Late at night, a private feast begins in the evening and continues in a secluded room at the Liberty Bison Tavern in Tignac. 77dus

The main character of the banquet was Viscount Geoffred Charles, chief of the court guard of the Count of Burgundy, and the other three barons who led the army were also court chamberlains and court military officers.

To Art's surprise, Sir Charles Barber, the knight of the Inner House and personal bodyguard of the Earl of Balwyn, was also placed in the Eastern Legion and, along with several leading barons, served as the commander of one of the companies.

However, what surprised Art even more was that there were not many knights among the grassroots infantry commanders of the Eastern Legion, and eight of the only twelve knights were arranged into the cavalry team under the direct command of the commander of the corps in the legion, and the remaining knights, including Art, became the flag captain, leading several of the most elite infantry flag teams. According to the regulations, Arte's sentinel cavalry was originally to be included in the cavalry of the Chinese army, but Arter led the legion outpost team, plus Earl Balwin's care and a good meal of wine and food, Viscount Geoffrey also waved his hand to "transfer" Yate's sentinel cavalry to lead the outpost troops.

Viscount Geoffrey shook the bottom of the remaining cup and said to Art drunkly: "Thank you for your hospitality, Art, but we have drunk too much today, and I am afraid that we will not be able to return to the camp if we continue to drink."

"Lord Viscount, the legion has not yet been officially assembled, so you don't have to go back to the camp. I've arranged for the tavern to have rooms for a few adults, and you can rest here. "Art has long prepared a resting place and a bed warmer for several legion commanders.

"Okay, I have to go back to the barracks, if you want to stay, stay and continue, remember to go back to the camp before noon tomorrow."

Jeffrey said to Art, "Sir Art, if you want to select elite soldiers, you must do so within tomorrow, and we will have to put all the recruited soldiers into the company flag teams early the day after tomorrow."

"O'Doangus, you continue to accompany a few adults to the dinner, and I will send off Lord Viscount." With that, Art got up and followed Viscount Jeffrey out of the room, and the sound of wine glasses clattering in the room again......

After a good night's sleep after a long night's drinking, it was not until the next day that Otto and Angus woke up from their rooms on the second floor of the tavern, and of course they were accompanied by several legions, lords and nobles.

The two of them came to the hall on the first floor, and Digg greeted them.

"Dig, has Lord Art risen?" Otto asked, remembering that he still had to pick elite soldiers today, and that he had been delayed for half a day because of his hangover.

Digger beckoned the bartender to prepare some light food for the few people who woke up with a hangover, and then replied: "Lord Art left here early this morning to return to the barracks, and he said that he would take Bass, Ron, and Lusignan to select the elites, so that the adults can rest and sober up......"

On the second Monday of October, the Provençal army of the Count of Burgundy gathered in the city of Tignets, officially named the Eastern Army. As stated in Earl Balwin's letter, the legion was led by Viscount Geoffrey, the chief of the palace guard, and was divided into the command of the central army and four infantry companies, the command of the central army was the head of the legion, and in addition to the four companies, it also directly governed a cavalry team of one hundred and twenty horsemen, as well as several teams such as outposts, crossbow teams, and baggage miscellaneous teams.

The ceremony of the establishment of the Legion was very solemn, and the two Viscounts Geoffrey and Pierre personally attended the ceremony of the establishment of the Legion. An archbishop who went south from the Archdiocese of Besançon to preside over the ceremony with seven military priests erected a high altar outside the barracks outside Tignets, and then the archbishop led a group of priests to begin an hour-long religious ceremony, which was nothing more than to pray to God for the war crimes that were about to begin, ask for God's forgiveness, and bless the soldiers on their safe return.

"May God bless the devout believers. Amen! ”

"Amen~" There were bursts of prayers in the legion, even though it was a group of blood-licking mercenaries and legionnaire soldiers, they still hoped to return here with their salaries and captured booty without the slightest loss.

The ceremony was followed by the distribution of the regimental conscripts and the official appointment of officers of all ranks.

Not surprisingly, Art was officially appointed as the commander of the outpost of the Eastern Army, leading sixty infantry, eight outpost cavalry and eight crossbow teams, Atte's own sentry cavalry and bow and crossbow team), a total of nearly eighty people, this amount of leading troops is the largest formation except for the cavalry team led by Viscount Geoffrey himself, the outpost is directly under the jurisdiction of the Chinese army, directly under the orders of Viscount Geoffrey.

Unexpectedly, the military priest who was supposed to be sent to the company level was actually sent to the outpost team to accompany him. This was completely unexpected by Art, and if he had known that it was Viscount Jeffrey who had sent the priest to thank Arte for that dinner, it is estimated that Art would have regretted that he had invited a few legion commanders. However, unlike Art, the soldiers in the outpost were quite surprised and surprised by the affairs of the priest who accompanied the army, and it was their greatest blessing to have a God's apostle to keep a shepherd and guard on their left and right, especially the dozen or so elite soldiers that Art selected from the legion.

Robert Reber, a priest in the Northland of Burgundy, who was not yet thirty years old.

After receiving the order from the archbishop of the Count of Burgundy to go south, Robert's church immediately sent him south to Tignaz to assemble and stand by, and follow the newly formed Eastern Army south to the border of Provence, bringing God's blessings and divine protection to the legionnaires fighting against the Lombards......

It is not surprising that such drudgery can be honorably befallen to Robert. A priest who grew up in a monastery and could read and write, in addition to studying the Bible, was actually fascinated by the crooked heresies of the secular scholars, and he often came up with some appalling things, and even tried to verify this wonderful world created by God through some empirical evidence, which made the bishop of the church where he lived very dissatisfied with him, if it were not for the fact that he was also studying the theory of God and was religious, the church would have burned him at the stake as a heretic.

However, this Robert also has a fatal weakness - he is too straightforward and unsophisticated. That's a big reason why he's been sent here.

Anyway, Father Robert reluctantly joined the Eastern Legion south to Provence, and became the Companion Priest of the outpost; With great reluctance, Art accepted Viscount Geoffrey's kind gift in return, and led the unhappy-looking priest back to his barracks......

On the third day of the Eastern Corps' build-up, the corps began to move south. An army of more than 1,000 men was not too many, but when more than 1,000 men left Tignets and marched south along the caravan from north to south, a force of almost equal size followed. The team ranged from small traders who bought and sold vegetables to slave traders, from blacksmiths and tailors who repaired iron pots and quilts with tools to blacksmiths and leathermen who specialized in making and repairing weapons and armor for the legions, and even cooks, slaves, female wives, thieves, and free mercenaries, not to mention the families that the legionnaires carried.

The legion of more than 1,000 men stretched out miles of marching columns.

There are too many people, things are complicated, and the legion's baggage team still needs to carry a lot of food and supplies on its own, so it is impossible for the legion to march fast.

"My lord, it's been TM five days, and even the border of Burgundy hasn't come out yet, at this rate, it is estimated that Provence will not be able to hold up the arrival of reinforcements, and the legion will not need to continue to go south at that time, while the Lombards have not yet chased the border, turn around and retreat quickly." At the border outpost, Odo looked at the few sporadic merchant travelers in the north, and couldn't help but make fun of the eastern legion of the turtle line.

As the outpost of the army, Art has arrived at the border outpost with the army for a day and a half, but most of the legions behind are still on the way half a day away, such a march is really embarrassing.

"Alright, there are too many legions, and the tail behind them is too big and too long, and the legion must rely on this big tail to provide heavy supplies, so the march will inevitably not be accelerated." Art, however, understands the march of the Grand Legion.

"Don't complain anymore, Odo, you go and urge Simon to prepare a meal as soon as possible, and provide a warm soup and meal to the legion officers and soldiers when they pass through our border territory, which is also my wish as a lord."

After waiting for another whole afternoon and half a night, the Eastern Legion finally arrived at the border post, and since it was the last land with a lord before entering Provence from the Count of Burgundy, the commander of the legion, Viscount Geoffrey, ordered the legion to camp at the border post for a day, and Art generously provided all the soldiers of the legion with a steaming clear soup cereal, and of course the food delivered to the officers' tents would certainly not be just wheat cereal that could show shadows. This act of generosity of Lord Art was recognized by many soldiers and officers throughout the Eastern Legion, from top to bottom, and even though it was only a humble bowl of hot soup, it represented the hearts of the lord of the realm, and this bowl of hot soup would be the last time they would stop to eat and drink in the Count of Burgundy.

Art will also take the opportunity of the legion to move south, and the 150,000 pounds of grain that had been hoarded at the border post will be transported with the army to Kitsby City to be hoarded, and then the grain will be transported to Aosta City by the newly formed southern caravan of the European Merchant House.

After a day of repairing near the border post, the Eastern Army officially stepped out of the country and embarked on a long journey to Provence, heading to Kitsby to repair and stand by, where one brutal war and killing after another awaited them......

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Chapter 176: Eastern Legion