From afar, Count Horace was seen standing above the castle in a shining Mithril armor and a scarlet velvet cloak.He was surrounded by a group of fifty guardsmen, who stood in two rows majestically, all of them elite warriors of the heavy infantry regiment and the knightly order, all of them with spears and knightly light shields in their hands, and very good armor, and I saw the knight of Disraeli and an unknown knight following the Count of Horace.Count Horace stretched out his finger and pointed at the spider people outside the city, quite a gesture of pointing at the country.Katerina and I walked out of the barracks of the 7th Battalion and walked along the stone-paved road to the higher ground behind the stronghold.Trum is a very traditional fortification, and there are no living quarters such as dwellings, markets, artisan workshops, etc.There are rows of barracks built near the city wall, and there are a total of ten barracks like quadrangles, and ten battalions stationed in Trump all year round are stationed in these courtyards, if divided according to the number of people, a battalion has about 200 people, which means that the garrison force of the entire Trump stronghold is about 2,000 people.Katerina's 7th Battalion is the most powerful of the ten troops, and the treatment it receives in peacetime is also the best.A little further in was a thatched hut with a round spire stacked with stacks of military substance, and I saw that many of them were oak timber more than three meters long and the size of an adult's arm, stacked on top of each other, covered with a huge straw hat-shaped canopy.Between the haystacks of supplies, there were watchtowers made of huge wooden frames, each with two warriors on guard.In the heart of the Trump stronghold is a very flat school field, which is only the size of four football fields put together and can accommodate thousands of people to practice together.There is a circular track where knights can gallop freely, and in the circular track there is a shooting range for longbowmen to practice archery, and there is a large martial arts training field, and the entire school field is trampled very flat, and there is almost no place where weeds can grow, and it seems that this school field is used very frequently.When Caterina led me through the thatched huts of military supplies stacked up, she told me that these were wooden poles for crossbow arrows on bed crossbows, and that they could be carried directly to the city with arrows forged from stainless steel.I didn't expect that the arrow reserves in the Trump stronghold were so sufficient, and they were actually based on stacks, and it seems that the war supplies here are very well prepared, and it is precisely because of this that the garrison of the Trump stronghold has something to rely on.When I saw a few carpentry workshops, I realized how there were so many arrows hoarded here, and the oak poles of these arrows were processed from oak trees, and the wood chips left over after processing the arrows were also piled together, these are very high-quality fuels, and I think the reason why those long breads have the smell of oak trees is probably baked from these wood chips.Crossing the racecourse on the periphery of the school field, a team of knights were galloping on the racecourse.
The spear was wrapped in a layer of iron sheets, and ten horses were placed together, and the hooves of the horses trampled on the ground like a drum, raising a dull dust."
This is where you live?"
I asked Caterina as I followed behind her, looking at the cluttered schoolyard.Caterina was wearing an ordinary metal armor, her red hair was hidden in the standard helmet, this kind of hoplite infantry warrior had a red tassel on the top of the helmet, and there was a metal mask on the front of the helmet to completely cover Caterina's beautiful face, and her body was hidden under the metal heavy armor, which could completely hide her identity.I was wearing a leather armor and a leather armor dress with the shield of the earth given to me by the scholars of Yerkes, a pair of long leather boots on my feet, and a very peculiar mermaid skin hood on my head.
After the silver magic badge before, no one would ever think of me as a magician.At this time, I was more like a general's entourage or herald."
Usually the school field is not so chaotic, we don't have a permanent cavalry battalion in our stronghold, these cavalry on the school field are also brought by Horace, their stables are at the back of the stronghold, and the barracks of those knights are also next to the stables!"
