At the beginning of February, it snowed heavily.

The dejected figure of David Patrick, a knight of the court guard of the Count of Burgundy, disappeared into the snow-covered avenue north of Solburg.

Art stood silently on the ramparts, letting the snow fall.

Watching David's figure disappear into the distance, the sense of urgency in Art's heart was stronger, he knew that in this dark and cruel world, only strength was the most solid reliance, if one day his strength suddenly collapsed, his end would be even more tragic than Sir David's, after all, he had made too many enemies......

"Adult~"

"Your Excellency!"

Art was pulled back to reality by the shout, "Otto, what's the matter?" ”

Otto patted the snow on his shoulders and said, "My lord, the Legion Commander has asked you to go to the lord's hall and say that there is something important to discuss."

Art glanced back at the north, turned to Otto and said, "I know what the Legion Commander has to say, he wants to change the outpost to the Chinese Guard, and he will always be with the Legion Commander. Do you think I should promise the Legion? ”

Otto slapped off the thick snow on his shoulders and slapped the snow off for Art, and Ya nodded in gratitude.

"My lord, this kind of important matter must ultimately be decided by you. But I have some thoughts on this matter. ”

"Tell me about it!" Art looked at Otto's frozen red face.

"My lord, it is certainly a good thing to always be by the side of the corps commander, but once you become the confidant of the corps commander, all good deeds that are rewarded for meritorious service in the future will definitely be given priority."

"But!" Otto is followed by "but".

"Once we follow the Legion Commander, we will have a lot less freedom, and we will have to absolutely obey the orders of the Legion Commander in everything in the future, not to mention that we can no longer do the thing of hiding the booty in private when we act alone, if the Legion Commander's heart is hot that day, and he wants to personally command us to attack the city, then do we have to obey the orders of the Legion Commander? Your Excellency, this army is your own, and others may not necessarily cherish the elite soldiers we have slain with each sword. ”

"But we have accepted the favor of the Legion Commander, and you must know that if the Legion Elder has no intention of including us in the Chinese Guard, I am afraid that we will not get those gold and silver coins and weapons and armor." Art had already accepted Viscount Geoffrey's "gift", and for a while he really couldn't think of refusing to solicit him.

Otto rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Why don't you promise the Legion Commander first, anyway, it is impossible for the Legion to continue to fight south before spring comes, during this time, we can stay in the city to repair and train, and as the elite of the guards around the Legion Commander, you can think more about the Legion Commander asking for some excellent weapons and armor in the Legion Arsenal, these things are not easy to obtain, especially the half-body plate armor and cross crossbow left by the Lombards, these guys are really good, It's a pity that the craftsmen of the north can't create such a sophisticated and powerful weapon and armor. ”

Yate was really reminded by Odo, anyway, he couldn't fight in the last month or two, and following the Chinese army could not only avoid the tedious task of going out to guard the sentry, but also take the opportunity to ask for a batch of sophisticated weapons and armor from the legion, after all, as a Chinese army guard, he still has privileges in these matters.

"Let's go, let's go see the Legion Commander at once." Art patted Otto on the shoulder and descended the stone staircase down the wall, walking through the snow towards the hall of the lords of Thorburg......

Throughout February, the Eastern Army was huddled in Solburg to recuperate and accumulate strength, waiting for the cold winter to pass and then concentrate on the final attack on Vilno, once the city of Vilno was conquered, the strategic counteroffensive in the east of Provence was basically completed, and then the central and western borders would also launch a general attack, and the day of the defeat of the Lombards was not far off.

At least that's what the elites at the top think.

In February, several not-so-small events took place in and around Thorburg.

First, to the east of Solburg, the Provençal army led by the Viscount of Berrion repelled the Lombard mercenaries and conquered a fortress called Nuremberg again, which was an important support for the Lombards in the southeast hilly area, and the recovery of Nuremberg meant that in the southeast hills, the Lombards only had one support point left in Vilno, and the war situation in the east of Provence was very good, and the Viscount of Berrion was also rewarded by the Provençal court for recovering Nuremberg, and the Duke of Vradis personally took a trip to Nuremberg to inspect it. Have a long talk with Viscount Berrion.

Second, the other three castle fortresses garrisoned by the Eastern Legion were all replaced by newly recruited conscripts from Provence, and the legion troops stationed in the three places were all assembled at Solburg, waiting for the other Provençal armies to converge and then prepare to march south to conquer Vilno.

Third, after a short period of recruitment and training, the Eastern Army underwent a reorganization, and its numbers basically returned to the size they had when they went south. The original legion outpost was reorganized into the corps of the Central Guard, flag team level, under the jurisdiction of five infantry squadrons, a sentry cavalry team, a bow and crossbow squad and a baggage team, the people of the legion called the Chinese Army Guards a small corps, because the Eastern Corps has all the arms in the Chinese Guards.

After becoming the elite Chinese Guard, Art was not idle, he asked his troops to train hard between wars, and at the same time kept asking Viscount Geoffrey for weapons and armor and asking for an increase in the salary of the Chinese Guard.

The daily non-stop asking for it has made Viscount Geoffrey regret taking this team by his side, but considering that the next attack on Vilno will require the strength of this strong team, he can only try his best to meet Yat's various requests.

