Reinhardt took office, and after the news of the appointment came out, the officers and men in the army did not have any resistance to MP After all, the new commander who took office was Reinhardt, the one who had led them from the south to the north, and thousands of weak brigades went all the way north to Char.

There was no objection to this candidate, and the cavalry regiment accepted it very quietly.

The previous battle was fought so badly that the little-known little Nordin people on the mainland were blocked to death, which made the soldiers of the cavalry regiment very depressed. Sharpa's departure and Reinhardt's arrival have made everyone feel a little more at ease, after all, they are all old acquaintances, and they may save everyone some face.

However, the next day, everyone understood that they were wrong.

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In the early hours of the morning, before dawn, the army suddenly blew the emergency ** military trumpet.

The rapid and poignant bugle broke the silence of the early morning, the sound of the horn spread throughout the camp, the soldiers woke up in their sleep, the officers rushed out of the tents in disheveled clothes, and when everyone found that it was not the enemy attacking the camp, they were a little relieved, and then the soldiers began to dress nervously and prepare.

The horn sounded only three times, and in front of the camp gate, the soldiers of each battalion and each team had already completed it.

This speed is quite good, after all, it is a temporary emergency**, the officers and men of the independent cavalry regiment showed excellent military qualities** The speed is very fast, the soldiers and officers do not show panic, although nervous, but everything is carried out in an orderly manner.

When thousands of officers and soldiers were finished, they found that the new commander, Reinhardt, was already standing under the flagpole in front of the camp.

Reinhardt was dressed in a military uniform, his handsome face was full of coldness, and his eyes were cold and swept through the queue, and all the officers and soldiers who were swept by him couldn't help but sink in their hearts.

Obviously, the new commander seems to be in a very bad mood.

It was noted that Reinhardt had a sword in his hand - a sword that had been unsheathed!

After the team was assembled and the officers of each battalion had completed a brief report, Reinhardt just nodded to the adjutant beside him and did not say anything, but stood there and looked coldly at the team in front of him, looking at his soldiers.

The atmosphere of the scene seems to be very cold and very stiff.

The cold wind blew in the early morning, and the soldiers and Reinhardt stared at each other for a long time in this cold wind.

Finally, Reinhardt's brow tightened slightly, and his expression looked as if he had finally made up his mind.

Then, under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, the new commander of the independent cavalry regiment, the general, did something that surprised everyone!

He turned around, walked to the flagpole, raised the long sword in his hand and slashed at the flagpole fiercely!

He slashed very hard, and with a click of the cold light under the sword, the flagpole was suddenly cut off and in the crunching roar, the flagpole fell with a bang!

The ranks began to be a little unstable, and the faces of the soldiers showed some surprise and some anger, but strict discipline restrained them, and no one moved.

Reinhardt walked a few steps slowly, and from the collapsed flagpole, he tore off the military flag—the flag of the Independent Cavalry Regiment of the Northern Army.

The flag was in his hand, and he walked to the front of the group, then he grabbed it with both hands, held it high, and then ......"

"Sneer"!!!!

Tearing sound!

The flag was torn in two by Reinhardt, and then tore again......"

Seeing that the mighty military flag was torn to pieces by Reinhardt so fiercely, and then thrown to the ground fiercely, he even trampled on it with leather boots and stepped on it unceremoniously!

Some of the officers began to have humiliated expressions on their faces.

In the quiet team, there was finally a small noise and discussion.

"What, aren't you satisfied?"

Reinhardt's voice was cold, with a deep mockery.

It wasn't loud, but it was so harsh to everyone's ears.

"Don't speak?" Reinhardt sneered, looking at the soldiers in the first row of queues in front of him, looking at the humiliation and anger on the faces of the soldiers and officers: "Your expression tells me that you seem to be very dissatisfied?"

Some of the people who were swept by his eyes bowed their heads angrily, while others looked at him angrily.

A sneer appeared on Reinhardt's lips, and then he raised the sword in his hand and pointed back and forth in the queue in front of him, and finally, the tip of the sword pointed at an officer standing at the head of the queue.

"You! Reinhardt took a deep breath.

With a gloomy face, the officer slowly took a step forward, put his legs together, and gave a military salute. "Report your rank. Reinhardt squinted. "Wagner, Deputy of the Third Battalion of the First Banner Regiment of the Independent Cavalry Regiment and the Fourth Cavalry Regiment!"

