Chapter 91

Chen Mo took over the Baron's territory, which covers less than 10000 acres, with a total area of 67 kilometers. The number of people in the Baron's territory is about 3400. Without affecting the normal operation of the territory, the Baron's territory can only support hundreds of soldiers at most.

In the middle ages, Europe was destitute of people and materials, and the burden of supporting the army was very heavy. The Lords usually kept only a small number of standing army, and then they were temporarily recruited from the civilians when fighting.

In the war of this era, knights are the main force. The number of knights in the Lord's hands determines his military strength.

Knights equipped with horses, heavy armour, and swords have an overwhelming advantage over infantry.

But at the same time, the well-equipped Knights also need to spend a lot of money to support the Lords. Although the Knights' equipment is all equipped by themselves, the cost of maintaining a knight's daily expenses is extremely amazing. Even the noble lords with large land and serfs can not afford to support too many knights.

Knights with excellent equipment and powerful force are the most powerful force in the European battlefield in the middle ages, and also the most precious wealth of Lords.

The richer the nobles are, the more Knights they can support, and the more powerful they are.

Many small nobles have limited financial resources and can't afford the huge expenses of supporting knights. They can only rely on infantry to fight. Once they encounter the attack of nobles with knights, they can only shrink and defend. Pure infantry and cavalry fight head-on, and the final result is usually disastrous.

The Baron territory occupied by Chen Mo, which originally had eight knights, was already powerful among the nearby lords, but they all died in the battle with the invading werewolves.

The most powerful Earl of Warren in this area, with as many as 50 Knights under his command, together with nearly 100 Cavaliers and thousands of elite infantry, is enough to deal with the invasion of werewolves of general scale.

Knights are second only to nobles. To some extent, they are also the lowest class of nobles. As full-time soldiers, they fight for their loyal Lords.

Some knights with outstanding achievements will obtain the land given by the Lord and become a small Lord with a fief.

This is also the only way for ordinary people to become aristocrats.

But it's not easy to become a knight. All the equipment of a knight, including horses, armor, swords, shields and spears, all need to be equipped by themselves. In medieval Europe, when the productivity is extremely backward, the value of these equipment is extremely expensive. The price of a single horse is as high as 12 gold coins, which is equivalent to six A strong bull.

The price of iron is also very high. A long sword is worth seven gold coins, and a full set of armor including helmet, breastplate and leg guards is worth up to 24 gold coins, equivalent to two war horses.

Plus some other equipment, the cost of arming a knight, close to 50 gold coins, can buy more than 20 bulls.

This is an astronomical figure for ordinary European families. Many farmers can't afford a single cow, which is equivalent to their income for decades.

Such a huge cost, let alone civilians, even many small nobles can not afford it.

Therefore, the number of knights is not very large. It is difficult for ordinary civilians to have a chance to become knights. Most of the Knights are born in the knight family or noble children without inheritance rights. They receive Knight training from childhood and are equipped with all the equipment by the family when they grow up.

It's a good thing for the rich aristocratic families to say that the general Knight family usually only has one set of ancestral equipment, and the father passes it on to the son. If the family has two sons and doesn't have enough money to buy another set of equipment, then the youngest son can't become a knight.

Andrew, rescued by Chen Mo, was born into such an ordinary family of knights.

As the youngest son, although he received his father's cavalry training from childhood, because the family was unable to buy him a set of expensive cavalry equipment, Andrew had a strong force, but he could only join the Lord's army as an ordinary soldier, hoping that he could make military achievements through fighting and get the reward of the Baron, and one day he could become one A real knight.

Unfortunately, more than ten years later, although he killed countless enemies on the battlefield, or even killed more than one werewolf by himself, he was still an ordinary soldier without any change, except for countless scars on his body and the wrinkles on his face.

What powerful knight, magnificent life, beautiful noble lady, are so far away from him.

Frustrated, Andrew left his hometown and army, which had been fighting for many years, and came to the village.

He intends to give in to his fate and give up his long-standing ideals, so that he can be a civilian and spend his life in a flat way.

Now, he, who had already given up, seems to see the hope of realizing his ideal from Chen mo.

He saw Chen Mo's strength with his own eyes. Now Chen Mo has become their new Lord, and he has entrusted him with a heavy task. He is very excited. At the same time, he secretly vowed to be loyal to Chen Mo to the death, not only to repay Chen Mo's help and understanding of the situation, but also to realize his dream of becoming a powerful knight.And his dream was soon half realized.

All the original eight knights in the territory died in the previous werewolf invasion, plus the baron who also died, leaving a total of nine sets of slightly damaged Knights' armor and weapons.

Chen Mo didn't pay any attention to these valuable Knights' equipment, and gave them directly to Andrew and other nine people who had been saved by him.

They are rescued by Chen Mo from the wolf's mouth in a desperate situation. As their Savior and new Lord, they have no problem with Chen Mo's loyalty.

Of course, they are not knights at present. Apart from Andre's powerful force, others are not lack of courage to fight with werewolves, but their strength is still much worse.

You should know that the real knights are all trained by systematic Knights since childhood. They are physical strength, horsemanship, swordsmanship, fighting. A qualified knight can kill a boar without wearing any armor. It's not anyone who can wear Knights' equipment to be called a rider.

Of course, eight other people are not useless except Andrew. When the werewolves invaded the village, most of them were panic stricken, even crying in despair, without any resistance.

However, they dare to face the werewolves and fight back bravely. Under Andrew's command, they block the werewolves' attack with simple weapons and geographical advantages. From this point of view, they still have the potential to become knights, which is what Chen Mo values.

According to Chen Mo's observation, these people are very loyal to him and have some fighting talent. For Chen Mo, that's enough. As for strength, it can be cultivated slowly.

Moreover, there are many good things in chenmo space that have not been taken out.