236. Dinner for the defenders
The residence of the 7th Battalion of the Trump stronghold is in a house next to the south wall of the city of Trum, which is less than 100 meters away from the south wall, and in the event of an emergency, it will not take more than three minutes to get up from the bed, put on armor, pick up weapons and run to the city.
This is arguably the closest residence to the battle site in Trum City, and almost all the troops guarding Trum City were placed close to the city walls by Count Horace.
According to Count Horace, even if the battle breaks out, our warriors can get up from their sleep and reach the city faster than the spider-man warriors who attacked Trem.
In this area, almost all the houses that can stand in the war are some stone houses made of red rock, which is a unique rock in the area of Trum, and the rock texture is tough, but it looks rusty, and after being washed by the rain, it looks even more dilapidated.
It is said that there was a magician university scholar who came to the Trump base for three days to investigate because of these red rocks, and the answer he gave was because of the rich iron elements in these rocks, which made these rocks look rusty, but the magic black iron contained in this large open-pit iron mine is not rich, and there is no mining value, but these ores are very strong when used to build houses.
Oil lamps are lit in the main hall of the courtyard, and on such a dark night, there is always a little warmth in the place where there is light.
On the dining table was a basket of white bread, sprinkled with a layer of fine, white icing, and the smell of wheat filled the room.
There were three candles stuck in a candlestick, and tears kept flowing downward, falling on the base of the candlestick, condensing a large piece of wax tears.
I sat quietly on a chair with a dinner knife, cut the meat pieces on the plate finely, sandwiched them in the middle of the bread slices, and smeared a layer of sweet and sour strawberry jam, and ate dinner quietly.
I didn't expect that there would be plenty of food in the Trump stronghold, although these frozen meat and jam were stored in the ice room for a long time, but at the moment, the soldiers of Trump City could still eat these, it seems that the armament logistics here are still very in place, at least the war reserve work is very good.
Caterina sat at the table and was silent.
Back in the barracks, Caterina naturally had a strong sense of confidence, as if at this moment she had turned back into the commander of the barracks, straightened her waist, and looked quite heroic.
Although outside the city of Tellum, I have become the person most hated by Count Horace, but this does not affect the opinion of the defenders of the Trum stronghold, many defenders still regard me as a hero of Thorum, because the Trum defenders have their own family, although these soldiers are currently under the control of Count Horace, but they are not in the same vein as Horace, although they are held hostage in military affairs, but they do not buy Count Horace's account in private.
So Catalina returned to Trum, although there was no way to show her face in public, she was still very free in Trum and was still the supreme commander of the 7th Battalion of the Trum Guard.
This Caterina's military position was not something that Horace could remove as soon as he said it casually.
It's just that the atmosphere of tonight's dinner seems a little depressing, speaking of which, it was just now that Katarina made a surprising assertion that the Trump stronghold was in danger, which made these Tetram stronghold guards a little embarrassed, but these people have obviously worked with Katarina for many years and know Katarina's character well, so no one jumped up and scolded her mother directly.
I think these people are very face-saving for Caterina, after all, the day before, the Lord Horace, who assisted in defending the city, was arrogant and said 'I want to live and die with Trume', and the next day, the commander of the seventh battalion, who was originally responsible for guarding the Trum stronghold, raised at the dinner table that the Trum stronghold was in danger and persuaded all the defenders to withdraw from the Trum stronghold, which is almost a great irony.
Fortunately, these Trum Guard colleagues knew about Katarina and did not blame her for it.
Instead, someone stood up and comforted Caterina, saying, "Hey, don't be so depressed, all right! You see, Lord Horace has sworn from the castle that he will live and die with Trume." What does that mean, our Trump situation is not as bad as you think, give yourself a little confidence, we will definitely be able to hold this city. ”
It was Rogoff, the commander of the fifth battalion of the Trum garrison, who spoke, and after he finished speaking, he looked at me again, and the generals who had been quite complaining calmed down at once, some of them were already ready to say something, but at this moment they closed their mouths again, swallowed a mouthful of spit, and swallowed the words back into their stomachs.
