Conquest

    Chapter 490 [The Road to the South]

    Chapter 490 [The Road to the South]

    As a former Imperial Central Army officer, he was able to rise all the way to the Deputy Flag Battalion level. Mr. Stephen is still a bit of a skill – he is not a waste, and certainly not a genius.

    In his thirties, he worked for ten years, and once studied in the short-term selection of the Imperial Academy, it is still a bit of a feed.

    Of course, the reason why he once was able to mix the Deputy Flag Battalion in the Imperial Central Army is a position that has entered the ranks of middle and senior generals. It is not purely because his military is extraordinary, more important. The reason is still due to his origin.

    Stephen was born in an aristocrat family in Imperial Capital. It is not a top-ranking giant, but it is also a well-known family. It is a medium-sized family that borrows between the second-rate and third-rate aristocrat, and is tightly standing in the ranks of the royalists. Because of this origin, Stephen was considered to have sufficient loyalty and firm stance, and finally he was promoted all the way. In less than a few years, he received the Deputy Flag Battalion level in the Imperial Central Army.

    Originally, Stephen thought that he still had great potential in his career: he was still young and had a good background. The accumulated resumes in a few years were almost enough. Once you have the opportunity, you may be able to use the family connections, walk around the door, will be transferred back to imperial capital, and then you can use a familiar in the name of the army, will be their own dignified into the imperial Capital of the military department or some other departments in the official position, Do not have to wind the wind in the army, do not have to go on the battlefield to life and death.

    If you mix well, you may be able to mix with a deputy director when you retired twenty or thirty years later.

    Most of the children born in aristocrat, haven't they come over like this in their lifetime?

    Unfortunately, Stephen's luck is really too bad.

    If everything is ok, then his idea should be 80% possible.

    But unfortunately…He met the war!

    The Odin people drove straight south and swept through the Siltan County. The seventh army of the Imperial Central Army fought against the Odin people. As a result, the Seventh Army of the Central Army was defeated in succession, and finally the main force was almost completely destroyed. Fortunately, Stephen was not included in the main sequence. He followed his remnants to the Moore County Denzel City with his own men and finally sheltered under Shaar's majesty.

    From that time on, his career dreams have been shattered.

    The seventh Army remnant was immediately compiled by Shaar, the Northern Army, and his traditional aristocrat family from Imperial Capital and the old oil in the Central Army apparently did not receive the trust of Shaar.

    Both sides are well aware that everyone is not a passer-by. Many of the officers of the Central Army who had a family background of aristocrat looked down on the Shaar Thunder. The guy who was born in the mud leg, if he was in the past, met on the road, but he took the initiative to salute himself!

    But now, not only must people sigh, but they are merged by the other side, and it depends on the face of others. The original duties and powers were all overhead, and the oil and water were naturally not fishing…

    Although Stephen did not resist when he knew it, at least he was not completely overhead, but he was also very clear in his heart. In his own capacity, he continued to stay in the Northern Army. There is no future.

    This accident was selected by Shaar as the commander of the Guards, responsible for escorting the Queen's return. For Stephen, it was a thing of heaven! !

    After all, he was born in the aristocrat family, and of course he is familiar with the birth of His Royal Highness!

    The Minas family, that was the first giant in the military! The Duke of Empires House! If you can safely escort the queen back to Imperial Capital, then no matter what, first of all Duke Minas will reward yourself! In the same way, the emperor’s imperial concession will not be light!

    As long as I can return to Imperial Capital, I will take a little action with my family's connections, and I will try my best to stay in Imperial Capital. I think there is no problem.

    So,From then on, you can get rid of the Northern Army, a group that you can't dissolve at all!

    This is a rare opportunity! !

    Based on this psychology, Stephen is particularly careful and responsible for escorting a trip.

    After departing from Denzel City, Stephen showed an extremely responsible officer's attitude. He carefully dispatched a large number of scouts along the way, urging the team to advance, and carefully caring about security issues.

    Whether it is walking, lodging, or a short stop, he is acting cautiously, even if it is the source of water on the road, he has to send people to check carefully – know that it is not yet out of Shaar's sphere of influence.

    Every morning and evening, he personally went to the empress to ask Ann, showing a full aristocrat style, whether it is etiquette or posture, is impeccable. Will ask the Queen's living, diet and so on.

    It can be said that Mr. Stephen has considered all the details that can be thought of.

    But what made him a little discouraged was that for his diligent questioning, the Queen's Highness himself was not very enthusiastic, even a little indifferent.

    Just at the beginning of the two times, the Queen's Highness opened the window and met him. The guest set a few words with him, and he was very proud of Mr. Stephen. But after that, Stephen couldn't see the Queen every time he asked him. The Queen just responded to the simple words "Hm", "Oh", "Know" in the carriage window, twice, even Stephen listened. Out of the impressed impatient taste in the Queen's tone.

