Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 153 Cavalry

   "Old Buddy!" Andre held Bud's hand pitifully.

  Bud was noncommittal.

   "Old bus!" Andre hummed even more.

  Bud half-smiles.

   "Old bus!" Andrei was already tearful.

   "Stop doing this, do you think I'll believe it?" Bud sighed: "But this time, I'll give it to you."

   "I owe you one time!" Andrei smiled happily, patted his chest before going out and said, "Old man! You have something to do in the future, brother, I'll stick a knife in both sides!"

   Before he finished speaking, he ran away.

   "Have you counted how many times you owe me?" Bud scolded with laughter.

  Andre had already run away, and his voice drifted back from outside the board room: "A knife in both sides!"

   "You let it go too many times, and Andre will take it for granted." Winters couldn't help but speak.

   "Isn't he already like this now?" Bud replied helplessly.

  …

  Why was Lieutenant Colonel Jesska sent by the Gulf for twelve years? And why go and come back?

   Winters didn't know, but he realized that John Jesska still had considerable connections in Palau.

   After listening to Lieutenant Montagne explain why there were 63 Dussacks in the three militia groups, the lieutenant colonel looked as usual and did not say much.

   But when Lieutenant Colonel Jesska returned to Shuangqiao Camp that night, he already had an extra bag of heavy objects in his hand.

Lieutenant Colonel    went straight into the lieutenant's quarters, and threw things on the table, regardless of whether the three second lieutenants were still having dinner.

The   cloth bag hit the table, making a series of crisp sounds.

   "Sir? What is this?" Winters asked knowingly.

"money."

  Andre gently opened the bag, which was full of yellow gold coins.

"what money?"

   "What kind of money can it be?" Lieutenant Colonel, full of alcohol, showed a smile: "Buy horse money!"

  …

  What is horse money?

   As the name suggests, when Dussac enters active duty, he can receive a small sum of money as a subsidy for his own horses. This money is the money to buy horses.

   Of course, the money to buy a horse is not enough to buy a warhorse. Dingtian can buy a leg of a qualified warhorse.

   As for the other three legs of the war horse, Dussac paid for it, which is also part of the blood tax.

  …

   "They are militia, auxiliary soldiers, you want to recruit them with cavalry?" Bud asked with a frown.

The lieutenant colonel sat down with a golden sword, leaving three second lieutenants standing: "You guys let Dussac serve as a militia instead of serving on active duty, and the legion is too lazy to pursue it. But let Dussac bring a warhorse to serve, this is also the meaning of the above. "

  Andre asked impatiently: "What about the treatment? I mean the treatment after Dussac is equipped with a war horse?"

  Jesska played with the knife and answered plainly: "The salary, ration, and armament are all based on the light cavalry, except that the uniforms are not issued. I asked each of them a light musket. If it's really bad, let's use it as a dragoon cavalry."

  Andre's eyes lit up when he heard the words.

   "My Dussack isn't ready yet!" Winters couldn't help but speak.

   "So salaries and equipment are given preferential treatment as light cavalry." The lieutenant colonel stared at the second lieutenant: "If you are not satisfied, I can also restore them to militia treatment."

   "Satisfied, how can you be dissatisfied?" Andrei quickly stood at the Lieutenant Colonel's side: "I think it's great! Let those boys ride on horses, and they must be the happiest people. I firmly support it!"

   Winters glared at Andre, how could he not understand Andre's mind?

Lieutenant    Cellini was already thinking about the command of the cavalry.

  …

The organization of    cavalry is different from that of infantry. In theory, the smallest command unit of cavalry is a squadron, and in combat, the squadron is usually divided into two divisions.

  The status of a cavalry squadron is much higher than that of an infantry centurion. A second lieutenant can be a centurion, and a colonel can lead a cavalry squadron.

  According to the organization of the Palatine army, a full cavalry squadron consists of 174 cavalrymen, with 6 officers.

   But the reality is that there are not enough cavalry, but there are more than enough cavalry officers, as is the case in all republics.

   Therefore, it is not uncommon for officers from the cavalry division to lead infantry and do civilian jobs.

  Bard and Andrei had been apprentices in the infantry brigade during the Battle of Taniria.

