When Sophie really saw Hasting, the famous "Odin Valkyrie", even if she had made countless fantasies about this famous general in the continent before, and had described his appearance countless times in her mind, but when Hasteen was really in front of her, Sophie still couldn't help but sigh.
His previous assumptions seem to have come to naught.
Hasting's fame was such that it was a nightmare for the Byzantine Empire.
And through various channels, Sophie has also learned a little bit about this famous Odin.
It is rumored that he is not tall and burly, and unlike the Odin, who was born with a strong physique, he is even a little thin and not tall.
But rumored to be, this Odin Valkyrie was imposing, and standing in front of him was like looking up at a high mountain.
The three-edged war spear in his hand, on the battlefield, is like the Grim Reaper who harvests life.
He should undoubtedly be a person who is extremely proud and ruthless.
Murderous, majestic on all sides, this may be the image of a peerless celebrity.
But at this moment, in this airtight cowhide tent, the man in front of him was sitting in a chair covered with a soft and thick tiger skin, and his body was tilted on the chair cup, which even looked a little old.
In my impression, only those old and frail old people, when they sit down, will reveal this weak posture curled up in a ball.
And the famous three-edged war spear hung crookedly in the corner of the tent, and there was no hideousness at all.
Even, Sophie felt that the man in front of her even breathed a little rough.
The lights in the tent were dim, and there was a strange smell because it was too airtight.
The man's face, as if under the dim light, also seemed so blurred.
This is Hasting This guy who looks weak, even without edges, is the Odin Valkyrie, the Odin Valkyrie who has killed countless imperial soldiers and has not been defeated for many years Sophie sighed secretly in her heart, but she still bowed slowly and performed a solemn courtesy.
"You were sent by Char" Hasting's voice was hoarse, and Sophie noticed that Hasting's breath was a little disturbed when he spoke, and although he had tried his best to hide it, this disguise had not been successful.
He was badly wounded.
Sophie immediately came to such a conclusion in her mind.
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Sophie raised her eyelids to look at Hasting: "My name is Sophie, and I am the chief of staff of General Char Leiming. ” Hastings looked at the young woman in front of him, and after a while, he suddenly raised an eyebrow: "You seem to be a little disappointed" Sophie looked at Hastings in surprise.
"You're disappointed."
Hastings laughed self-deprecatingly: "You must be thinking in your heart now: it turns out that the famous Hastings actually looks like this, he doesn't look majestic at all, more like a sick cat, isn't it?"
Sophie frowned, she didn't answer this question, but smiled faintly: "Your Excellency's contemporary famous general, you have never tasted a defeat in half your life, and you are a little woman's opinion, what is it?"
Hastings was silent for a moment, and his eyes looked at Sophie a little more serious: "You're right, you seem to be a very good talker.
I'm starting to understand why Char would trust a woman to be his chief of staff. ” Sophie smiled faintly, and didn't say anything on the topic of "women", she looked around slightly, and before Hastings could speak, she found a place to sit down first.
Hasting's eyes immediately narrowed, but he didn't speak, but looked at the little woman in front of him with some interest.
"Your Excellency, since I have come here, it is to show the sincerity of our Northern Army, before" Sophie pondered for a moment before she opened her mouth to say this, Hastings suddenly interrupted her, and said lightly: "Since you have come here, can I think that you are ready to cooperate with me?"
"Nope."
Sophie said very simply: "Your Excellency is just afraid that you will be wrong."
"Oh," Hastings frowned.
"The basis for cooperation is that both parties must have enough chips and equal status before they can talk about cooperation."
Sophie's words were very sharp, and she looked at Hasting: "Dare to ask Your Excellency, do you think that with the current situation of your army, compared with our northern army, your weight is enough to be an equal ally?"
Without waiting for Hastings to speak, Sophie said aloud: "Our Northern Army was founded, and there were many heroes under its command, sweeping the Red Snow Army, and now it has three counties of land, with a population of one million, tens of thousands of soldiers, and enough soldiers, although the Black Flag Army has a great reputation, but Your Excellency asks yourself, with your army now only 8,000 remnants, is it qualified to be an equal ally with our army?"
