Chapter 324: Expedition to the Plains of Dinant
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At Arthur's insistence, he was recruited into the Alsace army, but Arthur found that the territory of this remote town consisted of only a few hundred men, and most of them armed their infantry with spears and swords, and leather armor.
Decent cavalry did not have it at all.
But Arthur was a knight and was assigned a snow-white horse, but he didn't have any good harness, and he had been practicing riding lately without riding a horse.
Although horseback riding was still practiced, Arthur's swordsmanship was very good, and in the practice exercise, none of the soldiers were his opponents, although those soldiers initially had the idea of not wanting to hurt the young knight, but soon they found that the strength was extremely strong.
The experienced Bartland is the close attendant in charge of managing the lord of the Alsace territory, and serves the lord of Alsace in the previous generation, he thinks that Arthur may be born as a mercenary, after all, mercenaries have always sharpened their skills between life and death, if Arthur is really not a nobleman, it would be too good, if he can stay, he can protect the lord after stepping on the battlefield.
The lord of Alsace was a count called 'Tagler Wilmud Warun', although he had a great reputation, but the place he managed was barren, a country lord who was not poor but not rich, the most obvious example of this was that all the housework in his mansion was handled by the maid Tita alone, and the mansion where the lord lived was like this, and it had to be said that it was too shabby.
After a few days of simple training and the reorganization of the ranks, Arthur and the others were about to set out, and the date of their departure was set out by a conscription issued by His Majesty the King of Brunay.
Arthur ...... Please protect the young master, please, I will cook you a lot of delicious food......"
Tita tells Arthur that she has learned to deal with Arthur Lori and tempts him with delicious food. It will definitely work!
"Don't worry, Dita, I will, when you return triumphantly, you will roast a leg of lamb for me......"
There was already saliva at the corner of Arthur's mouth.
"Really, a lady can't drool, how can a beautiful girl like you be so indecent?"
Tita frowned and wiped the saliva from the corner of Arthur's mouth with a handkerchief, now that Arthur is her sister, they have been together for a few days. Arthur's cheerful and helpful personality has become a good fit for everyone, and many of the young soldiers are even more adoring.
"Really, I can protect myself, protected by a lovely girl, am I too incompetent as a lord? When I first went into battle two years ago, didn't I come back on all fours? β
A resolute boy with dark red hair, a year older than Arthur, he naturally didn't want to be protected by a girl younger than himself, although it seemed that he couldn't beat Arthur. Anyway, no one here has been able to fight Arthur, and even the soldiers have a feeling of if the war queen. Then the strength of the battle queen should be like Arthur.
"Last time there was Lord Urs......"
Tita paused as she spoke, the previous lord had died two years earlier.
"Alright, Dita, don't worry. With this old guy like me, I will definitely try my best to protect the young master! β
Batalong laughed and said, "And the young master is only shooting arrows." will not be in danger. β
"Then I'll leave you to watch the house, ...... Dita"
Tegler patted Tita on the shoulder, then stepped on his horse and set out on the journey with Arthur, Batland, and the hundreds of soldiers assembled.
The march must have a military flag, and the Alsatian Collar held up two flags, one is the flag of the House of Volun with a white half-moon and shooting stars painted on a blue background, and the other is the red horse flag with a black mane and a red body, which is the symbol of the kingdom of Brunay.
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Arthur and his destination were the Plains of Dinant, where they were to join the army of Count Mathhas, lord of the Odean Lord, on the border of Alsace.
After converging with Mashas, Arthur found out how weak the combat power of the Alsace territory was, the same Earl of the Border, Mashas led two thousand well-equipped troops, and even had a knight team, but Arthas was so simple, the soldiers didn't even have decent iron armor, they were all leather armor, and their defense was naturally quite inferior.
Despite the difference between the two realms, Mashaas seemed to take care of Teegler.
Mashas, who had finished greeting Tegeler, soon noticed Arthur who stood out from the crowd -
"This isβ"
At first glance, Mashaas thought it was a war queen, indeed, Arthur gave a strong momentum, and rode a white horse in a sassy and heroic manner, and the air became extremely pure because of his presence, even if he stood there quietly, it attracted the attention of all the soldiers.
"Oh...... The wandering mercenary, the chivalrous Ace Arthur Cepesy Scalette Kolan Queerry, who was relieved by us for her excessive hunger at that time, stayed to repay the favor and joined the army, and her martial arts were so good that hundreds of us couldn't beat her alone...... It's just that she eats a little too much, and only the army can feed her with dozens of people's meals. β
Bartland said with a smile.
"Really? I thought that the kingdom of Gistadt was composed of seven principalities managed by a king and seven war queens, and the commander of our war this time seems to be one of them.
At only 16 years old, she was an undefeated swordsman, always rushing to the front line of the battlefield and wielding a long sword, she was also known as the 'Silver Flash' and 'Sword Dance', and was feared by the people. β
Mashaas recalled.
"Really? Zhan Ji, that's really powerful, sixteen years old, the same age as me, if it's really that powerful, wouldn't this war be very suspenseful? β
Taegler didn't expect Senhime to be so young.
"Otherwise, the enemy army is about 5,000, but our army is more than 25,000 people, which is really exciting!"
Mashas said with some self-deprecation, this old knight also has self-esteem, obviously bullying the weak in the war makes him a little dissatisfied, but his army is just a water drift in the team of 25,000 people, and he can't make any big waves, just as the nobles of the territory near the Plains of Dinant on the battlefield were born together with the knights directly under the kingdom, after all, the lords near the battlefield are obliged to assist the king in the war.
The same goes for Tayler.
"Isn't that a war to be won?"
Taegler said with some ease.
"Maybe......"
Mashaas was not optimistic, and the old knight seemed to understand the situation. (To be continued.) )