A few days later, I saw Marquis Alonso, wearing a Taoist robe embroidered with colorful patterns, holding a white whisk, because of the usual indiscriminate taking of pills, resulting in only a few white hairs left on the top of his head, mouse eyes, wearing a pair of round lenses, crooked eyes, cracked skin, colorless face, extremely shriveled body, shaped like a dead tree, carried by eight servants on a large sedan chair, led more than 2,000 of his subordinates to arrive at Sida Town. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Taoist robes and dust whisks were introduced to Faroucion from other continents and were used exclusively for cultivators. It is rumored that cultivation and practice can make people immortal. Rat's eye is defined as the eye is extremely small and abnormally short-sighted.

Leonard, who was standing in the central square of Shida Town, saw this strange procession from afar—eight servants carrying a zombie-like half-dead man, and blurted out in amazement: "! Who is it that has put such a big pomp on the funeral of the dead?"

Seeing this, an official who had evacuated during the invasion of the Lars Imperial Army and had now returned to the town of Sida and had taken over the local administration immediately reminded Leonard, who was standing beside him: "Stop talking. This is His Excellency the Marquis of Alonso, whose fief is located near the town of Hilda. ”

When Leonard heard this, he snorted from his nose with great disdain, and asked disdainfully: "Hmph." What kind of marquis? Where did he go when the Lars Empire invaded south?"

Bran, who was standing on the other side of Leonard's side, heard this, as a nobleman's solemn expression and ugly face, cross-examined the great swordsman: "Leonard, can't you restrain yourself a little? ”

When Leonard heard this, he pretended to be a hippie smile, and didn't seem to respond very willingly: "Yes-yes-"

As soon as Alonso was carried by eight servants to the more than 3,000 mercenaries who lined up to greet him, he deliberately imitated the tone of Cleos' words: "Ladies and gentlemen, Ben Hout, on behalf of His Majesty the Elven King, is here to tell you great news. ”

When Leonard heard this, he scolded in his heart: "Lie rough." Who does this dead man think he is?"

Alonso continued to imitate Cleos's unhurried narration: "The great news is that Benhou has been appointed by His Majesty to serve as the overseer of your Second Swordsman Order—"

The more than 3,000 mercenaries who were full of appetite and anticipation at the scene were embarrassed on the spot when they heard this. None of them agreed with the so-called great news that a half-dead ghost was their overseer, and they all cursed to themselves: "I'm down-" "I'm going to be a good thing?"...

Next, Alonso made many twists and turns, and used his tongue like a spring, and he simply broke a thing that made others suffer and took advantage of himself into a rare opportunity for others to make meritorious contributions: "Benhou has two greater good news." One is that the treasures seized by your Second Swordsman Regiment in the Lars Empire will be handed over to Benhou for safekeeping, and Benhou will then present these belongings to His Majesty.

Because His Majesty has promised that all the goods in the custody of the Marquis will be given to the Marquis. Therefore, you only need to hand over the seized property to the marquis, which is equivalent to offering it to Your Majesty. Such an act is indeed the greatest merit. ”

When Bran heard this, he began to lose his patience with Alonso's words and attitude, and thought: "If you want us to give you all the money we have stolen from the Lars Empire, just say it, don't go around like this, it will make people unconscious." ”

Alonso concluded: "The other is your Majesty's promise: as soon as Benhou and you enter the Lars Empire, he will send reinforcements to ensure everyone's retreat." ”

When Leonard heard this, he whispered to Bran beside him, "Finally, I finally said a human word." The longbowman nodded, indicating that he fully agreed.

Because the Mercenary Guild no longer exists, there is no longer a son of the president. The longbowman began to refer to Bran.

Then, the Second Swordsmen, together with Alonso and his bodyguard, totaling more than 5,000 people, set out for the territory of the Lars Empire. By this time, the Marquis had moved from the sedan chair into an old carriage with extravagant materials. A classic carriage is a carriage in which a completely enclosed compartment rests on a wheel, and is pulled by a high-class horse. The compartment has doors and windows and covers the roof. Only the great nobles were qualified to ride in such carriages.

