This is the first time for Claude to visit the legion camp. The Blue Feather Legion garrison camp located to the west of Conigada City can be said to occupy a very broad territory. Claude remembered that when he first reported to the army camp at Fulkby Hill, the soldier who took him up the mountain mentioned the legion camp and felt very proud, saying that the tents in the legion camp could not be seen to the side at a glance. A very spectacular feeling of boundlessness.
It is indeed spectacular. Looking from a distance, countless camping tents are arranged in groups of four into neat small squares, and then arranged into larger squares with small squares. At a glance, everything is gray and white. The tents spread to the horizon.
The closer you get to the legion camp, the more noisy and noisy you feel in the legion camp. The three field divisions belonging to the Blue Feather Legion have moved to the front line, and now only the first field division is stationed in the camp. However, Dr. Perrent said that two second-line legions dispatched from the rear have already stationed in the legion camp. One of the second-line legions will follow the First Field Division to the Principality of Sidings, while the other second-line legion will stay here. On the one hand, he is preparing to replenish reserve soldiers for the Blue Feather Legion, and on the other hand, he is responsible for training the young recruits recruited from Cafilezite County.
As the security squadron and stretcher team of the treatment center, Claude was with the medical team in charge of Dr. Perente. After arranging the accommodation for his men in the designated camping tent, Dr. Perente greeted Claude to the rear treatment department located in the legion camp.
This is a camp located on the far right side of the legion camp. There are now nearly a hundred wounded and sick people here, most of whom are seriously injured sent back from the front line. Claude found that most of them were injured by falls. After asking, he found out that the Second Field Division and the Third Field Division accidentally fell from the mountain road to the foot of the cliff when crossing the secret road in the Odin Mountains. They were lucky, they didn't fall to death on the spot and could still be saved.
Dr. Perrent came here to see one of his old friends, Dr. Mozart, who was in charge of the rear treatment department. But unfortunately, Dr. Mozart was not here. It is said that Prince Wedelek arrived at the city of Gonigada last night and accepted a banquet from the officials in charge of Gonigada and several generals of the Blue Feather Army. However, after the banquet, the second prince occasionally felt unwell. It was suspected that he was not acclimatized, so Dr. Mozart He was summoned to the city of Conigada overnight to treat the second prince, but he has not returned yet.
So Dr. Perrent and Claude returned disappointed.
Claude stayed in the legion camp for the next three days doing nothing, while Dr. Perente was very busy. Without him, in the past three days, the soldiers of the First Field Division of the Blue Feather Corps had mixed with the soldiers of the other two second-line regiments. The Eleventh Field Battalion alone had at most ten incidents with the soldiers of the second-line regiments in one day. Several fights exhausted the military police team that maintained order.
Fortunately, most of the injuries caused by these fights were minor injuries. Applying some healing potions and drinking some medicine to prevent internal injuries was enough. Dr. Perrent said that when a war is approaching, soldiers tend to be impatient and angry, and the slightest verbal conflict can easily lead to fights. Generally speaking, as long as there is no large-scale collective fight, the superiors will mostly turn a blind eye and not even bother to punish them with confinement.
After returning, Claude sternly warned his four noble men, asking them to take good care of their men. They would stay in the camping tent honestly for the past few days, sleep more and go out less when they had nothing to do. After these few days, etc. You can relax a little after the troops are on their way.
Another day passed, and an order came from above. A military parade ceremony would be held at ten o'clock tomorrow morning at the playground of the legion camp. Prince Widelek would review the first field division and the second-line army that followed the expedition. After the review is completed, the first division and the second-line army will embark on the journey to the Principality of Sidings.
Since it was not only Prince Widelek who attended the military parade, but also a number of high-ranking officials and many dignitaries from Cafilezte County, the above required every officer and soldier to put on brand new military uniforms and dress neatly in the best possible way. Come to the review with full spirit and high morale.