Caterina was very familiar with the layout of the colony, her voice was low, she spoke quickly, and she seemed to be in a good mood.She led me to the stables at the back of the stronghold, where there were also patches of haystacks, these sun-dried alfalfa grasses mixed with bean cakes and a little salt, were the best fodder for the horses, and the horses in the stables looked very strong, especially since each horse was covered with a layer of black armor, and it seemed that the heavy cavalry of the Earl of Horace was armed to the teeth.A large stone house behind the stronghold of Trump was the temporary residence of the Earl Horace's personal guard, and as we walked through the stables, we happened to see the knights gathered outside the stone house, and the knights in the camp there were not training and guarding the city, but they seemed very relaxed.Some knights lay down on benches to sleep, some gathered together to play the organ, some knights sang the bard's ballad to the melodious sound of the harp, and some knights chatted under the eaves.These knights who did not go out on the mission looked very scattered, they wore some soft sheepskin civilian clothes, and the heavy armor was not worn on their bodies, but they were to be equipped with Western swords, and the knights' spears were erected in the corners of the walls.A sentry on the outskirts of the camp spotted us, hurriedly walked over to us, and shouted loudly: "Count Horace's personal guard camp knight station, idle people are not allowed to approach!"
”Caterina looked at the two sentries with spears lightly, and just said lightly: "Let's go to the quartermaster office in the back." ”Hearing Caterina say this, the sentry said, "Don't go near the knight's barracks!"
”Only then did he silently turn around and walk away.I saw the heavy infantry regiment brought back by the knight of Disraeli, stationed on the east side of the knight's camp, the soldiers of these infantry regiments have been resting for the past two days, the soldiers of those heavy infantry regiments are seriously deficient, and they have been in a state of rapid march when they are in a state of rapid marching when they are through the mountains, but with these two days of cultivation, it is estimated that their physical strength can recover.Listen to the Knight of Disraeli say that while he was searching for the surviving infantry regiment in the mountains, he was chased by a team of spider-men.I can't imagine how much it took for the soldiers of these hoplite regiments to return to the Trum stronghold through that mountainous area.Caterina led me towards the quartermaster at the back of the stronghold, whispering to me: "The Knights of 500 men are now able to return safely from the Black Forest to the Trump stronghold, less than 200 men, and they dare to put on a ridiculous appearance of cavalry on top!"
”I smiled and said to Katerina, "They're helping you garrison Durm, it's nothing to endure!"
”"Humph!"
Caterina snorted softly, presumably disagreeing with me.The Trump stronghold is built on the mountain, and the entire terrain is from low to high, and when you arrive in the back city, the layout of the entire stronghold can be seen in full view.The material quartermaster office is under the rock wall at the back of the Trump stronghold, the quartermaster office is an independent establishment outside the ten battalions, and the quartermaster department is not under the jurisdiction of the ten battalions, so the quartermaster Felix Frobicher has a very heavy voice in the trum stronghold, Felix has the power of rations, weapons, armor and other quotas, and is responsible for recording the merits of the soldiers in the entire Trump stronghold.Caterina took me into the stone house of the quartermaster's office, and I found out that in fact, the largest warehouses in the Trump stronghold were actually on the rock wall behind the stronghold, and there were three artificially dug caves on the rock wall here, and Caterina said to me unabashedly: "Hey, let me tell you a secret, the most important materials in the Trump stronghold are actually hidden here!"
”When she saw the guard, Caterina took out a token, and the guard saw the token and let it go.When he saw Felix again, he was sitting at his desk reviewing some books, and next to him stood five clerks, who were in no hurry and reading volumes of books, almost all of which were material requisitions.Felix was an old man over half a hundred years old, half of his hair was gray, but he was meticulously groomed, he wore a very neatly ironed military uniform, held a quill in his hand, and his brow condensed into a Sichuan character.The clerks standing on the side did not dare to breathe, and stood cautiously to the side.Quartermaster Felix's voice was a little hoarse, and there was a faint tiredness in his tone: "Clerk of the Ordnance Group, you take out two boxes of crossbow arrows and arrows that can be used to destroy armor, and send them to the carpentry workshop, so that they can make a batch of armor-piercing crossbow arrows for bed crossbows and send them to the city wall, and let the craftsmen assemble a few more catapults as soon as possible to prepare for war, I want to see the results of the preparations." ”One of the clerks, who was standing at the front, hurriedly agreed: "Yes, my lord!
