At the gate of Sauerburg Arms Depot, the legion baggage officer pointed to a pile of worn-out leather and cotton armor and seriously damaged swords, hammers and axes, and said to Spencer, who came to return the weapons and supplies: "Spencer, the weapons and armor you took from me are not these rags. Now you are using these rags to fool yourself." "Isn't it okay to mess with me?"
Spencer had a ruffian look on his face, took out a few pieces of parchment from his arms and patted it on a pile of rags, "Lord Baggage Officer, please look carefully. All the items listed in these lists of weapons and supplies are here, and we don't lack anything."
"You're making a fool of yourself here, are you taking these things from the arsenal? What you took away are all newly captured high-quality weapons! Let me tell you, the weapons you took away were approved by the legion commander, and the return of the weapons was also ordered by the legion commander himself. If the legion commander blames you, your family will not be able to bear it." The tone of the legion's baggage officer was extremely tough.
Spencer stared blankly at the angry legion baggage officer, blinked, took a step closer and tugged on the baggage officer's sleeve, and said in a very respectful tone: "Lord baggage officer, don't be angry, don't be angry~"
Hmph, the legion baggage officer turned his head and closed his eyes and ignored Spencer.
Spencer then turned to the legion baggage officer and said with a smile: "Lord baggage officer, don't worry, my lord never said not to return those weapons."
After hearing these words, the legion baggage officer finally opened his closed eyes and said, "Your Lord, It's fair enough. You said you were leaving the legion. Why did you have the nerve to take away the extra weapons and equipment provided by the legion? What will the brothers who come later wear? Mr. Art is also a man who knows how to fight. Can he bear to watch his brothers in the legion fight naked under the city of Verno?"
"Can't! Can't!" Spencer echoed.
The baggage officer's anger subsided a little, and he turned his head to look at Spencer and said, "Then hurry up and send those weapons and armor to the warehouse! You will leave early tomorrow morning."
Spencer lowered his head after hearing this, and kept rubbing his hands in front of his body, with a very troubled expression.
Hence, the legion baggage officer saw that Spencer had been silent for a long time, so he urged: "Why don't you go back and collect it?"
Hence Spencer raised his head and gave a very awkward smile, "Sir, baggage officer~this , this~ is a little troublesome~"
The eyelids of the legion baggage officer jumped several times, "What trouble! Where did the trouble come from?"
Spencer tugged at the corner of the baggage officer's clothes and gestured to speak aside.
The legion baggage officer looked at the several baggage soldiers and arsenal staff around him, and slapped Spencer's hand away, "If you have anything to say, just say it here!"
Spencer came forward and stood on tiptoes and whispered a few words in the legion baggage officer's ear.
The legion's baggage officer's eyes opened wider and wider, and his face became increasingly ugly.
"What!!! How dare you sell weapons and equipment privately!!!"
"Hush~~~ Keep your voice down, keep your voice down~" Spencer quickly stopped the roar of the legion's baggage officer.
· The legion baggage officer also realized that he was too excited and quickly stopped his voice, "You are too courageous!! The legion has already banned the sale of weapons and armor belonging to the legion without permission. Aren't you afraid of being dealt with by military law!!"
Spencer looked helpless and said with a wry smile: "There is no way, our soldiers' military pay is too high, and my family has to pay for the care of those who are killed or wounded in battle. We still have to rely on these small businesses to earn money to support the soldiers. How can we not do anything to get some money?"
“Besides, if you don’t have a way to make money, how can you fill your wallet with anything golden~” Spencer said, turned around, and quickly put a money bag into the open arms of the legion’s baggage officer.
In the past, the baggage officer would have accepted the order, but today the commander of the legion issued a strict order, and he still dared to accept it, and immediately wanted to return it to Spencer.
Hence Spencer stopped the baggage officer's movements and said: "Don't worry, we won't embarrass you, we will never embarrass you."
Hence the baggage officer was attracted by Spencer's words of "no trouble", so he stopped talking to him about the bulging money bag in his arms.
"Although we have sold the weapons and equipment that we took out of the arsenal to the merchants, my lord has promised that the money will be returned to the legion in full. In this way, the legion can use the money to purchase weapons and equipment."
When the legion baggage officer heard what Spencer said, he was still worried and couldn't let it go. "The legion commander ordered you to hand over your weapons and equipment, so what's the matter with you returning the money~"
"The arms and equipment baggage will definitely not be returned, otherwise you should let the legion chief punish us." Spencer shrugged.
