Chapter 475 [Selected in Troubled Times]
After guessing Hasting's plan, Char was stunned by this arrogant and bold plan.
His face was cloudy, his eyes were hot and cold, and his fingers tapped at the location of Osgilia on the map, and his fingertips tapped lightly on the map.
Undoubtedly, the thoughts in Char's heart at this moment are very complicated.
If it is under normal circumstances...... ,
If he Hastings wants to fight Osgilia, he will fight it, he Hastings will run for a long time, and the army will go south to take Osgilia, even if the blood of the killing is like a river, it is not his Uncle Char's business.
Anyway, he didn't have half of the loyalty to that Garcia Emperor, and he didn't take half of the royal family's salary!
It's best for Hastings to kill him and kill the little emperor directly, so as to suit his Uncle Char's wishes.
Even if Hasting's food and grass were scarce, Char might send someone to secretly support him.
But the question is......
There is not only that hateful little emperor in Osgilia!
Adric, Ruhl, the good men of the army...... They're all in Osgilia!
Char didn't bother to pay attention to the life or death of the little emperor, but it was impossible for other people to give up to Char!
With General Adric's state martyrdom, if Hasting's soldiers really come to the city and want to slaughter the royal family, then Adrick will definitely fight Hasteen to the death, even if it is a jade burning!!
Char had been to Osgilia and had seen for himself what was going on in Osgilia. Having just experienced a war that almost wiped out the country, Osgillia is still very weak.
Although Adric had done his best to mobilize the reserve second and third line of local garrisons from the administrative districts in the south of the empire that were still controlled by the royal family, with the Osgilian Guards and veterans as the backbone, he expanded the new army and reorganized the armament in preparation for a counterattack on the rebels......
But after all, the is too thin.
Food and grass are scarce, and much depends on the assistance of the Landisians. And the army, although it has also recovered to tens of thousands, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers transferred from the second and third lines is much worse than that of those guards and veterans who have experienced major wars.
He's not like Hughes or El Salvador!
That's right, it's waste! When Char later learned that the rebels led by Hughes and Salvador had broken through the city and invaded Osgilia, and had been entrenched in the city for several days, it seemed that nine out of ten of the wars had been won. In the end, he was driven out of the city and was defeated.
Char couldn't think of "how those two pig brains managed such a good situation, how did they lose to such a miserable situation!"
What is not waste wood?!
No wonder it can't be done!
But Hasting, it won't be such a waste!
Who is Hasting? Odin Valkyrie! The first general of the Odin Empire! The two countries have been at war for many years, and Hasting's subordinates do not know how many generals of the Byzantine Empire have been killed! How many generals of the Byzantine Empire have died at the hands of Hasting. How many elite troops of the Byzantine Empire were buried under that terrible black flag!
How is Adric? Osgillia guards turned the tide of battle, "Now he is faintly the number one general of the empire! But don't forget, when Adric led the most elite Rhodrian cavalry of the empire, he failed to win against Hasting! Not to mention that "now Adric is a mixed army of new and old troops, and the quality is far inferior to the Rhodrian cavalry! And in Hasting's hands, he has led Odin's elite Black Flag army for many years!"
With Hasting's ability, he would never make the low-level mistakes of Hughes and Salvador!
No matter how much Char respects Adric in his heart, he has to admit that "in this case, if the two fight...... Adric must lose!
If you change the fat man of Ruhr, even if you lose the battle, it is a big deal to smear oil on the soles of your feet and run away, and that fat man does not have much loyalty to the royal family in his heart.
But Adric is different! For a man like Adric, if he can't defend Oscuria, he'd rather die in battle!
You have to do something yourself!
Char's eyes flashed with determination.
Although he is a little sorry for Hasting, Hastings can be regarded as having adventures with him, and even saved his own life. Moreover, Hastings and the Byzantine royal family have a blood feud that destroyed the door, "Char should not have stopped him."
But Adric's life is even more important.
The most important thing for a large army to attack a target over a long distance is to move quickly! Quickly move to the target location, and then launch a fierce attack at the fastest speed, striving to crush the opponent in the shortest possible time. Because the army runs long distances, "it will go deep alone, which is not conducive to long-term fighting, and if it drags on for a long time, morale will be low, and army supply will become a big problem." So the key word "is" is "fast", and nothing else. ”,
Fuya muttered to herself.
Well, as long as he can think of a way to warn Adric, let him pay attention to the direction of the canal to the north, and send a force to patrol the river defense in the near future, and warn at any time" and at the same time strengthen the defense of Osgilia, so that Hasting's Gong attack will lose its suddenness.
With General Adric's military strategy and skills, he has a strong city and tens of thousands of troops, if he is prepared, it should be no problem to defend the city.
As long as they could hold the city for a while, Hasting's Black Flag Army would not be able to support it and could only retreat.
Warning Adric is easy to say, but it's hard to do.
Surely there is no way I can get out and go to Osgilia. As the head of the army, he can't get out, although the big wedding can be delayed first, but the restructuring of the army cannot be delayed, and the matter of land division must also have his own family in charge.
So, send someone to deliver a message to Adric...... After all, if you want Adric to be vigilant, you must let him know that he has dealings with Hasting, and his relationship with Hastings must not be left on paper!
In case something slips up on the way to deliver the letter, if the letter is lost, it will fall into the hands of someone else and circulate...... I'm afraid that my own ** foreign crime will be confirmed!
When the time comes, it will be useless to solve it yourself, but I am afraid that even my own army will be shaken!
The only way to do this is to send someone to deliver the message.
But this candidate made Char scratch his head.
First of all, this person must be absolutely loyal to himself!
After all, the person sent to deliver the message will also know that he has a connection with Hasting, and if the person sent to deliver the letter outweighs his personal loyalty to himself, then he will be passive!
Then, this person has to have some skills!
From Denzel City to Osgilia, the road is long, and there are many rebel territories along the way, if you don't have any skills, I'm afraid you will die halfway.
There are many warriors under his command, and there are also people who are brave and shrewd and trustworthy, but most people's loyalty is based on the emperor and the royal family.
Even Green is no exception!
Hasting's letter was a secret letter, and Char was the only one who saw it. Char was sure that "if this letter had been read by Green, and if Green had known Hasting's intention to attack Osgilia, he would have tried his best to advocate that Char immediately march east to attack Hasting! In this way, he would have stopped Hasting's southward movement! Even if his northern army was probably no match for Hasting's Black Flag Army!"
But Green will definitely insist on doing that! Because many of Char's subordinates are like Green, "the first loyal target is the empire, the royal family, and the second is him, Char Thunder."
If you think about it, you can't choose from the army.
So...... His own privately cultivated henchmen......
The mercenaries collected from the wildfire field were not Byzantines, and their loyalty was only personal to themselves, but those mercenaries were all brave and reckless.
The two leaders of the mercenary group that he accommodated, the young Hawke is a stunned young man, brave and resolute, and has good strength, but he is a fierce general type of character like Sharpa.
Russell, who is older, is a little cautious in doing things, but he is not shrewd enough, and Russell's strength is not too good.
Thinking about it, Char was helpless, but came up with the most suitable candidate!
Fuya immediately jumped up, first tore Hasting's secret letter to shreds, then burned it with fire, and then shouted, "Someone!!"
Immediately, a close attendant walked in from outside the door.
Char had already walked straight to the gate: "Is the door in the backyard open?"
The attendant smiled bitterly and said in a low voice: "The door of the backyard is closed, and it has not been opened yet" Lord Merlin also left a sign at the door, saying that the trespasser is dead, "We don't dare to approach any of us." ”
Ya sighed.
He didn't move Merlin's mind.
The right person in his heart is the immortal...... ,
Well, "...... "Great Demon Guide Rododora * ......".
Although Tatara is a bit obscene, his loyalty to himself is not bad, and he is loyal to himself, not to the royal family. In addition, he is also a magician, even in the midst of war, the local warlord forces do not dare to provoke a transit magician at will!
