The ranks of the Shang Alliance are not the same as those of De Sik and San Jose. In this matter, the people of the business alliance unexpectedly did not have the usual quarrel, and not long after the establishment of the business alliance, the draft of the unified identity of the army was passed, and its high efficiency is admirable.

Xiao Mu privately speculated maliciously that the nobles who formulated the rank logo at the beginning were probably just to pass the draft faster and then put a gold collar badge on themselves.

Like San Jose, the rank of the merchant league is also in the form of a collar badge. The army of the merchant alliance is mainly composed of legions-brigades-battalions-squads, and the collar badges are made of gold, silver, copper, and iron, of course, because the merchant alliance is composed of many countries, therefore, the center of all kinds of collar badges is the heraldic style of the noble feudal lords of various countries, such as Manning is three axes, and Kaman is golden jasmine.

Dressed in officer clothes and pinned to the collar of a pair of golden jasmine ranks, the new brigade commander Kerst walked into the camp of the Sixth Army of the Shang Alliance on the outskirts of the Kaman royal capital, and the banner of the unified army of the Shang Alliance and the Duke of Kaman fluttered above the camp, representing that this is a merchant alliance army belonging to the Principality of Kaman.

Looking up at the banner of the merchant alliance in the wind, a square flag with a green background, and a golden freight carriage on it, Kster was a little deflated. Back then, I don't know who designed this flag, it should really be pulled out and beaten up, this is a military flag, not a caravan logo flag. Freight wagon, are you going to war, or are you going to make deliveries?

However, it seems that the painter of the flag back then had quite a background, although for so many years, there has been an endless stream of voices within the Shang Alliance asking for the replacement of the military flag, and more than 20,000 mercenaries have always had to hang this flag to fight. Now, 120,000 more.

In this way, the golden jasmine banner next to it looks much more pleasing to the eye. After looking at the military flag in front of the barracks for a while, Koster walked towards the gate of the barracks.

The military camp is the place that men on the mainland don't like to stay the most, and it has always been synonymous with dirty and messy, especially the military camp of the Shang League. Here, the mercenaries are lawless, in addition to recognizing gold coins, they don't even agree with the officers who lead the team, when they are not fighting, the mercenaries with their pockets full of gold coins will always throw a large number of empty wine bottles, eaten meat and bones, and torn military uniforms and even mixed with the underwear of the battalion ~ prostitute, and throw them all over the barracks.

However, when Kerst walked into the barracks in front of him, he felt that the legends were a bit exaggerated, at least here, the barracks still maintained some neat appearance.

At the main entrance of the camp, there were two sentry towers made of wooden shelves, and several soldiers in military uniforms were on duty with spears in their hands, and they had already seen this strange man in a daze at the gate of the camp from a distance. When he walked in, the gold badge on the neckline of the Chester glittered, and the piercing man couldn't open his eyes. The soldiers on the sentry tower hurriedly stood up and saluted, "General!"

Hearing the whistle from the outpost of the camp, the officers in the camp rushed out of their respective houses. The sound of three short and one long whistle means that a superior officer is approaching, and a group of people are messily dressed, fastened their rank and collar badges, and lead their respective soldiers to line up in the colonel's field in the center of the camp to greet them. By this time, Kerst had been sitting under the sentry tower at the entrance of the camp for a while.

Finally waiting for everyone to calm down, Koster walked up to several leading officers and accepted their military salutes, "General, the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth brigades of the Kaman Sixth Army of the New Army of the Shang Alliance have finished plating. ”

Kerst scratched his head, making a fuss, all blame Princess Monica, since this guy put down the burden of regent, he has simply become a "disgrace" to the Duke's family, and she will do whatever is out of line. "No wonder I can't get married!", he scolded for a moment, "The old duke still wants me to marry her, it's terrible!"

On a whim, Princess Monica gave Kster a golden jasmine collar badge, and Kster became Kester's general and could serve as the commander of the legion. However, the position that Xiao Mu prepared for Kester was the position of brigade commander of the 13th Brigade, so as soon as the "general" entered the barracks, he was immediately regarded as the newly appointed commander of the Sixth Army, and the reaction of several junior officers was not surprising.

Seeing that the "general" did not speak, several officers were a little nervous, who knows, the first words of the other party shocked everyone.

"That, that, is the Legion Commander here, I'm the new Brigade Commander of the Thirteenth Brigade. Kerst said embarrassedly.

"Poof", the soldiers behind several officers couldn't help laughing, causing several officers to turn their heads and stare at the soldiers behind them. The rest of the soldiers exchanged heads and talked non-stop. The two leading officers who came back to their senses looked angry, and they still didn't believe it a little, the golden jasmine collar badge was genuine.

At the moment when everyone was extremely embarrassed, three short and one long whistles sounded on the outpost tower of the camp, "Damn", an officer scolded, "What day, why is there another superior officer!"

