When it came to the Emperor Odin, everyone in the council room was silent.
Philip also closed his mouth and made no further sense.
Indeed... No one can have any doubts about the most legendary powerhouse in the human world far away in Odin—everyone knows the genius of the emperor Odin, and everyone knows that such a person is absolutely impossible There is no such thing as "ambition".
Reinhardt's face was sinking, and he continued: "...that's what I'm worried about. Before that, I'm afraid the Odins themselves didn't realize this fact, and I'm afraid even the Odins themselves didn't think of it. If they can take the opportunity to completely destroy this huge empire in the south, their previous plan may be to occupy a few counties and then take the opportunity to reap the benefits. As for the future, it will be better if they can stand firm. Even if they are unstable, they will simply withdraw. Go Odin, if you don’t want the land, you don’t want it. Anyway, you’ve already got enough spoils—in the past 100 years, hasn’t all the wars with the Odins come this way. But this time… it’s different!”
Having said that, Reinhardt raised his eyelids and glanced at Char who was sitting in front.
Xia Ya has been silent, leaning on the chair softly, with a somewhat lazy posture, a look of weakness, without the sturdy and heroic spirit of the past, looking like a pool of mud, and as if being It's like a man has a bone removed.
Even when listening to Reinhardt's words, Char's expression was obviously a little indifferent, and even his eyes drifted a little - this guy seemed to be distracted.
Reinhardt frowned, stared at Xi Ya, and continued: "I even made plans carefully. If I were the commander of the Odins, I'm afraid I would not miss this opportunity! The Byzantine Empire is on the verge of collapse, and the civil unrest is in progress. Sheng, the empire's own elite army will either be defeated and wiped out, while the remaining hundreds of thousands of elites are fighting each other in Osgilia. Throughout history, the Byzantine Empire has never fallen to this level. This is the point! If we must find an opportunity to completely destroy Byzantium, then this time is undoubtedly the best time in thousands of years! The Odins did not recognize this before, and we also subconsciously ignored it. This - but with Manninger destroying the Corsican military district and successfully annexing it... The weakness of the Byzantine Empire has been completely exposed to the eyes of the Odins! I can guarantee that if the Red Round Table's If the rebel alliance can't make a strong response, then the Odins will have an inch! But after so many days, the rebel alliance still hasn't made any military response... I'm sure, they These guys are chaotic internally and have not reached a unified idea! They are not united, and their positions are different... This is almost equivalent to tearing off the last layer of fig leaf and completely exposing the weakness of their own side to the Odins! The Odins You will immediately notice that this 'Red Round Table', which seems to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, is actually so loose, it's just a mess of sand, and they have their own plans, so there's nothing to be afraid of! Then the result is obvious: the empire's The royal group no longer has enough strength, and the rebels on the other side don't seem to have the guts to openly hostile to the Odins, so... Who will resist the Odins? At this time, if the God-Emperor Odin has not reacted, then he I don't deserve to be the emperor of this Odin Empire! I can even conclude that the other two legions that Odin invaded will also act immediately! Even, if their military operations go well, the Odin Empire will start in the spring of next year at the latest. A large number of reinforcements will continue to be dispatched!
By then... it will turn into an all-out war! A... A total war for the purpose of destroying the Byzantine Empire and unifying the continent! "
Reinhardt finally finished speaking, his pale face flushed with excitement, his lips were a little chapped, and there was a hint of excitement in his worried expression.
However, when Reinhardt looked at Char with an indifferent expression, a slight disappointment flashed in the young general's eyes.
Instead, Green opened his mouth, and the old mad dog's eyes flashed: "Reinhardt, I think your distraction is reasonable, so what do you think we should do now?"
