Char and Ruhl entered the territory of the Byzantine Empire, and after crossing the border, they first came to Denzel, a small city located not far from the northern border, which is a small city with a permanent population of barely 10,000, but because of its location on the border, there are many floating populations all year round, and the security is also chaotic, but the border trade has brought a lot of vitality to this small city.
In this war with the Odin, the temporary military headquarters of the war zone was located here.
Denzel is not too far from Wildfire Town, only two days away on horseback, and a day and a night if you are on the road.
Despite being a small city, it is more than twice the size of Wildfire, and its wide and tall walls show some of the military role of this border city, which can be transformed into a military fortress in the event of war.
According to the Imperial Law, the walls were built according to the level of a military fortress, six meters wide and eleven meters high, with angular and protruding towers at the four corners.
The first time the turtle came to Byzantium, it was also the first time to see such a big city, and he couldn't help but feel a little insufficient in his eyes, compared to Wildfire Town, although the prosperity here obviously exceeded that of the town without a political axe, the defenders wearing infantry armor and jackets, and the Byzantine imperial flag, military flag, and fan flag fluttering on the city wall.
The buildings in the city are obviously much taller than Wildfire Town, and when they enter the city, the turtle barely stops turning its neck, desperately widening its eyes to look around.
Compared to Wildfire, it is a bit more civilized, with the people walking the streets slightly brighter and the style of service more distinctly Byzantine: the men mostly wear long linen robes with long boots slightly upturned at the toes.
The robes that were cut narrow at the waist were the best indication of a man's physique, and the streets were littered with men armed with weapons, some dressed as samurai, wearing cheap leather or iron cuirass, and wearing samurai insignia, but the number of such was significantly smaller than in Wildfiretown.
There are more shops on the roadside, more blacksmith shops, and more taverns, but what makes Char strange is that the Byzantine women are obviously much more conservative than Wildfire Town, and most of the women who come and go wear cloaks and hats on their heads, not only to block the wind, but also to cover their faces, and their clothes are relatively conservative.
Only some richly dressed women, surrounded by attendants, would wear silk robes in and out of some garment shops or fat powder shops.
The city of Denzel was occupied by the army, and the city was full of soldiers dressed in military clothes, and now that the war is over, these soldiers seem to have begun to rest, and even a few drunk guys will stagger out of the tavern on the side of the road from time to time, so that Char can't help frowning.
These lax military discipline guys are absolutely not seen in the 13th Corps.
Not only is Denzel a much larger city than Wildfire, but the area around the city is also more diverse.
Around the city are small villages that cover large tracts of cultivated land.
The city of Denzel was administratively part of the county of Mor in the northern part of the Empire, which was also an important grain-producing region in the northern part of the Byzantine Empire.
What's more, this place is still under the direct jurisdiction of the central government of the empire, and has not been included in the Tema Military Region, after all, this is a frontier, although it produces grain, and there is also oil and water for border trade, but every time there is a war with the Odin, this place is always the first to be threatened.
Therefore, none of the moths in the military department are willing to snatch this territory.
In a word, the governors of the so-called Tema Military Region have long been aristocratic and warlordized, and the commander of the temporary military headquarters in the theater is General Clark from the Imperial Department, this guy is a staunch supporter of the Tema Military Region system, and his own family owns a Tema Military Region in the southeast of the empire, which has been passed down for two generations.
At the same time, General Clark himself held important positions in the imperial ministry.
But when Char followed Ruhr to Denzel's temporary military headquarters in the city, the Clark general did not show much hostility towards Char, although this turtle caused a lot of trouble to the warlords in the military department.
Clark almost used an extremely hasty attitude to give Char a simple ceremony of awarding the medal, stuffed a gold badge of courage into the turtle's hand, and did not even put it on Char according to the etiquette, and then did not even perform the military salute, and left in a hurry surrounded by several adjutants, as if he was worried that he would get into trouble if he stayed by the turtle's side for a minute longer.
The simplicity and sloppiness of the award ceremony made Ruhl a little overwhelmed.
"Damn, if the little white face of Bonfrett who came to accept the award, this guy would definitely be a hundred times more enthusiastic, and he would invite the nobles and celebrities in the city to come to watch the ceremony, the honor guard will play music, and the red carpet will be rolled directly to the gate The award ceremony of your kid is the most sloppy in Lao Tzu's life."