The soldiers on the watchtower shouted "Open the camp gate" (Note 1) at the camp, while a soldier slipped off the watchtower and ran wildly towards the school grounds, shouting as he ran, "Commander, commander, there are a lot of people coming, I see hundreds of golden jasmine flags, go and greet them." ”

The officers, including Koster, were taken aback.

Sure enough, it was a large group of men and horses, with hundreds of golden jasmine flags fluttering in the air, and the mighty brigade of guards and servants, surrounded by the big carriage of the regent of the Principality of Kaman, marched towards the barracks, followed by a large number of noble generals riding tall horses, and hundreds of Kaman guards, following at the end of the procession.

Regent Kaman, who stepped out of the carriage, saw the crowd at a glance, the guy's collar badge was also dazzling under the red sun, thinking that this was Monica's masterpiece, Xiao Mu felt a little funny. Fortunately, before he could really laugh, an old voice behind him interrupted his thoughts, "Regent, let's go over." ”

General Calvin, before his retirement, was the leader of the red robes of the Kaman royal capital, and won the trust of the old duke, and has been leading the thousands of red robes in the royal capital, responsible for the security and garrison of the Kaman royal capital. When he was young, he once represented the Principality of Kaman, carried out many military exchanges within the business alliance, and also fought at the border of the Grand Canyon.

A few years ago, Calvin, who was already sixty years old, officially retired from the army, but before he could really rest, an arms order within the Shang Alliance, Kaman wanted to form a new army of the legion, and at that time it was already the regent of Xiao Mu, and he couldn't find a more suitable candidate for the commander of the corps than General Calvin in the Carman principality. And today, it was the first day of Corps Calvin's tenure. (Note 2)

Calvin is an old man in his sixties, who inherited the family's earl title at birth, and has been a knight's squire to the Carman family since he was a child, and has won the trust of the Duke Carman's family. As an adult, he became a member of the Red Robe Officer and rose through the ranks to become the Red Robe Commander. However, since becoming a general, Earl Calvin prefers to be called General Calvin. General Calvin, who is not smiling, maintains the style of a soldier, even though he is not young, he is still tall and heroic, his armor is neatly worn on his body, and he wears a luxurious silver sword.

The generals and nobles on the continent were proud to have a silver sword, General Calvin was like this, and so was the "General" of Koster in the crowd. Xiao Mu, who was passing by Kist's side, looked at the "Broken Heart" long sword he was wearing, intentionally or unintentionally, revealing a hint of amusement. Surrounded by Regent and Calvin, the officers entered the largest general's room in the barracks.

General Calvin's inauguration ceremony was very brief, Xiao Mu, on behalf of the Duke, encouraged the noble officers, and at the same time, introduced General Calvin and the commanders of the 12th and 14th brigades.

The commander of the 12th Regiment is called "Duncan", from the Mercenary Regiment of the Merchant Alliance, an experienced mercenary, himself from the Principality of Kaman, quite short in stature, and a little round, at first glance, it seems to be inconspicuous. And the commander of the 14th Regiment, called "Clark", who, like General Calvin, was forcibly retired from the Red Robe and was previously a regimental commander of the Red Robe. He was a tall man, almost the tallest in the room, and according to himself, he was the first to guard the door of the Duke's castle.

Kester, the youngest of them, was even younger than the battalion commanders under several regiment commanders, almost the age of a squad leader. However, the golden jasmine collar on the neckline of the Subject is genuine. Duncan and Clark, who didn't know why, didn't dare to ask anything, but General Calvin, who was also wearing golden jasmine, looked at Kester kindly and smiled.

After a brief introduction, several newly appointed nobles shook hands with each other, as if they knew each other, and cleared their throats with "cough cough", and General Calvin walked to the front of the stage.

"I believe everyone knows the requirements of the Shang Alliance's armament order this time, our Kaman is a small principality, and it is not easy to make up this less than 10,000 professional soldiers, and many big nobles are unwilling to send their children into our new army, I can also understand. Therefore, I am very pleased that a noble knight lord like General Koster can take the initiative to join the army. ”

As he spoke, General Calvin nodded at Koster, and his kind face made Koster a little flattered.

"This expansion of the Shang Alliance is the largest in more than a hundred years, and everyone must know why. This is also the reason why the Principality of Kaman, in such a difficult situation, spent more than two years, and finally put together this army. Therefore, I hope that you will work together to defend our Principality of Kaman in the days to come. ”

General Calvin's speech won warm applause, and the noble officers at the scene were very excited and stepped forward to express their allegiance to General Calvin. Xiao Mu on the side squeezed his eyes at Koster, got up and walked out of the general's house, Koster saw it and hurriedly chased him out.

Note 1: The gate of the barracks is generally not opened casually, and when Kerst came, because it was a person, he also walked through the small door next to it.

Note 2: Kaman's new army was constrained by the economy and took a long time to be formed, and had been led by regimental commanders until now. General Calvin was also the last to take office.