Chapter 370 Provocation, dismounting (five thousand five)
The national announcement on the first day of the New Year made the city citizens ecstatic. After turning their eyes away from those tempting conditions, most people had an incredible thought in their hearts-the Bran nobles seemed to have compromised with the gray-clothed army!
In fact, from the "Gray Clothing People" in the newspaper title to the "Gray Clothing Army" now, and the conditions that are obviously derived from the purpose of the Gray Clothing Army, this idea should be unquestionable... But the citizens still don't believe it. Originally, the Bran powerful class hated the Gray Clothing Army. Over the past decades, there have been nearly a hundred encirclements and suppressions, but now they have compromised inexplicably, which sounds more like telling a story...
However, such doubts were quickly resolved, because a team of 30,000 people officially appeared in their sight. There were no standard armor, excellent weapons, and no legion logos to which they belong. Obviously, this was not a regular soldier of Bran.
Their armor is a bit weird. Take a soldier as an example. He wore a stubborn iron helmet on his head, brass chest armor on the upper body, and knee pads of a large leaf ring armor under him... It was scattered, almost all the armor consisted of many pieces, and he had many kinds of armor parts on his body. And this is definitely not an isolated case, almost everyone is like this. Some are even more bizarre. The parts of various armor on his body are printed with the logos of Bran's legions, which makes people laugh.
Moreover, even if the armor is aside, the weapons of these people are a bit funny. As we all know, the army is basically composed of weapons. Of course, this is not for the purpose of looking neat, but for tactical needs. For example, the great sword team who is good at attacking, the spear group that blocks cavalry head-on, etc.
The army in front of us can see that it is composed in this way, but the weapons inside are not standardized. For example, in a team that seems to be a big sword, in addition to most of them holding two-handed big swords, there are one-handed heavy swords, some with knight swords, and some with swords and swords...
It can be said that if the army had not seemed to have strict military discipline and had a sense of solemnity in the silent march, it would have almost been synonymous with a mob.
However, although this army seemed funny, no citizens really laughed out loud. Because soon after, everyone thought of their origin - this was the army of the gray-clothed army.
Thinking of this, look at the various armored weapons and young soldiers with a savory face. Everyone has different feelings... Such soldiers and such equipment can resist Bran's destruction for decades, and even now turn the tables in one fell swoop. What an incredible record and spirit is this! After inquiring again, we learned that this army was heading to the front line to fight against the northern wilderness barbarians, and everyone was excited...
The gray-clothed army went north along the way, and almost every time they passed by a city, they were harvesting the cheers and applause of flowers. Such treatment made many gray-clothed soldiers' eyes red and tears! After many years, they could finally walk openly in the city of Bran with their heads raised, and enjoy the glory they deserved...
For the soldiers of the gray-clothed army, this is definitely not just a moment of touch! When starting the negotiations with Luosha, it can be said that the biggest resistance and pressure actually did not come from the ministers, but the soldiers in the army.
This is also obvious. They have been killed with the Bran soldiers for decades and have long been red in their eyes. So although there are senior military leaders such as Oumeng who can only silently suppress dissatisfaction in their hearts, this accumulated emotion is also the most worrying. Because only a fuse is needed, this accumulated emotion will burst out exponentially, which is likely to cause the effect of destruction.
But now, when these soldiers listened to the cheers of ordinary people, their uncontrollable sense of pride, pride and other glory quickly rose, even surpassing their hatred for the Bran soldiers. Of course, this does not mean that they no longer hate the Bran soldiers, but that they began to realize that their previous battle was not just for killing, but had a higher meaning, similar to the meaning of the Justice Army.
This is a transformation in realm, and as cities move down, a complete qualitative change has been formed... It is no exaggeration to say that this is the biggest gain of these gray-clothed soldiers' trip.
This change is invisible and intangible, and even the soldiers themselves do not notice it, let alone outsiders. Tang En vaguely felt this, but he had no other thoughts except to lament Luo Sha's good luck.
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With cheers all the way, more than ten days later, this 30,000-strong army of strong morale finally approached the front line.
