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Knowing it to be far too bothersome and impractical a challenge to train these men into companies of foot skirmish, especially more so when you have no veterans or officers with such experience to drill them properly, you ultimately decide it to be better to simply train them in the fashion of line infantry.
Borrowing the most capable - or at least, whom you are told are the most capable - of men from the Tenth of Shot, hailing from the Banda Grisa (and thus, holding at least some matter of knowledge in the language of the Straccians) you quickly put them to good work shaping the volunteers into fighting shape. You teach them in how to properly load and fire a firelock; how to, with expediency, place down a fork rest, aim the arquebus, and fire it at once in a volley.
You also ensure their organization is one proper for battle. You meet with their self elected captains, one Bonino de Gusta and one Ruggiero Paranni. Though the former seems to be a dilligent enough commoner that he might obey your orders (more of duty than any real discipline), the latter man carries himself with the air of a merchant. He is an outspoken ideologue, to be sure, being quick to accuse the Fortelli to be nothing but snakes and traitors and the Spisa to be righteous and competent guides for the Republic. Regardless of your opinion on the both of them, you quickly work out a system to ensure their men are properly split into squadrons, and that they are able to understand the simplest of terms in Mirevalian that they may not be confused during battle.
Having done all you could, all that rests is to continue to drill them as you can, wait until the next battle and see if your efforts will have paid off by then.
It is yet at the end of another week, and together with your top officers, recollect how your weekly duties have gone these past seven days.
In scouting matters, you are glad to see that the way, so far, is clear. It would seem for now that the roads towards Isedia are clear; whether this means they are still locked in a fight with the loyalists of Sonero you are not sure or that they have eliminated them entirely and found no need to move west, you are not sure.
In foraging matters, it is yet another good week; your men face no considerable resistance, and are able to ensure your wagon trains are filled with the foods and supplies necessary to keep your marching forwards. It would seem that there are many benefits to fighting in such a wealthy region - not that the commoners you've plundered would see it that way...
+ RESERVE MAINTAINED
+ RESERVE INCREASED
Borrowing the most capable - or at least, whom you are told are the most capable - of men from the Tenth of Shot, hailing from the Banda Grisa (and thus, holding at least some matter of knowledge in the language of the Straccians) you quickly put them to good work shaping the volunteers into fighting shape. You teach them in how to properly load and fire a firelock; how to, with expediency, place down a fork rest, aim the arquebus, and fire it at once in a volley.
You also ensure their organization is one proper for battle. You meet with their self elected captains, one Bonino de Gusta and one Ruggiero Paranni. Though the former seems to be a dilligent enough commoner that he might obey your orders (more of duty than any real discipline), the latter man carries himself with the air of a merchant. He is an outspoken ideologue, to be sure, being quick to accuse the Fortelli to be nothing but snakes and traitors and the Spisa to be righteous and competent guides for the Republic. Regardless of your opinion on the both of them, you quickly work out a system to ensure their men are properly split into squadrons, and that they are able to understand the simplest of terms in Mirevalian that they may not be confused during battle.
Having done all you could, all that rests is to continue to drill them as you can, wait until the next battle and see if your efforts will have paid off by then.
It is yet at the end of another week, and together with your top officers, recollect how your weekly duties have gone these past seven days.
In scouting matters, you are glad to see that the way, so far, is clear. It would seem for now that the roads towards Isedia are clear; whether this means they are still locked in a fight with the loyalists of Sonero you are not sure or that they have eliminated them entirely and found no need to move west, you are not sure.
In foraging matters, it is yet another good week; your men face no considerable resistance, and are able to ensure your wagon trains are filled with the foods and supplies necessary to keep your marching forwards. It would seem that there are many benefits to fighting in such a wealthy region - not that the commoners you've plundered would see it that way...
+ RESERVE MAINTAINED
+ RESERVE INCREASED
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