The Odins disappeared without warning.
In almost a short period of time, the dark camp that was besieged outside the station had become empty. In the past, people shouted horses neighing, those arrogant roars and roars that did not stop all night, and the huge bonfires that could be lit at night, all disappeared.
Standing on the watchtower, watching the Odin army leave one by one, the last Odin army, those rude Odin men, even jumped off the horses and reindeer arrogantly, Standing in the wilderness, he took off his pants to pee in the direction of the station, and roared arrogantly.
These scenes made the Byzantine soldiers behind the wall feel a deep humiliation.
But no matter how humiliated they were, they were forced to face the reality: this war, they lost.
In response to the invasion of the Odins, the Byzantine Empire set up five regular corps, which was already one-third of the regular forces of the Byzantine Empire.
However, the 2nd and 9th Corps were completely overwhelmed by a beautiful roundabout raid by Hastings, waiting for their fate to return home and rebuild. And the most outstanding Iron Army, the 13th Corps, lost more than half of the main combat power of the two banner regiments. A flag regiment officer Sosia died in battle, and a flag regiment officer was seriously injured (Silver-haired man Butler.)
In any case, from the perspective of the proportion of the loss of troops, the Byzantines lost in a mess.
The most embarrassing thing is that the 13th Corps didn't even have the opportunity to display their powerful combat effectiveness. They were first attracted to the north by Ke Kelan's troops, and then forced to return to help when their old nest was raided. The powerful combat power is wasted on running back and forth. The physical strength of the soldiers is not consumed in the battle with the enemy, but in the rapid marching back and forth...
But no matter what, no matter how much the loss is, the most important combat purpose of this war for the Byzantine Empire has been achieved: to defend the enemy outside the country.
After all, the Odins did not really set foot on the territory of the Byzantine Empire. The war started and ended in Wildfire.
However, the initiative is in the hands of the Odins. They did not further expand the victory. It is not that they can't, but it seems that... they don't think so at all.
Having eaten two and a half regiments of the Byzantines, the Odins were enough to go home with a triumphant song of glory.
One of the episodes is: Contrary to what Char had guessed before, Hastings did not occupy Wildfire Town at all!
From the beginning, this Odin commander did not send even a single team to Wildfire Town! It seems that from the beginning, he did not intend to drive the 13th Corps to a dead end! In other words, from the very beginning, he never planned to fight with the 13th Corps.
Knowing the news, Xia Ya was silent for a while, and then laughed and scolded, but she was not discouraged at all.
He is Hasting, the most powerful Odin, what am I? It's just a soldier, and it's not surprising that he can't guess his intentions.
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The Odins retreated for three days. During these three days, a large number of scouts were scattered. After careful search, it was determined that the Odins really retreated. This news made General Adrick look gloomy, but Fatty Ruhl sighed.
Just when Adrick was tormented by the humiliation of defeat, Fatty happily ordered his troops to pack up and prepare to go home.
For Char, the first war he experienced in his life was over. Although neither side of the war was his motherland, but this war has wiped out a lot on the life trajectory of the turtle. He made the first friend in his life in this war, and then lost the first friend.
Because of his fighting bravery and outstanding performance, Adric had promoted Char to the rank of cavalry commander - the highest rank of junior officers in the Byzantine Empire's military system. According to the organization of Byzantine cavalry troops, ten people form a team, five teams form a cavalry, ten cavalry units form a battalion, five battalions form a banner, and five banners form a corps.
As a cavalry commander, Char is already a low-level officer who can lead fifty cavalry soldiers—in fact, for most imperial soldiers from civilian backgrounds, this step is already the limit of the highest possible status in life.
No one doubts this appointment. After all, Xiaya's performance on the battlefield is obvious to all. Whether it is the admirable courage he showed when he was stationed in the garrison, or the sturdyness that wounded Hastings on the battlefield. Everyone in the 13th Corps admired—especially the fearless courage shown by the troops who finally took two hundred miscellaneous cavalry out of the city and rushed into the enemy group to meet the rear.
Adric appreciates Char very much. The cavalry commander who has promoted Char is not to assign him to the combat troop below, but... the personal battalion!
With the special status of the Guards Battalion, each Guards Cavalry can have a dedicated squire, so in the calculation, the fifty guards cavalry led by Xia Ya have to add 50 squires, and most of the squires also have He has a certain cavalry combat capability, so his actual number of people has reached 100! The combat power is doubled out of thin air!
Uh... of course. If every squire is like Dotara, I am afraid that not only will the combat power not be doubled, I am afraid that it will be halved because of a bunch of straw bags on the back...
As the commander-in-chief of a regiment, Adrick's personal guards have a battalion, and the highest rank of the personal guard battalion is the captain of the guards—but what makes Char puzzled is that it seems that since he came to the 13th Corps, Adrian has The position of Ke's captain has been vacant.
In the past, it was the bald man Kevin who played the role of the head guard and performed the duties of the head guard. However, the bald man, Kevin, is only a rider himself.
Xia Ya quietly asked other people in the guard camp, but found that others avoided talking about the topic. A taboo in the Guards, General Adric ordered that no one be allowed to talk about it.
A name that I had heard several times came into Char's ears again: Via... It is said that this name was the former captain of the guards of the Guard Battalion. However, what this person is doing there now, Xia Ya doesn't know.
Once Sharba drank too much and said a few words casually: It is said that Via is a very powerful guy. He is the only strongman in the entire 13th Corps who dares to slap the table and stare at General Adric.
