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The latest chapter of the Crusade of Saints...

When the first rays of dawn break through the sky, the morning twilight slowly recedes under the light of gradual recovery. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The earth is waking up, the town is rejuvenating, the shops are opening their doors, and the housewives are pushing open their windows, letting the cold, fresh air of the morning wash away the air that has been dull for three nights.

Because of the festival, Nolan Jire has not had many guests recently, so Cynthia rarely got up early in the morning, washed up a little, removed the barricade, and opened the wooden bar.

Facing the cool air blowing in her face, the lady who could no longer be said to be a girl, but still had an excellent demeanor, stretched her waist vigorously and let out a cheerful shout: "Very good! Today is also a good weather!"

Humming softly, Cynthia walked back into the house, only to see the mute fellow coming down from the attic. Cynthia greeted the recently recently moved in, "Good morning, Potts. ”

To Cynthia's Daoan, the mute man with only one eye just nodded silently.

I don't know if it's because of the ease of work recently, this guy that Cynthia picked up with her hands slept a lot more peacefully. Without the ghost crying wolf howl day and night before, Cynthia also looked at him a lot more pleasantly, at least not as angry as before.

"Women, for the sake of your skin, can't you be angry...... Get enough sleep and be in a good mood. Cynthia muttered to herself in her heart, covered her face and sent a nymphomaniac in the direction of the Duke's Palace, and then hummed a song to the back kitchen to cook.

For Cynthia. Nolan Lady is her home. Although when it is busy, I will hire some cooks to entertain and help. But before she picked up Potts, she was the only one living in the bar.

"Today is the Mulin Festival, let's make something delicious, and I'll go to the street in a while, and I'll be hungry again by noon if I don't eat enough. Cynthia was busy in the kitchen, talking to herself, but Lamberts knew very well what Miss Cynthia was saying. In fact, it was all for him.

Glancing at Cynthia with a complicated look, Lamberts walked around to the door to look, and for some reason, all the watchers he could detect had suddenly withdrawn, starting on the eve of the three-day Mulin Festival. But he didn't dare to take it lightly - if it weren't for Wenceru's reminder, he would not have realized that there was a truth such as the Black Knight around him.

Let's be honest. Wenceru's words made his heart gloomy, but he didn't intend to believe that Duke Katerina Silanf, the lord of Wenceru, was a political enemy of the church with his father, Bishop Leobert, and he didn't believe that the woman had given him the money and told him about Cynthia's background out of sheer kindness.

"Hmm, Potts, what are you looking at?" Cynthia's inquiry came from inside the room, and Lamberts turned back calmly and shook his head nonchalantly.

"Nothing, then, let's eat. Cheese ham poached eggs, milk butter wine, today's breakfast is as rich as a festival~" Like singing, Cynthia sang the words in a beautiful voice, and it can be seen that her mood today is a little too good to be outrageously.

looked at her charm and innocence. Lamberts sat down silently.

By now, he couldn't figure out why he was staying here. Caterina may have had bad intentions, but the gold that Wenceru had given him was a real deal, and he had been able to leave in a float at any time three days before, but he stayed. He didn't ask anything about Cynthia's relationship with his enemies. As for Cynthia's curiosity about Wenceru, he simply replied with a note, it was a wealthy merchant he met on the way to the merchant, who casually helped him carry the goods on the carriage that suddenly broke down, but he didn't expect the other party to come to the door to thank him.

Lamberts, who had devoted nearly thirty years of his life to the gods, once believed that he had found all the meaning of life by serving them. However, now, he suddenly realized that he could not understand what this mild, but slightly scalding thing that came out of his heart at this time, was like the milk soup in the spoon in his mouth, with a rich aroma and heat, soaking his heart and spleen.

This feeling is so different from his belief in the gods, but it is so similar, and it also has the same pure charm that makes him subconsciously give up all thinking, just simply guard for the sake of protection, and believe for the sake of faith.

Before the first wake-up call rang from outside the barracks, Emerson had been lying on the bed for a long time with his eyes open.

The excellent biological clock woke him up a few minutes before the horn sounded, but he remained in bed for fear of waking up the others in the barracks.

At the sound of the horn, he sat up almost instantly, and then he was stunned to see that Bernie, who had slept on his bed, had jumped down - his uniform was already fully dressed.

"I'll go, Bernie, didn't you take off your clothes when you slept?!" Karter, who was on the other side of the bed, called out the doubts in his heart for Emerson.

Bernie denied while searching for boots on the ground, "How could it be! I just hung my uniform on the bed last night, and then woke up ten minutes early and put it on in the bed." ”

"You're not afraid to make creases. Carthus said this, but in his heart he was already convinced - this kid is more positive than anyone else!

By the time Emerson and the others had put on their uniforms and had come out of the barracks with their freshly maintained Kurt muskets, Bernie had been standing on the playground for almost three minutes.

