Saint-Jion, a small county in the northwestern part of the province of Jonne, county of Burgundy.
Compared to the city of Bomledam, which is located in the northern pass and guards the northern road, although St. Rayon is the head of a county, it is not as strategic as the city of Bomledam in terms of strategic position and city size. Even the southern border county of Tyniec is larger than St. Rayon.
But this is the fertile northern land after all, and St. Rayon is a prosperous place. As long as it is not a year of war, there is no shortage of food and clothing here.
But this year happened to be a time of war. Saint Lyon, which had not seen war for decades, was very empty of troops. If the county soldiers of less than a hundred people were expected to be stationed, seven or eight combined gangs might be able to capture the place. Therefore, in the military defense deployment of Jonah's court, Art's Wells Legion was arranged to garrison in Saint Lyon City.
It was already late July when the Welsh Army arrived at St Lyon. It took the army less than an hour to take over the defense of St Lyon from the defenders. Obviously, these county soldiers who cherished their lives had already packed up their things and were waiting for others to take over the defense, and then fled back to the hinterland of Yona Province to hide.
The Welsh Army, which was injured in the siege of Vaal City, was also allowed to station in Saint-Rion for repairs, seizing the time to regain its strength before the battle horn of Besançon sounded...
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A large bonfire with flickering flames was burning outside the fence of a farm on the roadside two miles outside the east city of St. Rayon. Several iron spears and shields were neatly placed together in the open space beside the bonfire. A war horse was leisurely grazing on the grass at the edge of the fenced farm.
The six black-robed soldiers surrounding the fire were salivating and staring at the old hen that was roasted black.
"I think it's almost done, let me try it for you first." A greedy soldier said and was about to reach out and tear the roasted chicken on the campfire.
Another soldier immediately picked up a firewood stick and stabbed it at it, "You're such a greedy bastard, why did you attack the chicken that Chief Passat paid for? No matter what, you have to do it first. Passat chief will eat first.”
This squad leader is called Passat, and he can definitely be regarded as a "veteran-level" soldier of the Welsh Legion.
Passat, an excellent soldier who always makes mistakes at critical moments.
This guy's name is really not unfamiliar. As early as when Art accepted the palace call as a trainee knight and led his army north and east to fight the Swabians in the bloody battle at Talburg, Passat was already a battle team leader under Odo.
Him A few years later, Colin, Weitz, Banganda, and even Andrew, the peasant and soldier captain who voluntarily stayed in Tarburg, had become the flag captain of the Wells Legion. Passat, who was highly relied upon by Odo at the time, was only a squad captain who was not an officer. Even this squad captain had just been promoted to a military position (military rank was not an officer).
The Welsh Army has no shortage of talents, and there are many people who can fight and command, but it is estimated that there will not be another strange person like Passat.
When he fought against the Swabians in Talburg, Passat had enough qualifications to be promoted to squad leader in the post-war expansion by virtue of his three enemy kills. However, this guy actually hid valuable war gains during the last sneak attack on the southern manor of Bülten. This was the first example of private possession of stolen goods discovered, and it was not a big deal at first.
But the unlucky Passat met Art just when he needed to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. As a result, he was severely beaten with a military stick. Not only was he not promoted to squad leader, but his position as combat team leader was also erased and he became an ordinary soldier.
Followed the army back to the valley. Later, in the battle with the gangsters in Boulder Town, Passat was in Credo's squad. In that battle, the head of the squad leader Credo was chopped off by the bandits, and Passat survived the serious injury. After more than half a year of recuperation, he returned to the army and resumed his position as the combat team leader due to military merit, which was considered a return to the starting point.
Hence he rested for more than half a year, he missed the battle against the Dean family mercenaries at the border outpost. It was not until the army was recruited to go south to Provence to fight the Lombards that he returned to the army as a combat leader.
In the Provence National War, Passat's old injuries were not fully recovered, and his combat effectiveness was mediocre. He killed two enemy soldiers and received a military reward of one hundred pfennigs.
Soon afterwards, the army abolished the position of combat team leader. The six-person military formation became the basic combat unit, and the squad leader became the lowest-level officer. Due to insufficient military exploits, Passat, who had just resumed his role as combat team leader, once again became an ordinary soldier.
