Chapter 24 Unit Numbers

At the base, the 10,000 gold coins that Garin recharged had long been used up. These days, the base's mines have been relying on farmers working in two shifts to collect gold, and they have barely achieved a slight surplus.

The town hall and barracks in the base are constantly training units in full sequence, and farms are constantly replenished to prevent food shortages and the newly trained population from having no place to live at night.

The gold in the resource column has always been in a state of shortage, and at this stage, wood is only needed for the training of musketeers. In addition, Garin has researched the technology of improving logging technology at the sawmill, allowing farmers to bring back ten more units of wood, so a lot of wood has been accumulated.

As a last resort, Garin had to send all the new farmers into the mines to work, and he could only win by numbers.

Finally, on the evening of Fadil's visit, they collected enough gold for the second barracks, and Garin couldn't wait to deploy the double barracks.

A few days after Garin added two barracks, the base's population finally exceeded a thousand.

While Garin was still immersed in the joy of the base's population of thousands, a piece of good news came: a cavalry regiment that Solas promised to dispatch to Garin arrived at Stromgarde.

What a double happiness.

With the arrival of the cavalry regiment, Garin knew that his plan to form an army was on the agenda.

Ten days have passed since his father agreed to his request. During these ten days, Garin has been making preparations, using falcons to send messages to recall the Harmon Kaven caravan and the guards who served as escorts, and at the same time inform them to meet up with the three soldiers waiting for the caravan on the road and return to Stromgarde together.

At the same time, Omar was asked to recruit citizens in Stromgarde who were willing to join the army, with a limit of 400 people.

Fadil was also running around, trying to win over the noble children who had no right of inheritance.

Garin asked Solas for 700 sets of kingdom standard armor and 1,000 battle robes. He also paid out of his own pocket to order more than 1,000 red linen cloaks from a tailor shop.

Everything is proceeding in full swing, and everything is ready except for the east wind.

Garin went to the castle to ask Solas for the transfer order of the cavalry regiment, and then went to their temporary base to learn about the strength of this team first.

The Stromgarde Highland Cavalry was founded by Garin's father, King Thoras, when he was young. Later, when Thoras inherited the throne, the cavalry regiment absorbed the strength of the royal guard and also served as the royal guard. They are the elite among the elite of the kingdom.

We arrived at the small military camp beside the castle, where a cavalry regiment was conducting training. These twenty-plus men were tall and strong, and their training shouts were deafening.

According to the information Garin obtained from Solas, this squad consists of twenty-four people and is one of the most elite squads in the cavalry regiment, with an average strength of level five.

Azeroth is a planet blessed by nature, and the physical fitness of the creatures living on this planet is far superior to that of the general world. This is also one of the reasons why the Burning Legion's front was frustrated here. The strength of a creature is insignificant, but when they unite, they will be extremely powerful.

Human civilians in Azeroth basically have strength close to the first level after reaching adulthood, ordinary regular troops can reach a strength of around the second level, and the third level is considered elite.

More than twenty level five warriors can already act as a sharp knife on the battlefield. If used well, they can even change the situation of a war. It can be seen that, apart from the fact that the treasury is tight and unable to allocate funds to Garin, Solas really spared no effort to help him in other aspects.

Solas did not express any opinion on dividing the mining rights to one person, no matter it was right or wrong. He let him do everything without interfering too much, just to see how far Garin could grow in the future.

Garin also understood that this was a way for the old king to maintain the prestige of the crown prince.

The future King Terenas treated Arthas with such good intentions. Arthas disbanded the Knights of the Silver Hand in Stratholme, deposed Uther, and finally massacred the city. Terenas saw all this, but never expressed any objection, because his son was the crown prince, and for the sake of his son and the succession to the throne, the future king must not have any stain.

These are all the good intentions of my old father.

Garin was extremely moved by Solas' support, and secretly vowed in his heart that he would not let him down and that he would revitalize Stromgarde.

When Garin walked into the barracks, the soldiers recognized the prince. After all, the cavalry regiment was also the royal guards and they were very familiar with the royal members.

"Your Highness." The team leader in the front row was the first to greet Garin, and a group of team members behind him also greeted in unison.

Garin walked closer and saw the captain, who was an acquaintance: Amor, commander of the palace guards and adjutant of the Highland Cavalry Regiment. He was half-master of Garin and the person who taught Garin the most besides Solas.

"Teacher Amor, why are you here?"

"Your Highness, I am now the captain of this team. Your Majesty has recruited us to serve as your personal guards."

"You are the adjutant of the cavalry regiment. We need you at the border. How can you come to my small unit that has not yet been formally established? No, it's a waste of your talent. I will talk to my father and ask him to transfer you back to the cavalry regiment."

"No, Your Highness. I have been dismissed by His Majesty. I came here voluntarily."

After listening to Amer's explanation, Garin learned that in the recent violent conflict between the Cavalry Regiment and the Kingdom of Alterac, one of the protagonists on both sides was the team in front of him.

As the king, Solas is also the commander of the cavalry regiment. When he handles government affairs in Stromgarde, Solas will take part of the cavalry regiment back to Stromgarde, and the part left at the border will be commanded by Amor.

While patrolling the border, the team encountered the guards of the Kingdom of Alterac. Both sides accused each other of crossing the border and finally fought each other until reinforcements arrived.

In order to avoid creating a bigger conflict, Alterac's generals Has and Amor stopped fighting and made peace, and returned to their camps.

Solas was furious about this, not only because he had to argue with Aiden, whom he hated, but mainly because he didn't win. The cavalry regiment was strong, but they only had one squad, while the Alterac side had a large number of people. The two sides fought in a restrained manner, not a life-and-death fight. The cavalry squad was restrained and only defeated most of the other side's centaurs.

He patted Amor's shoulder and expressed his condolences. He was completely angered because his father hated Aiden Perenolde so much. He had no way to plead for him.

He informed Amor that five days later on the morning, he would hold a ceremony to establish an army in public at the castle's drill ground, and also hold a small military parade for the people of Stromgarde.

The reason why it took five days was that the Archmage Gandalf was already on the way with 300 base combat units. Since the Archmage had no coordinates, could not perform mass teleportation, and had no war horses, it would take them twice as long to arrive as Amor and his team.

This time, the team led by Gandalf consists of two hundred infantrymen and one hundred musketeers. This all-third-level team will surely shock the whole audience.

There are more than one hundred infantrymen and more than forty musketeers stationed at the base. If necessary, there are also six hundred farmers who can be transformed into militia through the summons of the town hall, so there is no need to worry about safety.

When he returned to his study, he saw a piece of parchment on the table with several rows of messy handwriting on it. These were the military numbers that Garin had thought of these days. Now it was time to choose one that he was satisfied with as the final result.

I thought of the red uniforms of the soldiers of Stromgarde, their armor with red outlines, and the red main color of the buildings in my own base.

Finally, Garin tapped the parchment on the table with his index finger and circled two words with a pen.

"Red Flame".