Chapter 490 [Road to the South]

Chapter 490 [Road to the South]

As a former Imperial Central Army officer, Mr. Stephen is still capable of being promoted to the deputy flag regiment level - he is not a waste, and of course he is not a genius figure.

In his thirties, he has been in the army for ten years, and has been briefly selected and studied at the Emperor's College, which is quite good.

Of course, the reason why he was able to get to the deputy flag regiment level among the Imperial Central Army was not purely because of his superior military strategists, but more importantly because of his background.

Stephen was born into a noble family in the imperial capital. He was not a top wealthy family, but he also had a lot of background. He was a middle-class family that was lingering between second-rate and third-rate nobles, and he stood closely in the ranks of the royalist faction. Because of this background, Stephen was considered to have enough loyalty and firm stance, and finally was promoted all the way. In less than a few years, he obtained a deputy flag-level official position in the Imperial Central Army.

Originally, Stephen thought he had a lot of potential in his career: he was still young and had a good background, and the resume he had accumulated over the years was almost enough. Once he had the opportunity, he might be able to use his family's connections to move around and around, and then he could use the name of being well-versed in the military or another department to serve as an official position. He would not have to be in the army and do not have to go to the battlefield to make life and death.

If you do well, you may be able to reach the level of deputy director when you retreat twenty or thirty years later.

Isn’t this how most children from noble families live their lives?

Unfortunately, Stephen's luck was so bad.

If everything is normal, then his idea should be 80% likely to be realized.

But unfortunately... he encountered a war!

The Odins went south and rushed straight into Siltan County. The Seventh Corps of the Imperial Central Army fought fiercely with the Odins. As a result, the Seventh Corps of the Central Army was defeated one after another, and the main force was almost wiped out. Fortunately, Stephen was not included in the main force at that time. He followed the remnants to Denzel City, Moor County, and finally protected Shaya.

From that time on, his dream of career had been shattered.

The remnants of the Seventh Corps were then incorporated by Xia Ya and established the Northern Army. It is obvious that he, a traditional aristocratic family from the imperial capital and the old men in the Central Army did not receive Xia Ya's trust.

Both sides knew it well that everyone was not a member of the same place. Many officers from the Central Army who came from the aristocratic family background looked down on Xia Leiming at all. If such a guy from a mud-legged background was in the past and met on the road, he would take the initiative to salute himself!

But now, not only do we have to rely on others, but we have been merged by the other party. From then on, we have to live a life based on the other party's expression. All of our original positions and powers have been emptied, so we naturally have no money to get...

Although Stephen knew that he did not resist at the same time, at least he was not completely undermined, he knew very well that he would have no future to continue to stay in the Northern Army as his own identity.

This time, she was unexpectedly selected by Charia as the commander of the escort army and was responsible for escorting the queen back. For Stephen, it was simply a matter of falling from the sky!!

After all, he was born into an aristocratic family, so of course he was very familiar with the origin of His Highness!

The Minas family was once the most powerful family in the army! The Duke of the Empire! If you can safely escort the queen back to the imperial capital, then no matter what, the Duke of Minas will definitely reward him heavily! Similarly, the reward of His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not be light!

As long as you can return to the imperial capital, use your family’s connections, take a little action, think of some solutions, and keep yourself in the imperial capital, there is no problem.

Then... from now on, we can get out of the Northern Army, a group that it cannot be dissolved in!

This is a rare opportunity!!

Based on this mentality, Stephen seemed particularly careful and responsible for escorting the party.

After leaving Denzel City, Stephen showed an extremely responsible officer's attitude. He carefully dispatched a large number of scouts along the way to urge the team to move forward, while carefully caring about security issues.

Whether it is traveling, accommodation, or a short stop to rest, he was cautious. Even if it was water sources on the road, he had to send someone to carefully check it - you must know that he had not yet left Xia's sphere of influence.

He personally went to the queen to greet him every morning and evening, showing a full aristocratic style. He was impeccable in terms of etiquette and posture. He would ask about the queen's daily life, diet, etc.

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

However, what made him a little discouraged was that His Highness himself was not very enthusiastic, and even a little indifferent to his diligent greetings.

Only in the first two times, His Highness opened the window to meet him, and said a few words to him politely, trying to help Mr. Stephen with great sensation. But after that, every time Stephen greeted him, he could not see the queen. The queen just responded simply to a few words of "um", "oh" and "I know" in the car window. Two times, even Stephen could hear the suppressed impatient smell in the queen's tone.

It's really a ghost... This woman is so beautiful, she comes from the most wealthy family in the empire and is the queen. Every day, she seems to have a layer of frost on her face... What else can anyone with her status be without a living?!

If it were in the past, Stephen would naturally be very tactful and dare not disturb the queen.

But now, Stephen obviously lost his calmness.

He knew very well that for him, being able to deal with the queen at such a close distance was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If he could get the queen's appreciation or even a little bit of favor from His Highness, then after returning to the imperial capital, he would have great benefits for his attempts!

He came from a middle-class noble family, and he rarely even saw the emperor's face on weekdays. If he could climb the line of the queen... Then... in the future...

There was 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 cavalry team of thousands of people who accompanied him kept a slow march of less than a mile from the Queen's chariots and horses. Stephen naturally knew that General Sharba was the leader of the army. He was the direct descendant of Charles Sharba and was born into the Rodria cavalry. However, for Stephen, a noble like him would not really look down on officers from civilian origins like Schalba.

The two of them had no intersection along the way, but they just occasionally sent out messengers to inform each other.