Reinhardt glanced at Xia again, and found that Xia still didn't speak. He sighed secretly, then straightened his back and looked at Green: "Sir, I think we should prepare for war! For the time being, Chixue Jun ate it. The Corsica Military Region has to digest such a large site, and the tens of thousands of troops that have been recruited are not stable. At this time, Manninger is temporarily unable to divide his troops to attack us. But... I predict the spring of next year. It will be a huge crisis that we are going to face!! From now until the beginning of next spring, this period of time will be enough for Manninger to digest the Corsican military region that will eat it, and those soldiers who surrender can also be overwhelmed. Then the most important thing for him to do next is to destroy us! Because our position is too critical for Manninger. And, according to my analysis, when the spring of next year, the Odin Empire may continue to continue. Add troops to the south to invade! We are facing an all-out war.
Our current position, although it is in the north of the empire, far from the imperial capital, so we avoided the fire of the civil war and were able to breathe and repair, but next year, once the Odin Empire massively adds troops to the south, our position will be their first blow Goals... So, in the near future, we will face a huge test! ! I have personally drawn up a plan to prepare for the war, and I invite a few adults to look over it. "
After speaking, Reinhardt took out a paper roll from his sleeve and put it on the table.
Greene glanced at Xia Ya and found that Xia Ya didn't mean to reach out to take it. Greene frowned secretly, so he could only reach out and take it by himself. After taking a look, he nodded slightly: "Okay, this plan , Lord Xia and I want to discuss it, and then we will come to a conclusion as soon as possible. In short... the situation in the future is difficult, so please do your best to serve the country!"
After that, Green touched Xi Ya secretly, and Xi Ya's wandering eyes floated back, and said lightly: "Oh, is it over? Then, let's end the meeting."
After the meeting was dismissed, many generals and officers in the council room left one after another. Reinhardt was the last to leave. Before leaving, he stared at Xia Ya with a deep look for a while, his brows tightly together, and then he was lost. turned away.
Green kept waiting for everyone to disappear before looking at Xia Ya next to him, the old mad dog said with a sullen face: "Xia Ya, what's wrong with you?! Why have you been so fascinated these past few days? You are always so obsessed. How can you feel at ease with your fuzzy appearance, so that your subordinates can see it?! Don't forget, you are the coach and the backbone of everyone!"
Xia Ya said "oh", her eyes still looking a little dazed.
"Alas!" Green sighed: "I know you haven't recovered from your serious injury. You are not in good health, so you need to rest more, but at least, in front of your subordinates, you must show some appearance, even if it is for the sake of To appease people, you should cheer up a little too."
Xia Ya smiled lightly: "Oh, I see - it's alright, isn't everything still with you. I... I'm just a little tired."
Saying that, Xia Ya turned around and slowly walked out from the back door of the council hall.
The way he walks is still a little awkward, and his steps look a little clumsy and sluggish. It seems that his body has not recovered well, and his movements are still a little inconvenient.
…
In fact, Xia Ya's problems have been going on for many days.
Not only the subordinates around him and his subordinates and the generals noticed the wrongdoing of the head coach—the first and the clearest person to notice the abnormal performance of Xia Ya was the person closest to Xia Ya: Adeline.
Xia Ya was able to get out of bed ten days ago.
Merlin's repair technique and regeneration technique are really amazing, and Char's body recovers quickly.
But after he was able to get out of bed and walk, Xi Ya faced a new problem: when he first got out of bed, he fell to the ground after walking less than three steps.
It wasn't that his bones weren't growing—in fact, all the muscles and bones in his body were completely regrown.
But... Because this repair and regeneration technique was carried out on the basis that Char's body circulation and balance had been completely destroyed.
It can be said that after the injury, Xiaya is almost the same as a newborn baby.
Although the skeletal muscles of the body were healed, he unexpectedly lost all sense of balance and the kind of skilled control of the body.
Even for the first two days, he even had to be supported to walk—just like a toddler learning to walk.
Almost everything in life, he has to re-learn to adapt. It took three straight days and countless somersaults before Xia Ya could barely walk without being supported.
For this, many people are full of worries, especially Adeline, who is even more worried.
Xia looks like this, and he can't even walk steadily... Then it means that his previous powerful martial arts have been completely abolished!