The 2nd Swordsmen left Sidar with ample supplies, and were transported by servant mercenaries in a cart drawn by a colt. The mercenaries only need to take in enough fresh water from the rivers and lakes along the way to supply them for several months of marching supplies.

In the continent of Farusion, a foal refers to an animal that looks similar to a horse on Earth, but is much shorter in size. A foal can carry at most one person. And when it is loaded with people, it has no strength to run, and can only walk slowly, so that it cannot become a cavalry mount. Due to the animal's thick and short legs, the wagons used to pull passengers were also slow. However, its stamina is excellent, and it is a very good choice for pulling trucks, carrying goods, and plowing fields. So this kind of livestock is one of the main animal power on the mainland.

Entering the territory of the Lars Empire, Leonard and his party arrived near the first town. Lying on the comfortable and luxurious sofa in the carriage, constantly flipping through the account books in his hand, Alonso, who was feeling a pain in the labor costs, food expenses, carriage and horse expenses for the more than 2,000 guards under his command, couldn't help but poke his head out of the car window, couldn't wait to reach out and point directly at the town in front of him, and loudly bewitched the nearby mercenaries: "Who in the Second Swordsman Regiment can rob that town for Ben Hou." Ben Hou remembered his great achievements. ”

When a handful of mercenaries close to Alonso's carriage heard this, they immediately became hot-headed and rushed to the town in front of them. As soon as the mercenaries broke away from the marching ranks. Leonard noticed this situation in time, and quickly ran to the eyes of this handful of people, and shouted: "Don't go!"

One of the leaders of this group of mercenaries was very unhappy and extremely unconvinced, and asked Leonard: "Why are you not allowed to go!? Don't you see what the hell the Lars Empire has made our motherland look like?

Seeing this, Leonard glared at the mercenary in the lead with a fierce look, and explained his point of view in an unusually serious and loud manner: "Of course not! Because we are soldiers of the Second Swordsman Regiment, not a group of bandits. ”

Seeing this, the mercenary who took the lead glared at Leonard with a more fierce and beastly gaze, and spit on the ground with a mouthful of spit, and responded provocatively in a loud voice: "Bah—— I don't want to be a soldier of the Second Swordsman Regiment of the Republic of Vosfita! For a moment, the eyes of all the mercenaries and Alonso guards present were drawn to watch the outcome of the confrontation closely. A pleasant lewd smile appeared on Alonso's face.

When Bran heard this, he hurried over, pointed to the nose of the mercenary who took the lead, and said sternly: "Is this the way you talk to the regimental commander!?"

When the thorn heard this, not only did he not reflect on it, but instead stretched out his hand to Leonard and shouted at Bran: "We are mercenaries! I have never admitted that he is our commander!"

Seeing this, Leonard calmed down his heart, stepped forward, stretched out his hand in front of Bran, who was eager to continue speaking, and asked the thorn: "Except that the motherland has been invaded." Why do you want to take revenge on the Lars Empire?"

When the thorn heard this, he immediately squeezed out two tears from the corners of his eyes and responded: "Our family's house was all burned down by the Lars Empire. My mother also died of illness due to lack of food and clothing. It's all the Lars Empire!"

At this moment, Bran's retinue mercenary stepped forward from behind the longbowman and analyzed the current situation very rationally, seriously and objectively: "My family's house has also been burned down by the Imperial Army, and all the property has been plundered. Parents, brothers, sisters, many relatives and friends were killed by the Imperial Army. I don't think it's the country of Lars, and the ordinary people of Lars, in particular.

