Chapter 13: William Custer, Shadow of War
There was a creak, and the door to the room was pushed open. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
A middle-aged man with a majestic countenance, a strong physique, and a dark red aristocratic costume strode in. He held a small silver bowl in his hand, and the enticing aroma of meat wafted from the bowl.
"Rod, are you feeling better?"
The man frowned and walked over to the bed. He casually put the silver bowl on the bedside table, stretched out his rough hand covered with calluses and touched Zhu Peng's forehead.
"Well, no fever. Drink the broth in a while, your body is too weak now. The strong middle-aged man said, and at the same time, Zhu Peng quickly recalled the relevant memories of the man in front of him from his mind.
William Custer, the current patriarch of the Custer family, is also the viscount who rules the territory. But in front of Rod Custer, he is just an old father who loves his young son.
"I remember telling you. ”
Viscount William said in a deep voice: "Don't mix with those bastard little things in the Riwache, even if you are companions who study together, don't get too close to them except for necessary contact." ”
"I'm worried about you, father, and I promise not next time. ”
Zhu Peng lowered his head a little weakly, hiding his unnaturalness, after all, he had not undergone special training such as acting, and if he talked too much, it was easy to be noticed by the viscount in front of him whose eyes were as sharp as an eagle.
“...... But it's a good thing that you killed Kyle's little bastard this time, Kyle is the only son of the Elbuck family, and he was suddenly slaughtered by you, old Elbuk will definitely go crazy directly, I have wanted their castle for a long time. Looking at his son's pale face and guilty expression, Viscount William couldn't help but slow down his tone slightly, and he even spoke of a nerve-wracking war as an opportunity.
Or rather, it's really a blessing for Seon to lose his horse.
Rhodes was seriously wounded this time, but he stabbed the only son of the elder Elbuk to death, and the old man, who had lost his only heir, went crazy and killed almost all the Nord infantry in the castle, vowing to avenge his blood relatives.
In the face of such an old man who has completely fallen into madness, more than eighty percent of the nobles in the Calradia continent will choose to hand over their youngest son to appease the anger of the other party, after all, the son can be reborn without him, and it is not worth it to lose the family power in his hands and even his own life.
However, the idea of handing over Rhodes did not appear in Viscount William's mind at all, and he chose to order the fifty Vigia cavalry that he had accumulated in half his life, and bring twenty Vigia archers and fifty Vigia infantry and two hundred Nord infantry of Old Elbuk to face it.
Of course, winning the war is not all that is said, in case of losing, Viscount William Custer will have to carry Rhodes to the end of the world, at his age, I am afraid that he does not even have the time capital to make a comeback.
However, for such a major event, Zhu Peng's psychology is very clear.
Viscount William flashed in front of Rhodes lightly, and instead said that this was an opportunity. It's just this responsibility, and I have thrown off Zhu Peng's real father, Zhu Youxi, who doesn't know how many light years of the universe......
"Your eldest brother went to Zhivadine to join the army, and it is a matter whether he can come back or not, and the inheritance and hope of my Custer family are all on you, Rode. If something happens to you again, I can't imagine the consequences....." Viscount William sighed and said no more.
In Rhodes's memory, Zhu Peng also knew that the father in front of him was such a temperament.
Externally, he is a strong viscount of the Custer family, strong, cold, and almost cruel, and there are not a few people in the family who have been executed by him for just some minor mistakes.
And this viscount started from scratch, starting from a commoner to work hard from the lowliest mercenaries, establish mercenary regiments, participate in national wars, and finally pledge allegiance to King Virginia Griffos and become a nobleman.
As a young man, he went to Zhivading, the capital of Virginia, to learn military strategy, and as a powerful warrior and battlefield commander in the national wars he participated in, he once slashed fifteen Swadian heavy cavalry with his sword in the most brutal battlefields, and almost single-handedly reversed the outcome of a battle.
In the aristocratic and commoner circles of Virginia, people often talk most about the brutality and toughness of Viscount William, the ruthless style and the unstoppable rebelliousness, and the insidious cunning and viciousness of William Custer as a new aristocracy.
However, such a man's feelings for his youngest son Rod are unique.
In other words, he is very nostalgic for the civilian wife who died in childbirth after giving birth to Rod. No matter how strong and terrible a man is, there will be a soft place in his heart.
"You have to remember, Rod. No matter what interests you face, as the future heir of the Custer family, your life is the highest priority, and nothing will be more valuable to the Custer family than your life. Viscount William stood up and said to Zhu Peng.
"I remember, father. Rod or Zhu Peng nodded solemnly.
"Okay, you can rest after drinking the soup, I still have something to deal with, and the old butler will find someone to take you back to the castle later, and I'll go first." The viscount nodded and turned to leave.
The moment Viscount William walked out and the bedroom door closed.
Zhu Peng's eyes inadvertently saw several knights in iron armor standing outside the door, Vygia Knights, the most powerful fifth-level troops in the entire Viacia, there were only twelve Vegia knights in Viscount William's fifty-man cavalry team, and the others were filled by the second-level fourth-level cavalry Vigia riders, and they followed by him, explaining that what Viscount William had to deal with when he went here was the trouble caused by Zhu Peng:
Count of the Nord Kingdom, old Elbuk and the two hundred Nord infantry under his command!
With a bang, the bedroom door slammed shut.
Outside, the Viscount's whispers and footsteps could be heard in the courtyard, and they faded away until they were completely inaudible.
(I'm sorry, though, but I'm not your son, your son is dead...... But if people respect me for a foot, I will respect people for a foot, and I will repay the affection owed today ten times and a hundred times in the days to come. )
Thinking about it, Zhu Peng picked up the bowl of broth from the bedside table.
Looking inside, I saw that in the milky white soup, there was a ball of hair-like lines like aquatic plants, and as the soup was consciously shaken by Zhu Peng, the lines floated, and the face of a pale woman floated out of the soup, and the scene was extremely weird and terrifying.
"The origin of this world has collapsed to this point...... The later you go, the more things will drive people crazy, but this process is like boiling frogs in warm water for humans in this world, and they are gradually getting used to it. Zhu Peng muttered to himself, he looked at the pale cheeks of the woman in the bowl, and the next moment, he raised his wrist and swallowed the whole bowl of soup and the pale woman's face in the soup.
After all, it was just a small bowl, after drinking the soup, Zhu Peng leaned on the bed and half-lay down to rest for a while, and a warm power spread from the stomach to the whole body, although it was weird and terrifying, but the effect was amazing, Zhu Peng could almost feel that his body gradually recovered some strength.
(I don't know, whether Viscount William can defeat the old Elbuck, although Viscount William is the most powerful emerging nobleman in the Kingdom of Vegia, and he led the mercenary group to gallop for a while, but as a nobleman, his background is still insufficient, the old earl of Nord is a long-standing family inheritance, and the Nord infantry under his command is brave and good at fighting, and his loyalty is extremely high.)
With fifty cavalry, fifty infantry, and twenty Vigian archers, such a hundred and twenty people against two hundred Nord senior soldiers, the chances of victory on the frontal battlefield are extremely low, even if Viscount William is experienced in command, and wins the final victory with his excellent battlefield command ability, I am afraid that the troops will be greatly damaged...... The most terrible chaotic times, the craziest doomsday is coming, and after running out of the power in his hands, how can the Custer family continue to establish a clan, after all, it is hundreds of lives!)
While lying on the bed retrieving his own memories and knowledge loss, Zhu Peng was also decomposing and pondering the memories left by Rhodes.
Even if he is a strictly educated noble child after all, Zhu Peng can still search for basic military strategy knowledge from his memory, including the comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the various countries in the Calradia continent.
The time has come to test the strategic and tactical thinking of the readers, one hundred and twenty against two hundred, not more elite than the other side, and the morale is not higher than the other side.
Can Viscount William win?How can he win?How can he win at the least cost?
The answer will be revealed at eight o'clock tomorrow night, and if any of the uncles are correct in the book review area, Salted Fish will kneel on the ground tomorrow night and hand in all his deposits: 10,000 words.