Chapter 196: The Pre-War Situation
A rare brief peace on the Roga River Plain, even if it was only two months, was enough to give a little breath of breath to the people who had been working at high speed for nearly a year in the Roga River Plain, except for Higg and Blue Fairy, the more than 30,000 people in Mevo and Simak, and the Altai, Noah, and hundreds of dwarven craftsmen, who had redoubled their preparations for war in order to prepare for a fair duel two months later.
The announcement of the world's fair decisive battle document has already let people, including the Luojia River Plain, know the classic battlefield duel two months later. This almost boiled over the war-torn Alasia Empire, which was the highest level of open confrontation between representatives of the two royal powers, and the significance of victory and defeat was self-evident.
Social forces from all sides have participated in various ways: the thieves' guilds have opened handicaps all over Erasia, and even the thieves' guilds in foreign lands have not fallen to get a piece of the pie, which can not only make money but also satisfy the madness of gamblers; The aristocratic forces in various places were much more civilized, and they paid more attention to the process of the battle itself, and asked to come to watch the battle, and even bought one or two invitations at great expense; The Magic Guild, which didn't care about the direction of political warfare, also seemed to surprisingly want to send representatives to watch the battle this time......
Catherine's exiled court was full of all kinds of controversy, some of them condemned Higg for ignoring the king's orders, being complacent and arrogant, and even attacking Higg for supporting the army and not taking the court face in his eyes; Of course, there are also people who admire Higg's courage and survival in adversity, and because of Higg's outstanding achievements in the Fifth Legion, they are full of expectations for Higg, the new Earl Marshal of the Fifth Legion, to create a miracle again. Catherine never said anything, and was noncommittal about what Higg had done, and only handed it over to the prime minister to preside over the discussion among the various departments. But after a few days of discussion without results, he could only go through the formalities according to the requirements reported by Higg, and passively acquiesced to Higg's behavior of cutting first and then playing.
The same was true of the camp on the side of Arad, who were greatly annoyed by the Fourth Legion and the Curdes for their assertions, and some ridiculed the carried away Higg for not being able to do enough to use infantry against the odd soldiers.
In short, the official document has been published in the world, and even if the two courts have different opinions, they can only support each other first.
Fuxing City exploded even more, although all the citizens worshipped their own earl city lord, they didn't have the kind of worry above the temple, because all the citizens of Fuxing City completely believed that their meritorious earl city lord could crush all opponents!
Charlie and Denilson, however, received a letter from Higg, in addition to ten unsigned invitations, with a request for Fuxing City to use all the funds available for activities to buy the markets of various forces, but not to let the other party go bankrupt, depending on the situation. Charlie and Denelson laughed secretly in their hearts, when did their Earl City Lord and his wife do something stupid, these gamblers who sat in the village dared to offer odds of one to four and one to five, betting on the loss of the Higg camp, it was simply too funny.
After several years of rapid development, Fuxing City, a new city in the south of Aracia, has now become a bright pearl in Aherasia and even Middle-earth, and Denelson and Charlie, the two actual rulers of Fuxing City, have also become world-renowned celebrities in the political and business worlds, and they are indeed eligible to receive invitations to watch the battle. The other few invitations, of course, were left for the two of them to distribute freely, which made the two who were little thieves a few years ago feel more face-saving.
But the sad thing is that the two originally wanted to use these invitations for business communication to improve their status in front of various forces, but what they didn't expect was that all the people with heads and faces who learned that these two people had invitations in Fuxing City came to the door!
Rogson and Snowlin, two military bigwigs, two generations of Sigg's father and son's cronies, Denelson and Charlie dare not give face?
Daniel and Nicole, one of these two is the son of the Holy Maiden of Mizusawa Country and the closed disciple of the magic mage Delonso; The other is the princess of the alchemy power, the captain of the revival battleship, and the largest partner of Fuxing City. Even if the identities of the two are not mentioned, based on the relationship between the two of them and Higg, they can't get the invitation, and they will hesitate to kill Denelson and Charlie in seconds?
Magic mage Delonso, this old man who can make the world tremble with a sneeze, to go or not, Charlie and Denelson have to send him an invitation or even a few invitations to show respect, although no one dares to reach out to him to show the invitation wherever this guy goes.
Even the general Siruso, who is now in charge of the security and defense of Fuxing City, and the chief of the police department, dared to ask Denelson for an invitation, otherwise it would definitely not be over.
These are Higg's sworn friends, Denelson and Charlie can't afford to mess with, in addition, there are also dignitaries from various countries stationed in Fuxing City, representatives of various forces, representatives of merchants, magic guilds stationed in the city, especially Catherine's ambassador to Fuxing City, these people are about to kick the threshold of the office of the two in the council hall, for the sake of invitations.
Poor Denilson and Charlie were indeed cheated by Higg, and not only did they have to take out their invitations, but they also had to find ways to buy some from the black market scalpers at a high price to meet the needs of this group of guys, which was like the farmer buying his own food to eat.
"City Lord, you are pying the two of us!" Denelson and Charlie wanted to cry without tears, and sighed to the sky, "Why didn't those sworn friends of yours ask for votes, and came to us to suppress people with power and bully us two honest people, what's going on!" ”
Xige and Lan Xian'er are indeed not in the mood to think so much, the gossip formation is too complicated, and they must devote themselves to teaching and field drills, and they can't miss a single step.
The main way to explain the formation to the students is, of course, the blue fairy, and most of Higg listens as a tutor, and occasionally goes to a class or two, and most of the time he communicates with everyone.
But Higg is different from other officer cadets, he is not only exploring the mystery of the formation itself, but also exploring and comprehending deeper content in the communication with Blue Fairy, gradually refining and analyzing various changing morals in the Bagua Mirror, looking for the essence behind this appearance through the ever-changing appearance, especially the meditation after the completion of the exchange, which makes Higg seem to see a wider world.
Lan Xian'er is also secretly shocked by the changes in Xige after the completion of each meditation, there is no change in appearance, but the understanding of morality itself makes the whole person's inner essence undergo this change, that is, wisdom, temperament and morality.
Higg himself didn't feel this at all, because he had been in the realm of selflessness for almost a month, and he was still immersed in his studies until all the officer cadets had completed their studies and were transferred to the training ground for practical exercises.
Although it provides the best logistical support, the best food, and the highest level of service, all the officer cadets have basically lost weight, and the SMS is no exception to the wind and rain on the training ground, and the new and veteran soldiers have to run in.
Fortunately, the learning of the trainees and the run-in of the new and veteran soldiers have all completed the expected goals excellently, and there is only one month left to practice continuously.
This training ground was already under strict martial law a month ago, and 32,000 people, in addition to training, also ate, drank, and slept in this huge training ground. Although many people complained slightly, the top-notch equipment, high-standard logistics services, high salaries and bounties and solemn promises after the war made many people even more popular.
Altai's equipment was also delivered on schedule, with new standard equipment, new military uniforms, and eight colors, making the soldiers on the training ground look like a colorful beast.
Higg walked to the parade platform of the training ground, facing the tens of thousands of troops in the Chinese Guards Battalion below, Higg adjusted his voice and secretly exerted his magic power, so that what he said could be heard by every soldier present: "Warriors, since I finished speaking this paragraph, there are no more marshals on this training ground, only Commander Maewo, Deputy Commander Simak, because at that time, I will also become the most ordinary member of you, accompanying you to spend the last month of training here, I will bear the hardships you have endured with you, and you can enjoy the same treatment! I know you have some worries in your heart, but please believe in ourselves and believe in the honor that the invincible Chinese Guards Battalion of the Fifth Army has bought with blood.
"Most of them here are recruits, and in a month there will be your graduation ceremony, and you will proclaim the world with the blood of your enemies, and your sword will be doomed to be invincible from the beginning as soon as it is unsheathed. There are also many veterans here, who have made great achievements in battle and killed countless enemies, but I want to remind you that our newly formed Chinese Army Guards Battalion is a whole, and this army is the trump card army that our Fifth Army has spent a lot of money to build, with the highest equipment, the best officers, the highest standard of military salary, loyalty and victory, which will be synonymous with you! I hope that you will set an example for the recruits with your actions and sacrifice your new banner with the blood of the enemy. After this battle is completed, you veterans will continue to stay in the Chinese Guards Battalion, become the backbone of the Chinese Guards Battalion, and become the backbone of the Fifth Legion, I am proud of you!