Reinhardt seemed to nod his head, then raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at the officer: "Your resume, Mr. Wagner." ”

"......" The officer glanced at Reinhardt, but still answered the question: "General, I served in the Fourth Banner Regiment of the Imperial Rodria Cavalry Corps......"

Before he could finish speaking, Reinhardt's face suddenly changed, and then a thunderous shout interrupted the officer's words.

"Shut up !!!!!"

This angry rebuke, with thunderous anger, resounded like thunder and retreated from the audience!

The officer was stunned, and he looked at the general who suddenly became angry.

"Shut up!!" Reinhardt raised his head and stared at the officer condescendingly, as if an angry lion was roaring: "Shut your beak! You don't deserve it! You don't deserve the name Rodria! You don't deserve this noble and proud name! You don't even deserve to mention it!!"

Reinhardt turned his head angrily, walked to a large wooden box placed in front of him, flew up and jumped up, and then condescendingly, with a calm eye, swept the black oppressive team in front of him, his voice was still angry, still like a roar. "You don't deserve it! You don't deserve it! You don't even deserve to mention it! All of you don't deserve it!!"

Reinhardt's humiliating words made most of the soldiers angry, but they did not speak, and many more bowed their heads deeply. "Almost all of you know me!" Reinhardt took a deep breath and said in a vicious tone: "I! Reinhardt! Just last year we fought side by side outside Osgilia! We witnessed that bloody night together! We watched our brothers embark on that road of no return! We watched them bravely rush towards Osgilia, rushing to the rebels dozens of times our size! At that time, each of us was full of humiliation in our hearts! Each of us was unwilling, and everyone wanted to charge with those brothers and die together under the city of Osgilia! At that time, even if we were desperate and weak! But we never really lowered our heads! Because at that time, there was still anger in our hearts! There was still a cry in our hearts! But today, I look at you, at each and every one of you! I want to laugh!! Because, I really think, I should have known that we would be like this, and it would have been better to die under the city of Osgiria!!!

Speaking of this, Reinhardt shouted: "Raise your heads!!What are you doing with your heads down!Raise your heads!!Now do you not even have the courage to look at me?!! "You used to have the most glorious, greatest, and proudest name on this continent! But now, you have tarnished it! The meaning of that name, each and every one of you has forgotten! The glory that that name represents, each and every one of you has lost!!" Reinhardt's voice was deep and smashed into everyone's hearts! "We have faced the fiercest, most brutal and most powerful enemy in the world! Because at that time, we still have that great name! Those who can oppose us and are qualified to be our opponents are the Odin Black Flag Army! It is the Thundercloud Legion! It is the Odin Royal Family's personal guard legion! Not a cat or dog miscellaneous thing, we are all qualified to be our enemies! But now, look at you! Look at you now! What bullshit!Before this, who of you had ever heard of this name?!Shit!!Lao Tzu had never heard of it!!I had never heard of this shit name!!I had never known only the Black Flag Army, only the Thundercloud Legion!!I knew that only these powerful opponents were qualified to stand in front of us, to be our enemies! What other garbage and miscellaneous pieces, not even qualified to stand in front of us!! but you! But you were blocked by a group of nameless shit!! when you can't even defeat a group of shit, you no longer deserve the name you once had! A group of people who can't even beat shit, you are not even as good as shit!!"

Many soldiers and officers were already blushing, and many were clenching their fists and gritting their teeth fiercely. "Don't mention it to me again, Ródría, that name! The brothers who died in battle under the city of Osgillia, they are the real Rodriá! You have been transformed into cowards, and you are not qualified to be with them!!" "Yes! I cut down the flagpole! I tore off the flag!" because I think that a group of troops who are not even as good as shit are not qualified to have a military flag! Not qualified to have your own number!!"

