Chapter 52: Rebellion
In the afternoon of that day, the atmosphere in the barracks became a little delicate.
What happened in the rear camp first spread throughout the barracks. When a cadet recruit is punished, it doesn't sound like a soldier in normal times, but when it falls into the ears of the trainees in the training camp, the taste is not right.
Especially after hearing about the process of the incident and the name of this student, the whole lunch time was full of students talking about each other.
The name Roy is not only famous in the first training camp, but also in the second and third training camps, and many people know it. In particular, those invited students who had participated in the Grand Duke Adolf's victory celebration ball were even more impressed by this thin and confused black-haired boy.
Everyone was surprised to hear that it was him who had been arrested. After the surprise, there was a different reaction.
Most of the trainees were filled with righteous indignation after hearing about the bullying of the private army knights of the logistics escort team against the trainees of the E Brigade of the first training camp. Applauded Roy for doing justice to his companions. He was even more shocked that he had knocked down a dozen soldiers and two knights by himself.
The children of the nobility, on the other hand, gloated.
Quincy and Bruno, who had been beaten by Roy on admission day, unabashedly claimed that they had known that a guy like Roy would have such a day. This kind of untouchables must still think that the barracks, like the cadets, can be wild and reckless, and do whatever they want.
This time, it's a lesson for him!
Also sneering at the first training camp internal competition, the leaders of the noble children Hecett, Morey, as well as Seawalker, Klaus and other students who transferred to the second and third training camps after Scarlett left.
Although most of them did not say anything about it. Even if someone mentioned it, the tone was not as harsh as Quincy and Bruno sounded, but the gloating smile on his face could not be hidden.
And in private discussions, these aristocratic students all think. It was his own parents who did it for themselves.
As the sons of Loulian nobles, many of them had parents who were on the same side as Mrs. Joyce.
They have also heard a little about the elders' side and choice in the current situation. It's not surprising that a guy like Roy, who offended them and was a thorn in the side of the Lanrith family, was cleaned up in the back camp where their family was completely controlled.
Of course, these things, even if known. It can't be said openly.
The discussion lasted only after lunch.
In the afternoon, they gathered the commanders of the battalions and issued a gag order. Whether it was the front battalion or the middle battalion, whether it was the knights or the cavalry troops, the officers with stern expressions demanded that they forbid to discuss the matter, let alone participate in it because of anger.
Violators will be punished extremely severely.
The trainees are asking for this. Confused. Soon, though, they understood.
It was in the afternoon of this day. A series of conflicts, though not fierce and sharp, broke out between the rabble camp and the rear camp, but definitely meaningful.
First of all, a freight carriage escorted by the logistics escort team, I don't know what happened, suddenly overturned when passing by the rabble barracks. The wagon wounded two rabble soldiers, and the frightened horses burst into the camp. Not only did he kick and wound one of the guards, but he also dragged all the clothes that the soldiers were drying to the mud.
Annoyed by the ragtag soldiers, they immediately surrounded a knight of the logistics escort and several escort theories. Unexpectedly, the knight not only refused to admit that it was his own fault, but arrogantly believed it. It was the people of the rabble who disturbed the horses, and it led to the occurrence of zhì qiē.
The two sides disagreed and fought violently.
The knights and guards of the logistics escort were caught off guard, dragged off their horses, beaten and bruised and swollen.
What's even more excessive is that the rabble actually stripped these people of their essence, then loaded them into carriages, went out through a gate on the west side of the barracks, passed through the crowded streets of Muni City, and then rounded back from the east gate, and then threw them at the gate of the back camp.
This is just one of many clashes that took place this afternoon.
Almost at the same time, on the training ground in the army, in the middle battalion, in the front battalion, in the bars outside the battalion, in the streets, all the soldiers in the rear battalion broke out with the rabble for all sorts of strange reasons.
Among them, there were three collective brawls involving more than 30 people, two cases involving more than 10 people, six cases involving five or more people, and more than 20 cases of individual brawls.
Almost instantly, the two adjacent military camps had become tense.
By four o'clock in the afternoon, there was not a single soldier or knight in the rear camp who dared to pass the main road in front of the rabble barracks. Not only that, but several nearby roads were also cut off by the fierce and brutal fighters of the rabble, and the entry and exit of supplies were greatly affected.
This scene made everyone speechless.
Although everyone knows the relationship between the imprisoned Roy and the rabble, and knows that it is absolutely impossible for these guys to sit idly by, and know that they will definitely take action, everyone still did not expect that the revenge of the rabble would come so quickly, so resolutely, and so damaged.
