"Muse, I saw her in Yajin City. I saw her from a distance. She was wearing armor and uniform, and there were some other soldiers around her... But they looked weird. I sent someone to inquire about it.
, seems to be an army coming to mobilize supplies from the central front..."
Little Charlie smiled and said it, and Duwei's face immediately became serious.
Du Wei immediately sent someone to write a letter and quickly sent someone to the Langya Military Camp in the central part of the country.
But after a while, he called the guard Elder Yan over again:
"That fat guy, I'm worried that he won't act according to orders. Please go and do this yourself! Bring him back to me! It's just nonsense!!"
A few days later…
The northern front of the empire, south of the central fortress.
This is not far from the Imperial Theater Air Force Base. This military camp alone is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.
Although there are not that many troops in this military camp, at the gate of the camp, soldiers wearing armors were already busy coming and going in the early morning.
A convoy of carriages drove into the military camp after presenting the documents. The exposed carriages behind the carriages were loaded with bags of grain, dried meat, weapons and armor, and bundles of heavy-spine armor-piercing arrows.
Inside the military camp, a military flag embroidered with strange patterns hung on a flagpole. The strange patterns seemed to be the sharp fangs of some kind of beast.
On the school field in the military camp, there were no neatly-drilled formations like other regular armies of the empire. Instead, some soldiers who trained early in the morning formed one queue after another that seemed loose but actually implied some kind of rules. They were formed on the playground.
We formed small teams one by one and carried out some strange tactical exercises based on the terrain on the school field: high and low, broken ground, obstacles, etc.
Some of those soldiers didn't even wear armor, but instead wore some weird clothes with strong camouflage effects, such as uniforms covered with branches and leaves. Or helmets tied with straw, and some even had their faces painted
Painted with black, black, green and green oil paints.
On the edge of the school field, there were some soldiers who took off their shirts and bare sticks and were wrestling with each other. Many people around watched and shouted.
This place doesn't look like the regular army of the empire. They are indeed not.
Here is the only officially recruited mercenary force in the empire that recognizes its legal status, the Wolf Fang Army. Under the leadership of Longbottom, the Wolf Fang Army once made extraordinary achievements and won the first victory in airborne operations behind enemy lines.
Longbottom, this fat man led a group of cavalry to ride around the camp several times in the morning. At this moment, his whole body was already moving, and his head was covered with hot sweat. He took off his armor and only wore a uniform, and strode through the camp.
On the way, I nodded and said hello to the rough guys, "Emre, you lost in wrestling last night and accidentally broke your leg!" "Karl, you bastard, you haven't been allowed to drink since early in the morning!" "Rocky, you
Why are your eyes so red? Could it be that I was thinking about my ladies so much that I couldn't sleep last night?"
Although these words are vulgar, they are the most common language among soldiers in a place like this.
It was obvious that Longbottom had won the support of the mercenaries in the Wolf Fang Army, and everyone was respectful and affectionate towards him.
After the fat man strode through the barracks one by one, he came to his big tent, kicked open the wooden boards, and strode in.
This barracks was the one next to Longbottom's own barracks. When he walked in, he saw the armor and weapons that had been taken off scattered randomly on the ground, and there was a faint smell of wine in the air.
The fat man shrugged his nose and frowned a little.
There was only one bed in the barracks. On the bed was a person wrapped tightly in a blanket, huddled up in a ball and sleeping soundly. Probably because he was too tired, he was snoring lightly intermittently.
The fat man approached the bed and looked down at the person on the bed.
Muse, this tomboy, was wrapped in a blanket, but judging from her exposed shoulders, this girl did not take off her clothes when sleeping, but slept with her clothes on. At this moment, she was lying on her side, holding a bottle of wine tightly in her arms.
Pi Sang, because he slept too sweetly, his little mouth was slightly open, and there was even a trace of drool on the corners of his mouth and on the pillow.
"Hmph, such a cute girl, why does she look like a fool when sleeping? Oh my God, she is actually snoring and drooling."
The fat man raised his eyebrows, without reaching out, he raised his feet, lightly kicked Muse on the butt through the blanket, and shouted: "Hey, tomboy, wake up!"
no response……
"Hey! Get up!"
Snort...snort...
The fat man got angry, turned around and walked outside the door, strode back with a bucket of water, stood in front of Muse's bed, took out a whistle from his pocket, and blew it hard...
The muse was pouting in her sleep, as if she was still having a sweet dream, when she suddenly heard a sharp whistle! The sharp and harsh sound suddenly woke her up!
Then I heard the fat man’s hateful roar…
Emergency gathering??
With a huff, Muse immediately jumped up from the bed like a conditioned reflex, and subconsciously reached out and grabbed for the boots thrown beside the bed. But as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw the fat man's hateful smiling face.
Beside the bed, she hasn't screamed yet...
Wow!
A bucket of cold water was poured on his head, and Muse screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and jumped up!
"Asshole! Fatty! What are you doing! Are you crazy!!"
Muse finally woke up and stared at the fat man with wide eyes. This damn fat man actually had a malicious smile on his face, holding a bucket in his hand, and looked at him with a smile.
"Are you awake? Get up quickly! You are just like a little pig who likes to sleep in... or a noble pig."
Muse got angry, and she immediately screamed: "You damn fat man! Who allowed you to run into my room!" After saying that, she subconsciously grabbed the blanket.
The fat man sighed and glanced at the girl with disdain: "What are you doing? You haven't taken off your clothes anyway... Besides, at your age, you are too young to be my daughter. Listen up, this is a military camp! The sun is shining now
You’ve already exposed your butt. Are you still hiding under the covers?”
Muse glanced helplessly at the rogue fat man, fell down again, fell on the bed, and groaned: "Please, fat man... I have a day off today! Damn it! I have a day off today! I just came back from the Eastern Front yesterday.
! I rode back and forth for six days! I brought back twenty-six carts of supplies for you! Now I have a holiday! Do you understand that I have a holiday!!"
Longbottom didn't seem to be aware of it at all, and still had a bad smile on his face: "Of course I understand, I personally approved the holiday. But..."
He suddenly reached out and lifted up the wine bag on the bed, shook it twice: "It's empty... you are really good at drinking. It seems that your drinking capacity has increased now. But, you guy, have you forgotten my order?"
Yes! People on vacation are allowed to move freely in the camp, but... they are not allowed to drink in the military camp!!"
As he said that, the fat man seemed to have grasped something, and stared at the muse with a smile.
But Muse was not afraid at all. She glanced at the fat man and pushed him back with one sentence: "Damn it, fat man, I stole this bag of wine from your room."
"Well……"
He quickly shook the wine bag and immediately screamed: "Asshole! This is my treasure! You actually drank it all!!!"
Muse shook his head, then lifted up the blanket and crawled to the bed. With sleepy eyes, he touched the ground for a while: "Fat man, where did you kick my boots?"
"On your feet." Longbottom pinched the empty wine bag angrily: "Don't you take off your boots when you sleep?"
Muse then jumped to the ground and stretched. He grabbed the armor and weapons and put them on his body. Then he turned back and glared at the fat man: "Even if you are my commander, you can't just break into my room."
Well... Also, next time you ask me to get up, don't splash water! Now I have to wash my face..."
"Sorry, there is no water for you to wash your face." The fat man pointed to the empty bucket: "Your water has been used up."
This is a military camp after all, and each soldier only has one bucket of water to use every day.
Muse looked at the empty bucket angrily and said angrily: "You!! Do you know that in order to complete your task, I haven't slept for three days! I haven't washed my face for three days! You actually!! I am a woman
My child! Girls need to be clean!!”
The fat man hugged his arms, looked at her with a smile, and then said deliberately: "Oh, are you a girl? I forgot that you are still a girl. Look at how you look now."
Yes, if you have to describe what Muse looks like now, there is only one simplest and most direct word: sloppy!
Very sloppy!
Her hair was a mess, and she was even a bit disgraced. She had been running around for several days to collect food and supplies. She was extremely exhausted when she came back last night, and fell asleep after drinking. She didn't bother to wash up at all.
The clothes on his body were originally white, but now they were stained with suspicious stains, yellow dust, and traces of wine...
Looking at her appearance, who would have thought that she is the muse of the Liszt family, and she is also a nobleman with mysophobia!
Since he ran away from home and came to the north, the desperate Muse had no choice but to join Fatty, hide in this military camp, and serve as an officer under Fatty. Of course, there is no official official position, because this is a mercenary army.
, except for the nominal leaders Fatty and Hussein, no one else has a formal official position.
Every day, she trained with those foul-mouthed mercenaries, rolling around, riding horses and practicing in the wild. She was away for two or three days, sleeping in the wild, drinking stream water, eating dry food, and not taking a shower for several days.
After arriving in the north, she had been hiding beside Fatty, but...even she didn't know what she was hiding from.
Later, after Du Wei led his troops north and became the head coach of the Eastern Front, Fatty once wanted to send her to the East, but this little girl refused. Maybe it was because Gabri was in the East?
But it doesn’t seem to be the case…
She continued to stay with Fatty.
As for Fatty, this mercenary army is nominally affiliated to the Central War Zone, but because it disobeyed orders before, it secretly launched the airborne operation behind enemy lines. Although the battle plan was later successful. Fatty also received a reward for this, and this mercenary army also
Got an official designation "Spike Army".
But it made the top brass of the Storm Legion, who originally looked down upon this "rabble", even more dissatisfied! Even if the battle was successful, the top brass of the Storm Legion hated Fatty and this mercenary even more.
In addition to the original term "rabble", there is also the addition of "disobedience to orders".
In addition, the Storm Legion in the middle has not achieved any good results. Fatty's mercenaries received a reward, but it can't help but make people jealous.
As a result... After that, the Wolf Fang Army was often looked down upon when it came to material supplies. When distributing supplies, they were often made things difficult, withheld, suppressed and delayed by the Storm Legion people...
The fat man had a bad temper, and he even fell out with the Storm Legion.
Fortunately, General Andre of the Air Force had a close relationship with the Tulip family. With his support, the Air Force's supplies were often mobilized to assist Fatty. But Fatty, who was fed up with the Storm Legion's supercilious looks, simply sent Du Wei to the Tulip family after he went north.
People contacted Du Wei.
Du Wei naturally wanted to protect his direct lineage. From then on, although Fatty's mercenary army still stayed in the central part, all material attacks were shipped from the eastern front.
Muse refused to go to the east and insisted on staying with Fatty. Fatty didn't care. A few days ago, Muse personally led a team to Yajin City in the east to collect supplies for this month. Muse led the team back and forth for six days.
It was really hard work.
Speaking of which, the fat man took good care of Muse. He gave her a separate barracks and took good care of her on weekdays. Although there was a woman in the military camp, these mercenaries were not regular troops anyway. The mercenary industry in the empire,
It's not like there are no women (such as Ruolin in the past), so those mercenaries won't make too much fuss.
"Okay, okay." Looking at the murderous look in Muse's eyes, the fat man waved his hand: "I asked you to get up out of kindness... You don't know what's going on. Get up, there's something good going on. If you're late, you're not in time.
Go ahead and blame me for not taking care of you."
Muse had already put on the weapon, wiped it casually from the bucket a few times, dipped his palms in water, rubbed it on his face, wiped his face hard, and smoothed his hair: "Okay, what a good thing!"
"We are about to set off." The fat man said with a weird smile on his face: "I will personally lead the team... We will bypass the fortress, go all the way to the west, and then... quietly run behind the enemies to get a lot of money! Hey, now is the food harvest
In this season, we can’t just idle around and cause trouble for them.”
Muse's eyes immediately lit up: "It's indeed a good thing! Well, if you have a conscience, don't forget to call me for such an interesting thing."
