Chapter 585: Gambling
Newman didn't care about the disrespectful tone of the officer's dressed-up, but smiled mildly and said, "Your Highness, you must know yourself and your opponent when marching and fighting, otherwise you will fall into the trap of the enemy, and you will never recover." According to the battle plan, as long as we can reach the border of the seaside province within five days, we can do so, so please be calm and wait for me to find out the enemy's strategic intentions, and we will have the initiative on the entire battlefield. "It turned out that this young man dressed as an officer was the great prince of the Eternal Empire, and he always insisted on attacking the Aier Empire first, so he also followed him on this expedition.
The eldest prince came this time not only to experience and accumulate military merits, but he also shouldered a secret task, that is, after capturing the lord of the seaside province alive, he would find the inheritance and cultivation place of the legendary cloud-piercing prince on the spot, take all the useful things and destroy or bury them, and the lord of the seaside province wanted him to secretly escort him back to the imperial capital for interrogation.
Before leaving, when the emperor gave him this secret task, he promised that as long as he could complete this important task, then the inheritance to the throne would belong to him, so the eldest prince saw that Newman was grinding and anxious, and he would continue to offend Newman and want to make him speed up the march. However, this time the military commander was Newman, who insisted on moving slowly and steadily, and the eldest prince had no other way but to follow the large army to advance slowly.
On the southern border of the Coastal Province, in the Chinese tent of the Fifth Light Infantry Regiment, a group of officers above the rank of wing commander had just come out of the tent and went back to arrange the soldiers' riding training, and in the tent, Harvey, George, Gibbon, Matthew, Padraik, and Alva were left behind.
Wang Yong looked at the neat and shiny wing-level armor on the three Harveys, and then at the most ordinary soldier armor on the three Matthew, and hesitated for a while, hesitating whether to get an official position or something for these three living treasures.
These six people smelled like each other and hit it off at first sight, just for a day. It is said that last night they also collaborated with his soldiers to steal the soldiers' pants while they were not paying attention, and then this morning there was a large group of bare-bottomed soldiers, who hid and snickered, and afterwards, after being known by Fuller, these shameless guys actually claimed that this was to train the soldiers' vigilance.
Wang Yong really didn't know how to arrange for Matthew to be good, so he directly asked them their opinions and said, "Matthew, Padrak, Alva, what are the plans of the three of you." Do you want to be an officer or continue to be a soldier?"
When Matthew and the three of them heard this, they got together and muttered for a while, and finally Matthew raised his head with a righteous and awe-inspiring look and said: "The three of us have decided, starting from small soldiers, exchanging our military merits for military positions, and we want to see how capable we are." The three Harvey listened to Matthew's words and felt a little blushing, because they really relied on their connections to get to the top.
Wang Yong pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "It seems that you guys just now don't seem to have more than that, right?"
Padraic smiled and said, "Ivan, your ears are so good, that's right." The three of us have discussed, from now until the end of the war, whoever has the highest military rank at that time will be the boss. "Matthew, Padraic and Alva always don't obey anyone, they all want to be bosses. But no one could convince another person, so they used this military exploit with no chance of cheating, to bet and fight for the top position.
After hearing Matthew's reasoning, Harvey was impressed. Then he leaned over and gave encouragement to start betting on Matthew who would win in the end.
Harvey looked at the three Matthews with a solemn expression, and finally threw the only twenty silver coins on the table and said, "I bet on Alva to win." Alva smiled when he saw this. hugged Harvey and praised him for his vision.
Yoshimoto took out his private money, and before he decided who would win, he heard Wang Yong say in an unkind tone: "A few of you are enough." ”
The six people turned their heads to look, only to see Wang Yong's angry face, and hurriedly returned to their seats and sat upright, without squinting. Wang Yong got up and walked to the middle of the six people sitting opposite, looked at this and that, and finally moved a table and put it in the middle, and said righteously: "You have disappointed me too much, you can't bet casually, right?" Come on, come on, I preside over the gambling game, with my credit guarantee, and those who win will definitely receive money." Harvey, Matthew, and the others were all stunned when they heard this, and Fuller, Shadow Dance, Light Spirit, and Chief of Staff Cumberland almost fainted.
Wang Yong pulled over a chair, stepped on it with one foot, rolled up his sleeves and said loudly: "Matthew and Padraic lose five, Alva this guy loses one, come, hurry up and bet, bet more, win more." ”
Harvey was the first to react, and hurriedly handed twenty silver coins to Wang Yong and said, "Boss, I'll buy Alva to win." ”
Wang Yong took the silver coin with a smile and said appreciatively: "Yes, very discerning." Harvey scratched his head and smiled, looking at Wang Yong blankly.
Wang Yong glanced at Harvey and wondered, "Do you still want to bet?"
Harvey shook his head and said, "I have no money." ”
Wang Yong pouted and said, "If you don't have any money, don't delay others." As he spoke, he waved Harvey to step aside.
Harvey said dumbfoundedly: "Boss, let's be a gamble, the result will not come out in a while, you have to give a receipt or something, right?"
Wang Yong was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a little blush: "Damn, I forgot about this." ”
Wang Yong turned around and said to Ying Wu flatteringly, "Come and do me a favor." ”
Shadow Dance reluctantly came to Wang Yong's side, and under Wang Yong's courteous care, he sat at the table, took a pen and simply wrote on a stack of coarse paper: Collect Harvey's twenty silver coins today, block Alva to win, and the odds are one to one. Then put Wang Yong's seal on it and hand it to Harvey.
After Harvey took the receipt, he glanced at the others, and then smirked as if he was winning.
George kicked Harvey, who was in the way, and eagerly handed over the eighteen silver coins to Wang Yong and said, "Boss, I buy Padraic to win, is it a one-to-five odds?"
Wang Yong smiled and took George's silver coin, nodded and said, "That's right." Then he added: "I didn't expect George, you have a very unique vision." ”
After George took the receipt, he whispered to Wang Yong mysteriously: "Hehe, I have an inside story." ”
Gibbon didn't want Harvey to bet as quickly as George, but cautiously circled around Matthew and the three of them several times, and finally when Wang Yong was impatient, Harvey handed Wang Yong the only fifteen silver coins and said, "Boss, I'll bet on Alva." (To be continued......)