Law of the Devil Chapter 189: [The choice of old smoke]
Chapter 189 [The Choice of Old Smoke]
In the stables of the Duke's Mansion, the guys that Longbottom had recruited lined up.
This slightly rudimentary (of course relatively speaking) Duke's Mansion occupies a small area. In the imperial capital full of mansions in Guangsha, such a mansion can only be regarded as a middle-lower man, apparently the Duke of Du Wei Identity is very mismatched.
But there is no shortage of horses in the Duke's Mansion.
When the original Rowling family withdrew from the imperial capital, the house was sold and everyone was dismissed, but there were many horses at the earl's mansion of the family of Wu Xun, and all of them were asked by Dewey. come.
"You can choose your mounts at will." Longbottom ordered, and the samurai warriors looked surprised on their faces.
When you come to the Duke's House of Tulips, everyone already knows the identity of the host here. It is actually the young duke who is famous all over the world! Think about the pitiful day in the slave market where you were looking for food, but now you are in the best of the Empire!
Can you own a horse? !!
But Longbatton looked at these guys struggling to ride a horse, secretly shook his head, looked at Du Wei around him, and whispered: "Well, these guys are all just warriors, but not knights. Go to that place in the northwest in the future, no How can you ride a horse! Even in the northwest, even children can ride a horse. "
Basically speaking, warriors on the mainland, as long as they have a genuine warrior level, have passed the examination of the Knights Association. But for most people, they are just "Samurai", but they cannot be called "Knights".
Knight, the simplest truth: At least you have to ride a horse, right?
But for these low-level samurai. They ca n’t even support themselves. Where can they have money to raise a horse of their own? Feeding a horse is much more expensive than feeding a person!
The decline of the warrior is the status quo on the mainland, and the "Knights Association" that survived was once a strong organization alongside the magical union, but now it has fallen to the top. The Knights Association is responsible for assessing and awarding knight rank badges.
But most people who practice martial arts can't even afford horses ... they can only use martial arts. But not riding.
So, on the mainland, it has gradually become used to separating the two groups of "Samurai" and "Knight".
These guys in front of me are obviously just warriors, not knights ...
"Huh?" Longbatton's eyes suddenly flashed, and he saw the last old cigarette turned over. The guy with the strongest strength solicited today can actually ride a horse! And it seems that riding is quite good, he is very clean on the horse. At first glance it was rigorously trained. And he's riding on a horse ... The upper body stops straight, his legs are not as desperately pinching the horse's belly as other rookies, and he looks relaxed.
"This guy is a 'knight'." Lombard became more curious about this old smoke: "He has good martial arts, and he seems to be riding well. He can have such strong strength, and such riding People. How could they fall into the slave market to find food? "
This question is also what Du Wei wants to ask.
Although this temporary Duke's Mansion is small, as a typical aristocratic mansion, some basic land facilities are also available, such as ... a small scale. But the racetrack is enough for now.
After leaving the rookies to cheerfully practice riding, Longbottom called the old cigarette into the room alone, also waiting in the room, and Dewey.
Lao Yan's look was a bit complicated, and he probably thought about what the duke called him in.
Sure enough ...
"Report your service name, knight!" Longbottom, without waiting for the old smoke to stand, suddenly stood up, and then shouted loudly.
Almost the same as conditioned reflection. As a result of years of training, Lao Yan couldn't help standing upright, his legs were folded together, and he stole the leather boots under his feet, then shouted loudly, "The Royal Guards Fourth Cavalry of the Royal Guards Captain of the Sixth Team ... "
In the end, the old smoke suddenly responded, and he was not in the Royal Forest anymore.
However, Longbottom and Dewey are satisfied with the result.
Looking at the unnatural expression on this guy named Laoyandi, Du Wei smiled: "Have you ever been an officer of the Imperial Forest Army?"
"... Yes."
Long Barton smiled calmly: "No wonder I saw you like to tuck your trousers into your boots ... Only those who like the beautiful Royal Forest would do it."
Old smoke blushes. indeed. The Emperor's Army who paid great attention to the royal magnificence. It differs from ordinary army in many details, especially in personal instrumentation. The Royal Forest Army is a model.
Their uniforms are always hot and straight, there are no folds on the pants, and they like to tuck the trousers into long riding boots, making the whole person look very straight.
But the phrase "like beautiful" still deeply stabbed Lao Yan. He seemed to think of the day of the coup d'état. The 3,000 most elite Royal Forest soldiers still had that "beautiful" equipment, which was a thousand rebels Run away like a rabbit and run away.
The soldiers should pay attention to appearances, but if they pursue the appearances too much ... it can only be regarded as honor guards.
"Okay, my general." Du Wei smiled and waved to Long Barton, then looked at the old smoke, Wen Yan: "I think, you don't need to ask me, you also understand what I want to ask, right?"
Lao Yan nodded, and he sighed, "Sir, are you going to arrest me for desertion?"
Indeed, this is what old smokes are most worried about. The imperial army's punishment for deserters was extremely severe. There is no room for manoeuvre ... desertion, kill!
"Talk about your experience, old smoke." Du Wei smiled.
"I ... was once an Imperial Forest Army." Lao Yan gritted his teeth: "Before the summer festival day, I had been serving in Imperial Forest Army for twelve years ..."
Lao Yan then recounted the experience of the 3,000 Yu Linjun who was on the day of the coup d'état, ready to be reviewed.
"... I hit an arrow, right here." Lao Yan pointed at the wound on his chest: "I fainted, but I didn't die. Later, when I cleared the battlefield, I was treated as The dead bodies moved outside the city. At midnight, I woke up and found myself lying in a pile of dead people. Quietly around, the burning point in the distance was burning in batches of corpses, rebels, and our people. I At that time, it was not known whether the rebels won or we won, so I didn't dare to go out. I quietly left there ... They were understaffed, there were too many corpses, there were thousands of corpses there, but only less than A hundred people were guarded, so I quietly left there, and no one noticed them.
"What then?" Du Wei nodded.
"Then I slipped into a nearby town and slept in a shed with hay in a farmhouse, and woke up at noon the next day. I stole a piece of clothing and went to the river to clean it. I was wounded. Finally, when I was on the road, I was rescued by a group of businessmen. I told them that there was a coup in the imperial capital, and I was a civilian ... Those days were chaotic. Many civilians in the imperial capital were injured, and my statement did not cause Others suspected that the merchants gave me some medicines and food, and then left. A few days later, I returned to the Imperial City. "
"You are back." Du Wei nodded: "So, you should already know that at the time in the coup, which party won? Since the royal family won, why don't you return to the Royal Forest? Here? People like you who bravely killed and wounded the enemy on the day of the coup d'état will be rewarded. Why don't you go back? "
Lao Yan was silent, but Du Wei saw that this man in his thirties. There seemed to be a flame burning in his eyes!
"Master, we have three thousand people in total, most of them are dead. Especially the squad in my place, all my brothers are dead, and my squadron, our leader is dead, our whole squadron I am the only one who survives! "Lao Yan's voice was a little excited. It was a bit more dry: "I worked there for twelve years. I am loyal to the royal family and there are my brothers. A few people on duty with me. After each shift, we will go together to drink and gamble, and to find women together . I still remember that when I broke my leg on one of my horse rides, my chief personally carried me back from the racetrack! But ... they were all dead. "At the end, Lao Yan's voice was a bit dry:" They Are dead. "
Du Wei didn't speak, Longbottom hesitated, and bit his lip without making a noise.
"I remember their names. They are all my brothers. My sergeant, Captain Hank, he is a good officer. He has strict requirements on us and invites us to his house when he is not on duty. Drinking. And Lusa, I owed him sixteen bronze horns when I gambled. He also had a guy in our team. Before the coup d'état, we had a fight for robbing a girl. I wanted to apologize to him afterwards ... but ... "The old smoke suddenly trembled, as if awkward, repeating the fact dryly:
"But they are all dead."
"But their death is not your fault." Du Wei looked at the old smokey eyes: "They were killed by the rebels. You are lucky not to have died, why not go back?"
Lao Yan didn't answer Du Wei's words, instead he asked Du Wei a question:
"Master Duke, what happened on the day of the coup, and then spread to the capital, everyone knows what's going on." There was a hint of gray in the eyes of the old smoke, his eyes were originally a faint gray, At this moment, it seems that I want to be a dying man: "My lord, His Royal Highness Chen, he became the regent. On the day of the coup, he had been prepared for a long time, and he knew that the great prince would rebellion! , Everything is known! So he arranged so many backhands, and in the end he won easily. Now, he is the regent, and he will become the emperor in the future. Am I right? "
Du Wei suddenly felt that he understood the heart of the middle-aged man in front of him!
"Since Chen Chen already knew, why didn't he stop it?"
"Since he has known for a long time, why do we 3,000 people die?"
"Since he knew earlier, why didn't he do something before the coup?"
"Since he knew it long ago ..."
Du Wei ca n’t answer these questions, or he knows the answer, but he ca n’t say it.
"Dear Duke, do you think you can't answer?" Lao Yan smiled bitterly: "I know it myself."
He took a deep breath: "Because Prince Chen didn't even think about stopping the coup beforehand. He needs to use the coup to get rid of the big prince. He needs that coup! So, our 3,000 people That is, the chess piece abandoned by him, the bait abandoned by him. The death of 3,000 of us can make the prince mistakenly believe that the coup is going smoothly ... 3,000 of us must die because of our plan In the beginning, it was abandoned. "
Finally, Lao Yan concluded: "I understand all these."
Du Wei sighed, but Longbottom beside him suddenly hit the table with a severe punch.
"I'm an Imperial Forest Army." Lao Yan's voice was very heavy: "I used to be extremely loyal to the royal family. As long as the thornbush flower emperor flag pointed to it, I was willing to fight blood and fight with my life! Go Defend the royal family! But that day, I did not die, and then suddenly found it ridiculous ... I was originally a loyal person, he was not worth me to be loyal! "
"I'm a soldier, I'm willing to fight to death! But ... I absolutely don't want to be betrayed and give up to die! So, I survived, refused to play for the royal family again, and I won't go back! "