Char didn't seem to care, he pinched the gold badge, and the turtle's heart was busy calculating, how much is such a piece of gold worth Well, the weight is so heavy, it should be pure gold The people in the Provisional Military Department didn't want to see Char, but Char didn't care at all.
Anyway, now it is a business trip with public funds, and all the itinerary, accommodation, and food are paid for by the military department.
The Provisional Military Department filmed a fat quartermaster in charge of receiving them, whether the quartermaster was full of brains and fat turtles, and the turtle was very puzzled.
Char simply opened his mouth to the food and lodging, stayed in the best hotel in the city, and asked for the best food and wine, which the other party readily agreed, and even the quartermaster quietly stuffed Char with a bag, which was heavy with twenty palm-sized gold cakes, which was enough for an ordinary family to eat and wear for more than a year Then, several high-quality war horses were pulled in front of Char, and these good horses were all mounts provided by the military headquarters.
The Provisional Military Department has only one request: you kid, if you eat it, get out of here Char, under the instruction of Ruhr, simply knocked the bamboo pole thump, and knocked away several sets of high-grade cavalry armor equipment, using the soft armor made of high-grade soft steel produced in a famous mining area in the south of the Byzantine Empire, which is light in weight and superior in defense Seeing that his servants were all wearing this expensive soft armor, Char was finally satisfied.
Ruer next to him sighed: "Damn, Lao Tzu is also qualified to wear such armor after seven or eight years in the army, you guy, even the servants are so extravagant" Char rolled his eyes: "It seems that you taught me the thing."
The attitude of the other party is obvious: you can do whatever you want, but please get out of here as soon as possible.
Char was not ambiguous, reaped enough benefits, and quickly slapped his ass and left.
By the time they left Denzel City, Char's two servants, Dotara and Soyt, were mounted on fine horses and dressed in expensive soft armor, and even the saddles and stirrups on their horses were good things that only high-ranking officers could enjoy.
Not to mention Char, he wore a set of knight's armor worth at least hundreds of gold coins, this is a knight's half-length armor, which belongs to light clothing, and each armor leaf is made of fine mild steel, and only in the vital parts, such as the chest, back and shoulders, are inlaid with thickened steel plates.
The shape of the armor is the most standard imperial knight appearance, although with Char's current identity, wearing knight armor is a kind of transgression, but this time he has made great contributions, and getting a title is already a sure thing.
Riding a red war horse, this war horse was selected by Ruer for him, according to the fat man, such a level of war horse, even among the mounts of the thirteen corps generals of the empire, can be firmly in the top five.
Riding such a high-quality war horse, wearing knightly light armor, wearing a bearskin cloak presented by the military department, and the clothes of Dodoro and Soyt who followed behind him far exceeded that of ordinary flag officers, if you don't know Char's identity, I'm afraid that anyone will think that it is the general of that legion In contrast, Ruhr, who walked with Char, a real general, seemed to be Char's follower.
Originally, Char planned to knock on a good carriage to get on the road, but Ruhl refused to do so.
The fat man actually told Char a sentence in a rare serious tone.
"Soldiers, don't ride," the fat man said in a deep voice, "A soldier who covets pleasure is no longer a true soldier, this is what my teacher, the Duke of Minas, told me." ” Although Morshire was not part of the Tema Military Region, the Empire's peasant and military system had been in place for a hundred years, and after leaving Denzel, passing through some small villages along the way, you can still see some peasants wearing military uniforms but carrying hoes and shovels to work in the fields.
Every village has an empty training ground, but the peasant and soldier system is in decline after all, and it is obvious that the weapons in the hands of these peasant soldiers have long been rusted, and the weeds in many places on the training ground are one person tall.
After leaving Denzel City, the fat man's mood was obviously a little strange.
He received the latest order from the theater military headquarters in Denzel that he must arrive in Yanjing Osculia within fifteen days, and at the same time, his command of the 6th Corps was temporarily replaced by the flag officer of the 1st Banner Regiment of the Corps.
In addition, Ruhr was also asked to personally go to the military headquarters to report on his work as the front-line commander of this war.
It is said that this order was urgently transmitted by the special magic circle in the military headquarters the night before Ruel and Char arrived at Denzel City. ` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: