Chapter 4: The Villain Who Appears

The British army was stationed in a mountain range, hiding a large army with the help of dense trees. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

British soldiers cut down the nearby forest, improvised a fragile wall, and then set up camp directly inside the wall. Although this method was very simple and efficient, it was not divided in any detail, and the Britons simply copied what the Romans did without thinking deeply about why they did it.

The interior of the camp was scattered, and the dirt roads were covered with horse manure.

In addition to the smell of horse manure, there is also the smell of human body odor that spreads in the air.

The camp is divided into four areas: southeast, northwest, southeast and southeast, where soldiers live, and west is a natural grassland for grazing war horses. To the north was the quarters of the nobles and knights.

In the area where the soldiers live, it's hard to see any basic defenses.

The white tents that sit on the mud ground are not exquisite, but only serve as basic shelter from the wind and rain. The soldiers of Great Britain lay lazily in the camp facing the sky in the sun, smiling and enjoying the quiet moment.

The soldiers placed their swords, shields, and guns in front of the tent at random, and from their relaxed expressions, it was not at all obvious that they were going to participate in a battle, but more like a group of young people roaming.

After all, two weeks ago, these so-called soldiers were ordinary farmers. Slightly better are the craftsmen who know a little bit of their craft, and they can also buy some weapons and leather armor for themselves.

But most of the British soldiers were ordinary peasants, and they were almost indistinguishable from going into battle naked, except for the strength they could show off.

The members of this army lacked tactics, training, discipline and, not to mention, morale. When fighting on the battlefield, most of them relied on the elite cavalry of Great Britain, as well as those knights with high martial arts, to play a role in determining the outcome of the battle.

Infantry is a branch of the army that has been eliminated in this era. For no infantry regiment can be compared to the charging knights, especially those who are heavily armored and have a glorious spear head. Their destructive power is like a flood that bursts its banks, and the mountains and rivers that crumble are enough to destroy the world under the roaring iron hooves.

In this era, cavalry and knights were so admired that the Kingdom of Great Britain, which was already small in number, went on the route of elite soldiers without looking back.

It is common knowledge of the aristocracy and the kingdom to be willing to exchange ten infantry, twenty infantry, or even a hundred infantry for a heavy cavalry in full armor.

However, soon this common sense will be broken. In front of that man, the glorious knightly era will quickly melt and retreat like snow under the scorching sun. Infantry phalanxes and ranged units will be raised to become the three basic arms of the army, alongside cavalry.

The knights generally lived in the interior of the barracks with their lords, and they had enough servants to set up comfortable tents for themselves, and they were provided with hot water to wash their bodies every day. In particular, knights and lords with a peculiar habit of cleanliness could barely bear to go a day without a shower and fall asleep under the foul smell of the air.

In cases where water resources are not particularly important, waste is almost predictable. But thankfully, at least these noble knights knew how to do it in moderation and didn't dare to do something too much under King Arthur's nose.

But there are still some old aristocrats who don't take the new King Arthur seriously.

In the eyes of the old aristocracy, King Arthur was a barbarian who had neither aristocratic blood nor any formal aristocratic education. He was able to become the king of Great Britain mainly because of his charisma, which resonated with all the knights and allegiance, and was supported by a scheming fox (Merlin) behind him.

The old nobles knew Merlin's terrible nature, and did not dare to provoke him easily. However, once they left the royal capital and let the young young king go to the battlefield, the old nobles' reverence for the king became lower and lower day by day.

For example, just today, some nobles who couldn't bear it finally couldn't help but take action.

"Ahh Hah... Yes... My lord, ah......hhhh

"......Shut up! Whew, get me moving......!"

There was a blushing and heart-pounding sound coming from a red tent, mixed with men's low roars and strange ****.

The barracks are important military places. In such an extremely important camp, prostitutes are recruited and prostituted during the day. This despicable scene made many knights who passed by and heard the wind have humiliating anger on their faces, but they have no choice but to leave quickly with their heads down.

The departing young knights wore royal cloaks and emblazoned with the emblems of King Arthur's royal guards on their chests.

They are King Arthur's Praetorian Guard, as well as a violent group dedicated to King Arthur and the Twelve Knights of the Round Table. They are young and vibrant, full of yearning for the future, and almost obsessively trust in the king.

But now they could only bow their heads with shame and anger on their faces, and watch as the owner of the big red tent did such a ridiculous thing less than ten meters from the king's tent. There was indescribable bitterness and unwillingness in their hearts, but more anger at the desecration of the king's dignity.

The spirit of knightly glory in their hearts prompted the young knights to draw their swords and rush into the red tent. Punish the damned son of the Grand Duke with military justice on the spot!, however, reason told them that they could not do so, because their status was too lowly, and they were not at all of the same world level as the big man in the red tent.

Because the big guy in the red tent, his name is Curris Howard.

His father was the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the Kingdom, Grand Duke Buckle Lent Howard of Gowisson.

It is rumored that Buckle Lent Howard was also a pawn left in Great Britain by the Roman Empire, and it was because of his existence that Great Britain was able to obtain the right to maritime trade from the Euro continent, and Howard also sat on the throne of the kingdom's chancellor by virtue of this right.

Almost all the expenses of the British army were in Howard's hands. As the eldest son of the Grand Duke who only made this trip to brush up on his merits and to facilitate the future succession of his rights and the Grand Dukeship, Curris Howard naturally has a very special status.

So although Curris Howard has had a lot of strange behaviors since the march, they have been hidden by the people around him, intentionally or unintentionally. But after all, it still couldn't be hidden from King Arthur's ears and eyes, and some rumors still reached King Arthur. But although he knew what the son of the Grand Duke was, it was for the sake of victory and unity within the kingdom......

King Arthur could only stand by and watch, angry in his heart, but he could only endure until the end of the war.