As a former officer of the Imperial Central Army, who can rise all the way to the rank of deputy flag regiment, Mr.
Stephen is still a little capable, he is not a waste, and certainly not a genius.
He is in his thirties, has been in the army for ten years, and has been selected for a short time in the Imperial Affairs Academy, which is a bit expected.
Of course, the reason why he was able to mix in the Imperial Central Army to the deputy flag regimental level, which is considered to be a position that has stepped into the ranks of middle and senior generals, is not purely because of his military superiority, but also because of his background.
Stephen was born in a noble family in Yanjing, not a top wealthy family, but also quite a well-established, a middle family that hovered between second-rate and third-rate nobles, and stood closely in the ranks of the royalist faction.
Because of this background, Stephen was considered to have enough loyalty and a firm stance that he was able to rise all the way up, and within a few years he was given the rank of deputy flag regiment in the Imperial Central Army.
Originally, Stephen thought that he still had a lot of potential in his career: he was still young, his background was good, and the resume he had accumulated over the past few years was almost enough.
Once you have the opportunity, you may be able to use the connections in the family to move around and transfer yourself back to Yanjing, and then you can use the name of a well-versed military strategy to transfer yourself to the military headquarters of Yanjing or some other department to serve as an official, without having to be in the wind and sun in the army, and no longer have to go to the battlefield to fight for life and death.
If you mix well, when you retire in twenty or thirty years, you may be able to mix to the level of deputy director.
Most children of aristocracy have come from this way in their lives Unfortunately, Stephen's luck was just too bad.
If all is in order, then there should be an eighty percent chance that his idea will be realized.
But it is a pity that he encountered war The Odin drove south and swept through Syltan County, and the Seventh Corps of the Imperial Central Army fought fiercely against the Odin, resulting in the defeat of the Seventh Corps of the Central Army one after another, and finally the main force was almost completely annihilated.
Fortunately, Stephen was not programmed into the main sequence at the time.
He followed the remnants of his men and horses to the city of Denzel in Morshire, where he finally took refuge under Char's command.
Since then, his career dream has been shattered.
The remnants of the Seventh Corps were immediately absorbed by Char, and the Northern Army was established, and people like him, who came from traditional aristocratic families in Yanjing and those old oilmen in the Central Army, obviously did not receive Char's trust.
Both sides know that they are not all the way at all.
Many officers with aristocratic family backgrounds in the Central Army simply looked down on that Char Leiming, this kind of guy from a clay leg, if he had been in the past, he would have to take the initiative to salute himself But now, instead of relying on others, he was annexed by the other party, and from now on, he has to live by the faces of others.
Although Stephen did not resist when he knew it, at least he was not completely hollowed out, but he also knew very well in his heart that there was no future for him to continue to stay in the Northern Army in his own capacity.
This time, Char was unexpectedly selected as the commander of the escort army, responsible for escorting the queen back, for Stephen, it was simply a pie-in-the-sky thing After all, he came from an aristocratic family, and of course he was very familiar with the background of Her Royal Highness the Empress If the Minas family, which was once the number one wealthy family in the army, can safely escort the queen back to Yanjing, then no matter what, first of all, the Duke of Minas will definitely reward himself heavily, and in the same way, His Majesty the Emperor's reward will not be light As long as he can return to Yanjing, with his family's connections, he can make a little move and find some way to stay in Yanjing, and there is no problem in thinking about it.
Then from now on, you can break away from the Northern Army, a group that you can't integrate into at all This is a rare opportunity Based on this psychology, Stephen is extraordinarily careful and responsible for the escort group.
After departing from Denzel, Stephen showed the attitude of an extremely responsible officer, carefully dispatching a large number of scouts along the way, urging the team forward, and at the same time carefully concerned about safety.
Whether it is walking, lodging, or stopping for a short rest, he is cautious, even if it is the water source on the road, he has to send someone to carefully check it, and he has not yet stepped out of Char's sphere of influence.
He had to personally greet the queen every morning and evening, showing a full aristocratic demeanor, both in etiquette and posture, which was impeccable. will ask about the queen's daily life, diet, etc.
It can be said that every detail that can be thought of, this Mr.
Stephen has taken into account.
However, what made him a little discouraged was that Her Royal Highness the Queen herself did not seem too enthusiastic and even a little indifferent to his courteous greetings.
It was only on the first two occasions that Her Royal Highness opened the window to meet him in person, and said a few polite words to him, and tried to persuade Mr.
Stephen very high-soundingly.
But after that, every time Stephen greeted him, he couldn't see the queen, and the queen just responded casually with a simple "um", "oh" and "got it" in the car window, and on two occasions, even Stephen could hear the suppressed impatience in the queen's tone.
It's really hell that this woman is so beautiful, she was born in the first wealthy family in the empire, and she is the queen of honor.
She seems to have a layer of frost on her face every day, and a person of her status has nothing to live with If it had been placed in the past, Stephen would naturally be very interested and would not dare to disturb the queen again.
But now, Stephen is clearly losing his cool.
He knew very well that for him, being able to deal with the queen so closely was a golden opportunity for him, if he could get the queen's appreciation, or if he could get even the slightest favor from Her Royal Highness, then after returning to Yanjing, it would be of great benefit to his attempts He was born in a middle-class aristocratic family, and he rarely even saw the emperor's face, if he could climb the line of the queen, then there would be a fire burning in Stephen's heart in the future The team walked all the way to Syrtan County, and naturally there was no trouble along the way.
The cavalry team of 1,000 men who accompanied it had been marching slowly at a distance of less than a mile from the queen's chariot and horse procession.
The general Sharpa who led the army, Stephen naturally knew, that was Char Leiming's henchman, born in the Rhodrian cavalry.
However, for Stephen, an aristocrat like him would not really look down on a civilian-born officer like Sharba.
The two didn't have anything to do with each other along the way, except for the occasional herald to send messengers to inform each other.
As long as I return to Yanjing, I don't have to have anything to do with the Northern Army in the future, even if he Sharba is Xia Leiming's henchman, I don't have to please him That's what Stephen thought.
When the team arrived in New Town, the capital of Syltan County, the two teams immediately parted ways.
Shalba's cavalry did not repair in the new town, but replenished its provisions, and immediately marched eastward to quell the rebellion in Corsica.
The queen and her entourage entered the new city for a day's rest.
The new town has almost turned into a big construction site.
Since Char decided to move the office to the new city in the future, the new city began to repair the work.
The fortifications and other fortifications that were destroyed during the war are under intense repair, and some of the buildings in the city that were destroyed by the war have also begun to be rebuilt, and a large number of people have been mobilized to work hard inside and outside the city like ants, because there are construction sites everywhere, and the air is drifting with a layer of stone dust.
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At night, Daphne, who was resting in the county warden's mansion, stayed awake all night, standing on her balcony, looking at the whole new city, even at night, she could see that the new city was full of lights, and the construction site was working hotly, and the sound of shouting from afar.
This will be a new city in the north of the empire, and it will also be the lairs of that fellow.
He's going to make this place a solid one.
It is foreseeable that this place will definitely become more prosperous than the Char of the past, and he will also be like a rising star, lighting up the northern sky of the empire, but unfortunately, he will never see these again.
Early tomorrow morning, I will leave the new city and go south.
Everything in the north, all these encounters, everything, will only, will only become a cloud of smoke in a dream, slowly dissipate away.
Daphany clung to the fence, her fingers turning a little white from too much force.
The second time, the team left the new city and made its way south, and Stephen ordered the march to be quickened.
After walking for more than ten days, the brigade finally left the border of Syltan County and officially entered the sphere of influence of the Bestas.
The wife of the governor of the Besta kept her promise, and she sent a troop of cavalry and two hundred carts.
Two hundred carts allowed the infantry in the garrison to finally break away from the conviction of trekking on foot, and after the infantry got into the carriage, the speed of the march increased considerably.
Obviously, the Governor's wife also had the idea of sending this trouble out of her territory early.
The Besta people went out of their way to provide provisions, and even some horses.
There was also cavalry escort along the way.
It took less than fifteen days to cross the Besta area.
To Stephen's displeasure, the Governor's wife never showed up to meet Her Royal Highness.
For a nobleman like Stephen, he felt that this was a very rude thing After leaving the Besta sphere of influence, Stephen ordered the team to continue to speed up He knew very well that his party had entered the enemy-occupied area In the future, this way to the south, first of all, the first thing to cross is the territory of the four rebel small warlord military districts, in Stephen's prediction, this part of the journey should not be too dangerous, his party has a force of 1,500 people, the small warlord may not be willing to invest troops to fight with him, and even if things are not good, he can use cavalry to escape with the queen.
The biggest danger should be the Armenian Military Region, to return to Yanjing, the Armenian Military Region is a mountain that must be climbed in front of it, as the top power in the rebel camp, Armenia has strong troops and a vast territory, and at that time, it is the time to really test yourself Stephen, however, wasn't too worried, he had already come up with an idea that he thought was a brilliant one Long before he set out, he had thought that as soon as his group approached the sphere of influence of the Armenian Military District, he would immediately order the division of troops He would abandon the 1,000 infantry in the ranks, and all the other entourage, and all the maids and servants who would abandon the ranks of the Abandoned, who would take only the queen and a few hundred cavalry, and rush through the Armenian territory as fast as possible, and also serve as a suspicious soldier to attract the Armenian pursuers As for the people he had planned to abandon, Stephen didn't feel the slightest bit guilty.
As for the guilt joke, as long as he can escort the queen to arrive safely, then it is the greatest credit, who will pursue these things at that time Of course, this plan is not going to be revealed to anyone now As long as you can get to Yanjing, then being promoted to become wealthy, prosperous and rich is something that can be waited Finally, on the twenty-ninth day after the departure from Denzel, the party stepped out of the Besta forces and officially entered the enemy-occupied territory.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we have to cross the Onyx River ahead before it gets dark, and then stop on the south bank to cheer me up."
Stephen rode his horse, running back and forth in front of the group, shouting and shouting to cheer up the soldiers.
But the effect is not very good.
Because he was in a hurry and repeatedly asked to speed up, the team was already tired.
Although there were a large number of carriages provided by the Besta for the infantry, the bones of the soldiers were about to be torn apart after sitting on the carriage for several days along the way.
The Besta carriage doesn't have any shock-proof devices like the nobles' carriages, let alone soft carpets or anything like that.
Those are just trucks that are used to transport goods.
Sitting on it and hurrying, at the end of the day, the bones in the body were almost broken, and everyone had back pain.
As for the cavalry, they had been trekking for so many days that the inside of their thighs had to be rubbed out of the saddle.
It should be noted that these 500 cavalry are not the Rhodrian cavalry under Char's command, including the 1,000 infantry behind, all of them were drawn from the Second Corps of the Northern Army, that is, the garrison corps.
These infantry were Stephen's original team, the team he led.
Most of the people, originally from the Seventh Corps and some local garrisons, were not selected into the First Corps when the army was reorganized, but were eliminated from the garrison corps.
The composition of these 500 cavalry is also quite interesting: 400 of them are not real cavalry, but a mounted infantry unit in the original garrison, the so-called motorized infantry.
Only a hundred people are real cavalry, and those hundred cavalry are the real elite specially drawn by Char to strengthen the strength of the escort army These hundred cavalry are all the horse thieves who have followed Nene.
These horse thief cavalry served in the army, trained and lived together with the Rhodrian cavalry, and the elite level was no less than that of the Rhodrian cavalry, but the fierceness and recklessness of the horse thieves gave Stephen a little headache.
He obviously felt that the hundred cavalry were a little out of place with his own team, and he was lazy in carrying out his orders.
He had heard that the cavalry in the Northern Army, those who were really elite cavalry, in the entire Northern Army, only four people could command them.
The first to bear the brunt is naturally Char's thundering.
Secondly, there was the cavalry commander of the Northern Army, Sharba.
The other two people were Reinhardt, who once led the remnants of the Rhodelian cavalry to defect to Char from south to north, fighting bloody battles along the way, and formed a deep friendship with the cavalry.
The last one, I heard that it was the special existence in the Northern Army, the only officer with a female surname, and that was called the guy Nenei.
Except for these four people, it was difficult for the other generals in the Northern Army to command these cavalry.
This hundred cavalry came all the way, although they did not find themselves in any trouble.
Even in their hearts, whether they are on the road or staying overnight, or guarding scouts, these real elite cavalry are ten times better than these second- and third-rate guys under their command.
But their disdainful eyes and rebellious expressions were never hidden.
They looked down on Stephen and never had the slightest respect.
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"Wait and see when I get to Yanjing, see how I clean up these bastards."
Stephen muttered secretly, and raised his horsewhip to urge: "Hurry up, you must cross the river before it gets dark."
His soldiers were exhausted, barely advancing under his whips and scoldings, and the hundred elite cavalry, who were still in the queue, only wandered outside the group, watching Stephen's jokes from afar, watching him drive the soldiers back and forth like a flock.
"What the hell, how could my uncle send us to give this guy a command, this guy is like a muddy thing, why should he give us an order."
A horse thief muttered dissatisfiedly: "Look at these guys, all of them are a mess of mud and the warriors of our dignified cavalry regiment, why should they be with these guys." ” Another horse thief leader frowned and stopped his companion's complaints: "Okay, shut up, my uncle's orders naturally make sense to carry out the order, damn it, don't forget my uncle's secret order before leaving, hehe, this guy is unreliable, when something really happens, we have to clean up the scene."
Give me a wake-up call."
After a pause, the cavalry officer, who was the leader of the horse thieves, groaned slightly, and said, "That Stephen is a fool, and he just crossed the river in the dark, and he actually forced his way like this, and did not send anyone to the front to investigate."
Damn, send twenty brothers to the river in front of me to investigate, and keep watch by the river to meet the brigade.
Also, the nearby woods have sent people to sentry, and now it is not our territory, so put the warning area larger, and be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. ” `` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: