Chapter 99: Ancient Purification
There is no knight's personal romance and bosom, no violet flowers and the beautiful morning light in poetry, only iron discipline and legions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
Even when the group of forbidden soldiers ran forward with halberds in hand, their steps were very neat, according to later introductions, they followed the rules of "one drum and two steps" to run forward, and then to "one drum and three steps" to finally charge, if it was a normal pace, it was to follow the law of "three drums and five steps".
Since the pace of the soldiers is like this, it is not difficult to imagine the degree to which the tactics of this group of palace guards with beautiful feathers must be standardized, and how far they are not free--what is even more terrifying, it is said that every month they will set aside a tenth of this group of people to form a teaching team with the veterans of the field brigade, and go to the barracks of Vanka, Milio Sepharon, and Nazar, to train the border people, the people, and the recruits in exactly the same way, how to use crossbows, how to operate catapults, how to use swords, How to use a halberd, how to use a spear, etc.
Date and Adelaide watched with some trepidation as the Praetorian soldiers gritted their teeth and pointed their halberds at their targets in the dust that had been stirred up in the castle field, splitting and pulling the dummy made of wood and straw stuffed with wheat straw to pieces, and they would never be ambiguous in the face of real people on the battlefield.
Adelaide had heard of the Tarsus' Guardians, who had previously destroyed the pagans on the northern plateau, and had been overshadowed by the thunder, fire, and smoke that had killed people on the battlefield, and it is said that these armoured soldiers had no mercy in chopping five thousand pagans to pieces with halberds, swords, and scythes, and piled up all of them in blood, so that the whole river could be choked. Nearly the same number of pagans were taken captive, sent in strings and interned throughout the kingdom, and most of them were forced to work in workshops or serve in the army as slaves after taking the oath of conversion. What's even more terrifying is that the female Caesar in front of her does not allow the other party to redeem her nobles at all, "There are neither prisoners of war nor slaves in our country. Only laborers who voluntarily signed contracts after the defeat. These are her hard-hitting words.
At this moment, Adelaide, who had a chill down her spine, felt that Anna, who had lowered the ferret tail flag on her seat, was a cold and cruel king.
In the order, the forbidden soldiers took back their halberds in time, returned to the team for rearmament, and then returned to the edge of the fort in the sound of flutes, shouted "Long live Caesar" three times, and then fell silent again.
"It's a pity that there are no Franconian jousting tournaments in our country, and it is said that they are all performed for noble ladies?" When Anna saw that the drill was over, she placed the flag across her knees.
"Yes, and your army is really on a quest to exterminate the infidels." Countess Date took the opportunity to compliment.
Anna smiled politely back, and a few moments later, from the entrance to the fort fence, a figure dressed as a samurai, followed by two sergeants in dark red cloaks and carrying axes, strode in.
"What's the matter?" Anna asked from the stands.
The warrior below was the new military judge Algilli, a standard Anatolian, and many of the palace guards and brigade soldiers were afraid of him and did not trust him, seeing him was like a frog seeing a python, but could not find fault with him, he was as strict and disciplined as the previous military judge Giovanni - under Anna's instructions, no one could blame Algilli in the process of law enforcement, and Anna also gave him two servants in special attire, this one wearing a striking and terrifying cloak, and holding an ancient symbol of authority and punishment.
"In the ranks of the garrison army in Tarsus, someone broke into a house during the previous training and returned the daughter. Now a complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court, with names and evidence. Algilli replied to Caesar with his hand raised.
"In that case, how did the county circuit court decide?"
Before Algilli could say the result, a voice came from behind his seat, "It's a death sentence." ”
Adelaide turned around, a noble officer with a shaved mushroom head, and then he bowed to Anna, "I heard that you have come to me and Wright to discuss things, but I am waiting for your approval, and I can't be the master of the death penalty." ”
Anna nodded, and then pointed the Ferret-Tail flag at Algili below—the military judge and the two servants walked to the ranks of the Janissaries and the Civilians, held up the roster, and read out the names aloud—and then the man looked desperate, and was picked up by several of his companions beside him, and dragged out of the ranks.
"I will sentence you to death according to the rules of the 'Ancient Law Purification Manual', not the military code. You have committed the crime of ** and the crime of destroying the family, and you have been disqualified from the military and have been stripped of your holy estate and shield taxes. Anna took the reed pen handed over by the Imperial Ink Officer, wrote her name on the file, and then took the seal and stamped it, "Execute!" ”
"Execution, execution...... Here? I'm sorry......" Adelaide in the seat next to him was too late to take his leave, and Algili gave way, the criminal's armor was stripped off, his helmet and feathers were removed, and his companion himself pressed his shoulders and hands, and then the man raised his axe, and cut off his head in a second.
The bloody head was on the sand, and it rolled twice in the direction of the stands, and it lay there in a blur.
Adelaide covered her mouth with her hands, wanting to cry but couldn't.
Wen Ruominna, the new sleeping officer with a small instrument in the back, saw the axe rise and fall, and only felt that her calves and stomach were trembling, she seemed to remember that when she saw the big guarantor in the stable in the back garden of the palace two days ago, she still wanted to please the other party to repay her kindness, but the big guarantor just said to her at that time: Don't waste your life in this court because of frivolity and impetuousness.
Wen Ruomina thought that Gawain was pretending to be serious, but now she finally understands that this man did not lie to her.
After the military judge and the servant dragged the body away, Anna exhaled, looking relaxed, and then smiled apologetically again, and said to the dumbfounded count's mother and daughter, "After all, we are not an area where the Frankish knights pass through, and there are almost no nobles or knights in this army, most of them are pilgrims, outcasts, peasants, and lowly people who fight on foot. We must be bound by honor, discipline, money, and slaughter and clubs—and now let us begin a long night of pleasure, at which I will formally introduce you to two of the most powerful and powerful magistrates! ”
Hearing this, Wen Ruomina hurriedly stepped forward sideways, commanding the leading court servants to hold flags and purple umbrellas, and huddled Anna out of the stands and sheds, while Adelaide in a dream could only shake his head and follow him sneeringly, walking towards the palace...... (To be continued.) )