The Knight's Journey to the Empire

The military system of the Kingdom of Midburg largely follows the traditions of the Essex Empire, but it also has its own innovations on a certain basis.

In the military's organizational system, the grassroots level is composed of three levels: squadron, squadron, and battalion.

For example, if ten people form a squad, there will be a squad leader; three ten-person squads form a squadron of thirty people, with a squadron leader; three squadrons form a battalion of one hundred people, with a battalion leader.

Then comes the backbone of the army's organizational system, consisting of three levels of units: battalion, regiment, and division.

For example, three to five battalions form a battalion, with a battalion commander; three to five battalions form a regiment, with a regiment commander; similarly, three to five regiments form a division, with a division commander.

It is worth noting that in the backbone of the military system, starting from the battalion, in addition to the two permanent deputy chiefs to assist in managing daily affairs, there will be an additional deputy to manage logistics support.

For example, in a battalion-level unit, there will be an additional deputy battalion commander in charge of logistics support.

The same is true for regiments and divisions.

Finally, there is the top level of the military composition system.

That is, an army group with an indefinite number of divisions is organized into a certain organization and number, and has a general or marshal in charge.

For example, the Blue Shield Legion, the second standing legion of the Kingdom of Midburg, is organized into a numbered army group.

The second point worth mentioning is Sauron’s military position.

The aristocracy that rules a slave society is bound to have privileged behavior.

This is a social phenomenon that is bound to exist in a slave society.

For those who possess extraordinary powers, possessing such powers is a privilege in itself, and they will also be the most ardent pursuers and defenders of the privilege.

As the son of a noble who possesses the extraordinary power of fighting spirit, Soran is the direct beneficiary and vested interest of this privilege.

The butt determines the head, and class determines behavior.

With the strength of an entry-level knight and the foundation of a small knight team, it was impossible for Soran to join the army of Marquis Saladin and start from the bottom.

Even if he wanted to, it would be impossible because it would bring some unfavorable public opinion to Marquis Saladin.

Even the lower-level soldiers looked down on him, thinking that he was just a trash aristocrat who was oppressed and extremely destitute.

So after his identity was confirmed, he was directly appointed as the captain of a brigade of 100 people.

Of course, all the troops under his command were the latest recruits.

That is to say, Soran has not yet established a firm foothold or the Marquis' family has not yet understood him. Otherwise, with his current strength as a knight, he can at least join the Marquis Saladin's elite private army, not to mention directly joining the Marquis's personal guard.

Instead of these cannon fodder troops.

That’s right, these newly recruited recruits are the cannon fodder.

In Marquis Saladin's war positioning, their own strength is also, and what Soran sees and feels is even more.

In the south of Ovillia, a new open space was opened up near the city wall, which served as a temporary base for the newly recruited troops.

They will undergo initial training here, adapt to the team, and then rush to the battlefield to participate in the conquest.

This time, Marquis Saladin's recruitment goal is to recruit a reorganized division, which is about 3000 to 5000 people.

And now nearly 2000 people have been recruited.

At this time, the legion base where the newly recruited soldiers were stationed was noisy and chaotic, just like a vegetable market, with no discipline or order at all.

The entire military camp is divided into five parts, with the middle one being the core of the division, where the central military camp is located.

The area in the south near the city wall is the logistics support area, where a large amount of military supplies for the entire division are stored.

The areas in the other three directions are divided into regiments, with three regiments stationed in each area.

The 100-man brigade led by Soren was located on the east side of the camp and belonged to the 200-man brigade of the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Regiment.

Among the stationing supplies for their battalion of 100 people, twelve standard tents that could accommodate ten people were allocated.

Ten of them were used for accommodation of soldiers, one was used for storing supplies, and one was prepared for the captain.

Soran stood at the door of his tent, looking at the noisy military camp outside, his face full of helplessness.

If soldiers like this were to go to the battlefield, their casualty rate would definitely be ridiculously high.

Soran's 100-man brigade also has three squadron leaders, each in charge of three squadrons of thirty people.

The ten extra people are the captain's personal guards.

Their main responsibilities on weekdays are to protect the captain, upload and download information, take care of the captain's daily life and other matters. They are equivalent to the captain's guards and orderly soldiers.

It is worth mentioning that Javier is not included.

In other words, Soran's hundred-man brigade actually consisted of one hundred and one people.

Because Javier's identity was originally Soran's personal valet, attendant and butler.

Of course, Marquis Saladin would not pay him any salary, and all his daily expenses and expenditures would still be borne by Soran himself.

The three squadron leaders were also people of some status and strength.

One of them was the son of a wealthy businessman, one was a poor nobleman, and the other was the illegitimate son of a nobleman.

Considering that Soran has the strength to enter the professional level of a knight, there is no such a shitty plot as in most cool novels, where subordinates refuse to obey the rules and start to sabotage and fight each other as soon as they arrive.

They were all very satisfied with Soran taking the position of captain.

Because Sauron conquered people with virtue.

Of course, Sauron also gave them enough respect and did not exclude dissidents, support his confidants, and concentrate power right from the start.

Instead, Gubellini and Ramos were demoted to the grassroots team and started as privates.

As for the two veterans Martin and Henry, they are no longer needed and can be directly placed in the personal guard team for his own use.

On the fifth day after Soran joined the army, the Second Regiment was finally fully recruited.

So the entire Second Regiment gathered together, and after a simple mobilization meeting under the instruction of the division commander, formal training began.

Because the newly recruited divisions were mainly composed of infantry, the training content was very simple. It mainly focused on three aspects: disciplining the troops in formation during combat, being fast, fierce and accurate when stabbing and retracting spears, and close combat skills, with individual fitness training added at most.

The standard is a small training every three days and a large training every ten days.

Among them, small training refers to the training of formations and bayonet, while large training refers to the training of close combat skills and physical fitness.

And because the world generally practices a two-meal system.

So usually I start training after breakfast at 9am and finish before dinner at 5pm.

The training time is only a few hours every day.

For the nobles in the city of Saladin, this army was just a cannon fodder composed of a group of peasants and was meant to be consumed.

At the critical moment, it is enough to stop the enemy's offensive momentum. There is no need to invest too much supplies and gold coins.

It doesn't matter what the standard is, as long as it can be used.

Therefore, the food standard for these new recruits is just enough to barely fill their stomachs; only on the day of the minor training can they eat a full meal; and only at the final major training will they be supplied with meat.

Of course, this is already very good for the lives of most civilians.

However, officers’ meals are definitely excluded.

This is just like in many schools, teachers have their own cafeteria and they don’t eat with students.

Moreover, Sauron would use his own personal property from time to time to buy some cheap meat to supplement the meals of the brigade and improve the food standards of his brigade.

This also enhanced his prestige and control in the team to a certain extent.