Chapter 57: Four Legions
It is actually not difficult to make a witch mask.

According to Gillot, witch masks are simply linen sewn with superstitious substances like activated charcoal, sulfur, bat guano, and frog feet.

As far as Horn is concerned, the main ingredient is probably activated carbon. The principle is to use activated carbon to absorb substances in the holy water that are harmful to witches.

Therefore, on September 1444, 9 of the Imperial Calendar, Horn officially appointed the witcher Gilo Don Kamado as the director of the Corner Tower Manufacturing Bureau.

The Jiaozao Bureau is considered a formidable super department in the Gulag Papal State.

The bureau has five departments, namely Sewing Department, Filling Department, Transportation Department, Testing Department and Design Department.

Moved by the trust of His Holiness the Pope, Director Gillot took office in shackles to show his determination and served as the director of five departments concurrently.

The bureau is currently staffed with one person in each department, and a total of one person in the entire bureau, and its office is located in the abandoned corner tower.

After arranging Gilo's affairs, Horn's eyes were dazzled. Today was really too busy.

He was still fighting with Townley last night, and this morning he inspected the warehouse. He received news from Grampven and convened an emergency meeting of the royal court.

In the afternoon, the villagers were notified of special competitive activities, including calming down the witch's quarrel, pulling Jeanne to forge iron, and communicating with Gillot.

Everything happened at the same time, and he had no choice but to be anxious. In five days, or at most seven days, he would have to lead these cowards under his command to fight the church in real battle.

Although Horn is anxious, he should not be impatient beforehand. The more impatient he is, the more likely things will go wrong.

Dragging his tired body, Horn explained the specific matters to Busak and Jeshka, then hurriedly ate dinner and fell asleep.

Of course, he couldn't stay in bed. The next morning, while eating breakfast, he had to listen to Jessica's report on the marching training.

Horn took the two-page recruit training regulations from Jeshka and read through them carefully while scooping soup with a spoon.

Everything was fine on the first page. The new recruits named the new army "Black Hat Army" according to Horn's request.

This is because the uniform Horn ordered for them was a black hooded cloak.

As for why the black hood was chosen, it was because this color of cloth was the most abundant in the church's warehouse.

The flag of the Black Hats was relatively simple. Since Horn did not provide them with much material, they simply sewed black and red cloth together to make their flag.

But when he turned to the second page, Horn's eyes suddenly widened and his body sat up straight.

Putting down the spoon and picking up the page of the charter, Horn pointed to a paragraph of text on it and asked in disbelief, "What is this?"

It is clearly written in the charter:

The Black Hat Army is composed of 2 command divisions, each command division is composed of 6 command brigades, each command brigade is composed of 10 command companies, and each command company is composed of one soldier.

In the Black Hats, the lowest position is company captain.

When Horn saw this charter, he felt a black screen before his eyes.

The Kingdom of Leia only has 42 command companies, and you, the Black Hat Army, have 120 command companies. You are stronger than the Kingdom of Leia.

This did give Horn a little gulag-like vibe.

"What's going on?"

Jieshka smiled and said, "When we were just selecting the team leader, they were not convinced because, as you know, the team leader got more credit.

They think that you are a priest and I am a priest, so why should you be the captain and I be a soldier?
Then there was a team, and everyone elected themselves as the team leader, and the others followed suit and elected themselves as the captain.

Then some people thought that the captain had more merit, so wouldn’t the higher-level ones be able to get more merit, and so on and so forth, until it became like this.”

"How do they know the organization of the legion?"

"This has to start with Rafael, the commander of the Second Division of the Black Hat Army." Jieshka explained with a wry smile, "This Rafael is an armed peasant, his ancestors were a branch of the nobility, and he is said to be a relative of Duke Dane of Kush.

Their ancestors didn't pass down anything else, but they left behind a book that introduced the military organization of the old Ai'er Empire, and then everyone else knew about it."

