Chapter Seventy-Five: The Art of Imperial Power
Combat exploits are the highest glory of a soldier.
The Isaac Kingdom had the most important military achievements, Arthur and his warriors broke through the wasteland, plundered the beast camp, bravely rescued the captives, assassinated the son of the lion king, and burned the former military city, making great military achievements.
The welcome ceremony was followed by a banquet to celebrate the victory of the former military city, and a welcome banquet to welcome Arthur and the soldiers home.
The whole barracks was filled with a celebratory atmosphere, and the soldiers came to toast Arthur, because Arthur and they could go home alive.
Arthur soon drank too much, and then he didn't remember how much he drank, but he vaguely remembered laughing when he drank with Jose and Monkey, and the next scene changed to hugging and crying with Buck and Silas, as if there was a scene where Golly pinched his nose and poured alcohol......
Having drunk so much wine, Arthur's memory had become blurry, and he couldn't remember how the feast ended or who sent him back to the tent.
When Arthur woke up groggy and drank water, it was already a starry sky outside.
The banquet started at noon, and Arthur didn't know how long he had been asleep, and when he turned over and wanted to continue sleeping, he didn't know why he couldn't sleep anymore.
During those days in the Orc Wasteland, Arthur and the warriors in danger never had a good night's sleep, and the biggest hope at that time was to get enough sleep at once when they returned home.
Now that he is home, he can finally sleep peacefully in the barracks, but Arthur has insomnia.
Arthur didn't know that on this night, many of the warriors had lost sleep just like him.
Arthur simply did not sleep, and came out of the tent in his cloak and clothes.
Arthur and the soldiers' tents were grouped in the northwest corner of the barracks. Although it had just experienced a big victory, the vigilance of the Blizzard Legion did not show any slackening because of this, there was a sentry every few tens of meters, and there were night patrol teams that walked past a team every once in a while.
Today's night was very good, Arthur had no purpose, just a random walk in the barracks, thinking about some things in his head.
A slightly thin figure unexpectedly appeared in Arthur's field of vision, and Arya was holding on to the fence in the inner circle of the camp and staring at the night sky in a daze.
Looking at the girl's back, Arthur's heart was inexplicably sour, in the past few months, running around the orc wasteland with herself and the warriors, Arya has suffered too much. But since the two had a separate conversation not long after entering the wasteland, they never even had the opportunity to be alone again, and even at the banquet that had just ended, Arthur didn't have the opportunity to go over and toast the girl with a glass of wine.
Arthur walked over gently, "Why haven't you slept yet?"
"Can't sleep, haven't you slept either?" Arya didn't look back, and the girl could hear Arthur from the footsteps.
"Maybe it's because I suddenly changed to a comfortable environment and wasn't used to it. Arthur stood beside the girl, and the arms of the two men almost touched.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and then neither spoke.
"Thank you!" Arthur said abruptly again.
"Why?"
"You've suffered all this time, and without you, the warriors might not have survived. ”
"Are there only warriors?" said Arya, tilting her head at Arthur.
Arthur's face turned red again, and he opened his mouth but said nothing.
"You're shy again. Arya chuckled.
"I just don't know how to express it. ”
"Alright, I'm going to bed. Arya stretched her waist a little lazily, and when she raised her arm, she happened to touch Arthur's hand, but neither of them cared.
"Sleep?"
"yes, I'm sleepy now. Arya turned and walked towards her tent, and after a few steps she suddenly turned back, "I forgot to tell you, your shy appearance is very attractive. ”
Arya stuck out her tongue and ran away.
Arthur scratched his head, "It's weird, there are still people who like to be shy, and women are harder to understand than orcs?"
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The next day, Prince Hobbes continued his deliberations.
After a great victory, Arthur and many generals with second-class military merit or above were recruited into the military tent.
Hundreds of officers at all levels poured into the wide tent for a while, such as battalion commanders, middle and low-level officers at the captain level usually have no chance to enter the tent, Arthur and a few of them were arranged to stand in the first row because of their great achievements.
Arthur unexpectedly spotted a familiar figure among the military bosses sitting in the front row, Shino Howells of the Grand Duke's Palmer Mansion, who was sitting next to Keno, and was still above Joshua.
Shino's gaze swept over on his own initiative, and he nodded slightly at Arthur with a smile.
In the tent, Arthur could not go over to salute, so he had to nod in return.
During the awarding session, the lieutenant next to Prince Hobbes held a long scroll of military merit and began to read aloud the battlefield deeds of meritorious officers and the evaluation of military merit grades.
The officers who were read out of the ranks, marched forward to salute, and were awarded medals to the sound of military music. The commander of the army to which he belongs shall wear the military merit medal for military merit below the first class, and the commander of the regiment shall personally wear the military merit medal for military merit of the first class and special military merit.
Every officer whose name was read stepped forward with a smile on his face, and this was the most glorious moment for a soldier.
The military merit book in the lieutenant's hand did not have the names of Arthur from beginning to end. The lieutenant returned to his place after reading the military merit book, and Arthur's mood sank to the bottom.
At this time, Prince Hobbes slowly stood up, unfolding a yellow scroll in his hand, "King's Commendation:"
As soon as the prince spoke, everyone, including Kino, stood up and saluted.
"Guarding the territory and securing the people, the responsibility of the soldiers, the expansion of the territory, the merits of the soldiers, the courage to kill the enemy, the glory of the kingdom, now I heard that the captain of the Wind and Snow Legion Arthur Hirlo led his troops deep into the orc wasteland...... This king sealed:"
Prince Hobbes paused deliberately, and after a long list of descriptions of battlefield exploits, it was now to the point, and everyone pricked up their ears.
"Named Arthur Sillow as Viscount Jiayong......"
The officers below Prince Hobbes's words forgot that this was the big tent of the Chinese army, and it exploded in an instant.
"Knighted!
"And it's a title!"
"Upgrade three levels in a row!
No wonder the lower-level officers were so shocked, it was extremely difficult to be knighted in the Isaac Kingdom, and the graduates of the Blood Yao Academy were only awarded knighthoods, and now Arthur was directly made a viscount from a commoner, skipping the knighthood and the baron, which can be regarded as a three-level promotion.
What makes the following officers even more surprised and jealous is that Arthur, the viscount, has a title, and the title with the title is called the title of strength, and the kingdom will next reward the fief according to the title, and if there is a fief, there will be taxes, and a private guard group can also be formed.
The difference in privileges and benefits enjoyed between the Kingdom Title of Strength and the Title of Honor is simply a world apart.
In addition, Arthur's title actually has the word "brave", and the title of the kingdom's strength is by no means arbitrary, and those with the words "Wu", "Yong", "Zhan", "Yi" and other words are all recognized by the king as generals in the army, such as the title of the deputy commander of the Keno army is the Marquis of "Yaowu", and the former army commander Joshua is the Earl of "Yiyun".
The weight of knighting Arthur this time is rare in history.
From this knighthood, it can also be seen that His Majesty Streich attaches great importance to the next war between humans and beasts. The so-called heavy reward must have brave men, and the king actually showed an attitude by knighting Arthur, all those who made major military achievements in this war will inevitably be rewarded by the king.
Arthur's knighthood was not only his own luck, but also a part of the art of imperial power, and Prince Hobbes's next words made Arthur truly understand what imperial power is......