Lars and our Bagram are of the same culture, and in recent years, with the efforts of Master Andy, they have been constantly rebuilding with our country and strengthening and improving bilateral relations. This account should be counted on the heads of the two bastards, the masterminds of the war, Frank, the initiator, and his dog son, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army. The situation in Bagram City is now urgent, and we cannot afford to waste our time doing anything else.

Taking Mandolia, the capital of the Lars Empire, is the only task we have and should accomplish now. When the mercenaries at the scene heard this, they all felt that what the entourage mercenary said was very reasonable.

Suddenly, another mercenary stood out from the ranks, pointed at the prickly face and shouted: "He's a liar! He had always been a lazy and terrible mercenary, and he didn't have any real estate at all! because his mother didn't give up the house she lived in to this man, and was burned down by the Imperial Army. So after this person learned the news, he held a grudge, and did not go back to take care of his mother in distress, leaving the old man to sleep alone on the streets, and finally died of hunger and cold. ”

Before leaving Bagram, the Second Swordsmen had arranged for a period of time for the mercenaries to return home to care for and resettle their fallen relatives and bury the deceased.

Seeing that others were tearing down his mask, Thorn immediately took off the standard steel helmet of the Vosfitta Army from his head in anger, threw it to the ground desperately, and spewed out cruel words: "Anyway, Lao Tzu is gone—— he should do it, right!?"

Seeing this, Leonard asked Bran beside him loudly: "Bran, how do the military regulations of the Republic of Vosfita deal with deserters?"

Bran deliberately responded loudly: "Death penalty." At the same time, he took out the metal composite longbow from his back, aiming at the deserter to fire the arrow.

Leonard stretched out his arm and asked for a bow and arrow from Bran's hand: "Give it to me." ”

Immediately afterwards, Leonard warned all the mercenaries under his command in the most severe terms: "Whoever escapes from the Second Swordsman Regiment and deserts without permission - this is the fate!" Whoosh –

"Uhh——h Since then, no mercenary of the Second Swordsman Regiment has dared to stand up to their commander in front of them, defying Leonard's authority. Alonso's face was full of loss at this result, and he suddenly felt extremely disappointed in his heart.

In disappointment, Alonso suddenly remembered something, and kept waving the dust whisk in his hand like a clown, and yelled at Leonard angrily: "Leonard—— you abuse your power! Ben Hou ordered all the members of the Second Swordsman Regiment to attack that town for Ben Hou immediately!"

When the more than 3,000 mercenaries at the scene heard this, they were stunned that not a single person moved half a step because of the nonsense of this half-dead man. They were all very disgusted with the Marquis's arrogant and arrogant face.

When Leonard heard this, he was even more angry and advised Alonso: "You have to take a record, you can - but only Cleos will read it." Also, the Second Swordsman Regiment, I am the commander. They are all my subordinates. If you want to send someone to rob it, send your own men. ”

Seeing that he couldn't transfer the officers and soldiers of the Second Swordsman Regiment, and was reluctant to send his own guards to take risks, Alonso had to throw out a cruel sentence in anger: "Leonard, you remember —— Benhou"

When Leonard heard this, he first covered his cheeks with his hands, pretended to be frightened, and then raised his arm to point at Alonso's angry face, and laughed wantonly: "Ouch! Lord Marquis, don't threaten the little one." I'm so scared, you zombie—— heh-ha, ha, ha, ha..."

Alonso's biggest hateful thing in his life is to be called a zombie by others. Because this guy looks like a zombie. I saw the marquis holding the dust in his hand, his eyes rolled with anger, and he trembled and pointed at Leonard with Buddha dust, and he couldn't even spit out half a complete sentence in anger, and looked more like a zombie: "You.you.. You..."

Seeing this, Bran hurriedly reminded Leonard anxiously on the side: "Leonard, don't play too much. Understand that he is a marquis!"