  If Bud and Andre were fortunate enough to return to the cavalry, then they were just the last officers in the squadron's command line.

  …

  According to Lieutenant Colonel Jesska, 63 Dussacks are equal to 63 cavalry, which is close to a detachment.

   Winters is a graduate of the infantry department, and the cavalry thing is not his turn.

   But at the moment, there are two serious cavalry officers in the Jischka brigade leading the infantry.

   "A cavalry detachment!" Second Lieutenant Cellini thought happily: "My darling! At least you have to be a captain to bring it?"

   In the past, Winters could decide the affairs of the Wolf Town Centurion. Now that Lieutenant Colonel Jesska is in office, the second lieutenant only has to obey.

  Only when you are controlled by others, can you understand how happy it was to be a town officer in the past.

"The money will be distributed to the Dussacs, and the Legion will arrange for people to go to their country of origin to get horses." The matter was settled, and the lieutenant colonel made arrangements casually: "There are 63 Dussacs, 3 are for me as messengers, and the rest Exactly 10 accounts."

  [Note: There are only six cavalrymen and eight infantrymen. ]

  Andre listened with pricked ears, for fear of missing any words.

   When he heard the lieutenant colonel say that "half of them are directly under the brigade", he thought with regret: "There are only five accounts? It's not bad."

   "Who is responsible for the remaining thirty cavalry." Lieutenant Colonel Jesska continued: "The two of you discuss it yourself."

  Andre and Bud were stunned.

  …

   couldn't stand Andre's soft and hard bubbles, and Bud finally nodded.

  In this way, Andre got his wish to take charge of half the cavalry of the detachment. The remaining militias were re-formed, and Winters's men took four Dussacs and added five Heishui Town militiamen.

   After learning about the arrangement of the lieutenant colonel, Pierre, Vashka and others were beaming.

   They were already tired of the tedious, heavy manual labor, and were too happy to be dragoons—though they didn't have a nice uniform to wear.

   Especially for this kid Pierre, the title of Lieutenant Colonel in his mouth was instantly elevated from "no ass. Eyes" to "that lord", as if he was not the one who took the ten whips.

   On the contrary, Anglo rushed to ask the second lieutenant to borrow money, and pulled Bell over by the way.

   "My lord, I really have no other way." The pony shepherd said with a sad face: "Please lend me some money to buy a horse, and I will definitely pay it back."

   "How about you?" Winters looked at the little hunter.

   "I don't want to be a Dussack!" Bell said nonchalantly: "I don't have a warhorse, and I don't want to buy a warhorse."

  Angel became anxious all of a sudden: "How can it be so simple? If Dussac doesn't have a warhorse when he enters service, he will be punished!"

  Bell was startled, but still insisted: "Then I'll run, and no one can find me in the woods!"

   "Can you run without a horse?" Anglo retorted immediately.

   The two and a half lads quarreled in Winters' team headquarters when you said one sentence and one sentence from me.

   "Don't be noisy!" Winters sighed: "How much money did you pay for the horse?"

  Angelo's hand stretched out from his sleeve and placed the eight gold coins stacked together on the second lieutenant's desk. It's not Ducat, it's a gold coin minted by the Plato government.

  Winters was busy writing the dossier, and asked without looking up: "How much do you need to buy a horse?"

   The titular scribe, the old magic stick, is the best at avoiding such chores, and the paperwork is currently relied on by Winters himself.

   "At least three more." Anglo hummed: "I saw the cheapest riding horse in Shuangqiao City at this price, but it's not a war horse..."

   "Okay, I'll take the money. The red mane is yours." Winters looked up at the stables.

   "Huh... huh? Huh!" Anglo couldn't believe what he heard: "Redmane? Ryzk? You mean Ryzk belongs to me? You want to give me Ryzk?"

   Winters smiled: "It's not for you, it's for selling you. Isn't Red Mane also riding for you now?"

After   Force was brought to Palatu, Winters rarely rode Redmane. But the training of war horses cannot be interrupted, so Redmane is usually ridden by the pony.

  The pony was also happy to ride, and he took good care of Redmane. One person and one horse are very close, so Winters simply has adult beauty.

  Angel was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hand. He wanted to hug the second lieutenant and kiss him, but he suddenly realized that that would not work. So he picked up the little hunter, kissed him twice, and saluted the second lieutenant.

