59. Meet in song

"Dense formation, slow march. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info"Brask gives the command as he does in training on a regular day. The well-trained soldiers of the city guard immediately gathered together and formed five rows of beautiful phalanxes. The warriors of the Warrior Guild automatically stood on the side of the phalanx as skirmishers to protect the soldiers' flanks. Only Master Gad's apprentices and guards were unfamiliar with this kind of battle formation. However, the young apprentice used his best ability to open the golem bracelet given by Master Gad, unleashing a Sweeping Golem, directing it to protect the other flank of the phalanx.

The appearance of this golem boosted the morale of the entire team, because in Coronia, the golem is a heavy equipment that only regular troops are equipped with, and can easily crush a large number of trash troops.

"Slow forward and save energy. "Brask continued to give orders, commanding his subordinates. He looked at Gronny and nodded at him. He also noticed that in the ranks of the Warrior Guild, the figure of the little scout had quietly disappeared.

At this time, Brask deeply remembered the spears and crossbows he used on weekdays. In this underground battle, because it was expected to be a close battle in a narrow cavern, none of his men carried the kind of three-meter-long spears and powerful heavy crossbows. The longest weapon in the team is now the one-and-a-half-meter Fighting Sword, and the only ranged weapon is the lightweight hand crossbow.

But who would have thought that after passing through a large number of narrow caverns, they would enter such a tall and wide underground cavern? The cave was wider than they had imagined, and a paved path alone was enough for ten people to walk side by side, not to mention the stalagmite forest with no edge on the side of the road.

He knew that there was such a wide area underground, and he said that he would let half of the people come down with standard equipment.

It's not that the sword and crossbow are not easy to use, but they can't effectively keep the enemy out of a certain distance when facing a large number of poorly trained enemies, and he doesn't have many people in his hands, so he can easily be overwhelmed by a large group of enemies when he gets into a melee.

There was no way for him, so he could only simplify because of his ugliness, and arranged a group of soldiers with the best martial arts in the first platoon that should have arranged spearmen. The soldiers all wield a short sword and a shield, and their mission was to maintain the formation of the first platoon and defend themselves. The task of killing the enemy is done by the soldiers of the second and third platoons. Both rows of soldiers use fighting swords, and are only responsible for slashing enemies close to the first row to death from the gap between the soldiers in the first row. Two rows of soldiers will take turns to step forward to save energy.

The last two rows of soldiers are armed with crossbows, and these ranged strikes will deal the first wave of damage to enemies as they get closer.

Gronny looked at the formation organized by Brask and couldn't help but nod secretly in his heart. The 30,000 city guards really lived up to the name of well-trained elites. Even a squad leader commanding twenty people can organize the team in a matter of minutes, and arrange the most effective formation to face the upcoming battle with incomplete equipment.

Gronny remembered a popular saying in Coronia that every soldier in the city guard could be a hundred commanders, and each squad leader could command a thousand. Each hundred-man commander is the commander of the legion.

Seeing the quality of the officers and soldiers of the city guard today, Gronny felt that this statement must have some truth. When you consider the seven-year service period of the average soldier of the City Guard, it is not too surprising that this kind of high-quality officer ability training is not too surprising.

Advancing about two kilometers further, Brask ordered his troops to halt their advance and rest in place. He took off the water bag he was carrying and let each soldier take a sip of the liquid. The water bag is not ordinary water, but a marching wine produced by the Alchemist's Guild. The wine has a sweet taste, a lot of sugar in it, and most importantly, a certain amount of earth lizard blood in the wine, which, after being magically processed, allows the soldiers to not feel tired and hungry for a certain period of time. In the previous period, Brask had not allowed the soldiers to drink marching wine. Until now, he thought that the soldiers might be outnumbered and fighting until they were weakened. At this point, a sip of marching wine will be a decisive advantage.

The hydration bag returned to Brask's hands after a turn in the hands of the soldiers. He shook the water bag, feeling that there was only a small half of the wine left in it, and he couldn't help but shout angrily at the soldiers who were already sitting on the ground resting: "Which bastard drank too much? I don't know if I should only take one sip!"

You must know that this water bag is full of five liters of marching wine. According to the regulations, this is a squad that is used five times.

Brask's shouting only drew a burst of laughter from the soldiers. Almost every soldier took the opportunity to take two or three sips after taking the water bag. That's why the squad leader was responsible for carrying the marching wine - it was so delicious.

