255: Chapter 145, Hudson Inspects Troops…
Training Officers First_3 255: Chapter 145, Hudson Inspects Troops…
Training Officers First_3 According to Hudson’s estimation, when the kingdom’s conscription order arrives, at most seven to ten thousand people will be drafted from here, and it’s highly unlikely that they’ll be sent to the front line all at once.
In addition to these people, the various branches of the Koslow clan within the province have also brought their young and strong to participate in the training.
A number of long-time comrades and relatives preparing to form teams also brought people over to join the excitement.
There are even more people who want to take advantage of their connections to participate in the military training.
Faced with an increasingly large team, Hudson hurriedly called it to a halt.
His capacity was indeed limited.
Even if he sent out a brigade from his own home as instructors, there weren’t enough hands.
Any more and there would really be no way.
For those who can recruit hundreds of thousands of new soldiers at once and immediately train them into an army, Hudson could only admire them.
Even with a solid foundation, throwing hundreds of thousands of young and strong men at him would still befuddle him.
Luckily, most of the serf soldiers only needed a modicum of training to have a certain foundation.
He just needed to select twenty thousand people from them for focused training, as the troops that would potentially go to war.
Thankfully, the non-agricultural area of the Mountain Domain was large enough.
Stationing the army in different mountains, dispersing the people, it didn’t feel congested.
As for paving roads and leveling the land along the way, this wasn’t Master Hudson taking advantage, but a training necessity.
Besides the Mountain Domain, who would be willing to dedicate such a large piece of land as a training ground for the young and robust?
Without roads, the food couldn’t be transported in.
If the ground isn’t flat, the training would be inconvenient!
As for the weapons in the hands of the young, that wasn’t Hudson pushing sales, but everyone seeing that every serf in the Mountain Domain had one and deciding to follow suit.
In contrast to the past when he only sold substandard weapons, this wave saw Hudson mix a considerable number of suitable items at a five-to-one ratio.
The only drawback was still the shortage of stock.
Only the highly valued “Future Elites” obtained iron weapons, the rest still had to make do with wooden sticks.
Large-scale military purchasing was also a heavy burden for the small nobles.
Had it not been for Hudson’s generous offer that his own people could buy on credit and also use goods to offset debts, it’s estimated that most nobles would passively give up because of their tight purse strings.
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“Attention!”
If you came here, then you must be prepared to endure hardship.
Do not worry about losing face, we are all undergoing the same training; nobody will laugh at you.
You are all nobles.
You should act like one.
If even serfs outdo you, aren’t you afraid of losing face when others hear about it?
From now on, for the next month, everyone should be spirited and seriously learn.
In a month, you must go back to train the serfs.
They are also being trained.
If what you learned is inferior to the serfs, then you should just give up now.
If you want to withdraw now, it’s not too late.
Once the training begins, it will be too late to regret.
Let’s all get to know this — this is Mr.
Belsden, the esteemed Earth Bear supervised your training from my shoulder.
Mr.
Belsden has quite the temper, so it’s better you don’t infuriate him.
Although there are priests appointed in the camp, I cannot reassure you about the treatment…”
Hudson said solemnly.
Start training the officers before training the soldiers.
If he has to lead everyone onto the battlefield, he cannot do it without some real skills.
If his subordinates are good-for-nothings, it could easily lead to his downfall.
No need to worry about others stealing these basic training methods, which can at most only nurture junior military officers.
The nobles can learn these in a short period of time because they have a cultural foundation and grasp more knowledge than ordinary people.
From personal experience, Hudson has learned how laborious it is to train poor and ignorant serf officers.
It took two whole years just to barely meet his requirements.
To save face for everyone, Hudson has specifically established a Noble Training Camp, comprised entirely of noble children.
The older nobles who couldn’t swallow their pride and accept training, pushed their own sons forward instead.
“Withdrawal” was just a joke.
Opportunities to learn military knowledge were hard to come by.
If anyone dared to withdraw midway, Hudson wouldn’t have to do anything — their own fathers would be the ones to punish them.
As for Belsden’s supervision, that was merely used to intimidate.
Even if the young bear was willing to work for free, Hudson was afraid of problems.
Uncle Bear, who lacked moderation, terrified even Hudson himself once he got started.
If Uncle Bear casually took a swipe and accidentally killed a few, Hudson wouldn’t know how to explain it.
But Uncle Bear’s husky voice, grinning face, and eagerness…
they were truly a bit…