Reinhardt looked at the angry soldiers in front of him, and then coldly threw out words that shocked everyone even more. "Just yesterday, when General Char Leiming appointed me, I made a direct request to him, that is, to simply remove the number of this independent cavalry regiment! Because you are not worthy!" "I know! You all participated in the Battle of Syltan! Many of you have made meritorious deeds, and after the war, you have all been divided and land! Many of you have now become landlords, and I have heard that some of you have even hired farmers to farm for you! You have become what they call it, and you ,!! very good! You all have an inheritance! If you don't want to fight anymore, if you don't want to shed any more blood and fight hard, I will fulfill you! I can even ask Char-sama to allow you all to retire from the army and go home! Go and enjoy the life of your master! You will no longer have to hold the sword in your hand, and you will be able to hold gold coins in your hand every day from now on! But I will tell you, when your children grow up, ask you, "Father, what did you do back then...... "I beg you, all of you, not to speak of Rhodría in front of your sons and daughters, and never to tell anyone that you were once Rhodría's cavalry, because you are not worthy of !!" Reinhardt jumped off the wooden box, then kicked it to pieces, turned it around, and took some ping-pong heads and walked away without looking back.

Behind him, thousands of pairs of eyes, most of them showed panic and confusion in their eyes.

Dissolved, disbanded?

Completely disbanded?

The independent cavalry regiment has really been abolished?!

Severance pay??!

And just like that...... "it's all over?!!

Every officer or soldier has a kind of confusion or deep panic in their hearts! Most of them have been fighting horses all their lives, and almost all of them are in the army.

And suddenly one day they were said, "You can go home!"

Everyone, suddenly, became at a loss.

Recorded all the honors" or "I threw away all the honors, ......and that's it"

Just like that...... "Go home?!"

Go home??!!

With humiliation, with all the humiliation, so gloomy home?!!

Walk home like a common man??!!

The soldiers were in an uproar, the officers were angry, shouting, and noisy, and the scene suddenly began to be a little chaotic.

Especially the officers, they began to look around anxiously, hoping that someone would come and take care of them and tell them what to do......"

But no.

Soon, from behind the battalion came a soldier of the Northern Army, who brought some tables and carts of boxes, and came to the team. "Be quiet!!"

Among the people who came, a man in the armor of an officer shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet and listen to my orders." ”

As soon as they heard the "order," the officers and men of the Independent Cavalry Regiment suddenly looked at each other as if they had finally found a life-saving straw. "Listen up, on the orders of Lord Reinhardt, now here according to the roster to issue severance pay! The people of the former Independent Cavalry Regiment will come from the First Banner Regiment to receive severance pay according to the number of the formation to which they belong! Everyone listen, prepare your badges and collect them according to the roster!"

Severance pay!

Is it really severance pay?

Is it really over?

When many people heard this, they suddenly sat on the ground, and some people burst into tears on the spot. "Your Excellency!!"

An officer of a separate cavalry regiment stepped out of the crowd and strode up to the officer who was being paid severance, and this person who came out was none other than the officer named Wagner whom Reinhardt had questioned earlier.

Wagner's face turned pale, and he looked at the leading military officer who issued the severance pay: "May I ask you, sir, we ......" and just ...... "It's over?"

"Yes, it's over. The officer who gave the severance pay did not look good, and said coldly: "Otherwise, what do you think?" "I ......" Wagner's eyes were red. "Okay, stop talking nonsense, I don't have the time to waste time here with you. The officer said coldly: "If you want to receive severance pay, move quickly, I have done this work, and there is more important work." ”

"......What about us?" Wagner said excitedly: "It's hard ...... really let us go home?" "Otherwise, what do you want?" The officer said lightly: "You guys, what kind of bullshit are you fighting." "Hmph...... "In nineteen days, Lao Tzu followed Lord Char to the east, and the two military regions were tied for us! In nineteen days, the brothers of the First Corps followed General Green and surrendered the Beckelp Military Region! But your independent cavalry regiment "Don't you usually look down on the infantry of the First Corps the most?" For nineteen days, you still stood on the border of the Nottings and watched them helpless, "What do you want to do with such a?"

"You!bastard!Who are you, dare to say such things and insult us!!" Wagner roared angrily. "Me?" The officer was even more angry than Wagner, he slapped the table and glared at Wagner viciously: "Tell you! Lao Tzu is a strong cavalry battalion! In the past, Lao Tzu was also a Rhodrian cavalry! It stands to reason that I am brothers with you! But you bastards are so embarrassed to say that I am a colleague of you in the future!!"

Strong-riding camp ......"

Looking at the officer in front of them, many people faintly recognized each other...... "It seems to look familiar, after all, the strong cavalry battalion is selected from the elite of the original Rodria cavalry, and many people also recognize this person at this moment."