In the Thirteenth Corps, dare to slap the table and stare at General Adrick? This statement made Xi Ya very suspicious. According to what Char knows, the 13th Corps, up and down, almost unconditionally obeys any order given by General Adric. Adrick's prestige in this army is unbelievably high - let's put it this way, even if In front of it is a big fire pit, point to Adric pointing to the pit and say "jump"! Then the tens of thousands of soldiers of the Thirteenth Corps will jump forward without hesitation, even if they use their own flesh and blood, they will definitely fill this hole!
Even Sosia, who was acquiesced as the successor of General Adric in the 13th Corps, was very respectful to Adric. A small chief of guards dared to scold the general? !
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After a few days of repairing at the station, General Adric met with Char Ya several times. Char Ya has made a lot of credit this time. The general has made it clear that there will definitely be a contribution from Char Ya in the military newspaper. As for the reward , to wait for the final decision above before it can be issued.
But there is one thing: singled out Hasting on the battlefield and wounded him—this credit cannot go to Char’s head. After all, nominally, the one who singled out Hasting at that time was the “Empire First Class Sir.” Lord Bonfret".
Xia Ya had no interest in this credit, and readily accepted this seemingly unfair decision.
In the words behind the turtle: accepting this credit is equivalent to being targeted by Hastings! Where is the credit for this? It is clearly a big black pot, whoever bears it will die!
However, Adrick readily agreed to several of Char's other requests, including transferring Sharba and Cato to Char's cavalry team. Sharba was originally the deputy cavalry commander. This brave big man came here just in time to be Xia Adam's deputy. As for Cato... His arrival made the fifty cavalrymen who were originally transferred to Xia Ya jumped for joy. Everyone knew that there were smugglers in the army. In the future, Xia Ya, the rider, wanted to do something illegal. Things like products are naturally very convenient.
Another request from Char was to transfer a person named SOUL EATER to his name as the second squire. Although Xia Ya was just a small cavalry commander, having two squatters was always too flamboyant and inconsistent with the military practice, but Adric still approved it without hesitation.
Because, this guy named Soit is the squire of bald man Kevin. After Kevin died in battle, Soyt was supposed to go home from the army, or enter the auxiliary barracks to work as a craftsman or groom and other jobs. But Xiaya deliberately asked this person to be under his own hands.
Soyet was born as a groom, and can also do some simple blacksmith work. He is a wooden and Confucian man. He can ride horses, and his strength is not small. He even learned a little bit of cavalry fighting skills taught in the army. Unfortunately, He was naturally a bit slow in his response. No matter what he said or did, he was always half a beat slower than others, so he stayed in the position of squire and couldn't go any further.
The so-called slow response means: if everyone listens to a joke together, the joke is finished, everyone laughs, and Soyette looks calm and calm, and after a long time, everyone else starts talking about other topics, This guy will suddenly look up to the sky and laugh. The same... If you punch him, he will look at you indifferently, and then after half an hour, he will suddenly wow wow in pain.
And an important reason why Xi Ya wanted him to be his subordinates was: Soyite was Kevin's fellow countryman.
The arrival of Soyite made Dodoro a little excited, and the noble magician was delighted that he could finally get rid of his humble career as a handyman. This new guy looks stupid. With his smart head, he doesn't play around with this guy
But soon, the magician found himself in a tragedy...
Soyt worked honestly and diligently. The same job, he could brush the horses clean, whether it was nailing horseshoes or repairing armor and weapons, he could do it, and he did it quickly and well.
As the saying goes, don't be afraid of not knowing the goods, but be afraid of comparing the goods.
Originally, Dodoro was under Xia Ya's subordinates. Although his work was a little slower, rougher, lazy, and he ate a little more, Xia felt that it was still sloppy, but after Soyter came, it seemed like a comparison. The magician is extremely useless... As a result, poor Todoro was severely scolded by the turtle every day because of the low efficiency of his work.
On the third day, Soit took the initiative to find Dodo Luo, and made a suggestion to him: "Give me one-third of your wages, and I can do things slowly in the future."
Dodoro is inexplicably sad and angry! ! He had the intention to sue, but after thinking about it carefully, he compared the expression on this guy's honest and honest face, and then looked at his treacherous and wretched face... Thinking about it with his heels, he could guess which other people would believe!
Unwilling to contribute one-third of his salary, the magician looks up to the sky in grief.
"Damn it! Who the hell is a fool!!!"
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After a few days of repairs, the newly appointed cavalry commander, Xia Yaleiming, was called to General Adrick's tent and accepted a task to send a detailed military report to the military headquarters in the theater.
At the same time, because of his active performance in combat, Xia Ya will live to receive an imperial "Eagle Head Medal". After returning to the military headquarters of the theater, he can also be personally awarded by the commander of the theater, and he can also receive a generous sum of money. 's bounty.
This is a good job. There is no danger, and you can gain both fame and fortune.
But in addition to this task, there is an additional small task.
Xia Ya will take his 50 cavalry guards to the south, and they will escort a noble adult back to the country along the way. As long as he is sent back to the military headquarters in the theater, the mission will be completed.
And this escorted baby guy is...
It was this time on the battlefield that he singled out Odin, the Valkyrie, Hastings, and single-handedly defeated the new hero of the empire, the noble first-class knight of the empire, and Lord Bonfret...
Hearing this order, Xia Ya was completely stunned.
He stared at General Adrick carefully, and from the serious expression of the other party, he determined that the general was not joking.
But... let me escort that ass-selling bum in Bonfret
Did something go wrong? Who does not know that I have grown up with that little white-faced Liang Zi in the entire Thirteenth Corps!
After hesitating for a long time, Xia Ya had a bitter face and smiled bitterly: "That... General, I dare to ask, you... um, you... "
"Fuck away!" Adric scolded with a smile.
"Um... Are you sure, you're really not implying me... take the opportunity to kill that old boy?"