Chapter 378: Take You Home
After the roster has been inspected by Akmaiser, it will go with the army to its destination, give it to the recipient for the seal, and then return to Akmerse's side to resume his life, so that they can release the people as promised.
This kind of transaction can only be a loss for the Eternal Night military leader who has the initiative on the one hand, and complete the transaction on his own side first.
After success, let the other party fulfill the promise.
After all, the Kingsley family didn't keep their promise, and the Eternal Night Warlord still had the means to deal with them.
Otherwise, the Kingsley family could only stare dryly.
With the green light all the way, the troop convoy led by the Eternal Night Army was smooth sailing, half a day faster than expected, and it only took six and a half days to transport the five thousand Kingsley soldiers to the designated location - the three-way crossing, the confluence of the Bolton and Jacob rivers led by the Carthusian army.
The Jacob River flows mainly through the Manyu Command, with only a few bends passing through the Carthusian Command, and there are fewer large natural harbors where the Eternal Night Commander's ships can anchor.
The three-way crossing is one of them.
Kingsley soldiers mostly stay in sealed cabins, but occasionally come out to breathe in special circumstances.
Andes Mountain, which has been entrenched by the Eternal Night Army for more than ten years, appeared in front of a large number of outsiders for the first time.
The harbor is dense.
Ships of all sizes shuttled back and forth on it, and these ships laden with goods went south, to the Swamp of Despair, or to the west, and with them all the way, through the Jacob River, to the Manyu army and the plains of Asia Minor, and there were thousands of ships along the way.
Terraces are stacked.
The land along the Jacob River, which could be cultivated, was developed by the Andes, not only the huge basin surrounded by mountains, but also the mountains that were not particularly steep, and they also developed them, like a huge staircase, embedded in the mountains.
But the most eye-catching thing is the giant watermills around the terraces.
These giant waterwheels do not exist individually, but as a string in a pyramidal shape, running from the base of the mountain to the top of the mountain.
Located at the bottom of the largest, compared to the Brother Harbor Sky Throwing Truck, the smaller the model.
Driven by the water of the Jacobs River, the continuous flow of river water is transported to the top of the mountain by these giant waterwheels layer by layer.
It may be that it is now in the period of abundant rain, and there is no need for so much water, and the layers of reservoirs begin to overflow, and flow down the canal again, into the Jacob River, forming a beautiful scene like a picture.
It is filled with not only the beauty of nature, but also the beauty of machinery made by man, which is not only suffocating, but also has an indescribable spiritual shock.
The town built of blue bricks and red tiles is orderly embedded on both banks, looking from afar, like a blooming flower, countless Andes people are like industrious ants, shuttling in it.
Although I couldn't observe it up close, the atmosphere of stability and abundance came to my face.
The war in the swamp of despair seems to have had no effect on life here.
Faced with such a scene, even the soldiers of the Kingsley family, who were enemies, were yearning for it, and they could not say the slightest malicious word.
The unique feeling of being in the Eternal Night Army Leader has become even stronger after the contrast has been made since leaving the Twin Cities.
On both sides of the Jacob River in the area ruled by the Eternal Night Army, the repetition rate of scenarios is very high, and after looking at it for a long time, it is inevitably a little thin.
But compared with the situation after the Manyu army leader, they suddenly found that that thinness is a kind of happiness.
To be honest, in terms of geographical conditions, the Manyu army is far above the Andes Crater.
After four or five years of weather changes, the Manyu military leader has long since lost the bleak scene of yellow sand flying in the sky before.
Especially on both sides of the Jacob River after the resurgence, just at the beginning of spring, the eyes are full of green and moving scenes, and there are countless natural ports of all sizes.
However, compared to the Eternal Night Commander, the Manyu Commander is more than a step behind, showing a deformed development.
The large ports, with a large number of merchant ships flying in and out and red and white Red Cross flags flying overhead, and dozens of kilometers around them, are no less prosperous than the Eternal Night Commandery.
But this kind of lot is a minority, accounting for less than a third, and most of the lots, not even populated, are so barren.
As for their hometown of the Carthusian military commanders, the place where the Jacob River flows is basically blank, and there is no shadow of half a port.
The strong visual impact formed by prosperity and desolation makes people feel more about the destructive power of war.
After so many years of war, the Manyu military leader has been completely destroyed, and it is not possible for one or two generations to complete the restoration of the Manyu military leader.
Before they knew it, they had already traveled all the way, and many of the five thousand Kingsley's most elite soldiers had a feeling of loss.
When the Eternal Night Army led the troop transport ship to the three-way crossing, the 200 tons of grain that the Kingsley family wanted had already been handed over.