    It’s a hell…This woman is so beautiful, born in the empire's first giant, and is the queen's respect. Every day, her face seems to be hung with a layer of frost…What is the identity of someone like her? !

    If it was placed in the past, Stephen would naturally be very interested in not to disturb the Queen.

    But now, Stephen is obviously losing some of his calm.

    He is very clear that for him, being able to deal with the Queen so close is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If you can get the Queen's appreciation, or you can get a little bit of good feelings from the Queen's Highness, then after returning to Imperial Capital, it is of great benefit to his attempt!

    He was born in a medium aristocrat family. Even the emperor's face is rarely seen on weekdays. If he can climb the Queen's line…So,After

    There is a fire burning in Stephen's heart!

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    The team walked all the way to Siltan County, and naturally it was safe and sound. The thousands of cavalry teams that accompanied him kept marching slowly less than a mile from the Queen's carriage horse team. The leading Sabar General, Stephen naturally knows that it is Shaar Thunder's trusted aide, from Rhodelia cavalry. But for Stephen, his aristocrat is not really a civilian-like officer like Sabar.

    There was no intersection between the two on the way, only occasionally dispatching the officers and soldiers to inform each other.

    As long as you return to Imperial Capital, you won't have any relationship with the Northern Army in the future! Even if his Sabar is the trusted aide of Shaar Thunder, I don't have to please him!

    Stephen thought so.

    When the team arrived at the new capital of the capital of Siltan County, the two teams immediately parted ways.

    Sabar's cavalry was not repaired in the new town, but after supplementing the supply, he immediately marched eastward and went to the Corsica area to rebel. The Queens and the party went into the new city for a day of rest.

    The new town has almost become a big construction site. Since Shaar decided to move the office to the new city in the future, the new city began maintenance work. The fortified city defenses and other fortifications during the war were under intense repairs. Some buildings in the city that were burnt down by the war began to be rebuilt, County Overseer House, military camps outside the city, granaries, etc…

    A large number of mobilized people like the ants are working hard outside the city, because there are construction sites everywhere, and the air is floating with a layer of dust.

    At night, Daphne, who was resting in the County Overseer, stayed up all night. She stood on her balcony and looked at the whole new town…

    Even at night, you can see the lights everywhere in the new city, the work on the construction site, and the sound of screaming far away.

    This will be a new imperial city in the northern part of the empire…It will be, that guy's lair. He will definitely put the impregnable fruit here.

    It is foreseeable that it will become more prosperous than ever…

    That Shaar, he will also be like a rising star, lighting up the northern sky of the empire…

    Unfortunately, I can't see it anymore.

    Tomorrow morning, I will leave the new city and go south.

    Everything in the north, the encounters of these days, all things, only, only…

    It will only become a cloud of smoke in a dream, and slowly dissipate.

    Daphne held the fence tightly, and his fingers were whitish because they were too hard.

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    The second time, the team went out of the new city, all the way south, and Stephen ordered the speed of the march. The squad carriage horse, after walking for more than ten days, finally left the border of Siltan County and officially entered the sphere of influence of the Besta.

    The Governor of the Besta, who kept her promise, sent a team of cavalry and brought in two hundred large carriages.

    Two hundred large carriages, the infantry among the guards finally got rid of the conviction of walking and trekking. After the infantry sat on the horse carriage, the marching speed increased a lot.

    Obviously, Mrs. Governor was also the idea to send this trouble away from her own territory early.

    The Besta people spared no effort to provide support and even provided some horses. There is also a cavalry escort along the way.

    It took less than fifteen days to cross the Besta area.

    Some of Stephen’s dissatisfaction was that the Lady of Governor had never appeared to see the Queen’s Highness.

    For aristocrat like Stephen, he thinks this is a very rude thing!

    After leaving the power zone of the Besta, Stephen ordered the team to continue to speed up!

    He is very clear that his own group has entered the enemy-occupied area!

    In the future, going south, this road must first cross the territory of the four rebel small warlords. In Stephen’s prediction, this distance should not be too dangerous. The team of one hundred and five hundred people, the small warlord I am not willing to invest in strength to fight with myself, and…Even if things are not good, you can use the cavalry to escape with the queen.

    The biggest danger is the Armenia Military District! To return to Imperial Capital, the Armenia Military District is a mountain that must be climbed in front of you! As the top force in the rebel camp, Armenia has a strong army and a vast territory! At that time, it was the time to really test yourself!

    But Stephen is not too worried…He has already thought of a idea he thinks is perfect! !

    He thought about it before he left! As soon as his own pedestrians approach the sphere of influence of the Armenia military region, he will immediately order the division!

    He will abandon the thousand infantry among the ranks, and all the other entourage, what the maids have abandoned from all of them! He will only take the Queen and hundreds of cavalry, sneak in and rush through the Armenia site as quickly as possible! The abandoned team can also serve as a suspect and attract the Armenia people's pursuers! !