Unexpectedly, Rogoff is a very delicate battalion commander, just a look, let everyone understand that the person standing behind Caterina is actually me, and I am a magician nobleman of the Grimm Empire, and he enjoys a lot of privileges in Grimm Magician, and he is quietly telling everyone very implicitly, don't easily offend an Imperial magician.
Disraeli sat down beside me, meticulously ate all the food on the plate, and then wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, then sat up straight, coughed lightly, and said: " I'm sorry, friend, although I have no intention of fueling the majesty of the spider-men, but what I want to tell you is that their methods of climbing over the mountains are actually far more terrifying than what we see, every spider-man warrior is a master of rock climbing, their sharp spider legs are nailed deep in the cracks of the rocks, like running on a flat avenue, our city wall here is more than ten meters high, there is no way to block their progress, those spider-man warriors are in the eastern mountains, just ten spider-man scouts follow us all the way, let me pay for the lives of a hundred warriors. ”
The Knight of Disraeli is now a celebrity in Trum as the largest army in recent times to reinforce the stronghold of Trum and is also a hoplite regiment.
This 700-strong heavy infantry regiment was like a breath of fresh blood injected into the Trump stronghold, which suddenly increased the strength of the Trump stronghold by three layers, although these sergeants directly served Count Horace, but the news was still very exciting.
On the one hand, the Knight of Disraeli is the most staunch supporter of Count Horace, but on the other hand, he secretly confided that he was not so optimistic about the defense of the Trump stronghold, and it seemed that he was a contradiction.
Hearing the Knight of Disraeli say this, the person who felt that he had some truth raised a question: "But where can we hide without this fortress, and can it be safer in the forest than here?"
This statement immediately echoed many others, and it seems that many people are still optimistic about the defense capability of Tarum's stronghold.
At the end of the table, someone said, "There are strong walls here, and there are so many crossbows, trebuchets, and boiling oil on the walls, and we are hiding behind the stone walls in heavy armor, and if we can't defeat those spider men, then where can we win the war?"
"Head, you and Master Wizard Giga, although you stay in Trum City safely, there is nothing safer than us, Count Horace will leave here after all, he is an outsider after all, we want to hide two people, isn't it easy?" The person who spoke was the acting commander of the 7th Battalion, and when Caterina moved down the city and followed me out of Trum, the 7th Battalion elected a new leader, but it seems that he is a loyal follower of Katarina.
Rogoff, the commander of the fifth battalion, apparently on good terms with Caterina, spoke up again: "Yes, Caterina, though you live in peace, Master Horace has us to deal with it. ”
Obviously, Ludwig, the commander of the 1st Battalion, was also a main fighter, so he also said: "Rogoff has a point, stay here!" Katarina, you are the warrior of our Trume, no Trum will reveal your news in front of Count Horace, if he is really so blind, he is the common enemy of our 10th Battalion. ”
Seeing someone stand up and make a clear statement, the other people at the table immediately said: "Well, it's our common enemy." ”
"Stay, Caterina, you see, the storehouses of this city are well fed, and there is a dark spring on the hill that can provide us with clean water, and I have ...... here," and Quartermaster Felix Frobiche took out a string of yellow-orange-orange brass keys from his waist and threw them on the indigo wooden table with a 'bang', and the numbered keys glowed a warm glow in the dim light on the greasy table.
Quartermaster Felix continued: "Our war reserves are full of ten warehouses, even if those spider people destroy all those bed crossbows on the city, we can rearrange the bed crossbows on the city wall in one night, the spider people think they can consume all the crossbow arrows and rolling stones in our city, hehe, let them dream!"
These inspiring words made the atmosphere at the dinner table liven up all at once, and it seemed that Felix had been guarding the military reserves of the Trump stronghold. At this time, Quartermaster Felix said these words, which undoubtedly reassured everyone again, and it seems that most of the people here are the main fighters.
