Chapter Seventy-Six: The Heavy Burden (Three Watches!)
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"Stand back?"
Ruhl sat on his horse, holding the battle report from the front line sent by the herald in his hand.
Well...... Win the battle and retreat, this Adric, you also feel that something is wrong.
Ruhl rubbed his fat face vigorously, crumpling the fat on his face into a ball, and the subordinates next to him were already surprised to see the general's movements.
As an infantry corps, Ruhl's troops did not move north quickly, and his troops were also responsible for carrying large quantities of baggage, military rations, grass, and other supplies.
The officers and men of the Sixth Corps were not in a hurry to rush to the front line - the so-called generals were the courage of the army, and a commander's xìng style often left a deep imprint on the army under his command, so the style of the Sixth Corps was never an iron army like the Thirteenth Corps.
In fact, during this expedition to the north, General Ruhr has always had a deep worry in his heart, which is a peculiar sense that he himself is born with, and every time he encounters danger, this feeling is particularly strong. Ruhl has been in the army for many years and has been in many battles, and every time he has escaped safely in danger, more than half of it is due to his strange and keen sensibility. And this time to the north, with each step forward, the feeling of danger became more and more intense, so strong that in such a cold weather, the fat man was covered in cold sweat, and the cotton robe lined in the armor was soaked with sweat.
Ruhl pondered for a moment and made a decision: "Gather all the horses of our regiment, as well as the scout battalion...... Well, let the flag regiment behind you leave a thousand people! Make a mixed rear team, break away from the large army and slowly advance behind, remember to keep a day's distance from our home team at all times, don't get too close, and don't fall too far!"
After giving the order, the rabbit general sighed, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "I hope Lao Tzu's hunch this time is also correct." ”
As he spoke, he touched the fat on his face, and scolded with a smile: "Hastings can't kill me, is the general led by Odin more powerful than Hastings this time?"
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The 13th Corps was one of the sharpest in the Empire, and after Adric gave the order to retreat, the soldiers resolutely carried out the order, although they were a little confused.
After regrouping, the 13th Corps quickly broke away from the battlefield and retreated along the flat plains, with General Adric personally leading a banner regiment in the rear to prevent the pursuit of the Odins.
The distance of ten miles is not close, but it is not far, but it is just a meal, and it quickly arrived at the designated assembly place at the speed of cavalry.
Sosia, a fierce general accustomed to charging with heavy cavalry, was still dissatisfied, and after regrouping, he couldn't help but run to Adric to complain.
"General, I really don't understand, since we won, even if we don't venture into the valley, at least we can stay in the valley and nail this Odin legion there, why ......"
Adric was sitting on his horse and eating dinner, he swallowed a piece of dry meatloaf mixed with cold water, wiped the water stains on his beard, and squinted at the number one general under his command, there was a faint disappointment in his eyes.
Taking a deep breath, Adric's eyes darkened slightly: "Sosia, how many years have you followed me?"
Sosia, who was full of beard, thought for a moment: "I have been in the Thirteenth Corps for nine years, and when you first came, I was only a deputy battalion officer. ”
Adric seemed to smile, when he smiled, his eyes still maintained his majesty, he turned to look around, the cavalry neatly lined up, quietly walking in line on the road, not a single cavalry noisy talk, only the sound of horses' hooves and armor clinking against the clanging, other than that, there was a solemnity.
The general's eyes became complicated, he sighed softly, and then smiled bitterly: "Sosia ...... I'm afraid I won't be here for long. ”
Sosia's face changed suddenly, and he heard the general's voice full of worry: "I have been in the 13th Corps for nine years, and it is customary in the Imperial Army that a commander can stay in a corps for so long?" Hmph...... Two years ago, they wanted to transfer me away, you have been an emperor for a lifetime, you should understand that it is impossible for the commander of the main army to serve for a long time, this is to prevent some generals from supporting the army and breeding rebellion. Nine years in the 13th Corps is the limit, and if I guess correctly, after this war, in a year and a half at most, I will be transferred out of here, perhaps to the Osgilian military headquarters as a deputy minister, or to a local military district as governor......"
Sosia had a hard time seeing the extreme, her lips opened, and she stared at Adric, unable to utter a word.
Adric's thick palm slapped on Sosia's shoulder, and he whispered: "My old friend, we have been fighting side by side for nine years, I think you are the best person to succeed me, you fought bravely, and I handed over to you the most sharp heavy armored cavalry banner regiment of the 13th Corps, over the years, your prestige has also been erected, you have enough knowledge and affection for this army, I have no doubt about your ability." But ......"
The general pointed to his head: "You still need to use it more often! The 13th Corps is an iron army, an iron army that marches forward bravely! But as for courage, as the commander of an army, you also need to use your brains more! You guy is not without brains, it's just that you are too accustomed to using force to solve problems. This is certainly a sign of bravery, but if you are the commander of an army, bravery alone is not enough. ”
In fact, Adric still has a sentence hidden in his heart for many years, but he has never dared to say it, just because this sentence is too sensitive, if he says it, he is afraid that it will hurt the morale of the army......
It's just that others can't say these words, and Adric, as the commander of the 13th Corps, can't say it!
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Char sat quietly on the bed, his eyes tightly closed, the fire fork was placed across his knees, and the magic crystal was also pinched in the palm of his hand.
"You don't need to find a way to 'fuse' with this magic crystal, because in fact, when I hid my soul in this magic crystal, I found that in fact, your soul imprint has already been deeply imprinted in it! ”
In the back of his mind, the dragon's voice spoke indifferently.
Char frowned, thinking bitterly.
"Although I can't tell you exactly how to control that magical power, I can probably analyze some of the fluctuations and laws of the energy inside this magic crystal when you erupted before. The main source of this power is...... On the battlefield, the murderous aura that erupts when you experience the critical point of life and death, wandering on the edge of life and death! Your murderous aura also has the murderous aura of those enemies you want to kill! This stone, to be precise, is just a special magic crystal, which can absorb the surrounding murderous qi, and then transform it into a powerful force, and then burst out. As the owner of the stone, what you need to do is to find out the rules, and then, in the future battles, you can take the initiative to use this power......"
"After thinking about it carefully, to stimulate the explosion of this power, you need external pressure, and when you are oppressed by external pressure to a certain extent, the soul will emit fluctuations, triggering the soul imprint in the stone and activating this power.
As a dragon, although I have lost my physical body, but I have retained most of my soul power, I can still barely exert a little bit of the power of the dragon's unique genus, although it is only a small part of the slight power, but it just includes one ...... Long Wei. ”
As soon as the words fell, Char suddenly felt a tightness all over his body! An invisible feeling of oppression enveloped him! It was a feeling of coercion that could not be seen and touched, as if there was a dangerous momentum above him that enveloped him! His heart suddenly jumped wildly, his breathing was short, and the hairs on his whole body seemed to stand on end—just like a wild beast in danger, even his body tensed up, and his bow became a ball!
"Calm down! Feel this pressure! My soul power can't last this pressure for too long! You carefully feel the feeling in your own consciousness under this oppression...... Every point of induction, every point of fluctuation...... Hell, I've never met a human as stupid as you!"
At the end of the day, the dragon's voice in my head became angry......
Char opened his eyes suddenly, and at this moment his eyes had become blood-red! He jumped up, as if he had lost his mind, roared, and slashed out fiercely with a fire fork......
Rumble!!!
With a loud bang, several bloody rays of light turned into more than ten light blades, and went out towards the surroundings, and the military tent suddenly fell apart under these light blades and collapsed!!
Several thick wooden stakes supporting the tent split apart and smashed on Char's body, instantly crushing the bed under him.
Char woke up instantly, and in the dust, he coughed pitifully, choking so much that even tears came out, and he crawled out of the rubble, and when he threw himself on the ground, he shook his mouth and gnawed on the mud very unvividly.
Turning over suddenly, Char jumped up, stared at the fire fork in his hand with wide eyes, and then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahahaha! I feel it! I feel it!!"
In the back of his mind, the dragon's voice became weak: "Fool! What a stupid human! I just felt it once, and I was far from being able to use it!
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