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Chapter 17 On the March

The decoration was not very beautiful, but it was equipped with shock absorbing springs, leather cushions and goose-vulley jars, so it was not too bumpy, so in the very comfortable carriage, Egur felt a little drowsy. The cat girl lying in his arms, and the little nun Maria, who was leaning against his shoulder, had already fallen asleep. Sonia, who was sitting opposite, looked out the window boredly, and the series of golden wheat fields that were endless and could hardly see any changes.

In addition to some wheat, the crops outside the window also have some carefully cultivated corn and potatoes. Occasionally, you can see from afar the hillside, which is covered with slightly yellow grass, a group of white sheep, and a shepherd girl holding a whip.

"Oh, this one looks very beautiful." Only when I saw a girl above the level would Egur cheer up a little. But soon, this spirit would disappear with Sonia's intently watching and the convoy gradually fading away.

In a daze, Egur seemed to have seen the preparations made by his army to leave Krakow a week ago. Inside and outside the city, those warehouses with a large amount of supplies were opened. Then, weapons, pairs of armor, bundles of arrows, crossbows, and flags... These things were transported out by the baggage soldiers and placed in the baggage carriage.

In other warehouses, the baggage soldiers transported a large amount of food, including black bread, smoked fish, wind meat, pickles, pickles, and whole buckets of ale wine. These were also transported into the baggage carriage. In addition to these convenient foods prepared in advance, a large amount of flour, a small amount of vegetables that are not easy to break, mushrooms and other things are also loaded for the soldiers to make some hot food, noodle soup, wontons and so on.

There are also some warehouses where raw materials are placed, including cast iron, cooked iron, steel, various wood, silk, even cloth, cotton, leather... These things may be used to repair weapons, armor, and even horseshoes that have been lost in the war, or to prepare clothes, or to build some fortifications and camps.

And there are more necessities for daily life. Military clothes, boots, bedding, blankets, camp tents, iron lunch boxes, knives and forks for meals... These things are also full of stuff. Considering that the army is likely to fight in winter, these essential items also include a large number of cotton coats and leather coats. Among them, various medicinal materials are also uncommon - these will be transported to the military medical unit.

When the carriages are full, the baggage soldiers will climb up, wave their whips, and drive the pack horses to the barracks outside the city. Then, according to the number, they will find one thousand to join the team. Whenever the thousand to join the team is ready, they will leave first. Occasionally, there will be situations where they want to compete for supplies. Of course, this situation will usually be resolved peacefully in the end. There will be no fighting situation.

Of course, this does not mean that there is no such situation at all. In the end, all the captains who caused trouble would be called by the emperor to scold them. Then they were tied to the front of the military camp and whipped dozens of whips.

In this way, every thousand who set out to join the team was followed by seventy or eighty full carriages, which looked spectacular. Of course, this was not the end. After the war, most of these supplies were not enough and they had to be transported from the rear on the 1st. Fortunately, other cities also built military stations and warehouses for storing materials. Therefore, there was no need to transport them from Krakow from a long distance.

In terms of warehouses, there is not a single thing. Occasionally, you will find that the materials are improperly preserved, the iron tools are rusted, and the food is ruined by rats. A small amount of corruption also exists. Ordinary or nothing is wrong. But at this time, this situation will happen very often. Egur is so angry that he curses and deals with it more severely. Those who are improperly preserved will be dismissed and thrown into the prison for two years to reflect. The corruption guys, no matter how much they are, cut off all the things... In this way, after a week of busyness, Egur has already walked on the road, but only three quarters of Norman's 100,000 main force was only three quarters. The remaining quarters are mostly behind Egur. The two slowest two thousand join the team are still wandering around Krakow on the 1st.

That's about it. It's just the preparation of the army. The royal family's preparation - to be precise, it was Egur's preparation. Those things were filled with dozens of baggage carriages - Egur's daily necessities, the ingredients for food he liked to eat, as well as fruits, thousands of fruits, candy and snacks, wine and juices, etc. from all kinds of luxury goods for Egur to enjoy. And dozens of imperial chefs who cook for him... These were also quite a lot. Otherwise, Egur would fight outside, and every time he threw a tea set of hundreds of gold, he would give it to him. If he didn't do this, how could he offer it?

The Norman intelligence system that followed Egur and the Council Information Section - Egur is now planning to take out this agency separately and formally establish an intelligence system. I thought Sonia was cleared, and these spies carried a lot of things - a large number of carrier pigeons - and provided them to the emperor on a whim, and dozens of cages of meat pigeons they slaughtered. Various codebooks, paper of special texture, quills made by the agency, and some gadgets - just like the last time Egur made a wine pot used by Basil II. These things also contained a lot of them.

In addition, there are military prostitutes, slaves who work in a variety of ways, slaves who work in a variety of ways, slaves who work in a variety of ways... This is what a modern, regular and professional baggage force needs to transport. Compared with other countries, the supply of military supplies that still cannot form a complete logistics on the 1st day, and the supply of military supplies that still need to be looted on the spot on the 1st day. Norman En undoubtedly is ahead of the times. Of course, after all, this does not mean that after the whole vehicle of supplies, Norman En became a moral model, and he would not demolish houses when he froze to death, and would not steal food when he starved to death, because this army was controlled by Egur Scadragrimson, a tyrant who acted based on his own likes and dislikes.

"No - I'm going out to go and have a turn." Egur said so badly in the carriage. His movements woke Maria and Ain. Maria was quite normal. She rubbed her eyes and sniffed, then looked at Egur, waiting for her master to say something. Ain, who was lying in Egur's arms, was preparing to take off Egur's pants and bite him... "Uh... that..." Egur hurriedly stopped Ain's movements and stroked her hair like a cat. Then, she looked at Maria and Sonia staring at him and immediately explained: "This is actually a wonderful misunderstanding."

"Lord... I remember that you said in front of most of the monarchs in Europe that you should train Ms. Aien to be a very excellent ruler." Sonya's words on the opposite side made Egur even more embarrassed - yes, Aien's move just now was indeed the result of long-term training. Egur had heard of such words as men did not raise cats and women did not raise dogs in his previous life. The latter one was too harmonious and not mentioned for the time being, and the previous one was because the cat would take the "beep" of the erection in the morning as a mouse bite.

So, in order to prevent such a tragedy, Egur specially trained Aien's teeth, asking her to be particularly gentle when dealing with her "beep", and then, that's about it.

"Because the other party is a cat, it is inevitable that there is a certain habit. You must be considerate." Egur said this, making Sonia and Maria feel half-believing and half-doubted. Looking at it, it was exactly the same as a cat, and squinted his eyes and rubbed against Egur's chest. Sonia couldn't ask any further. So Egur asked the guard knights to bring juice and three portions of thousand fruits to the three girls, so that they would not bother themselves for the time being. Egurben got out of the carriage and stepped onto a No. 4 war horse led by the guard knights. With a horse's belly, he said, "Ha!" and left.

Along the way, the soldiers cheered loudly as the emperor rode his horse and whipped his horse. Some of them raised their throats and howled in a tone. Some of them raised their military flags and waved them desperately. While doing this, the soldiers kept their formation and continued to move forward. The car-Benzing behavior of Egur's car brought a hint of color to the boring march.

Immediately afterwards, Egur slowed down the horses and jumped off the horses closer to the soldiers. He talked to them about the names of every commander and even every centurion. Their character, their love for the battles they participated in, and what kind of contributions they made. Egur patted their shoulders and recalled those battles with them, remembering their dead comrades, Egur praised their role in the battle. For those soldiers, commanders and commanders, Egur asked them about their names, asked them about their well-being, and encouraged them to make greater contributions.

"I have rewards and medals here. Let's yearn for honor. My soldiers, I'm waiting to send these things to you!" Finally, when returning to the carriage, Egur stepped on the horse's back and shouted at the soldiers, and then rode away amid the cheers of the soldiers.

In this way, Egury took some time to ride a horse and wander among different thousand incoming teams to inspire morale and make the army move faster. In this way, in September, the vanguard of the Norman army arrived in Brandenburg...

(To be continued)
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