Almost all the officers and men of the city guard became wine lovers because of the reason for the march wine, and on the days when there was no march wine, they had to pass the time with other kinds of wine. The city guards have asked the Alchemist Guild several times to adjust the taste of the marching wine to make it a little unpalatable. But every time the Alchemist's Guild sent the marching wine to the city guards, it still tasted old. According to alchemists, this kind of wine can only be made with this taste, and if it is distorted, it will lose its effect. This made the royal family wonder if the Alchemists' Guild had a plot to turn all the city guards into drunkards.

Blask, who was snorting, looked at his subordinates who were laughing loudly in front of him, and suddenly his heart moved. He lifted the water bag and poured several mouthfuls of his own mouthful, causing the subordinates next to him to complain.

"Captain. You can't steal from yourself!"

"Since you have drunk it, drink it all. Brask wiped the corners of his mouth with pleasure, threw the water bag to the nearest subordinate, and shouted viciously, "Drink this bag of wine and kill those cultists for me." If someone can't help just drinking, then don't think about drinking from me next time. ”

"Long live the captain!"

The soldiers cheered, and soon drank a bag of wine clean. While the wine was dry, morale was also extremely high.

At this time, even if you ask them to attack that rock elemental, they will bravely rush forward!

"My boys, let's sing. ”

Brask knew that morale could only be boosted, and immediately asked the soldiers to start singing.

He took the lead and sang the old military song of the city guards - "Glorious Journey".

"Glorious legions, invincible warriors, fighting in the heart of the kingdom. ”

"A long journey, a hard battle, we have made up our minds. ”

"If you want to make meritorious deeds for the kingdom, and wield your sword, you will win the first merit. ”

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This "Glorious Journey" is to commend the predecessor of the city guard, the royal guard, in the dark age of Coronia, in a major invasion of Colombo jointly initiated by a number of warlords, bravely marched forward, defeated the enemy army, and pursued thousands of miles, completely eliminating those warlords, and was composed by a group of musicians organized by the then Marquis of Coronia (the title of the Coron family in the mother plane is duke, of course, in Coronia is only a marquis).

After the Praetorian Guard was reorganized into the City Guard, in order to commemorate the past achievements, this song was designated as the City Guard Military Song.

Every City Guard soldier has to learn to sing this song on the first day after joining the City Guard.

Now, the soldiers began to sing loudly in the dark caverns. With the singing, the Brask regrouped. Although it was only a small army of twenty people, in the eyes of Gronny on the side, this small army already had a little momentum of a tiger descending the mountain.

In the darkness, a pair of alert eyes were always on the small team of Brask and Gronny.

Sonia looked at the team in front of her and felt that something was not quite right.

At the beginning, the team pauses because they have discovered their own light source, and Sonia feels that something is wrong.

The reinforcements of this Green Cross cult should know that the prison of the deep valley has been breached by outsiders. Then on the way to the deep valley prison, encountering an unknown light, the team will immediately think that this is the enemy's scout, and then they should speed up the march and not give the enemy more time to react.

But that's not how the team in front of you behaves. They paused in place. I don't seem to know how to deal with the sudden bright light. Although the pause is short, a pause is a pause. Especially when the lights came on and gathered together, it showed a cautious defensive mentality.

This should not be the behavior of a confident counterattack force.

Then, the team slowly advanced for some distance, and then stopped where it was. This time it was closer, and Sonia could even hear faint laughter. She also noticed that there was a heavy footstep in the ranks, which was most likely a golem.

There are golems, still laughing. This team is very confident and rampant!But what is the matter with the slow progress of the first group! Sonia is a little confused.

This pause was long, and soon after, a faint singing voice reached Sonya's ears.

The behavior of the opposing team seemed to Sonia to be very abnormal. Could this be a ritual of the Green Cross cult? Singing before the fight begins?" "What the hell!" the corners of Sonya's eyes twitched unconsciously. "If you want to fight, hurry up and die!"

She hid herself deeper in the shadows of the stalagmites on the side of the road, intending to get a closer look at the group.

The opposing team soon began to move forward again. This time, they moved faster than they had before the pause. What's even more surprising is that they are still moving forward while singing.

As the distance between the team and Sonia narrowed, the singing that reached Sonya's ears became clearer and clearer. The girl listened to the song dumbfounded, and muttered, "What the hell!"

Although Sonia grew up in a wasteland, she had never heard the city guard's military song "Glorious Journey". But she still understands the lyrics. The song is full of the passion of battle and the singing of its own honor. How could this be the song of the Green Cross cultists! This should be a military song!

Sonya, with a look of surprise on her face, unconsciously relaxed the three feather arrows that were fastened to the bowstring. She felt that she was most likely not confronted by the cultists.

Just as Sonia was drawn to the song and relaxed her secrecy, a dark shadow silently touched behind her. The shadow held a long dagger in his hand and was slowly approaching Sonya's neck.