Chapter Seventy-One: Sdeland

General Strand put on his helmet. ()

If you carefully recall his military career, Alien is likely to smile bitterly: as an unambitious general, he lost his honor in the North Sea; Then when the Kugit attacked, his troops were routed at the very beginning; Had it not been for the final blow of his desperate life on the Bay of Garmic, he would have become a laughing stock in an army--- a general who would have been wiped out even if he had fled to another country.

Many years have passed now, but looking back carefully, the days in the Eastern Army were the most fulfilling time for Strant.

Now, in many military schools, Strant's counterattack tactics have become a classic example. Apparently most of the officers did not want to be chased to the beach, but Alien himself believed that fighting on their backs was just a formality and that the officers should learn something else from it.

After discussing with some of the officers, Alien suggested a new idea for many of the young generals: the army that had routed the outnumbered, cavalry-armed enemy forces at Garmic Bay had no more courage and better equipment, and that force was demoralized and poorly equipped. So why did that army burst out with such amazing combat effectiveness?

In a textbook he wrote, "The soldiers obeyed every order of the officer in desperation, and were more disciplined than ever. ”

Because at that time, the soldiers knew better than ever that only by fighting side by side with their comrades and accepting command could they have a chance to live. As soon as they retreat, or if the battle line collapses, they will be divided and surrounded, and then annihilated. So they firmly maintained discipline under the great will to survive, and it was discipline that kept this army in a desperate situation. ”

"So for an army, the most important thing is discipline, and individual courage and combat skills are also important, but in war, discipline is what keeps most people alive. The commanders of the Empire should have a sense of urgency to be pushed to the seashore in peacetime, and to pour discipline into the bodies of their soldiers like blood, so that the Empire's army will be invincible."

Durant had made great efforts to rebuild the Eastern Army, and through his actual combat experience, Strand suggested increasing the number of non-commissioned officers in the army, and these junior officers who faced the soldiers directly were extremely important for maintaining morale and discipline. After years of silence, Sdeland's vast knowledge of warfare and his exploits were finally appreciated by the Empire, and he was promoted.

During his final years of fighting the Kujits, Sdeland was transferred to Dehrim City to develop a training program for soldiers, and soon after he was transferred to the capital as a staff officer. It was the culmination of what could be called the culmination of his life.

Tracy, the simple shepherd boy, has been following Stellant since the time of Garmic. Although Stellant did not stay in the Eastern Army in the end---, Tracy was sad because his hometown was there--- but there was nothing to complain about following his master around.

Soon, the Kugit battlefield calmed down, and the soldiers began to be dismissed one after another.

As a veteran emperor, Stellant paid close attention to the development of the New Eastern Army. Every time the Eastern Army reported the battle plan of the capital and the army reform plan, Sdelant would pay great attention to it, and his attention caused him a lot of trouble. Several staff officers kindly reminded Stellant that it would be difficult for him to achieve a high position in the center of the empire as a staff officer if he showed too much affection for his former troops, because the combat advice they provided was likely to be mixed with personal likes and dislikes.

But Stellant still went his own way, and as a simple soldier, he thought he would be able to make advice worthy of his conscience at any time.

When the others heard this, they shrugged their shoulders and asked him no more.

However, the Emperor of the Empire had summoned him after hearing about the words of this counselor. Many years ago, after the defeat in the North Sea War, the Emperor did not have much affection for the soldiers who participated in the Northern Expedition, but the Emperor may have suddenly wondered what those soldiers thought on a whim.

The Emperor asked Stellant: "Doesn't the soldier confuse himself when he talks about 'conscience'?" ”

Stellant replied honestly, "That will only strengthen my resolve to be an upright soldier." ”

"Your conscience, to the royal family? Is it for the lords? Or to the people? ”

"Aren't these the same thing?" Strand asked, confused.

Sderant's eyes made the emperor sigh, the emperor didn't say more, looked at Sdeland deeply, and smiled, "You will have your own future, go down." ”

That sudden summons did not change Striant's situation, and he continued to advise the Imperial army as a staff officer. When the Empire was preparing to go north for the second time, Sir Harlaus was anxious to find soldiers familiar with the Eastern Army, so Stellant soon received his own order to accompany Sir Harauth to Decherim.

In Dehrim City, Stellant met many of his former colleagues in the Eastern Army, and those brief meetings made Stellant feel very happy.

Soon after, the Second Beihai War broke out, and the prince led his army north from the eastern road to Zhivadin; Haraus, for his part, led the officers to the area around Fort Ruda, at the southwestern foot of the McCann Mountains, to contain the Nords.

There is nothing surprising about this division of labor, and there will be no surprises when it is evenly matched.

Soon, however, Stellant realized that something was wrong, and Haraus had just arrived at Fort Ruda, and had just arrived at Fort Ruda, and then led a handful of soldiers to leave. Most of the army and several generals were left at the station, and Sdelant was among those who remained behind. Haraus put his most trusted generals in charge of monitoring the movements of the Nords, and made the decision to send troops to the Sunoan Plain every once in a while.

