After reaching an agreement with the military commanders, Victor finalized the entire marching plan directly at the council meeting and supplemented certain details. After all, this was the territory's army's first expedition beyond its borders. The entire First Regiment of the Two Rivers Territory was deploying, for a total force of nearly two thousand men. Victor had specifically reinforced the logistics detachment, adding large numbers of packhorses and wagons to transport provisions and supplies.
Even this was after greatly reducing the baggage train. Under normal preparations for an expedition outside the territory, supplies should have been sufficient to sustain the entire army for at least four months. With an army of a thousand men, plus the laborers needed to transport the supplies, consumption of provisions would basically have to be doubled twice over.
Moreover, ensuring that the army traveled light and reduced the weight it carried could greatly increase its marching speed.
Victor did this because he was confident that he could buy sufficient grain and necessary supplies in Enzo City. He believed that a war on such a scale, one that affected all Three Counties of the Northern Frontier, absolutely had an extremely complicated background behind it.
As the hidden hand driving changes in the duchy's internal political conflicts, the Gorn Trading Company would never miss this opportunity. They would certainly take an active part in this war. No matter who won, it would benefit them. If the victors prevailed, it would mean the frontier nobles and Northern Frontier nobles had joined forces. When Count Colt later raised troops against the duchy, he would surely have many supporters in the other counties. If they lost, the frontier nobles would suffer devastating losses, part of the inland nobles' power would be severely damaged, and the Raine Kingdom would face far