The first rays of morning light fell, and the new city was already busy.
The expansion and repair of the city walls were still in progress, and at night, the hired craftsmen and soldiers simply lived in tents under the walls, and in order to meet the deadline, everyone began to get busy very early, carrying water and carrying stones, and craftsmen carrying sledgehammers or various tools, and began to work in the city.
The defenders of the city walls also began to change their shifts, and the soldiers on duty at night yawned and changed their guards, and prepared to go back and sleep well.
In the morning, the buckets of noodle soup sent by the logistics exuded heat, and the aroma spread in the air, so that the soldiers who had been guarding the post all night sniffed, and everyone swallowed saliva.
The food of the Northern Army is still very good, in addition to a bowl of noodle soup, there is also a spoonful of stewed thin beans for breakfast.
And for those craftsmen, they don't have to be greedy, the Commander's Mansion is also very kind to these recruited craftsmen, their food is almost the same as that of the city wall defenders, and there are even some who specialize in heavy physical work, and they can also get some special meat and vegetables.
Siltan County had just experienced the poison of the Odin, and many refugees who had lost their idyllic homes and had no homes flocked to the new city.
Although the land has been distributed, it is already late autumn at the moment, and it is necessary to wait for the spring of the next year to cultivate, which is half a year left, and a large number of displaced people have nothing to do, which is also a headache originally.
However, the construction of the new city happened to give many displaced people a way to live.
The trusted female chief of staff in the Commander's Mansion set up a policy of "work for relief".
Although the financial situation of the military and political axes in the north is tight, and these hired craftsmen and people really do not get any wages, at least two full meals per day will not be less.
These refugees have just experienced the ravages of the Odin, nine deaths, and do not need too good treatment, in this troubled world, to be able to earn a life, have food to eat, and not become a roadside starvation, it is already a great luck, it is already satisfied.
In this way, the construction of the new city, at least in terms of manpower, is no longer a problem.
As soon as the recruitment order under the commander's office was issued, the respondents immediately gathered, and the place where the craftsmen were recruited was almost crowded.
Although blacksmiths and carpenters are only a small number of people who can do fine work, and the wages are slightly higher, even if they don't know these jobs, they only have the strength of two arms, and they can fight hard for a day on the construction site, and at night, they can also get two or three cakes of bread, and the old and weak of the family will not go hungry.
There are even some healthy women recruited here, specializing in making a living to do those logistics work, laundry and cooking and other things are always possible, as long as you are willing to work hard, there is always a way to live, this damn troubled times, human life is not worth much, to have a way to live, and to be able to look at the hope of the future, it is already the most extravagant thing in the hearts of most people.
It was in the air that he awoke to the smell of food, and he lived in a tent under the city, and in the morning he was awakened by the sound of craftsmen beating stones, and he rolled over, scooped a spoonful of water from the bucket with a horse spoon, wiped his face, and got out of the tent.
The majestic body immediately attracted those craftsmen in the past, and with the posture of a giant man like Nigul, it was not common even among the so-called elite northern army.
After moving his hands and feet, looking at the people working on the city wall, Nigur took a deep breath, spit it out vigorously, then turned around and lifted the armor bag, quickly put on the polished shiny half-body breastplate, lifted the axe and gun, and strode towards the city gate.
It has been some time since Nigur came to the Northern Army, and he has been transferred from General Xia Leiming's personal guard camp to the city guard army to train.
It can be said that Char has fulfilled his promise to Ruhr, and Nigur was delegated to the grassroots level of the army in his personal guard camp, and did not let him really start as a big soldier, but served as a rotating small leader at the north gate of the new city, which is regarded as a small team officer, with more than a dozen light armored infantry under his command, and the battalion is specially responsible for guarding the north city gate.
He came out of the personal guard battalion of the General's Mansion, and the people in the troops below knew his origin, so they naturally looked down on him, and the work of the night shift would not be assigned to his head, but the military discipline in the north was very strict, and every time he said that he was training for drills, he was not allowed to be careless, even if it was a military salary, it would not be more than one copper plate than others. should be treated with room and board, and they will be treated like others, and they will not get any preferential treatment.
He is a person who has experienced hardships, and his young and crazy surname has already been sharpened cleanly, and he has been sent to the grassroots level of the army, and he is willing to endure hardships, and he was transferred to guard the city gate, so he simply moved the tent to the construction site next to the city gate.