Do you know what you are doing?

Horn watched the segment several times before he could believe it.

This hasn't even started yet. There are 120 people in total. How did you come up with two division commanders, twelve brigade commanders, and one hundred and twenty company commanders?

Where on earth did they get their inspiration from?
Horn was silent for a long time before he put down the charter in his hand: "Since things have already happened, let's do it according to this."

"Yes, Your Highness." After breakfast, Horn changed his clothes, called Grampven, and prepared to go and see the training of the new army.

But when he reached the door of the church, before Horn got close, he heard a noisy argument.

In front of the door, two young papal guards were pushing the spears in front of them, while two child soldiers with red faces blocked them and prevented them from entering.

"It's not fair." Holding the spear, a young guard of the Apostolic Guard shouted, "This group of new soldiers are all latecomers who came to ask for food from Your Majesty. We have supported Your Majesty from the beginning."

"We want to form a legion too, Jeshka, you stinky outsider, give me back my legion!"

"Let me go, let me in, I want to see the Holy See, I have made contributions to the Papal States, I have shed blood for the Papal States!"

At the door of the church, two child soldiers raised their spears and blocked two young guards of the Apostolic Guard outside.

But they were only eleven or twelve years old after all, and were no match for the two young guards, and were about to squeeze in.

"You want to form a legion too?" Horn's eyes widened.

Seeing Horn coming forward, the two guards immediately let go of their hands and saluted Horn politely.

"Your Majesty, we are not making a fuss. Those black hat soldiers were obviously latecomers. Now anyone we pick is a company commander and can give us orders."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we refuse to accept this."

Horn took a deep breath, rubbed his face vigorously, and sighed: "Okay, then, the Apostolic Guard will be immediately changed to the Apostolic Guard, and the military system will be based on the Black Hat Army..."

The two young guards left happily. Before Horn could catch his breath, Duvalon poked his head out from the side again:
"Papa, I can actually be the legion commander."

Ever since René became the head of the Cheka, the person in charge of the Children's Army has become Duvalon.

As the leader, he naturally has to speak for his brothers in the Children's Army.

"you?"

"Yes."

"You guys are also going to form a legion?"

"Yes, we are all your godchildren, closer to you than the Apostolic Guards. Why can't we form a legion?"

Looking at Du Valon in front of him and then at the young guard who was leaving, Horn was completely desperate.

"Okay, if that's the case, then let's change everything. Change everything. It's up to you!"

Thus, in the Qianmen military reform that changed the history of the Gulag Papal State, Horn possessed four major legions in one day.

The First Legion, the Pontifical Guards, consists of 55 companies of imperial orders, led by Horn himself, with a total of 55 men.

The Second Legion, the Black Hat Army, has 120 command companies under its command. The legion commander is Jeshka, the commander of the first division is Bunian, and the commander of the second division is Rafell. The total number of troops is 120.

The Third Legion, the Children's Army, has 35 command companies under its command. The legion commander is Du Valon, and the total number of troops is 35.

The Fourth Legion, the Knights of the Holy Grail, consists of two companies of imperial orders, with the Grand Master being Danji and the Knight Commander being Jeanne, for a total of two people.

The Gulag Monastery now has 212 command companies, which is more than five times the number of command companies owned by the Kingdom of Leia, and its military strength is unprecedented.

This military reform is unprecedented. It has been transformed from a group of mobs into 212 command companies through synthetic reorganization.

What combined brigade, what combined battalion? Horn went straight to the point: combined man.

A company of three hundred people is made up of one person.

Each soldier of the four legions is not only one hundred armored knights, but also one hundred melee knights, one hundred scout knights, and even serves as hundreds of archers, swordsmen, and spearmen.

One person is a company, how can the combat effectiveness be small?
What else can we do now that things have come to this?

No matter what, let’s get things done first.

So under the control of Jeshka, the four legions finally began training and preparations for war.

　p.s. there will be another chapter later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)