Art also asked for a price to pay back on the spot, anyway, no matter whether he could get it or not, he would always keep bothering Jeffrey, once Jeffrey nodded, he pulled the tiger skin to pull the banner, and bribed the legion baggage officer to change as much of the things in the legion's arsenal as possible into the hands of his own soldiers.

For a while, Art became the target of the Legion, and many things that might have been assembled by other teams were magically transformed into the hands of the Chinese Guard.

The officers who were dissatisfied with Art were cursing behind their backs.

Of course, Art knows the truth of "eat more, pull more", and the reason why Viscount Geoffrey can turn a deaf ear to Art's various behaviors is that the Chinese Army Guards can fight to the death under the city of Vilno, hoping to capture Vilno in one fell swoop with this spear tip.

However, the capture of Vilno to win the first merit is also what Art himself wants, Vilno is not the same as Solburg, even if the attack on Solburg makes the first achievement, the result is just to get a military reward and a good trophy, and if you are lucky, you can also get a commendation order, but that's it.

But Vilno is different, Vilno City is the last fortified fortress in the Eastern Theater of Operations, it is a place of great attention, once the first merit is made here, it will definitely cause a huge sensation, not to mention the military reward, but when the time is definitely enough to convince everyone, with this military merit and the operation behind it, it is definitely safe to promote a baron, and maybe if you are lucky, you can also seal the territory because of your merit......

In a makeshift grass hut on the side of the road north of Thollburg, several officers and soldiers of the Legion Guards were munching on lamb with leather meat in front of a large, tattered wooden table, on which large vats of inferior wine were placed on the broken wooden table, and a notched cone-shaped barrel cup was passed back and forth in the hands of several people.

The cask cup reached Andrew, who raised his head and drank the rest of the inferior fruit wine in the cup.

Wei Yu, who was sitting on the side, watched Andrew drink all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and asked with a smile: "Brother Andrew, how is it?" It's a good wine, isn't it? ”

Andrew spit out the fruit wine residue in his mouth and replied, "It's really not good~ It's too sour and astringent, it's too far from the mead fruit wine brewed in Ms. Emma's tavern."

Wei Yu smiled and slapped Andrew on the head, "It's not good, you still drank it all in one gulp!" Leave me nothing. ”

Wei Yu snatched the cup from Andrew's hand, tilted his head and dripped the last drop of residual wine in the cup into his mouth, smashing it, smashing it, "The wine here is too expensive, I am reluctant to drink more." ”

Jason, the leader of the crossbow team, shook the empty wine barrel and said, "Yes, Brother Wei Yu, I am very nostalgic for the valley now, and when I return to the valley this time, I must spend money to drink all the fruit wine of Ms. Emma's family." ”

"Aren't you, young man, going back to the valley and building a little house? What, aren't you going to get yourself a little shack? Without your own little shack, you plan to sow seeds in the field with your own woman later? Or you just take that girl to the barracks, and the guys make room for you. Patters, the second squad leader of the second squadron, teased.

The petty officers at the wooden table laughed loudly.

Jason, who had just learned about personnel, was made so teased by a group of people that his face suddenly turned red.

He did have a pleasant peasant girl in the valley, and two young, dry firewood had burned fiercely in the field. He thought he was doing it secretively, but he didn't want the soldiers who were already patrolling to find out, so this group of boring old fellows always liked to take it out and make fun of it, and some experienced old fellows often gave Jason guidance.

Seeing that Jason's face was flushed with shame, Tuba, the third squadron leader with the highest military rank, scolded the laughing people: "You guys, you don't have the ability to laugh at others!" If you can find a girl who is willing to collect wood and make a fire with you, I will give you my officer's tent to toss. ”

The crowd laughed dryly a few more times.

"Sir Tuba, we have been fighting all day and night, maybe we will lose our heads that day, and that girl is willing to marry us? This time we went south to fight, so many brothers were killed around us, and so many brothers were seriously injured~" A soldier couldn't help but let out a sad tone when he thought of the dead brothers around him.

"You just drink when you drink, what are you doing with these words~" Wei Yu scolded this soldier.

The excitement of the crowd immediately disappeared, everyone fell silent, and the lively little wine shed suddenly fell silent.

"Give way! Urgent military order! ”

"Give way! Urgent military order! ”

The silence was broken by the sound of the opening of the cavalry, and three fast horses galloped past the small grass hut beside the road, towards the hall of the lords of the city of Thorburg......

Jason watched the herald rush by with the banner in his hand, and said to Tuba, "Lord Tuba, it seems that he is a herald from the Count of Burgundy, is there any urgent military situation?" ”

"I don't know, it's been so long since I've been in Thorburg, and it's the first time I've seen a herald from Boguo."

In the hall of the lord of Solburg, Viscount Jeffrey looked at the urgent fire paint seal in his hand with a gloomy face, and shouted to the guards outside the door: "Someone! ”

The guard pushed the door open and entered.

"Quickly send Charris and Yat to my office!"

The guards were ordered to leave.

Geoffrey put the fire paint seal on the table, banging on the table and muttering to himself, "Why did you want to transfer the soldiers of the Eastern Legion when a small castle was captured in the East?" It's also his henchmen Charis and Art. ”

Jeffrey touched his face with both hands, looked up to the sky and sighed softly, "It seems that the sky is about to change~"

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Chapter 207: A Sudden Appointment