After coming out of the square of the military headquarters, Green, Fatty, and Xiaya hugged each other, and then got on their horses to say goodbye.
"You have to stay in the imperial capital for some time. Come to me for a drink at any time." Green sat on the horse and smiled at Xia Ya again: "Boy, you are very good. If you have time, come to the Military Academy to find me, I will invite you you drink!"
After speaking, the frustrated imperial soldier smiled boldly and rode away.
Looking at Green's back, the fat man seemed to sigh and shook his head: "It's a pity."
He turned his head to look at Xia Ya: "Do you know who he is?"
Before Xi Ya could answer, Fatty whispered as if to himself: "He and I graduated from the Military Academy at the same time and ranked first in grades, especially in discipline and tactics. Even our teacher, Duke Minas It is said that he is an excellent talent. He has participated in two wars with the Odins. The first time he was just a battalion officer, but he took 300 people to surprise the enemy's rear for hundreds of miles and attacked the logistics of the Odins. Stronghold. In the second war, he was already the flag officer of the flag regiment. At the end of the war, he was in charge of the rear. With more than a thousand cavalry, he used almost suicidal harassment tactics to abruptly delay the marching speed of a legion of Odins. Fifteen days! Later, he was transferred to the east to guard the frontier. Facing the invasion of the coalition forces of more than a dozen tribes of nomadic people, he took less than 2,000 defenders to guard a small frontier town for a month! I even I don't know how he did it! The wall of the frontier town is only three meters high, and there is no defensive fortress ordnance! There are no catapults, no ballistas, and even bows and food shortages... When the last reinforcements arrived, He was wounded in 16 places and woke up after being in a coma for more than 20 years."
Xia Ya was shocked when she heard it!
He has experienced war, so from Fatty's simple words, he immediately felt the shock!
He used to be in a well-equipped station with thousands of men and horses, and faced an attack of more than 10,000 Odins. At that time, he could hardly stand it in less than a day, forcing him to duel Hastings. strategy just barely delays time.
2,000 people, a small frontier town, lack of ordnance... a month? !
"Duke Minas once said... If Green can be reused, if he is allowed to lead a regiment and given him enough time and trust, Green will definitely be able to bring out a force that can compete with Hasting's Odin Stormwind Army. The iron army is coming! It’s a pity…”
Ruhl shook his head and smiled bitterly: "He was too extreme back then. Duke Minas had protected him many times, and he had to be left idle in the end. He had already served as the flag officer of the flag regiment in the 13th Corps. But in the end I didn't get to become the general of the Thirteenth Corps. Alas..."
Speaking of which, Ruhl glanced at Xia Ya: "Among all the eagle generals, I may not be really convinced even if I am facing your general Adric, but this Green is the only one who convinces me. Oral a guy…”
Xia Ya read out the respect in Fatty's eyes, and then the two mounted their horses and slowly left the road in front of the military amidst the guards of their entourage.
On the way, Fatty seemed to be a little depressed, and Xia Ya didn't say a word. After walking out for half an hour, Xia Ya suddenly raised his head and asked, "Well, Fatty, you were in the military just now. Salute at that statue... Who the hell is that statue?"
Fatty was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Xia Ya, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Yi? Boy, I thought you were a rookie, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant!! You don't know who he is? God Since you know the Byzantine script, at least you have read the general history of the empire!"
"...No." Xia Ya shook her head honestly.
"Then..." Ruhr frowned, then said: "So, do you know the origin of the name of the city under your feet, Osgilia?"
Osgilia... Xia's heart suddenly moved: "Well, could it be... This name came from the person who was in the statue just now? The person in the statue is named Osgilia? Is he the founder of the Byzantine Empire? Emperor?"
Ruhl smiled bitterly: "Of course he is not an emperor. But although he is not an emperor, the imperial capital of the empire still has to be named after him! Even the founding emperor, His Majesty, had to give up the honor of naming the imperial capital. Give it to him... And that decision was heartily approved by everyone at the time! You can imagine how great this statue is."
After sighing, Ruhr's face was full of reverence and memory: "Osgilia, is the founding father of our Byzantine Empire, the first marshal of the empire! The supreme commander of the imperial army! It can be said that he single-handedly conquered the whole The territory of the Byzantine Empire! Originally, Byzantium was just a small country in the southern coastal area. It was only in the more than 30 years of Marshal Osgilia that he conquered such a big empire! He is a real invincible commander, A great soldier! He is also a god of war that generations of soldiers of the Byzantine Empire dare not forget! After the establishment of the empire, the Duke of Osgilia became the first marshal of the empire and was named a duke. He and his family descendants guarded together The empire has lasted nearly four hundred years! In those four hundred years, the Osgilia family has almost become the home of the empire's military gods! Their families, almost every generation of dukes, are the army commanders of the empire, and they are all He is the most outstanding commander of the Empire! In those four hundred years, the Osgilia family held a high prestige in the imperial army. However, this family has always been loyal to the empire, even if it happened occasionally in history One or two faint-hearted emperors had suspicions about the family, but this family has never betrayed the empire, and has loyally guarded the empire for four hundred years!"
Xiaya frowned: "Four hundred years... So what do you mean... "
"The Osgilia family no longer exists." Ruhr's expression was a little emotional and sad: "This great family seems to have been cursed by some kind of curse from the very beginning. The family members have not been prosperous. A generation of dukes are the only males of the single generation, as if God bestowed the family with the greatest glory and the most outstanding military talent, but deprived them of their prosperity. With the existence of the family, even if the empire encountered a major crisis, the family of the military gods stood up to defend the empire. But finally, four hundred years after the founding of the country, the last Duke of Osgilia in the family died of illness. At the time of his death, he was only thirty-nine years old. However, he did not leave a son, only a daughter. The emperor of the empire ordered that the duke's daughter would give birth to a male offspring, so that he could inherit Osgilia. The title of Duke, but unfortunately, the Duke's daughter has no future... This glorious family has been cut off from the blood... "
Speaking of this, Ruhl suddenly smiled, and he slowly said: "There is a legend that the Osgilia family is actually the messenger who came down from the gods, and the task is to protect the Byzantine Empire, and after four hundred years , this family completed their mission and was summoned by the gods to leave this world, so there is no descendant of the Osgilia family left in the world..."
When Xia Ya heard this, she couldn't help but sigh for a while.
Fatty suddenly changed his words and said with a warm smile: "I'm surprised, you haven't heard of such a famous legend? Even in Wildfire Town, it is impossible that no one knows this story... Even the entire continent, Osgilly The name of Duke Ya has been sung for thousands of years..."
After a pause, he suddenly patted his head: "Ah! Yes, I know!" The fat man smiled and said, "The Duke of Osgilia had a loud nickname back then. Legend has it that the first Duke of Osgilia, That is to say, the favorite flower of the Founding Marshal is the tulip... Therefore, after the founding of the country and the title of the duke, the family emblem was determined to be a tulip flower blooming in flames, and then, the successive Dukes of Osgilia, all of them. Known by the entire continent as the 'Dukes of the Tulips', their family, also known as the 'Tulip Family'."
When Xiaya's eyes lit up, she couldn't help being a little excited, and she lost her voice: "Ah! Duke Tulip, Tulip Family!! I have never heard the name Duke of Osgilia, but the name Tulip, when I was in Wildfire Town, was I often hear it from the bards who tell stories! According to legend, Duke Tulip is invincible in battle, and he is said to be the protector of the empire!"
As Xia Ya said, there was an expression of "it turned out to be him" on his face. Although he was far away from the military headquarters, he couldn't help but turn around immediately and looked in the direction of the military headquarters. A bit of reverence.
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Originally, Fatty planned to send Xia Ya back to the residence to wait, but Xia Ya said that there was still something to go out, and Fatty was a little worried: "You better stay at the residence now, the summons of His Majesty the Emperor may come when..."
Xiaya's face was serious and he shook his head: "I... I really have something to do. I... I'm going to visit Kevin's house!" Saying that, a trace of sadness appeared on Xi'a's face.
Then, he whispered something to the fat man. Fatty's face showed a trace of clarity, stared at Xia Ya, and said solemnly: "Well, this matter can't be delayed! Well, you go back quickly! Well, you have a special status now, and I will let the guards follow you."