(565) Bonfires and spirits

In the afternoon of the same day, Marshal Horus's Solan rebels retreated on all fronts, with more than 20,000 people captured, and the rebels no longer had the strength to counterattack, and the remaining remnants of the defeated army retreated towards the headquarters of the Blackstone Fortress.

Due to the terrain, Valstad's army did not pursue too deeply, and after occupying the enemy's position, they camped and rested on the spot.

In the evening, the weather quickly turns cold, and numerous bonfires are lit in the camp.

Burning firewood crackled, and the soldiers wrapped themselves in blankets and scooped up the wild vegetable stew in spherical iron urns with wooden spoons, their hungry lips greedily sucking the fat from the soup.

William Einfoot topless,

The body with knotted muscles was covered with bandages, and after his mood was relaxed, the wounds all over his body were in severe pain, in order to set an example for his subordinates, he chose to grit his teeth and resist the pain.

A military doctor was cleaning the wound on his forehead,

After the bandage, William looked up,

A pair of cyan eyes watched the ashes and sparks drift towards the bright starry sky, holding a bottle of locally sourced rum in his hand, and once the pain was intense, he poured it violently, numbing himself with alcohol.

The 12th Mountain Division suffered heavy casualties, and as the division commander, he was naturally in a heavy mood, losing many of his comrades in this day, and in the mud 50 meters from the camp, countless canvas body bags were neatly stacked together, waiting for burial tomorrow.

"Good luck to you, young man!" The elderly military doctor said; "A bullet embedded in the skull did not penetrate, the projectile has been removed and sterilized,

Look at the upper abdomen, the blade penetrates the left rib and goes out of the back, just one centimeter away from your spleen! ”

At this point, he used two fingers to compare the length of a centimeter, and the expression on his face was extremely exaggerated, as if he had been injured himself.

"Thank you for your patience, Dr. Coot, I heard the nurses affectionately call you Daddy Coot, and your professionalism is worth learning from us young people."

"Hey, young man, don't be so polite, your mother, Lady Janening, is a model for our Imperial military doctors! As the only child of the Lady of the Lantern, you deserve the best medical attention. ”

Dr. Coot patted William on the shoulder, said a few words of blessing, and went to help the others.

Colonel Edgar Midknight sat on a snare drum, her armor, helmet, boots and gloves, and great axe stacked aside.

The orange-red bonfire reflected her long, straight silver hair into the color of flames, adding to the wildness and brightness.

She had long legs crossed and her bare feet were not cold, and she peeled apples with a dagger while telling her husband about what had happened to her.

Since the successful landing, the main force of the Southern Army has been driving straight in, fighting successive battles on the vast plain battlefield, and many enemy fortresses have raised white flags and surrendered.

In order to ensure the annihilation effect of the pincer offensive, it was necessary to take into account the slow progress of the Northern Army's front and make up for their weakness in the lack of rapid reaction forces.

The Emperor sent the best cavalry of the Guards to the aid of his eldest son, Prince Meyer, and this order proved to be correct.

The rebels launched an unexpectedly large-scale counteroffensive, and if it had not been for the timely arrival of cavalry reinforcements, the Northern Army would have paid a heavy price if it had not won the victory.

"Oh, it's done, let's eat." Edgar handed over the sleek apples, the skin of the apples on the ground was messy and thick, and many of the flesh had been peeled off together.

"Thank you." William took it with one hand, looked at the pitted surface of the apple, and said:

"I really don't understand, your knife skills are so strong, but you can make it like this when you peel an apple...... Originally, it was the size of a fist, but after you finished cutting it, there was still the size of a jujube! ”

Edgar "poof," and couldn't help but laugh out loud;

"I'm still so sad because you're still so good at laughing, I love you the most!"

William took a bite of the apple and continued to look at the night sky: "Sadness is sure to be sad,

My 12th Mountain Division was largely eliminated from its formation, and needed to be replenished or merged with other units in order to continue its mission.

But the battle had to continue, and we had only cleared the perimeter of the defenses in depth, and the Blackstone Fortress itself had not yet been captured. ”

Edgar spread his hands helplessly, "Fortress siege is not the type of task that our cavalry troops are good at.

Since your troops need to be rebuilt and repaired, why don't you join my heavy cavalry brigade first, my dear, are you still in good shape to fight? ”

William moved his thick arms and kicked his legs again: "Fortunately, I didn't hurt my internal organs, just rest for a week, and then listen to the order." ”

Edgar gestured to the two officers, one tall and one short, by the campfire in the distance:

"The big woman, and the short and fat man, the two of them were very strange, and they kept arguing, but they seemed very intimate, like a little couple."

"Oh, you mean Major Alexandra and Major Carl, we were all big buddies when we were on the rugby team, and then we signed up for the expeditionary force together.

Thanks to their dedication, I am alive until now, and I will write to the General Staff and ask the hospital ship to pick them up for treatment. ”

Edgar looked at the two close ones: "If they get married, let's go to the wedding too." ”

"Yes, definitely!"

"Haha, big bride with Humpty Dumpty groom! It's funny just to think about! ”

William picked up a small stone and threw it at his wife's foot: "Hey...... Feed...... You wicked girl! I also want to bless people, I didn't expect to see people's jokes! ”

At this time, Captain Nikolai Jr. of the cavalry brigade came over with a bottle of vodka spirits,

"Hello, Her Royal Highness, and Brother William, didn't disturb the sweet little world of the two of you, there is meat to eat, wine to drink, delicious!"

"Sweet ass! Don't be yin and yang when you speak! Edgar scolded; Nikolai, you kid really can't open a pot! Don't you see those people mourning! ”

William hiccuped, and suddenly remembered something very important:

"Nikolai, do you know how her eyes got better? I just asked her, and she still wouldn't say. ”

Hearing this, Edgar's slender neck twisted and went to sharpen his axe, "You tell him to do it, I don't bother to say it." ”

"Yes, Brigade Master!" Nikolai saluted in an exaggerated gesture, and then sat down on the canned crate beside William:

"To put it simply, in a battle, our cavalry brigade encountered a difficult opponent, to be precise, it was not human at all, it was the Voodoo cultists who mutated into monsters,

The guy was nimble like a monkey, jumping up and down, killing many of us, this stinky monkey was very sinister, pretending to kill me, but jumped backwards onto Xiao Ai's shoulder, and his sharp claws cut at her eyes. ”

"Oh my God!" William shuddered when he heard this: "What! ”

"Hehe, what a model husband, don't worry, listen to me," Little Nikolati poured into the bottle of Undulating Specialta:

The monkey was also really unlucky, he didn't know that Xiao Ai was originally blind, and thought that she was easy to bully after losing her vision, and was soon split in half by a big axe, and then trampled into meat by the horse's hooves.

Xiao Ai's healing ability, you must know, the surface of the broken eyeballs will grow in the next day, after removing the bandage...... She miraculously could see, just in a daze...... All right!

The medic couldn't figure out why, I guess, maybe it was like a bone, the bone needed to be broken again, and a cast could be applied to heal. ”

William was silent for a while: "So, you have to thank the guy who picked your eyeballs?"

"The stinky monkey?"

Edgar Midknight smiled fiercely: "Of course I have thanked her, but this princess was very gracious and only split it in half, but unfortunately the horse did not give it face and trampled the monkey to pieces." ”

Legend of the Heroes of Valstad