However, the security squadron and the stretcher team of the treatment center led by Claude were not among the queues for the review. The army probably knew what the security squadron and the stretcher team were made of, and they might be worried that they would make a fool of themselves during the review. Something went wrong, so Claude was assigned a task to take the security squadron and stretcher team out of the camp to perform a security mission.
When he heard the roar of gongs, drums, trumpets, and even melodious music from the legion camp, Belklin cursed bitterly: "You are a guy who looks down on others."
He has always been resentful about being excluded from the military parade. Whether it is him or Murray Ed, Aboyev and Diavid, they are all annoyed that they cannot participate in the military parade. On the contrary, Claude was very indifferent.
"You don't want to see what Prince Wedelek looks like?" Muriel asked Claude curiously.
Claude smiled and said: "He is not the same as us, with one nose, two eyes and one mouth. The only difference from us is that his status is more noble."
"But if we can gain his appreciation, we will be able to prosper immediately," Aboyev said reluctantly.
"Haha" Belklin said with a sneer: "Pull him down, you have a beautiful idea, but can you get in front of him? Those dignitaries, generals of the legion and those officers have already occupied all the empty seats around him. It's your turn to go up and flatter him. Don't go up and flatter him when the time comes. If you fail to flatter him, you will be regarded as an assassin. It will be very exciting, and it will also affect us."
"What Baker said makes sense." Diaverde said leisurely beside him: "I am not interested in this second prince. What I am angry about is that there are many ladies and ladies in Conigada City coming to watch the military parade today. The above They sent us to this wilderness where there is no ghost to perform some kind of security mission, so that I can’t see how beautiful those ladies are, so I’m very angry.”
"Forget it, stop complaining." Claude smiled and said, "Would any of you take a few people to the woods over there to see what kind of game there is. If we can catch a few prey, we will have a barbecue here in the afternoon. Paralysis , didn’t it say that the military parade was at ten o’clock in the morning? I guess it’s already past twelve o’clock now, and the military parade has just started. By the time they finish, it will be three or four o’clock. I guess there is no way that hot meals will be delivered at noon. Everyone has to eat dry food. It’s okay to go hunt some prey and come back to give everyone some broth.”
The fact was just as Claude expected, Prince Wedelek delayed arriving at the legion camp until twelve o'clock at noon, and the soldiers participating in the military parade had already been standing in the sun for two or three hours. After the noble prince drank tea for another half an hour in the command tent of the legion camp and chatted with the dignitaries and ladies for a while, he finally thought of business. Surrounded by the top brass of the legion, , climbed onto the high platform and announced the start of the military parade.
The original plan was for a military parade at ten o'clock in the morning. The troops under review walked past the review platform and left the legion camp, heading for the Principality of Sidings. But I didn't expect that Prince Wedelek would come so late. As a result, the soldiers who were inspected after the military parade had to stay in the camp to have a meal before setting off. For example, the second-line army simply stayed in the army camp overnight and set off tomorrow morning.
When Claude and the others returned to the legion's camp after a day's security duty, they received another order. The Eleventh Field Battalion was designated by the legion as the escort battalion for the second prince to accompany and protect the second prince to the Principality of Sidings. As for when the second prince will set off, we are waiting for notification.
This is really a big joke. The second prince set out from the royal capital to Cafilezte County and was treated the same as the eldest prince. Sterling X assigned his two sons to each of his two sons to fight with a regiment of guards. The battalion served as an accompanying escort, and a small group of security guards from the special department followed the eldest prince and the second prince. Unexpectedly, the Blue Feather Legion thought that the escort force was not enough, so they also sent the 11th Field Battalion there.
So Claude stayed in the legion camp again and waited for the notice that Prince Widelek was going to the Kingdom of Sidings. Unfortunately, Prince Widelek seemed to have forgotten about it and stayed in Gonigada. In the temporary residence in the city. Two days later, according to the information obtained by Dr. Perrente, the second prince was holding dinners and dances in the temporary residence every day for the past two days, and invited all the famous ladies from Caerfield County to attend. He didn't mention going to the Principality of Sidings. He seemed to be unwilling to stay in Conigada for a long time.
It wasn't until the third day that the generals of the Blue Feather Army realized that something was wrong. They went to the temporary residence of the second prince to persuade them in every possible way. Only then did Claude and the others finally get the news. It was said that Prince Wedelek finally agreed to leave for Xiding the next day. The Principality of Sri Lanka.
The 11th Field Battalion was ordered to open the road. They had breakfast at eight o'clock in the morning and rested for half an hour. When the order came, they set off first. After walking for two hours, a messenger on horseback came from behind and asked the 11th Field Battalion to be stationed on the spot. Because that Prince Wedelek hadn't gotten up yet, it would probably be at least three o'clock in the afternoon when he got up, had a lunch break, and was ready to go. As the escort of this delicate prince, the Eleventh Field Battalion cannot march too fast, lest it loses touch with the second prince’s team.
It was already half past three in the afternoon when the second courier arrived. The order he brought was for the 11th Field Battalion to expand the garrison to accommodate the entourage of Prince Wedelek and the escort who arrived later. The Praetorian Battle Camp had a place to camp at night. It is best for the Eleventh Field Battalion to help them set up their campsite and tents, and prepare hot food and water. As soon as they arrive, they can move in directly to eat and rest.
The order sent by this messenger not only caused the soldiers to curse, but even the officers in the military camp were talking behind their backs. Whether the second prince still plans to go to the front line to supervise the war, he has been dragging his feet until now, and he regards the 11th Field Battalion as a labor camp to serve him. This makes the officers and soldiers of the 11th Field Battalion feel a little worried. anger.
However, the orders had to be obeyed. Under the supervision of the officers, the soldiers of the 11th Field Battalion still set up the camping tents for the second prince and the Royal Guards combat camp at night. These supplies were urgently obtained from the Blue Feather Corps. It was transported by the battalion's logistics department, and a large number of carriages transporting fresh ingredients also arrived at the same time.
At around six o'clock in the evening, the second prince arrived at the camp with his entourage and the battle camp of the Guards Corps. What surprised Claude was that the second prince's entourage actually included many female relatives. Judging from their clothes, they seemed to be young ladies from well-known families.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, Claude finished checking his men's camping tents and confirmed that the personnel of the security squadron and the stretcher team had rested. When he was about to go to bed, an attendant of Prince Widelek suddenly came and was in charge of guarding the camp. Under the guidance of a second lieutenant officer, they came to Claude's tent and said that Prince Wedelek wanted to summon Claude.
Claude was a little confused as to why he was looking for me, but he still followed the attendant to the tent where Prince Widelek was in the envious eyes of the ensign officer.
This should be the command tent of the Blue Feather Legion, which is several times larger than the soldiers' camping tents. As soon as I entered, I discovered that the command tent had been turned into a dance venue. Accompanied by a band of more than ten people in the corner of the big tent, a dozen pairs of well-dressed young men and women were dancing melodiously in the middle of the big tent. Next to the big tent were some sofas and tables, with all kinds of exquisite food and tables placed on the tables. A wide range of fine wines.
Claude was told by the attendant to stand aside and wait until the dance ended before introducing him to Prince Wedelek. Claude glanced briefly, and found at least three generals sitting on the sofa on one side in the big tent, holding wine in their hands, their faces flushed, obviously drinking too much.
When the dance ended, a young man with long curly golden hair hugged his dance partner and gave her a long kiss. He kissed her for a long time amid the cheers of the onlookers, then let go of her partner, and walked to the side laughing. At the long table, he picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.
The attendant motioned for Claude to follow him, and bowed to the young man's side: "Your Highness, the Claude Field you are looking for is here."