Chapter 31: Old Acquaintances
At the other end of the Exiled Realm, Quame Brown, an old acquaintance of Captain Cao, was very melancholy. Yes, he's finally back in the land of doom that has turned his supposed smooth career into a terrible one. Born into an upper-class family in the Rex Empire, he became friendly with Mitch Kupchak, a powerful minister of the Purple and Gold Dynasty, and graduated from Pendleton Noncommissioned Officer Academy, the cradle of officers in the Rex Empire...... All of this should be a strong guarantee for Kwame Brown's good life.
Unfortunately, the first opportunity to lead the army at a huge cost to Brown was messed up. With a force of 10,000 men, the target was just a few hundred rogues in the Exiled Realm, and Brown was defeated and almost wiped out, bringing back less than 300 men, which was simply a result that everyone did not expect. One can imagine how bad a situation Brown faced when he returned to the Rex Empire.
The whole country was condemning Brown for being a traitor to the defeated army and humiliating the country, his family was disgraced because of him, and the families of those fallen soldiers even openly wrote to the imperial court, demanding that Brown be killed to comfort the people. It is indeed a great shame that the Rex Empire has been strong for so many centuries, and it is the first time that such an ugly battle has been fought, and an enemy has not been killed, and it has been beaten without a defenseless attack under a nearly twenty-fold advantage. Even Brown's honor of graduating from the academy after several years of hard study was affectionately called "parallel import" by the whole country of the Rex Empire, and Brown's mentor even comforted Brown with a letter, saying that from now on, he would no longer have a student like Brown, so that Brown could no longer be called a master and apprentice.
If it weren't for Kupchekli's disapproval and saying that victory and defeat were a common thing for soldiers, the royal family of the Rex Empire, who were afraid of anger, and those proud imperial nobles would have already taken Brown to thank the people's anger. Brown, who survived with all his life, didn't know how many midnight dreams he had woken up in a cold sweat, and then his thoughts drifted to the place where his purple and gold dreams were shattered.
After such a huge low point in his life, Brown did not go down like this, but became more angry and strong, hanging his head every day, and reading military treatises from the past and present, just for the shame of Yixue. Brown is a smart man, he knows very well that the proud Rex Empire will never suffer such a big loss and not react, so he has been holding back, waiting for a chance to get revenge. God, the imperial envoys have returned from the Bimon Empire, and the upper echelons of the empire have decided that they must cut off the annoying cancer of the raiding group.
At this juncture, Brown almost openly asked the imperial family for his life in the face of the spitting of thousands of people poking his backbone. He burst into tears in the purple hall of the City of Angels, and gave an affectionate speech that moved countless people. The theme of his speech was to sin his own mistakes, and said that he had a gorgeous purple and gold dream since he was a child, and hoped to be able to wear the glorious Rex robe again, and the empire would overcome obstacles. The Rex Empire was impressed, and then chose another person......
This time the use of force against the Exiled Domain was a veteran general Derek Fisher, nicknamed "Old Fish", who was not so prominent in the empire but had a lot of prestige in the military. Brown forced himself to hold his broken heart, and cautiously accepted the errand of the lieutenant general with him. Although he doesn't even count the work he does as a lieutenant, in order to raise his head and be a man again, he needs a victory over the raiders, whether as a protagonist or a supporting role, which is a prerequisite.
Sadly, even as an adjutant, Brown was disliked. The main general Fisher said in public more than once that he was 100% confident that he could take out the enemies of the empire, but with Brown, who was dragging his feet, he only had 50% confidence at most, and his disgust was overflowing. Brown is like a plague god now, and wherever he goes, others avoid him, thinking that he is an ominous person, and he is full of bad luck. There are probably only three people in the entire Rex empire who still believe that Kwame Brown can fight: Brown's father, Brown's mother, and their family's great benefactor, the retainer Mitch Kupchak. The first two are because of family affection, and the latter are because of brain damage.
The wind that swept through the Exiled Realm swept up a cloud of scattered yellow dust, and Brown suddenly felt a sense of depression, and walked with a team of no more than a thousand people in this ghost place where he couldn't see the edge, and Brown suddenly had a feeling that he didn't know where to go. Looking at the group of soldiers behind him, Brown also felt panicked. Although they are also from the Purple and Gold Dynasty, but they have nothing to do with the Purple and Gold Army, Fisher is not willing to let Brown command the elite troops at all, this army of only more than a thousand people is completely temporarily gathered from some places where birds don't in the Rex Empire, and even the standard equipment is not uniform and looks varied, at first glance it is a complete miscellaneous card, Brown is already very frustrated, they look even more frustrated than Brown, like a large group of walking dead. From a distance, it looks like a necromancer with a group of unconscious undead creatures.
For revenge, Brown will admit that he can't shoulder the heavy responsibility, as long as he can fight that damn big back again. Brown even figured out that he would die or win. If he dies on the battlefield, at least his parents and family will no longer face so many annoying problems. But he didn't even have this opportunity now, Brown's stragglers were the first troops to cross the eastern mountain pass, and Fisher gave him only one task, which was to cooperate with the indigenous tribes of the exiled realm who had an affair with the Rex Empire as an envoy according to the list given to him by Fisher, and provide all kinds of support within his ability. What kind ******of mission is this? Even if a few light horsemen are sent out, they can complete the mission, and do they need to have Brown visit them one by one? This is clearly a pretext, and Fisher does not want to see him dangling in front of him, and he can't get in the way of Kupchak's face. With such a team, even if Brown wants to work hard, he doesn't have the corresponding confidence at all. If he really met the bastards of the raiders, Brown felt that this dejected team would be cleaned up by someone else chopping melons and vegetables for a tea time at most. If he wanted to disobey, Brown didn't have the guts.
Why do children cry when they are born? Because they know that life is sinful! Brown can't help but have this sad state of mind. Even the group of natives who let them pass through the East Road Pass looked at Brown and his party with a look of disdain, and they were also curious about how the Rex Empire had assembled such a strange lineup of old, weak, sick and disabled. Compared to the last time Brownchon stepped into exile with high spirits, this time he was like a lost dog.
"Brothers, tell me, what dreams do you have? Brown couldn't stand the deathly silence, and at last he couldn't help but say to the old and sick. Although the situation has become so bad that it can't be worse, the good thing is that Brown has a heart that is not willing to be lonely. Even if he is a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, he is at least the person in charge of the army, and if there is a chance, Brown believes that there is still a chance to turn over. But the only thing that's wrong is the morale problem, if a team doesn't even have morale, then nothing can be done.
The composition of this force was also more complex, some of them were private soldiers who could not be supported by the nobles from the middle of the road, some were ordinary militiamen stationed in small places, and even some slaves and prisoners. It is not so easy to be the leader of this team. In their current state, Brown even doubted that the natives would believe that this was the army of the famous Rex Empire. The necessary packaging is definitely required.
"My lord, we just want you to hurry up and finish these drudgeries as soon as possible. Did you know that even the pigsty in our hometown is much more comfortable than here. After a long time, a voice that was about to die responded.
"Everyone works hard, I know all this. But you must also understand that we have not been sent to this place by the Empire, and our mission is easy and enjoyable. We don't need to fight the thieves, we just contact the ministries. Everywhere we went, we were greeted with the warmth of the pro-Rex Empire forces here. The Exiled Realm has always been one of the economic foundations of our empire, and since we are here, we must also have the mentality of a master who takes what we want. Follow me, sir, to make sure you eat and drink spicy food. We're down when we come in, but when we get out of here, we're going to have a different look!" Brown remained silent, continuing to encourage these stragglers to be fully prepared for everything, a valuable experience Brown had accumulated during his time at Pendleton Noncommissioned Officer Academy.
"Come on, my lord, who of us doesn't know who? We are all people at the bottom of the empire, and we can't even compare to the slaves of those big families. And what about you? Defeated by that raiding group, discrediting the Empire, didn't we come here to die? More and more people echoed it, these people are also people, not idiots, Brown's matter has long been spread by the government and the public, and they have heard more or less about the "great deeds" of this chief, how can they be so easy to fool?
Even when he was so ridiculed by these down-and-out people, Brown did not get angry, but maintained a calm smile. He has to thank Captain Cao for this change in mentality. The biggest misfortune in fighting with Captain Cao is that not only will you be ravaged physically and mentally by him, but even your ears will be raped by him mercilessly. After listening to Captain Cao's trash talk, this level of ridicule was nothing to Brown. scolded Diao Min in his heart, but Brown was still persistently following the good path. In the end, his incitement, which was almost like Wangmei's thirst, had some effect, and the originally lifeless team finally regained a little vitality. Because he had lost nothing, Brown now let go. Since the Empire has been completely disappointed in him, why can't he break the jar and do something else? What situation will be worse than the current situation? And these soldiers, who were originally in the mentality of waiting for death, have also poured out a lot of ideas under the inducement of Brown. Dogs will jump over the wall when they are in a hurry, let alone these big living people?
What Brown promised them was that he would not let go of any targets that could be looted along the way, and adhered to the fundamental policy of burning, killing and capturing ****, and everyone should do it boldly and with confidence. Brown doesn't mind any ideas and practices. As long as the looted goods are plundered, the time will be proportional to the tribute to the empire.
It was just a change in mindset that Brown had succeeded in igniting a team that was infinitely close to zero. This is also thanks to Commander Cao, Brown can be regarded as a person who has seen the raiding group, what are the faces of those bastards in the raiding regiment? That is a gang of robbers, a gang of bandits! As long as the big back gives an order, they will immediately rush forward with red eyes! They can do whatever they want, so why can't Brown? Perhaps it is precisely because of the robbery permit granted by the emperor that the men and horses of the raiding group are so invincible. Although Brown does not have much real power, this is a place of exile, and there are no rules to bind Brown at all, and Brown is happy to borrow flowers to offer Buddha.
In this way, Brown's liaison force suddenly changed. If you say that you are persecuted by the empire when you come here, then you can rest assured that you can boldly burn and kill the **** here, that is for yourself, once it is for yourself, what do these bastards dare not do? They also know that many people have made a fortune from the Exile Domain, and now they seem to have gotten such an opportunity.
The Rex Empire doesn't actually have many affinities cultivated in the Exiled Realm, and even fewer are worth focusing on communicating, which means that they have a lot of time to do their own private business. Even Brown said that even if the sky falls, he will carry it, and it will not hurt to believe him this time.
In just a few days, these lawless Jiang Yang thieves ransacked more than a dozen homeless tribes, and Brown also fulfilled his promise to these soldiers. He didn't take a penny from all the gains, all of them were rewarded to these difficult brothers. And after these soldiers tasted the benefits, they also intensified. Before Commander Cao set out, Brown's detachment was notorious in some parts of the Exiled Domain. Many people know that there is an army under the banner of the Rex Empire that is doing everything wrong, and naturally, they have also aroused great public indignation! )