The King

  Chapter 27 The Bottom Leader of the Five Armies

  The flames were still burning, and the smell of burning corpses permeated the entire camp. Hudson, who was covering his nose, was still unable to fall asleep.

   The stimulation during the day is too great. From an ordinary person who can't even kill a chicken to a butcher on the battlefield, Hudson doesn't know how he got here.

  The pressure of survival makes people metamorphose. If it hadn't really happened, Hudson wouldn't have known that he still had such a rational and ruthless side.

   Sure enough, human potential is forced out. After experiencing the baptism of blood and fire, Hudson has become more mature and rational.

  …

  In the early morning, just as a round of red clouds appeared in the sky, the trumpets of assembly sounded. The military orders on the battlefield were like mountains, and Hudson could only drag his tired body to assemble the team.

  The condition of the soldiers is also not much better. It can be seen that yesterday's stimulation was too great, and everyone needs to take it easy.

  It's a pity that what they say doesn't count. The decision makers think that soldiers are precious and fast, so how can they care about the thoughts of soldiers at the bottom?

  Of course, going out for an expedition doesn’t mean you can just walk away. The coalition of nobles from all walks of life has gathered tens of thousands of mobs. If they don't arrange it well, they may mess up before they find the enemy.

   This point, all the nobles have a deep understanding. After all, on the way here, everyone had frequent accidents.

  The reorganization started without any accidents, and the family was still the basic unit. Although unscientific, it is very realistic.

  More than 80% of the troops are mobs, and their own lords can't command freely. If they change officers, they don't have to go to the battlefield.

  According to the military system prevailing in the mainland, ten people are one team, one hundred people are one battalion, one thousand people are one regiment, ten thousand people are one army, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, they are directly imposed.

  The formations are all temporary, and there is no need for military pay. In this regard, Governor Pierce has been extraordinarily generous, forming five dissatisfied formations in one go.

   It happened that five people participated in the discussion last night, and they became the commanders of the Five Armies respectively. If there is no inside story, Hudson can eat the knight sword.

   There is no accident, the strength of the five armies is not balanced. The first army led by Earl Pierce is a well-deserved elite, and the second army led by Viscount Oran is not bad, but the latter three armies are hard to describe.

  In general, the lower the ranking, the worse the strength.

  Without any accident, the members of the original alliance were also independently reorganized into an army, with Cheers Knight as the army leader.

  Because of the heavy losses in the battle yesterday, this newly formed army was directly reduced to the bottom of the five armies.

  Thanks to the large number of soldiers under his command, and the credit he made on the battlefield yesterday, Hudson was honored to be appointed as the head of the Tenth Regiment of the Fifth Army.

   It's just the tenth regiment, which looks really miserable. In addition to Hudson's headquarters, 600 ownerless serf soldiers were assigned. Let this mob become more worthy of the name.

  In fact, even the 600 serf soldiers were considered troublesome by everyone, and no one liked it, so Hudson was cheaper.

   Thanks to this, the Tenth Regiment became the only fully formed regiment in the Fifth Army, and one of the few fully formed regiments in the entire noble coalition army.

  Among the other regiments of the Fifth Army, there are generally only four or five hundred people, and the Tenth Regiment, which has more than a thousand troops, can be regarded as a standout.

   They were all forced out, nominally to reorganize the entire army, and when it was finally implemented, they still respected the wishes of the noble lords themselves.

   Logically speaking, it should not be difficult for Hudson to find someone to form a team with the help of previous communication. But the bad thing is the position of "regiment leader".

   They are all mixed in the aristocratic circle. They may not have military talent, but political acumen is absolutely indispensable.

  Normal people know that the higher the position in the army at this time, the greater the initiative they will gain in the next war, and the greater the advantage in future territorial battles.

   It involves vital interests, and no one is willing to make concessions. The large number of dissatisfied regiments now are the result of everyone's compromise.

  The slightly stronger families all chose to go it alone. Weak and weak families are forced to choose to unite.

   However, this kind of alliance is also a small group composed of three or five knights, and the number of participants is not large.

  The cause of this situation is still because of interests. There are too many allies in the alliance, even if they get the territory, it is not enough for everyone to share.

  Thanks to the previous performance and the banner of the Koslow family, Hudson is also considered by everyone to be a team with the strength to eat alone.

  Those who are equal in strength must go it alone, and those who are not equal in strength, even if Hudson is willing to lower his figure to form an alliance, people do not believe that his promise can be fulfilled.

  No matter how good the relationship is, at this time, everyone has maintained enough rationality, and everything is based on interests.

   Things have come to this point, and Hudson can't do anything. I can't explain to others: "My main force didn't come here, and all they brought were cannon fodder. Don't worry about forming an alliance. After the war, your share will be indispensable."

   Don't say that it is someone else, even Hudson himself doesn't believe it. Even if the main force didn't arrive, couldn't they come later?

  Benefits move people's hearts. If it weren't for the lack of time, everyone would be eager to call friends and friends to strengthen their strength, so how could they hide it.

   Seeing that there are several knights in other people's teams, and dozens or hundreds of elite infantry, Hudson really has no confidence.

  In this rotten world, he accidentally became the worst, and Hudson wanted to cry but had no tears.

   In order to strengthen his strength, he had to fight for ownerless serf soldiers. To be precise, it can't be regarded as a struggle. As soon as Hudson put forward the request, he got the unanimous consent of everyone.

   There is no other reason, everyone is really unable to command. The cannon fodder composed of their own serfs alone made them burnt out, and they really didn't want to ask for trouble.

  In fact, Hudson's initial target was not the serf soldiers, but the remaining guards of the dead lords. It's a pity that these veterans were taken over by the legion commander Cheers Knight early on.

  Frankly speaking, it's not just Hudson who is the tenth regiment. The first regiment led by Cheers himself was also not much better.

  In addition to personal strength, the dozens of soldiers under Chelsea's command are really powerless.

   Even relying on his status as the head of the legion to occupy the dozens of veterans left behind by the unlucky allies, it didn't change much.

   Even in order to fill up the number of people, Cheers can only accept serf soldiers who have no owners. It's just that due to command considerations, his handwriting is much smaller.

   Only received less than two hundred people, so that the first regiment became the regiment with the smallest number of troops.

  If it weren't for the tenth regiment at the bottom, Chelsea's first regiment would be the regiment with the worst combat effectiveness of the Fifth Army.

   At one time, Hudson suspected that Cheers pushed him to become the head of the tenth regiment to avoid embarrassment.

  (end of this chapter)