Sustain the War Through War!
After a single battle, the cavalry under Duncan's command had grown larger and larger.
Not only that, his infantry had increased by two or three hundred men. There were even more than a dozen One-Star "Frankish Elite Axemen"—frontline Heavy Infantry who first threw a volley of Farron Throwing Axes before charging into battle. Frankish axemen were even stronger than Saxon axemen, because only losers went overseas. Over the past few centuries, the Gallic Rooster had absorbed the legacies of the Empire and the barbarians alike. Their Heavy Infantry was first-rate, while the Frankish Paladins were among the finest heavy cavalry.
The true Franks had never faltered in a hard fight. There was no need to mention Emperor Napoleon; even during World War I, the French army had been exceedingly valiant.
At this time, the Franks were a first-echelon barbarian people, second only to the formidable Goths.
"Enlist them!"
Duncan directly enlisted those routed Frankish soldiers. Since this was their homeland, the routed troops had not gone around looting. Instead, they gathered together to protect the nearby towns and continued fighting the Hunnic Raiders who were ravaging all of Gaul.
The Franks' overall military quality was very high at the moment. With just a little training, ordinary levied farmers could become Frankish Militia of the Auxiliary Legion, completely skipping the mixed farmer formation stage.
They even brought their own equipment. Due to the barbarian tradition of martial valor, ordinary households had weapons such as shields, battle axes, and short swords. Wealthier families could even provide leather armor, scale armor, or brigandine armor. In other words, once recruited, they were already on the level of light infantry.
Exiles were the vagrants of the ancient world, people without property or land. Frankish commoners, on the other hand, mostly