"The new Chinese Army Guards Battalion, I have given you the most generous military salary, the most elite equipment, and the most superior power treatment in the whole army! I just want to ask you, are you the best soldiers? Is any mad enemy in front of you a lamb to the slaughter? Anything that dares to stand in your way, do you dare to tear them to shreds? ”
"Yes-yes-yes-"
The shouts of tens of thousands of people on the training ground sounded, making people feel like a landslide and the ground cracked.
"Very well, I also believe that no one can stop you, and the devil will tremble before you! In a month's battle, we will be victorious, and each of your names will be included in the Fifth Legion's roster of meritorious service, and each of you will eventually go down in history and be admired for generations to come! I'm proud of you, and I'm proud of myself, because I was one of you, and like you, I swore to be born and die to be a hero! ”
"Born as a hero, die as a ghost!"
"Born as a hero, die as a ghost!"
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The marshal came in person, and the simple mobilization meeting ended like this, and Xige really didn't leave, but stayed in the barracks with Lan Xian'er to personally guide the drill of this large-scale formation, the time was too hasty, no matter the wind or rain, there was no time to waste! Everyone will let this breath hold until the day after the decisive battle, no matter how hard and tired they are, they must be completed!
After a month of training in the formation of troops, the soldiers are tired, the generals are even more tired, and Hig and Lan Xian'er are no exception, everyone is not just blindly training killing skills, but also training the formation organization, each performing its own duties, and responding to each other. This kind of training is not only laborious, but also laborious!
Training during the day, explaining and summarizing at night, the weather is hot, and everyone is tired like a dog. However, if the army wants to undergo qualitative changes, it must start with quantitative changes little by little.
This combination of offensive and defensive formations accommodated a total of 32,000 people, divided into eight regiments, eight regimental commanders, each regiment of 4,000 people, each regiment had a uniform color of clothing; Each regiment is divided into eight battalions, each with eight battalion commanders, each battalion has 500 men, and the clothing is the same color, but the clothes are marked with different numbers from 1 to 8 to distinguish the battalion units. Below the battalion level were divided into centurions, tens, and captains, and no one was asked to fight independently, but each person in each unit performed his own duties, and the division of labor was very detailed.
The weapons in the formation are not complicated, the heavy shield soldiers are the main defense, mainly the recruits, the spear and the halberd are the main weapons to kill the enemy, the hook and sickle is the auxiliary weapon to kill the enemy, and the killing and wounding of the enemy is mainly based on veterans.
The formation training, which only began to see the scale after more than half a month, finally relieved everyone, and the later training became a drill combining the proficiency of formation evolution and the combination of offense and defense.
It was a wise move for Higg and Lan Xian'er to put themselves in the martial law training ground, because the number of invitations agreed on by both sides in the decisive battle was only 1,000 each, and Higg except for a small amount of his own use, everything else was handed over to the military headquarters of the Fifth Legion to operate and deal with, how to operate is the military department's own business, and Higg can't look down on the small fortune sent by selling invitations at all, because he knows that the bets purchased in Fuxing City will make him a lot of money. In fact, where did he think that it was difficult to get a ticket for an invitation letter outside, and Higg's Marshal's Mansion was full of nobles, celebrities, and wealthy businessmen from all over the country who came to ask for votes, if Higg hadn't hid in the military camp, wouldn't he have been annoyed to death by these people?
When Higg came out of the training ground to complete the training task and heard that the invitation letter was gradually hyped up from the original price of 1,000 gold coins to thousands of gold coins, or even tens of thousands of gold coins, he couldn't help but take a deep breath, the military department had indeed made a windfall! Lao Tzu worked hard to sell coolies, but you used yourself to make a fortune here, if you don't take out half of it for military salaries, hehe, be careful that Lao Tzu turns his face and doesn't recognize people.