"Chapter 21: 10,000 Veterans"
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The Marquis of Rundstead had been living a painful and happy life in recent times, and it was a great pleasure for him to be able to return from the Viceroy of Perpignan to the battlefield of the Sunset Fortress, which he had always dreamed of.
The precarious situation of the Sunset Fortress put him in a very distressed situation, especially the heavy casualties of the Iron Guards and the blood of the city defense army, which made the Marquis of Rundstead, who loved his soldiers like a son, even more painful.
At the end of an unusually tragic siege, Rundstead, who had been blind to the casualties of his soldiers a second ago, would hand over the defense of the city walls to his generals, and he himself would go to the rear of the fortress to question the wounded soldiers one by one.
The phrase 'mercy is not in power, righteousness is not in charge of soldiers' is untenable for a civilian general like Rundsteadt, who cares more about the lives of his soldiers than about the outcome of the war, except that the war in Sunset Fortress is a battle for survival that the Empire cannot lose.
For the sake of the life and death of the empire and countless ordinary people, Rundstead, who cherishes the lives of his soldiers, can only choose to lead his soldiers to fight to the death here; this is the choice that an imperial general should make, and it is also the choice that every imperial soldier should make.
Bai Feng, who hurried to the fourth main fortress, did not immediately find the Marquis of Rundstead himself, but was told by General López, who had previously guided him, that the Marquis of Rundstead was saying his final goodbyes to the wounded who were about to retreat to the rear.
Therefore, Bai Feng, who had no time to wait, had to ask General López where the Marquis of Rundstede was located, and then Bai Feng took his three followers and went straight to the wounded barracks behind the No. 4 main fortress, wanting to stop the wounded soldiers who were about to withdraw to the nearest province.
The Marquis de Rundstead, who always had a kind smile on his face when he was among the wounded soldiers, walked up to a wounded soldier with his head wrapped in gauze and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
"General......" This wounded soldier from the city defense army wanted to struggle to get up from the stretcher in a state of emotion, but was lightly stopped by Rundstead: "You are a hero of the empire, I am proud to have a warrior like you!"
"General, I don't want to retreat to the rear, I want to follow you and fight side by side with you!" Rundstedt's relief did not calm the ordinary wounded soldier, but made him even more excited.
Rundstead clenched the wounded soldier's outstretched right hand, patted him on the shoulder again, and said to him gently: "Go to the rear to recuperate, and come back when you have recovered from your wounds, I will wait for you in Sunset Fortress, waiting for you to come back and fight side by side with me!"
Hearing the general he admired the most in his heart say this, the wounded soldier who was still excited held back the tears he wanted to stay, his eyes were red and he wanted to say something, but he was interrupted by Bai Feng's voice: "Your Excellency Marquis, I have a way to let this brother stay!"
The sudden appearance of Bai Feng not only attracted the attention of the Marquis of Rundstede, but also the other wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks, which contained wounded soldiers from various armies, and even thousands of wounded soldiers from the Royal Legion.
"Bai Feng, aren't you in the Imperial Academy, why did you get to Sunset Fortress?" "Rundstead, who was tossed by the battle in Sunset Fortress, didn't know that Bai Feng was serving in the Fortieth Legion, and he didn't know that the wing leader of the Seventh Wing was Bai Feng.
"Your Excellency Marquis, I am now the Wing Commander of the Seventh Wing of the Fortieth Legion, and I have previously led the army into Fortress No. 12 under the guidance of General López. Faced with the doubts of the Marquis of Longdstead, Bai Feng naturally explained it in 1510.
"You are the commander of the vanguard of the Fortieth Legion?" The Marquis of Rundstede, who was obviously shocked, regained his composure in an instant and said: "Since you are the wing commander of the Seventh Wing, then you are not commanding the army in your defense area, what are you doing here?"
Unwilling to reveal his special relationship with Bai Feng, Long Desteide asked Bai Feng with a businesslike attitude, and Bai Feng, who understood this, immediately said: "Your Excellency, Marquis, I have a way to help the injured brothers quickly recover their combat effectiveness. ”
"You say, can you help the injured brothers quickly recover their combat effectiveness?" As if he couldn't believe what Bai Feng said, Rundstead's tone was full of doubts, in fact, the injured soldiers on the side also looked at Bai Feng with burning eyes.
"Your Excellency Marquis, can you take a step to elaborate?" Facing Longdstede's eyes, Bai Feng made his own request.
Leaving behind a group of wounded soldiers with anticipation, Rundstead and Bai Feng walked side by side to a clearing outside the camp, and Bai Yi and the others who followed Bai Feng and Rundstead's personal soldiers were scattered a hundred meters away to guard.
"Your Excellency, I have a field doctor under my command who has a special healing potion, which can heal almost all the minor and serious wounded in just one or two days. Bai Feng, who trusted Rundstead, directly and openly informed Rundstede of the situation of the field doctor.
Longdstead, who frowned slightly, stared at Bai Feng for a long time before he said in a deep tone: "I believe that you really have such a field doctor under your command, but you shouldn't expose him;
"Your Excellency, the first prerequisite for the role of the field doctor is that the wounded soldiers who want to be treated must be officially attached to my Seventh Wing; ”
"There are more than 28,000 wounded soldiers in the wounded barracks, of which 17,000 belong to the city defense army, and the other wounded soldiers are all from other armies; ”
"Thank you, Your Excellency Marquis!" How could Bai Feng not know the good intentions of the Marquis of Rundstead, without the slightest hesitation, Bai Feng accepted the arrangement of the Marquis of Rundstead on the spot, and ordered Hua Mu to start selecting the wounded soldiers under the leadership of the Marquis's own soldiers.
10,000 wounded soldiers of the city defense army, after being cured by Hua Mu's special potion, they are 10,000 veterans with rich combat experience, they have the experience of fighting the orc army, and have withstood the test of dying, and after taking up arms again, they will be the real elite division!
With the special care of the Marquis of Rundstead, the commander of the army, Bai Feng's return to Fortress No. 12 with 10,000 wounded soldiers did not attract anyone's attention, and even the commander of the 40th Legion, Giscard, did not care about this matter.
In the eyes of Commander Giscard and other generals who knew about the matter, the role of these 10,000 wounded soldiers was nothing more than Bai Feng coming to help the soldiers of the Seventh Wing carry supplies;
On the day he brought back these 10,000 veterans, Bai Feng, who did not intend to integrate these 10,000 veterans into other brigades, built ten nominal reserve brigades in addition to the fourteen brigades of the Seventh Wing, each of which was composed of 1,000 elite veterans.
Because the officers of the Seventh Wing had not yet been recognized by these elite veterans, Bai Feng did not appoint the officers of the Seventh Wing to serve as officers at all levels of the ten reserve brigades, but asked for a group of experienced officers from the Marquis of Rundstead.
With the addition of these 10,000 elite veterans, the combat strength of the Seventh Wing has increased from 7,500 to 17,500, which is actually equivalent to two permanent regiments or a newly established regiment.