There are many people here, and there are many craftsmen and people during the day, and it is inevitable that there will be some messy things.
He had a painful lesson, and since he came to the city gate this time, he has really eaten and lived here.
Seven or eight officers at the rank of officer in a battalion guarding the city gate were the hardest working of all.
After working at the north gate for half a month, although Ni Gul suffered a lot, his heart was much more peaceful.
Sometimes, looking at the tall and majestic new city wall that is gradually being built, I can't help but think of the triumphal arch of Osgilia, the time when he served in the Yanjing City Guard, and the rebels fought bloodily in the city and under the city, and remembered the cries of fighting day and night, the golden iron horse, the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood in Yanjing, as if it was right in front of you.
And now, the tranquility in this new city, those guards of the Northern Army are clearly armored and magically patrolled.
The energetic work of the craftsmen, the peaceful smiles on the faces of the civilians in the new city and the scene in the fierce battle in Yanjing, all these seem to be two worlds.
All of that, that bloody night in Yanjing, as if it was already a matter of the previous life, stood in the morning light at this moment, watching the morning sun slowly rising in the distance, the red that erupted out of the sky, and the original gloom in my heart seemed to gradually fade a lot.
The faces in front of him, full of life and hope, were particularly precious compared to the desperate and painful expressions on the city of Osgilia in the past.
"Maybe that's what peace tastes like."
Nigur suddenly had such an emotion in his heart, and even he himself felt that his original hard and indifferent heart had loosened a little.
Originally, he most hoped that the northern army would go south as soon as possible to fight against the rebels, and he vowed to kill Hughes of the Armenian Military District with his own hands, even if Hughes and other high-ranking and powerful guys were afraid that it would not be his turn to do it, but the life of that guy in Gerry was what Nigur thought about every night.
But now looking at the peaceful new city in front of him, there was a breath of peace in the air, and even he couldn't help but feel: If the son can continue to be so peaceful, there will be no more corpses and mountains of blood, and there will be no more fragments, it seems to be a better thing A special rule of the Northern Army is inherited from the Rhodrian cavalry: the army eats, the soldiers are not full, and the officers are not allowed to eat.
Although Nigul was only a grassroots officer, he also strictly abided by this rule, and in the morning, he first let the more than ten soldiers under his command eat and drink enough, and then he went to hold a bowl of thick noodle soup.
He was tall and majestic, and was highly respected among the soldiers.
The army has always respected good men, like Nigul, who has a strong body and is a fierce general type of character at first glance, and he is generally very open in the army.
I have been an officer here for more than half a month, and my subordinates are also loved by everyone, except for feeling that this boss is a little silent and doesn't talk much, other things are very kind to his subordinates, of course, when it should be strict, Ni Gul will not relax for half a minute.
After eating breakfast early, he went to the city to change his defenses, and he said that he would guard the city gate today.
In the new city, there is a lot of construction, and there are naturally many cars, horses and pedestrians coming and going at the city gate, and the burden of guarding the city gate is not light.
Nigul is considered to be scrupulous in his duties, and he is very dedicated.
It's just that in the morning, I encountered a strange thing.
As soon as he changed shifts, he saw two horsemen coming side by side on the main road outside the city, coming from the north, and the speed was not fast, but when he looked closer, the people on the horse made Nigul a little surprised.
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Two horsemen, a man and a woman, the man is the Junker general Ni Gul After all, he is also a noble son of Yanjing, naturally he has long heard the name of the royal elite "Night Royal Forest", this Junker general, he also saw it once at a banquet, when Junker followed the old emperor Kantos the Great, and never left.
And the leader of the Night Imperial Forest, who is the emperor's first-class cronies, is also a great man in the eyes of those nobles.
Nigur is also not qualified to know such a big man.
But now that Juncker has come to the Northern Army, he has seen it from afar a few times.
What made Nigur feel even more strange was the woman beside Nigur.
This trusted chief of staff of the Commander's Office is already well-known in the Northern Army.
As a young woman serving as the chief of staff, in the masculinity of the Northern Army, she is naturally an unusual outlier.
However, when it was rumored that the background of this chief of staff was that he was a close disciple of the great imperial sage Kavihir, and that he was the same as General Char Leiming, the voice of opposition and questioning immediately became much quieter.
