Chapter 641 Military meeting in the city
After clearing the battlefield, the third company began to reassemble and return. High-intensity combat in the field for several consecutive days has made the soldiers a little tired. Fortunately, the war on the northern front finally came to an end, and the soldiers felt a lot more relaxed at the thought of returning to Santia City to rest soon.
According to the arrangement of the army, in view of the current situation, each company will take turns to rest. Currently, Colin Company and Weitz Company of the First Division of the Wells Corps, as well as the heavy armored infantry company, crossbow company, and grenadier company directly under the regiment are resting in the city.
In the near future, the legion will continue to move south to seize the important military town of Soronborg south of Lavati. Once the gate of Soronborg is opened, Lombardy will no longer be able to resist the front of the Welsh Army.
The group dragged a long queue through the thorny bushes, skirted the gentle undulating hills, crossed streams, and finally walked out of the dense forest before sunset.
At the head of the team, Hans took the lead, followed by Bury who was half a horse's head behind.
Looking back at the large group of people following him, Hans felt quite proud. Thinking back to the beginning, as a Yin disciple, his life was not guaranteed. Unexpectedly, God was merciful and saved his life. Not only that, but he also became a soldier of the Welsh Legion by accident. Along the way, his military career was quite smooth, and he became the company captain of the main battle regiment of the Welsh Army. You must know that several other company captains followed their Earl very early to reach their current status. But it took me less than half the time to achieve the same status as them. Every time he thought about this, Hans was always filled with excitement and excitement.
Horse riding in front, he was content and humming a tune all the way, leisurely and at ease. He was planning in his mind that when he returned to the valley next time, he must bring his beloved girl home to warm his bed and continue his bloodline.
Just as he was lost in thought, Bury interrupted his sweet dream.
"Brother Hans, I want to discuss something with you~" Bury hesitated, completely unlike his usual style.
"Man, how come you have become like a bitch, and you are still polite to me, just tell me if you have anything to say!" Hans turned to look at Bury and laughed, and then hummed an unknown light ditty.
"Well, it's like this. I plan to buy a piece of land from the government after returning to the valley, and then find someone to build myself a house. Do you think you can lend me some money?" Bury stared straight at Hans, expecting to get a positive answer from him.
“No problem!”
Hans touched his chin and agreed readily.
"Really?" Berry couldn't believe it for a moment, and asked again, "You can't go back on your word!"
"You bastard, when did I lie to you!"
"Hahaha, no, no." Berry was overjoyed.
"You and I are brothers and sisters, we both crawled out from the dead, this little thing is nothing."
"That's right, man. Oh, no, brother." Burry suddenly lost control of his emotions, with tears in his eyes.
In a battle outside the city, Bury was almost beheaded by a Lombard mercenary. After the disaster, he cherished everything in the present even more. Looking at the brother who has come all the way in front of him, Berry was filled with gratitude,
"Look at how you look now, you really look like a crying woman. Don't let your subordinates see it, it's so embarrassing!"
After saying that, Hans shouted behind him: "Hurry, everyone behind me, follow me. It's too late to go back, and all the beautiful girls in the city have been picked out by those bastards!"
"Hahaha."
Feeling relaxed, the group quickened their pace and quickly passed through the wheat fields. At the other end, a wide and flat commercial road appeared in front of them——
Before nightfall, there was a lot of noise outside the south gate of Santia. Hundreds of military tents, large and small, were lined up one after another, densely packed and crowded with people.
From east to west, there were stationed a thousand young men sent by Count Balian of Provence, and then two hundred soldiers of the Guards led by Sir David. Further west are the reserve regiment led by Obote and most of the Welsh Army. Except for the first company and heavy armored infantry company of the 1st Division of the Welsh Army, as well as some soldiers from the directly affiliated units stationed in the city to maintain law and order, the rest of the troops were stationed outside the city.
In addition, the Lavati reinforcements returned to Lavati the day after the war ended. Immediately, he advanced southward with a thousand troops of the Palace Guards Corps, stationed in several castles and fortresses one day away from Solonborg. Including the servants who accompanied the army and the traders, prostitutes, jugglers, etc. who were dragged behind, the total number was close to 3,000 people.
On the same day, Sauron Castle sent out sentries to find out the Burgundians' marching movements, but they were quickly dispersed by fifty light cavalry sent by the Guards Corps. In the next few days, the Guards Corps repeatedly sent small groups of troops to the gates of Sauronburg to call for battle, in an attempt to create the illusion that the Burgundians would soon attack the city, so that the Sauronbourg garrison did not dare to act rashly.
