Chapter 007: Adele's Courage

The five centurions of Lol Cardin gathered in the Hall of Lords.

According to the map provided by Duanmu City, Yasuo pointed out the route of the march.

Finally, Yasuo did not elaborate on the rendezvous with the coalition forces. And just end with some unquestionable tone, "...... A well-thought-out battle plan must have room for flexibility in space and time, so that it can adapt to the changing situation in war. Remember, the one we make is not absolute. What you have to do is that under no circumstances do you need to doubt my commands. ”

The charisma of a lord stems from his strong self-confidence.

Personality charm usually refers to the sum of a person's personality, temperament, abilities and other characteristics. If you make this charm down to the details, it always goes hand in hand with eye contact. Therefore, when talking to his subordinates, Yasuo would not forget to look into the eyes of each centurion one by one.

Calm, careful, brave, majestic, fair, responsible. When making decisions, Yasuo should first believe his own words, so that it can achieve the desired effect, "For Lorkadin!" Bear down! If necessary, the lord will also bleed! ”

The five centurions, infected by the words of the lord, were all filled with blood and excitement on their faces at the same time. With a uniform movement, they unanimously drew the cross sword from their waists, the blade facing upward, and used the side of the sword to press the bridge of their nose to make the final oath, "Loyalty and courage are our rules!" Die in battle, throw your blood, and glorify my body! Glory Lore Cardin!! ”

In military science, "strategy" and "tactics" are two different categories and concepts.

In the specific war operations, these two categories are closely related, and in Yasuo's cognition, if there is no correct strategic principle, no matter how good the tactics are, they are equal to zero.

With perfect strategic intentions and no practical tactics, once there is a encounter, it will hit the wall everywhere and break the head, so that the seemingly winnable battle situation will be aborted.

Before falling asleep, Yasuo put down the quill pen in his hand.

Looking away from the lord's journal in front of him, he took a sip of sour red wine, feeling that the older this thing was, the more it tasted like vinegar.

Putting down the wine glass in his hand, Yasuo grabbed the back of his head with both hands, squinting and driving towards the dream. During this time, he recalled in his mind the lives of many generals who had won many battles in his previous life, and realized many wise sayings from them.

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At dawn, white snow falls from the sky.

"Behold, it's snowing!"

Aking from his dream, Lord Baron Yasuo, lord of Lol Cardin, was drawn into the corridor by the sound.

I reclaimed the cloak that had been blown away by the wind, and stood here and looked out, from the gray and distant sky, there were small snowflakes slowly falling.

Reach out and let the snowflakes fall on the palm of your hand.

Yasuo remembered a poem by a bard that roughly read, "Snowflakes are patterned, but in reality, they can't be seen with the naked eye, unless you have a delicate and sensitive heart." ”

Sometimes language can not matter. The heart is indeed clear.

Because of the arrival of snow, you need to slowly reminisce and let your heart settle as much as possible. It was also a moment of tranquility before the expedition was about to begin.

About half an hour later, every snowflake in the curtain gently swirled and fell, becoming a small part of the snow on the earth, and each snowflake merged into a picture that made the earth covered in silver.

Such weather creates a beautiful scenery, but it is not conducive to marching and fighting. But from the moment the knights of Duanmu City left Loel Cardin, Yasuo knew that this war was inevitable.

Rustle, rustle.

The sound of those boots stepping on the snow was heard, and under Yasuo's gaze, the banner of Lol Cardin was hunting in the wind, and the army of Lol Cardin was gathering on time.

Standing in the hallway in front of the lord's residence, he surveyed the whole of Lol Cardin. Yasuo cherishes the fruits of a year's hard work. It can be said that every soldier of Lol Cardin who died in blood soon after, was a loss that he was not willing to bear.

Unfortunately, as long as it is a war, there will inevitably be sacrifices and bloodshed...... Even Yasuo can't change that.

"Convey my instructions. Centurion Lenster, who will remain with a spear brigade at Lol Cardin. ”

Leon, the officer of the guard, bowed and left. Personally deliver the lord's orders.

Before the operation, a brigade of five hundreds, Yasuo had to leave at least one brigade and a centurion to be in charge of staying behind.

During the time he was away, the heavy gates of the town of Lol Cardin needed to be shut. A team of 100 plus 3,000 townspeople would be able to withstand a certain number of enemy threats.

In addition, in response to the lord's call to battle, more than 1oo townsfolk hunters would bring their own bows and arrows to fight with the army, so the battle queue of five hundred-strong teams did not decrease in terms of quantity.

Click......

The horses raised their hooves and stepped on the snow.

The cavalry of the 3o general's guard has also been assembled.

The hounds, covered in snow powder, stuck out their tongues, panted sharply, and dragged the hunters along the trot. Wait until the last 1o6 experienced light hunters are on their feet. The hot air that erupted from their mouths and nostrils condensed into layers of frost flowers, frozen around their fur hats, like a silver helmet, on their frozen faces.

"With iron and blood, continue the feud between humans and ogres, believing that it will be a glorious war."

Yasuo muttered to himself lightly, and under the service of the maid Adele, he put on a cotton armor, which was the kind of metal the size of a fingernail piece sewn directly into the lining of the cotton jacket, and were precisely assembled with each other.

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, Yasuo didn't create a well-fitting chain mail or armour for himself, only this lightweight, slightly loose cotton armor.

In this cotton armor is warm and lightweight, and the defense layer: there are a total of 160 pieces of metal armor on it, and the metal armor pieces are square in shape, and each side is wide by centimeters. The nail piece is fastened with a leather strip or beef tendon threaded through the group, in a "V" shape and nailed with rivets.

