Chapter 320: Checking the Sentry (68/104)
"I ...... I'd better check the sentry again. Eugen was annoyed by what he had just said stupidly, and when he heard Allen's question, he casually responded.
With that, Eugen strode down the hill, and now he sensed that danger might be everywhere, and he could only rest assured after checking the sentry to make sure everything was okay.
Alan was left alone, the expression on his face was a little dull, and after a while, he came back to his senses and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.
"Haha, what, that's what he was thinking, Lord Eugen is too timid." Alan said in a strange tone, and then he turned around and chased in the direction Eugen had left.
"Eugen, wait for me, in that case, let's go together, and we can discuss the battle plan for the night with Simon." Alan waved his arms and said loudly, seeing Eugen standing still waiting for him in the distance, he hurriedly quickened his pace and followed.
After the two left, the sunset fell, the halo changed, and the beautiful scenery faded away, and the starry sky, like the skirt of the goddess of the night, slowly appeared from the east.
The water is babbling on the hillsides, and the freshly fallen rainwater collects into a stream that flows down the valley.
The song of insects and birds obscured by the sound of rain reappears, the branches of the trees that have dried up for a season reveal new shoots, the fresh grass arches over the soft soil and burrows out of the ground, and after drinking the spring rain, these green lives will usher in a period of vigorous growth.
This heavy rain seems to be announcing the departure of winter and the arrival of spring.
The makeshift camp of the Leber regiment was set up on the slopes of a hill, nearly fifteen kilometers in a straight line from Vienna, so far from the battlefield that even the fastest horses would have to cover this distance in at least half an hour in the mountains.
The Prussian legions, on the other hand, consisted mainly of infantry, and it would take nearly an hour to get here, so Eugen and his team were not worried about being raided.
The only thing to guard against is the attack of the Saxon Legion, but according to Eugen's estimate, Duke Billund should not be in the mood to attack himself now.
Half a circle around the camp, Eugen found Simon walking on the road, Captain Simon walked with his chest held high and his posture very standard, like a properly trained guard of honor soldier.
In this regard, he is very strict with himself, and under his influence, there are few people under his command who are hanging, and this one-sided posture adds a bit of majesty to him.
Of course, Eugen also knows that Simon is not an inflexible old-fashioned man, on the contrary, he is very open to new ideas and new knowledge in many cases.
"Haha, Simon, hello. Hey, why don't you bring a few soldiers with you to check the sentry? When he saw Simon, Eugen waved his hand and greeted him, and at the same time hurried to meet him.
"Lord Eugen?" Simon was a little surprised by Eugen's appearance, because Eugen never did things like inspecting sentry posts, not that he didn't bother to do it, but most of the time Eugen was busy with other things and had no time to inspect these sentry posts.
Coming back to his senses, Simon gave a standard military salute and said, "Oh, I've always been checking the post by myself, so it can be faster." The patrol ahead has been completed, and I'm walking towards the last sentry, do you want to go together? Eugen-sama. ”
"Well, let's go together." Eugen nodded and said, and then walked ahead, Simon and Allen followed him to the left and right: "After checking the sentry, you can ensure the safety of the camp." It just so happens that we can also discuss tonight's action on the road, the moon is good today, and the rain has just come to a good time, so it is really suitable to harass the enemy army. ”
Eugen sighed and said, outsiders will definitely feel that these words are very shameless, and the only one who can say such a sober and unearthly despicable harassment war is except for the peasant leader who is admired by thousands of people.
Simon and the others were already accustomed to Eugen's style of speaking, so they only smiled helplessly and responded: "Then we will act according to the original plan, after several harassments, the soldiers of the Prussian Legion should be very tired, we take the opportunity to give them some more pressure, and the effect will be more obvious." ”
"Well, I like it, haha." Eugen chewed the words and said, the mood was also very happy, looking at the battlefield performance of the Prussian Legion today, Eugen knew that his harassment tactics must have worked, and the pressure they brought to Kylos was also increasing.
The most pleasing thing is that the soldiers under his command have not suffered any major losses in the battle so far, but the results achieved are very brilliant, and small efforts are exchanged for big rewards, no matter where they are placed, this kind of thing is always comfortable.
After walking a little further, Alan looked up for a moment, then pointed to a small hill in front of him and said, "Here we are, Lord Eugen, there is the last sentry we have arranged." ”
Eugen nodded, and also looked ahead, he did not know the specific location of these posts, when the posts were set up, Alan and Simon only briefly reported to him, and the specific details were agreed upon by the two of them.
On the whole, around the camp, all the sentry posts are connected in a huge scoop shape.
The first is the sentry set up around the circle of the camp, which are fixed and form the circle part of the scoop, and the other is the handle of the scoop that sticks out towards one end, pointing the point to the position of the enemy, and the establishment of the guard extends forward a section, about a kilometer or so.
This was naturally set up to guard against the enemy forces of Prussia and Saxony, and although theoretically it was possible for the enemy to attack from any direction, in practice it was only in this direction that it was easiest to spot the enemy.
At the moment, Eugen and the others went to a sentry post at the very end of the scoop handle, which was nearly a kilometer or so from the position of the camp, and it was also the one closest to the enemy's position.
The sentry is set up with both visibility and concealment, and is built on a small hill to naturally make it easy to investigate the surrounding situation, and as for the concealment form, it is solved by covering the body with branches.
One kilometer, said that it is not far, walking this part of the road is just equivalent to a walk before dinner, Eugen and they walked while chatting, and they did not feel any tired.
As soon as he approached the small hill, Simon stopped, he didn't need to go up, he just stood at the bottom of the hill and said hello.
"Hey! Soldier! I eat tomatoes! ”
After the three of them had settled down the hill, Simon shouted in the direction of the sentry post, "'I eat tomatoes' is tonight's slogan, the slogan is random, it changes every day, and the reason why tonight is this slogan is because there is indeed an option for tomatoes at dinner."
In the silence of the mountain forest, Simon's voice came far away, and suddenly a group of birds were startled, even if they were a hundred meters away.