Yonderian Peasants' War: Difference between revisions

The Peasants' War highlighted several issues with the [[Yonderre|Yonderian]] system of [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]]. The reliance on a relatively small but elite standing army was still viewed as a sufficient deterent to foreign invaders but had proven to be wholly inadequate in stopping a large scale internal revolt that saw the Knights spread too thin to cover everything. It was also highly problematic that the majority of the rebel leadership had come from the ranks of the [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]]. Very shortly after the war [[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] of Yonderre|[[Grand Duke of Yonderre|Grand Duke]] [[Auguste II de Houicourt]] set about drawing up the plan for a new system of armed forces for [[Yonderre]] alongside his commander Louis d'Arconne. The plans were finalized the next Summer and thus on the 10th of June 1644, on what would have been the 208th birthday of Yonderre's first Grand Count [[Joanus de Martigueux]], the [[Yonderian Defence Force|Grand Ducal Army]] was sworn in with the reorganization of the [[Knight of the Realm|Knights of the Realm]] into the [[Guard Cuirassier Division#Ducal%20Lifeguard%20of%20Horse|Ducal Lifeguard of Horse]] and the raising of several infantry, cavalry and artillery regiments.