For a general who does not take the initiative to participate in hand-to-hand combat, this little defense is enough for Yasuo.

If you carry too much weight, it will affect his mobility.

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"Your Excellency, General, please leave the team and explore the way forward."

Adele in armor looks heroic. Yasuo had no reason to refuse a 'warrior' to volunteer, he just nodded and agreed.

A short distance away from the town of Lorkadan and towards the east of the extinct human population, the path through the damp woodland.

The cavalry scouts Yasuo sent out from his side were attacked by ogres in about ten minutes.

As always, agreeing to Adele to serve as a cavalry scout over short distances was an experience of courage.

It's just that when Adele's exclamation came to his mind, Yasuo couldn't help but be a little shaken by what he had approved.

In this world, women have the same rights as men. But there is still a part of Yasuo's innate belief that "as long as you are a woman, you should stay away from the battlefield, away from the game that belongs to men." ”

It wasn't until a long time before this perception changed.

"General's Guard, follow me!"

Yasuo, with the general's guard, was the first to rush over. It's just that the next scene in front of him is not as dangerous as Yasuo imagined.

Adele is not a professional. But she has a talent and foundation for horsemanship and swordsmanship.

In sight, the ogre's corpse, still twitching due to the loss of its head, fell to the ground.

The neck with a neat incision is still spraying bright red blood outward, and in the pink trembling **, green tendons are exposed, and there are also things like blood-red threads attached to them.

Looking closely at the thick gore, the horse stopped next to the ogre's corpse.

Adele's sword-wielding hand was still trembling slightly. Under the hat with a layer of fluff inside, her face was also slightly pale, her chest rose and fell violently, and her lips were pursed as if trying to suppress the nausea that wanted to rush out of her throat.

The creature killed by Adele was a low-level ogre with blue skin and a green head, common in damp woodlands. Because of its old age, its claws are black, and its teeth are unremarkably yellow. But the most distinctive thing is its round eyeball, which has a white pupil inside.

Low-level ogres generally have pale blue or pale green skin, horns, and a color that differs from their skin tone. With a blue head with green skin and a long green head with blue skin, it looks like an imaginative creature. In addition to being slightly larger than humans, it generally has a large mouth, sharp fangs, and powerful jaws that clearly indicate its carnivorous nature.

And the white pupils, this is probably a common feature of all ogres.

"Blue-skinned ogres, accustomed to small groups in the wild. The General's Guard stood guard and waited for the foot brigade behind. ”

Yasuo glanced at the ogre's corpse on the ground, and continued to give orders to the general guard beside him, "Send three cavalry scouts from the general guard to explore the way at a medium distance. Adele returns to the queue and resumes her duties as the herald beside General FΓΉ. ”

Hearing Yasuo's order, Leon, the guard officer who was also in the general's guard, immediately called out his name, "Ingie, Edie, Jeffrey!" ”

As soon as the guard officer Leon finished speaking, in the general's guard composed of 3o cavalry, three cavalrymen, like three detached arrows, broke away from the queue and quickly disappeared into the curtain of snowflakes.

There were an unknown number of ogres in the vicinity, and the tone of Yasuo's command was naturally unquestionable.

An old, thin, slow-moving blue-skinned ogre can only prove Adele's mettle. But it doesn't mean that she will have a second such good fortune.

In fact, not only does Adele not have so much good luck, but the old blue-skinned ogre is not as stupid and easy to deal with as she imagined. Then, the moment Adele turned the reins around the horse's head, the snow under the horse's hooves suddenly collapsed, and a trap set by an ogre suddenly engulfed her figure.

Fortunately, there was no pile in the deformed pit, but it was covered with a lot of unknown slime, and in fright, Adele spasmodically clenched the slippery rope, but the horse struggled frantically, so that the rope shook in her hand, and she pulled and pulled desperately, until at last even her own feet were tripped by the branches in the pit.

With the help of the guard officer Leon, the horse was finally pulled up, but the horse's front legs were wrapped around the rattan, and she could not untie it for a long time, and in her great anger she bit it with her teethβ€”the bitter, stench-soaked knot of stench and disgusting slime.

"This is a new lesson in your career, Adele. What this lesson has taught you, I think you should think about it. ”

Yasuo's tone was very different from the young lord with a noble temperament and a well-mannered demeanor in the lord's mansion. This made Adele's eyes feel a little watery, but she didn't shed tears lightly. Instead, he sheathed his sword, put his legs together like a sergeant, and then clenched his right hand into a fist and stopped at the position of his chest, and responded in a trembling voice, "Yes, Your Excellency, General." ”

Moving farther and farther away from the town of Lol Cardin, we gradually descended into the wild woodland infested by ogres. Yasuo adjusted the marching column slightly.

Two spear brigades, and a hunter brigade walked ahead. Yasuo and the General's Guard, marching as slowly as possible in the center, a brigade of swordsmen and a brigade of spears were responsible for the rear.

Follow the march route indicated by Marquis Duanmucheng and approach the western edge of the Thorn Forest.

Yasuo probed the road through the three cavalry scouts while thinking about the episode that had just been born. With Yasuo's more cautious thinking, it is not difficult to deduce that if Adele stepped on the ogre's trap first, then she would be smashed into her skull by a spiked stick at the first time, and instantly turn into a warm corpse in this cold weather.

From the perspective of being responsible for every Loel Cardin, Yasuo's tone of blame for Adele just now became so easy to understand.

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