They did not stupidly take the time-consuming and laborious transportation from their own military territory, but directly took the ready-made ones from the hands of their ally Princess Regent, and transferred them, and the transportation distance was no more than a hundred kilometers, even if they went upstream, it was more time-saving and labor-saving than transporting them from the Eternal Night military territory.
This small account, not to mention the military staff, even the merchants of the Eternal Night Army will count it.
"General Yada, this is the roster of the troop transport, the total number of troops transported this time is 5,123 people, and it is actually 5,104 people, of which 17 people, there is a serious state of water and soil adaptation, and they are left in the Eternal Night Army to recuperate, and when they recover, we will send them back to Marshal Akmaiser as soon as possible, two of them died accidentally, both of them lost their footing and drowned, and when we found out, it was too late, and we transported the bodies together, and asked the general to check them together. ”
As the head of this troop transport, Brann, although he did not apologize in front of Yada, it was inevitable that there were casualties during the transportation and left a black stain on his resume.
It's just that no one can stop them from dying by themselves, and a group of landlubbers are attracted by the beauty of the Eternal Night Army Leader, and want to take the opportunity to smuggle in, only two of them die, which is already considered the dedication of the Eternal Night Army Leader.
"Two killed?" Ada's heart was surprised, not more dead, but less.
After all, the two sides are still in a semi-confrontation and half-negotiation, and there are too many variables in the transfer for nearly a week, and the Kingsley family is ready for hundreds of casualties.
In terms of the moral character of the Eternal Night Commander, it is much higher than expected by the Golden Silk Road family, and he does not care about playing such a small trick at all, and dutifully fulfills his own promises, and the completion rate is better than that of the Kingsley family.
After checking it out in person, Yada's satisfaction was even higher.
The Kingsley family soldiers in the cabin, except for a little sluggishness due to the long time on the ship, were in good overall condition, and they could go into battle after eating a full meal and sleeping well.
"If there are no other problems, please send a message to Marshal Akmaiser as soon as possible, and let them start releasing them. Brann urged.
The Eternal Night Army leader has a conscience on his side, but it doesn't mean that the Kingsley family also has a conscience on the Eastern Army's side, especially when food is getting more and more scarce, who knows if they will do something crazy?
The sooner those crocodile civilians are taken out of their hands, and the sooner they can rest assured.
"It's nature. Yada did not hesitate to agree.
The neat and neat style of the Eternal Night Leader won the favor of this general from an orthodox knight family.
In the same way, he did not drag his feet, and sent messages to Grand Duke Buck and Akmesser Flying Eagle respectively as soon as possible, and carried out the second step of personnel exchange.
Kelman, another chief of staff who was sent back to the roster as soon as possible, appeared in front of Akmeiser and said, "Your Excellency Marshal, we have shown sincerity, should you fulfill your promise?"
Akmaiser gave the order with a blank face: "Release the people." ”
After nearly a month of negotiations, the way that blocked the return of the 20,000 crocodile civilians who had been driven away was finally cleared.
"What did you say? We've been released, and we can go?"
"Can we really go? It can't be a conspiracy of the Kingsleys, right? Shoot us all before we get far?"
"Probably not, if they really want to kill us, they don't need to bother at all, who knows what's going on?"
"Do you want to go?"
"Where are we going? We have no food in our hands, we can't go dozens of miles at all, we will be starved to death, I have long heard that the Kingsley family is now very short of food, they are driving us out in order to save military rations, this is to starve us alive, what is the difference between this and killing us?"
"I'll just say that the Kingsley family is not so kind, they are asking for our lives in disguise. ”
"Go, go to a place where there is water, the Eternal Night Leader and our people have definitely not gone far, as long as there is water and boats, we should be able to find them, and we have hope of survival." ”
"That's right, maybe it's our people who are rescuing us, and walking to the river, as long as they see our boat, there is hope. ”
When those crocodile civilians heard that they had been unconditionally released, they couldn't believe their ears, and their eyes widened numbly, and they didn't react for a long time.
As the Eternal Night Warlord feared, they were in a pretty bad condition.
Hunger and cold not only crushed their bodies, but also destroyed their wills terribly.
Many people have become numb and have no hope of getting out alive.
They have been able to hold on until now, relying entirely on survival instincts.
This is the result of Akmaiser specifically telling the quartermaster to come here and take a turn if there is nothing to do, otherwise they would have turned into a pile of dead corpses.
Rao is like this, transporting corpses out at a rate of dozens every day.
At first, some people dug a pit and buried them hastily, but in the end, they even saved this and piled it up there, not because they were lazy, but because they didn't have the strength to do this kind of manual work.
After hearing the news, there were only a few people who got up to explore the situation, and most of them just lay there, staring at the sky with wide eyes, if it weren't for the ups and downs in their chests, they thought it was a dried corpse.
