In the blink of an eye, it was late December, and the comfortable and cool autumn has passed. Now, even if you wear two layers of clothes, you don’t feel warm.

Located in a low latitude, Paratu only freezes during the coldest days of the year, but occasionally you can see condensed white frost on the ground when you wake up in the morning.

Outside Shuangqiao City, in the corner of the Army Camp, Bell was sitting in front of the fire in a daze.

The wood was burned and the wind blew away the external flames from time to time, but the flames still stubbornly emitted light and heat.

On a wet and cold winter day, this small flame is the only thing that can make people feel warm.

Beside the bonfire was a military tent, and Bellion walked out of the tent with an iron pot.

Seeing the blacksmith coming, Bell used a stick to make the fire stronger. Bell put the pot on the fire and turned back to the tent.

Next to the tent, Angelu was humming an untuned little song and happily bristled a red-brown horse.

"The lieutenant doesn't usually ride Lerik, why are you so diligent?" Bell picked up a stone and threw it at the horseman: "I have time to do it! I'll help the blacksmith and me to get food!"

Angelu turned a deaf ear and was still busy working around the war horse. With the sound of the brush "rustling" sound, the red mane snored comfortably.

The horseman now only has horses in his eyes and ignores others at all.

But another person next to the fire crawled out of the blanket.

"It's done?" Pierre, half asleep and half awake, stretched and asked tiredly: "I seem to hear something about food?"

"There is food, but it's an hour later." Bell said, leaning on a fire stick. "If you two are willing to help, we can eat earlier."

"That's fine." Pierre fell into the blanket: "Call me in an hour."

"Laggy."

"Let the horseman help you, I stood at night guard last night."

"Then can you go back to the tent to sleep? Don't get in the way."

"The tent is colder than outside, there is sun and fire outside." Pierre's consciousness gradually blurred: "I'm not you, I can hold the lion to keep warm."

Bell was speechless.

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The little hunter may be able to hide it from others, but he can't hide it from it. The comrades who share a pot and share a tent.

The news spread quickly in the military camp. The militia of the Wolf Town Hundreds Team now knew that the lieutenant had a pet.

However, most people thought it was a rare hunting dog, but only Pierre knew it was a lion.

Berryon, Pierre, Angelu and Bell are all in Vahika's ten-man team, and in this ten-man team, all Dusak except the blacksmith.

Because I had to take the young lions to the wild and let the air out of no one, the little hunter's secret was soon discovered by several other people in the ten-man team.

Although the others were shocked when they first learned about this, they finally chose to hide it for Bell without exception.

Firstly, it is because of the friendship of "brothers in the same tent", and secondly, the little lion is now about the same size as a large dog, and is still in a period of cuteness rather than terribleness.

Because they shared the same secret, the relationship between the few people became closer.

Of course, there is another potential reason: the young lions are kept in the officers' tent, and the backstage of this matter is obviously the Centurion of Montane, and no one wants to feel uncomfortable with his immediate superior.

In fact, Winters also had his considerations for putting several people into a "group".

[Note: Because the ten-player team shares a tent, it is also called "kit" or "can"]

Pierre, the ponytailer is the best friend of the hunter, Vahika and the other three Dusaks are Pierre's friends. As for Berryon, the blacksmith is usually taciturn and is the least likely person to leak information.

Those who know the inside story keep silent, others spread rumors, and the news finally becomes "the second lieutenant raises a dog."

...

Angelu took care of the red mane and took out the strong luck bristles.

The little horseman was reluctant to keep two good horses in the stables of the camp, so he set up a horse shed next to the camp.

The water in the pot had been boiling, and Berryon took out the wheat flour, meat and few wild vegetables from the tent, and began to slice the soup below.

The sun rises to its highest point and it is the warmest time of the day in winter.

The other soldiers in the barracks were busy making food while the sun was getting better.

Hunter Bell can bring back a few rabbits, pheasants, and blacksmith Bellion from the woods from time to time, so the food of the Vahika Ten-Players is good.

Other people's food is good and bad, which depends largely on the level of the soldiers in charge.

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Shuangqiao Camp divided the area by a hundred people, and the tents of the Vahika Ten-Players are surrounded by military tents of the Wolf Town people. The people next to the Wolf Town people are Heishui Town people, and then the people of Saint-Corres Town people.

Auxiliary soldiers from various secondary towns in Xinkendi Province camped on the open space on the east wing of the military camp. They are now nominally affiliated with the First Auxiliary Corps of Xinkendi.

