Chapter 378: Edwalker

"Good morning, sir. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info" Several patrolling soldiers greeted Edwalker, who nodded at them and turned to the stairs leading up the rooftop.

This is the city of Pietro, where a Count named Pydro built a fortress to resist the raids of the Barbarian tribes, hoping to block the Barbarian Cavalry from entering Winston Province through this gap in the Pispel River. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, this fortress has been destroyed and built, built and destroyed, and there are still many sword marks and axe marks on the huge moss-covered stone steps, and some rock cornerstones have been stained with rust by the blood of the past, as if telling the cruel offensive and defensive battles of the past......

It wasn't until the establishment of the Krisson Empire and the establishment of Makinohara Province from the grass barbarian tribes of the Northeast Prairie that the Fortress of Pietro finally settled down and became a fortress between Winston Province and Makinohara Province. As Windbri City became the largest livestock trading center in the Northeast, the Pedro Fortress checkpoint gradually became a necessary transportation route for herdsmen in Makinohara Province to go to Windbri City, and the herdsmen who drove their livestock stopped here, so many merchants took a fancy to the location of this place and opened a trading point in Pietro City, so Pietro City slowly developed into a fortress city.

The competition for the throne of the Three Kings and the seven-year civil war of the Empire did not affect the peace of Pietro, but the abandonment of the livestock trading market in Windbri City due to the war dealt a fatal blow to Pietro City, and there were no more herders who drove cattle and sheep to Windbri City to trade. When the second prince established the Iberian kingdom, the crushing taxes on the city of Pydro accelerated the loss of merchants and residents. Especially in order to go to the Duchy of Meleain, His Royal Highness also transferred the last garrison of Pydro, almost abandoning Pydro.

Soon the city of Pietro became a haven for deserters, bandits, and robbers, a haven of lawlessness. Then, because of the horse bandits' captivity and plundering of the herdsmen of Makinohara Province, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun dispatched his family to exterminate the horse bandits and brought the city of Pietro under his jurisdiction. Compared with the incompetent and ignorant second prince, the Grand Duke of Fisabrun took the city of Pietro very seriously, and he regarded the city as a strategic place to suppress the second prince and take over the royal city of Windbri, and specially ordered his eldest disciple, Viscount Christopher, to lead two border ranger regiments to garrison here.

Later, the Kenmath family built a chain bridge connecting the Northland and the Makinohara Province in the eastern part of the Northland, so the Kenmath family territory in the eastern part of the Northland to the Makinohara Province, and then to the Eastern Wilderness Province or Winston Province became two trade routes, and all kinds of goods produced by the Norton family in the Northland passed through these two trade routes through the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce presided over by the Earl of Kenmath (who was still the Earl at that time) to reach the Fisabrun family territory and the royal city of Windbri, which was very popular. Pedro City also benefited from being a resting stop for caravans on their way to the city of Windbrie, and finally regained some of its former bustle.

But later, in order to retaliate against the second prince, the Norton family sent the great sword master of Calynan to assassinate the head of the family, Lorlist, and sent troops to the royal city of Windbrie and captured the second prince. Viscount Christopher, who was stationed in the city of Pydero, led two border ranger regiments to fight the Norton army, but was defeated and captured. Although the Grand Duke of Fisabrun eliminated the hostility between the two families through friendly means such as customizing armaments, and ransomed Viscount Christopher and other captured soldiers of the Frontier Ranger Regiment from the Norton family, he also began to be afraid of the four allied Northlanders.

It's just that the Grand Duke of Fisabrun didn't expect the attack from the four alliances of the Northland to be so sudden and violent, as a corps of the Fourth Frontier Ranger Corps, the city of Pietro was only held out for one night under a surprise attack by the Flying Tiger Legion led by the Tiger Ross, and then fell, as the Fourth Frontier Ranger Regiment was beaten by the Norton family's huntsman legion and could only retreat to the east bank of the Sochus River, the city of Pietro has begun to be rebuilt into a castle fortress with a tight defense system.

As the commander of the 23rd Battalion of the Guards, Edwalker was in a very anxious mood at this time, three days ago Pedro City contained dozens of routs from the Huntsman Legion, they brought a very shocking news to Edward, the Huntsman Legion was defeated, those routs said incoherently that the whole world was full of barbarian cavalry, they fought with these enemies all night, and finally separated from the large army, so they had to run to Pedro City. I remember that the last order I received was to break through, and to stand out was to win......

The most painful thing is that the 23rd Guards Battalion is not equipped with a letter eagle, so there is no way to pass on this news. After all, the cultivation of these letter eagles is also very difficult, basically taking care of the main field army and the sea corps, a guard corps, five corps, twenty-five guard battalions are also assigned to each corps two ends to facilitate communication and communication, and the guards battalion and the corps still rely on messengers and heralds.

