The county town of Sadland, the barracks south of the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

José looked at the nearly 100 soldiers of the new army of Sadland in front of him, and said in a deep voice with a serious face: "I think, I'm afraid you don't know why I summoned you here, right?"

But I think you all know that just three days ago, the county town of Sadland was besieged by more than 20,000 men led by the Northwest Army. I'm stuck in the city with you and the more than 100,000 civilians and soldiers in the city of Sadland, and while I don't know what the damn Northwest Army is up to, there's no doubt that I think war has come!"

Jose glanced at every soldier present with a burning eye, and then said with some solemnity: "Gould has been stationed outside the city with reinforcements for two days, but it is difficult to enter the city through the encirclement of the Northwest Army. In two days, hundreds of soldiers have been killed in the reinforcements, and they are all soldiers of the county of Sadland just like you! As your lord, as the garrison governor of the county of Sadland, I think I must punish these men and people who killed me!

Therefore, I have mobilized you here, not for anything else, but for the counterattack of the Northwest Army!"

When these New Army soldiers heard Jose say this, their faces were full of excitement and there was no fear at all, and this reaction made Jose very satisfied. But then, a young officer at the front asked Jose with a solemn face: "Honorable Viscount, but we only have about a hundred people, how can we fight against the more than 20,000 Northwest Army outside the city?"

As soon as this guy's question came out, the originally noisy crowd couldn't help but hesitate, although many people didn't say it, but they couldn't help muttering in their hearts: Yes, although we are not afraid of fighting, but if we take the hundred or so people in front of us to fight against more than 20,000 Northwest Army, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out in one face!

There was no expression on Jose's face, he just squinted at the guy who asked the question, and then said lightly: "Very good question! It's normal for you to have such doubts, let me guess, you must think that your total number is only more than a hundred people, and it is not an elite army, just a small team that I temporarily pulled up a few days ago." So you think that you people are going to war without worrying about your life, right?"

The young soldier's face turned a little red when he was asked by Joseph, as if he didn't know how to answer the county guard's question. In fact, it is normal for these soldiers of the new army to have worries in their hearts, although their morale is good, but after all, the number is too small, and they are not elite troops, and if they are taken out to fight hard with the Northwest Army, they can only be sent to death.

What's more, these people were carefully selected by Jose from the five thousand garrisons, but what is surprising is that the criteria for this selection are not powerful, or superior in martial arts, but look a little strange: according to Joseph's criteria, the hundred or so people in front of him are all "carefully" selected according to the criteria of lean body, strong balance, no fear of heights, good eyesight, etc.

What makes them even more strange is that after José selected them, he didn't go through any strict military training or other selections, but let them participate in his own magic experiments?!

Because the viscount still seemed to be a formidable magician, the men quickly understood their mission—something akin to an experimental guinea pig. Although it is rumored that the magicians are all strange and gloomy by nature, and even some frightening images, what reassures these new troops is that this viscount did not drag them into any terrible magic experiments.

In the past few days, the most these guys have done is to take a ride on a kind of "magic prop" invented by Lord Viscount! This kind of thing that looks somewhat similar to a balloon, Lord Ah Fei called it a "hot air balloon", although no one understands the principle of this kind of thing, but each of them has witnessed the magic of this strange "magic prop" - this thing that looks like there is a thick flame underneath can actually fly!

Goddess above, almost everyone was stunned since these guys saw the first hot air balloon in José's experiment a few days ago! Although this kind of thing only rose five or six meters above the ground at that time, it was enough to shock everyone, this kind of magic prop was obviously something that these civilian-born soldiers had never seen before!

Then the viscount smiled strangely, and said to the new soldiers: "Isn't it fun, gentlemen, don't be surprised, you'll all go up and try it out soon!"

The Viscount did what he said, and that afternoon, he had each of these fellows sit in a rattan basket in a hot air balloon and experience the sensation of taking off into the air. As amazing as it may seem, not many of these recruits would actually have the guts to try such a thing. Only a few daring fellows took the lead and went up to experience it. Under the operation of these viscounts, they watched this small hot air balloon with flames soar into the air, and these new troops almost admired this viscount in their hearts!

Of course, most of the soldiers did not dare to rush up to experience it, and they always had the feeling that this big creature with thick flames would probably burn up at any moment and throw himself out of the sky!

Everyone's reaction was different, some were scared at first, then calmed down a lot, and José himself was on the side. Two soldiers each, plus the driver Jose, more than a hundred people tried it, and it took most of the day, and dozens of crockpots were used for fuel alone. And according to their performance, José quickly eliminated a dozen guys who were too timid, and the rest were gathered by him.

In the next few days, this small contingent was basically out of the control of the army, and they were directly incorporated into his private army by Joseph, and they were given a strange nickname -- "The First Battalion of the Sadland Air Force"! Although there were only about 100 people in this contingent, less than one-fifth of a regular infantry battalion, and there was also a strange "air force" single number, which made people even more confused.

José didn't explain much about the confusion of these fellows, he just looked at them strangely, and then seemed to be very happy and proud, and shouted at them:

"Gentlemen, remember this special moment today, you will be the first air force in the history of the Ceylon continent! This glory will resound throughout the entire Ceylon continent along with your future achievements!"