When he returned north from Provence to participate in the battle to recapture Wallonburg in the eastern province of Yona, this guy showed his combat power and killed three enemy soldiers. After the war, Art, who had been ennobled as a baron, was preparing to formally form the Wells Legion. At this time, Passat had accumulated enough qualifications to be promoted to squad leader.
But in the first class of the Military Academy, he was insulted by the instructor as a "brainless pig" because he could not learn the words that were taught for more than ten days.
Passat, who originally disliked the school teachers, beat the teachers...
Att valued the instructors of the Officer Academy very much, and he personally ordered the Passat to be expelled from the Officer Academy.
Of course, his promotion to an officer after graduating from the military academy must have nothing to do with him.
Shortly after, the army was reorganized. Jason, the crossbow captain, took a fancy to this veteran who was brave in close combat and could shoot arrows, and managed to transfer him to the crossbow team, treating him as the melee pillar of the crossbow team.
Passat has become a veteran of the crossbow team.
The Wells Army was recruiting new recruits rapidly. Considering that he needed veterans as the backbone of new recruits, Odo repeatedly asked Art to transfer the Passat back to the infantry to serve as a squad leader. At this time, the squad leader was no longer an officer, but a soldier with a slightly higher salary. However, it was a good thing to be promoted to the first level of military rank.
As a result, before he could be promoted, Passat was so happy after getting the news that he ran to a new village in the valley with his military pay and two recruits. After getting drunk, he collapsed on the "girl's" bed and stayed away all night.
That day was the critical moment when the Wells Army was almost poisoned and destroyed. The three guys, one old, two new, who failed to return to camp on time according to military law were the bastards headed by Passat.
Afterwards, Art planned to take Passat's head as a memorial to the military law. However, this guy's foundation was not shallow. Odo and a group of officers interceded for him. In the end, Art reluctantly kept his dog head because of everyone's face.
As soon as this incident came out, not only was his promotion ruined, but his status as a combat soldier was also lost. Passat was demoted to a squadron baggage (guard) soldier. If it hadn't been for its really strong combat capabilities, it would have been sent to the baggage corps to do miscellaneous work.
In the first half of the year, in the battle with the Western Border Army in the north of Tyniec County, Passat once again made great achievements. He led two carriage soldiers and chased more than a dozen Western troops for a mile with a short sword in their hands, killing two enemies.
After the war, the commander of the Chinese Army in Xu Gong promoted him to a combat soldier in accordance with military law, and he was under the command of the flag captain Andrew.
A few days ago, during the fierce battle against the elite of the Western Army in the siege of Vaal City, in the critical situation when the flag captain Andrew was seriously injured and fell to the ground, the squadron leader was seriously injured, and the squad leader died in the battle, Passat led five or six soldiers around him to desperately withstand the enemy's offensive and persisted until the "ambush" arrived.
In this battle, the Passat only killed one enemy and stabbed one enemy. However, due to the heavy losses of the entire flag team, a large proportion of officers died in the battle. After Art's approval, Odo promoted Passat to a combat squad leader of the Wells Legion (the squad leader is not an officer, and the appointment does not need to go through Art, but Passat's situation is really special.).
This soldier squad is full of six people, but except for the squad leader Passat and another guy called Phoenix, the other four are all new recruits. There are even two baggage squad soldiers who were temporarily selected from the baggage squad to be promoted to combat soldiers...
It took several years for the combat team leader of that day to finally grow into a squad leader, although the squad leader at this time was not as good as the combat team leader at that time.
Passat was still lost in memories. He didn't hear what the soldier just said, "Phoenix, what did you just say?"
"I say that this roasted chicken should be eaten first, Chief Passat. After all, you are the squad leader, and you still paid for the chicken~" The veteran's tone was particularly respectful. He was a veteran of the Wells Corps and knew this Passat very well. His combat prowess was absolutely incredible and he was also very kind. The veteran thought that if he could become friends with the Passat, his chances of surviving the next battle would at least be much greater than these new birds around him.
"The squad leader is not an officer, and you, the "sir", make my head spin. Besides, I don’t want to be a commander. The more senior you are, the easier it is to die. Your Commander Andrew is still lying on the bed of the medical team~" Passat thought of the officers who were pushed to the front on the right wing that day, but few survived.
Passat threw the water bag to the obsequious veteran, stretched out his hand and pulled off a chicken leg from the jet-black roast chicken, put it to his mouth, tore it off and took a big bite.
