"General Keizer, congratulations on your victory!"
Hilario, who had not been seen for a long time, welcomed Keizer's return at the border entrance. Even though it had been half a year since he escaped from Nochi, he still didn't have many peers who were close to him in the upper levels of Appomato, and Keizer was one of the few.
He was a person who could really talk to him. His betrayal of Norchi and his subsequent establishment in Appomato was all related to the man riding the blood-eyed horse in front of him.
"Oh, it's General Hilario!" Keizer quickly dismounted and walked side by side into the city with Hilario.
"General Keizer, all the dragons he brought were killed!"
"Well, of course. When I first came up with this idea, I didn't think about letting them come back again."
There was still a trace of sadness in Hilario's eyes.
"Why, are you still sad about your dragon?" Keizer said jokingly.
Hilario did not deliberately avoid it, but said with some emotion: "After all, these dragons have been with me for so long. Although they now belong to the combat power of the Appomato Empire military, after all, the previous feelings are still there. Now
He died in battle, and not even his body was left, so naturally I felt a little lonely."
"Haha, General Hilario still misses his dragon! He is a very emotional man!" Keizer patted Hilario on the shoulder, "However, a real man should not be sloppy and sentimental when doing things. It's time to let go.
Let it go without hesitation. What do you think, General Hilario?"
Hilario nodded, "How is Nicholas' side?"
"His thousand dragon knights are all dead."
Hilario looked at Keizer with some surprise. He did not expect that the experienced Nicholas would lose an entire regiment of dragoon soldiers in this battle. However, Hilario also discovered that facing such a good result
, Keizer’s face didn’t seem very happy.
"It's a pity. Nicholas would never have thought about the dragon self-destructing. After all, with so many dragons self-destructing, our losses would be huge. This kind of thing has never happened in military history. I originally thought
He wanted to play by surprise. But the Northern Army only sent a thousand dragons from the city of Neo where Nicholas was located to participate in the battle. In fact, no matter how many dragons he sent, with the power of our dragons' self-destruction, they could all be annihilated.
.
What pains me is that Nicholas's men, the leader of the Dragon Knight Legion, and his dragon knights are all the kind of iron-blooded warriors who are not afraid of death. They did not trap them to death even with all-out pincer attacks and constant self-destructions.
They broke through the siege alive and well, but even when they were about to die, they didn't forget to take the dragon with them, catch up with our troops, and choose to self-destruct in the middle of our crowd!"
"That man is called Adamquez. Even though I have become enemies with Noqi, I will always give high praise to Adamquez." Hilario said.
Keizer quickly recovered from his unhappiness and began to joke again: "Sometimes I really doubt General Hilario's motive for your defection. How could you be willing to leave such a passionate legion?
"
"My personal thoughts are different. I have been fighting in the Northern Army for more than ten years. Even if I get promoted, I still stay in the remote and boring border in the north. At most, I live in a more spacious house and have more soldiers.
.”
"Haha, I was just joking with the general. How could I not believe the general's character?" Keizer explained.
"Thank you, General Keizer, for your understanding." Hilario sighed.
"General Hilario, there is no need to sigh. The respected King Veitu still believes in you. You see, you are doing well now. On the one hand, you are responsible for the training of our Dragon Knight Legion, and you are considered to be in an important position; on the other hand, you are not
You are busy with business, but you can eat, drink and have fun as much as you want. To be honest, even I envy you!"
Hilario smiled awkwardly, cupped his hands and said: "In the future, I will still have to ask the general to say a few more good words for me in front of the respected King Veitut."
The two chatted about other things until they separated.
"Hey! After giving me such a sinecure, he took all my dragons, and actually let them explode. It seems that King Veitu still doesn't completely trust me!" Hilario said to himself
Words.
Keizer returned to a hotel and entered his room when there was a knock on the door.
"General, this is what Hilario said after you left." A man dressed as a hunter repeated Hilario's last words.
"Very good, you go down first! You should always pay attention to this person's behavior."
After Orion went down, Keizer thought to himself: "It seems Hilario is really ready to serve the empire. Haha, with his ability and experience in controlling dragons, he will be of great help to us at Appomato! And!
, a new round of instigation work against the senior generals of the Northern Army has also been secretly carried out. If we can recruit a group of more capable generals by then, it will be just around the corner to break through the borders of the Noqi Empire!"
The setting sun is like residual blood, shockingly red. Large swaths of fiery red clouds tilt in the sky, and then spread out in a lonely posture. Even though it is high up, people can clearly feel the loneliness and loneliness at dusk.
This is especially true at this time in this location.
A stone monument that is only three or four meters high, or a stone is more appropriate. It has maintained its natural posture without careful carving, and is inserted alone on a mound of earth.
The stone monument is a monument, commemorating the soldiers of the Noqi Empire who died in this battle. The dusk sunlight shines on it. Although it is lonely and even looks inconspicuous, in the hearts of the living warriors, there is undoubtedly a monument here.
monument.
Another monument.
Lin Xi and her uncle Nicholas were sitting in front of the new grave. Nicholas was unshaven, his eyes were haggard, and he seemed to be much older. He poured a full glass of wine and sprinkled it on the new soil, muttering to himself: "Brothers, have a good journey.
"
Lin Xi stared blankly, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. The previous image of the nine-man team sacrificing their lives for the country brought back his memories.
"Come, Linxi, have a few sips with your uncle." Nicholas handed over a wine glass, but he poured a glass first and drank it down. What passed through his throat seemed not to be strong wine, but a wisp of sorrow. "The dead people
They are dead forever, but the living will remember them. Even if they cannot return to their roots, what does it matter? A good man died on the battlefield, which is the best reward for soldiers. We living people must also be more brave, Lin
Xi, are you right what you said about uncle?"
"Yes." Lin Xi sat down and said solemnly, and first poured the first glass of wine around the new soil in front of him.
"The military camp is the starting point for another start in their lives, and it is also the ultimate destination of life. I know that as a soldier, I must have taken life and death very lightly for a long time. I also thought that one day I would die on the battlefield, and I would not even be able to be shrouded in horse leather.
It seems that the dead body can only stay in the wild forever and cannot return to its hometown, but, alas! Looking at the brothers sleeping here, my heart still feels bad. One moment, he was a lively and high-spirited person, but the next moment he died tragically for the country.
, even the complete body cannot be preserved, Lin Xi, do you know what these people are thinking about at the moment before they die? Not missing their old and frail parents at home, the gentle and virtuous wife who silently bears the burden of the family, and the baby who is waiting to be fed, but also
They are not lamenting the injustice of fate and are about to die before they can make a difference in the military camp. What they think of is that they must not let the enemy leave easily! Even if they die, they have to take another person on their back!"
Nicholas looked very excited, and his eyes that were cloudy and weak just now were shining brightly, but Lin Xi knew that it was just another way to express more sadness.
"This is what the dead Adamks and others did, this is the demeanor of our Northern Legion soldiers, this is the best way for soldiers to fulfill their oath! Brothers, I respect you!" Nicholas poured a full glass of wine over the new
around the soil.
After a long time, Nicholas continued: "Linxi, although the army is only a temporary stop for you, you must be worthy of being a soldier when you put on a military uniform for a day! Uncle, I am very happy that you did it, and you did it well. Short
In just a few months, you have participated in several battles, and you must have a personal experience of fighting on the battlefield. I believe that life in the army will be of great help to your growth. In the future, Lin Xi, you will experience
More, you will witness the fall of your comrades, and even your own life will be threatened, but at that time you have to think about what the soldiers represent, and I believe you will make the same choice as other soldiers."
Lin Xi just nodded and said nothing. In his heart, Lin Xi already regarded himself as a soldier. What he did was not only to temper himself in the military furnace, but also out of the duty of a soldier.
But neither Linxi nor Nicholas thought that his military life would end soon due to unexpected changes.