This is the only way, how much did you buy that batch of weapons? Spencer held out five fingers.
Hence the baggage officer, thinking he had sold fifty thousand pfennigs, he was overjoyed and said, "You are so awesome, you actually sold fifty thousand pfennigs!"
Hence Spencer shook his head repeatedly, waved his hand and added: "Five thousand~ It's five thousand pfennigs~"
The baggage officer almost fainted when he heard this. He pointed at Spencer's nose and cursed: "What??? You sold it for five thousand pfennigs? Those weapons are worth at least twenty thousand pfennigs, and they can't be bought casually. Who are you kidding?" I was in a hurry to use money, so the price was extremely low."
"Here are five thousand pfennigs, all returned to the legion."
While the baggage officer was in a state of rage, Spencer quickly put a big money bag on the ground, turned around and ran away with a few baggage soldiers leading the carriage...
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“Legion Commander, that guy Art obviously wants to swallow up the extra weapons and equipment distributed by the legion. He wants to exchange for so many sophisticated weapons and equipment for five thousand pfennigs and a bunch of junk. He has turned into a shrewd businessman, but he treats us all as fools. Moreover, the dozen or so mercenaries assigned to him by the legion do not know what kind of evil they are, and they would rather pay a high amount to abandon the contract. The punishment will also follow them back north~"
"That guy Charis is not a good guy. When we asked him to return his weapons, he picked out a dozen pieces of badly damaged iron scale armor and pierced armor for us. What's even more outrageous is that he actually poached people from the legion in the past two days. Eight or nine low-level officers with strong combat capabilities were poached by him."
"Legion Commander, if I take people to their barracks to collect all the weapons and armor, and then detain the soldiers who belong to the legion, I don't think they dare to resist."
In the Lord's Hall of Solburg, the legionnaire's adjutant was reporting on the misdeeds of Charis and Art.
Viscount Geoffrey picked up the money bag on the table, weighed it, and said: "You are also a person who escaped from the whirlpool of the palace. Now we don't dare to offend people on both sides. These two guys have grasped this point and dared to act like this. So arrogant. Now that they are about to leave the legion, do you still want to punish them with military law? Are you sure that they will not be the victor in the future? "
The adjutant of the legion was speechless when asked.
"Forget it, that's it." Jeffrey flopped down on the armchair and brushed his face with his hands.
"By the way, have you sent the secret message you sent to Count Bernard?"
"I have sent someone to send it out quietly. Count Bernard will be grateful to you when he gets this news." the adjutant of the legion replied.
"Caught between two formations, it's not easy to survive~" Jeffrey looked up to the sky and sighed.
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In the main room of a warehouse in the southwest of Solburg City, Art, who was wearing a long-sleeved mail coat and a fine half-body plate armor, was convening officers above the squadron leader for a discussion.
At this time, all the officers in the room took off the armor they usually wore and put on the sophisticated Lombard half-plate armor and long-sleeved chain mail. They looked extremely capable and everyone's morale was high.
Matt looked around at the crowd and said: "Looking at the armor on everyone's bodies, those who didn't know better would have thought that you are all the leaders of the Palace Guards."
There was a burst of laughter in the room.
"Everyone, I believe you all know the news that we are returning north. Yesterday we received a military order from the palace of Besançon. The palace strictly ordered us to return north immediately after receiving the order, so we must lead our army back north early tomorrow morning."
"Everyone is in Sol. We have been training in the fort for more than a month, and we are planning to return in triumph after making great achievements in the city of Wilno. But now that we have been ordered to return north, there must be a major battle that requires us, so don't be depressed, there are still a lot of opportunities to kill the enemy and make meritorious deeds."
Everyone laughed again.
"I have called you here today to make arrangements for the return north. Otto, please first talk about the placement of the wounded in the army and the preparation of food supplies on the way back north." Art said to Otto, who was sitting next to him.
Odo saluted Art and said: "Sir, everyone, let me talk about supplies first. During this period, all the food and supplies for our army are provided by the legion, so we only have a small amount of food in stock. The palace order came so suddenly that we did not have time to make adequate preparations, and the legion no longer allocated me any money. They didn't even dare to buy us food privately, so I had to ask the baggage team to buy five days of army rations from the black market in Sauerburg. The remaining part could only be purchased on the way back north. The situation is similar with Sir Charles. He has more people than us and consumes more food."
"In terms of materials obtained from the war, in accordance with your Lord's order to "move light and travel lightly", we have carried out an emergency re-equipment of the army. All soldiers have been replaced with more sophisticated weapons and armor. The worn-out armor and weapons that were eliminated were returned to the legion together with 5,000 pfennigs. Now the entire army is strong and well-armed. After the army changed its equipment, a batch of fine weapons and armor that remained were packed and loaded into trucks to accompany the army back north. Other spoils such as cloth and woolen goods that had not been transported away by the caravan were not convenient to carry with the army, so I bought this batch of goods to merchants in the city at a reasonable price. "
"As for the seriously injured soldiers in the army who are unable to return north with the army, there is some trouble. Our caravan will not come to Saurburg again for at least twenty days, and these seriously injured soldiers are not suitable for marching long distances with the army. There is really no better way except to stay and recuperate. Three more seriously injured soldiers died this month, and two of them are already in tombs outside the city. Another soldier who died in battle has relatives in the valley, so we will cremate him, and his bones will be brought back to the valley with the bones of the other two brothers and handed over to their families. "
"Time is short, the above is my arrangement for the general affairs of the army, please show me." After speaking, Odo looked at Art in the main seat quietly.
Matt thought for a while and asked: "How many serious injuries do we have? Is it possible to cure them?"
Odo thought for a moment and replied: "There are eleven of our seriously injured soldiers in the baggage train hospital. After the treatment of Father Robert and our baggage soldiers, four or five of them are expected to be cured. The rest have also been brought back from the gate of hell. Although there is no hope of recovery, they will definitely survive." Question. "
"In this way, the baggage train will leave two medical soldiers to temporarily take care of our seriously injured soldiers. After our caravan arrives at Sauerburg, let the caravan try to transport these seriously injured soldiers back to the valley."
"Okay!" Odo responded.
Matt suddenly remembered Father Robert and asked: "By the way, Father Robert, have you agreed to join us? He is a rare and good priest, and I still count on him to continue to deliver the gospel of God to us."
Otto shook his head, "Father Robert was very hesitant. He said that he was the priest who was personally selected by the archbishop to go south with the army. He left without permission and could not explain to the church."
At ordered: "You tell him, as long as he is willing to follow me, I will be there to deal with it at the Besançon church, so he doesn't have to worry. In addition, you tell him - follow me, and I will give him a chance to realize his faith. If he still refuses to leave, let us The caravan is trying to find a way to take him back to the valley. Anyway, I have to decide on this priest. "
At this moment, Art regards this priest named Robert as a treasure. This priest not only has a rare ability (rescuing the wounded, can calculate, and is knowledgeable), but also has the spirit of doubting tradition and searching for the truth.
"It's your lord, I'll go and try to persuade you."
"Forget it, I'll go and persuade him personally."
At explained some of the army affairs to Odo, then turned to Angus and asked: "Sergeant major, tell me about the military affairs."
Angus looked at everyone in the room and said: "After a new round of recruitment, training and reorganization in February, we have successively recruited ten new soldiers, which can be regarded as making up for the battle losses of each team. This time when returning north, the army will maintain the establishment of the Central Guards. The scale is five infantry squadrons plus sentries, crossbow squads and baggage squads. Excluding the temporarily injured, there are a total of 105 people returning north this time." According to the news, all the Lombards have been driven to the south, and the road back north is basically smooth. There are only one or two areas with complicated terrain along the way where bandits are present. However, we have a large number of people, so most bandits will not dare to attack us. "
"The above are important military matters. In addition, there is one more thing that needs to be reported to you."
"You said."
"Sir Reyek has basically recovered, and he wants to join our army." Angus said.
This wandering knight named Reyek Hared slept in Art's rescue center for three days. Under the full treatment of Robert and the medical soldiers, this guy saved his life.
Leijek was appointed captain of the infantry flag after joining the Provence army. However, he lost almost all the soldiers and brothers around him during the several-year war. Now he only has two soldiers and attendants under his command, temporarily staying in Art's camp.
After learning that Art was about to lead his army back north, Reyek rejected the Eastern Legion's solicitation and resolutely decided to follow his savior back to the north, leaving this sad land forever.
Matt originally wanted to recruit this wandering knight with rich combat experience, but he always thought that he was also a knight, so it was difficult to say the words of recruitment. But now that he has taken the initiative, Art will certainly not refuse.
“Tell Sir Reyek that he is welcome to join, and I will walk side by side with him.”
“Yes!” Angus responded.
"Everyone, rest early tonight, the army will return north early tomorrow morning!"