"Haven't you been out yet......?" Char frowned.
But then his brow furrowed.
It doesn't matter, Hasting's letter says "temporarily borrow the territory and return it in March", then it can be deduced that even if Hastings leaves the army, it will not be now, and it will take three months!
Well, three months! Three months later, it was the rain that gathered every summer, and the river rose sharply, and the water was abundant, so that it was good to take a boat down the river! Now, the dry season has not yet passed, and it is impossible for Hastings to send troops even if he wants to.
There's still time.
Thinking of this, Fu Ya first put his mind at ease, "Since he has made a decision, he pulled over this close attendant, and said: "I will tell you one thing, you start now, find a few people, move a chair, sit outside the backyard door, a few people in turn, and keep watch outside the door all night! As soon as the backyard door opens, immediately send someone to quickly inform me! I am going to live in the military camp outside the city for a few days, you should write down this matter, and you must not delay!",
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Char came to the garrison camp outside the city and temporarily set up his office here.
At this moment, there was a vote of people in the city to help him prepare for the wedding, but Char did not delay more important things!
These days, the new city has already transported a large amount of loot materials that Char brought back from the imperial capital to Denzel City. Even the maids sent by various noble families came to Denzel City in a procession.
Green's idea is to hold the award ceremony together with Xia Yazhou's wedding, and he can also take this opportunity to sacrifice the army to show the commander's attention to the soldiers.
The local officials of Siltan County have preliminarily calculated a batch of ownerless land, and after a rigorous examination, it has been determined that the original owner of the land has died in the war, and the land that has no one to inherit has been taken over by Char to the Northern Garrison, and then registered and made a unified register, and then distributed it to the meritorious soldiers and the families of the fallen soldiers.
In addition, some soldiers who were wounded in the war and retired from the army will also be given land.
The matter of dividing the land has received enthusiastic support from the officers and men of the army, especially the officers and men at the grassroots level.
In addition, the more than 1,000 young maids brought back by Xia Bi, and these young women presented by various wealthy nobles, were temporarily placed in the military camp outside the city, and no one was allowed to disturb them at will.
Denzel is a small city, the population in the city is not large, Char raised such an army of 20,000 or 30,000, which suddenly made the ratio of men and women in this place greatly imbalanced, and 20,000 or 30,000 men have become bachelors, and even although there are still some prostitutes in Denzel City, the business is also good and outrageous......
Fuya issued a clear order that these thousands of young girls will be assigned to the soldiers in the army as wives and concubines, and the priority is given to those who are injured and retired.
This decision "made Green a little puzzled at first: in the opinion of the old mad dog, priority should be given to those soldiers who have made meritorious contributions."
But Char's move was soon supported by the whole army!
Even those meritorious soldiers expressed their support!
"My lord even takes care of those brothers who are injured and retired, so it can be seen that my lords will take care of our brothers who are still serving in the army!!"
The following calls made Green couldn't help but express his appreciation for Char's decision.
The only difficulty was Char's order that all those women should not be forced to marry, and that they must do so voluntarily.
At first, Char was still worried about those young girls, but he was afraid that he would not be willing to marry those disabled and retired soldiers, but soon Char found that his worries were in vain!
Most girls tend to marry retired soldiers, and some even reject the pursuit of some meritorious officers and choose some retired disabled soldiers.
This doubt bothered Char for a long time, and later Dora explained the subtlety to him!
"Now for you humans, it's troubled times. In troubled times, serving in the military is the most dangerous profession. Don't look at those soldiers who have made meritorious contributions, they are very prosperous now, but maybe one day, they will die in battle if they have no eyes on the battlefield! On the contrary, those who have been injured and retired, although they have some disabilities, have divided land to support them, and with pensions, they will not have problems in their lives in the future. More importantly, these retired people do not have to go to the battlefield again, although they are physically disabled, but at least there is no danger of dying. Those girls, in troubled times, would rather choose a stable. “
As a foresee, there will be events in these two days.