When we arrived here, the atmosphere was obviously different. There were almost no passing merchants and civilians along the way, including only military-invested transportation teams, and scouts who ran back and forth to convey messages. Although there was no war scene in our sight, a storm was about to come, and the solemn atmosphere of congestion as water had quietly come!
In the evening, the army was stopped by a large cavalry ten miles away from a large city.
"Brother Frey, what's the matter?" Seeing Frey returning who was going to inquire about the news, Tang En and the others came forward to ask.
"Those cavalry won't let us enter the city." Frey's face looked a little ugly, and he shook his head and replied.
"Uh, why?" David was stunned when he heard this, and then said in surprise, "Aren't many cities allowed to enter before?"
"This is Vasa City. Yes..." Seeing everyone's expressions of confusion, Frey continued to explain, "Vasa City is the rearmost city in the Bran front line, so whenever a war breaks out, this is the logistics location for hoarding military supplies."
He paused, "It is natural that it is impossible for such a military important place to enter the army casually. Well, in fact, the Bran army is OK. We... General Daniel has already shown the certificate from the Bran Military Office. The cavalry only said that they wanted to go back and ask for instructions, but they had been waiting for half an hour but still no response."
When the words came to the ground, everyone knew that there was something strange about it. Not to mention that their military documents were complete, even the great momentum along the way, the city lord, military seniors, etc. in Vasa City should have received the news long ago as long as they were not deaf. But now it looks like they had just known, and their intentions are naturally obvious.
David stared at his eyes and said angrily: "Damn, this is obviously making things difficult for us!"
"Well. Actually, it's normal for this kind of thing to happen. After all, we have been fighting for so many years... and we were too disturbed before, so we should give a warning." Frey used to be a man in the army and also knew the other party's psychology, and he analyzed it without leaving any distance.
"Hmph, I think I just need to clean up." Mi Xiu, who was standing beside him, said coldly.
Tang En also frowned: "What do you say to General Daniel?"
"What else can I say?" Frey shook his head helplessly and looked at the faint outline of the city wall under the night in the distance. "This is their territory. It is really simple to make us look ugly. And no matter where such a thing goes, they have reasons to make excuses. General Daniel... Well, I guess he will endure it."
Tang En nodded slowly when he heard this, agreeing with Frey's inference.
Although it is a bit suffocating, it is the fact that. Now that the agreement between the two sides has begun to come to an end, it is time for cooperation, and no one is willing to be the first destroyer. But it is impossible to block it openly, and there are many small ways to make a trip in secret. Just like now, some people with ulterior motives in Vasa City have sufficient reasons, such as the sky is dark, for the safety of the logistics site, etc., they can be confidential and not let them enter the city. But it is really hard for them to say anything about this.
Moreover, after Tang En knew that the commander of the army was Daniel this time, he had long expected the result of this situation. Daniel's surname was calm, calm, and unhappy, which was the most suitable commander like the current combat operation. If it were Daniel, the commander of the Fourth Army of the Gray Clothing Army, he would have rolled up his sleeves and asked his subordinates to take down the cavalry first.
Sure enough, after waiting for another half an hour, the messenger kept running and proclaiming, allowing the army soldiers to move left into the wilderness and rest on the spot.
After the order was given, everyone had to curse and enter the wilderness and set up their own tents. They all rested like this along the way, but now they are at the ground, but they still have to sleep in the wild, so they are naturally unhappy.
David, Luke and others kept muttering, intending to touch the city tonight to "have a good chat" with the soldiers guarding the city. Tang En laughed and scolded him to stop this idea.
Nowadays, the form is different. After all, this place is not a garrison in the gray-clothed army. The gray space can have full autonomy. This is the army, and under the rule of the Bran military, there is no need to talk about military laws and do not allow recklessness. Tang En brought the gray space to join Frey's spear camp, which is for this reason. At least here, they can move freely.
No words all night...
The next morning, the army came to the city. After some negotiations, it was officially prepared to enter the city.
"These damn guys..."
Frey's spear breaks the camp in the middle and rear of the team, and it takes a few minutes before it's their turn to enter the city, so Don and Frey stand on the huge rocks on the side of the road and look at the city gate.
