreign continents, but most officers in the military think this is the weak Hughes Empire Army and mercenary Empire mercenaries are incompetent Cover words, and nobles do not believe that there is such a strong army in the world. At this time, the descriptions of the two mercenaries who had just escaped from the death trap made them re-judgment on their past knowledge-among the imperial nobles, the dragon slaughterers like Amy, Daqingshan and Famous powerhouses such as Chi Aotian and Horns have given quite a high evaluation. If the evaluation of the enemy is extremely strong is from the mouth of these powerhouses, it is undoubtedly the best advertising word. Most nobles have shown a completely opposite attitude, and their faces are even more ugly.
The straight jaws of the tight facial skin of the two guests undoubtedly showed that they did not want to continue to be guests for more than a moment. The longtime nobles soon discovered this and did not force them to stay an extra minute.
For the first time, all the rap nobles were removed so easily. Viscount Fan and the main person in charge of his own defense zone and members of the staff again revised the combat plan. After the meeting, the squadron squadron leader of the squadron under the zone rode his Eudemons lion eagle to Didu overnight to report the latest situation to the military.
In the fifteen days since then, the Lion River Defence Zone has been extremely quiet-even quieter than before the war. No one can see this quiet and peaceful surface can believe that it was once a battlefield now filled with smoke.
The Imperial Ministry received the report from the Lion River Defence Zone, and once again raised the level of war-all the regular troops except the northern federal army entered the first level of war alert, and all the swordsman battalions entered the second level of war alert. The mercenary regiments returned to their original locations within 20 days and coordinated their garrison; all non-empire registered mercenary regiments left the empire within 20 days.
The Imperial Ministry of War once again issued a war mobilization order. All the imperial aristocrats must provide the Imperial Military Corps with a third-tier armed force of no less than 1/80 of the total number of residents in their cities according to the loyalty rule of the imperial aristocrats.
Such large-scale war mobilization orders have occurred several times in the 500 years since the founding of the empire. Under this level of mobilization order, a total of 170,000 regular troops, the same number of swordsmen troops, 40,000 mercenary teams, 40,000 noble guard regular troops, 300,000 noble temporary troops, a total of 700,000 troops were mobilized.
The nationals of the Amy Empire impose a tithe. All nationals are required to pay 1/10 of their total income as imperial tax, and the income of an ordinary soldier is basically equivalent to the income of an ordinary imperial resident. Therefore, other expenses are not considered. Ten residents feed a soldier.
In fact, the operation of a huge national machine, whether it is normal expenditure or normal wear and tear and very normal black hole wear, requires several times the funds. In the peaceful years, all armament expenditures of the Amy Empire accounted for 10% of the country ’s total expenditures. Based on this number, it is not difficult to conclude that the actual total population of the empire is between 15 million and 20 million. The mobilization of a total of 700,000 troops means that 20-30 imperial citizens will share the expenses of one soldier. This is only the income and regular expenditure of the soldier. The equipment of an ordinary swordsman needs at least one ordinary citizen ’s income for 2 months to purchase, and the equipment of an ordinary heavy infantry needs at least one ordinary citizen. The annual income can only be purchased. An ordinary light cavalry horse and equipment require at least one ordinary citizen's income for 2 to 3 years to purchase. An ordinary heavy cavalry horse and equipment maintenance requires at least one ordinary citizen's income for about 5 years Only to be interested, not to mention the powerful dragon knights, and the empire alone has more than 20,000 medium and heavy knights, and at least 5 million people will be taxed by the armed forces in recent years. Call for a one-time consumption of light, not to mention how much black hole erosion.
As far as the Imperial Ministry is concerned, this heavy burden is undesirable to bear anyway. Maintaining 700,000 troops for one year means that the Empire will be in a deficit phase or wartime taxes must be levied in the next two years.
but……
War is not particularly inconvenient for ordinary residents of the empire. The average resident rarely needs to travel ten miles to do things, let alone deal with the imperial soldiers who set up cards on the mainland highway. Some mainland highways have not been closed.
For businessmen, there are indeed some inconveniences, if small businessmen are also considered businessmen. As long as there are some merchants who will use some unique channels in their hands, and take advantage of the special period when other merchants cannot purchase from other places, they will do a lot of good for the country and the people; even if they are small merchants who have no way, as long as they are somewhat mental, if they do n’t It seems impossible to take advantage of this opportunity to greatly stockpile food and iron, copper and other resources that may be classified as war materials. Various materials of the empire are flowing at abnormal prices. It is foreseeable that countless small business hawkers will use some of the life and war materials in their hands to become a new party.
For soldiers directly facing the war, for soldiers with ideas, this is the best time for them to build meritorious service. Of course, most of them do not have this idea, so history has always changed the soldiers without ideas into the casualties of war. a part of.
For nobles, most nobles believe that war will not adversely affect themselves in any case, and most nobles have not only their own guards, but also abide by the imperial aristocracy regulations, all male nobles over the age of 12 need Enter the Imperial Knight School to study, and most nobles are the titles obtained through the mode of war. In theory, each noble has a noble blood and a higher combat skill than ordinary soldiers. Most of them take the example of the famous imperial family such as the Chi family as their example. They also think that their children will also have better combat skills than their parents like the children of the Chi family. Therefore, their view of war is easy Imagined.
From this, war is not all a bad thing. At least, for the imperial people, nobles, and soldiers who have not experienced large-scale wars in the past 300 years, they do not consider it a bad thing.
For Viscount Fan and the Staff Headquarters of the Lion River Military Region, the biggest gain from the arrival of the small mercenary regiment is two things: 1. The strength of the foreign continent is surprisingly powerful. Hidden under the brave and warlike appearance of the soldiers, the officers of the foreign continent ’s army have a considerable Command skills.
2. There are no knights and bow-and-arms units of large scale and formed in the army of different continents. This should be due to the inconvenience of shipping.
These two news, good and bad, and mixed, most of the officers have seen some creatures from the fascist continent in the alien garden of the imperial capital. These barbarian creatures are strong and powerful, if the weapons are the same Under the circumstances, only one can knock down several imperial soldiers. On the continent of Eminor, probably only barbarians and dwarves can fight with them. Now, if you have a commander with considerable war skills, you have to admit that this war machine seems to have the invincible momentum of the world.
Viscount Fan delivered the task to the Flame Knights of the Fire Lions that afternoon. The 3,500 light cavalry brigade was organized according to the squadron, regardless of day and night, it continuously attacked and harassed the outer positions of the different continents. Each war is controlled by a total of no more than 100 enemies, and as soon as enemy reinforcements appear, they are evacuated.
1000 heavy armoured cavalry squadrons and a large group of 4,500 light lance infantry regiments broke away from the main camp and set a new barracks 10 miles west to serve as a relay station for the light cavalry brigades. If the light cavalry is under siege, this unit also has the task of supporting the siege.
In the West District of Shizihe, 80% is plains and grasslands, 5% is mountainous, and the other is woodland, which is undoubtedly extremely beneficial to the large-scale cavalry sports.
Like any Imperial legion, the Flame Knights are the main force of the Fire Lions. They consist of a 500-person ground dragon squadron, a 1,000-person heavy armor knight squadron, and a 3500-person light knight squadron. There is also a 300-person maintenance team. All the riders of the knights are from high-quality mass-produced red and maroon stallions 2 to 8 years old on the hinterland of the empire. The ground dragon is a rich land dragon from the east of the empire and the sacred desert empire. , The Imperial Army will assign all the red ground dragons to the Fire Lions.
Except for the Imperial Knight School graduates, all other people who want to enter the Cavaliers must pass three obstacles. First, they must serve in the Imperial Regular Force for more than 1 year. UU reading www.uukanshu.com must pass the bayonet or carbine assessment. Finally, a regular knight needs to be followed for a year, so that he can become an apprentice knight. The apprentice knight will be assessed for a year, and the knight's sword will be officially awarded by the head of the knight one year later-of course, this is a process in the peaceful era.
For the imperial soldiers, members of an ordinary knighthood are also symbols of faith, honor, and strength, and the knights under the command of the flame knight are even more indisputable.
The ordered Cavaliers fully demonstrated the unique strength of the Cavaliers-for the soldiers or patrolling squads of the Fascist continent, it was simply the maker of death.
Each time, a cavalry squadron swept from the jungle or from the back of the hill or from the night, and the knights' fiery cloak flew in the wind, as if the flames were rolling over the ground, a long bayonet Take away the soul of this goal. This cavalry squadron has just disappeared into the distance, and the other one is roaring from another direction ... never ending.
In the first two days, Norton and Merlin were a little helpless in the face of this 24-hour uninterrupted raid. In the different continents, most areas are swamps, and the knights are quite small, let alone the large knights. Applied. Such a sudden blow cannot be prevented at all. After each attack, the fascist continental camp ignited billowing smoke-soldiers killed in cremation raids. Merlin sent 2 brigades to set up a small trap and wanted to eat the cavalry. It's a pity that this only ends with thinking. Even the werewolf soldiers could not run faster than the light cavalry. The Cavalry Squadron of the Flame Knights actively ended the war after losing 76 people.
Three days later, Dahino woke up again from the coma of the medicinal effect and learned of this situation. A veteran from the Imperial Army of the Eminor Continental simply commanded a few times and completely recovered his disadvantage.