"Akmaise, this bastard, doesn't treat our people as human beings at all!" Wynd, who was accompanying him to check on the situation, his hair stood up one by one by the miserable scene in front of him, "I'm going to slaughter this bastard." ”
It's one thing to imagine, it's another to see it with your own eyes.
No one who has not experienced that famine scene can never imagine the tragedy of it.
"Don't make a fuss. Kelman grabbed Wynd, shook his head and said, "Being rash will only push them to a dead end, let the porridge transport team transport the vitality porridge first, and order it to go down, only give a small bowl to each person, no matter how much they plead, they are not allowed to be merciful, and they should not be given more." ”
Fortunately, the Eternal Night Army has a group of qualified military staff officers who have done everything and have considered all aspects of the matter, including the terrible situation in front of them.
In fact, when the five thousand elites of the Kingsley family left the port, the military staff of the Eternal Night Army had already asked Akmesser to send a medical team to check on the condition of those crocodile civilians.
However, Akmesser was very wary of the Eternal Night Leader, and refused to let go until the exact news came, allowing the Eternal Night Leader to send a small group of rescuers up.
Soon, buckets of vitality porridge were pushed over by the soldiers of the Eternal Night Army in small carts.
This kind of vitality porridge is quite famous in the Eternal Night Army.
Because it is specially prepared for those who have been suffering from hunger for a long time.
According to the official science popularization personnel of the Eternal Night Army, people who have been hungry for a long time have a relatively fragile stomach, and if they eat too many things that are not easy to digest at once, they will have gastrointestinal discomfort at least and die of gastrointestinal rupture at worst, which is commonly known as strangulation.
Every refugee who has fled to the Eternal Night Army must first drink two or three days of vitality porridge regularly and quantitatively to regulate their body and recover their vitality, and then slowly resume other aspects of their diet.
If a man is hungry, it will be sweet to gnaw on the bark of a tree.
Not to mention that the taste of the porridge is not bad, it is made of rice or millet as the main raw material, adding a variety of herbs that can quickly restore people's energy and a small amount of leathery muscle, simmering for a day and night with low heat, even the leathery muscle is boiled, and it melts in the mouth.
The first few bites are a bit bitter, and the more you eat them, the sweeter they become.
Those who have just passed the most difficult moments of their lives will never be forgotten in a bowl.
As soon as the lid was opened, the crocodiles who seemed to have only breathed out and had no breath in all of them climbed up, with a green glow in their eyes, with their unkempt heads, sunken cheeks, and bulging cheekbones.
However, the long-term hunger and cold finally hurt their vitality, and when they acted, their legs fluttered, and they couldn't walk fast at all, and they would fall on their heels if they were not careful.
"Queue, queue, all queue up in order, women and children, old and young, rest assured, the amount of porridge is enough, everyone has porridge to eat, everyone has it. ”
"Boy, this is the first time you have carried out this kind of disaster relief mission, right? This is not the time to be soft-hearted, and you must show a more ferocious attitude than you do towards the enemy, especially with such a guy who refuses to obey the arrangement, let alone condone it. "A veteran of the eternal night, who is not very old, but knows at a glance that he has experienced a hundred battles, while preaching to his companion, dragged a crocodile civilian who tried to snatch the porridge bucket by the arm, and threw it directly.
Even if he used a little bit of pushing, he still fell into a lot of meat and couldn't get up for a long time.
The veteran of the eternal night yelled fiercely, "Line up in order, otherwise you won't even have water to drink." ”
The whole crowd suddenly froze, and honestly began to line up in accordance with the order.
The veteran of the eternal night patted the stunned recruit beside him, and said meaningfully: "Sometimes, the wicked are not necessarily really evil, but forced by the situation, learn more in the future." ”
"Line up according to the order, each person can only receive a bowl, can not be received, after receiving the collection of the body to this side of the body examination, the body can receive a second bowl of porridge, and then in order, every kilometer, you can receive an extra bowl of porridge. ”
"Please, give me one more bowl, just one bowl, one mouthful, one mouthful, I haven't eaten for three days. ”
"The words are very clear, don't talk nonsense, hurry forward, there are still people waiting in the back, and there is porridge to eat in front." ”
"Are you looking for death? A bowl is a bowl, no one can break this rule, I count to three, if you don't leave again, don't blame me for kicking you out of the team, don't even think about drinking a mouthful of porridge." ”
Led by an experienced veteran of the Eternal Night, the entire crocodile civilians were like a flock of sheep being driven, lined up in twenty long dragons, each of which was a porridge point.
Then use the vitality porridge as an introduction to lure them to move forward step by step.
By the time their stomachs had almost adjusted and felt a little full, they had walked nearly ten kilometers and arrived at the riverside where the Eternal Night Army had docked its troop carriers.