"What's wrong?" Tang En turned to Frey, who was whispering in a low voice.
"The people who came out to greet General Daniel at the gate of the city were all insignificant figures, and the highest-level one was just a deputy civil servant." Frey narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "I really think we are so stupid!"
Frey has been in Bran's army for more than ten years, and he has naturally cleared the various ranks. The Gray-Clothed Army has 30,000 people this time, which is comparable to the total of the two or three generals under the Bran's army. With such a lineup, the opponent should at least have a general-level figure to welcome General Daniel. But now the opponent's highest rank is only a deputy regiment, and it is civilian, and the contempt is undisguised.
Bang, "Cao, so fucking awkward!" David slashed the corners of the huge stone with his feet, his face full of depression, "This is not here to beat the barbarians, it is obviously here to get angry."
"Let's go, let's go to the city first. Haha, there should be a trick waiting for us!" Tang En watched the crowd moving in front of him, jumped off the huge rock, and said with a slight twist on the corner of his mouth.
It is wartime, so the gate of Vasa City was naturally taken over by the army. Before they could approach the gate, the gray-clothed soldiers could hear the joking laughter coming from above the city wall. They looked up and the Bran soldiers in groups of three or three were pointing at them, shaking their heads from time to time to laugh.
The soldiers here at the city gate were not like this, but the slanted glance was full of disdain, contempt and other meanings.
The soldiers of the gray-clothed army all looked solemn. They walked quietly through the city gate, and a strong and self-depressed anger continued to gather.
When it was Tang En and the others' turn, David walked outside, raised his chin slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at a soldier with a provocative attitude. The soldier was stunned, and then his anger surged. His big hand holding the spear tightened and stared at David tightly.
After rolling his eyelids and turning his lips, David slowed down and continued to release his sarcasm skills without any concealment. However, it was obvious that not only the Gray-Clothed Army had an explanation, but the Bran Army must have made regulations that could not take action first. So although the soldier's body was trembling slightly and he made a striking posture at any time, he still held back and did not attack.
"Swish..." A chuckled disdain, David withdrew his gaze in a little disappointed manner and followed Don Eun in front.
"Oh, the new recruits are not at all bloody, no wonder they are beaten so stupid by the barbarians." Another whisper was spoken by David, nicknamed Shouhou, and he was Frey's old brother. He was also familiar with Tang En and others, and they all climbed out of the pits in the mine. He said this with confidence. After all, when he was in the army, the young soldiers in front of him were afraid that they were still learning how to get guns.
Of course, although he was whispering, it was within the range of the soldier's hearing, just like David's sneer. The soldier's eyes turned red in an instant, and he took half a step forward and pressed down the tip of his gun, but he was instantly pulled back by a person similar to the captain next to him. It is okay to curse people, but there is no evidence, but it is impossible to do it first. This is definitely a responsibility.
"Miscellaneous!"
"Who are you scolding?"
"Miscellaneous scolds you!"
After a quick conversation, "Oh..." The veteran Yuzi Shouhou gave the soldier a thumbs up, with a full face of admiration, and then followed David in front of him.
"Haha..." After reacting, the soldiers of the gray-clothed army around them all showed sarcastic smiles, looking at this self-confessed guy with a novel look on his face.
"Your mother dies... I don't want to leave if I have the will... Captain, don't pull me... Ah..."
In a small area of chaos, David looked back. The soldier Bran was holding the red face back by the captain, dancing around, "Oh, Brother Skinny Monkey, you are still powerful."
"Haha, no, no, my skills are far inferior." The thin monkey waved his hand with a modest look on his face, "In the past, there was a guy named Jianniao in our thunder gun breaking formation team. That guy's mouth... Haha, once we had a bad form and needed to break through, but the barbarian formation had no flaws at all, and the price of breaking through was too high. As a result, he forced dozens of barbarians to furiously with one mouth, and couldn't help but attack first, causing the formation to be messed up... Haha."
"Damn, this is absolutely awesome..."
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After passing the incident at the city gate, the army officially entered the city.
As long as Bran is close to the front line, it has a strong military style, and Vasa City is no exception. At first glance, there are basically no visible many wooden buildings, mostly made of stone bricks, which should be to prevent the enemy from attacking fire.
The main roads in the city are naturally left for soldiers to pass by, but there are still many early civilians on the roadside. They seem to be commonplace with this situation and do not look at the soldiers at much attention, and are all busy with their own affairs.
It is natural that so many soldiers could not stay in the city, so before they could observe for too long, the soldiers turned directly in the city and headed south, passing through the tightly defended southern city gate. Tang En and his team came to a vast barracks surrounded by mountains.
Since Vasa City is a storage point for military supplies, there are naturally many such as preparatory soldiers. After they train here for a period of time, they must adjust the front line at any time when they are tight.
Because it took a lot of time before, when the gray-clothed army approached the barracks, Dongfang Xuyue had already fully exposed his face. At this time, it was the time when the army was training. On the vast flat grass on the right, there was about a regiment of Bran's spear training regiment, and murderous roars came from time to time. Looking further away, there were round wooden signs with red dots hidden in the middle, as if they were a bow and arrow training ground...
"Damn it, the gap is really big!"
The conditions of the gray-clothed army are difficult, and the training of soldiers is to directly train physical fitness or use methods of weapons. In this way, David is not blamed for looking at the various training venues and equipment around and sighing for a long time.
"Haha, after all, this is the front line... Hum?" Frey was about to take David's words when the soldiers in front suddenly heard a low scream, and the neat formation was also a bit chaotic.
“What’s the situation?”
Tang En and David, who were walking outside the team, moved their bodies forward, but there were many soldiers in front of them doing this, so they couldn't see anything. But they didn't wait too long, and soon a group of Bran soldiers appeared in the road on the right.
Step on... Step on...
It was like a giant walking on a hill, causing the ground to tremble in every move. And because of the rhythm of a certain regularity, everyone's heartbeat also rose.
Although the group of Bran soldiers in front of them were not giants, to some extent, they played a giant-like crushing role in the war.
The square shield in the left hand and the long-handed battle axe in the right hand is surrounded by thick silver-gray metal armor, and there is no visible area. Even the head is covered with a closed helmet with only gaps in both eyes. This is a perverted soldier who is armed to the teeth in a true sense.
"Bran heavy infantry..." Tang En murmured to himself. He had seen this army before. When he first joined the Gray Clothing Army, the Darren team where he was at was ambushed and was almost blocked by the army in front of him. Finally, good luck activated the Thunder Hammer and blasted them away, which made everyone escape.
"It's another threat..." Frey, who was standing beside him, looked at the heavy infantry gang passing by them, breathed abruptly, opened his mouth, shook his head and murmured.
This is the fact that no one would wear such a heavy guy out for training early in the morning, which is obviously for the gray-clothed soldiers to see.
I have to say that they do have the capital to show off. First of all, let’s not talk about the excellent heavy armor on their bodies. In comparison, the soldiers of the gray-clothed army look like clowns. Furthermore, when a large group of heavy infantry marched together, the momentum produced was absolutely amazing. Even if there were 30,000 soldiers around them, they were steadily suppressed by this arrogant aura.
"Bah, mom! Isn't it just a good turtle shell? What's the point of scratching the bag?" David spitted fiercely at the heavy infantryman who had gone over and said disdainfully.
Of course, this is a bit jealous. Not to mention anything else, it depends on the soldiers' formations of those heavy infantrymen passing by, and they will be silent. Such a significant momentum is really terrifying.
After these heavy infantrymen passed, although most people knew that this should be the other party's plan, the team on the Gray Clothes Army was inevitably a bit dull.
The soldiers of the long spear regiment who were originally trained in the training area on the right also turned their sight together when the heavy infantry appeared, pointing at this side through the iron fence, as if they were comparing, and burst into harsh laughter from time to time.
David and others were seeing the anger in their hearts, but there was no good idea, just like they used curses to provoke each other. This was contempt in their expressions, and it depends on who couldn't help but take action first.
And just as the morale of both sides increases and decreases, changes arise again, whizzes... the bowstrings shake, and the arrow branches roar!
Chapter completed!