In this way, the two warring parties began to confront each other -
At dusk, a group of men and horses half a mile south of the city appeared in the sight of the soldiers guarding the city of Santiye. Normally, the alarm bell hanging at the corner of the wall would have sounded. But at this time, the soldiers guarding the city did not panic. They just gathered together and whispered to a group of people outside the city before they dispersed.
When the oil lamps hanging on both sides of the city gate were lit, the team of men and horses had arrived at the vacated passage into the city between the military tents a moment ago. "Hurry up, follow me!" Hans, who was walking at the head of the team, urged sharply, and the soldiers behind the formation began to yell at the prisoners whose hands were tied together, and kicked them from time to time.
The people and horses entering the city. It immediately aroused the crowds of soldiers on both sides.
Looking at the miserable appearance of the captives bound by the ropes, the watching soldiers occasionally teased the Lombard soldiers in front of them, scaring them back again and again, causing the companions around them to laugh.
"These little bastards really know how to have fun!" Berry, who was walking in front, muttered. He looked up at the tall walls of Santia City and sighed: "It's great, we are back!"
Colin, the captain of the first company, who had been standing on the city wall, had been waiting for a long time. Seeing that Hans' company returned smoothly, he strode down the city wall and took his guards to the city gate to wait.
Over a hundred people from the third company passed through the crowded passage into the city and finally arrived at the city gate under the gaze of everyone. In addition to the military equipment and prisoners brought back, there were also more than a dozen high-quality prairie horses.
Codiciler!‖
After a few people exchanged pleasantries, Colin sent people to escort the prisoners and supplies to the camp in the city. Then the group of people slowly walked into the city.
"That's right," Colin suddenly stopped and turned around to take the stainless steel knight's sword held in the guard's hand. "Bury, I prepared this specially for you!" Colin held the sword in both hands and handed it to Bury.
"This, this is~" Berry was a little at a loss.
"I said that when the war is over, I will give you a good sword. This is the booty I took from the Lombard knight I killed, and now it is yours." Colin pushed the sword into Bury's arms.
This sudden surprise made Bury so excited that he thanked him repeatedly. Stroking the finely crafted scabbard, Berry slowly pulled out the sword.
The sword body forged from Uzi steel is covered with fine lines after heavy hammering. Light brown blood stains began to soak into the blade, and the dark gray metallic luster revealed a hint of murderous intent·——
"Good sword!"
Looking at the knight's sword in his hand, Berry couldn't put it down.
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. High-ranking officers above the flag captain of the legion are still waiting for you."
Then a few people got on their horses and ran towards the direction of the Chinese Army's command camp in the north of the city -
The Sheriff's Office in the north of Santia City, where the Welsh Army's Chinese Army command camp is located.
Hence the high-ranking officers sitting around the long table could not hide their excitement and told their colleagues about their company's illustrious military exploits.
In this battle, each company of the Welsh Army killed and captured an average of more than 200 enemy soldiers, the highest number in any previous battle. Not only that,
The seizures after the war were even more generous. In addition to a large amount of money, the most valuable ones were the high-quality steppe horses obtained from the Lombard cavalry and a complete set of valuable cavalry equipment.
But what everyone talks about the most is the bomb developed by the weapons research laboratory. With the blessing of this kind of powerful weapon, not only the combat power of each company is greatly enhanced, but also the casualty rate of soldiers is reduced accordingly, which is very popular among the officers present.
"Brother Rogge," he said in excitement. Company captain Weitz brought a wine glass filled with Wells beer to Rogge, the captain of the newly formed grenadier company of the legion, and patted Rogge's shoulder gently. "Come on, everyone, I suggest that we all raise a toast to Brother Rogge." Everyone stood up, "Thanks to the help of the brothers of the grenadier company in this battle, we were able to achieve such great results! Cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses and drank it all.
Just when everyone was happy, Art led the legion deputy commanders Angus and Odo in from the main entrance, followed closely by Ron and several guards.
"Sir!" The officers immediately put down their wine glasses, stood solemnly, bowed and beat their chests to salute Art.
Matt went straight to the main seat at the end of the long table and sat down on the big leather chair.
"Please sit down, everyone." Art gestured with his hand.
After everyone sat down, Art habitually glanced at the officers on both sides of the long table.
As before, the ones closest to Art on the left and right are naturally Odo and Angus, the two highly respected deputy commanders of the Welsh Legion, followed by Father Robert and Baron Bob, the secretary of the Chinese Army, followed by the company and standard-level officers.
Because the members of the military meeting were all officers from the Welsh Army, David, the representative of the Palace Guards Corps, and the leading baron under Earl Balian did not attend the meeting.
Ron stood by as a bodyguard, and four members of the bodyguard stood on both sides outside the door.
Matt untied the robe behind him, picked up the cold Welsh beer on the table and took two swigs. "Happy!"
"Okay, let's start the military discussion—"