When Leonard heard this, he slapped Bran on the shoulder very angrily, and replied with pride: "What are you afraid of? It's a big deal, when the time comes, I won't be the leader of the Second Swordsman Regiment, and I'll go back to Bagram with you to be a mercenary!" When the mercenaries present heard this, they all admired the heroism and courage of their regiment leader, and they couldn't help but applaud. Bang bang bang...

Then, the Second Swordsman Regiment led by Leonard adopted the strategy of camping in the wilderness, taking the initiative to bypass all the towns of the Lars Empire, and went straight to Mandolia, the capital of the Empire. Two days later, they arrived on the banks of the Finnas River. The Phineas River was a natural barrier to the hinterland of the Lars Empire. After crossing this moat, the Great Swordsman will face a flat river. The Lars Empire was in no danger.

Although the enemy's forces are extremely empty. And the only troops were sent to garrison the towns along the way. But the Second Swordsman Regiment still did not dare to slack off in the slightest. Leonard decided that his troops would first take cover around a large dock, and then quietly force their way across the Phineas River in the middle of the night. Alonso and his guards were left by the Great Swordsman in a different location not far from the Second Swordsmen.

Leonard promised to return to Alonso when the Second Swordsmen had crossed the Phines River, lest the half-dead marquis get in the way of his actions. Alonso was also reluctant to take the risk of being forced to cross with the Great Swordsmen. As a result, the Marquis remained in place with his own bodyguards.

That night, all the members of the Second Swordsman Regiment led by Leonard quickly captured the docks, taking control of all the personnel on duty on the docks, including the Night Watch. The mercenaries then forcibly untied the thick cables attached to the wooden barges, and rushed onto the wooden ferries that drove them away from the riverbank. As a result, all the members of the Second Swordsman Regiment took advantage of the high dark wind in the month to forcibly and successfully cross the Phines River.

After arriving on the other side, all the officers and men of the 2nd Swordsman Regiment gathered together again. Then they quietly approached a military dock in the Lars Empire. With Leonard waving his hand slightly. A few arrows hit a watchtower that towered next to the military dock. Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-swish-the glow of several lights on the watchtower went out in an instant.

After a while, the shouts of killing resounded around the military docks of the Lars Empire: "Rush, ——", "Kill, ——"... More than 3,000 mercenaries of the 2nd Swordsman Regiment rushed into the walls of the dock from all sides.

More than 500 officers and soldiers of the Lars Empire were lying on the beds in the dormitory and heard the cries of killing, and before they could put on their uniforms and armor and figure out what was going on, they all took them all and became prisoners of the Second Swordsman Regiment: "I surrender-" "Spare my life-"...

These soldiers of the Lars Empire believed that they were protected by the moats of the Phines River, and the intelligence from the front showed that the army of Vosfita was still far away, so they were very lazy, and did not expect the enemy to suddenly appear in front of them. None of the high-ranking members of the Lars Empire expected that Leonard and his mere 3,000 mercenaries would dare to venture into the hinterland of the empire rashly.

After tying up all the officers and soldiers of the Lars Empire, and blindfolding them with a black cloth. The mercenaries of the Second Swordsman Regiment unloaded their weapons and armor and threw all the enemy's equipment into the Phines River. Then, panting and out of breath, Mel ran up to Leonard, saluted and shouted, "Report - Chief! We found three Wingman prisoners from Nakonaru in the cell of this place. ”

When Leonard heard this, he ordered: "Bring them to me at once." ”

Mel replied, turning and running, "Yes." ”

Seeing that Mel was about to run again, Leonard immediately told him: "Also, don't run so fast." There's nothing to be nervous about at all. ”

Hearing this, Mel straightened his body, stopped running, and replied, "Yes, Captain." So he turned back at his normal pace.

In a few moments, Mel led three winged men in shabby yellow-green prison uniforms, with messy hair and bandages around their wings, to Leonard. Seeing this, the most handsome and free-looking of the three winged men stood up and asked the great swordsman, "May I ask who you are?"

