Chapter 40: The Marquis of Mammon
Baron Kaidozi, like a wise man, quietly rode on the war horse, commanding the advance of the troops, Locke in the distance looked at the Baron as a stable war horse, and was very envious, when will he be like the Baron, his Blue is really difficult to serve, not only running slowly, but also giving him a look, if it weren't for Locke's strong strength and a lot of murderous spirit, he really couldn't control this stupid horse.
It was now noon, but the baron did not give the order to rest, and not even for the whole day today, because there was only one day left before the journey to the city of Bimore, and Locke received the news that Baron Kaidozi and Baron Kashr were going to travel for a day in a row, and before the night came, they would arrive in the city of Bimore.
The troops continued to march, tired for ordinary soldiers, it is true, even the squad leaders have to lift their spirits and keep an eye on their subordinates, otherwise any unlucky ghost will disappear because of falling into the ranks, the number of missing soldiers over the years accounts for half of the deaths, and everyone cannot take it lightly. Of course, this only refers to the squad leader and below, and Locke and Jaerson were chatting comfortably on their horses at this time. The baron's order to only give the squadron commander and above the horses was extremely friendly, Locke never thought that the previous boring march would be so easy on horseback, or chatting nonsense with other squadron leaders, or borrowing a bow to point at some birds flying in the sky, by the way to improve the level of supper, or riding a horse to chase a cloud, known as "horse training", Locke lived a very nourishing life.
No, Locke had just ridden from the rear of the troops to the front, and he had just gone to inspect whether their squadron had fallen behind, and the result was a shallow kiss mark on his face. Well, yes, their squadron is all young men with energy and physical strength, the problem of falling behind definitely does not exist, if there is, it is also Jaelsen's problem, who called him the squadron leader, Locke is just a deputy, just take care of his own people, and leave the rest to Jelson.
Locke and Jelson have a good relationship, and Jelson only jokingly complains about Locke's inaction during dinner, "You are a big brother, how can you take care of my junior." Locke said to Jerson.
"Locke!" shouted Uncle Joshak to the center of the line on his horse.
"Yes, it's coming!" Locke hurriedly responded.
"What's the matter?" asked Locke as he rode over to Uncle Joshak.
"You kid, hide those women well, don't let the ordinary soldiers know!" Uncle Yoshak frowned and reprimanded, "You have been a little restrained in the past few days, and you will soon be in Warlier City, it is estimated that there will be a bad battle, and when the time comes, you will have a good performance in front of the Baron!"
"Got it, uncle. Locke hurriedly replied.
Uncle Yoshak finished speaking, and rode back to his squadron on his horse, and Locke hurried to find Jerson. He has indeed been a lot presumptuous these days, but this has something to do with Uncle Yoshak and the others.
When Locke was first promoted to squadron leader, he was busy marching to attack Frans City, and then planning to wander the village and go to the black market trade in Wallier City. For example, the reason why the baron has such good riding skills is because the baron studied in the Omoor Empire when he was young. The O'Moore Empire, in Locke's eyes, was just a legend.
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"Quick! Don't fall behind!" In the troops, the squad leader had to shout and cheer one after another, Locke used to be one of them, and now from the perspective of the squadron leader, Locke found that the original squad leader was the core of the team, and the 10-person squad led by each squad leader was a small group, and each small group was inseparable, constituting their powerful team. Compared with Baron Kashre's team, Locke found that a large part of the strength of their troops was stronger than Baron Kashre's troops because of the better cohesion of the squad leader in their team, and why, Locke, who was once a member of the squad leader, didn't know.
Like a fool, under the leadership of the wise man of Baron Kaidozi, he burst out with more power than ordinary people. Locke never denied that he was a fool, he knew that he hadn't read much and his knowledge was limited, but he also knew that he could only get better with wise men like Baron Kaidozi, or Master Zoro, or Uncle Joshak. He did the same, so he was the squadron leader, and Locke often took pride in it, because he felt that he was more intelligent than most of the ordinary civilians in their battalion, and he felt that he was slightly smarter among the fools.
For Bimore City, Locke is slightly looking forward to it, although there will be a vicious battle before this, but it doesn't matter, it's been like this for four years, is there still this battle, Locke doesn't dare to guarantee that he can survive the war, but he feels that he won't die in Bimore City, this small place, indeed, the county, in the eyes of Locke, who has four years of military experience, is already a small place, because Uncle Yoshak and others said that this county only has a resistance of two or three thousand people at most, and they are a whole corps, five thousand people away, not to mention a group of war-ridden elites, eating this county is a handγ
As for Locke's expectation, it was because Uncle Yoshak promised that when the Corps converged, he would take him to the Corps Logistics Department for a walk, maybe he could find some potions that would be useful to him, potions, which were linked to mysterious magic in Locke's eyes, and when he asked Uncle Yoshak about the relationship between the two, Uncle Yoshak also said ambiguously, as if he didn't know very well, but it was certain that there must be some connection between the two.
Locke's fighting spirit has been silent for a long time, although he has only been a month since he started cultivating, but after not having the obvious improvement at the beginning, Locke feels very unhappy, and the slow improvement of strength makes Locke feel insecure, to be honest, veterans who have lived on the battlefield for more than three years, although their survival ability is more than a little stronger than that of recruits, but their sense of security is not as good as that of recruits, this is that the longer they live, the less courage they have.
Red Sea Flower Locke has been either attacking from the side in the past two days, or euphemistically asking for Young Master Sauron, but Young Master Sauron has refused because he will not improve even if he takes it, at first Locke was still a little unconvinced, but after many times, Locke learned that maybe what Young Master Sauron said was true, after all, Locke felt that Young Master Sauron was not a stingy person.
"The Red Sea Flower is the most precious medicine for the entry of knightly squires, and only the nobles of the deep heritage possess it. One day, when Locke was worried about the lack of Red Sea Flowers to improve his strength, Grace suddenly spoke. Locke was even more convinced that this woman was not simple, and he was more determined, and he couldn't let go of this woman and marry a woman who was very likely to be a nobleman.
The relationship between the little maid Raffi and Locke also became more and more harmonious, and Locke was surprised that Raffi had also taken red sea flowers, according to Raffi, their maid chief gave them this kind of guard-type maid, and even took it twice because she was protecting the young lady. Maybe twice is the limit of the red sea flower, Locke speculated.
"I arrived outside the city of Bimore in the evening, hoping to meet the old brothers. Uncle Joshak said to Locke. As a veteran squadron leader, Uncle Yoshak knows people who are not only limited to Baron Kashre's troops, it can be said that in the entire Second Corps, Uncle Yoshak can eat well, of course, only in the middle and lower ranks. As for the rest of the corps, Uncle Yoshak also had acquaintances, and even the independent cavalry corps, when Uncle Yoshak escorted Baron Kaidozi to the corps headquarters to report, he also had friendships with several guys.
"Uncle, you can introduce me to a few seniors. Locke laughed.
"You kid, no problem. Uncle Yoshak replied heroically, "The bold character can be eaten anywhere, especially in the army.
In the Ars Valley in front of Bimore City, the temporary headquarters of the Eagle Legion is located here, and a series of dark green tents have risen one after another in this barren valley, and in the center of the valley, a brown eagle winged battle flag flutters in the wind, and in the tent below, there are the loud heralds of the herald from time to time.
"The Third Brigade of the Second Corps is in place!"
"The Seventh Brigade of the Second Corps is in place!"
"The Fifth Brigade of the Third Corps is in place!"
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"Report! The Second Corps is halfway in place!" said the herald, dressed in a black Faustin uniform, to a rickety old man standing in the center of the tent. If Locke had been here, he would have admired the herald's neat uniform and sword, and ignored the old man. Because if you really want to compare the same military uniform of Faustin, the herald's is the real military uniform, and Locke's is a rag. And this old man, except that his eyes are brighter and sharper than ordinary people, the rest are no different from ordinary old people.
"What about the Third Corps?" the old man asked in a calm tone, but there was an unmistakable taste.
"Uh... The herald paused before replying, "At the moment only the First and Third Brigades are in place. β
"Hmph, these nobles who eat and wait for death! Stuff all the miscellaneous pieces into my Eagle Legion, is this really a garbage dump?" The old man waved his hands violently, and a strong wind blew, with this hand alone, the old man at least has the strength of a high-level knight squire, and his fighting spirit is outward, and the signature ability of a high-level knight squire.
This old man was the commander of the Eagle Legion, the Marquis of Mammon, who was given the title of "Falcon" by the current king when he was young, Steyr Mammon, the full name of the old man, who was famous throughout Faustin.