As long as I return to the imperial capital, I don’t have to have any relationship with the Northern Army in the future! Even if he is Sharba, I don’t have to please him!

That's what Stephen thought.

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

Sharba's cavalry did not repair the new city, but supplemented the supplies and immediately rushed eastward to suppress the rebellion in the Corsica area. The queen and her party entered the new city for a day's rest.

The new city has almost become a large construction site. Since Xia Ya decided to move the capital to the new city in the future, the new city has started to repair. The city defense and other fortifications that were destroyed during the war are under intense repair, and some buildings in the city that were burned by the war have also begun to be rebuilt, including the county magistrate's mansion, the military camps outside the city, the granary, etc....

The large number of people mobilized were working hard like ants inside and outside the city, because there were construction sites everywhere, and the air was filled with a layer of stone dust.

At night, Defenni, who was resting in the county magistrate's mansion, stayed up all night. She stood on her balcony and looked at the entire new city...

Even at night, you can see the lights everywhere in the new city, working enthusiastically on the construction site, and shouting from afar.

This will be an emerging heroic city in the north of the empire...and it will be that guy's nest. He will definitely make the operation here as solid as a sacred thing.

It can be predicted that this place will definitely become more prosperous than the past...

That Xia, he will also be like a rising star, illuminating the northern sky of the empire...

Unfortunately, I can never see these again.

I will leave the new city early tomorrow morning and head south.

Everything in the north, what happened these days, everything, will only, will only...

It will only turn into a cloud of smoke in a dream, slowly dissipating.

Defini held the fence tightly, and his fingers turned a little white because he tried too hard.

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The second time, the team left the new city and headed south. Stephen ordered the marching to speed up. After walking for more than ten days, the chariot and horses finally left the border of Siltan County and officially entered the sphere of influence of the Besta people.

The wife of the governor of the Besta keeps her promise, and she sent a team of cavalry and brought two hundred large chariots.

Two hundred large chariots finally made the infantry among the guards break away from their firm belief in walking. After the infantry got on the carriage, the speed of the march accelerated a lot.

Obviously, the governor's wife was also thinking of sending this trouble out of her territory early.

The Bestas spared no effort to provide supplies and even provided some horses. Cavalry escorted along the way.

It took less than fifteen days to travel through the Besta area.

What made Stephen a little dissatisfied was that the governor's wife had never appeared to meet His Highness.

For a nobleman like Stephen, he thought this was a very rude thing!

After leaving the Bestas' power area, Stephen ordered the team to continue to speed up the pace of progress!

He knew very well that his group had entered the enemy-occupied area!

In the future, when we go south, we will first cross the territory of the four rebel warlord military regions along the way. According to Stephen's prediction, this journey should not be too dangerous. His group had 1,500 troops, and the warlords may not be willing to invest their troops to fight hard with him. Moreover... even if things are not good, he can still use cavalry to flee with the queen.

The biggest danger should be the Armenian Military Region! To return to the imperial capital, the Armenian Military Region is a mountain that must be climbed in front of you! As the top major force in the rebel camp, Armenia has strong troops and vast territory! That time is the time to truly test itself!

But Stephen was not too worried... He had already figured out an idea he thought was an excellent one!!

He had already thought about it before he set out! As long as his group approached the sphere of influence of the Armenian Military Region, he would immediately order the division of troops!

He would abandon the thousand infantry in the team, and all other entourages, servants and servants, and so on! He would only lead the queen and hundreds of cavalry to advance lightly, and rush through the territory of the Armenians as fast as possible! The abandoned team could also serve as suspicious soldiers to attract the Armenians' pursuits!!

As for those who were abandoned by his plan, Stephen would not feel any guilt at all.

As for the blame...joke! As long as you can protect the queen and arrive safely, that is the greatest contribution! Who will pursue these matters then?!

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

As long as you can reach the imperial capital, you will be promoted, wealth, and wealth, just around the corner!!

Finally, on the 29th day after leaving Denzel City, the team walked out of the power of the Bestas and officially entered the enemy-occupied area.

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"Hurry up! We must cross the Ayate River in front before dark and then stop on the south bank! Hell! Let me be cheered up!"

Stephen rode his horse, running around and shouting and scolding the soldiers, cheering them up.

But this effect is not very good.

Because of his impatientness and repeated requests to speed up, the team was already very tired.

Although there were a large number of carriages provided by the Besta for infantry to travel, they were riding on the carriages for several days, and the soldiers' bones were almost broken.

The Bestans' carriages do not have any shockproof devices like those of the aristocrats, and they will not lay any soft carpets. Those are trucks specially used to transport goods. When they sit on the road, they will almost break their bones after a day, and everyone has a sore waist and back pain.

As for the cavalry, they had been traveling for so many days in a row, and the inside of their thighs was bleeding from the saddle.

It should be noted that these five hundred cavalry were not the Romanian cavalry under Chara's command, and all of them were drawn from the Second Corps of the Northern Army, namely the Security Corps.

These infantry were Stephen's original team, the team he led. Most of them were originally from the Seventh Corps and some local garrison troops. When the army was reorganized, they were not selected into the First Corps, but were eliminated into the Security Corps.

The composition of these five hundred cavalry is also quite well-known: the four hundred of them are not real cavalry, but a cavalry infantry unit in the original guard army, which is the so-called mobile infantry. Only one hundred are real cavalry, and those one hundred cavalry are the real elites specially drawn by Xia Ya to strengthen the strength of the guard army!
To be continued...