"What are you busy with! Why can't I see you all so active? Just today I have an egg! Put on my uniform! Tuck my shirt away! I have fixed my marching belt and water bottle! Check each other! I Todd, whether today is the first day of the Mulin Festival or what kind of festival, I only know that today is the day of the official military parade, and the queue that has been trained for so long is all for today! Don't give me the slightest sloppiness, and look at how I clean him up when I come back when I turn around and drop the chain at the critical moment!"

Emerson had just stood firm next to Bernie. I heard the loud voice of Squadron Leader Todd a few dozen meters away, he was the temporary captain of the mixed squadron that Emerson was in. At the same time, he is also the leader of the phalanx. It is said that he used to be a ruffian bandit, and after grinding for 6 years in the new model army, the bandit spirit in his bones has not been removed.

"Alright, Captain Todd. No sooner had Emerson thought of Levi than the voice of the short military military officer rang out. "Today is not more than usual, the time for the official military parade is much more than the usual training evening, everyone has plenty of time to check the instrument problem, as long as you pay attention not to forget to bring something, now you are more relaxed, turn back to the parade platform outside the city, a tension is a whole day. At that time, no matter how engrossed you are, give me 200 percent of the spirit! At the military parade, I can't help but the Grand Duke and other nobles and dignitaries will be present, and the guys from the Nanling Regiment will also come over, so I will cheer myself up, don't lose the people of the new model army in front of those soldiers!

"Understood!" Emerson and Bernie roared indiscriminately as they mingled in the phalanx.

However, they lowered their heads and discussed with the people nearby: "Those people from the South Ridge Army? Captain Li Wei is talking about those guys from the City Captain Army?"

"How could it be. Have you forgotten the Split-Tooth Dragon and the Earth-Walking Dragon that you saw when you were a child?and those unicorn knights?" Carter was the last person to see him, and he was different from Emerson and Bernie, Carter originally wanted to be a soldier, but unfortunately he didn't have much talent for swordsmanship, and he was brushed off in the first round of the trial organized by the Emperor. Later, he retreated to the second place and entered the new model army with lower selection requirements.

Because I like the military. Carter knew a lot about the Empire's military system and legion numbers, and in the face of the curious eyes of others, he said them all with some triumph: "In the nearly thirty years since Duke Ferdinand Ian became Grand Duke, the Imperial Army stationed in Southridge had as many as 200,000 at its peak. The sword and shield corps, the pikemen, and the archers of all kinds of warriors above the junior level alone are as many as 150,000. However, later due to the reason for the peace with the Nanling Kingdom, the regular army of up to 150,000 was reduced year by year, except for a few particularly famous such as Chixiao, the standing army except for the Blade Corps was reduced year by year, and was replaced by the self-raised troops of nobles at all levels, and the new model army. ”

"Speaking of which, the proposal to reduce the size of the standing army of Nanling was originally put forward by those Nanling nobles themselves. Carter suddenly sneered when he said this, "The Hundred Years War of Nanling has put all the Nanling army in the hands of the Grand Duke alone, so almost at the first opportunity, those Nanling nobles will pounce on them like evil ghosts and want to divide the military power." ”

"Don't talk about this nonsense, talk about the dragon knight. Seeing that Carter was about to open again, someone next to him suddenly pushed him impatiently.

"Tsk, if you don't figure this out, how do you understand the origin of our new model army and the Nanling Legion. Carter was still a little reluctant to give up, until the others were about to fight, and he hurriedly stopped selling it, "Okay, okay, okay!

"In addition to the 150,000 regular legions, the Nanling Emperor Regiment also has three Imperial Knights, each of which has 1,000 regular knights with knighthoods and 3,000 attendant knights. In addition to these 12,000 knights, there are also 5,000 members of the 'Sabre' light cavalry regiment, 3,000 members of the Imperial Mage Regiment, and 2,000 people of the Magic Engineer Division. In addition, the 6,000 hoplites of the Nanling Swordsman Corps and the 4,000 elite swordsmen of the elite swordsman brigade above the middle rank have a total of 32,000 people - about the same size as our new model army. ”

"That's not right, isn't it?" At this moment, someone next to him suddenly asked, "It's only 32,000 people, didn't you say there are 50,000?"

"Haven't I finished speaking...... Carter squinted at the other party, "The remaining 18,000 people, in addition to the baggage and civilian logistics personnel of some elite troops, there are also 3,000 Bauhinia, 1,000 white crows, and 100 black roses, which are 3,200 troops directly under the Grand Duke of Nanling." And plus half of White Rose's city captain army, that is, 3,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 or so, all of them are the private army of Nanling nobles like the Bauhinia and White Crow——"

"There are nearly 300 nobles in Nanling, large and small, and there are almost so many people from all over the family, and the children of the nobles who have brushed up on their qualifications plus their attendants, knights, and guards. ”

Carthus concludes in the end. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )