At dusk

The afterglow of the setting sun renders the clouds a fiery red on the horizon.

A large flock of black-billed blackfinches flew over the camp from the far horizon and threw themselves into the dense forest at the foot of the mountain, where a large nest was built.

The soldiers registered their fallen companions one by one, leaving only their nameplates and valuables, the corpses were wrapped in linen, smeared with oil, stacked in high stacks, surrounded by red pine branches, and a priest's robe, holding a book of prayers with some curled edges, stood in front of the pile and gently recited requiem poems.

Commander of the 57th Heavy Infantry Regiment Mondstadt. Goss himself lit the pine branches, smoke billowed and linen filled with fire oil was quickly ignited, and the fire soon spread to the entire corpse pile.

The wood crackled, and there was a sharp 'squeak' sound in the pile of corpses, which was the sound of the grease on the corpses being rapidly refined by high heat.

Ten night watchmen are to remain on guard until dawn to prevent the fire from spreading.

The four captains of the 57th Heavy Infantry Regiment stood in Mondstadt. Behind Captain Goss, he waited for the ceremony to end with a blank face before returning to the camp with his respective teams.

……

After each sweep of the battlefield, Baron Sidney, the captain of the Fourth Brigade, had a hint of pride on his face.

Even in the barracks, he paid attention to his appearance, always keeping his uniform ironed flat and clean, he wore a pair of polished long military boots, the scabbard on his belt was inlaid with three sapphires the size of fingernails, and near the chest of the military uniform hung two bronze medals of nobility.

Before returning to his tent, he had to make a round around the camp of the 4th Brigade, and the first thing he checked was the corral, where there were twelve thunder rhinos, which were not his personal property, but his brother-in-law, the commander of the 57th Heavy Infantry Regiment, Mondstadt. The private property of the head of the Goss regiment, these large land-borne beasts are mainly responsible for transporting valuable materials in the barracks.

These thunder rhino's favorite food is full of starch potato cakes, just mash the sweet potatoes, and then steam them in the basket drawer to cool, you will get a piece of ground potato cakes the size of a wheel, with the amount of rice of the thunder rhino, this kind of wheel-sized potato cakes, at least 50 pieces of a meal, fortunately, they are not always eating, only need to feed tapioca cakes twice a day in the morning and evening.

Baron Sidney would then go around the camp of the five squadrons below, check the setting up of the sentry posts at night, and would not return to his tent until it was completely dark.

But tonight he wanted to go back to the tent early, and the adjutant had secretly stepped forward an hour ago to tell him that the caravans following behind the 57th Heavy Infantry Regiment had sent representatives to wait outside his tent, and that although there was no abundant oil and water to clean up the battlefield this time, the harvest was still very good after all, and some black-striped demon skins could always be obtained from these demons, which were sought-after in the eyes of magic merchants.

Baron Sidney is well aware of this kind of battlefield cleaning, what can be taken (such as the small pieces of black demon skins on these demons), and what must not be taken (such as some valuables on the fallen soldiers and the standard weapons and equipment in the legion).

However, Baron Sidney was a little dissatisfied at the moment, and after he finished patrolling the sentry post, he was blocked by several soldiers, but he knew that Sam, the veteran who was standing at the front, was a squad leader of the fifth squadron.

For this veteran Sam, Baron Sidney's deepest impression is that this old Sam was a veteran when his father led this brigade, this guy himself is like an old loach that can't slip his hands, no matter how dangerous the battle situation, this guy has a way to survive, but an old ** like this, if you want them to be promoted, it is absolutely impossible.

At this moment, veterans Sam and Surdak stood in front of Baron Sidney with the rest of the ten soldiers of the second squad.

"What's the matter with the guys?" The Baron asked with a stinky face, and everyone could see the dissatisfaction on his face.

Veteran Sam wanted to back down a little, but at this time, Surdak beside him stepped forward first and reported to Captain Sidney: "Lord Baron Sidney, this is the situation......

At this time, Sam could only bite the bullet and stand by Surdak's side, waiting for Surdak to finish the matter.

Baron Sidney has three hundred warriors under his command, although he may not be able to call out the names of all these warriors, but he has a certain impression of each warrior, and the deepest impression of Surdak is that this young man has a very good peeling technique, and he is also a technical talent in the brigade.

It was for this reason that Baron Sidney had the patience to let Surdak finish his speech.

After listening to Surdak's account, Baron Sidney frowned and said very unpleasantly: "Why did this kind of thing come to me?" ”

Veteran Sam stole a glance at Surdak and had a kind of 'Look, what am I saying, you don't want to listen to me, if Lord Baron blames you, let's see how you end......

Surdak looked at Baron Sidney with a nervous look on his face.

Perhaps Baron Sidney was infected by Surdak's sincere gaze, or maybe Baron Sidney was anxious to get out, so he had to deal with this matter quickly, so he instructed Surdak: "You hand over 'him' to the logistics department to deal with, and we are not a field medical center." ”

Surdak replied honestly: "We went to the logistics department of the regiment, but the man did not have an identity plate, and could not prove that he was a soldier of our regiment or a friendly regiment, and the logistics department refused to accept it. ”

Baron Sidney, of course, knew that the divisions of the infantry regiment were bound to pass the buck to each other when nothing was good.

He lowered his head and thought seriously for a moment, and the adjutant behind him leaned into Baron Sidney's ear and whispered a few words.

Baron Sidney's eyes lit up, and he immediately said to Surdak: "That's it! Then ask him where he is, and throw it directly to the merchants outside the camp, who I think wouldn't mind bringing back a wounded soldier when they were transporting supplies to Green, but would require a gratuity from his family. ”

Thinking that the man was not a fool, but had not said a word since he woke up, Surdak explained to Baron Sidney: "Lord Sidney......"

These words probably burned out the last bit of patience on Baron Sidney's face, and the expression on his face became lighter and lighter, and he said a little carelessly: "That's it! Originally...... The barracks can't contain this kind of person who has no identity, but I can pretend that I don't know anything, since the top is so heavy, if I can't survive the ...... in the past few days, then I can find a random place to bury it in the woods outside the camp, and if he survives, as long as he can walk, let him get out of the way as soon as possible! Remember not to get me in trouble! ”

With that, he took the lieutenant and walked through between Surdak and Sam......

"Yes, Lord Baron." Surdak shuddered and hurriedly saluted.

……

He Boqiang lay in a tent filled with the smell of sweat and feet, and for the first time felt that he was a superfluous person.

After Surdak rescued him from the battlefield, he racked his brains to send him to various places with the ability to contain and treat him, such as the shelter of the logistics department of the infantry regiment, such as the caravans that followed behind the infantry regiment to make war money, but unfortunately they were unwilling to take in He Boqiang, who was seriously injured and could not move.

In the end, Surdak did not leave He Boqiang in the woods outside the camp and left him to fend for himself.

He persuaded the veteran Sam and everyone in the second squad, and after obtaining their consent, he carried He Boqiang into the tent in the camp and found a quiet corner, although there was no military doctor, and there was no ration of treatment potion dilution, so he could only bring back some cereal porridge in the canteen every day, and rudely poured it into He Boqiang's stomach like a cramming duck.

Although life was so difficult, He Boqiang found that his body was like a weed—his vitality was extremely tenacious.

In such adversity, the injuries on his body are actually getting better little by little.

He Boqiang has to accept the memory fragments flying in the void every day when he closes his eyes, and when he opens his eyes, he will see that in this world full of strangeness, a group of low-level soldiers are tenaciously alive, and he finally found that this is not a dream, he should have crossed over......