"Hahahaha" Hastings listened, and laughed instead of being angry, and when his laughter sounded, this thin man like a sick cat suddenly burst out with a pressing momentum like a lion Although he was still sitting there and didn't move, but he just smiled, and his heroic aura suddenly appeared, and in his originally dull eyes, he suddenly shot out a sharp edge like a sword to be enveloped by such a look, even if it was Sophie, who was like a water, he couldn't help but shake his heart a little.
This laughter came suddenly, and it was almost gone As Hasting's eyes changed, the laughter stopped abruptly, staring at Sophie, and said coldly: "It turns out that Your Excellency is not here to talk about cooperation, but to recruit you."
He took a deep breath and said slowly: "Do you know that for so many years, no Byzantines have dared to say such presumptuous things in front of me.
Anyone who dared to speak like this in front of me before you is now rotting all the corpses."
At this moment, Sophie immediately felt the killing intent of the other party, standing in front of this angry lion, she suddenly felt that she was so small, like a small boat in front of the stormy waves, and the other party could completely swallow himself at any time With such a momentum, among the people Sophie knew, among the famous generals of the empire, Adric was not Duke Minas, and even Char was faintly inferior The momentum of such a frenzy is the majesty of the invincible people who have been on the battlefield many times, and how many corpses and blood, and how many bones of the famous generals and soldiers of the empire have been piled up The majesty of an invincible general Only such a guy is worthy of the title of "Odin Valkyrie".
Only such a guy can single-handedly rush to the garrison of Denzel City behind the enemy to kill several enemy generals, and then under the siege of the army, he will go away at this moment, which is the real Hasting Facing Hasting, Sophie stiffened her head and said slowly: "I'm a little woman, if you offend Your Excellency's tiger power, you want to kill me, it's just a thought."
However, " "I'll let you finish."
Hastings snorted: "But remember, don't try to test me with words and provoke me, I won't kill you now, not because of your self-cleverness, but for the sake of Char's kid's face." ” "Even if Your Excellency is annoyed, I still have to say it."
Sophie's face also turned cold: "Your army's current situation, naturally I don't need to talk about it."
Dare to ask yourself, 8,000 remnants of the army, and it is a person who has lost his homeland and betrayed the country, how many bargaining chips do you think there are to negotiate conditions?"
Hastings sneered.
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"You dominate the world, the three-edged war gun in your hand is invincible, I am a little woman, naturally I dare not doubt your ability."
Sophie said lightly: "But no matter how strong the Odin Martial God is, your Black Flag Army has lost its foundation at present, and the tree without roots can last for a long time, do you still need me to talk about it?"
Hastings remained silent.
"I only want to ask Your Excellency, dare to ask how much surplus food is left in your army," Sophie said lightly.
Hastings raised his eyelids and looked at Sophie: "There are still three months to go, so it won't make you worry about it."
"March" Sophie smiled: "Your army of more than 8,000 people has traveled here, and I think I have abandoned most of the baggage, if you say that there is still March food, Your Excellency General, are you deceiving me for not understanding the military strategy?"
Hastings still sneered: "I said March, that is, if there is a shortage of food in March, I have a three-edged war spear in my hand, and eight thousand tigers, won't I go and get it myself, your Denzel City is only a hundred miles away from here, and the fast horse gallops, day and night will be on the banks of the moat of Madenzel City, the little Denzel City, how can it stop me?"
"I believe" Sophie said eloquently: "With the general's ability, if you want to take Denzel City, a small city, you naturally can't resist it, but I dare to ask the general, even if you take Denzel City, what can you do?"
Hastings frowned and stopped talking.
"The Black Flag Army is already a traitorous army, and the only foreign aid that can be made at the moment is our Northern Army, if you take the city of Denzel and fight with my Northern Army, when the time comes, the world is so big, and your Black Flag Army has a foothold, is it difficult to do it, and the dignified Black Flag Army will flow into the wildfire field to fall into the grass to do the horse thief's business."
Hastings sneered for a moment: "Okay, don't talk about it, tell me the conditions you brought" "Our northern army is willing to accept your army, and we are also willing to set aside a city for your army to gain a foothold, and at the same time, we can first provide a month's worth of military rations."
Sophie paused slightly when she said this: "However, the Black Flag Army also has to pay a certain price, and when needed, the Black Flag Army must fight for our Northern Army." ” "Hana is surrendered" Hastings sneered proudly: "Do you think I, Hasting, will stoop down and be a lackey with others?"
"It's not a surrender."
Sophie laughed, "It's a hire." ” "Hire" Hastings was a little quieter, and he looked at Sophie.
"It's hiring," Sophie spread her hands: "We pay for food, even if it's the price of hiring the Black Flag Army to fight for us."
The Black Flag Army is not under the command of our Northern Army, but only receives money and food, and to put it bluntly, it is a mercenary army. ” Speaking of this, Sophie has completely relaxed: "Therefore, our relationship is not an ally, not a subordination, just a simple employment relationship.
We pay for food, and your army will fight for us, it's as simple as that. ” Hastings pondered for a moment, and suddenly sneered: "What a vicious woman." ” His tone was faintly angry: "Your idea is to use money and food as bait to make my Black Flag Army a knife in your hand, but this knife will only cut more and more dull our homeless and rootless lonely army, no matter how good my Black Flag Army is, how many battles can be fought to the end, my Black Flag Army will become weaker and weaker, and the fewer people will fight, and in the future, it will be truly annexed by you." ” "I don't deny it, I have such thoughts."
Sophie made no secret of it, and said lightly: "However, I am a person of the Northern Army, so naturally I will only think about what my Northern Army thinks, Your Excellency thinks that my Northern Army will give you money and grain for nothing at no cost, and there is no such cheap thing in the world To be honest, in addition to being able to fight, the Black Flag Army is so famous, but in addition, what value does it value for us?"
This is the sorrow of the "lonely army".
A lonely army without roots and a home is so miserable The Black Flag Army is said to be invincible, but after all, it is the army of the Odin Empire, with a huge imperial support behind it, as well as tribal territories and countless people.
After many years of conquest and damage in the army, there are naturally territorial tribes in the rear to replenish the source of troops, and the lost money and food are also supported by the empire But now, a lone army, no homeland, no foundation, and the tribes in Odin's country are only afraid of being wiped out, Sophie's words can be described as hitting the nail on the head A tree without roots cannot last long Even if the Black Flag Army can still fight now, and it still has strong combat effectiveness, but without a foundation, how can it fight for a long time, there will always be deaths, there will always be damage, and if the battle continues, how many of the 8,000 elites will remain Now it's not the past, without the support of the rear, the army is attritional, the number of people will only become smaller and smaller, and if there is no replenishment of troops, can the Byzantines be conscripted into the Black Flag Army Wouldn't that be a joke?
No matter how you look at it, this lone army has no future and cannot have a future Sophie knew this, and Hastings must have understood it in his own heart.
It's just that now everyone is reluctant to break through this layer.
For Hasting, he knows very well the fate of his Black Flag Army, which will either be wiped out on the battlefield in the future, or, sooner or later, it will be swallowed up.
It's just because of his pride that he doesn't want to face this fact now, and he doesn't want to face it.
"I answered what you said" Hastings took a deep breath and looked cold: "However, I have one more condition.
This one, if you agree, I will promise that if you do not, then there is no need to talk about it anymore, I will lead the army to take the city of Denzel."
"Please."
"You go back to see Char."
Hastings said slowly: "He knows what I want, and he also knows what I really want in my heart, as long as you ask him, the one thing I ask for in my heart, can he help me complete it in the future If he can help me complete it, then even if the Black Flag Army really gives it to you, I will admit it, if he can't do it, then" At this, Hastings closed his mouth, and Sophie didn't ask any more.
The meaning is already very clear, if Char can't give Hasteen a satisfactory answer, then there is naturally no possibility of cooperation between the two sides.
It's just that Sophie wondered in her heart, this Hasting, what was on his mind, why Char knew Char and his entourage went north and had already entered the territory of the Besta Military Region, the city of Haske.
This time he went north to return home, but Char was unusual, and he did not hide his whereabouts and identity at all, since entering the territory of the Besta Military Region, in the first town he passed, he unceremoniously revealed his identity, the commander of the Northern Army, the Duke of Noz of the Empire, Lord Char Thundering came For Char, it seems that there is really no need to hide his identity now.
