Chapter 60: The Hope of the Empire
Roddy nodded, he now knew when to speak and when to shut up. There are some things that can be understood in the heart, and there is no need to say them.
Several people came to the big tent, Luo Di looked at the dust in the corner of the big tent, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Commander Gordon, I really hope that His Majesty the Emperor will let me take two foreign royal guards to the northwest, instead of some 'Thor's whip'." Looking at this, if I take this kind of army, even if I bring 100,000, it is estimated that I will be sent to death. ”
Gordon sighed and said with a wry smile: "Young Master Seth, I am also from the Central Cavalry Regiment...... ...... year Alas, when the old duke was here, the Central Cavalry Corps was not like this, it was only a few years ......"
Luo Di thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "Commander Gordon, what should I do? Even if I want to straighten out, but I'm just a commander now, although I have the title of duke, but after all, I can't command the entire Central Cavalry Corps, and besides, His Majesty's order is for me to leave tomorrow, only one day, what should I do? Their combat effectiveness, you can imagine it at a glance......"
A smile appeared on the corner of Gordon's mouth, and he said slowly: "Young Master Seth, Your Majesty only ordered you to be the commander and let you take 20,000 people, but he didn't say which team you should bring." I was born here, and I still know a little bit about this place, and although many of my old companions are not here over the years, there are still one or two old friends who have stayed. I don't dare to say about other people's troops, but the teams trained by my two old friends will definitely not be far behind!"
Roddy nodded, throwing away a grateful look.
Suddenly a trumpet was heard outside, followed by a flurry of footsteps, and a pair of soldiers hurried into the tent, and then stood on two sides. The look on their faces was still a little flustered.
Soon after, the sound of leather boots trampling on the ground was heard outside, and then the curtain of the tent was opened, and several officers rushed in.
A middle-aged man at the head, wearing a silver uniform and smiling face, walked over to Roddy.
"Your Excellency must be the trusted Duke Tulip. I am the current commander of the Central Cavalry Regiment, Bayi!"
"Your Excellency, General!" Rody immediately bowed. Although he is now a duke, his military rank is only that of a commander, and he is still nominally a subordinate of the other party.
"Your Excellency doesn't need to be polite!" Bayi waved his hand haughtily: "When I heard that Duke Tulip was coming, I immediately rushed here." Then the general Bayi shouted: "Raise the account!"
The sound of drumming came from outside, and only the dense and dull sound of drums was heard, and the group of officers immediately stood in the big tent on either side.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Lord Tulip, the Gordon commander and trusted of the Royal Guard!" said Bayi, sitting in front of his throne.
"Lord Duke!" all the commanders stepped forward to salute. Roddy remained silent, just looking for who Gordon's "old friend" really was.
After everyone stood up again, Bayi said loudly: "Lord Duke, I haven't had such a big scene here, and today in order to welcome you, I have summoned all the commanders of the Central Cavalry Legion!"
"The general is too polite!" Luo Di smiled faintly, and then said: "I was ordered by Your Majesty to be the commander of the Central Cavalry Regiment, and Your Majesty asked me to take 20,000 people to the northwest tomorrow, and you already know about this matter." ”
Bayi nodded and said, "Yes, but I don't know which part of the Duke is going to take with me?"
Luo Di smiled slightly: "Well, Your Majesty didn't say this, I guess I let me choose it myself." After speaking, he deliberately swept his gaze slowly over all the commanders present.
The big tent was immediately silent, and the people who were swept by Roddy's gaze closed their mouths tightly and shrank their heads as much as they could.
Who doesn't know that the Northwest is at war? The Northwest Army is so powerful, isn't it still crushed by the iron cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom? God knows that on that day, that poor General Ruben is afraid that his head will be cut off by the scimitar of the cavalry of the Great Moon Kingdom. Now take 20,000 people to the northwest? Isn't that death?
Roddy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he saw a man in the uniform standing in the back row, with a resolute face, and he did not evade his gaze. That person was about forty years old, and his dark face obviously showed a lot of weather, and from the temperament, it was obvious that he must be a veteran soldier who had been on the battlefield for a long time.
Roddy didn't have time to play any tricks, he walked straight up to the Lord. Zhengse said: "May I ask who your Excellency is?"
"Wolf Tooth Battalion Commander Zig!" a majestic voice.
Roddy nodded, with a happy look on his face, and said loudly, "Commander Zige, would you like to go to the northwest with me?"
Zieg's face showed excitement, and his dark face turned red with excitement, and he said loudly: "I am willing to follow the battle flag of the tulip!!"
Luo Di breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then turned to Bayi and said loudly: "General Bayi, on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, I am now requisitioning the Wolf Tooth Battalion of the Central Cavalry Regiment to go to the northwest with me!" Luo Di was worried in his heart, he had already faintly seen that this Qige was probably the only truly capable soldier in the Central Cavalry Regiment, but he was afraid that Bayi would refuse to let go.
Who knew that that Bayi seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and immediately smiled on his face, and said loudly: "Since the Duke appreciates Zig, then let him take the Wolf Tooth Camp with you!
"Subordinates are here!" Ziggy flashed a look of contempt in his eyes, but he still strode to the middle.
Bayi laughed loudly: "I now appoint you as the deputy commander of the Wolf Tooth Battalion! The command of the Wolf Tooth Battalion will be taken over by the new commander, Lord Duke Setrudolph! Give you a day to prepare, and tomorrow morning, prepare to start!"
"Yes!" Ziggy bowed, ignoring the gloating gazes of the other Lords around him.
What Luo Di didn't know was that this Zig commander was born with a straight surname, and he never refused to be in the same league as those other officers, so he was not supported by his colleagues, and at this moment, seeing that he was selected to fight in the northwest, everyone was relieved and gloated at the same time. Even that General Bayi is the same. With one less subordinate who is not in the right way with him, he is also a lot easier. It is better for this Ziggy to die in the northwest! Then it will naturally be more convenient for General Tabayi to embezzle military salaries or other things in the future!
Afterwards, Roddy was still not at ease, and went with Zig to visit the barracks of the Wolf Tooth Army.
The barracks of the Wolftooth Army was on the left rear of the Central Cavalry Corps, and Roddy, accompanied by the commanders of Ziggy and Gordon, rode to the front of the barracks, only to see that on the school field on the side of the barracks, a group of cavalry occupied the general place of the school field, and the horses were shouting and galloping wildly in the field, even in the galloping procession, the queue was still not scattered! Countless young knights kept shooting at the arrow targets in front of them in various postures on the galloping horses. An officer-like man on the side of the school field was holding a small command flag in his hand and commanding with a grim face.
On the other side of the school field, a pair of cavalry lined up in an assault formation and were charging, and the bayonet spears in the hands of the cavalrymen were raised into the forest, shouting to kill Zhentian! Similarly, there was also a man who looked like an officer on the sidelines and was flying up and down with a black order flag in his hand.
Ziggy had a smug look on his face, and suddenly shouted loudly to the herald beside him, "Let them all stop!"
Following the order of the herald, under the command of two officers with command flags, the two cavalrymen quickly stopped, lined up their horses, packed up their spears and bows and arrows at the same time, and then lined up in two long square formations and stood neatly in the center of the school field! There was no noise among the people, and no neighing of the horses!
Roddy was excited, and rode his horse over, but before he could get to the front of the cavalry. Whew!!
All the cavalry moved in unison, and at the same time drew a long, strangely shaped scimitar. Dozens of pairs of eyes stared at Roddy. It seems that as long as Roddy dares to go a little further, then hundreds of scimitars will beckon towards him!
"Lord Duke!" Ziggy hurriedly ran up from behind, ordering everyone to put away their weapons first.
In the same way, the cavalry received the order, and the same neatly inserted the scimitar back into the scabbard on the horse.
"Lord Duke! This is the rule of the Wolf Tooth Army! No one can rush into the army without an order!" Ziggy looked a little embarrassed, for fear that the young Duke Tulip would be angry.
There was no trace of displeasure on Roddy's face, but he asked with a smile: "Commander Ziggy, why do they have such strange scimitars in their hands? I remember that the cavalry should be equipped with swords in addition to bows and arrows and bayonet guns!"
Ziggy smiled faintly: "This kind of scimitar is a special weapon of our Central Cavalry Regiment! When the Central Cavalry Regiment conquered the northwest grassland with Duke Tulip, it suffered a lot of scimitars from those aliens. The Duke found that their scimitars were indeed very useful to use on horses, far better than our long swords, so he imitated them and equipped each of them with a scimitar!
Roddy jumped off his horse and stood there stunned as he looked at the neat and majestic military formation in front of him, with a strange expression on his face.
This is the real "Thor's Whip"! This is the most powerful and elite invincible iron knight of the empire that I have seen in the history books!!
Roddy suddenly turned around and bowed deeply to Zigger, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Lord Ziggy, I want to thank you! you have reserved hope for the Empire!";