The next day, after a meeting with all officers, including temporary officers, I issued the final training order to the soldiers.
The order is very simple. The three teams must arrive at a border city in Sibia in the shortest possible time. Their true identities must not be discovered or caught along the way. There are no restrictions on the methods.
I dare say that no commander has the courage like me, at least in the Divine Alliance - who dares to order his subordinates to cross two countries without notification. Not to mention that the supplies on the road must be provided by oneself.
To hide from the host country's military.
But the soldiers were not afraid. It seemed that they had never been afraid of anything since they followed me. After giving the order, they were all gearing up.
After abandoning the convoy and putting the priests on their horses, Fichet and I led fifty people to go first.
Every day we would first travel along the trade route and then stay overnight at a predetermined location.
Waiting, what are you waiting for? Waiting for a businessman or beggar to pass by, suddenly showing his teeth and smiling at you, "Sir, our team has arrived at the designated area, everything is normal..."
Three people came to check in every day and never stopped.
From the words of the stranger, Fichet and I could roughly deduce the marching methods and gradually forming styles of the three teams.
The Running Wolf Squad is a group of domineering bandits. Under the leadership of Haiert, every time they go to a place, they will first attack a local garrison at night, strip the poor garrison into naked pigs, and then steal their clothes.
The costumes that arrived swaggered towards the destination. Along the way, we rode boats and horses and ate and drank delicious food.
The Cangqiong team, like their commander, is a hard-working type. They traveled over mountains and ridges to take shortcuts, and developed the ability to travel hundreds of miles a day. They hid from the defenders day and night, and their movements were as fast as ghosts. They ran wildly everywhere.
, leaving hundreds of miles of newly opened trails and dozens of single-plank bridges erected, the number of birds and animals along the road was greatly reduced...
Nighthawk Squad... Under the leadership of a live treasure commander, they are no longer a team suitable for fighting on the battlefield, or I should seriously consider the purpose of this live treasure squad.
Just talking about it makes me angry! Jack, the boy, disguised the soldiers into various characters, such as beggars, noble princes, alien mercenaries... These are not annoying, but the annoying thing is that they all teleport.
, you just saw a beggar walking on the business road, and when you arrived at the next town, you found him sitting on the street with a pitiful look, "Brother, eldest sister, kind master, please give me something to eat..."
Isn’t it strange for aristocratic young men to chase women? But it’s a different matter if the noble young masters who form a gang are chasing a “woman” who is so ugly that she can scare the demons to death, and they can chase them for thousands of miles. They bring with them
Servants, they ate and drank and stayed in high-end hotels along the way. God knows where the money came from...
Mercenaries are better, they just like to fight while eating. When it's meal time, you will see the mercenaries eating and drinking in the restaurant. When mercenary A finishes his meal and wipes his mouth, he is about to pay.
When making money, mercenary B shouted "Give me back my wife!" and rushed in with weapons in hand. The two of them hacked and beat each other until the sky was dark... Then mercenary A was weak and started to run away, and mercenary B chased after him with great momentum...
When you go to the next town, you can see Mercenary B sitting in a restaurant ordering food, "I said boss, give me a roasted whole lamb..."
If one or two of these things happen, everyone will find it interesting, if three or four of them occur, they will feel surprised, if five or six of them occur, they will feel uneasy, and if there are more than one, they will feel scared. And because these facts cannot be said to be serious, for a while, I asked the temple
All the consultation documents flew like snowflakes, and the temple replied, "...the war between gods and demons is about to happen, and it must be demons causing trouble. Officials and lords everywhere do not need to filter more, and the most important thing is to defend with peace of mind..."
Fifteen days later, Fichet and I arrived at the border city of Concuik in Sbia, gathered our troops and arrived at the Holy Capital four days later. For me, the Holy Capital was another battlefield, and on this day when we arrived at the Holy Capital,
It’s not far away from the official New Year in Sbia.
The crowds of cheering people lined the streets, the colorful ribbons were flying in the sky... Looking at these, I didn't feel the same as when I returned to the Holy Capital last time.
In order to celebrate the fact that the empire has two blessed knights at the same time, His Majesty Creamer met us in the palace hall uncharacteristically, accompanied by major officials and the high priest of the Holy City Temple.
Wearing the silver armor given by the God of War, Fichet and I entered the hall amidst the majestic palace etiquette and saluted His Majesty Creamer.
Although we are two knights blessed by God, we are still ministers and juniors of His Majesty Creamer. It is appropriate to give him the royal courtesy. But our current status and the close relationship between us and your majesty have no impact on the temple and the Left Chancellor faction.
It was a heavy blow to the people.
Your Majesty is still the same, and the ministers are still the same, but my dear father is not here.
"Since I inherited the imperial power, the Sibia Empire has not even had a single Divine Blessing Knight." His Majesty seemed very happy. "Who would have thought that two Divine Blessing Knights would appear in our Sibia Empire today?
In the palace! Appear before my eyes!"
The ministers standing on both sides smiled and loudly echoed, but it was a bit difficult to tell whether it was a fake smile or a real smile.
"Get up! Accept everyone's congratulations." His Majesty Creamer personally came over and pulled us up, "You deserve it!"
As His Majesty spoke, he squeezed my hand slightly.
"As you command!"
I pushed my head a little harder and touched my heels together again, and my boots made a "pop!" sound. This was very graceful and was the result of the special training given to me by Fichet yesterday.
We turned around and the high priest had already walked up with a smile.
"Two noble knights are really worthy of celebration." The high priest made a blessing gesture in front of our eyes, "The God of Light will always favor you."
"Thank you, Master Priest. Actually, you don't have to be too polite." Fichet said with a smile, "We are all still young and we need your guidance on many things."
"Yeah yeah……"
I said haha and tried to be more modest. It was better not to offend people who could not be offended.
"Haha, I sincerely congratulate you both." Next came the left prime minister, with a smile on his face as if covered with honey, "His Royal Highness Fichet and Governor Cohen are really extraordinary, winning such an honor for the empire..."
"Thank you, Mr. Zuo Xiang!" I smiled and held his hand, "Thank you for your previous teachings! Hahahaha..."
After the cumbersome reception ceremony, His Majesty took Fichet and I, as well as several core ministers below the Left Prime Minister, to the small conference hall at the back of the main hall and said that he had important matters to discuss with us.
After the door of the meeting hall was closed, His Majesty took out a scroll with a solemn expression.
"The two divine knights are back, and the important ministers of the empire are also in this room." His Majesty Creamer slowly opened the scroll, "Now, I read the war mobilization order issued by the Light God Clan and the Temple."
We stood up straight and praised together, "Praise the merciful God!"
"To the Emperor of the Sbia Empire of the Alliance of Light Gods and all subordinate officials, as well as the chief priest of the temple and his subordinate priests." His Majesty held the scroll in his hand and read, "Accepted by the order of the Light Gods, the Paradise Island Temple issued a war mobilization order in the name of the Light Gods.
"
"After twenty years of recovery, the evil demons are plotting to attack the Alliance of Light Gods. In order to protect the common interests of all empires, in order to protect the common beliefs of all empires, in order to..." I had only listened to half of it, and I had already started
Dizzy, "...it has now been decided that all empires will form a coalition to jointly defeat the demons!"
"...Order the Sibia Empire to dispatch 30,000 cavalry and be responsible for one-third of the daily consumption of the Divine Alliance..."
Responsible for one-third of the supplies, this is the main task of the Sibia Empire in every war between gods and demons. In comparison, sending 30,000 cavalry has only a little symbolic meaning. In fact, these 30,000 cavalry are not even used on the battlefield.
"...Orders the temple to send officials, Luman, the left minister of the Sibia Empire, to serve as the general quartermaster of the Divine Alliance Army. Orders the Divine Blessing Knight, the prince of the Sibia Empire, Fichet Shamai to serve as the commander of the Divine Alliance Army.
Territory dispatch officer. Orders the Divine Blessing Knight, Governor of the Dark Province of the Sbia Empire, and Cohen Keda to serve as the commander of the Ninth Legion of the Divine Alliance. Order..."
