Volume 1 The Order of Chaos Chapter 70 The Review of the Whole Army
"The winner's side...", this answer surprised Field, who had never heard a similar answer himself, "Do you think you can win by being a mercenary?"
Avi tilted his head and asked, "Isn't it? For example, if we go to help the Republic, if the Empire is stronger, then we can turn around and help the Empire, and we are not a regular army anyway." Avi gave this example, which left Fidel speechless all of a sudden.
"It's theoretically okay for you to do this, but the reality can be conditioned by a lot of other factors," Fielder replied after thinking about the other party's words, "for example, if the enemy forces don't accept you, or if your position dictates that you can't attack your employer." ”
Avi thought about it for a long time and nodded, he thought of Miss Delia's two-color blade mercenary group. Since the two-color blade mercenary group has just been promoted to the first-class privileged mercenaries of the Oguna Empire, then they can only have an employer like the Oguna Empire, unlike some mercenary groups, where there is no fixed residence, they are there wherever there is a war.
"Okay, I don't have any more problems, you can go back. Feder recorded the other man's answer, which was something that needed to be given to Eddie, and he didn't really care.
Avi's room was just across from Field, and the cavalry mercenaries who had been living there had been killed in the Battle of Dry Sands, so the room was empty.
Avi put his bag on the bed and slowly untied it.
An iron box from Miranda, with the old enchanted ring and a note left by Miranda, a two-color dagger that Miss Delia had given her, some laundry, and the Quenched Knight sword. Coupled with the bag of gold coins that Shereise gave him today, these things are all of Avi's belongings.
Following Fed's instructions, he opened the locker, which was all that the room's previous owner had left behind - a long scimitar, a set of cowhide light armor, a windshield mask, and a cavalry-type moon shield.
Avi lifted the scimitar, but the sharp scimitar was heavier and harder to stab than the knight's sword, and the light leather armor fit Avi's body. It may be that his skeleton is large enough to hold up the leather armor, but Avi also discovered that there was a hole in the back of the armor that had been pierced by a sword, which may have been the reason why this room is now Avi's residence. The cavalry-type moon shield was not very heavy, and it was only after Avi lifted it that he realized the advantage of this shield - perfect reflection.
He had heard Carrie talk about the origin of the Moon Shield Mercenary Group before, so he still felt a little excited when he picked up this shield for the first time.
At this time, a thought appeared in Avi's heart. After completing Miss Delia's mission, maybe he can be a mercenary for the rest of his life, and then earn some money to redeem himself for Delia. Buying a big house and bringing Joni, Miranda, and Uncle Charlik to live there would be a good result.
Thinking of this, Avi put on his leather armor, put on a mask, held a shield in his left hand and picked up the sword of the Quenched Knight in his right hand, imagining that he would soon be able to ride on a war horse and gallop across the boundless grassland.
While sleeping at night, Avi dreamed that the inquisitor, Daron, had killed two cavalry squires and framed herself. He eventually exposed the incident in front of countless people, and Daron received the punishment he deserved.
There were still six days left before the planned departure time of the Lunar Shield Mercenary Regiment, and on this day, Andre gathered all the members of the Lunar Shield Mercenary Regiment to a large oasis behind the City of Honor.
Seeing the military appearance and energetic Moon Shield mercenary group, Andre first praised the chief superintendent Reeves. After all, the recruitment of so many mercenaries in less than a month is a great contribution to this middle-aged bald man.
Reeves handed Andre a piece of paper with a clear list of the number of people in each squadron, and then he handed over a ledger that recorded the funds used during this time - the funds of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment had been growing since the Russell period, so they didn't need to think about money when Andre took over.
"There are four squad leaders in the two-handed sword squadron!" Andre first introduced his men to all the squadrons, "Field, Marcus, Matthews, and the new Greif." ”
All the mercenaries followed Andrei's voice - three strong men each with heavy weapons and a young man wearing only black plate armor. The old members of the regiment knew that Fid was Andre's cronies, and he was both civil and military, and established himself in the Lunar Shield Mercenary Regiment in the Battle of Dry Sand City, while Marcus Matthews, the two orange-haired brothers, was extremely fierce and did their best in their daily training, and they did not slack off, only the Greif who appeared for the first time was not familiar to them, but the huge harpoon behind him was the best proof of strength, and no mercenary dared to despise him.
Andrei returned the paper and ledger to Reeves and told him to make a whole announcement.
"There are a total of 1,200 people in the two-handed sword squadron, of which 900 are regular members, and the other 300 are reserves, and they will not participate in this advance reconnaissance mission. Reeves began to introduce the squadrons one by one.
"Captain Alain of the Archer Squadron," Reeves glanced at Alain, who was still like a piece of wood, as if the Warden was not introducing his squadron, "There are 1,800 archers under its banner, including 500 in reserve, who will not participate in this advance reconnaissance mission." ”
Standing in the archers, Carrie and Cox were both part of Squadron Leader Alain's close crossbowman escort - both of them were originally part of the reserve, but at the request of Greif and Shelly, they both went with the group this time. Previously, Greif had planned to ask for Kelth to be assigned to him, so that he could protect his "sister" at all times, but this was not approved by Andre.
"Don't worry, Greif, I've asked Alain to take good care of Miss Coss, and I won't let her get hurt in the slightest, and besides, with Alain's side, her crossbow skills will definitely become very good. He had said something similar to that to Cherry, and although he didn't understand why Cherie would ask so much to take care of the little civilian girl, Carrie, he still obeyed the Snowhair Cavalry.
"There are 1,400 spearmen and 2,600 swords and shields, and this time all the mercenaries of the two squadrons will go out with the mercenary group. Speaking of this, Reeves glanced at Julian and Bisluves, but Bisluves, the squadron leader of the Sword and Shield Squadron, did not appear here today.
Finally, there was Eddie's cavalry squadron, each of whom mounted his own horse, and Avi, who had been assigned a black-brown mare, also wore leather armor and a windproof mask, and sat on the horse without moving.
"Fifty cavalry squadrons," Reeves looked at the "thin" cavalry squadron, he never understood why Eddie only asked for fifty men, "so the total number of our advance reconnaissance troops sent by the Senate this time is six thousand two hundred and fifty people. ”
All the mercenaries shouted in unison, as if victory was in hand, and they were just enjoying the results.
Fei De knew very well in his heart that Andre, who took the initiative to ask to go out to become the advance army this time, was just for his own selfish desires, which was exactly the same as himself.