chapter eight(1/2)
As the days passed, the soldiers' combat skills improved significantly.
That day happened to be the street fighting training of the 3rd and 4th Guards Regiments. Just when I and the officers from the headquarters were watching the training happily, the order from the military headquarters arrived.
As soon as I took the order from the herald, I burst into laughter.
Carlos asked me confused, "Sir, what are you laughing at?"
"The order from the military department," I said to everyone, "requires me to attend this month's regular meeting."
"Sir," Jack said, "It's just a regular meeting, so you won't be so happy, right?"
I shook my head, "Carlos!"
"yes!"
"The staff department has made a plan to end all training within two days, and each regiment is packing up and preparing to travel!" I laughed so hard, "The Ninth Army Corps' hard days are over!"
"Sir, can you explain it more clearly?" Jack pursed his lips, "We still don't know what's going on!"
"My dear brother." I hugged Jack and said, "If there is an annoying person around you, although he keeps doing things that make you nerve-wracking, you can't deal with him due to his status. What will you do?
manage?"
"It's easy!" Jack said, "Find a way to drive him away and keep him away from me!"
"Yes! We are about to be driven away by the military." I laughed again, "Haha! Once we are out of the military's sight, won't we have an easy life?"
"I understand!" Jack nodded fiercely, "I have to go back and pack my things quickly."
"What are you collecting!" I grabbed him and said, "Come to the meeting with me!"
Regular meetings are held in the conference room on the ground floor of the military headquarters building, and usually only a dozen senior officers from the military headquarters attend. It is rare for a major general to attend a meeting.
I deposited weapons with the adjutant at the door, so I walked into the conference room and found a random place to sit down.
After a while, generals with shining gold stars on their shoulders and well-dressed civil servants walked into the room one after another and sat down around the long table.
It is really rare that the left prime minister, who has not been seen for a long time, also walked in. I have never seen him before when I arrived at the military headquarters!
"Stand at attention!" the adjutant at the door shouted, "the commander-in-chief is here!"
Everyone stood up and saluted Prince Carl, "Hello, sir!"
"Hello, gentlemen." Prince Carl Ulysses looked around and nodded to the officers, "The seventeenth regular meeting of the Allied Forces Military Headquarters begins now."
Everyone clasped their hands together and shouted together, "Praise the merciful God!"
"There are a total of five things I want to talk about today." The prince motioned everyone to sit down and immediately got to the point. "The first item is the combat readiness report on the frontline bases. You should know that our combat readiness has been delayed. If this continues, it will be very difficult.
no……"
Some people agreed, others shied away, and the meeting went on in such a dull atmosphere.
I have no control over these things, and I almost fell asleep while listening to them.
"Now let's move on to the fifth topic, which is about the Ninth Legion..."
When I heard someone say "Ninth Legion", my eyes opened a little.
"Major General Cohen," the prince said to me, "do you want to talk first?"
"Ah? What are you talking about?" I looked confused, "What is it?"
"Then, let's ask the Quartermaster to talk!" the prince said. "In recent times, the Quartermaster Department has had some complaints about the Ninth Army Corps."
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince." Luman stood up, "Everyone, I believe you have heard that the Ninth Army has done some things during this period, which has interfered with the normal operation of the Munitions Department..."
"The normal operation of the Munitions Department? Are you bluffing me!" I stood up and slammed the table, "Are you saying that I, a noble knight of divine blessing, did something wrong?"
"Sir, I have no right to say whether you are right or wrong." Luman clasped his hands, "But in fact, the work of the Munitions Department has indeed been affected..."
"If the Munitions Department didn't do its job well, what does it have to do with the Ninth Army Corps?" I said, "Don't talk nonsense!"
While Luhmann and I were arguing, everyone else in the venue remained silent. Everyone sitting here either had nothing to say or was unable to speak due to their status.
In the end, the prince came forward to stop us, "Major General Cohen, please sit down!"
"I have a lot of information here about the Ninth Army." The prince tapped his fingers on the table, "Sir, your relationship with the surrounding garrison is not very good. In less than a month, seven troops have been captured by the Ninth Army.
How do you explain that the equipment was stolen?"
As he spoke, he put a stack of official documents on the table.
"Can this be called robbery? Your Highness?" We spread our hands. "They just go to the Munitions Department to get the equipment. But can the Ninth Army get the equipment? This problem lies with the Munitions Department and has nothing to do with me."
"Then what's your explanation for robbing the transport team?" Luman said, "This is the coalition's transport team!"
"That's a loan." I said, "I wrote an IOU."
"Your Excellency, if you bring an army to force someone to force you to do it, is that called borrowing?" Luman said. "There is also an IOU. Can you call that an IOU?"
"Everyone, listen to it." Luman said, taking out a stack of notes, "There are twenty-seven notes in total, and each one has the same sentence - God belongs to the coalition, and we are as close as one family! There is no date, and there is nothing.
The amount of the borrowed items, and no signature, this is the IOU from the Divine Blessing Knight!"
"Isn't it right?" I asked Luman.
"Of course not!"
"Lord Quartermaster, you are too courageous." I chuckled, "The saying that the Divine Alliance is as close as a family was said by the chief priest in red. If you dare to say that he is wrong, you are really tired of living."
"I……"
"Major General Cohen, let's not get entangled in these matters." The prince said, "I think your Excellency should prevent this from happening again."
"No problem." I said happily, "As long as the Munitions Department gives me the equipment."
"You should understand," Luman said, "the slave army has no rationing plan!"
"Really? I don't care what the status of the soldiers is, but I can't let them go to war naked!" I looked at him coldly, "It doesn't matter if you don't give it, I will find a way myself."
"I thought that when the military called me here today, they would tell me that there was no problem with the equipment." I pushed away the chair and stood up, "I didn't expect that it would still be like this. It seems that my running around today was in vain... Gentlemen,
I bid farewell."
"By the way, Lord Quartermaster, I am ordering you now as the Knight of God's Blessing." I stopped at the door, "Prepare 40,000 pieces of armor within three days. If you dare to delay this time...
…I’m afraid the red priest can’t save you even if he comes in person!”
After saying this, I slammed the door and left.
After returning to the camp, I sent twenty regiments to loot the surrounding garrisons again. This operation was crazy. The twenty regiments were divided into four groups and traveled day and night. In the early morning of the third day, they surrounded the general munitions warehouse.
"If you don't give me the equipment," I said with red eyes, "I'm going to kill someone!"
Through the mediation of the Military Department, the Munitions Department allocated us the equipment we needed, including weapons and armor. Just as the soldiers were loading the vehicles, the transfer order signed by Prince Carl Ulysses came.
The order came in a tough tone, requiring the Ninth Legion to set off immediately and arrive at the Sibia Empire side of the dividing line between gods and demons within a month to prepare for war.
I smiled slightly and put the order into my arms. This favor from Prince Carl was really too great. It seems that the struggle between the royal family factions and the temple factions in various countries is still fierce. After all, I still belong to the royal family faction. In such a struggle, His Royal Highness the Prince stands.
Come to my side.
Because the staff had already made a detailed plan for this march, the Ninth Army marched in a leisurely manner.
It took less than a day for each regiment to return to the camp, pack up their things, and dismantle the camp training ground. The second regiment was in the front, the first regiment was in the middle, and the third regiment was in the rear. I said goodbye to the military headquarters.
, From now on, the ninth legion, which is high in the mountains and far away from the temple, without restraint, can truly be regarded as my army.
But no one in the Ninth Legion, including me, ever imagined what it would be like when we set foot on this land again many years later.
The march of more than 70,000 people is no small matter. It affects all aspects.
Fortunately, I have completed complete control of the army, and the soldiers are happy to live with me. In fact, their lives are very good, and their living conditions are better than those of soldiers in other regular legions.
Some people are reluctant to leave me because of the changes in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and some are afraid to leave me because they have done too many bad things with me... Anyway, the soldiers have accepted this reality. If they leave me, they will be no better than they are now after leaving the Ninth Legion.
My life became better. They began to call me boss instead of commander in private. Almost all the non-commissioned officers cursed me in the same tone. All this shows that the soldiers have become more and more familiar with me.
As long as you are a human being, no matter what race you are, you will become dependent on familiar things, and among them, slaves are the most dependent. We were marching and training along the way, and the Ninth Legion slowly completed the task stipulated in the order.
One day we arrived at the new station, the forefront city of the Sbia Empire - Gallia.
This is the real frontier. Behind is the fertile wilderness of the Sibia Empire. One step forward is the dividing line between gods and demons.
Strictly speaking, this place is more like a fortress, with towering walls and numerous fortresses. On the eve of the war, except for some bold and frightening businessmen, there were only a few residents left in the city.
His Majesty Creamer had already received my letter, and he immediately changed the governor of Gallia, and the first batch of supplies for us arrived even before us.
What greeted me at the city gate was Corte, the new governor of Gallia.
"Ah - haha." Seeing me walking over from a distance, Colter said with a smile, "Hello, sir!"
"You bastard!" I scolded him, "You are not making money for me in Wanpu, why are you here to join in the fun!"
"Yes! Sir." Colter held the reins of the horse for me, "This is His Highness Fichet's appointment!"
"What? It's been a few days since I last saw you and you learned this trick?" I glanced at him, "I'll beat him too!"
In fact, I was quite happy to meet such an old subordinate.
"Yes, yes, we will fight as long as the commander says." Colter said, "Sir, you will live in the Governor's Mansion. I have arranged the troops."
"Let's go." I nodded, and turned back to instruct Carlos to arrange the troops.
To be continued...