Lord Highlander

  Chapter 103 102. War Horse

  When the night falls, the sky seems to be covered with a layer of black veil by the goddess of the night, and in a blink of an eye, there are bright stars.

  The majestic Moyunling in the distance is silent in the night, turning into a huge shadow in the darkness, and the sea of ​​trees on the top of those mountains completely disappears in the endless darkness in front of you.

The heavy cavalry with nearly half of the casualties finally completed the evacuation operation before dark. Now the most elite Constructed Knights under Solomon Bowen officially entered the frontal battlefield of Moyun Ridge, followed by five hundred Constructed Knights. There are also fifty catapults. Because there are a large number of bed crossbows and catapults on the battlefield, the main task of the heavy armored infantry regiment is to guard these ordnance, so the three heavy armored infantry regiments take turns guarding the frontline battlefield.

  Earl Mond Goss' fifty-seven heavy armored infantry regiment, as a heavy armored infantry regiment with relatively few casualties in the expeditionary force, was once again required to be at the forefront.

Baron Sidney led the heavy armored infantry soldiers of the fourth battalion into the front-line position. Just under a row of bed crossbows at the highest point of the slope, he saw the soldiers of the second squadron frying horse pie with a group of crossbowmen. The atmosphere at the time was extremely harmony.

  Horse meat will only appear in the recipes of infantry when heavy cavalry regiments and constructed knights suffer heavy casualties.

It was completely dark, and the dots of fire on the battlefield were those dead evil spirits. When their heads were chopped off by the soldiers and pickled with quicklime, and the black-striped demon skin on their bodies was cruelly peeled off, what remained Those who fall will expose the corpses in the wilderness. As the victors of the war, the imperial infantry soldiers will not waste their energy for these evil spirits. Set their corpses on fire.

  When these evil spirits died, the sticky black-purple blood in their bodies became extremely flammable.

  So in the dark night, there will be clusters of bonfires on the field battlefield. These bonfires will burn until the corpses of the evil spirits are only white bones, and the wind in the mountains will blow these ashes all over the battlefield.

  Suldak was sitting in front of a bed crossbow console, chatting shoulder to shoulder with the captain of the group of bed crossbow soldiers.

   After getting along for nearly a day, the captain of the crossbowmen had a deep understanding of Suldak's strength.

Baron Sidney rode his horse to the top of the slope, behind him were 300 heavy armored infantry soldiers lined up neatly. Suldak hurriedly led Baron Sidney to the camp that had been set up. The camp of the Fourth Battalion was Placed on the other side of the hillside, in addition to setting up camp tents, Suldak also prepared hot horse meatloaf for the infantry soldiers of the Fourth Battalion.

This kind of horse patty is minced with lean horse meat, and after adding some water chestnuts, onions, pepper, and salt, it is simply baked. Each horse patty is about the size of a palm, and the outer layer is slightly Burnt, He Boqiang feels that the taste is a bit like a lion's head that has just been fried from a frying pan. It has not been steamed in a steamer, and it has not been covered with a layer of delicious soup, but it can be eaten on Zhancheng. Baked things, rather than paste-like marching rations, of course, this is also a rare delicacy.

Seeing that the soldiers under him had been placed extremely well before he showed up, Baron Sidney jumped off his horse, threw the reins to the followers behind him, walked to Suldak, and took off the white gloves on his hands , patted Surdak's shoulder affectionately.

   "How are things going?"

   Lord Baron stared at Suldak and asked earnestly.

  Seeing that Suldak hesitated to answer, Baron Sidney felt that Suldak's desire to go home was greater than his desire to become a knight.

However, this matter is related to the appointment of the squadron leader of the Fourth Battalion. Baron Sidney hopes that one of these squadron leaders will be his confidant. There are very few candidates to choose from. This Suldak civilian was born , is currently the best option.

  Baron Sidney approached Suldak, lowered his voice and said to him:

   "Don't think that this kind of thing happens often. Some people may not be able to catch up once after waiting for decades."

  Seeing that Suldak was listening intently, he went on to say:

   "Being able to become a knight of the Green Empire is a canonized knight. You will have many privileges. For example, you can collect taxes on your own land, and you only need to pay a little symbolically to the empire every year."

  Land and taxation are always two big mountains that weigh on the backs of ordinary people. When Suldak heard Baron Sidney say this, he was a little tempted.

   Baron Sidney continued:

"You are not the only candidate for the vacancy of the squadron leader this time. If you have not fought for them, I can ask Earl Mond Goss to sign your application for retirement, so that your journey home will be smooth. No problem, and you can be my squire, even if you return to Hailansa, you can take your identity plate to Akerwin to seek my help if you encounter any problems, even if I am not around, my housekeeper will handle it well All of this will help you to a certain extent.”

   Baron Sidney came here with great sincerity this time. Although Suldak didn't know why Baron Sidney wanted to become a knight so eagerly, he could see some real benefits.

   Standing up straight in front of Baron Sidney, Suldak said:

   "Baron Sidney, I am willing to accept this knight selection."

  Seeing that Suldak agreed to come down, Sidney reached out and patted him on the shoulder again, and said to him: "Do well, I am optimistic about you!"

   Being stared at by Baron Sidney with kind eyes, Suldak suddenly felt a little uncomfortable all over his body.

  …

He Boqiang was squatting in front of a war horse with injured legs. He used a skinning knife to cut a section of branch evenly, and then wrapped the broken horse's leg tightly with linen cloth on two splints. Do not return to cause misalignment again.

This is an ancient Bolai horse with a leg injury picked up from the battlefield. When He Boqiang saw it, it was lying in a mud pit in a heavy armor, and it was tied together with some other dead horses by chains. , Those heavy cavalry who died in the battle have already moved to the rear, and the farewell ceremony will probably be held tomorrow.

  There are many dying war horses around, and most of the wounds on those horses can't be cured. The infantry soldiers don't mind sending them the last journey with the long sword in their hands.

   It's just that this war horse only injured its leg. If it is treated in time, there is still a chance for it to recover.

The limited transport capacity of the logistics department is to transport more than 200 heavy cavalry corpses in addition to the battlefield materials. These wounded surviving horses can only stay on the battlefield and cannot be transported back. There is only one horse here. Name: horse meat.

He Boqiang saw that the horse had a possibility of being cured, so he was reluctant to kill such a fat and strong war horse on the spot, so he ran to the top of the **** to find the coachman who pulled the bed crossbow, and asked him to use the mule for pulling the bed crossbow Bring the wounded horse back to the hillside camp.

The coachman knew that He Boqiang was a mute who could not speak, and was a heavy armored infantry soldier of low status. Seeing He Boqiang gesticulating and marking the ground, he was unwilling to help. In the end, the shining silver coin was more convincing. , successfully made the coachman change his mind.

  Augustus was very puzzled by this. In his opinion, a silver coin can do almost nothing on the battlefield. How can the affection of a heavy armored infantry soldier be worth anything?

  In any case, after the injured horse took off the expensive armor, it became a piece of living horse meat, and was brought back to the **** top camp by He Boqiang.

  With the help of Red Socks, He Boqiang successfully splinted the horse's front legs.

"Actually, even if it is cured, it is impossible for infantry soldiers to own a war horse, and it still has the brand of the heavy cavalry regiment on it. Now it is a pile of horse meat. After it is cured, someone from the heavy cavalry regiment will come forward to find it." The war horse you asked for, they won't think that you cured the war horse, and the horse belongs to you..." Behind He Boqiang, the bearded Cagle babbled endlessly.

  He Boqiang finally just patted Cagle on the shoulder, indicating that he knew all this.

   Rescue this war horse, just want to revive it...

  (end of this chapter)