From beginning to end, the rabble soldiers who were provoking trouble did not mention Roy a single word. Moreover, there are quite a few conflicts, and they look more like victims. As a result, the knight, who was sent by Herman to file a complaint with the Judge Advocate General, was speechless several times when questioned by the military judge.
Of course, the logistics escort is not the one who suffers. These private knights have always been high up in their respective territories.
In their eyes, the rabble was nothing more than a bunch of dirty, smelly mercenaries, desperate vagabonds, thieves, hooligans and mud-legged men who were digging in the mud, and even if there were two nobles and knights occasionally, they were all bastards without inheritance, second sons and freelancers who wandered everywhere and wanted to keep their demeanor.
For a kind of guy, usually they don't even raise their eyelids, where can they tolerate each other's provocations?
Therefore, after being stunned by the first wave of the rabble's offensive, the knights of the logistics convoy reacted quickly and took-for-tat retaliation without thinking. They formed groups of three or five, on the streets of Muni City, anywhere in the barracks. Fight with the soldiers of the United Arab Army.
If you suffer a loss, you will ask someone to regain face, and if you win, you will show off your strength to find the next target.
The conflict between the two sides is rising almost at the speed of a rising tide. By dinner time for the day, the entire barracks. They have become the battlefields of the rabble and the logistical convoys.
Because of the deliberate accusation, although the conflict between the two sides was fierce, they were still within the scope of no death. Moreover, all the clashes were characterized by small-scale local conflicts, scattered in different places and at different times, and there were no large-scale infighting led by the top of the rabble and the logistics convoy. Therefore, even the Ministry of Military Justice has no way to deal with these two gangs.
And in this series of conflicts. Whether it was Eugene, who was the commander of the army, or the nobles behind the logistics escort, they all maintained a cautious silence.
In a strange atmosphere, the two sides watched this "war", as if as long as the situation did not exceed the scope of control, they could turn a blind eye and wait until some kind of opportunity came.
It was a fuse.
It has been hidden under the seemingly calm water, but everyone knows the contradiction. It was turned upside down. Like the mud at the bottom of the water, it is muddy.
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"Look. It's Xia Li!"
"He's back?"
"I heard that I entered the camp as a child of the Xia family, and it has nothing to do with the first training camp. As soon as he came, he was selected into the long knight brigade directly under General Eugene. ”
The camp of the Chinese army is full of people coming and going, and it is very lively.
When Xia Li, Xia Qing and Anse El led the horse through the crowded passage. When passing in front of people, many students were whispering.
Xia Li's appearance is an explosive news for the students of the three major training camps.
This is the third generation of the Xia family in the border city of Beihai Town. The most talented and regarded as the son of the future leader of the Xia family, he left in shame because of a battle with Roy at the Grand Duke Adolf's castle ball.
In that battle, Roy, the commoner, in front of all the top nobles of Lulian, fought alone against Klaus, Siwalker, Ning Mao'er, Xia Li, and Scarlett. will knock the pride of heaven in the eyes of these people to the dust. stripped them of their pride and conceit, and gave them a resounding slap in the face.
It was after that battle that the situation between the noble cadets and the commoner cadets of the first training camp changed.
The children of the commoners, who were originally firmly suppressed by the children of the nobility, began to become confident and self-reliant, and more and more outstanding students, as if they had removed their shackles, were rapidly promoted and emerged.
On the contrary, the children of the nobles, who were originally invincible, no longer have the privileges they had before. Their influence and dominance in the academy plummeted. The strong position of the past has become a thing of the past.
In the eyes of many people, this is all due to Xia Li. It was the defeat of him and Scarlett and others that led to this qiē.
Therefore, when Xia Li left the first training camp, no one was surprised. After all, any arrogant and conceited noble child would not have the face to continue to stay after suffering such a failure.
However, everyone never thought that Xia Li, who had already left, would actually come back.
Not only did he come back, but he also took two people with him.
These are two handsome young men, one is tall and strong, and the edge is sharp. An elegant and chic, extravagant and compelling.
It is said that the previous one is named Xia Qing, who is Xia Li's cousin, and like Xia Li, he is also the leader of the third generation of the Xia family. He joined the camp at the age of sixteen and joined the army, and now he is twenty-three years old, and he is already a second-class tiger lieutenant of the empire and a fair five-star knight!
The latter is Ansel, the third-generation son of the Renault family of the Tomahawk Knights. He is currently a third-year knight student in the second training camp of the Imperial Capital General Camp, and he is also a fair five-star knight.
The appearance of these two young people amazed everyone, and at the same time, they also realized that Xia Li's return is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface.
The Xia family in the border city of Beihai Town is a family in the army, with a strict family style and extremely strict requirements for their children.
The Xia family never allowed their children to intervene in the struggle of the nobles, and the five tigers of the Xia family, led by the family, were even more upright and impartial. Stay away from the imperial government.
Therefore, everyone heard that this time because of Scarlett and the Lanris people, Xia Li returned to the town border city. He was punished extremely severely.
However, the punishment of one's own children is one thing, and the reputation of the Xia family is another.
The Xia family will punish Xia Li for his mistakes, but they will not sit idly by and watch their children be beaten. Especially between the third generation of the Xia family, there has always been a deep brotherhood. Solidarity is close. This time, Xia Qing and his friend Anse El accompanied Xia Li back to Muni City, and entered the camp together in the name of the Beihai Xia family, and the spearhead was obviously directed at Roy.
The Xia family in Beihai is not so easy to be bullied. His most talented younger brother was beaten, and Xia Qing, who has always protected his shortcomings, naturally will not sit idly by.
Many people sweated for Roy.
It is said that after Xia Li entered the camp, Tang Xiaoben in the first training camp. I went straight to the door.
Tang Xiaoben's family has a lot of friendship with the Beihai Xia family, and the children of the two families also have dealings with each other. Tang Xiaoben and Xia Li are in the first training camp together, and although they don't have much contact with Xia Qing, they are also familiar.
However, after less than five minutes of conversation, a violent argument broke out, and then. Tang Xiaoben slammed the door with a blushing face.
Even if you think about it with your toes, everyone can guess. The center of conversation between the two sides is and can only be Roy. Moreover, Xia Qing obviously rejected some of Tang Xiaoben's request.
A collision between the two sides is inevitable.
However, just as everyone was waiting for the good show to be played, it happened that Roy was imprisoned by the logistics escort. And then. The chain of clashes between the rabble and the logistics convoy has become the focus of everyone's attention in the coalition forces.
At this time, when they saw Xia Li and the others again, everyone's eyes were somewhat complicated.
"You say, behind Roy's this. Is it the medicine ordered by the Xia family?"
"It's hard to say! These noble children are all a raccoon dog, and none of them are good. ”
"Hey, who doesn't know that those knights in the back camp are all their family knights?
"Yes, I've heard that the families of Quincy, Bruno, and Seawalker are close to Mrs. Joyce. "
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Xia Li led the horse silently and passed by a few students who were talking.
These students are all civilian cadets of the first training camp, and two of them are in the same brigade as him, and they are familiar with them on weekdays.
But at this moment, when his gaze turned away, the other party just turned his head expressionlessly to avoid it, as if he didn't even have the enthusiasm to say hello.
"Ignore them," a warm and heavy hand landed on Xia Li's shoulder, Xia Qing straightened his waist and walked side by side with him, "We're here to trouble that kid." It is not this means that is available. If we didn't do it, we didn't do it. Just have a clear conscience. ”
Xia Li nodded and did not speak.
Ansel, who was walking on the other side, put his hand in his coat pocket with a breezy smile on his face, "To be honest, I'm getting more and more interested in that kid now." ”
Seeing that Xia Qing and Xia Li both turned their heads, he smiled and said, "This kid, a year and a half ago, was just a small handyman in Baron Paulabel's Mansion. It is said that there is still no talent for fighting qi cultivation, and he is bullied by the knights and attendants in the castle all day long, and he is not even mediocre.
Who knows, by chance, this kid actually saved Princess Eretia when the Phillips invaded, and was named a guardian knight. One step to the sky. However, where is the glory of the princess's guardian knight that a small handyman can bear? Sure enough, as soon as Alex arrived, he forced him to jump off the cliff. ”
The three of them walked slowly through the bustling crowd, and Ansel continued, "At that time, no one thought this kid was dead. Unexpectedly, more than a year later, he actually appeared alive again. Moreover, he also became a hero of the Battle of Medin City and a student of the first training camp. ”
Speaking of these old rumors that circulated among the nobles, Anse El suddenly laughed, "This kid can really toss. No matter where you go, you can make trouble. In the entrance exam, he fought with a few low-level noble children, and offended the vice dean Diarra, and ...... on the first day of school."
He looked at Xia Li and said, "He spat on the battle book you gave him again, and injured your companion...... What's the name......"
"Klaus. Xia Li said.
"That's right, it's that guy," Ansel turned his head to look at Xia Qing and said, "This kind of thing, even if it's the two of us back then, we don't dare to do it, right?"
Xia Qing's face twitched slightly.
This is a hierarchical world, knights, and a profession that pays great attention to its own cultivation and etiquette. The three major training camps served as sacred places for Imperial knights. This is especially true of you.