Although it had been nearly six months since the capture of the city of Pietro, it was now only garrisoned by 3,000 soldiers of the 23rd Battalion of the Guards, and more than 10,000 skilled laborers were still working on the castle fortress. In six months, only more than half of the scheduled work was completed, and the only thing that pleased Edward was that the completed half of the work was for Makinohara. In other words, when the barbarian cavalry attacked in a big way, the soldiers of the 23rd Guards Battalion still had perfect defensive facilities to rely on.

After receiving the news of the defeat of the Chasseur Legion reported by the rout, Edwalker immediately sent someone to the King of Windbrie to deliver a message and ask for help, he had a strong premonition that the Fisabrun family forces and the barbarian cavalry would soon come to attack the city of Pietro, thinking of the barbarian cavalry that those rout soldiers said could not see the edge at a glance, he didn't think that the three thousand guards under his command alone could hold the city of Pietro, there must be reinforcements!

But the messenger who returned the next day brought him bad news, the commander of the legion, Baron Fareia, was not in the royal city of Windbri, and the only people in the royal city were Baron Camorra and the acting lord appointed by Lorliste, the Viscount Edith, who had defected to the family before the war. After receiving the news from Edwalker, Baron Camorra instructed that the city of Pydros should be defended no matter what, but the city of Windbrie was also garrisoned by only one 21st Battalion of the Guards, and the commander of the corps, Baron Farea, was not there, and they could not transfer troops......

However, Baron Camorra and Viscount Edith gave Edwalker two hopes, and Baron Camorra promised to order reinforcements from the city of Pedro as soon as his five garrison battalions of supplies returned. The acting city lord Viscount Edith, who could be assigned to the 21st Battalion of the Guards to guard the royal city to maintain law and order in the city, decided to immediately gather the private soldiers and family arms of the nobles of the traditional territories of Winston Province to rush to the aid of Pedro City, but it will take time, and it is estimated that Edward Walker will have to hold on to Pedro City for five or six days before the reinforcements arrive.

Baron Camorra finally gave Edwalker an idea, organize and arm the more than 10,000 elite laborers, and now he can't care about Edward, the commander of the guard battalion, has no power to recruit soldiers, as long as he can hold the city of Pedro, what consequences Baron Camorra is willing to bear. To know whether Pietro City can hold on to it is related to whether the family strategy can be completed, which is the most important key.

Without hesitation, Edwalker took Baron Camorra's suggestion and forcibly conscripted more than 10,000 able-bodied laborers as reserve soldiers, and in the face of some laborers who did not want to become soldiers, Edwalker told them that the Grand Duke of Fisabrun had brought not only his family's armed forces with him, but also countless barbarian cavalry. Moreover, it is said that the Grand Duke of Fisabrun promised these barbarian cavalry that after breaking the city, they could plunder on a large scale, and that everything they had looted would be their own.

That's it, do you think about whether you want to become a slave of the barbarians or rise up to resist and protect your family in Winston Province from falling into the hands of the barbarian cavalry? You must know that being taken captive by the barbarians and becoming their slaves is simply worse than death, and the experience of countless freed slaves over the past hundred years has shown this very well. If you die as a soldier of our Norton family, you don't have to worry about your family's livelihood not being guaranteed, and all the soldiers who died will receive a generous monthly bereavement pension, which is enough for your family to live a happy and healthy life.

If you don't die on the battlefield, you will also receive a great reward after victory, whether you choose to retire from the army or continue to serve as a soldier, you are free to choose. The Norton family never disgraces those who work for the family, and even if you are discharged, the workshops in the family domain will give you priority in recruiting you, whether it is the distribution of land or housing. So think about it, although you are going to the battlefield and face a life-and-death fight, this is also an opportunity for you, and it depends on whether you can go to the game. Ed Walker said.

All the strong laborers obeyed Edward's call, this is a troubled time, Edwalker is right, this is also an opportunity to control his own destiny, become a soldier of the Norton family, at least his family will get a good life, it is better than being captured by the barbarian cavalry and finally forced to become cannon fodder for the siege of the city. If you win and you don't die, then a bright future is not delusional, and almost all the able-bodied laborers think so.

With an extra team of 10,000 people on hand, Edwalker finally breathed a sigh of relief. It's just that what makes him strange is that it has been three days, and the expected Fisabrun family armed forces and barbarian cavalry have not been seen for a long time. This allowed Edwalker to buy three crucial days, and let the more than 10,000 newly established family reserve soldiers dig countless horse traps and more than a dozen trenches of different depths in front of the city of Pedro day and night, as an obstacle to the rapid attack of the barbarian cavalry.

