[Verne County]

[Artemis]

The midsummer sun steams the earth, and only the blue river water exudes a rare coolness.

The gentle blue smoke rose on the river surface, and the wavy reeds radiated a fragrance.

On both sides of the quiet and solemn Anya River, there are... young men with bare butts everywhere.

Considering that the troops have not rested for a day since they went to war, the civil servant of Montanebao waved his hand and gave everyone a long leave.

The soldiers who finally got some private time walked out of the military camp and went to the river to wash clothes and bathe in the sad eyes of the unlucky guys on the rotating.

Everyone knows that when the Blood Wolf defeats the towns of Vorne County, the Iron County Infantry Regiment will be triumphant.

So, there were laughter and joy everywhere on the banks of the Anya River.

The soldiers were full of energy to rub clothes and clean their bodies, and they all wanted to clean themselves before returning home.

According to the initial combat plan, three battalions of infantry, plus cavalry units, will be used for the attack on Artemis.

Among them, the Fifth Battalion of Infantry attacked from the enemy's south route, the First Battalion of Infantry and the Third Battalion marched from the North route to the battlefield. At the same time, the cavalry troops suppressed and intercepted the enemy's post-spy probes in order to win before the Leiqun County army responded effectively.

But when the subsequent troops arrived at the city of Artemis, the battle was over, and the comrades from the Fifth Battalion were counting the prisoners, and the dark blue flag had long been replaced on the top of the city.

Therefore, the soldiers of the First Battalion and the Third Battalion were both glad that they did not have to go through another tough battle, and they couldn't help but get angry because they ran for nothing.

Someone was washing clothes while complaining half-truely: "A bag of dry food and water, and I was rushing all day and night, so tired that my legs were spinning. Hey! It turned out to be fine, and I didn't catch anything! Originally, I wanted to earn a few more acres of land, alas."

"Who said no?"

"When we set out, the guys from the Second Battalion were all jealous. Now it's their turn to be happy! Sitting in Fengshi City, we were making fun of it."

Hearing the complaints from the brothers, among the small group of people washing clothes, a half-baby with big eyes cleared her throat and pretended to be modest:

"There is no way! The soldiers of Vorne County are really too hard to fight! They surrendered before we tried our best. Hi, you don't know, when we filled the trench with cages, the soldiers of Vorne County were looking straight at the top! We took down the walls in one charge."

The old man became more and more excited as he spoke. He simply left his clothes and stood up, and gestured with his hands and feet: "I climbed and climbed to the top of the ladder, but it was still half a meter away from the city wall. What should I do? Go back? It's impossible! I gritted my teeth and threw the shield, stomped the marble with both hands, and turned it up. As a result, what do you think? No one else, I'm the first one!"

"Fart!" Another soldier in the distance interrupted the impromptu speech and cursed with a smile: "The first one to climb the city was obviously the battalion commander!"

"I didn't say I'm the first in the camp?" The half-baby blushed: "I'm the first in our camp..."

"Bad! You are not the first one of you."

The old man was anxious: "The first one of the ladders! I am the first one of my ladders! OK?"

The soldiers around him burst into laughter in kindness.

"Sit down quickly."

"Stop blowing, little dear!"

"Who are you calling me?" Out of strong self-esteem, half-boy took the favor of his comrades as humiliation. He stumbled on his neck and shouted aggrievedly: "I'm joining the army for the second time! The war you have fought may not be as many as me! I..."

Before he finished speaking, his "pot" was pulled aside by his "small" in his ears.

"Okay, what's the point of bullying the coward soldiers? The elite should fight the elite! Just like the battle between us and the puppet army, oh, it was so dark that it was so dark..."

The soldier who took the speech stick was excited and suddenly glanced at the Sergeant Lucien in the corner, and felt a little embarrassed: "Old sergeant, otherwise you would have to say it?"

Lucirong smiled and shook his head, and focused on washing his old coat.

Seeing Lu Xirong shook his head and refused, the soldiers who took the speech stick seemed to have permission, and couldn't wait to talk about the dangers and tragic battle in Hegu Village:

"... When we arrived, there were only a small half of us, but the bald man's men were almost finished. The battalion commander told us, 'Comrades, line up in two horizontal lines, musketeers in the middle, spearmen on both wings'. The battalion commander said, 'If you don't know why you are fighting, you will think about fighting for the blood wolf', and then led us up..."

"Where is the blood wolf?" Someone asked impatiently: "Where is the blood wolf?"

"What's the hurry? I haven't said it yet!" The soldier holding the speech stick scolded dissatisfied, but he still took the advice, skipped a long paragraph of self-blow, and pushed the time to the blood wolf on the battlefield: "...The explosion was like a bang, which made people unable to stand firm. The wind almost blew me down. The war horses were crazy and ran around. The soil was crackling and falling, like hail..."

The soldier holding the speech stick lowered his voice and said quietly: "My knees were weak at that time. I thought, it's over, it's all over."

The soldiers who spoke were very good at telling stories. They not only mobilized the emotions of the soldiers of the Fifth Battalion, but also made the soldiers of the First and Third Battalion who participated in the Battle of the Hangu Village could not help but hold their breath.

The small pool was silent, no one was washing clothes anymore, and everyone was waiting for the talking soldiers to continue.

"Then what?"

A slight trembling voice broke the silence - Jacob Green raised his hand to ask.

A former Niutigu Town Councilor, who is now a member of the Tiefeng County Infantry Regiment, came to the pool at some point. Not only did he sneak among the soldiers, he also held a small notebook and recorded it with sweat.

"Then?" the story-teller shrugged: "Then the blood wolf killed out of the smoke and rushed directly towards the enemy. Who could withstand the blood wolf's rushing? Those guys suddenly collapsed, shouting and running around. Then we won."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! This ending is very dull, but the soldiers are satisfied with it.

Some people commented for granted: "Of course, how could the Blood Wolf be killed by such a little trick."

"What are you saying? What are you dead? They can't even hurt the blood wolf's hair!"

"Oh, I haven't seen a blood wolf before, and I don't know what the blood wolf looks like."

"Why haven't you seen it before?"

"That's all very far away, I haven't seen it close,"

"Monkey...Hoder is now the guard of Blood Wolf. You just go and ask him."

"Why don't you ask?"

"Have you heard of it?" Someone said mysteriously: "The blood wolf was chosen, so the sword cannot hurt him, and the gun cannot hurt him..."

"List——Zheng!" A loud command interrupted the spread of rumors.

The command came from Lucirong, who stood upright like a wooden stake.

The other soldiers followed the old sergeant's gaze and stood up in a hurry.

At the convergence of everyone's sight, Peter Bunier held the tub, feeling a little at a loss.

"Company Commander, why are you here to wash your clothes?" someone asked awkwardly.

Peter Bunier asked in surprise: "Why can't I come to do my clothes?"

It was also necessary to rely on Lu Xirong to prevent the atmosphere from deteriorating. While signaling to others to free up a seat for the commander of Bunier, the old soldier respectfully said to the company commander: "You can just hire a laundryman for a small job like this."

Peter Bunier shyly passed through the soldiers, put down the tub next to the pool, and said embarrassedly: "I...I don't have money."

Some soldiers were secretly scolding the "iron rooster".

Although there is no salary to serve the Blood Wolf, and the rewards for military achievements have not been fulfilled, the purse of the soldiers of the Tiefeng County were already bulging by plundering the spoils after the war.

The big-headed soldiers made a fortune. The company commander said he had no money, who would believe it?

However, Lucirong glared at the others sternly and taught a cold lesson: "Do you think everyone is like you, and they are scattering things from dead people?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone lowered their heads guiltily.

The soldiers sat back to their original positions silently and continued to wash their clothes.

All the sound of pounding clothes was left around the pool, and Jacob Green, who was beside him, saw everything.

For Jacques, who is determined to witness and record the success of Winters Montagne, or failure, everything he just witnessed is much more interesting than "Blood Wolf Wins Again".

...

When Thurin led the cavalry to drink horses, a small storm near the pool subsided.

Compared to washing clothes, more soldiers prioritize the rare half-day vacation in bathing, water play and swimming.

The sheep-herding girl on the west bank was frightened by the wonders of hundreds of naked men jumping into the river and ran home. Many children gathered on the east bank to watch the fun.

Artemis is located on the banks of the Anya River, which is the boundary between Vorne County and Leiqun County. Therefore, soldiers of the Tiefeng County Army can climb to the territory of Leiqun County friendly troops as long as they swim to the other side.

When Thurin arrived by the river, he saw an infantryman like a pike. His arms and legs were struck by a stroke and he had a long way to the other side of the river.

The infantry exchanged a basket of fruit from the child on the other side for some unknown thing. He tied the basket to his ankle, and another one pierced into the river and swam back to his happy comrades on the west bank.

Thurin whistled, cheering for the good nature of the infantry whom he did not know.

The swimming hero who returned to the west coast also nodded at the cavalry from afar.

"From down here to drink horses?" asked the cavalry next to Toulin.

"No, let's go up a little longer." Tulin smiled sly: "If we drink horses downstream, we have to drink the infantry's urine; if we go upstream, we have to drink our urine."

The cavalry laughed and walked upstream, about a mile to find a river berth suitable for drinking horses.

They drove the horses down the river beach, and then stayed on the dry shore and watched the horses leisurely bow their heads and drink water and lick salt.

Thurin's eyes swept across the lush aquatic plants on both sides of the Anya River, and suddenly said sadly: "It's time to mow the grass."

"What?" the cavalry next to him didn't hear it clearly.

"I said." Tulin was a little unhappy and deliberately raised his voice: "It's time to cut the grass!"

The cavalry next to him scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "Do you mow the grass to feed the horses? You have to mow it now? It's only June."

"You are not from Dusa, of course you don't know." Thurin said carelessly: "June is the time to mow the grass, otherwise it will be difficult to cut it if it is dried. It will be cut once in June and again in autumn, otherwise what will the animals eat in winter?"

Thurin pointed to the grass on the river bank and talked endlessly about the mowing: "The grass by the river is not good. The ground is too soft, and the grass grows short. No matter how lush the grass is, it is useless. Horses cannot get fat after eating it. Big animals love to eat grass. Grass as tall as horses' belly can grow from solid black soil. That kind of grass can be cut with pleasure."

Thurin stretched out his hands and gestured: "Use a scythe, swish, swish, swish, you can cut down a large piece of grass in one go. When a man cuts the grass, the woman uses a rake to hold the grass in piles. Everyone is like a festival, dressed in flower skirts, white clothes, and dressed up. Sometimes they are busy all day, so they spend the night on the grassland, singing, dancing, and driving the cart home the next day."
To be continued...