First, although Kavehill has passed away, the prestige he left behind is not to be disgraced; Second, General Char Leiming heard that he was also a subordinate of Kavihir, and they were from the same family.
It has always been a practice to be in a position and appoint others, and no one will feel that there is anything wrong.
What's more, this chief of staff will naturally not be low in learning.
The chief of staff is considered to be General Char's personal subordinate officer, in fact, it is not the official rank of the empire, and there are a few close confidants around the general, and others can't say anything, as for whether it is a man or a woman, who cares so much What's more, this chief of staff is young and beautiful, and he is the same door of General Char, and there are quite a few rumors about the relationship between the two in the northern army.
Although the general already has a fiancée, it is common for such a big man to marry a few more wives.
If this chief of staff is also half a "master mother", no one will object to her being the chief of staff.
In addition, the division of military exploits in the army and the substitution of fields for rewards are said to have come from the hand of this chief of staff.
There is also a cash-for-work effort, in addition to large-scale construction, but also recruited a lot of healthy women to wash and cook, the defenders of the new city, there are a large number of logistics auxiliaries in plain vain, and even the military uniforms and armor are scrubbed, everyone benefits, and the chief of staff is also quite kind in his heart.
It's just that Ni Gur was surprised that this chief of staff actually came from the north outside the city early in the morning, could it be that he went out of the city last night to sit in the new city in the chief of staff, and the government affairs in the city are all from her hands, which can be described as a high power, and she can't move around easily. actually worked out of the city overnight, could it be that something big happened It's not going to be a war Nigur was thinking wildly, and when he saw the two horsemen under the city gate, he immediately shouted an order, and the whole team stood up and saluted.
Sophie rode her horse for most of the night, her face was full of exhaustion, but her eyes were still bright and clear, and when she got to the bottom of the city, she actually restrained her horse and looked at the defenders standing under the city gate.
Nigur is tall and eye-catching, Sophie's eyes immediately turned to him, the girl pursed her lips and smiled, looked at the team officer who was straightening up and saluting, and smiled softly: "You are Nigur" Ni Gul's expression was motionless, and he opened his mouth and said slowly: "Chief of staff, I am Ni Gul, the officer of the fourth squad of the first battalion of the city defense army. ” "Well, I know you, you're General Span's nephew, the queen of Tadashi."
Sophie didn't know what to think, so she couldn't stop on the horse, sat on the horse and looked at Nigul, and smiled very kindly: "When I was in Yanjing, General Spann once visited the ancestors, and I had the honor to meet the general, the general is a loyal martyr of the empire, and thinking about the style of the past makes people sigh. ” Nigul's eyes were slightly hot, and he quickly lowered his head.
Sophie seemed to be quite interested in Nigul, so she actually started talking and continued to laugh: "I heard General Char also talk about you, you did a good job, you were transferred from the general's palace guard camp, do you have any ideas?"
Ni Gul hurriedly shook his head, and said with a straight face: "It is the general's cultivation of me that is transferred to the grassroots level, and this kind of sharpening for me is naturally the general's painstaking work." ” In fact, the guard battalion around Char, everyone is a carefully selected elite in the army, and it is a "strong horse" after being strengthened by muscle fruits, these elite soldiers naturally hope to be sent to the front-line troops and stay by Char's side, although Char is very kind to them, and the treatment is also the best in the entire Northern Army, but after all, a real good man, who doesn't want to fight on the front line of the battle, and use his martial arts to win a fame and wealth Nigur was transferred, but he was envious of his colleagues in the Guards Battalion.
Sophie listened to Nigur's proper answer, and sighed in her heart: after all, she was born in a noble family, and she had seen the market, so she naturally spoke and acted differently.
She suddenly smiled, and became more and more interested in this Nigul, and said with a smile: "I rode a horse all night, and I am tired, stop here to rest for a while, you should have some water to drink here."
Saying that, she actually turned over and got off the horse, Nigur was stunned, instinctively walked up and took the reins of Sophie's horse, and watched the taciturn General Juncker also turn over, although standing by Sophie's side, but his eyes always showed a little anxiety from time to time, and he couldn't help but turn around and look at the road to the north behind him, as if he was waiting for something.
Sophie is the chief of staff, and in the hearts of most of the sergeants, I am afraid that there is more speculation about "half of the master's mother", she said that she is thirsty and wants to drink water, where do others dare to ask more Although it is strange in their hearts, this is all at the city gate, this chief of staff does not go back to the commander's palace to rest, but what is the purpose of staying at this city gate, but who dares to ask her Nigur brought a wooden barrel over, which was specially for the defenders of the city to drink, found a clean wooden cup, washed and washed, scooped out a cup and handed it over with both hands.
The utensils and tea at the grassroots level of the army were naturally rude, but Sophie didn't even frown, she took it and drank it in one go, so simply that she didn't even have time to say the two kind words brewing in Nigul's heart, and the cup was empty.
Sophie looked left and right, and said with a smile: "I still have to wait for someone here, you don't have to look at me, go and get busy, the task of guarding the city gate is heavy, and you can't slack off." ” Although she said this, Nigur really didn't care about the chief of staff, and directly sent someone to find two chairs to put in the shade under the city gate, and then asked her team deputy to lead someone to guard the city gate to check the passage, and she personally stood beside Sophie.
Sophie didn't refuse, just sat down, and chatted with Ni Gul casually about some anecdotes about Yanjing's past years, Ni Gur replied cautiously, where did he have the mind to gossip and Junker next to him also looked more and more anxious, and the frequency of looking at the northern road outside the city gradually increased.
A moment later, Sophie had already drunk two cups of tea, but Juncker's teacup had not even touched a drop.
Sophie looked calm and calm, looked at Juncker's impatient appearance, pursed her lips and smiled, and said lightly: "Mr.
Juncker, just sit back in peace." ” Junker furrowed his eyebrows and hesitated, but looked at Nigul, but finally did not speak.
Where is his heart still?
Mad Dog Green ran away, although he caught up last night, but God knows if the persuasion can say that this mad dog turned back Green is now the backbone of the new city, it is already bright at this moment, and the commander's mansion found that Green is not there, but I am afraid that it will soon be chaotic.
In case Na Green really doesn't come back, the top priority now should be to rush back to the commander's mansion as soon as possible to maintain the situation But I don't know where this little Sophie came from, so she actually stayed at the gate of the city to chat with Nigul.
Sophie's conversation was very high, but poor Nigur coped with more and more restraints, often Sophie said three or five sentences, and he dared to reluctantly respond to the last sentence.
Seeing that Junker's eyes were becoming more and more impatient, Nigur knew that Juncker seemed to have something to say to the chief of staff, and he said goodbye several times to leave, but instead Sophie left Nigur behind and carefully asked him about the details of the military affairs of the city guard, Nigur had to stiffen his head and answer, but the clothes on his back were already wet.
Finally, when the sun had risen overhead, and seeing that most of the morning had passed, Sophie suddenly smiled, pointed to the distance in the north outside the city and said with a smile: "Here it is." ” Juncker immediately looked up, and the anxiety and gloom on his face were suddenly swept away, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, but then he found that his expression was too obvious, and immediately coughed and returned to his normal color.
In the distance outside the city, a horse galloped and came to the city gate, and the defenders of the city saw the man on the horse, and immediately lined up to salute.
Green had a solemn face, galloped to the city, and saw Sophie and Juncker sitting under the city gate, and the solemnity on his face suddenly turned into a wry smile, turned over and dismounted, and walked over slowly, with a complicated tone: "The chief of staff is so interested, are you sitting here chatting?"
Sophie smiled faintly: "Why is the general late, let's wrestle overnight, this chase, but I won."
Nigur was confused.
Wrestling and chasing, the chief of staff and General Green ran out of the city in the middle of the night to race horses That's too bizarre, isn't it?
But even if it is a horse race, General Green is also a veteran general in the army, and in the southern and northern wars, how could the horse race lose to such a delicate chief of staff However, this kind of question, where would he ask a small team officer, and he could only suppress all his doubts in his heart.
Green listened to Sophie's words, his face moved slightly, he ran away in the middle of the night, naturally he couldn't publicize it, since he had come back, he naturally wanted to pretend that nothing had happened, so he smiled faintly, and took the words: "Yes, it is the chief of staff who won." ” Sophie was a big snake: "Since I won, I want to ask the general for a request, I don't know if the general agrees" Green hesitated in his heart and said that this little woman wants to use this as a handle to hold me hostage in the Northern Army, and from then on, this thought was just a flash, and Green immediately said lightly: "Whatever the chief of staff wants, please say." ” Sophie turned around and pointed at Nigul: "This person is my old Yanjing, and he is the queen of the loyal martyrs of the empire."
