Chapter Ninety-Five: The Devil's Mission The Odin faded without warning.
Almost in a short day, the large camp besieged outside the garrison had become empty.
The neighing of horses to the people, the arrogant roars that kept going all night, the huge bonfires that could light the night, all disappeared.
Standing on the lookout, watching the Odin army march away one by one, walking at the end of the Odin army, those rude Odin men, even arrogantly jumped off their horses and reindeer, stood in the wilderness, took off their pants to pee in the direction of the station, roaring and shouting arrogantly.
These scenes made the Byzantine soldiers behind the walled walls feel a deep humiliation in their hearts.
But no matter how humiliating they were, they were forced to face the reality: they lost this war.
In order to deal with this invasion of the Odins, the Byzantine Empire put out five regular corps, which is already one-third of the regular force of the Byzantine Empire.
However, the 2nd and 9th Corps were completely crushed by a beautiful roundabout raid by Hasting, and their fate awaited them was to return home and rebuild.
The 13th Corps, the most meritorious Iron Army, lost more than half of the main combat strength of the two banner regiments.
Sothia, the flag bearer of a flag regiment, was killed in battle, and a flag officer of a flag regiment was seriously wounded by Butler, a silver-haired man.
In any case, judging by the proportion of attrition of troops, the Byzantines lost in a mess.
The most embarrassing thing is that the 13th Corps did not even have a chance to show their strong combat effectiveness.
They were first lured north by Ko Curran's forces, and then forced to return when the lair was raided.
The strong combat effectiveness was consumed in the back and forth, and the physical strength of the warriors was not consumed in the battle with the enemy, but it was consumed in the rapid march back and forth, but no matter what, no matter how big the losses were, this war for the Byzantine Empire, the most important combat purpose has been achieved: to keep the enemy out of the country.
After all, the Odin did not really set foot on the territory of the Byzantine Empire, and the war began and ended in the wildfire field.
However, the initiative was in the hands of the Odin, and they did not further expand their gains, not because they couldn't, but because they didn't seem to think so at all.
Having eaten up the strength of the two and a half armies of the Byzantines, it was enough for the Odin to go home with glory and singing triumphal songs.
One of the episodes is that, contrary to Char's previous suspicions, Hastings did not occupy Wildfire at all From the beginning to the end, this Odin commander did not send even a small team of people to Wildfire Town It seems that from the beginning, he did not intend to force the 13th Corps to a dead end, or rather, he did not intend to fight to the death with the 13th Corps from the beginning.
Knowing the news, Char was silent for a while, and then scolded with a smile, but he was not discouraged at all.
He's Hasting, the most powerful Odin, and I'm just a small soldier, so it's not surprising that I can't guess what he meant.
The Odin retreated for three days, and during these three days, a large number of scouts were scattered, and after careful searching, it was determined that the Odin had really returned.
This news made General Adric's face gloomy, but it made the fat man Ruhl breathe a long sigh.
While Adric was tormented by the humiliation of defeat, the fat man had happily ordered his troops to pack up and prepare to go home.
For Char, the first war in his life ended.
Although the two warring sides are not his motherland, this war has wiped a heavy stroke on the life trajectory of the turtle.
He made his first friend in this war, and then he lost his first friend.
Because of his bravery and outstanding performance, Adric had promoted Char to the rank of Cavalry Commander, the highest rank of junior officers in the Byzantine Empire.
According to the establishment of the Byzantine cavalry troops, ten people were a team, five teams were one horse, ten cavalry were one battalion, five battalions were one flag, and five flags were one corps.
As a cavalry commander, Char is already a low-level officer who can lead fifty cavalry, in fact, for most civilian-born emperors, this step is already the limit of the highest status that can be achieved in life.
No one questioned this appointment, after all, Char's performance on the battlefield was obvious to all, whether it was the admirable courage he showed when he was stationed at the station, or the fierceness of wounding Hastings on the battlefield, everyone in the 13th Corps admired him, especially the fearless courage shown by the troops who rushed out of the city with two hundred miscellaneous cavalry to meet the troops behind the palace, which was even more heartbreaking Adric greatly appreciated Char, and the cavalry commander who promoted Char was not to send him to the combat unit below, but to the personal barracks With the special status of the pro-soldier battalion, each pro-guard cavalry can have a special subordinate of the guard, so in the calculation, the fifty pro-guard cavalry led by Char must be added to the fifty subordinates, and most of the subordinates also have a certain cavalry combat ability, so the actual number of people under his command has reached one hundred and doubled the combat strength out of thin air Well, of course.
If every servant is like Dodoro, I am afraid that not only will the combat strength not be able to double, but I am afraid that I will have to be halved because of a bunch of rice buckets and straw bales on his back as the commander of a corps, Adric's personal guard has a battalion establishment, and the highest rank of the personal guard battalion is the chief of the guard, but what makes Char puzzled is that it seems that since he came to the thirteenth corps, the position of Adric's chief of guard has been vacant.
Once upon a time, it was the bald man Kevin who played the role of the chief of the guard, exercising the duties of the chief of the guard.
However, Kevin, a bald man, is just a rider himself.
Char quietly asked the other people in the guard camp, but found that the others avoided talking about the topic, and occasionally Char asked too much, so he showed a wry smile and told him in a low voice: This is a taboo in the guard camp, and General Adric ordered that no one should talk about this topic.
A name that had been heard several times came to Char's ears again: Via is said to have this name and is the former chief of guard of the pro-guard battalion.
But what this person is doing there now, Char doesn't know.
Once Sharba drank too much and said casually: It is said that Via is a very powerful guy, he is the only strongman in the entire 13th Corps who dares to slap the table with General Adric and stare at him.
In the Thirteenth Corps, the statement that he dared to slap the table and stare at General Adric made Char very suspicious.
According to Char's knowledge, the 13th Corps up and down, almost unconditional obedience to any order of General Adric, Adric's prestige in this army is incomparably high, even if there is a big fire pit in front of it, pointing at Adric and pointing to the pit and saying "jump" Then the tens of thousands of soldiers of the 13th Corps will jump forward without hesitation, even if they use their own flesh and blood, they will definitely fill this hole Even Sosia in the 13th Corps, who is the successor of General Adric by default, is respectful to Adric, a small captain of the guard, who dares to scold the general After a few days of repairing at the station, General Adric met with Char several times, and Char made it clear that Char would definitely have a credit in the military report, and as for the reward, it would not be issued until the final decision was made.
However, there is one thing: the credit for single-handing Hastings on the battlefield and wounding them does not fall to Char's head, after all, nominally, it was "Lord Bonfret, the first knight of the Empire" who singled out Hastings at that time.
Char had no interest in this merit and readily accepted the seemingly unfair decision.
In the words behind the turtle: Accepting this credit is equivalent to being targeted by Hasting, where the credit is clearly a big black cauldron, whoever carries it will die However, Adrick readily agreed to several other requests from Char, including transferring Sharba and Cato to Char's cavalry team, Sharpa was originally the position of deputy cavalry commander, and this brave big man came over to be Char's deputy.
As for Cato's arrival, the fifty cavalrymen who were originally transferred to Char's command were happy, everyone knew that with the arrival of smugglers in the army, it would naturally be very convenient for Char's riders to get something contraband and something like that in the future.
Char's other request was to transfer a man named Soueater to his own name as the second servant.
Although Char was just a small cavalry commander, and having two guards was always a bit too ostentatious and inconsistent with military conventions, Adric still approved it without hesitation.
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Because, this guy named Soyt is the servant of the bald man Kevin.
After Kevin's death, Soyt was supposed to return home from the army or work as a craftsman or groom in the auxiliary barracks.
But Char deliberately asked this person to be under his hands.
Soyt was born as a horseman, and he also knew some simple blacksmith work, he was a wooden and martial man, he could ride a horse, and his strength was not small, and he even learned a little cavalry combat skills taught in the army, but unfortunately he was born with a little slow reaction, no matter what he said or did, he was always half a beat slower than others, so he stayed in the position of a servant and could not go further.
The so-called slower reaction means: if everyone listens to a joke together, and the joke is finished, everyone laughs, and Soit's face is calm and quiet, and after a long time, everyone else starts talking about other topics, and this guy will suddenly look up to the sky and laugh.
Similarly, if you punch him, he will look at you indifferently, and then after half an hour, he will suddenly cry out in pain.
And Char asked him for an important reason: Soyt, a fellow villager of Kevin.
Soyt's arrival made Dotaro a little excited, and the noble magician was delighted to think that he could finally get rid of his humble life as a servant.
This newcomer looks silly, and with his clever brain, he doesn't play this guy around But soon, the magician found himself tragic that Soyt was honest and diligent, and that he could clean his horses in the same way, whether it was nailing horseshoes or mending armor and weapons, he could do it competently, and quickly and well.
As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing the goods.
Originally, Dodora was under Char's hands, although his work was a little slower, rougher, lazy, and more food, but Char felt that it was so-so and passable, but after Soyt came, such a comparison made it seem that the magician was extraordinarily wasteful, and as a result, poor Dotaro had to be scolded by the turtle every day because of his low work efficiency.
On the third day, Soyt approached Dotaro and made a suggestion to him: "Give me a third of your salary, and I can deliberately slow down things in the future."
Tataro was inexplicably sad and indignant, and he had the intention to denounce it, but after thinking about it carefully, comparing this guy's loyal and honest expression, and then looking at his own deceitful and obscene appearance, he could guess which one others would believe Unwilling to contribute one-third of his salary, the magician looked up to the sky and mourned.
"Who's a fool in the" After repairing for a few days, the newly appointed cavalry commander Xia Ya Lei Ming was called to General Adric's tent and accepted a task to send a detailed military report to the military headquarters of the war zone.
At the same time, because of his active performance in the battle, Char will live to receive an imperial "Eagle Head Medal", and after returning to the theater military headquarters, he himself can also be personally awarded by the commander of the theater, and he can also receive a generous bounty.
That's a good errand.
There is no danger, and you can gain fame and fortune.
But in addition to this task, there is an additional small task.
Char will go south with his cavalry of fifty personal guards, and they will escort a noble lord back to China along the way, and as long as he is sent back to the theater military headquarters, the mission will be completed.
And this baby guy who was escorted was the new hero of the empire who singled out Odin Valkyrie Hasting, and single-handedly hit the new hero of the empire, the noble first-class knight of the empire, Lord Bonfrett heard this order, Char was completely stunned.
He stared at General Adric carefully, and from the other party's serious expression, he was sure that the general was not joking.
But let me escort Bonfrett's ass-selling little white face Did you make a mistake about the entire 13th Corps, who doesn't know that I and that little white-faced beam have grown up?
After hesitating for a long time, Char made a bitter face and said with a wry smile: "That general, I dare to ask, you, you" "If there's a fart," Adric scolded with a laugh.
"Well, you're sure, you're really not suggesting that I'm going to take the opportunity to kill that old boy" To be continued: