Western Fantasy: The Princess Wants to Save the World

Chapter 144: Great Victory

Forty-one-six percent of the available military personnel.

This is not a small number.

Now the entire kingdom’s army may have less than 380,000 troops.

Cecilia found the exact number in the system.

There are less than 150,000 active military personnel, but nearly 150,000.

Come to think of it, for the past four hundred years, the country has been peaceful and prosperous with good weather and no internal conflicts that require an army. Externally, the Wakadi Mountains have provided shelter from wind and rain for mankind for four hundred years.

Military spending has become a burden.

Cecilia moved the timeline forward by two kings, and sure enough, at the lowest point, the army had only about 100,000 soldiers.

Based on the kingdom's financial report of that year, Cecilia found that the number of troops was reduced by tens of thousands each time to ease their financial pressure.

Maybe he felt that the 100,000 soldiers could not be reduced any further, so he gave up.

Later, when the financial situation improved, they started to recruit more soldiers one after another.

It took three kings, including Gallup, more than 50 years of cutting back on the troops and increasing them to the current number of less than 150,000.

It is said among the people that Gallup's accession to the throne was not legitimate, and that he had seized the throne with his private army.

Judging from the changes in the number of troops over the years.

This is probably nonsense.

Before Gallup came to power, the total number of troops was just over 120,000.

The original owner was not born at that time.

If Gallup really had private soldiers, the best solution would be to legalize them after he ascended the throne and incorporate them into the regular army.

But during the first three years of Gallup's reign, the number of troops remained the same.

In the following seventeen years up to now, the number of troops has only increased by thirty thousand.

Even if we take a step back and assume that Gallup has reached an agreement with the private soldiers, they will be brought to light in the future.

Even the 30,000 soldiers that were added later were Gallup's private soldiers.

It doesn't make sense that 30,000 private soldiers could have seized power and usurped the throne.

This also shows why Babbitt is so confident.

The South needs change, and Babbitt has some appeal in the South.

but……

"How can you be sure that you will be able to recruit soldiers?"

Babbitt took out another document and gave it to Cecilia. "Everyone who volunteers to join the conscription will be given a family subsidy of five gold coins per year. Only one person per family can sign up."

The south is poor.

This alone has attracted many families.

"Those who have made achievements on the battlefield will be given certain bonuses and subsidies to their families."

"For those who unfortunately died on the battlefield, their families will also be given certain subsidies."

In the South, who can say that he can earn five gold coins a year?

Even though he knew that he would die if he joined the army to face the demons, his family would still receive a considerable amount of money after his death.

What if?

What if I get extremely lucky and get military merit?

Not only can I have a stable job in the kingdom, but the government will also take care of my family.

In a village, as long as there is one person who has this idea.

Even if no one in other families is willing, when they really see the government giving gold coins in real money, some of the timid and unmoved people will be shaken.

Cecilia saw the number of soldiers Babbitt wanted to recruit.

One hundred thousand people.

In other words, it is 500,000 gold coins.

This does not include subsequent expenses. After joining the army and becoming a soldier, you can also receive a monthly salary.

It is not known whether this part was given by Babbitt or Petra.

"Good luck."

Babbitt said, "Actually, the conscription plan was ready to be issued around the time of our wedding, but I didn't expect it to be delayed for so long by the epidemic."

Cecilia also felt that they had been delayed for too long. "The matter of recruiting soldiers is up to you. If the money is not enough and Petra doesn't give it to you, I can lend it to you temporarily."

Babbitt laughed, "How can you believe I can return it?"

Cecilia didn't care much. "It doesn't matter if he doesn't come back. Anyway, I won't lose anything by spending money on the people and the kingdom."

After saying this, Cecilia prepared to leave.

Upon learning that Cecilia was leaving the south for the front, Babbitt strongly disagreed, "Your Highness, the front is too dangerous, you shouldn't go."

Cecilia shook her head. "I'm not a rose in a greenhouse, and besides..."

"You can't stop me, can you?"

Babbitt was silent.

When Cecilia left the manor that day, he received a report from his men.

He had never heard that the princess could use magic.

Seeing that Cecilia was determined to go to the front, Babbitt suggested sending some people to accompany her.

Cecilia calculated the distance and journey.

The time it would take to drive there would be about the same as the time it would take to teleport and rest along the way, so I nodded.

As soon as Cecilia left, Babbitt immediately revised his previous conscription plan.

"Every household that participates in the conscription will receive ten gold coins in the first year, and five gold coins each year starting from the second year."

They were determined to complete the conscription as quickly as possible.

Not far to the south is the Wakati Mountains.

Cecilia found a city-state of moderate size and bought some recent newspapers to get news.

The Duke of Bulville, who had disappeared before, reappeared and claimed that he was seriously injured and rescued by a farmer, so he returned to the city of Banlushevi.

With the leadership of the Duke of the territory, the situation is finally no longer a mess.

Then, it was Captain Droville who performed bravely on the battlefield. After repelling the vampires in the city of Aslade last time, he once again repelled the wizards in the city of Igsoping.

We won a beautiful victory by defeating the larger force with a smaller one.

When I looked at the time shown on the newspaper, I realized that it was published the day before yesterday.

As it stands now, there is still some delay in the distribution of newspapers.

This great victory probably happened three days ago.

In the newspaper of the same date, a large section introduced the various weapons provided by the Wandering Adventurers Guild.

Cecilia saw the news about the Magicians' Guild in yesterday's newspaper.

It seems that the magic training method I gave before has finally produced a qualitative change.

The large and small magician guilds in Petra united together, gathered together the magicians who volunteered to participate in the anti-invasion, and jointly wrote a letter. After getting the support of the king and Prince Morpheus, they formed a temporary magician army.

This army of magicians, with less than 5,000 people, is led by Lorian, the president of the Magicians Guild, as the commander-in-chief, and Flora, the president of the Ark Magicians Guild, as the deputy commander. They have set out for the city near the Wakadi Mountains.

At the end of this section, the marching route of the magician army is announced, calling on aspiring magicians along the way to join the ranks in the fight against the demon invasion.

Still reading yesterday's newspaper, on the front page, in an inconspicuous corner, Cecilia saw a very brief but very important sentence -

The city of Aslaide is once again facing a vampire invasion.