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General Char wants Mr.
Juncker to build a new army, and there is a shortage of manpower at the moment, I just talked to him, this person happens to be my heart, I want to ask General Green to cut his love, and transfer him to my subordinates, I don't know" Green was stunned for a moment, he never expected Sophie to make such a request that he couldn't hit with eight poles, Ni Gul He naturally knew the origin of the other party, a small team officer guarding the city, it was not a big deal to transfer it, so he nodded immediately.
Sophie just smiled, looked at Juncker and said, "Mr.
Juncker, you always complain about the lack of manpower under your men, and you are satisfied with the deputy I asked for you."
Juncker didn't have any of these thoughts now, looked at Nigul, and nodded: "Not bad." ” Only Nigur was confused, how to talk about it, but he told the matter of his transfer However, the two in front of him, one is the deputy commander of the Northern Army, and the other is the chief of staff.
One is in charge of the army and the other is in charge, they are both the core figures in the northern army, and they only have to obey orders, so they hurriedly saluted.
Sophie then mounted his horse with Green and returned to the Commander's Palace, and Junker rode slowly behind him.
On the way, Sophie and Green both tacitly agreed not to mention last night's incident, and casually talked about some military affairs in the city, as if the incident of last night's trip had never happened.
It was only when she rode all the way to the gate of the Commander's Mansion that Sophie suddenly seemed to remember something and said: "My lord, there were still some omissions in the army before when he rewarded military merits, so I want you to make a decision." ” Green said "um", and Sophie said lightly: "Lord xxx had a meritorious role in the rear dispatch during the previous battle of Syltan, and the previous reward, I think about it now, it is quite debatable, so" Green's eyes lit up immediately, and a sharp ray of sharpness shot out of his eyes to look at Sophie.
The "Lord XXX" that Sophie said in her mouth was the dark line of the Duke of Minas in the Northern Army, that is, a general in the Northern Army who quietly handed the letter to him in the military documents Sophie suddenly mentioned this person's name, and Green suddenly felt a pang in his heart He knew very well that since he had decided to stay in the Northern Army, this person had been bribed and co-opted by the Duke of Minas, and in order to safeguard the interests of the Northern Army, this kind of person would definitely not be able to continue to stay in the Northern Army However, what to do, Green has not yet figured out.
Could it be that the chief of staff meant to be quietly executed?
Although Green decided to stay in the Northern Army, he still couldn't bear to ask him to kill this person immediately.
After hesitating for a moment, Green said lightly: "Since it is meritorious, then let's be promoted according to the imperial law."
Imperial practice, if there are meritorious people in the local army, they can be recommended to go to the Yanjing Military Department.
My Northern Army is also a local army, since this person has a talent for scheduling, it is better to recommend going to the Yanjing Military Department.
This person is good at scheduling, and now Yanjing is preparing to counterattack the rebels, and this kind of dispatching talent can also be used. ” This means that the person who secretly defected to the Duke of Minas was expelled from the Northern Army and thrown to Yanjing in the name of "recommended promotion".
Sophie listened, thought about it for a while, and knew that Green had no murderous intentions, so she nodded: "Then do it according to the general's wishes." ” Green suddenly gave Sophie a deep look: "Chief of staff, last night's incident, I" Sophie smiled lightly: "Last night, I rode a horse with the general to take a trip outside the city, and there was nothing to say.
This kind of fun thing doesn't need to be mentioned anymore. ” Green's eyes were a little more solemn, he looked at Sophie, and said lightly: "What happened last night, when Char comes back, I will talk to him to explain it face-to-face." ” Sophie's expression moved slightly, but she immediately understood Green's thoughts.
This mad dog is a fair and honest soldier, so he naturally refuses to do this kind of thing to hide his head and tail, and he does what he does, but he doesn't bother to hide it.
Of course, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, this matter will not spread among the northern army, but with Green's surname, he will definitely tell Char this matter clearly, and he will never hide his losses.
Among them, Sophie has an even more meaning: You'd better not make the wrong decision, thinking that you can blackmail me with this handle, and I will take the initiative to explain to Char that you don't want to do anything about it When Sophie heard this, she just smiled faintly, and then took her leave and left. `` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: