Chapter 523 [Attention] (Seven Thousand Words)

Chapter 523 [Attention] (Seven Thousand Words)

The first ray of morning light fell, and the new city was already busy. The expansion and maintenance of the city wall were still in progress. At night, the craftsmen and soldiers hired simply lived in tents under the city wall. In order to catch up with the construction period, everyone started to get busy very early. Vehicles carrying water and transporting stones were busy. The craftsmen carried sledgehammers or various tools and began to work in the city wall. The defenders of the city wall also began to change shifts. The soldiers on the night stand yawned and changed their posts, and were preparing to go back and have a good sleep.

In the morning, the noodle soup delivered by the logistics company emitted heat, and the fragrance spread in the air, which made the soldiers who had been guarding the post all night smell it. Everyone swallowed their saliva. Under Shangguan's order, they rushed up to grab a bowl.

The food of the Northern Army was still very good. In addition to a bowl of noodle soup, there was also a spoonful of stewed beans. For those craftsmen, they didn't have to be jealous. The Commander's Office was also very kind to these recruited craftsmen. Their food was almost the same as the city wall guards. There were even some specialized in heavy physical work, and they could also be assigned some special meat and added dishes.

Siltan County has just experienced the poison of the Odin people, and everything is in trouble. The refugees have been living thousands of miles away. Many refugees who have lost their pastoral homelessness have flocked to the new city. Although the land has been distributed, it is already late autumn now. If you want to farm, you have to wait for the spring of the next year. This is a half year left. A large number of refugees are doing nothing, which is a headache. However, the construction of the new city has just given many refugees a way out.

The trusted female chief of staff in the Commander-in-Chief's Office made a strategy to "work for relief". Although the northern military government was in financial difficulties, these craftsmen and civilians who hired did not get any wages, at least two full meals a day would not be less. These refugees had just experienced the rampage of the Odin people and did not need too good treatment. In this chaotic world, they could survive a life of food and not become hungry on the roadside. It was already a blessing and satisfied. In this way, the construction of the new city was no longer a problem in terms of manpower. Once the recruitment order of the Commander-in-Chief's Office was issued, it would immediately gather people, and almost crowded the places where the craftsmen were recruited.

Before the recruitment site of the city defense construction site every day, young and strong farmers lined up to find work. Although blacksmiths and carpenters are a few, and the wages offered are slightly higher, even if they don’t know these tasks, they only have the strength to work hard on the construction site for a day. At night, they can still get two or three breads, so the old and weak at home will not be hungry. There are even some healthy women here who specialize in doing logistics work, washing and cooking, etc., as long as they are willing to work hard, there will always be a way out. In this damn chaotic world, life is worthless, and having a way out, and being able to see the hope of the future is already the most extravagant thing in most people’s hearts.

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Ni Gul woke up in the fragrance of food in the air. He lived in a tent under the city. In the morning, he was awakened by the sound of craftsmen hitting stones. He turned over and scooped a spoonful of water from the bucket with a horse spoon. After wiping his face, he came out of the tent. His majestic body immediately attracted the craftsmen who passed by. With the figure of a giant man like Ni Gul, it was not common even in the elite northern army.

After moving his hands and feet, looking at the people who were working like ants on the city wall, Ni Guer took a deep breath and spit out hard. Then he turned around and lifted his armor bag, quickly put on the shiny half-body breastplate, picked up the axe and gun, and then walked towards the city gate.

It has been a while since Ni Guer came to the Northern Army. He has been transferred from General Xia Leiming's personal guard camp and went downstairs to the city guard guards to experience it. It can be said that Xia Ya has fulfilled his promise to Ruer. Ni Guer was transferred to the grassroots level of the army in his personal guard camp, and did not let him really start as a big-headed soldier. Instead, he served as a rotating small leader at the North City Gate of the New City, as a small team official, with more than a dozen light armor infantry under his command, and his battalion was specifically responsible for protecting the North City Gate.

He was from the General's Mansion's personal guard camp. People in the troops below knew his origin and naturally looked up to him. The work on the night shift would not be divided on him. However, the military discipline of the northern army was very strict, and every day of training was not careless. Even the military pay would not be more than the other people. All the food and accommodation treatments were just like others and would not receive any preferential treatment.

He was a man who had experienced hardships. His young and crazy playboy had already been tempered and was sent to the grassroots level of the army and was willing to endure hardships. He was transferred to guard the city gate, so he simply moved his tent to the construction site next to the city gate. There were many people here, and many craftsmen and civilians during the day would inevitably have some messy things. He had learned a painful lesson. Since he came to the city gate this time, he has really eaten and lived here. The seven or eight officers in the battalion guarding the city gate were the most hardworking.

After working at the North Gate for half a month, Nigur suffered a lot, but his heart was much more peaceful. Sometimes, looking at the tall and mighty new city walls that were gradually being built, I couldn't help but recall the Arc de Triomphe in Osgilia, the days when I was working among the imperial capital guards and fighting with the rebels on the city and under the city, and the shouts of fighting day and night, the golden swords and iron horses, and the corpse and blood of the imperial capital, as if it was right in front of me.

At present, the peace in the new city, the guards of the northern army are distinctly clad and magically patrolling. The work of the craftsmen with their spirits and the peaceful smiles of the civilians in the new city... Compared with the scene in the fierce battle in the imperial capital, all of these seem to be two worlds.

All of that bloody night in the imperial capital seemed to be a matter of the previous life...

Standing in the morning light, watching the rising sun slowly rise in the distance, the redness in the sky that burst out, the original gloom in my heart seemed to gradually fade away. The faces full of vitality and hope in front of me seemed particularly precious compared to the despair and painful expressions on the city of Osgilia in the past.

"Peace... maybe that's the taste."

Ni Gul suddenly felt this emotion in his heart. Even he felt that his originally hard and cold heart had loosened these days. Originally, he hoped that the Northern Army would go south as soon as possible to fight against the rebels. He vowed to kill Hughes in the Armenian Military Region with his own hands. Even if Hughes was a man of high power, he might not be his turn to do it, but the life of Grie was something Ni Gul thought about day and night.

But now looking at the peaceful new city in front of him, there was a peaceful atmosphere in the air. Even he himself couldn't help but feel: If life could continue to be so peaceful, there would be no more corpses, blood, and no more fragmented, it seemed...... it would be a better thing...

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A special rule of the Northern Army was inherited by Chara from the Rodria cavalry: when eating in the army, soldiers are not full and officers are not allowed to eat.

Although Ni Guer was just a grassroots team official, he strictly abides by this rule. In the morning, he first let more than a dozen soldiers of his subordinates eat and drink enough, and then he went to hold a bowl of thick noodle soup.

He is extremely tall and majestic, and is highly respected among soldiers. He has always been respected by heroes in the army. He is a magnificent figure like Ni Guer. At first glance, he is a powerful general. He is usually very popular in the army.

I have been a team official here for more than half a month, and everyone loves his subordinates. Except for the fact that this boss is a little silent and doesn't speak much on weekdays, I treat his subordinates very well. Of course, when it is time to be strict, Ni Guer will not relax at all.

After having breakfast early, he went to the city to change his defense. Today he wanted to guard the city gate. The new city was built in a big way, and there were naturally many cars, horses and pedestrians coming and going to and from the city gate, and the burden of guarding the city gate was not light. Ni Guer was considered to be abiding by his duties and devoted himself to it.

But in the morning, I encountered something strange.

He had just changed shifts and saw two riders coming from the north on the main road outside the city, which was not fast. However, when he looked closer, he saw that the person immediately surprised Niguer.

Two riders, one man and one woman. The man was the general Junker. After all, Nigul was also a noble child in the imperial capital. Naturally, he was known as the royal elite "Dark Night Imperial". General Junker had also seen this general Junker once at a banquet. At that time, Junker followed the old emperor Contos, and never left. The leader of the Dark Night Imperial was the emperor's first-class confidant, and in the eyes of those nobles, they were also outstanding figures. Nigul was not qualified to know such a big figure. However, Junker has come to the Northern Army and has seen it several times from afar.

What made Ni Guer even more strange was the woman next to Ni Guer.

This trusted chief of staff of the commander-in-chief was already well-known among the Northern Army. As the chief of staff as a young young woman, it was naturally an alternative alias in the masculinity of the Northern Army. However, later rumored that the background of the chief of staff was said to be the closed disciple of the empire's great wise man, Kavishir, and was a fellow disciple of General Xia Leiming, so the voices of opposition and questioning immediately became much smaller.

First, although Kavishil has passed away, his reputation cannot be humiliated easily; second, General Xia Leiming heard that he was also a disciple of Kavishil, and he is a fellow disciple. He has always been in power and is a common practice. No one will think there is anything wrong with him. Moreover, this chief of staff will naturally not have low talent. The chief of staff is considered General Xia's private official, but it is not actually a formal official title of the empire. The general has a few confidants.

Confidant, no one else can say anything. As for whether a man or a woman, who cares so much? What's more, this chief of staff is young and beautiful, and is a fellow student of General Xia Ya. There are some rumors about the relationship between the two in the Northern Army. Although the general already has a fiancée, it would be ordinary to marry a few more wives like this. If the chief of staff is considered half a "miss mother", no one would object to her as the chief of staff.