The left prime minister is responsible for the logistics of the coalition forces just like the last war between gods and demons. Fichet's position is even better, and he is responsible for dispatching all supplies passing through our country without even leaving the Holy Capital.
Compared with them, I have a miserable life. The ninth legion is the slave legion! It is the legion that rushes to the first place in every battle, mixes with the demon slave army and serves as a target for the catapults of both sides. It is in the roster of the divine alliance.
The regiment marked as "war consumables".
"This time the coalition forces have a strong lineup, with a total of more than 700,000 soldiers... The above contents are the top secrets of the coalition forces, and those with knowledge of the matter are not allowed to leak any information! In addition, all officials and priests ordered to take up positions in the coalition forces must be appointed before February next year.
Make all preparations to report to the coalition forces without delay!"
"The mobilization order has been read out!" His Majesty Creamer took a deep breath and put down the scroll.
"Praise the merciful God!" Everyone bowed their heads and clasped their hands in prayer.
"Everyone should know that there are only so many things. It is best to act quickly and prepare supplies and funds for the coalition forces to call at any time." His Majesty Creamer looked at the people around him, "I want the head of anyone who makes a mistake.
Disperse!"
Fichet was left in the room to talk by His Majesty, so I hung around by the door holding my helmet.
"Governor Cohen... no, it should be Lord Knight of God's Blessing." The Prime Minister leaned close to me, "Can I have a few words with you?"
"Of course, you are the Left Prime Minister." I nodded indifferently, "You'd better call me Cohen."
The Prime Minister Zuo chuckled and moved closer, as if there was never any grudge between us.
"How should I put it? I have to admit that the relationship between Mr. Cohen and I is not very good, but there are many reasons for it." He shook his head slightly, "It can be said that we are all involuntarily. It is the situation that forces us to do this.
By doing this... I'm wondering, is there any way we can get back together?"
"Do you have any good ideas, Mr. Zuo Xiang? I'm listening."
"You know, you were supposed to be my son-in-law." said the left minister. "After that sad incident, your engagement with my daughter was terminated. This incident made me very sad."
"Really?" I seemed to be listening to someone else's story, "I'm very sorry."
"A mature and noble person like you should understand how politics works. There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests." The Prime Minister looked at me and said, "If you are willing, we can try to become friends.
, at least we are friends during the war between gods and demons."
"Be friends?" I thought of something, "You have to be sincere first. What do you think I, the unlucky guy in charge of the slave army, can do?"
"Just don't give me any problems. You know, I am not very easy to be a quartermaster. If we have conflicts in the coalition...that would be inappropriate." Zuo Xiang said with a smile, "To show my sincerity,
From now on, I will stop anything that may cause our relationship to deteriorate further."
"Of course that's good." I said, "Do you have any other advice for me?"
"There will be a series of personnel changes in the empire. If our friends are involved, I hope to communicate with you first." Zuo Xiang said, "In addition, I hope you can convey my thoughts to your father."
"No problem, I think you can contact my father directly." I nodded, "That's it?"
"That's basically it." Zuo Xiang said, "The most important thing now is to survive the war between gods and demons. No matter what the situation is, once the war between gods and demons is over, we will have twenty years of good life... Goodbye!"
"kindness!"
I watched Zuo Xiang leave, turned around, knocked on the door, walked into the meeting hall, and told His Majesty what Zuo Xiang said.
After hearing what I said, His Majesty took a long breath, but his brows furrowed again.
"Cohen, just pretend that you didn't say anything to the left prime minister today, and just do your job with peace of mind." His Majesty patted me on the shoulder, "You must be more careful to watch out for him."
"Are you saying...that the Left Prime Minister lowered my vigilance by doing this?"
"The Left Prime Minister has worked with me for so long, don't I know what he wants to do?" His Majesty smiled, "He is using you to convey a message of reconciliation to me."
"Then these words...are they credible?" Fichet asked.
"Half and half." His Majesty said, "With the departure of the Left Prime Minister, the domestic factional disputes will temporarily stop, and the battlefield between us will be transferred to the coalition forces. Cohen, you must prepare early. The Left Prime Minister must be the first in the coalition forces."
Deal with you."
"I'm not afraid of this," I said. "I'm prepared. Whether he kills him personally or with a borrowed knife, I've considered it."
"You need to be rigorously prepared." His Majesty said, "In fact, when you went to Paradise Island to meet with the God of Light, we fought with Zuo Xiang over the manpower arrangement."
"What's the result?"
"Everyone except you has made concessions in appointing the left prime minister."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I didn't know at that time that you two would be awarded the title of Knights of Divine Blessing. The left prime minister tried his best to transfer other positions to other countries. Among the positions left to our country, the only ones suitable for you are the commander of the Ninth Legion and
There are two positions for the dispatching officer. After discussing with your father, we decided that Fichet will be the dispatching officer. I hope you understand what we mean."
"That's how it should be." I said, "Now I don't have to worry about Fichet's safety!"
"It's good if you understand." His Majesty said with a smile, "This is an arrangement based on your expertise, and your identity is secondary."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry." I said, "I'm really happy that Fichet can stay in the empire!"
"Haha, do you know? The scale of this war is far greater than the last time." His Majesty said, "And the slave army you command, Cohen, is no longer 20,000 people, but a large army of 70,000 people. This
But what Zuo Xiang never dreamed of at first was that when the God of War issued the order to allied forces to expand the Ninth Army, Zuo Xiang was stunned."
"Why are there so many people?" I was shocked. "I don't have that many officers. I only trained about 300 of them."
"Originally, the coalition forces prepared four slave legions, totaling 80,000 people." His Majesty explained to me, "But it is unreasonable for a divine knight to command a small legion of 20,000 people. So the coalition forces
The two slave legions were combined together, and some slaves were temporarily recruited, and your legion became the size it is now."
"That's right!" Fichet said on the side, "But in such a short period of time, those 30,000 people might not have been recruited, right?"
"That's right, these slaves were temporarily captured from the dividing line between gods and demons!" His Majesty's expression became serious, "Cohen, you must pay attention to the fact that the structure of the soldiers of this legion has become very complicated."
"I know, Grandpa Martin told me." I nodded and said, "The slave soldiers in the slave army have survived all the wars. They are all old soldiers who are difficult to control."
"Now add these untrained recruits, and you will face a more difficult situation." His Majesty said, "They have been living on the dividing line between the two alliances, and they come from all races. Living in the cracks for a long time has made them
They have become a group with a very weak concept of gods and demons, and it is impossible to lead them with the power of faith. It can be said that if you do not handle it well, the danger they will bring to you in the coalition is no less than that of the left prime minister.
"
"Okay, I'll think of a solution." I said, "As long as it's a problem, there will always be a way to solve it!"
"Fichet has told me about your training of officers. Basically, your idea is correct." His Majesty nodded and said, "You don't have to worry about the lack of officers. I have already prepared it for you."
"Yes! I knew Your Majesty wouldn't leave me alone!" I chuckled, "How much will you give me?"
"You are a divine knight now, don't laugh like that!" His Majesty knocked my head, "It's not many, just about a hundred people. It will definitely suit your taste."
"It suits my taste..." I blinked, "What does this mean?"
His Majesty said to me, "They are all officers who were sent to the frontier because of their mistakes. How about that? I gave them all to you."
"No way!" I was dumbfounded, "Then it's not just the soldiers who are complicated now, it's also complicated for the officers!"
"But... these officers are all your father's subordinates." His Majesty said, "If you feel dissatisfied, just let them continue planting fruit trees."
"A fruit tree grower?" I hurriedly said, "I want it, I want it all!"
When we heard that they were born into fruit trees, Fichet and I both laughed.
"Between now and the war between gods and demons, the situation will be relatively calm." His Majesty opened the door for us personally. "Weisu will tell you what to do. You do what he told you to do, and leave other issues to us.
That’s fine.”
"yes!"
"You go back to Darkness first and take care of your own provincial affairs, especially the defense of Darkness." His Majesty whispered, "A sum of money has been transferred to Weisu. You can use this money to expand your army."
of the army.”
"yes!"
"Go, my children." His Majesty touched our heads, "If you are an eagle, you should fly!" (To be continued)