Apocalyptic Dragonborn Lord

Chapter 9 The Unmatched Army

But life has to live, and after figuring out the financial situation of his territory, Stannis decided to start sorting out why he spent so much money.

The first is to start with his biggest expenditure.

"Korodov, I think you have won the laurel of several knightly tournaments?" Stannis soaked black bread with milk, which was the only way he could eat this kind of food that was as hard as a rock.

Korodov put his hands on the breastplate and bowed, but he couldn't hide the satisfaction on his face.

"Since you are so powerful, the army you train should also be very powerful. After all, it accounts for [-]% of my territory's financial expenditure." Stannis finally revealed his real purpose.

Korodov's face turned black instantly, and he began to whistle and look towards the corner.

"Don't talk about him! Hurry up and gather my army, I'm going to have a military parade!" Stannis guessed tricky, after all, empty pay throughout the ages is the direct cause of the sharp increase in military expenditure.

No matter how you think about it, it's unbelievable that the army in this shabby place can't even beat Goblins and still spend so much money.

"My lord, it's the busy season of farming. Those militiamen are harvesting grain at home. Can we wait until winter comes when the farming is slack?" Bachelor Romon hurried over to smooth things over.

Stannis began to show his savage side, "No! I said now is now!" He began to slump on the floor like a child again.

Korodov hesitated painfully, and finally made up his mind, "Okay, my lord, I'll go and tell the soldiers from all villages to come and assemble, and I hope you can inspect them in the afternoon."

He didn't look very afraid, but more ashamed of not doing his best.But Stannis can't control so much anymore, he can't wait to witness his army, the golden and iron horses, and the day when he lashes out at Fang Qiu is coming!
In the afternoon, the late autumn sun poured lazily on Stannis. He had just finished his lunch and was sitting cross-legged on the dining table regardless of his image, brushing his teeth with a chewed willow branch. This was the only thing he could do. The toothbrush substitute that I thought of, although this image as a lord is unsightly, but talking about etiquette among a group of barbarians is a freak!
Cook roasted half a deer at noon. Stannis, who was eating this kind of creature for the first time, didn't have the slightest sense of taboo. Although the seasoning was only salt, the roasted venison that was oozing oil still made him feast on it. I ate a deer leg with 'bubbly wine'.

After drinking and eating, he is now looking forward to the appearance of his army.

Meanwhile, Bachelor Romond and Robert always looked at him with uneasy eyes. They couldn't figure out why the lord, who always only knew how to enjoy himself, became interested in his army again. You must know that he hadn't touched him for a year. sword.

The door was knocked open suddenly, Korodov walked in fully armed, he put his right hand on the plate armor on his chest, and gave a standard military salute, "My lord, everyone has assembled, they are waiting for you inspection."

"Ha! I can't wait any longer." Stannis jumped up excitedly, dropped the branch and ran out the door.

5 minute later.

"This is my army!!?"

Stannis looked at the row of people standing in front of him, and felt that his three views had been refreshed again.

A group of farmers who looked no better than beggars supported themselves loosely so as not to fall down. They couldn't even stand in a straight line, but formed a magical S-shape.These people held tattered agricultural tools as weapons in their hands. Everyone was as lifeless as if they couldn’t eat enough, and all of them were dressed in rags. They said that they were the army, and even beggars probably wouldn’t believe it.

"I rely on these people to fight?" Stannis still couldn't believe it.

Robert interjected: "Boss, in a strict sense, you have never used this group of people to fight a battle. They just followed others and waved the flag."

Stannis's head started to hurt again. It is estimated that taking this group of people to the battlefield will make the enemy laugh to death.

"This bunch of rubbish actually cost me [-]% of my financial budget!" Stannis had a new understanding of the lower limit of this territory, "Korodov, as my knight commander, how did you train my army? of!"

"My lord, this is my negligence." Korodov admitted directly.

But something came to Stannis's mind. It seemed that this guy knew a little about the military before.

Because wars in this world require the lord to prepare his own food, grass and weapons. As soon as the lord above summoned him, the former Stannis, who was a hands-off shopkeeper, sent Korodov to lead the army of beggars into the battle. His money is only enough for their round-trip travel expenses, which means that his little money is eaten by these people on the road. Besides, he can't even afford a sword, let alone off-the-job training.

It is already a great feat that Korodov can take this group of people out for a turn and come back intact.

"Okay, okay, I don't blame you." Stannis pardoned his men.

With his hands behind his back, he started walking around the group of people called 'soldiers'.

Many of them were the same age as his grandfather. Their eyes were dull and their expressions were dull. He even doubted whether there was a soul in those bodies.Most of them hold agricultural tools such as pitchforks as weapons, and only a few strong young farmers have rusty long swords pinned to their waists.

It was really hard to see what fighting power these people had, but one thing caught his mind, that is, no matter how old or young these people were, they all carried a short bow behind their backs.

Because the east bank of the river in Zivigny's territory is a large black forest. Although no one cultivates it, there are a lot of wild animals in it for hunting, so Zivigny's men must have the skill [Archery] no matter they are young or old. , not only for food, but also for paying taxes with prey.

In other words, these guys are not good at being conscripts in their main job, but they are doing very well as hunters in their side job.

This kind of 'army' really hurts for several days at a glance. Stannis waved his hand, indicating that they can disband and come back and forth from wherever they come from.

Soon, these farmers who were originally forced to scatter.

Stannis walked back to the castle with his hands behind his back, his mind racing.

This is not enough, this army has no combat effectiveness and will drag down his finances, he decided to find a new way to get out of this predicament.

So he issued his first executive order as lord.

"Okay, starting today we will start to streamline the army!" Stannis said to his three staff members, "Let's shrink by half... no, just cut off three-quarters, leaving only twenty strong people, but they can't Be a farmer, and build a barracks next to my castle from tomorrow, and these people will be professional soldiers from now on, Korodov, I will leave these people to you, don’t disappoint me.”

Korodov was overjoyed, he had always wanted to build a real army.

Bachelor Romon secretly pulled the corner of Rastanis's clothes, "Your Excellency, it takes money to build an army, but how can we have money now?"

"Are you in a hurry? According to my understanding of this period of history, the best solution is..." Stannis elongated his tone intentionally.

"What is it?" the bachelor asked anxiously.

"Of course it's a good game of old buddies from ancient times to the present - borrowing money~~"

(End of this chapter)