A master who used to be brave and strong, with high skills, suddenly became unsteady even when walking, and would drop his hands when he took a spoon - what is the difference between this and a cripple
Especially for a martial artist, it might be better to die than to survive like this.
The worries of the people around her, Adeline's heart was anxious, and many people were worried that Xia Ya couldn't bear such a huge blow.
But what the hell... Xia himself didn't seem to show even the slightest bit of distress and sadness!
Even though he used to be able to prancing horses to charge at the enemy with thousands of horses by himself, now he staggers even if he takes a few more steps.
But Xia Ya's face, from the beginning to the present, did not show even the slightest dissatisfaction and disappointment.
It seems that, after thinking about it carefully, after Xiaya's injury, he suddenly had a habit that he had never had before: being in a daze.
Yes, it is "in a daze".
Now Xiaya often sits there alone, staring at something, and then falls into a state of distraction, no one knows what he is thinking.
Even when you talk to him, you are often halfway through, but this guy's eyes are blank, and he is so distracted.
For many days, he did everything in a nonchalant manner. Laziness is worse than it was before the injury healed.
Even... According to the guesses of Adeline and others, after the injury is healed, Xia Ya will practice frantically, in order to restore her previous strength as soon as possible.
But in fact... After Xia Neng got out of bed, his only physical activity every day was only one: spreading!
At first, he just tried to walk in the yard. After walking smoothly, he began to walk around in the yard opposite the city guard house.
At the end, he began to walk out of the yard and spread out along the streets outside the city guard house.
Just swaying his arms, drooping his head, swaying his legs, swaying, and spreading it three steps at a time - this appearance is no different from those mud legs in the countryside who are full of food and drink.
The most important thing is that now Xiaya seems to have lost something in his eyes - something called "spirit"!
In the past, Xia Ya, even when he was injured, his eyes were still like a wounded beast, full of wildness and restlessness, with a pressing edge!
But now... His eyes were so kind that he was even more harmless than the cook in the city guard's mansion.
Just like a tiger with its claws pulled out, a hedgehog with its thorns stripped off.
…
In addition to spreading, the second thing that Xiaya likes to do now is to be like a child, squatting in a corner or nook, staring at some flowers, plants, or ants and insects. One is not finished.
Adeline once discovered that one afternoon, from after lunch to before dinner, Xi Ya moved a chair and sat in the corner of the yard, resting his chin on his hands, staring at the corner in a daze - then Adeline walked over. After calling him three times, he realized that what this guy had been staring at was just a clump of weeds that had just grown in the corner and two or three unknown white flowers dotted on it.
At that time, Adeline was a little confused and asked what Char was looking at.
And Xiaya's answer made Adeline even more confused.
The guy's response was, "I'd love to tell you what I'm looking at—but I don't know how to describe it to you, how to explain it to you. In fact, I've only recently experienced this kind of stuff myself, and there's a lot of it. I haven't figured it out myself. So... I can't tell you, I can't explain it clearly, and you can't understand it either."
… After that day, I moved a chair and sat in the yard when I had nothing to do, and then stared at one thing in a trance, and it took a long time to see it. This became what Xia Ya did most often.
Even the guards in the city guard house couldn't help but guess in private that our lord wasn't too badly injured this time, did he hurt his head
One of the guards even said that he had a child from a distant relative who fell off his head while riding a horse when he was a child, and then turned into a foolish and sluggish look all day long, which is quite similar to what our adults are now. Some similarities…
The one who is most worried is of course Adeline.
Adeline was also worried about whether Xia would be self-sacrificing because she had become a crippled person. She once tried to cheer up Xia Ya, but without saying a word, Xia Ya interrupted her with a smile.
"Don't worry, I'm not in the situation you think, I'm fine, it's fine... It's just that some things are slowly being understood bit by bit, I can't explain it yet, until I really fully understand , I can tell you. Now, I don't understand it myself."