Leonard replied with a calm expression: "I am Leonard, the commander of the Republic of Vosfitta, the First Army, and the Second Swordsman Regiment. ”

When the winged man heard this, tears welled up in his eyes that were out of control, and he shouted happily: "Great." Goddess Moxiang really didn't abandon us. At the same time, he and the other two winged people beside him hugged each other tightly.

Leonard obviously couldn't accept the scene of several big men crying and crying in front of him, plus hugging each other, so he loudly reminded the other party to pay attention to the etiquette of the scene: "Hey, hey." You should be moved, or you should do anything else. Please go home and think about it again. ”

Hearing this, the leader of the winged man turned his head to look at Leonard and defended: "Please don't say that. The friendship between the three of us is the longest, most sincere, and purest of all. You have never been captured by the enemy, where can you experience this feeling of crying with joy for the rest of your life. ”

Seeing this, Leonard asked Bran, who was standing beside him, in a very curious whisper, "Are all those guys in Nakonaru this virtuous?" The longbowman did not understand the customs of the Winged Humans, so he shook his head in response.

Although the leader of the winged man likes to be emotional, his attitude has always been polite: "May I ask what you just said, can you repeat it a little louder?"

When Leonard heard this, he turned his tongue and asked, "I'm asking who you are and why are you being captured?"

The leader of the winged man was overjoyed and answered Leonard's question very optimistically: "That's right. I almost forgot. My name is Leitt. He's Card. He's a babbling. Both of them are my retinue. All three of us are currently part of an elite reconnaissance unit in Nakonaru. Some time ago, we had been scouting the military deployment in the territory of the Lars Empire for the coalition forces, but unfortunately we were ambushed, and after being wounded and captured by enemy rockets, we were escorted to this place.

We thought we were going to be done soon. But I didn't expect that your Vosfitta army would move so quickly and have already entered the territory of the Lars Empire. It seems that the war is coming to an end. ”

When Leonard heard this, his words were like a basin of cold water directly on Leiter's head, and he told the other party the truth with an unusually serious expression: "The war will not end so soon." Although we are nominally soldiers of the First Army and the Second Swordsmen of the Republic of Vosfitta, we are in fact just a group of mercenaries from Bagram. The Second Swordsman Regiment is only a swordsman regiment appointed by Cleos temporarily, and in fact has no direct relationship with the Republic of Vosfitta."

When Leonard heard this, he immediately panicked again: "What!? Then aren't we still in danger now?" Seeing this, Leonard nodded his head silently.

Leiter anxiously continued to ask, "Then what should we do now? How many of you are there?"

Leonard replied in a very calm tone, "Our Second Swordsman Regiment has a total of three thousand two hundred and forty-seven people. On the other side of the river, there are more than 2,000 people in our prison army. That's all for now. Our mission is to penetrate deep into the territory of the Lars Empire alone, take the enemy's capital Mandolia, force the Imperial Army to withdraw from the Duchy of Bagram, and lift the siege of the city of Bagram. ”

When Leiter heard this, his heart calmed down, and he was extremely grateful to the Second Swordsman Regiment, and by the way, he told Leonard an extremely important piece of information: "Thank you very much for saving me. But a few of us must return to Nakonaru to participate in the next coalition military operation. And as far as we know, we know from the intelligence we have. Near the city of Mandoria, the Franks can muster at least twice as many troops as you. It's a dangerous trip. ”

Hearing this, Leonard did not waver in the slightest, and replied in an unusually firm tone and asked the other party: "Since we have come this far, we have not thought of turning back. No matter whether it is a beast's lair or a dragon pond ahead, even if it is the entrance to hell, the Second Swordsman Regiment will have to enter it. What's more, it's just a few miscellaneous fish under Frank's hands. Finally, when will the coalition forces you mentioned come to our aid?"

Leiter shook his head and replied, "I don't know. As a result, the next day, the three of them changed into civilian clothes and wore a cloak to cover their wings, and set off from the place.