"Forced Cavalry Battalion" looked at the incomparable pride, incomparable arrogance, and incomparable pride on his face when this guy just said the sentence "Lao Tzu is from the Forced Cavalry Battalion", and the incomparably proud look ......"

"Back then, when we said to others, "Lao Tzu is a Rhodrian cavalry", we were also so arrogant......"

But now...... "Do you still have such arrogant qualifications?" "What are you doing in a hurry!" The officer of the strong cavalry battalion shouted: "Is it a waste of Lao Tzu's time? Hurry up and line up to get the money! After the money is distributed, Lao Tzu still has to prepare for war! Damn! You guys have lost face on the battlefield, tomorrow Lao Tzu will desperately fight for his face back! I don't have time to delay time with you here、,

As he spoke, he threw a bag full of gold coins to Wagner, who was standing in front of him: "Here you go! Take it! Come and write your name! Hurry up!" "I'm ......" Wagner's face turned red, the officer gritted his teeth fiercely, and then suddenly roared, and threw the bag of gold coins in his hand back to the table.

"I don't want money!, I don't want to go home!!" Wagner suddenly pulled out his saber and slashed down on the ground in front of him!

With a clang, the saber slashed to the ground, bursting out in a series of sparks.

The officer's face was full of humiliation, and he shouted at the top of his voice: "Lao Tzu is not a coward! Still less a deserter! Lao Tzu should have died under the city of Osgilia in the first place! When he became a deserter, he was forced to be helpless by order! If Lao Tzu left here today, he would not be able to raise his head and be a man in this life! If he dies in the future, he will not have the face to meet those brothers!"

After speaking, he raised his head and raised his sword, stared coldly at the officer of the strong cavalry battalion, and said fiercely: "I will kill the lost face! I don't want you to come to the strong cavalry battalion to help us find it! Tomorrow Lao Tzu will go into battle by himself! Lao Tzu signed up to be the striker!"

As he spoke, he threw himself on the ground. Foaming, the horizontal knife turned away.

The officer of the strong cavalry battalion smiled coldly and said loudly in the back: "Don't you want money? Okay!! If you die in battle tomorrow, Lao Tzu will still be your brother of Rodriard!"

As he spoke, he turned his head, looked at the crowd, and shouted, "Have you seen enough?

The original uproar and noisy scene suddenly became a death-like opportunity!

Moments later......"

"Phew, Lao Tzu is not a coward", a certain officer left with his head held high.

"If we lose face, we will kill it ourselves!" several soldiers turned with red eyes and swords. "Money? I don't want my life, what do you want money for!" several officers laughed wildly.

More people spat at the severance pay platform, and then went back to the camp fiercely.

Soon, the thousands of soldiers crowded here were swept away.

Not a single person glanced at the severance table!

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Somewhere in the dark, Char looked at the place that was gradually emptying, looked at the scattered soldiers, couldn't help but sigh, and looked at Reinhardt, who had just returned beside him.

I said...... "Isn't this a bit too ruthless?" Char frowned and said, "In case ......" They were so embarrassed by your scolding that they really received severance pay and went home, how will it end then?"

Reinhardt's face was calm: "My lord, do you think I'm just playing?"

"......" Char looked at Reinhardt.

"I'm not acting at all. Reinhardt said slowly: "It's very simple...... "If they really get the money...... it means that they are really cowards, then I will not hesitate to let them really go home directly! Because if they really make this choice, then such people are really not worthy of being in the army." I'll really ask you to re-recruit the elite from the whole army and rebuild a cavalry. No matter how difficult it is, I will not regret it, because what I need to stay in the army is a group of soldiers with faith, not cowards. ”

Reinhardt said this, staring into Char's eyes: "The Nottings are not a big question...... never be. They don't pose any real threat to us at all. But if this cavalry really loses its spiritual faith, then it is our biggest problem. To rebuild a strong cavalry is our greatest goal, and I will do whatever it takes to achieve this goal!"

Char was silent for a while before asking, "This method you use can rebuild their faith?"

"No, you can't. ”

Reinhardt's answer surprised Char a little.