I understand... I don't understand... Adeline didn't understand anyway.
However, when Xia Ya said these words, she looked sober, as if she should be fine, which relieved Adeline a lot.
…
After the military meeting, Xia Ya slowly left under Green's worried eyes, then returned to the back, casually put on a robe, and walked out of the city guard house through the back door to the street outside.
It was already afternoon and evening.
Xia Ya put on an ordinary linen robe, and walked lazily on the street with one foot and one foot. He's been sloppy lately, with messy hair and a beard. After walking all the way, no one gave him a second look, and no one recognized him. This big, unremarkable guy is the coach of the city.
Xiaya went all the way to a place two streets away from the city guard house. There was a small square, with four or five tall poplar trees planted next to it, and some children were playing around the big tree.
It is not far from the city gate to the east, and occasionally soldiers patrolling the streets can be seen lined up.
Xiaya stopped, walked slowly to a tree, found a quick stone and sat down, let out a long breath, and after a while, he stared at a group of wriggling ants under the tree. , fell into a daze...
Looking at it this way, you can see that the sun is about to set.
The number of people in the square gradually dwindled, but Xia Ya didn't realize it. She was still sitting on the stone, supporting her chin with her hands, in a daze.
At this moment, an old voice suddenly sounded beside him: "Hey, what are you looking at in a daze?"
Xia Ya didn't look back, and said casually, "What?"
The old voice behind him smiled: "I've been standing here for a quarter of an hour, everyone else is gone, and I'm just watching you still here in a daze, looking at the tree roots... What the hell are you looking at? The tree roots What catches your eyes?"
Xia Ya took a breath, wiped her nose with snot at random, and muttered, "Ants... tree roots... very beautiful."
The old voice behind him seemed to smile, and then Xia Ya saw a tall but thin old man with gray hair, squatting beside him, shoulder to shoulder with him, even the posture was similar, usually with his hands Supporting his chin, the old man squatting beside him also smiled at Xia Ya: "Is it really good-looking? I'll watch it with you for a while. Boy, tell me, what a good idea? "
Xia Ya glanced at this guy... This old man looks a little out of the ordinary. He must have been the kind of handsome man who could fascinate him when he was young. But well... No matter how beautiful a man is, at the age of 70 or 80, he has already become scum. This old guy is full of wrinkles, layer by layer, his chin is a little pointy, and his skin seems to be unhealthy and dull. .
But those eyes were surprisingly bright.
Xia Ya only glanced at him, then looked back lazily, and continued to look at the squirming ants on the tree trunk: "Good-looking is good-looking, what else do you need to explain? If you understand it, you will naturally think he is good-looking, but you can't see it. I understand, even if I explain it, it's a waste of saliva."
The old man was stunned for a while, but then he smiled instead: "Not bad! You have some truth in what you say! If you understand it, you understand it. If you don't understand it, you still don't understand it after explaining it. That's right, that's exactly the truth."
Immediately, he stopped talking, just lowered his head and stared at the root of the tree with Xia Ya. The two of them just sat on the stone and the other squatted on the ground, side by side, watching like this.
Until the sun went down and night fell, there were no more pedestrians in this square, only the old and the young, who were still staring at the roots of the tree as if they were a little weird.
Finally, Xiaya rubbed his eyes and stood up first.
The old man also stood up and looked at Xiaya: "Don't look at it?"
"The sun is already down, it's so dark, how can I look at it." Xia Ya pouted, as if he still had some unfinished thoughts: "Unfortunately... If I can spend a little more time, maybe I can think more about it. ."
The old man smiled and said, "You kid, are you pretending to be a ghost, or do you really understand something?"
Xia Ya glanced at the other party with disdain, and the expression seemed to be disdainful for the other party to ask such an idiotic question.
"What did you see just now?" the old man said suddenly sternly.
"I saw... we ourselves." Xi Ya replied solemnly.
"Myself?" The old man laughed: "Nonsense, how could we see ourselves after watching the big tree and ants for an afternoon?"