    As for those who were abandoned by his plan, Stephen would not have a little bit of embarrassment.

    As for guilt…Joke As long as you can protect the Queen's safe arrival, then it is the greatest credit! Who will pursue these things at that time? !

    Of course, this plan, he will not be disclosed to anyone now!

    As long as you can get to Imperial Capital, then it’s just a matter of getting rich and making money, and being rich and prosperous! !

    Finally, on the twenty-ninth day after departure from Denzel City, the team stepped out of the forces of the Besta and officially entered the enemy-occupied area.

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    "hurry up! We must cross the agate river in front of us before dark, then stop at the south bank! Hell! Give me the spirit! ”

    Stephen rode the horse and ran back and forth around the team, shouting and letting the soldiers cheer.

    But this effect is not very good.

    Because of his urgency, he repeatedly asked for speed, and the team was already exhausted.

    Although there are a large number of horse carriages provided by the Besta to the infantry, but all the way to sit on the horse carriage for a few days, the soldiers' bones are about to be distracted.

    The Besta's horse carriage does not have any shock-proof device like the aristocrat's horse carriage, and it doesn't lay any soft carpet or the like. Those are the cargo cars that are specifically used for logistic goods. Sitting on the road, the bones of the body are almost broken, and everyone is backache.

    As for the cavalry, they have been trekking for so many days, and the inside of the thigh has to be bloodied by the saddle.

    It should be noted that the five hundred cavalry is not the Rhodelia cavalry of Shaar, including the one thousand infantry behind, which was drawn from the 2nd Army of the Northern Army, that is, the guard Army.

    These infantry are the original team of Stephen, the team he led. Most of the people, who were originally in the seventh Army and some local garrisons, were not selected into the first Army when the army was reorganized, but were eliminated from the guard Army.

    The composition of the five hundred cavalry is also quite an article: four of them are not real cavalry, but a horse-riding infantry force among the original garrison, also known as the mobile infantry. Only one hundred talents are the real cavalry, and that one hundred cavalry is the real elite that Shaar has specially drawn to strengthen the power of the Guards!

    This hundred cavalry are the mounted bandit that have followed Nene.

    These mounted bandit cavalry played in the military and were trained with Rhodelia cavalry. The level of precision was no less than that of Rhodelia cavalry, but the shackles and shackles of the mounted bandit made Stephen have some headaches.

    He obviously felt that this hundred cavalry was somewhat out of place with his own team, and he was lazy to execute his own orders.

    He has heard about it, and heard about the cavalry in the Northern Army – those really elite cavalry, only four of them can command them in the entire Northern Army.

    First and foremost, it is naturally Shaar Thunder. Second, it was the Cavalry commander Sabar of the Northern Army. The other two, Rheinhardt-Rheinhardt, led the Rhodelia cavalry remnant from south to north to Shaar, bloody battles along the way, and deep friendship with the cavalry.

    The last one, I heard that it was the special existence among the Northern Army, the only female officer, the Nene guy.

    In addition to these four people, other generals in the Northern Army are hard to command these cavalry.

    This hundred cavalry came all the way, although I didn't find any trouble for myself. Even in my heart, whether it is a hurry or a stop, or a vigilant scout, these true elite cavalry are ten times better than those of their second- and third-rate guys.

    But…Their cozy eyes and sly expressions have never been concealed.

    They look down on Stephen and never had a bit of respect.

    "Wait! Wait until Imperial Capital, see how I clean up these bastards. ”

    Stephen secretly screamed and raised the whip to urge: "Hurry! You must cross the river before dark! ! Quickly

    The soldiers under him were exhausted, but barely marched under his whip and yelling. The one hundred elite cavalry was still in the queue, but he was outside the brigade and looked far away at Stephen’s joke. Watching him drive the soldiers back and forth like driving the flock.

    “Heck yeah.”How could my grandfather send us to give this guy a command, this guy is muddy, why should we order it? ”

    A mounted bandit dissatisfied mutter: "Look at these guys, one by one is a mess! The warriors of our imposing Cavalry Army, why do you want to be with these guys. ”

    Another mounted bandit leader frowned, stopping the companion's complaint: "Okay, shut up!" The command of my grandfather naturally makes sense! Execute the order! Damn it ……Don't forget the secret of your grandfather before leaving, hēi hēi ……This guy is unreliable. It’s really a matter of happening. I have to have our brothers to clean up the scene. Give me a wake-up call! ! ”

    After a pause, the cavalry officer from the head of the mounted bandit was slightly indulged. He said: "That Stephen is an idiot. It will be a dark river. It is so strong that he will not be sent to the front to inquire." Damn it ……Send 20 brothers to the river in front to inquire, guard the river and meet the brigade. Also, the nearby woods have sent people to the whistle. Now it is not our site. Put the warning zone bigger and carefully drive the ship for thousands of years. ”

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