Furthermore, the military's military achievements were divided into vassals and land instead of rewards, which was said to be the work of this chief of staff. In addition to the construction of labor, many healthy women were recruited to wash clothes and cook. The defenders of Xincheng had a large number of logistics auxiliary soldiers. Even the military uniforms and armor were washed, and everyone benefited. They were also kind to the chief of staff.

What surprised Ni Guer was that the chief of staff actually came from the north outside the city in the morning. Could it be that he left the city last night? The chief of staff usually stayed in the new city, and the government affairs in the city were all done by her. He was very powerful and could not move easily. He actually worked for the chief of staff to leave the city overnight. Could something big happened?

Could it be that the war is about to go?

Ni Guer was thinking a lot. Seeing the two riders reaching the city gate, he immediately shouted and the whole team bowed.

Sophie rode a horse that had been in the middle of the night, her face was full of fatigue, but her eyes were still bright and transparent. When she arrived at the city, she actually strangled the horse and looked at the defenders standing under the city gate. Ni Guer was tall and very eye-catching. Sophie's eyes immediately turned to him. The girl smiled and looked at the team officer who was raising her body straight and bowing, and chuckled: "Are you Ni Guer?"

Ni Guer's expression didn't move, and he slowly said with a stern look: "Chief of the Staff, I am Ni Guer, the officer of the Fourth Squad of the First Battalion of the City Defense Forces."

"Well, I recognize you. You are General Span's nephew, loyal and loyal descendant." Sophie didn't know what he thought, but he couldn't do it anymore. She sat on the horse and looked at Nigul, smiling very kindly: "When I was in the imperial capital, General Span had visited his predecessor. I had the honor to meet the general. The general was a loyal and martyr in the empire. I thought of the past style, which made people sigh."

Niguer's eyes heated up slightly, and he quickly lowered his head.

But Sophie seemed to be quite interested in Ni Guer, and actually started talking and continued to smile: "I heard General Xia Ya talk about you. You did a good job and transferred it out of the General's Mansion's personal guard camp. Do you have any ideas?"

Ni Guer quickly shook his head and said seriously: "It was the general who transferred it to the grassroots level to cultivate me. Such tempering is naturally the general's painstaking efforts."

In fact, everyone in the personal guard camp around Xia Ya is carefully selected by the army, and the "strong cavalry" after being strengthened by muscle fruits. These elite soldiers naturally hope to be sent to the front-line troops and stay with Xia Ya. Although Xia Ya is very kind to them and is treated the best in the entire Northern Army, after all, who does not want to fight on the front line of combat and gain fame and wealth with his own bravery?

Nigur was transferred out, but his colleagues in the personal guard camp were envious.

When Sophie heard Nigul's answer appropriately, she sighed in her heart: After all, she was born as a noble child and had seen people on the market, and her words and actions were naturally different. She suddenly smiled and became more interested in Nigul. She smiled and said, "I was tired all night, so I stopped here to rest for a while. You should have some water here, right?"

As she said that, she turned over and got off the horse. Nigur was stunned and instinctively walked up and took Sophie's horse reins. He looked at the taciturn General Junker who also turned over. Although he was standing beside Sophie, his eyes always showed a bit of anxiety from time to time. He couldn't help but look back and looked at the road north behind him, as if he was waiting for something.

Sophie was the chief of staff, and in the minds of most soldiers, she was afraid that there would be more "half of the mistress" speculation. She said she wanted to drink water when she was thirsty, so how dare others ask more? Although she was also strange, it was all at the city gate. The chief of staff did not return to the commander's mansion to rest, but what was the intention of staying at the city gate? But who dared to ask her?

Ni Guer brought a wooden barrel over, which contained herbal tea specially designed for the defenders under the city to drink. He found a clean wooden cup, washed it and washed it, and then scooped out a cup and handed it over with both hands.

Such equipment and tea at the grassroots level in the army were naturally crude, but Sophie didn't even frown. She took it and drank it in one go. It was so straightforward that even the two polite words that Ni Guer had been brewing in his heart were empty.

Sophie looked around and smiled and said, "I have to wait for someone here. Don't look at me, go and do your own business. The task of guarding the city gate is important and you must not slacken."

Although she said that, Niguer would not really ignore the chief of staff and go out of control. He sent someone to find two chairs to put them in the shade under the city gate, and then asked his team deputy to lead people to guard the city gate to check the passage, and he stood beside Sophie in person.

Sophie didn't refuse, but just sat down. She casually talked to Ni Guer about some interesting stories about the past and anecdotes of the imperial capital. Ni Guer replied carefully, how could he have the intention of chatting? Junke next to him also looked more anxious, and the frequency of looking at the northern road outside the city gradually increased.

After a while, Sophie had already drunk two cups of tea, but the teacup in Junker's hand had never moved a drop.

Sophie looked calm and composed. Looking at Junke's impatient look, she pursed her lips and said lightly: "Mr. Junke, just sit there with peace of mind."

Junke frowned and hesitated for a moment, but looked at Niguer, but finally spoke without saying anything.

Where did he calm down?

The mad dog Green ran away. Although he caught up with him last night, God knows if the mad dog could be said to be turned back after that persuasion! Green is now the backbone of the new city. It is already dawn. When the commander's mansion finds that Green is not there, he is afraid that it will soon be in chaos.

If... if Green really doesn't come back, the most urgent thing now is to rush back to the Commander's Mansion as soon as possible to maintain the situation!

But I don’t know where this little Sophie got her leisurely thoughts, so she actually stayed at the city gate to chat with Ni Guer.

Sophie was very excited, but poor Ni Gul was more and more restrained in dealing with it. Often, Sophie said a few words before he could barely respond. Seeing Junke's eyes becoming more and more impatient, Ni Gul knew that Junke seemed to have something to say to the chief of staff, saying goodbye to leave several times, but Sophie left Ni Gul and carefully asked him about the details of military affairs in defending the city. Ni Gul had to bite the bullet and respond, but his clothes were already wet on the back.

Finally, when the sun had risen above his head, seeing that most of the morning had passed, Sophie suddenly smiled and pointed to the far north outside the city and smiled: "Here you come."

Junke immediately looked up, his face was so anxious and gloomy that he immediately swept away, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, but then he realized that his expression was too obvious, and immediately coughed and returned to his normal color.

A cavalry rushed over from afar outside the city and came to the city gate. The defenders under the city looked at the people on the horse and immediately lined up to salute.

Green was solemn, and he rushed to the city. He saw Sophie and Junker sitting under the city gate. His solemn face suddenly turned into a bitter smile, turned over and walked over slowly, with a complicated tone: "Chief of the staff is so interested, are you sitting here to chat?"

Sophie smiled faintly: "Why did the general come late? We will fight all night, but I won the pursuit, right?"

Ni Guer was confused when he heard this.

Wrestling? Chasing? Could it be that the chief of staff and General Green ran out of the city in the middle of the night to race horses?

Is this too bizarre?

But even if it is a horse racing, how could General Green be like? How could the long-time general in the army lose to such a delicate chief of staff?

However, he, a small team official, would not ask about this kind of problem, and could only suppress all his doubts in his heart.

Green's face moved slightly after hearing Sophie's words - he naturally couldn't promote the fact that he ran away in the middle of the night. Since he had returned, he naturally had to pretend that nothing had happened. He smiled faintly and took over the words and said, "No, it's the Chief of Staff who won."

Sophie got on the stick: "Since I won, I want to ask the general for a request. Don't you know if the general agrees?"

Green hesitated a little in his heart - could this little woman use this as a handle to threaten me in the Northern Army, and from then on...

But this thought just flashed, and Green immediately said lightly: "What does the Chief of Staff ask for? Please tell me."

Sophie turned around and pointed at Nigul: "This person is the old man of my imperial capital and the loyal and martyrdom of the empire. General Xia Ya wants Mr. Junker to establish a new army. He is short of people at present. I just talked to him. This person just happened to suit my wishes. I want to ask General Green to give up and transfer him to my hands to listen to it. I don't know..."

Green was stunned for a moment. Unexpectedly, Sophie made such a request that he could not beat the eight-pole. Nigul naturally knew the other party's background. It was not a big deal to be transferred to a small team officer, so he nodded immediately.

Sophie smiled and looked at Junker and said, "Mr. Junker, you always complain about your lack of staff. Are you satisfied with the deputy I asked for you?"

Junke didn't have these thoughts and thought about anything more. After looking at Ni Guer, he nodded: "Not bad."

Only Ni Guer was confused. Why did he tell me about his transfer?

However, the two people in front of him are the deputy commander of the Northern Army and the chief of staff. One is the commander of the army and the other is the ruler. They are all core figures in the Northern Army. They can only obey orders, so they can treat them quickly.

Sophie then boarded the horse with Green back to the commander's mansion, and Juncker slowly followed behind him.

On the way, Sophie and Green both knew each other very tacitly and stopped mentioning what happened last night, and casually talked about some military affairs and government affairs in the city, as if the incident that happened last night had never happened.

Only after riding a horse all the way to the gate of the commander's mansion, Sophie suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Sir, there were still some omissions in the military's rewards for military merits before. I would like to ask you to decide."

Green said "um" and Sophie said lightly: "Mr. xxx was a contribution to dispatching in the rear during the Battle of Siltan. I think about the previous rewards, so..."

Green's eyes lit up immediately, and a sharp light shot out from his eyes to look at Sophie.

The "Master xxx" that Sophie said was exactly the secret line of Duke Minas in the Northern Army, that is, a general in the Northern Army who secretly handed the letter into the military text to him!
To be continued...