Chapter Twenty-Eight: Another Ten Years (Part II)
In this cruel world, everyone is like a floating mayfly, even the nobles.
Almost no nobleman lived past the age of fifty, and countless were killed in battle.
Ellie, who already has three children, already feels that her death is near, if not this year, but in the next decade, on the outside, but even more on the insideโthe subjects want a strong man to lead them more than a woman.
Watching the child grow up and become stronger, the mixture of countless reliefs, joys, pains, and fears is all in this line of tears.
What can escape this outcome? It seemed impossible, but at this moment, Fang Xin suddenly understood that this small plane needed a savior and a hero.
Gently patting Ellie's back, Fang Xin was silent, and after a while, Ellie got up, she calmly wiped away her tears, calmly sorted out her clothes, and then said with a smile: "Knight Hannett, what is the matter with you?" Why don't we talk while eating? โ
"Do what you want, Lady Ellie!" Fang Xin bent down and saluted, his bearing was calm and serene.
Ellie walked forward, Fang took her hand, and slowly walked towards the table in the hall according to the ancient etiquette tradition, where the decrepit butler greeted her quietly, and then saluted.
It was a roast goose, the housekeeper separated half of it, Fang Xin didn't care, took it, and ate it separately, in Hannett's case, this crispy and tender taste lingered in his memory, but for Fang Xin himself, it was just a mere thing.
In their own world, this kind of food is accustomed to even commoners, but here, even nobles can't eat it every time.
Ellie ate a little, then looked at Hannett with a smile, and was very pleased with George's butler, for George knew what she wanted.
In fact, it is impossible for a knight to eat this kind of thing often, so every time he comes, Ellie will make something delicious for him, and roast goose is Hannett's favorite food, even if he is not instructed, Steward George automatically understands the meaning and makes arrangements.
"Lady Ellie, the war is about to begin, and I want to make some preparations." Fang Xin said in a deep voice.
"Oh, what do you want to prepare?"
"How many warriors do you have on horseback now?"
"In addition to you and the squires of the Knight of Alec, I have a trainee knight James, and twenty-three knight squires, and two hundred soldiers have been mobilized." Ellie replied.
"Give me all the attendants, I will take a hundred and fifty soldiers, and I will take them out."
"Take them out?"
"Yes, the war is about to begin, instead of facing them directly against the terrible army of darkness, let them face the beasts first, and learn how to fight, so that the combat power will be improved." Fang Xin ate the last bite of food and said.
Ellie was suddenly silent, her smile disappeared, a strange look appeared in her blue eyes, she thought for a moment, and after a few minutes, she replied, "This is the idea you came up with?" โ
"Yes!" Fang Xin said, looking at her, his eyes were as deep as the sea.
After looking at each other for a few seconds, Ellie avoided her eyes and said, "This is also a good idea, you go down, just say what I said, and order all the knights' squires and probationary knights to be put into place, and the soldiers will be divided into one hundred and fifty men, and the food will be prepared for you." โ
"I only need to bring ten days' rations, and I'll take care of the rest." Fang Xin said categorically, got up, bowed, and then said, "Please rest assured, everything will be fine." โ
Waiting for Fang Xin to leave, Butler George stepped forward and said, "Miss, it's very strange......
"I already know this, I have my own opinions." Elido stepped forward, looked down from the upstairs, and fell on Fang Xin, who was walking below.
Her eyes were strange and strange.
After a few moments, the trumpet was called, and suddenly it sounded.
Gather the knight squires, convey the order, and reorganize the knight squire organization, each knight squire leads ten soldiers, and the extra ten knight squires, led by Fang Xin, form the most elite cavalry team.
And when the horn sounded, the apprentice knight James was wiping the iron pot of his house at home, and his heart was also heavy, for the once-in-a-decade war, of course, he understood, was thinking, suddenly heard the summoning order, his heart trembled.
"James!" His wife immediately rushed out of the house inside, her face pale.
"Don't worry, it's all right, my dear." James said, and in not much time, two of his knightly squires came, both young lads of their twenties.
Without saying a word, they quickly put on their armor, tied them to their horses, and then led their horses directly to the square.
When they arrived in the square, many soldiers had already arrived, and James saw the knight of Hannett at the head.
"Knight Hannett, has the war begun?"
"Not yet, but it's almost there, you better have your armor repaired by the craftsman, there's oil here." Fang Xin looked at him, as well as the horses, and said instructively.
The knight's armor was sent to the craftsman, who immediately wiped the rust off the armor with a file, and a piercing scraping sound followed, and the inner skin, made of precious cowhide, was also sewn in a critical position.
There were already military cooks with white bread and wax sausages, some of the veterans were obviously already familiar with it, and they devoured it after taking it, while the recruits were pale and a little overwhelmed, and they also knew that there was going to be a war, although the snow-white bread was too nervous to eat.
Fang Xin looked at it calmly, at this time, the sky was overcast, although the rain was not heavy, but the rain carried the chill of spring.
After eating, it was the whole team, which naturally had attendants go down to arrange, batches of weapons were taken out of the warehouse, and the craftsmen were busy in the light rain, polishing the weapons one by one, and some even oiled them.
Many veterans took their weapons, looked at them carefully, and made demands, and the craftsmen would agree to their requests whenever possible, and some veterans, having obtained their weapons, danced on the spot in the square, and these veterans had to adjust their physical strength and mentality in order to enter the battle.
In these veterans, each of them understands what they have to do, they don't need to give speeches, they don't need to boost morale, they are used to killing and fighting.
In the square, there is not much sound, for this world, this is a regular action once a decade, although there are old people, children and even women nearby, but they are silent.
"Flag up!" Fang Xin saw that everything was ready, so he said so.
The pale red lion's tooth flag was raised, Fang Xin looked back, and met the eyes of the lord Ellie accurately, and then he smiled, gave her a knightly salute, then turned around and ordered: "Go!" โ
The icy rain increased, mixed with the fog that had been produced at some point, adding a bit of solemnity to the afternoon.
Fang Xin wore knight's armor, rode forward, the sound of horses' hooves broke the silence, and he left the town on his own, behind him, more than twenty horsemen followed closely, and the ox cart with grain followed closely, this is the logistics staff.