"It would be nice if the Flying Tiger Legion's logistics baggage battalion, scout battalion and women's battalion were still stationed here, then I would have a bottom in my heart, at least someone who is bigger than me and has a black cauld......ron," Edwok thought to himself as he leaned against the wall on the rooftop. It's a pity that three months ago, this Flying Tiger Regiment was transferred to the front line of the Southern Province. Because the Flying Tiger Legion made great contributions in the field during the second offensive and defensive battle in the southern provinces, its own casualties were also very heavy, and this logistics corps needed to be replenished and cared for.

At that time, the cavalry hunting regiment was still galloping across the Makinoha Province, and it was majestic. Although the city of Pydro is a strategic location, a fortress city on the border between the two provinces, it has always been stable and peaceful. No one expected that only three months had passed, and the Hunter Legion had planted a big heel in Makinohara Province, so that Pietro City was about to usher in a brutal offensive and defensive battle......

"Time flies, it's been more than ten years...... Edward Nannan muttered to himself, looking at the large area of land that had been excavated and messed up under the slopes of Pedro City, but he felt a little uneasy about how to defend Pedro City.

This was the first time Edwalker faced a real big battle, and the first time he was responsible for directing the 23rd Guards Battalion in a real defensive battle, which was not a daily training or exercise, but a real defensive operation.

Edwalker still remembers meeting Lorist for the first time more than a decade ago. At that time, he was only a small carpenter on the family castle estate, and his responsibility was to sawn wood, collect wood chips, and give them to his mother, the kitchen supervisor, who soaked the wood chips into flour and baked them into unpalatable brown bread, which was distributed to the handymen and servants on the castle estate. I remember asking my mother why the toast was mixed with these sawdust, and she replied to him: "It's a family tradition." ”

At that time, the family was in the most difficult period, the eldest young master died on the battlefield early, the third young master also died, and the old man went out with illness and hung up. Although the old man is Edward's biological father, he did not feel sad about Edwalker's death, but his mother cried very sadly. Immediately afterwards, there was news of the Kenmax family next to the territory, and Kenmeth, who was still a viscount at that time, led his family's private soldiers to besiege the family castle manor for nearly three months, and finally retired from the army.

At that time, the people in the family castle manor were panicked, and there was no one in charge, and it was all up to the old chief officer Kress to support the family with his sick body. I remember that at that time, Miss Baisha still wanted to push the posthumous son left by the eldest young master to the position of the head of the family, but she was unanimously opposed. And the mother of Morosinger and Willy Gesang, who are also the illegitimate sons of the old man, jumped out and said that the relationship between the two of them is closer to each other, they are both the blood of the master, and they can of course inherit the position of the head of the family.

At that time, his mother was not willing to be lonely, saying that she was also qualified to inherit. Lovely Dwalker knew very well in his heart that he was just the result of the old man's drunken rise to vent on his mother, who was still young at that time and was the master's personal maid, but which of the seven or eight personal maids beside the master had never slept with the master, and the mother was appointed as the kitchen supervisor after giving birth to herself with a big belly to compensate. However, his mother seemed to love his lord very much, so he did not marry again, unlike Morosinger and Wili Kelsang's mother and other maids, who later married the servants of the castle manor.

It was at that time that Lorist came, although he had been exiled by the family, but now he came back to inherit the family domain and title no one had any objections, remember the first day he took over the power of the family, Lorist taught the grumpy Miss Baisha a hard lesson, and then asked himself what he saws wood for every day? When he told him the reason and explained that this was a family tradition, he listened to Lorlist's arrogant words, such a family tradition should not be necessary. Then Edwalker found out that he was unemployed, and he asked Lorist what he should do, and Lorist looked at him and said to go to the family arm, serve the family, and live up to his Norton blood......

In the past ten years, the Norton family has simply soared, thinking about the initial predicament to the current development, Ed Walker is very glad that it is Lorist who has returned to be the master, and he has grown from a kid who doesn't know anything to a silver two-star family knight, and has the great surname Norton in front of his name. Today, Morosinger and Willy Kelsang are the commanders of the garrison in the distant Haneyabada Islands, and they themselves are the commanders of the 23rd Guards Battalion.

Maybe he can't pass this level, Edwalker looked at the angry bear flag flying over Pedro City, and his eyes began to firm again, I am a descendant of the Norton family, I swear to live up to the honor of the great surname Norton, as long as I am still standing here, Pedro City will not fall!

In the distance, a wisp of black smoke rose straight into the sky from a hill in the Mispel River, which was the alarm wolf smoke lit by the scouts sent out by the Guards Battalion, which indicated that the enemy was coming!

"Blow the trumpet, ring the bell, all beware, the enemy is coming!" shouted Edward.

...... (To be continued.) )