As if feeling the desolation in the city of Gelbun, the originally sunny weather finally turned cloudy after changing several times in the afternoon, the moon was hazy, and the clouds covered the moon!
On the North City campus, Julian stood on a high platform. A group of officers were neatly arranged at the front. Everyone had a sad look on their faces, because to their left, a large number of officer corpses were displayed.
The weather in southern Xinjiang was muggy and humid. In order to prevent the corpses from getting infected, David Mo decided to cremate all the soldiers who died in battle tonight. The urns have been prepared, and he strived to send the corpses of every soldier back to Yanjing.
Although Julian's cultivation is not very good, he has great literary talent. It is difficult to find fault with the entire memorial speech, but David Mo always felt that it lacked some tragedy.
He closed his lips and stood in the audience without saying a word. He thought of the spectacular scenes he had seen on the city wall, and the expression on his face became more solemn.
"Mighty! Loyal! Brave! Sacrifice! The shining points of every soldier can be seen in him. Who is he?! He is the second-class marquis of the empire, the third division of the Royal Guards, and the division commander Kubri
!”
After reading the whole memorial text, Julian put away the paper and shouted loudly: "Next, the officers at battalion level and above will present flowers on behalf of them!"
Among the row of officers, David Mo walked at the front, holding a white chrysanthemum. When he passed Kubri's body, he gently put the chrysanthemum down, put his right hand on his chest and observed a moment of silence.
The crowd all finished laying flowers one after another. Julian walked at the end, placed a white chrysanthemum in front of the body, returned to David Mo's side, and stood solemnly.
He exchanged glances with David Mo slightly, and after seeing David Mo nod, he began to shout: "Send the Marquis off on his last journey! Salute!"
As soon as the order was given, there was a "crash" sound on the school grounds. Everyone knelt down on one knee, put their right hands on their chests, and shouted: "Well done, Mr. Marquis! Well done, all my fellow lords!"
After the uniform sound, David Mo's eyes turned slightly red and he muttered in a low voice: "Let's go well..."
Ten huge fires had already been set up in the school grounds, and the original guard battalion of Kubri started to put the neatly arranged corpses into flames.
The urn has already been numbered according to the battle number and name to ensure that everyone's body will not be put in the wrong way. After Kubri's bones were placed in the urn, they were placed inside together with his waist tag.
Then there were soldiers escorting a large number of prisoners into the school grounds, preparing to kill the prisoners to pay homage to Paoze who died in the battle. Some of the prisoners were crying loudly, while others were silent.
David Mo looked at all this with an expressionless face. He did not agree very much with the killing of prisoners. Enough people had died on the battlefield. Whether it was Rome or the Holy Empire, he always felt that one less person would die.
.
Everyone has parents and brothers, as well as relatives and friends. Killing is a bit too tragic for human beings. But he also did not stop it, because after soldiers have experienced war, it is difficult to calm down the atmosphere of killing quickly, and killing prisoners is relatively easy.
Said it was a better outlet.
At the moment, he didn't want to continue looking at these cruel scenes, so he said to Julian beside him: "The smell of blood is too strong, I will go back and rest first."
Julian was noncommittal and didn't believe David Mo's excuse at all. How could the iron-blooded soldiers fighting on the battlefield feel uncomfortable with the smell of blood.
He still had something to say to David Mo. The campus was crowded with people talking and it was not the place to talk, so he immediately said to him: "I happen to have something I want to disturb you about, and I happened to be leaving with Captain Mo."
David Mo nodded, but said a little worriedly: "If the adults also leave, what will happen to the memorial ceremony on the school grounds?"
When Julian heard what he said, he looked slightly disdainful, pointed at Ilya and Nicholas not far away, and said with a slight mockery: "Although these two losers don't have much ability, they can play tricks on them."
Chang Xiang, with the two of them here, how much chaos can be caused."
He has now broken up with Ilya and Nicholas, and he no longer has any taboos in speaking. Although he knows that their backgrounds are very tough, he, Julian, can be the deputy division commander by no means a vegetarian.
David Mo nodded, said nothing more at the moment, and left the school camp with Julian. Gelbun City prepared carriages for every officer above the battalion level, but the one owned by David Mo was
But he politely refused.
Julian didn't know where he learned about David Mo's habit. He immediately gave up riding in the carriage and took a horse. After getting on the horse, he rode side by side with him.
After chatting casually about the changing weather, Julian turned to the topic and said with a smile: "The crisis in Gelbun City has been resolved. I wonder what Captain Mo has in Istan City?"
David Mo did not expect Julian to ask this question, because the imperial court's order was to defend the city of Gelbun. After defeating the Romans, the entire army was filled with a state of completing the task.
He gently held the reins in his hands and smiled lightly: "I wonder if Master Yuri has any advice?"
Julian glanced at both sides of the street. The surrounding people had already been cleared away by soldiers, but he liked this kind of tranquility. It was a manifestation of the authority of the superior.
"When I came here, the Military Aircraft Department revealed that the emperor's idea was actually more radical." He glanced at David Mo's expression, and after seeing that there was no emotion on his face, he continued: "It's a pity that the treasury is empty.
We no longer have the ability to send troops."
The cost of setting up an army is extremely huge. During wartime, soldiers' military pay is four times that of normal times. In addition, after-war rewards and pensions for the families of wounded and wounded soldiers are included, this is undoubtedly a huge expense.
At first, David Mo was also curious about why the imperial court only sent one division of troops. Later, Kubri revealed some details on the road, and he already figured it out at that time.
He nodded and said with a faint smile: "There are no signs of empty treasury in Yanjing, with its high pavilions and tall pillars and Qiongyu Pavilion."
Julian waved his hand and said jokingly: "The national treasury and Yanjing are two different things. You may not have heard of it, but there is a saying circulating in the Ministry of Finance: No matter how poor you are, you will not be poor, and no matter how rich you are, you will not be able to enrich the imperial treasury."
David Mo smiled on his face, but secretly shook his head in his heart. He had actually heard of this sentence, and it was this sentence that pointedly pointed out how corrupt the Holy Empire's political affairs were now.
Seeing that the atmosphere had completely relaxed, Julian continued with a smile and said: "As for the matter in Istan City, it is better for you to send an army to investigate and give an explanation to the court."
When David Mo heard what he said, his heart suddenly changed. He didn't understand why Julian cared about the city of Istan.
The Roman central army escaped with more than 10,000 people. As expected, these people are now stationed in the city of Istan. They now only have more than 6,000 royal guards. If they fight on the plains, he is confident that he can fight.
But for things like siege, which resulted in ten to one casualties, he didn't believe that a veteran of the battlefield like Julian didn't know that taking the city of Istan was tantamount to wishful thinking.
He couldn't help but secretly thought: "Pry some inquiries? Understand the enemy's situation? Who are these colorful actions for? Is it to express an attitude toward the emperor?!"
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little funny: This Julian actually wanted to win the emperor's favor through such a thing.
Julian is actually in an extremely embarrassing situation now. Although he is nominally the supreme commander, unfortunately he does not have a single soldier under his command. The only one he can command is the remaining guard battalion of Kubri.
There were only one or two hundred people in the guard camp, and he still needed to guard against these two villains, Elijah and Nicholas, so how could he send them to inquire about information again, so he approached David Mo to discuss the matter.
David Mo pondered for a while, he still needs to continue to support Julian's banner. If Julian is not there, the third division will immediately be leaderless, and he will not be able to continue to command the other two regiments.
And if it was really just to inquire about the military situation, it would not be a big deal, so he nodded and said calmly: "In that case, then I will obey the command of the master. I will send a team of people tomorrow to test it out.
The depth of the city of Istan.”
When Julian heard David Mo's promise, the stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. He had been hesitating about this matter for a long time, fearing that David Mo would not give him this face.
He was quite pleased and smiled at David Mo and said: "The battle report will be reported to the court at eight hundred miles tonight. Captain Mo defeated five officers above the regimental level in a row, killed the Roman Archduke, and single-handedly reversed the crisis.
This matter will probably be spread throughout Yanjing soon!"
David Mo smiled faintly, waved his hand and said: "A little false reputation, Mo Mo has not taken it into consideration yet." Then there was a faint worry in his eyes, and he sighed softly: "I'm afraid that the Roman Empire has a back-up plan, and the war
The big curtain has just opened..."
Julian nodded. He also felt the conspiracy from the Roman attack, but he was not as troubled as David Mo. He said calmly: "I am a warrior who can't control so many things. I can only work hard and be worthy of being a minister."
That’s all.”
The two people came to a crossroads and said goodbye to each other. Julian lived in a villa provided by the Government Council, and David Mo was worried about the prisoner camp outside the city. He lived in a large camp outside the city.
With him was Mullingale, the commander of his guard battalion, and a group of people followed David Mo out of the city. The lights outside the city were bright, and Tie Lebi led a group of people to wander around every barracks, leaving no trace at all.
Any chance of mutiny among the captives.
David Mo pointed at the well-ordered camp in the distance with his horsewhip, and smiled at Mullingale: "Tie Lebi is a rough guy, but he is also rough, but he is a rare general!"
While he was talking and laughing, he never thought that everyone in Yanjing was eagerly looking forward to the report on the war situation in southern Xinjiang!