Caterina tried to make one last last effort, and she said to the crowd, "No, Rogoff, Felix, please listen to me, there are nearly a thousand spider-man warriors stationed outside our city, and there are at least four spider-man overseers, each of whom is about the same strength as the Constructed Knights, and those four Spider-Man Overseers have almost the same strength as the Captain of the Constructed Knights, and we can't stop them from attacking at all." ”
I secretly pulled La Caterina, but this stubborn girl was still a little unwilling, she was bent on saving these colleagues who could not see that death was coming, so she was still trying to persuade: "If we go now, there is still time, we can go all the way north along the Black Forest, through the four hundred kilometers of wooded areas, to reach Pereira City, believe me, we have enough gold coins to buy tickets for the Perera City Teleporter, and I will take you back to Grimm." ”
There was a moment of silence at the table, perhaps at this time, everyone was weighing the pros and cons, but almost everyone here was the main battle, and they were optimistic about the defense of the city, and did not think that the Trump stronghold would be lost.
Even Rogoff, the commander of the 5th Battalion, who had the best relationship with Katerina, was in this position.
Rogoff jokingly touched the big bald head, and laughed obscenely, so he heard him say slightly proudly, "...... But, Katerina, don't you think now is a good time to earn merit? If I can kill those Spider-Man Overseers in front of the battle, even if it's just one, I may be able to exchange the captured Dark Crystal for the Grand Duke of Samoyed for a noble baron, and maybe a small piece of land, you know how remote our village is, and if I can become a noble baron, maybe I will become the most decent person in the village. ”
Quartermaster Felix also laughed: "Hehe, and marry the most beautiful girl in town, Rogoff. D can't just have a little chance to snatch the little wife of the mayor of your town home, who is the one who spends every night talking about the beautiful girl who sings and washes clothes by the water?"
Rogoff's gags revived the lively atmosphere of the dinner party, and he scolded Felix without hesitation: "Get out of the way, when the time comes, I will become a baron, and I will do that kind of unworthy thing?"
Quartermaster Felix laughed: "Haha, don't you know that the little wife of the town elder is the person in your dreams every night, is it just a baron status that will make you forget your old love, can you go and find a new love?"
It is unknown when they formed their friendship, but it can be seen that Felix and Rogoff supported Caterina at the dinner table, and although they did not agree with Caterina either, they did a good job of resolving the embarrassment at the table.
Then the dinner ended, and everyone dispersed one after another.
As Rogoff left, he quietly winked at me, and I could see that he was sending me a message of kindness.
Instead, as Felix left, he looked at me seriously and did not speak, and the quartermaster, who looked to be over half a hundred years old, had a gray beard, and he patted Caterina on the shoulder as a sign of comfort before turning away.
Caterina leaned limply in her chair, tilted her head slightly, closed her eyes and sighed softly helplessly.
I was the only one left in the dining-room, and I could see through the soft candlelight that Caterina looked a little lost on her face, and she looked at me faintly, as if she wanted to find the right answer from me, and then asked me, "Giga, am I too persistent? Maybe I should have listened to Kiger's advice and let's go back to Pereira together!"
I smiled faintly at her and said, "But in that case, you will be very unwilling!"
She stood up, stood by the stone railing at the entrance of the restaurant, leaned on the railing and looked up at the wall in the dark night not far away, and then said helplessly: "But now, look at them...... I'm just as unwilling, I want to pull them back from the edge of the cliff, I really want to!"
In order to enlighten Katarina, who was a little depressed in my heart, I could only say: "Actually, it is not impossible to choose such an ending! Do you remember, on the Pai Plateau, the orc werewolf warriors think that the best destination for a warrior is to die on the battlefield, they think this is an honor, it is better than dying in the tent of the tribe, maybe the best destination for these Trum defenders is this Trum stronghold, for them, maybe this is a kind of glory. ”
I didn't want to pay attention to the life and death of these defenders in the Trump stronghold, so I enlightened Caterina like this, and after saying this, I also felt a sense of weakness......
Caterina turned her eyes and asked me a little blankly, "But I'm also a member of the Troum's garrison, why don't I feel this way?"
I said to her gently, "Because your heart is with me......"
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