Because they were afraid of thick smoke, they burned the bonfire too big. The outside of the roasted chicken was charred but the inside was not cooked at all. When the Passat took one bite, the chicken was embedded in the gap between his teeth. It took him a long time to pull off a mouthful. The meat was already in his mouth and he was definitely reluctant to spit it out. The Passat chewed desperately.
"Eat~eat~" Passat's mouth wrapped in chicken was slurred.
· As soon as the soldiers heard the word "eat", they rushed to rob it, and a roast chicken was quickly torn into pieces.
"Can't eat, it's not cooked." Passat finally swallowed the undercooked chicken and finished a complete sentence, but the chicken on the wooden rack had already been stuffed into each of the soldiers' mouths...
“A bunch of hungry dogs!” Passat pursed his lips.
"I said Phoenix, when you went to the farm to buy chickens, couldn't you buy two more? Didn't I give you a small silver coin? Why did you just buy one chicken? Did you keep the rest of the money for yourself, you bastard?" Passat asked the veteran again.
老兵嘴里正嚼着鸡肉，那里有空回答帕萨特的问题，他边嚼边吞答道:「一～一枚小银币～就够买～一只鸡～」
「什么？一只鸡要价十二芬尼？这是农场主告诉你的？」帕萨特不知道战区的肉价已经飞涨了数倍。
"This is what we will buy to us only after we draw our swords, otherwise the farmer will not sell it at all." The soldier who was beaten just now swallowed a mouthful of meat and freed his mouth to answer.
Passat looked like he was stubborn. He pointed to the chicken bone in his hand and said loudly: "What? Did you all draw your swords or did you spend a whole silver coin to buy this chicken?"
"What can we do? What did the farmer say? He refused to buy us anything at a low price, and we didn’t dare to actually kill him~"
"I said you——"
Passat was about to scold the new recruits, when there was a sound of galloping horse hooves on the east road.
"No! It must be the military law team checking the sentry. Quickly put out the bonfire and hide all the chicken bones and chickens. That's it. The sentinel makes a fire. He will definitely be imprisoned. No, this is a battlefield, I'm afraid he's going to be beheaded, right? Oh my God~" A newly promoted soldier was exposed to the strictness of military law for the first time, and his eyes opened wider and wider...
Although the veteran named Phoenix was a little panicked, he was not afraid. He slapped the new soldier and said, "Beheading, I'll scare you to death. This is not a war zone, and yesterday it was announced that the combat status was temporarily lifted, and the legion was temporarily repaired. During the repair period, the patrol fire will be fined at most half a year's salary and thirty army sticks. It's okay, I was beaten by the military law team, and thirty army sticks can't kill a thick-skinned guy like you."
Passat didn't take it seriously. He didn't care much about being dealt with by military law. He slowly stood up and patted the dirt on his buttocks, sighing softly to prepare for the severe punishment of the military law team. "This captain has done it again, and he has to go back to be a thousand-year veteran~"
The horse was getting closer and closer, but the man on the horse was not wearing a white feather helmet.
"No, that's not the military law team!" Passat noticed something unusual...
The galloping horse was getting closer and closer. Passat saw the heraldic robes of the soldiers on the horse's back, loosened the fully drawn bowstring, and signaled everyone to put down their weapons.
"Isn't that the captain of the baggage train? Aren't they transporting the last batch of grain back to Saint Rayon? What's a man doing running back here?" The veteran Phoenix recognized the man on horseback.
马匹越来越近，马未驻足马背上的人左手（右手断掌）就松开了缰绳跳了下来，「是帕萨特兄弟？」
「快，你们快回去通报大人，有人哄抢我们的粮食，斯宾塞长官正带着辎重队护兵与对方缠斗。」辎运队长憋着一口气发出了警告。
"What kind of bastard dares to rob the Welsh Army's rations? I don't want to live anymore!" Passat was furious when he heard this.
"An army coming from the east, seems to be going to fight in the war zone."
"How many people are there?"
"Forty plus, and one knight."
"Bastard! Enough life!"< br/>
"You! Immediately ride back to warn the Chinese army, and the rest of the troops will follow me!" Passat hung the bow on his back, took off the bow quiver and broadsword from the front saddle of the horse, asked a recruit to ride back to warn the army, and then led the remaining soldiers towards the direction of the consignment transporting food...