Most of the wooden houses on the west wing of Daying were empty, and it was the camp of the permanent army.

Although there are not many soldiers in the camp at present, the auxiliary soldiers are not qualified to live in the prefabricated house and can only sleep in tents.

In the center of the camp, where the most tight defense is piled up with mountains of weapons and food.

Shuangqiao Camp is close to the border and is the largest baggage accumulation site of the Palatou Army.

A blood vessel-like Taoist network gathers war materials from every city, township, and village in the Republic to this place.

All the supplies teams that transport supplies to the front troops must set out from Shuangqiao Camp.

The Wolf Town Hundreds are currently stationed in Shuangqiao Camp and are responsible for loading and unloading operations.

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Boiling water, wheat flour, vegetables, meat, sprinkle with a little salt and spices, and cook it into a pot of fragrant noodle soup.

Smelling the fragrance, Pierre climbed up, and Angelo also brought the strong luck back to the horse shed.

Bell, Berryon, Pierre and Angru sat around the fire. Bellion, as usual, always gave others first.

Pierre took out the wooden bowl from his bag, wiped the clothes casually, and handed them to the blacksmith.

Mr. Michelle looked around sleepyly, yawned, and asked, "Where are the four of them?"

"I'm going to play." The blacksmith's answer was concise.

"I'm not back yet?"

"Just went there in the morning."

Berryon handed Pierre the bowl of noodle soup. Pierre took the bowl of soup and stared blankly at the fire.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After a while, he lamented: "Actually a militia, what is the difference between us and civilians?"

"Of course there is a difference. The civil servants have money to take, but you don't have money to take." Bell said without raising his head.

Angelou next to him drank the noodle soup so loudly that he snored.

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On October 27, 558, the Montane Hundreds arrived at Maple Stone City.

After receiving the weapons in the camp of the army, the 100-man team went to Hosenburg to escort the baggage.

Not only weapons were issued, but the Legion also assigned the Hundreds twice as many laborers as the Hundreds.

Gillard, who has experienced in drawing, is right, called a militia, but is actually a civilian with weapons.

Lieutenant Winters Montane had nominal eighty militias and one hundred and sixty civilians, and actually two hundred and forty laborers.

For nearly two months afterwards, Winters led his men to travel in the territory of the Republic of Paratu, escorting, loading and unloading, building camps, and building roads...

The Racing Horse Country has fought with Hed's troops, but it basically has nothing to do with the Wolf Town Hundreds.

In mid-October, when the Fifth and Sixth Legion of Paratu crossed the boundary river, Wolf Town had not yet been drained.

As the follow-up troops headed towards the territory of Hed's troops, the Wolf Town Hundreds were rushing to the country roads in large chariots.

For the people of Wolf Town, "war" is just a hard physical labor, the good news that was loudly recited on the street and the occasional news heard from other soldiers.

Pierre and the younger Dusaks sighed. For them, war was originally a sabre hanging on the wall, an adventure story told by their parents, and a boast about uncles and uncles after being drunk.

They still have some dreams of making achievements and heroism. As a result, they have been working for two months now, only two months of physical labor.

But there is no need to take risks to participate in the battle. Winters is very satisfied. He also met many classmates unexpectedly in the military camps such as Fengshi Camp, Shuangqiao Camp.

Previously, Lieutenant Venetta was scattered all over Paratu and had a rare encounter. Now that the army has recruited militias from all over the country, everyone has the opportunity to leave the garrison and meet by chance on the road or in the military camp from time to time.

In the past few months in Paratu, Lieutenants Venetta had a difficult time and had endless things to say to each other.

After asking, Winters got bad news: No one in Lieutenant Venetta saw Gold, and naturally he did not receive the gold coins he brought with him.

The pirate leader embezzled money?

Impossible, if so, Charles would not have been able to live to Wolf Town. The only possibility is that Gold had an accident.

There was no other way, and Winters had no choice but to write a letter to Gillard for help, hoping that Gillard could help inquire through the relationship between Major Soronald, the county garrison, but he has not replied yet.

By mid-December, the material reimbursement in the country of Racing Horses had come to an end.

The piles of food, weapons, and ammunition were stored in the Shuangqiao Camp. The Palatu Army now has no shortage of supplies, but lacks the ability to transport the baggage to the front line.

Therefore, starting from mid-December, auxiliary troops from all over the country concentrated in Shuangqiao camp one after another.
To be continued...