Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 528 525．farewell and welcome

At 10 o'clock in the morning, under the southern slope of the Iowa Valley, the auxiliary army, two knight orders, and apprentices from the Galloping Horse Academy gathered and stood. In the front of several square teams were 15 newly completed stone pillars. These stone pillars Only a dozen centimeters in diameter and less than 2 meters high, the pillars are engraved with names and family information.

In the offensive and defensive battle last night, about 50 auxiliary troops were injured and 15 died.Wounded soldiers can quickly return to the army after being healed by magic, while the dead are centrally incinerated.

Fifteen students from the Galloping Horse Academy buried the earthen pots containing the ashes under the stone pillars. The barbarian priests sang the requiem along with the ascetic monk Wright Doliner. With the low voices of hundreds of people, the air seemed to be Dots of magical elements rose into the sky.

The white flame goblin continuously danced around the crowd, absorbing the essence of these emotions.

"Soldiers, I want us to remember Kramos, Docte, Blue Cat's Claw, Ash Tree Root..." Rand read out the names of each sacrificed soldier one by one, announcing that the descendants of these people will be given priority to enter the auxiliary Army or Knights.

Albert next to him frowned. At first he still didn't understand why the high-ranking lord had to preside over the burial of several non-monsters, but seeing the knights and auxiliary soldiers listening silently, he Also quite moving.

Beside Albert, Julian Zhuoqin had a smile on his face, looking at Lant Galloping with admiration, and from time to time looking at Ben Kaur beside him.In the war history of the empire, similar commemorative activities were held after the earliest battles of the God Emperor. When he first heard that Rand wanted to bury the dead himself, Julian thought it was an allusion that Ben told him.

"Today they used their lives to delay the attack of the orcs, so that we have enough time and opportunity to block the orc army from the high wall." Rand was still reading the eulogy,

"Tomorrow there may still be sacrifices among us, but behind us, more people will stand up, take over our flags and swords, and destroy the enemy's arrogance and flesh. The vast Galloping Horse Plain will never forget Every soldier who died for her!..."

Listening to the lord's speech on the hillside, Jim watched as the tops of the stone pillars were gradually cut by magic, forming small sculptures, which were the busts of every sacrificed soldier.

Although several hours had passed since the battle, Jim was still replaying the scene on the city wall in his mind. It was the eve of the victory, when he thought that the enemy army in front of him had no fighting spirit and was a group of rats waiting to be slaughtered. A two-meter-long frontal ratman suddenly rushed out, raised a rusty iron knife, and looked at him.

At the very moment, a spear flew out from his side and hit the head of the Ratman. It was Morse, the captain of the demon possessor behind him, who saved Jim's life. However, Morse was pinched by two ratmen and shot He took several knives.

If it wasn't for the monster Black Rabbit rushing over to quickly petrify the wound, maybe dozens of wounded people like Morse would have been put under the stone pillars one by one.

There was a slight vibration from the ground. Behind the 15 stone pillars, a huge rock drilled out of the ground. As the highest point of the stone reached a height of 5 meters, a large piece of debris on the stone surface peeled off, revealing a statue Sculpture: The galloping horse knight, the wind wolf knight and the three soldiers of the auxiliary army holding their respective weapons.

Rand's speech finally came to an end, and his tone suddenly rose: "In the future, every soldier who defended the Iowa Valley will be buried here. They will witness our border become stable and prosperous, and they will also witness the progress of galloping horses. revived again!"

"...run the horse! run the horse! . . . "

"... grandparents, fathers, royal family, late father..."

The slogan of galloping horses and the singing of barbarians sounded at the same time, and the sacrifice of the predecessors became the driving force and ladder for future generations to forge ahead.

Jarger looked at his panicked partner and tugged at Jim's sleeve, "Hey, what are you thinking?"

"Huh?" Jim finally recovered from his contemplation, and said to Jarger:
"Me? I'm wondering if the number of auxiliary soldiers is too small. We only have less than 1000 people now, but we are facing too many ratmen.

In addition, there are a lot of jobs for the auxiliary army, and they are all in the small town of Iowa now. It may be nothing. Once we attack with the Knights, our number may not be enough! "

Jarger thought about Jim's words, and it took a while before he said: "I'm afraid only Lord Lante can solve your idea. I think even Knight Danico can't do anything."

"Maybe I should talk to him." Jim nodded.

When the funeral was over, Jim looked back and saw a thin line approaching them on the east side of the valley, that is, in the direction of the plain.

"That should be immigrants from the plain iron mines?" Jim looked into the distance and muttered to himself.

"There may be newly trained auxiliary troops," Jarger added on the side: "After we left, the auxiliary army did not stop recruiting. It is said that a new auxiliary army of 1000 people has been added. You see those carriages at the end of the team Is it? They should all belong to the auxiliary army!"

"The total number of people in our territory is tens of thousands. Isn't it too many to draw almost 2000 people as auxiliary troops?" Jim frowned.

"There are a lot of young and strong laborers in the salt mines and iron mines, and the various barbarian tribes have also contributed a lot, but I guess this is the last batch, and the workshops in the territory of the people will be affected. .” Jarger nodded.

Sure enough, at noon, the two leaders of the auxiliary army saw the new batch of auxiliary army. They were required to organize comprehensive training for all the auxiliary army as soon as possible, and they also had to cooperate with the two knights of the Frostwolf, the galloping horse, and the barbarian cavalry. .

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In South Slope Castle, Rand was watching the couple Pete Maned Wolf and Lania Maned Wolf in the meditation room. According to Lania's plan at the beginning of the month, their team should have arrived 3 days ago.

Although there is nothing wrong with the team being a few days late, Rand was curious why the entire team of 3000 people was still 1000 days late with the assistance of 200 auxiliary troops and 3 two-horse carriages.

Pete, who was looked at by Rand uncomfortablely, said, "My lord, the transfer of the team was delayed by three days because of my own responsibility. I was the one responsible for letting Leniya pass the command of the team, but I didn't." Thinking of 3 people is so difficult to manage."

To be precise, Pete had just passed the command of the team a week ago, and he moved a distance of 4000 stations with a total of 3 people.

"Oh, you've never managed so many people before, and it's understandable that you're not used to it," Rand nodded with a smile. It felt like looking at a silly child, which made Pete even more furious.

"My lord, I used to be the deputy head of the Maned Wolf Knights. My knights were much better managed than Fernando, but I really don't understand why these non-monsters have so many things." One said When he got up, Pete began to complain.

(End of this chapter)