However, Reinhardt's expression was very calm: "There is no such simplicity, my approach is only to temporarily inspire their courage, stimulate their gradually numb blood sacrifice, and arouse their yearning for the glory of the past...... But the real establishment of faith is not so simple, nor can it be established in a day or two by this method. My lord, I must say, it takes a process. The Rhodria cavalry also relied on the bloody battles of several generations to root the spirit of forward movement in the blood of every cavalry. Building belief is a process. The method I am using now can only be temporarily relieved. One more thing we have to do in the future in order to truly build faith is to let the soldiers know what they are fighting for, and that is fundamental. ”

...... "Is there anything you can do?" Char nodded.

"No, sir. Reinhardt looked at Char, and there was something strange in his eyes: "My lord, I must say that it is not up to me to solve this really fundamental problem," but ...... you. ”

"Me?"

"Yes, you!" Reinhardt smiled slowly suddenly, and then he looked Char in the eye: "You are our supreme commander, and what the soldiers fight depends on your will." Do Char-sama remember that question I asked you when we first arrived in Denzel and when we met privately that day?"

Issue?

Char groaned slightly, and immediately remembered.

At the beginning, it was ...... that Reinhardt had asked himself a question. "What do you want?"

That's the problem. "Your will determines the beliefs of those of us who follow you. Reinhardt's voice was steady as if there was no trace of emotion: "If your ambition is to dominate a county, then after you take down a county, people's hearts will be slack." If your ambition is simply to drive away the enemy, then after driving the Odin away, the mind will relax. If your ambition is to become the number one powerful in the empire, then after the pacification of the Fourth Military Region this time, you have already achieved it, and the people around you will lose their purpose......"

Speaking of this, Reinhardt glanced at Char again: "Actually, you never answered me to that question at the beginning, and my only worry about you is this." Char thundered...... "What do you want, what do you want to go?"

"Personal ambition?" Char laughed: "You want to know my personal ambition? Even if my ambition is great, will you and these soldiers be willing to die for my personal ambition?"

"Is there a difference between personal ambition and national ambition...... "?" Reinhardt smiled faintly.

"Isn't there a difference?" Char asked with a frown.

"There is a difference, but in reality it can also be said that there is no difference. Reinhardt said lightly: "We, as well as those soldiers outside just now, they love this country, because this country has their homeland, their relatives, their parents, wives and children...... so they love this country, and they hope that this country will be strong, prosperous, and peaceful. As for who the emperor is, in fact, most people don't really care, whether the emperor is Kantos the Great or Garcia...... "Even if you replace one, Char Thundering the Great" I think, most people will not object - as long as you can really make this country strong and peaceful, and you can lead them to protect this country, protect their homes and relatives, then most of them are willing to follow you. From ancient times to the present day, things have always been so simple. ”

"Hah!" Char laughed, "Reinhardt, I remember that you were not a pure patriot for a long time? If I said that I was going to be emperor and usurp the Byzantine Empire...... "would you be able to tolerate it?"

"I love this country. Reinhardt said lightly: "As long as it is strong and prosperous, it is all my wishes......" As for the name of this country to continue to be called Byzantium, or to change the name, I really don't care so much. Char-sama ......, "You still haven't answered my question. What exactly is your ambition, what you want. ”

......""This time, Char's silence was a little sharper.

After a long time, he took a deep breath.

Our turtles have never been so serious and passing by as they are now.

His eyes were gone, and even at this moment, it seemed to release a kind of light. "I ......" also has something I want to protect. Char's voice was soft, and it sounded calm, but beneath the calm surface, there seemed to be something intense.

"I want a lot ...... "I want to protect the people I love and the people who love me......" I know that this is very vulgar and ridiculous, I hope that those I respect and love will not die, will not end up miserable, I hope that the people I hate and hate will get the retribution they deserve, I want those who have expectations for me will not be disappointed in me, those who have put their lives on me, and in the end they will get a good ending, in addition to these seemingly noble words, I also have my selfishness, I want my name to spread throughout the world, to be looked up to by the world, I want to achieve an achievement that will amaze the people of the present and even the people of the futureI want to get what I want, I want my people to stay on my body............"

(That also includes Daphany.) Char added in his heart.

If you want the queen to be my ......, "So, it seems that I have only one way to go, right?" ha..."

Finally, our turtle, suddenly with a very strange expression, slowly took out a gold coin from its pocket, tossed it in his hand, and finally threw the gold coin to Reinhardt, who caught it and looked at Char suspiciously.

Char smiled smugly.

"Then ...... let this gold coin be printed with my avatar one day." ”