Chapter 241: Recruits and Veterans
The people who unscrupulously mocked Jack, a powerful knight with the strength of a great swordsman, were all veterans of Fort Lally who had been retired for many years and had not yet died of old age.
Most of them are veterans who have been injured in the war, or who are too old to retire due to their declining strength, while veterans who have retired from the battlefield in a similar situation to them have either died of old age or returned to their hometowns to recuperate.
There are only these useless veterans who have no relatives, no wives and children, and should have been buried for peace, and have stayed in this fortress for a long time, whether it is a stable life or a peaceful pension, but in fact it is not friendly, and every day they look at this fortress that is always so majestic, and watch the soldiers and merchants who come and go, in order to temporarily forget their increasingly heavy and sick shell every night, and dream back to the upright time when they were young and bravely killed the enemy.
I still remember that His Royal Highness Dells because of the flickering of his eldest brother, or the deep love of his brother, hid from Xiao Hani, who was mistaken for his own sister, and came to Fort Lali with a guard to calm himself at the same time, but also to exercise himself, at that time, His Royal Highness Dells and the knights around him were still young, and now the soldiers around him are still middle-aged.
That's right, several old soldiers who mocked Knight Jack were actually soldiers in the first team he brought with His Royal Highness Dells when he first arrived at Fort Lally, and they were unforgettable "old acquaintances", after all, the contradiction between the airborne department and the native department always needs such a run-in process, and the veterans in the army with old seniority are most unaccustomed to the relationship that has no strength and likes to be blind, but the young but powerful little knight is not a mature general with a good temper now, and Little Jack's "convincing people with virtue" It was the first bond between their captain and the soldier.
Of course, he has also experienced the test of life and death, after all, it is inevitable that a soldier will fight, and it is inevitable that he will die when he fights, and the first batch of subordinates who are not strong and gradually getting old will of course retire one by one and leave, and the squad leader has become a squadron leader, and the squadron leader has become a captain, and the captain has become a general, with the strength of the Jack Knight Great Swordsman, such a promotion speed is not surprising.
But even if the gap between the identities is so big, but the friendship between the comrades-in-arms can not be forgotten, of course, Knight Jack also knows that among these old friends, there are dozens of people who are unwilling to return even if they have a home, and they are unwilling to leave even if they have a home, but he has never disturbed their lives, after all, the gap in identity is too big, and Jack also has his mission as a royal guard, for the sake of His Royal Highness's thoughtfulness, his private life is strictly restricted by himself.
They are all those who are reluctant to leave the city, like the "nail households" who resist relocation, and the old stubborns who vow to live and die with their families, and the reason why they are standing here tremblingly and leisurely at this time is not that Knight Jack came to ask them to pretend to be on the wall.
It was these veterans, who, when they saw that Fort Lali was completely powerless in the face of this tornado, had no contact with each other, and almost at the same time relied on the veterans' medal they had left as a memorial, to find the door of Knight Jack, who was almost already in command in his position, and rushed to die......
Before the last group of evacuated civilians set off, more than 30 old people with the same style, the same material, and all old medals rushed to the military tent where the evacuation team was arranged, and found the "little general" who had not been seen for more than ten years, the person who spoke here, Jack Knight.
These old people's hair is either all white, or there is not much white hair left on the Mediterranean side, or there is a neat big bald head, full of wrinkles, and the teeth are not well protected, all of them are yellow teeth and rotten teeth, even if they are a little bit of a wealthy businessman, they are not luxuriously dressed, some are still dressed as farmers, and their legs and feet are not necessarily sharp, almost everyone is more or less tormented by the dark wounds left by their youth, and it is estimated that they will not sleep soundly, and they generally have heavy dark circles.
But even so, when these "little leaders" who looked like they were young, their waists were still as straight as they could, staring at the eyes of this stranger who had long been strange, and there was calm and longing in their eyes.
Even a knight as cold as Jack can't help but burst into tears.
"Captain Jack's name back then, the magic of the Bommer dog will probably be unbearable tomorrow in Fort Lali, and the matter will be handed over to us ghosts who should have been buried a long time ago, you and His Highness Dells should hurry back with these young hopes of the kingdom! We need these young and strong little warriors, not us who will only waste the kingdom's food!, so ......"
The eldest veteran said this, and from the position of Jack's royal guard, he should have decisively agreed, because he knew that even His Royal Highness Dels had not said it, but he was not willing to leave at all, and he could take this opportunity to persuade His Highness to leave, but at this time, he couldn't say a word, as if he was swallowing, because he understood that what this old guy said was not right at all!
Almost dedicating all of his youth to the kingdom, in order to fight against the ubiquitous and possible enemies who may appear at any time, he risked his life and constantly fought with the enemy, and after he was discharged from the army, he did not have any skills, and his income was not high in addition to the kingdom's subsidies, and his life was not satisfactory, it was the kingdom that owed them, and now he said that for the sake of the new soldiers, he had to sacrifice his veterans, which was even more unfair to them!
The veterans who had been sacrificed when they were young should enjoy the protection and provision of the kingdom when they were old, and should not once again put on their armor and die bravely, if so, then their young warriors would be too incompetent.
", you're willing to stay, I'm not willing to go, just so you're willing to stay and die with me, then all the soldiers outside can go back......"
"Your Highness, you can't! You have to go back to the royal city with the team!
It turned out that His Royal Highness Dels happened to walk outside the tent, and when he saw the generous statements of these veterans, and he also saw the embarrassed expressions of his own guards, and knew very well what they were thinking, so he opened his mouth to agree to the request of these old fellows to die.
And when Knight Jack heard the words of His Royal Highness Dels who wanted to stay and live and die with Fort Lali, he immediately exploded, and hurriedly said no without thinking of any words of persuasion, but what is the use of such persuasion for His Highness Delles, who is the same?
It will only reveal that he also wants to stay and fight the enemy until the last moment, His Royal Highness Dells stared straight into Jack's eyes, and his clear eyes seemed to penetrate all his thoughts, so that the knight of Jack at the same time at the master level couldn't help but bow his head, and said for a long time:
"And why are you staying?"
Seeing that Jack Knight had nothing to say, he knew that Jack had been persuaded by himself, and while Jack was looking down in annoyance, Dells winked at the veterans who were standing behind Jack watching the situation here, and made an OK gesture with his right hand, and the veterans all laughed silently.
"Okay Jack, now you go out and let the soldiers all go out with those civilians, there are still a lot of clever ghosts among these boys, just tell them...... Let's just say that we are going to activate the last means of self-protection of Fort Lali, I am afraid that we will not be able to protect them when the time comes, let them roll as far as they can, don't drag us back!
Jack shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
I guess these boys won't be sad when they learn the truth, but it's also fun, ha!
Hearing what His Highness Dells said, everyone present thought the same thing. , you are lonely, the young lady warms you with a movie