”Then Felix said without raising his head: "Clerk of the cooking group, from today onwards, every day I will provide additional supper to the soldiers defending the city, just a little simpler, broth and scones, and each of the soldiers defending the city must have a sufficient share, if I can hear the grumbling of the soldiers when I climb the city wall, you will roll me to the stable and count the amount of alfalfa grass." ”When the last clerk heard Felix say this, his legs went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.However, he did not dare to hesitate in the slightest, and immediately agreed: "Yes, my lord!
”Felix sat down in his chair, raised his head, and his sharp gaze swept over the clerks one by one, and after a moment of silence, he asked the clerks, "Do you hear them all?"
”The clerks replied at the same time: "Yes, my lord!
”Felix waved his hand lightly and said, "Then let's disperse." ”The clerks walked out of the stone house one after another, exhaling their breath as if they were about to be amnesty, and it was evident that they were very afraid of the sir.Caterina took off the masked helmet on her head and placed it on the table at will.Felix looked up, inserted the quill pen back into the pen holder, and then rubbed his eyes wearily, and looked at Caterina with a look that softened a lot.He motioned for me to sit down with Katarina, and then said to Katarina, "Oh, who I was here then, it turned out to be my lovely Katarina, it looks like you've been doing a lot better lately than I expected." ”It seems that the quartermaster and Caterina are very familiar, from the tone of their conversation, I can also hear Felix's preference for Katarina, and I can even say that there is some pampering in the tone, although I don't know how Caterina met this quartermaster, but to win the favor of a quartermaster, it is conceivable that Caterina should have a good life in the Trump stronghold.He pointed to me and asked Katarina, "This is why you would rather wait for the army than marry within the time limit of the imperial law?"
”Felix looked at me with a calm expression.A happy smile appeared on Caterina's lips, leaned over, clasped one of my arms tightly with her steel-armored hands, nodded deeply to Felix, and said, "Fee, you said you wanted to bless me. ”Felix let go of his hand, and his eagle-like sharp gaze fell on me, and after staring at me for a long time, he found that my expression was still very calm, and then he showed a faint smile and praised me: "Being able to be pampered without being shocked, it is worthy of being the person that Caterina fancies, it is actually a magician who is favored by Paglio and Eva, but it already explains everything to be able to come to the Hiero plane in such a chaotic situation." ”Sure enough, this quartermaster was not a fuel-efficient lamp.I raised an eyebrow and said to Felix, "Oh, so you already recognize me?"
”Although Felix is over half a hundred years old, his spirit is very strong: "Hehe, although I am an ordinary person, my mind is not stupid!"
”He then told me: "When you summoned Caterina outside the Trump stronghold that day, it alarmed almost all the people in the entire Trum stronghold, and there were rumors among the soldiers that there was a magician from outside the city who had fire in one hand and ice in the other, and he had purified the corpses of the dead warriors on the battlefield so that their souls could ascend to the kingdom of God. ”"All the warriors of Trump are extremely grateful to you, a magician like you is needed on the battlefield, if it weren't for you at the last moment, you kidnapped our Trum Pretty Lily, maybe you would have been more popular."
Felix stretched his brows slightly, and then pointed at Katerina and said, "You shouldn't have returned to Trum, I thought you would go directly through the Black Forest, pass through the teleportation array of Pereira City, and return to the imperial capital." ”"Come with us, Felix, there's no way to hold here!"
Caterina finally told the purpose of her visit.I sighed and shook my head.Sure enough, as I expected, Felix shook his head slightly at Caterina for the first time, and said, "This is my stage, I'm ready to take a curtain call here, I'm not going anywhere!"
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