Fortunately, many of the problems Yin Meng encountered were quickly resolved.
His teacher, another famous general in the empire who had achieved success on the battlefield, led an army and joined in.
A few days later, in what was supposed to be a peaceful afternoon, the soldiers deployed defenses at Kuqiao step by step, and under the loud orders of the commanders, they built fortifications to guard against enemy attacks.
Woo
However, at this moment, a loud horn sound suddenly came from the watchtower of the camp.
The sound of the horn soon spread to every corner of the Reach army.
All the soldiers who were working and resting put down their work, and some walked out of the camp, not knowing what was going on.
"what happened?"
"Could it be that the First Prince's army has arrived?"
Many of the Reach's armies are made up of farmers, who were forced to participate in the war.
Many of them had never seen blood in their lives, so when they heard about the war, their legs felt a little weak, and they couldn't help but pray in their hearts.
Their biggest wish is to live and work in peace and contentment, but unfortunately, the superiors do not think so.
In the civilian camp of the Reach army, the horn suddenly sounded loudly, and an old man with messy gray hair, lean body, but particularly bright eyes reacted quickly.
It's like the body's instinctive reaction.
"Enemy attack?"
He shuddered when he heard the sound.
Then he jumped up from the ground, pulled out an ax from the wooden stake on the side, and held it tightly in his hand.
"Boys, there will be a fight soon and follow me!"
"Don't be so self-righteous!"
Then he turned to the young men from the same village who were captured as young men, and spoke with a hoarse voice and a slightly stern tone.
"Understood, Uncle Egg."
The few young boys who heard what he said had panic on their faces, but they obeyed and nodded quickly in agreement.
Because they had heard from their parents that this uncle seemed to have been a mercenary on the other side of the Narrow Sea at first, and then joined the Imperial Expeditionary Force by chance.
Then he followed his legion from King's Landing, crossed the Narrow Sea by boat in the long night, and came to another strange continent to fight against mankind's common enemy, the White Walkers.
It is said that old Iger has participated in many battles with the White Walkers, and even made meritorious deeds and participated in the legendary decisive battle of Qohor.
Hundreds of thousands of people died until only a handful were left, but old Iger was one of the survivors, crawling out of the mountain of corpses and sea of blood.
He is a soldier of the Imperial Expeditionary Force and a human hero who fights against the White Walkers.
Perhaps he should have been made a knight, had his own land, and become a high-ranking knight.
However, Egger's luck was not very good. When he returned to the original legion by boat, his title was blocked by others who secretly bribed him.
However, he was only a small soldier, and he had nowhere to go to complain in King's Landing, so he had no choice but to admit his defeat, obediently take some money and leave.
Then Xin Ma found a village where he called himself Aige and lived with a widow here.
It is said that he had an illegitimate son, but he didn't know where he was. Then the widow died, and Iger never looked for him again, and he was always alone.
Fast forward twenty years, this time the battle to seize the heir broke out, and many nobles who decided to follow the second prince Yin Meng began to recruit soldiers from nearby villages.
However, it sounds nice to say that recruiting soldiers is actually to capture young men, because since ancient times, wars have relied on capturing young men.
And old Iger had no relatives, no wife, no children. Such a person would have no one to care for him after he died, so it was best to bully him, so he was unlucky enough to be taken away again.
However, no one knew that this was an old soldier who had experienced hundreds of battles. Judging from his age, he would definitely not be able to go to the battlefield, so he was treated as a civilian husband like many old and young people who were captured.
Use it and be responsible for cracking firewood for the cooks to light the fire.
Before leaving, these young people from the same village who were captured were told by their parents that they must listen to old Iger in the army.
Because old Iger was a legend in the village among that generation, these parents believed that only he could lead their children to escape from the battlefield alive.
However, the trumpet sounded loudly, and the camp in the Reach was in chaos. People were panicking, but the misunderstanding was quickly resolved.
Because the horn sounded, but the Chinese army camp, which was the core of the army, did not respond, and the strong and strong soldiers responsible for the battle did not move either, still lying in the tent and sleeping.
"Huh~"
"It's okay, boys."
"It seems like it's just a misunderstanding. Maybe our reinforcements have arrived."
The experienced old Iger breathed a sigh of relief after observing for a while.
Because it is obvious that this army is not the enemy, but should be reinforcements.
Old Egger's ability to survive so many battles was naturally not due to his unparalleled bravery, because no matter how brave a soldier is on the front line of the battlefield, there is no guarantee that he will survive every time.
Soldiers who survive on the battlefield are either lucky, or they have vision, a sharp mind, and quick reactions.
Old Egg is the latter. He has rich experience, quick thinking, cunning and deceit. He knows that in the military camp, he cannot indulge in alcohol or self-paralysis out of fear. If he wants to survive, he must work hard to observe the direction of the wind.
It is obvious that the commander of an army is the biggest weather vane, and every decision he makes is related to the life and death of countless people.
However, it is a pity that when marching and fighting, the Chinese military tents are often not so easy to approach.
After all, the Central Military Tent is the core of an army. The place where the army commander and generals meet is naturally heavily guarded and very important. Outside the Central Military Tent, it is surrounded by the most elite main forces and commanders of the entire army.
Surrounded by trusted troops.
Therefore, since the movements of the Chinese military tent cannot be observed, the soldiers in an army have become the most important weather vane.
Old Egger had survived many battles twenty years ago, so his vision was naturally very vicious.
The soldiers are elite troops wearing helmets and armor, but the plate armor weighs dozens of kilograms on their bodies. In summer, it is so heavy that people are about to faint from heatstroke.
Therefore, only before the battle begins, these soldiers will put on armor with the help of auxiliary soldiers. They do not wear armor all the time including marching, otherwise they will be exhausted without fighting.
Therefore, an army will suffer heavy losses during a long march and when it encounters a camp attack, because the soldiers are killed before they even have time to put on cumbersome armor.
However, at this moment, a noisy sound came from the distance again. Many people gathered around and didn't know what they were looking at. There were also many people in the Minfu Camp who came to join in the fun.
"Um?"
"What happened? I'll go over and have a look."
Old Egg threw down the ax in his hand and signaled with his eyes to the boys in his village to stay where they were, while he stepped forward to take a look at the situation.