"Just go! We'll be ready to leave in a moment."
When he reached the door, the fat man suddenly stopped, looked back at Muse, and hesitated: "There is one more thing... Muse, you are here with me, this matter cannot be hidden from anyone. I think the Duke will know sooner or later
Maybe he already knows now. Maybe a letter will come in the next few days, asking me to send you there..."
Muse's eyes immediately became a little dazed. He was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head vigorously: "I won't go! Nowhere! I don't want to think about Du Wei's men... I hate that guy the most."
The fat man touched his chin and smiled, his smile a little weird: "That's up to you...but if the boss finds out, I'll help you hide secretly, I'm afraid I'll get slapped with a military stick again."
Muse rolled his eyes: "You are so fat that I can't beat you."
After a moment of hesitation, Muse stopped laughing, lowered her voice, and said in a sincere tone: "Actually... I know you take good care of me... Thank you, Uncle Longbottom."
When the fat man heard this, his face suddenly looked like he had seen a ghost, and his mouth seemed to be stuffed with an egg. He stared at the muse with wide eyes: "You! What did you call me! You actually called me uncle?! Oh my god!
!!!"
Muse made a face and smiled sweetly: "Isn't it? You said yourself that my age is too young to be your daughter."
"I'm not even forty years old yet!" the fat man said angrily. After speaking, he stretched out his thick palm and slapped the muse hard on the head: "Don't call me that! Damn it." He said.
Although he was relaxed, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes.
Muse saw it, lowered his voice, and said softly: "Fat man... I heard that you had a daughter before..."
"It's none of your business." The fat man got angry and tried to kick the muse, but the muse jumped away and said, "Quickly lead your horse! Meet at the gate of the camp! If you are late, I will beat you up."
stick!"
Muse stuck out her tongue and ran out quickly. When she passed the fat man, she whispered: "Thank you."
Seeing this girl skipping away, Longbottom sighed and looked at her retreating figure. There was actually a trace of genuine kindness and warmth in this two hundred and fifty-year-old girl's eyes.
I pinched my pocket... There was a letter in my pocket, written by Du Wei.
He just lied to the Muse... Du Wei didn't "will know sooner or later", but already knew it! He already knew that the Muse was here.
This letter was delivered quickly last night. In the letter, Du Wei asked Fatty to immediately send someone to take Muse to Yajin City. If she refused, he would be kidnapped even if she refused!
These are Du Wei's original words in the letter.
But this time, Fatty took matters into his own hands and disobeyed Duweidi's order. Anyway, it wasn't the first time he disobeyed an order.
Just because... when this poor tomboy came to him alone, this little girl who always looked strong and like a little hedgehog, when she came to her, she suddenly...
The tiredness and weakness on his face, and the sadness in his eyes made the fat man feel pity.
These days, she is here in her own place, eating big chunks of meat, drinking heavily, and shouting loudly with a bunch of rough men. She seems happy, but... what girl would sleep in her room at night with a wine bag in her arms?
That mark on the pillow...is it really just saliva?
Or...tears?
"Damn it." The fat man rubbed his fleshy cheeks: "These young brats are so in love with each other. It's really troublesome. When I was young, I could love whenever I wanted and hate whenever I wanted.
Are you happy? Girls who like it, just grab it generously. Today's young people really want to save face and suffer!"
With Du Wei's autographed letter in his arms, Lao Yan led a group of cavalry and ran all the way to the Langya Army's camp. It was already evening.
But he finally arrived a step too late. The people from the Wolf Fang Army told him that the commander, Lord Longbottom, had selected a thousand people early this morning and went out to "hunt".
"Hunting" is a slang term for this group of mercenaries. In fact, they are taking people to take a detour to harass behind enemy lines.
Longbottom was not here, so Lao Yan asked around in the camp and told the Muse's face. As expected, many people recognized him. However, he learned that Longbottom had taken the Muse away with him.
Lao Yan sighed... It was just as the Duke thought, he had to hurry up to pick him up. If he was late, it would be too late.