Xia Ya shook his head: "It's me."
The old man narrowed his eyes, as if a strange light flashed in his eyes: "Oh? Can you listen carefully?"
"I... I don't know how to say it, I only understand a little bit, but I don't fully understand it yet." Xia Ya sighed, he thought hard for a moment, and said slowly: "Ants live on trees, we live in this world So, we are ants, and the world is a tree."
"Hmph... just think of this? That's nothing unusual." The old man said lightly.
Xia Ya rubbed his nose, pondered for a moment, and continued: "There are ants on the tree, and we have hair on our bodies. Ants will die, and hair will grow and fall off... So, we are also big trees."
Saying that, Xi Ya raised her hand and pointed around: "Look, all the trees, all the grass, all the flowers here... The moss on the house, the vines, and the wild dog... The garbage pile in the corner Rats, bedbugs...even the woods outside the city, mountains, rivers...everything...we are all this, all this is who we are. Actually, it's all the same. Well, yes, it's all the same, all It's all the same. So... the tree is me, the ant is me, everything is 'me'. Alas... that's about all I can think of."
Xia Ya looked at the old man in front of him, and said calmly and slowly.
The old man's eyes suddenly lit up, his complexion changed dramatically, and he suddenly laughed a few times: "Okay! Well said! You really understand! Haha! I thought you were a little lunatic before, and I was just playing around with you... Haha Haha! Very good! God bless! I actually found a little genius like you in a place like this!"
The old man suddenly came up viciously and grabbed Xia Ya's shoulder: "How old are you? What's your name? Have you studied martial arts? Do you have a master? Who is your master? Tell me quickly... Oh no! I don't need to ask! Because even if you have a master, you can kick him directly! From today onwards, you are my apprentice! I am your teacher! Hahaha! Luck! Really lucky! I actually met a little monster like you here Tire! Hahahahaha!!!"
Seeing this old man suddenly excited and joyful, Xia Ya was grabbed by the shoulders of the other party and couldn't break free. He could only rub his eyes with a wry smile, and then smiled calmly: "That... Now it's my turn to ask you a question. now…”
He stared at the old man and asked solemnly, "Excuse me... Is there something wrong with you?"
Old man: "..."
The two guys just stared at each other like this, staring at each other for a long time, before the old man suddenly laughed: "That's it, I'm so happy, so happy that you can ignore the words you contradicted me. Boy... My old man has taken a fancy to you, and you can't get away even if you want to run away... Well, do you live in this city? It's just right, I'm here to do some boring and rotten things, why should I delay for a few days? Walk… "
When the old man said this, he suddenly seemed to have come to his senses, looked up at the already dark sky, and patted his head hard: "Oh, it's too bad! It's already so late!! Damn it! It's all delayed! Oops... ugh..."
He took Xia Ya's arm and strode down the street: "I came here from a long way to see an old friend... That old friend of mine is a crazy woman with a very weird temper, but she is very capable. ... It can be regarded as comparable to Lao Tzu! This time I heard that she received a son, and her son is getting married. After many years of love, she actually sent me an invitation, although we have never been very close It's a match, but I've known each other for many years, so I have to give her a face. Alas, it's a boring and rotten thing to say. If it wasn't for the sake of my old friend, I wouldn't be too lazy to make such a trip, but well, I also want to thank her, if I hadn't come here, I wouldn't have met a little genius like you! Hahahaha!"
Xia Ya was originally pulled by him to run, but after listening to the old guy's words, the more he listened, the more strange his expression became. He suddenly stopped and pointed at the old guy: "You... you said 'boring shit', Is your old friend's son going to have a wedding? Your old friend is a crazy woman who has a bad temper but is very capable?"
The old man glared at him: "Yes... why are you asking this?"
Xia Ya sighed, and then pointed to his nose: "It's a coincidence, the 'boring shit' you said was my wedding. And I, unfortunately, belonged to your crazy woman friend. son… "