  Bell was stunned and couldn't help asking: "What about me? What about me?"

   Winters wanted to tease the little hunter, but remembering the arrogant and fragile self-esteem of a boy of this age - after all, he had just come out of this stage - he stopped talking.

"Let Anglo pick you a good one." Winters took out the purse and threw it to the little hunter, then looked at the pony keeper: "Anglo, pick me another trooper horse. It doesn't need to be a war horse. , but hardy, strong, and able to walk in the wild."

  The pony herder was stunned: "Are you going to add another horse? Isn't it good for luck?"

   "One more horse for another ride, I won't let Fortune get too tired." Winters replied casually, and then he frowned again: "Why are you talking so much nonsense, do whatever you want."

  The pony herdsmen were disciplined, and answered in a low voice honestly: "Oh."

Winters was angry and wanted to laugh when he saw the naive look of the pony keeper: "Why are you still standing there? When I take you to Soma? When you come back, stop by the gunsmith Samuel and get the gun I ordered back. ."

  Bell hurriedly saluted and pulled his partner away from the team.

  …

   Everything seems to be on track.

  The militia musketeer gradually began to adapt to the recoil, light and noise of firing after letting go of the gun more than a dozen times, and the spearman also began to take uniform steps.

  The war horses were taken from the three towns of Langtun, Heishui and Shengke to Shuangqiao Camp.

   Over in Wolf Town, Gillard and Sergey came to visit, and brought a lot of food, drinks and letters to the boys in Wolf Town, which made the militiamen in the other two towns go crazy with envy.

   But there is no time left for cavalry training, what should come always comes.

  Unconsciously, Winters has spent six months in the country of galloping horses.

   On January 12, 559, the imperial calendar, the Jesska brigade received an order to open,

   When Lieutenant Colonel Jesska read the order to the second lieutenants, the three were not surprised, and Winters even had a feeling of "the boots finally landed".

   He salutes and takes orders.

   At this moment, a team is ready to go at the Shuangqiao Camp.

   On the basis of the three Centuries, the Legion deployed nearly 300 additional coachmen to the Jesska Brigade.

   This is a long-distance supply, and the militiamen need to **** the baggage team across the nearly 100-kilometer "no-man's land" into the territory of the Hurd tribes.

   In addition to the militiamen and the people, there were more than a dozen merchants' carriages guarding the barracks, waiting to go west with the military baggage team.

  Plateau's military principle is to give priority to raising supplies on the spot. If there is something that must be transported from the rear to the front, it must be a resource that cannot be raised in the front.

   "Is there anything else you want to ask?" Lieutenant Colonel Jesska asked the ensigns casually. He neatly folded the order note and put it in his arms.

   "I do have a question if you don't mind." Winters paused and asked, "Why us?"

   "It's not you." The one-eyed lieutenant colonel sneered and pointed to himself with his thumb: "It's me."

   The price of horses fluctuates greatly in different years, and the prices of war horses and passenger horses are also different, and the prices of war horses of different grades are even more different.

The price of the riding horse mentioned by Anglo in this chapter is approximately equal to 105 grams of pure gold. This price is from "The Quiet River of the Don". In the book, it is written that Gregory bought a horse with a knee injury for 140 rubles. horse.

   Coincidentally, Kenneth Hodges' "List of price of medievalites" has several records: 13th, war horse, 80 pounds/13th, high-class passenger horse, 10 pounds/1374, two horses for knights, 10 pounds.

   The value of the pound was also very stable during the Renaissance. I mentioned before that it is roughly equal to 0.925 pounds of silver. If you convert it according to the natural ratio of 1:12 to gold and silver, 10 pounds is approximately equal to 400g of pure gold.

   England issued aristocratic gold coins in 1344, weighing nearly 9 grams, 3 pieces equals 1 pound. Converted according to this standard, 10 pounds is also equal to 270g of pure gold.

   Considering that Palatu itself is a horse producing area, 105g of pure gold should be reasonable to buy a ready passenger horse.

   I can’t write the testimonials in this chapter, so I won’t thank them one by one today.

   Sincerely thank the book friends who voted for the recommendation before and this day, thank you all.

   (end of this chapter)