Chapter 13: Prison
Private Charlie of the Kingdom of Riberia was following the captain to investigate, and the young man who was originally a farmer had to look for work because of the disaster year, and was finally caught by Count Philip's recruiter, who gave him enough food for a month for his family of six, and a salary of thirty Pools a month, so that he could join the Independent Army wholeheartedly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The recruit trained for three weeks, completed most of the courses, and showed a good sense of scouting, and he was also literate, so he had the opportunity to join the glorious scout team. Although this is the case, if Charles is allowed to choose himself, he would prefer to go to the logistics troops, where no matter how much you squander, you will not be able to defeat the entire army of materials by one person, and you can let go of your belly and eat just like the round fat quartermaster when he first received gunpowder, while eating roast chicken, he looked at them with contempt, these big-headed soldiers who could only gnaw on moldy bread and vegetable soup.
After the rain, the outskirts of Port Louis are muddy and not particularly wide, and the pavement is a bit like a marshland, but it is only necessary to get through here and soon there is a continuous area of Fontainebleau forest, with only a tertiary road winding between Fontainebleau and Port Louis.
Suddenly, Charlie saw his captain make a gesture to stop moving, and from a series of sign words, he could barely see the meaning of 'forward', 'movement' and 'grasping', Charlie consciously moved forward slowly, and several teammates walked together for about a hundred meters and finally found out what it was.
A group of tattered people in tatters were struggling to move forward, and from the looks of this group of unlucky people, it should have been through the battle, and it was not smooth at all, because there were more than twenty people in total, and there were only a few muskets in their hands, so it should not be a big problem, but Charlie still raised his smoothbore gun and prepared to intercept the other party.
Then a bayonet that came over at some unknown moment was across his neck, and an indifferent voice sounded in his ears: "Don't move! You don't want to see an ugly cut on your neck, do you? Charlie immediately dropped the gun, and the sound directly alarmed the refugees in front, and the reconnaissance captain rushed up without knowing what was wrong, and could only watch his soldiers being caught by the other party.
"Who are you?"
"You should declare your identity before asking the other party where you are from, the red skin of Riberoia." The reconnaissance captain wearing the red uniform of the Royal Army looked at the big man led by him with a tangled expression and had to give in, "You...... We are the reconnaissance unit of the Philip Independent Regiment of the Royal Army of Riberia, and I warn you to release them immediately, or none of you will want to run as soon as the army arrives. ”
In fact, Kalinin already knew that Port Louise was definitely not lost when he saw that it was the troops of the Allied Powers, and the words of the reconnaissance captain strengthened his thoughts, and he nodded at the people around him and let go of the captured Charlie and the others, "I'm sorry, I'm Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin, the head of the Dawnblade War Regiment of the Seventh Legion's attacking force, and these people around me are all members of the Seventh Legion and the Fourth Wing of Goliath, can you please take me to Port Louis?" We have important information to report. ”
After discussing the suspicious Riberia soldiers for a while, they decided to take these men back, Charlie, as the unlucky man who was captured, was the first to be chosen as a guide to take Kalinin to Port Louis, and after setting off with a few soldiers, the reconnaissance captain continued to advance, and the task assigned by Major General Philip had not yet been completed, and he was a little worried that there would be a bad situation ahead.
Major General Philip is now very troubled, if what Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin, the self-proclaimed surviving officer of the Seventh Legion, said is true, then this time the battle is likely to escalate, and the temporary lieutenant Lorraine behind him who looks childishly like a handsome schoolgirl can rescue the captured officers and soldiers of the Seventh Legion and break through the garrison of Pirlofa, but they did not lose the entire legion, one of the purposes of this operation is to rescue the Seventh Army and the Goliath Fourth Wing and recapture Fontainebleau, Now that the mission has just begun, it has failed, and the major general is angry when he thinks of this.
"So you're only thirty left? Just ran back? ”
As soon as Kalinin heard what the other party said, he knew what the major general Philip should be dissatisfied with, "Yes, sir! But our evacuation basically destroyed the entire Pirlofa industrial area......"
"Ruined? Do you think it's a credit!? You're clearly doing this to escalate the conflict between our allies and the Normans! Guards, put these ...... The soldier took it down for treatment and then ...... Put me in a cell and reflect on it, and when Princess Josephine comes, I'll leave it to her. ”
Lorraine looked at the major general with a bewildered expression, we finally escaped back, and we suffered heavy casualties and destroyed a large number of enemy troops, you are good, as soon as you come back, you will throw people into prison, do you want to be such a bastard? No one answered the soldier's question, so Lorraine could only be dragged out by the guards and hastily bandaged and thrown into the underground cell of the Port Garrison Command to await trial.