Over the past 100 years, one class after another of the trainees have written the history of the three major training camps, and at the same time, they have also formed the rules and traditions of the training camps. The power of these rules and traditions is too strong to be challenged. Even when he and Anse El stepped into training camp. It's also cautious.
If you encounter the reprimands and scolding of senior students, you basically listen respectfully, let alone do it, and you don't even dare to talk back or make some kind of indifferent expression. Not to mention the crazy act of spitting on the battle book and smashing the opponent's arm while desperately injured.
"But," Anse El smacked his lips, "I have to say that this kid's fierce blood really has an appetite for me. ”
said. He waved his hand at Xia Qing and Xia Li and said, "It's not that I have a wrong position, and I will lose my prestige because of others' ambitions." It's about the facts. In this case, he was able to stand up and stand up against the entire logistics escort team alone, which was enough to earn my respect. ”
Xia Qing and Xia Li were silent and did not refute.
"Still, this guy's character. It's a little too bad," Ansel said with a slight hook at the corner of his mouth. "The army is not a place where a small cadet can stir up any storms. The rules here are much bigger than those of the academy. Don't look at the rabble army now fighting against the logistics convoy for him, if General Eugene and the nobles reach a compromise, an order is given, they will have to stay in the barracks obediently...... "
Xia Qing frowned, and suddenly spoke. "You say, what are the plans of these nobles in Muni City now, are they...... "
"Whatever they have in mind, I don't find it strange. Anse Eldau, "Now the situation in Lulian does not have any chance of winning. I heard that the Feilie Army, which was heading south from Longmen, had completed the consolidation of its early achievements and was steadily launching an offensive against the major territories in the southwest. The Duke of Benson had gathered 60,000 Philip horsemen, and many more were then pouring into Saint-Solan through the Guò Dragon Gate. How long do you think the Marquis of Ashley and his noble alliance will be able to hold off Benson?"
Xia Qing shook his head silently.
He had little faith in the Marquis of Ashley and his coalition of southwestern nobles. Under the onslaught of Benson's iron cavalry, that line of defense could collapse at any time.
"It was only a matter of time before the Dragon Gate was lost and the South fell. In addition, more than half of the major ports in the south have fallen, and the southern army of Filie is advancing step by step, and the Grand Duke Adolf himself is deeply encircled, and his life and death are uncertain. These nobles, even if they are very loyal, at this time, I am afraid that there will be no three points left. Ansel calmly analyzed, "More importantly, if the Firetes are a pack of wolves, then there is also a tiger in this city of Muni......"
Xia Qing and Xia Li looked at each other in amazement. They all knew who Ansel was talking about about the Tiger.
"Don't look at it now, this tiger has only lightly pressed a claw to the south," Anse El sneered, "but for these nobles, this is already a huge force that they dare not disobey. Whether to choose confrontation or cooperation, for these boneless guys, there is not much need to think about it at all. ”
"You mean, Roy's business ......" Xia Qing immediately connected several of the key points and asked in a terrified manner.
"I'm going to say it's okay, do you believe it?" said Ansel, leisurely.
Xia Qing and Xia Li glanced at each other and shook their heads at the same time.
"People come here to come to Liwei. A small civilian student, no matter what aura he has on his body, is destined to die," Anse Elson said, "Calculating him, he is just a miscellaneous fish slaughtered, and the current goal of others is much ......"
The atmosphere suddenly became a little stagnant.
The hustle and bustle of the crowd around seemed to be isolated from the barrier of consciousness and quieted down.
I shuddered a little when I thought of the collective betrayal of the nobles, the division of this coalition army, the roaring of the Ferrets in the northwest and south, the death of Grand Duke Adolf, the defeat of the Lulian army, the Red Leaf Knights and the Twelfth Legion on the front line, and the corpses and devastated towns of Xia Qing and Xia Li.
What Ansel proposed was just a guess. However, the possibility of this speculation and the severity of the consequences are really unbearable.
And what makes people's backs even worse is that there seems to be no power that can stop this qiē from happening.
"General Eugene ......"
Xia Li's shocked voice had only started before it was interrupted by Ansel.
"General Eugene must have thought of it, and certainly did not want to see this happen," Anse Eld said, "but the problem is, I can't imagine any way for him to bring the nobles back." In terms of strength, the troops in his hands are not as good as the nobles. In terms of conditions, he could not give a temptation similar to that of the Lanrithians......"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the chaotic and busy barracks, and his voice was as cold as winter, "Without the Lanris, we can still fight." With them here, it's a dead end. ”
He smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I regret accompanying you to the camp. In such an army, we cannot create any miracles......!" (To be continued......)