This slow dispatch surprised Sdeland, who was unclear why Harlaus did it. In the past, it was common to besiege a town and slowly send siege soldiers to other theaters of war when the situation was stable, but Haraus clearly did not have the premise of doing so now: Fort Rudaburg was neither besieged, nor was there any fighting around it that required assistance.

After a steady stream of soldiers were transferred, the pressure on the McCann Forest increased, and soon, a Nord army broke away from the surveillance of the Swadians and entered the forest, and after hearing that this army had been routed by the Prince after passing through the McCann Forest, this dereliction of duty made Sdelant somewhat complain about the strategy developed by Harlaus.

Harlaus's cronies tried to keep some officers going through the deployment here, Sdelant became more and more dissatisfied, he found the officers in the barracks, and asked the army commander face to face why he had left the army for so long without saying anything, and as a staff officer, Sdurant thought that even if the strategy was good, if the troops were constantly reduced like now, it would be a matter of time before the Western Front finally collapsed.

The weird generals were questioned a few times by the upright staff officer, and then the next time they lost the soldiers, they invited Stellant away. With Tracy and a few of his own soldiers, Stellant packed up his armor, weapons, food, and file bags, and left Rudaburg with a group of cavalry in confusion.

Eventually, Stellant came to the Sono Boulevard, where the soldiers blocked the Boulevard by holding several passes. Stellant was assigned to serve as a staff officer in a newly stationed Paraven Infantry Regiment in the vicinity. From that day on, Stellant was often called to meetings, and the officers of the Paravon and some northern provinces often took the trouble to ask Stellant about everything about the Eastern Army: from the strength of the families behind the generals of the Eastern Army, to the relationship between the various legions of the Eastern Army, to the main recruiting areas of the Eastern Army's soldiers.

Sdurant also did his duty and told the officers everything he knew.

One after another, troops began to be transferred here, and the atmosphere became more and more solemn day by day.

The armies of the other provinces did not seem to have changed much, but the army from the capital, Paraven, was visibly out of place and even a little overguarded, and that army seemed to have been entrusted with some important mission, and never made too much contact with the rest of the army.

This oppressive atmosphere soon spread throughout the various legions blocking the Suno Avenue. A terrible story began to circulate among the soldiers: Prince Frederick was said to have waged the Second North Sea War in order to ascend the throne, and now that the Prince had lost in the North, the Emperor was very disappointed in the Prince.

Soon after, rumors turned into Prince Fiderick's defeat in the war, so he was jealous of his ability and put the blame on Haraus, which is why Haraus was forced to leave McCann Forest.

For a while, Stellant almost believed the rumors, but soon, thanks to his years of experience, he sensed the hidden problem. For example, all the rumors seem to be interlocking and not banned from the top--- which in the past seems extremely unusual, and whenever the momentum of the rumors wanes, new rumors will immediately rise, as if someone has been promoting them behind them. Not to mention, these rumors are clearly not good for Prince Fiderick.

Eventually, there was an atmosphere of apprehension in the army, and suspicion was rife about the future emperor who would lead the eastern army, and some even said that Federderick was offering a deadly potion to the emperor. Moreover, it was constantly hinted that Fiderick did not trust any army other than the Eastern Army, and that after he ascended the throne, he would begin to purge the rest of the military districts. At the same time, the lords also knew more or less that Fiderick was usually very close to the pioneers, which couldn't help but make more people worry about letting Frederick become pro-government.

The army on the march soon received orders to take over the eastern towns of the empire eastward. This order made the people in the army suspicious, and they interpreted it as a move by the empire to prepare for the control of the prince, at least until the emperor's death, and not allow Prince Fiderick to disrupt the empire.

Unbeknownst to the generals in the rest of the region, the orders they received from the Emperor were in fact direct orders from Haraus.

They faithfully carried out their mission, and became increasingly suspicious of Fidre's intentions.

After dismissing the officers loyal to Prince Frederick from the city, the southwestern soldiers began to ascend the heights of Deherim from the Sunno Plains in large numbers and took over the eastern central city. Many of the Eastern generals who refused to cooperate were placed under house arrest, and Sdurant barely had the face to meet them, because he did not believe that the prince would be involved in the conspiracy, or rather that the Eastern officers would be involved in the conspiracy.

Stellant was now standing on the tower.

Tracy had come to him and told him that the Suno's soldiers in the city had become angry, and that several of the envoys sent out had also been wounded by the Suno. For these Suno soldiers who were standing by the prince's side by mistake, the Suno Corps in the city tended to accept them into the city, after all, these people were not from the Eastern Legion. But now it's not enough to do such a favoritism in front of the prince.

Looking at the winding Eastern army army outside the city, Sdeland standing on the city wall had mixed feelings.

He put on his helmet and continued to observe.