After throwing the group into the dungeon, Major General Philip asked the herald to inform Admiral Hugh of the situation here, and the other party did not know what to do but take one step at a time, but the admiral suggested that the Independent Legion immediately launch a team to attack Fontainebleau, because the Norman formed regular army in this area had long been reduced to ashes in a series of actions by Lorraine and others, and now was the best time to recapture Fontainebleau.
Well, don't wait for the honor of that slow Nizi's victory really belongs to the Kingdom of Riberia! Major General Philippe was ready to attack alone, and after four days of rest, he left 500 men and the port guard to form a mixed regiment of about 800 men, and marched towards the town of Fontainebleau with the rest of the Independence Legion.
At this time, the reinforcements urgently mobilized by the Normans had already set out, but the remnants of the White Wolf Legion, under the leadership of Count George, joined these troops and carried out a large-scale reconnaissance before continuing to march towards Fontainebleau, which was still more than two days away from Major General Philip, and Princess Josephine was slowly approaching Port Louis, and the slow speed was helpless, all because of the troops provided by the Duke of Comen.
As the leading duke of the empire, Lord Coman warmly entertained Princess Josephine and highly praised her actions, but in fact, in order to weaken the strength of the imperial royal family, this one, like several other great nobles, was always ready to take the black hand, and although the attack was on the Fontainebleau area in his own territory, there has always been a royal army, and the Seventh Legion is one of the more reliable combat effectiveness of the army controlled by the royal family.
Hearing of the destruction of the army and the possible redrawing of the Normans' borders did make Koman a little embarrassed, but don't forget that his capital is a city built on the basis of the ancient fortress of sorrow, relying on the mysterious runes left by those ancestors and all kinds of modern magic devices, he is definitely confident that the Normans will retreat.
So while stabilizing Josephine, who had little experience, he searched for all kinds of disobedient scum, criminals, obstructive soldiers, and mud legs who couldn't pay taxes in the territory, and all the troops that were mixed with the miscellaneous cards were awarded the title of Coman Volunteer and handed over to the princess.
At first, Josephine was very happy, her own guards and this group of volunteers combined exceeded 5,000 people, but her cronies soon told her the true situation, and what was more serious was that most of the weapons provided by Duke Koman to the volunteers were very old and tattered in the warehouse, and even the muskets were old goods more than ten years ago, adding up to only more than 500 rods, as for the so-called grain and grass, which were also backlogged in the warehouse, Josephine personally inspected and sadly found that even the most recent biscuits could be used as light catapults. The meat products are filled with a terrible purple black, and it looks like it will definitely poison if you eat it.
At this time, Josephine had not found out that she had been pitted, it would be too stupid, but unfortunately, when she went to find the Duke of Koman, she was told by the other party's guard knight that the duke had gone to the field and could not come back at present, and the morale of the volunteers was extremely unstable, if there was a mess, it was not ruled out that the other party would directly drive people out and even go to the imperial capital to complain.
So the princess of the empire, who thought she was unlucky, could only buy a batch of logistics supplies from the Duke of Koman out of her own pocket, and the price was more than two percent more expensive than usual. When the princess struggled to lead the army, she was dismayed to find that the soldiers had greatly slowed down the movement of the princess's guards, and had to crawl to the speed of the turtle, so that Major General Philip had already exchanged fire with the Normans for several days before they reached the battlefield.
But none of this has anything to do with Lorraine, and there is no danger from the war, but for others it is infuriating.
While Lorraine calmly lay down on a pile of straw to rest, nibbling on dirty bread and drinking some rainwater, bored counting cockroaches, the soldiers in the cell, including Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin, were all fighting and were lying on the ground resting or sobbing.
"Aren't you angry at all, Lorraine?" Lieutenant Colonel Kalinin turned his head weakly and asked, "What do you say, there is not much point in being angry, I am very satisfied that I don't have to go to the battlefield now, so let's recover first and then think about something else." ”
Also, although he is an unlucky person when he crosses over, but after more experience, he will be calm, it is better to die than to live, not to mention that he is not in a black prison as a criminal now, and when the princess who has never met comes over, there may be a turnaround.
The others probably finished venting and rested there silently, and when they saw the somewhat dull cell, Lorraine scratched his head, "It's too frustrating for you guys to be like this, let me tell you a story, I used to ...... it at Pier Lofa a long, long time ago" Maybe it's really boring, Lorraine talks to himself, and it sounds like he can pass the time, and the thirty comrades quietly listen to the legendary story about the relationship between the sages and Pier Lofa, and even the guards came to the cell to listen to the story.
Time passed slowly, and the people in Port Louis lived in peace, but the war in Fontainebleau became more and more intense to the point of being out of control.