In other words, he was accompanied by a golden dragon companion, and he also carried a "god" who could almost be regarded as invincible in the world by his side, and at the same time, this "god" was still obedient to his words.
In this case, if you hide your identity carefully, you will be sick At this time, Char can't wait to be as high-profile as he wants, and he can't help but think that if his father-in-law, the Odin God Emperor Hannigan, comes to find him, it would be best for him to point at Hannigan and say: "Enemy, dead base, dead base" Then Little Oak pounced on the group and walked dozens of miles outside the city of Husk, and the defenders in the city of Husk had already sent people to line up to greet him.
The carriage that Char was riding in had naturally changed a long time ago, no longer the rags before, but two high-quality cars that he had asked for from the Besta people on the road.
And our magician, Lord Tatara, has finally gotten rid of the suffering of the coachman, and the Besta defenders on the road naturally sent a special retinue to escort and the coachman.
About thirty miles outside of Haske, the cavalry greeted by the defenders crossed to Char, and to Char's surprise, it was Dax who came out to greet him.
Dax, this guy was used by Char as a liaison officer for the alliance with the Besta people, and he has been lost here with the Besta people for a long time, and in normal times, the news of the Besta people here is also transmitted by him, and I heard that this guy seems to be living quite comfortably in the Besta day.
The beautiful Governor's wife also treated him very favorably, and even summoned this fellow from time to time, and asked him for advice on many things.
I guess I won't be rebelled by the Bestas.
Char's malicious guess in his heart.
But when he saw Ducks at this time, this guy's face was not relaxed, as if he didn't have the lazy and strange smile he used to have, but his expression was very serious.
After he received Char with the welcoming cavalry, he seemed to be greatly relieved.
Dax turned over and dismounted, and when he came to Char, Char spoke: "Why are you here, aren't you here with the governor's wife in the capital of the Bestas?"
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"Something is wrong."
Dax looked solemn: "I sent the news to Xincheng a day ago, but Xincheng's reply, you are not at home at all, this matter is 100,000 urgent, if you don't come back, Xincheng really doesn't know how to decide" Seeing that Dax, who always looked immodest in Ping, showed a solemn expression, Char also understood that I was afraid that things were really not ordinary.
"What happened" "Osgilia, mutiny" Dax smiled bitterly: "Boss, your old boss, General Adric, launched a mutiny and took away the supreme command of Osgilia, and the emperor has been forced to appoint him as the generalissimo of the protectorate, and the commander-in-chief of all military affairs inside and outside the empire" When Char heard this, this really changed color He never expected that Adric, who was loyal to the empire, would actually launch a mutiny The first reaction, he immediately grabbed Dax's neck: "What about the royal family, is there any damage in the palace?"
Mutiny Adric was so loyal to the empire, it was shocking that Char would do such a thing, but at this moment, what he cared about most was his own woman in the palace Damn mutiny, this kind of thing must be a big mess under Daphne, Daphany will be okay with her "I haven't heard of anything, Adric seems to be quite restrained, but he just led his troops into the palace, forced the emperor to give him full powers, and also took away the military power of all the nobles' private armies, but I haven't heard of anything else.
But," Dax said with a wry smile: "Before the mutiny, there was a disaster in the south of the empire, and the Duke of Minas took charge of the army and led tens of thousands of troops south to quell the rebellion.
And not long after his army left Yanjing, Adric mutinied, and the situation here is much more complicated than we expected. ” Char's mind was already racing with thoughts.
And at this time, Dax added: "You came all the way, the Besta people have already informed you that you will pass by here, and this morning, the Governor's wife has already rushed to the city of Haske to meet you here."
I said, boss, I have to warn you, the situation has changed a lot, and we can't guess what the Governor's wife has in mind.
When you enter the city and see that woman in a moment, you should be careful.
This woman hehe, but she is a guy who eats people and doesn't spit out bones. ” Well The Governor's Wife, that woman, had come here to meet her I think it's a matter of discussing the cooperation between the two families and how to deal with this new great change in the empire.
The Duke of Minas took control of the army, divided the troops and went south, and Adric took over the power in the Yanjing Mutiny, which is very strange `` To be continued 〗Hanyu Pinyin "" is simple and easy to remember: