Imperial Crown

In the billowing smoke and dust, Howell led the Snow Maple County Legion, the second batch of logistics troops, to the Wall of Sighs.

From Snow Maple County to Monen City, and from Monen City to the Wall of Sighs.

This son of Viscount Broca, a knight who was just in his early twenties, was going out so far for the first time.

Under the scorching sun, the armor was as hot as an oven, and the temperature inside the armor was even higher than outside. No matter how much water was poured, it couldn't suppress the dryness of the throat.

Both the man and the horse stuck out their tongues.

Sweat flowed all over his face, his hair was dirty and stuck to his forehead, and his originally fair face was tanned black, just like a down-and-out mercenary.

But at this moment, his eyes shone:

"This is the Wall of Sighs!"

Although he heard the news of the capture of the Wall of Sighs on the way here, he only really appreciated the shock when he saw it with his own eyes.

It was like a cliff, the wall was straight without a crack, and there was not much damage even after the war.

The catapult could only leave some white marks on it, and couldn't even knock down half a brick.

Organizing his soldiers to transport supplies into the city, Howell quietly ran to the edge of the city wall.

He drew out the long sword from his waist, and with a surge of fighting spirit, he stabbed it on the city wall.

Zhe——

A streak of fire sounded, and the enchanted long sword bent directly into an L shape, almost hurting himself.

The high hardness is simply astonishing.

If this is combined with the bed crossbows on the city wall, and various city defense equipment...

Not to mention two legions, even if Howell was given 100,000 troops, he would not dare to plot!

Howell couldn't imagine how Raven did it.

If Howell only respected Raven before, now it has risen to worship.

Under the guidance of the Eagle Army, Howell came to Raven and saluted respectfully:

"Lord Raven!"

"This time, I led the Snow Maple County Legion to transport a total of 3 million pounds of grain and grass, 50,000 arrows, and 1,000 sets of leather armor, which have now arrived at the warehouse!"

The Eagle Army has two legions, a total of more than 11,000 people, and more than 1,000 war horses - one war horse can eat more than 5 people, and it must be fed with eggs and other fine feed all the time.

In wartime, food is the most important thing that cannot be saved. Nearly 40,000 pounds are consumed every day, and once a forced march begins, it is not surprising that the food consumption doubles.

So in order to ensure the military supply of the army, Raven made very careful arrangements for the five legions in the five counties in the northwest.

In addition to having a legion as an auxiliary soldier, following the Eagle Army at any time to help transport food, armor, and weapons, every 15 days, a new legion will deliver supplies and replace the previous legion at the same time.

The reason for doing this is, on the one hand, to ensure that the Eagle Army has enough food to support at least one month at any time; on the other hand, it is also to examine the quality of each legion.

After all the rotations have been completed, Raven will consider which legion to use as a long-term auxiliary soldier after comparison.

And shift changes and handovers also take a certain amount of time.

Howell envied Dalton, the commander of the Hippoc County Legion who had been with Raven before, and was able to witness the fall of the Sighing Wall with his own eyes.

I must pull him aside and ask him about it later!

Just thinking about this, there was a knock on the door. After getting Raven's permission, the clerk Hu Xia rushed in and said:

"My Lord, there is a result!"

Seeing Howell next to him, Hu Xia hesitated.

Raven said, "Go ahead, Knight Howell is one of us, there's nothing to hide."

Hu Xia nodded, his brows showing his excitement:

"Now after a careful count, the specific items seized are as follows."

"A total of 9,782 sets of armor were seized, including 626 sets of plate armor, 705 sets of plate and chain composite armor, 927 sets of chain armor, and the rest were all ordinary leather armor."

"As for weapons, there were 2,735 long swords, 3,882 spears, 2,571 shields, 1,041 heavy weapons such as hammers, axes, and halberds; 1,442 crossbows, and 1,071 beech hard bows."

"30 million pounds of food stored in the Sighing Wall!"

Howell was almost stunned by this series of numbers.

Heavy armor costs at least hundreds of gold coins, and crossbows and hard bows are not cheap either.

How much is this?

Before he could figure out how much gold coins these were worth, Hu Xia continued:

"In addition, there is also the private collection of Count Wanda found in the city lord's mansion, with a total of 20,775 gold coins."

"There are also various artworks, enchanted equipment, and jewelry, totaling 162 pieces."

"All the above materials, excluding food and heavy armor, are estimated by the merchants accompanying the army to be worth more than 100,000 gold coins!"

Howell shuddered and almost lost his balance.

100,000 gold coins, a full 100,000!

This is the total profit of his viscountship for nearly 5 years!

This is after deducting the nearly 2,000 sets of heavy armor.

The value of heavy armor lies not only in the raw materials, but also in the time it takes.

To make a set of qualified heavy armor, it often takes a blacksmith and 6 apprentices to work for half a year.

These heavy armors alone are worth at least 300,000 gold coins.

Isn't that... 400,000 gold coins! ?

What is war money? This is war money! !

One battle is enough to equal the output of the territory for decades!

Howell swallowed his saliva and admired Baron Raven even more.

Because in the face of such huge benefits, Baron Raven did not change his expression, just sat there with a smile. He had not seen such calmness in his father.

Raven tapped his fingers on the table: "Very good, then let the merchants cash in these things at the estimated price, half of which will be settled in gold coins, and the other half will be exchanged for food and transported to the Wall of Sighs."

He was not as calm as he appeared.

Especially the more than 2,000 sets of heavy armor, which hit Raven's heart even more--

Heavy armor is not easy to produce and the cost is high, otherwise Raven would not have accumulated it for so long before popularizing 1,000 sets in the army.

Now that these new heavy armors have been accounted for, it means that the number of heavy armored soldiers under Raven has exceeded 3,000.

This armor-wearing rate is close to the 1st-level legion of the Empire!

But on the other hand, he felt a little painful.

Soldiers have limited physical strength and cannot march in heavy armor. 2,000 sets of heavy armor are also a huge pressure on logistics, requiring additional transportation capacity.

According to a rough estimate, at least 20,000 serfs need to be recruited to support the normal operation of the front-line army.

Additional transportation capacity means additional logistics troops and additional food consumption.

The Eagle Army needs to eat, the auxiliary army needs to eat, and the mobilized serfs and livestock also need to eat.

In this way, at least 200,000 pounds of food must be burned every day.

The 30 million pounds obtained from the Sighing Wall can only support less than 5 months; including the stored food, it is less than 1 year.

Moreover, Raven intends to use the newly occupied Sighing Wall as a forward base, leaving at least a legion of the five northwestern counties to garrison.

It seems that the previous logistics arrangements were too careless.

If the war is to proceed smoothly, the logistics layout strategy has to be adjusted.

"Howell, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave for a while." Raven said, "You follow my people to get familiar with the environment of the Sighing Wall. After I leave, you will be the one guarding this place."

"Really!?" Howell was startled, and an unprecedented joy rushed into his heart. He bowed first, then raised his hand to his chest, and was so excited that he didn't know what to do:

"Baron, I will definitely not let you down!!"

Leading a legion alone and guarding an important place like the Sighing Wall, the power is almost the same as that of the city lord, and Howell couldn't help but be excited.

He wanted to write a letter to his father immediately to announce the good news.

The Sighing Wall is the key point, and only with people like Howell whose interests are tied to his own family, Raven can be assured.

But Raven will not leave him alone, but will let Link lead a large group of Eagle Army to stay.

At the critical moment, Link should be in charge of the overall situation to prevent Howell, a young man, from making impulsive decisions when his head is hot.

Next, Raven made a series of adjustments to the logistics strategy.

In addition to the need to recruit serfs in the Sighing Wall and the Iron Birch County area that originally belonged to the Principality of Eivor, the five legions in the five northwestern counties were also adjusted, and Raven divided them into three parts in total.

Howell led the Snow Maple County Legion to garrison the Sighing Wall;

The Hippok and Essex County Legions, as auxiliary troops, acted together with the Eagle Army;

Savery and Hampshire Legions were responsible for logistics.

At the same time, after seven days of fermentation, the news of the fall of the Sighing Wall finally reached the capital of the Principality of Eivor, Blue Castle.

The Prime Minister of the Principality, Gatugen, was overjoyed.

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