Chapter 21: Rewards for meritorious deeds (1)
Enno thought while tying his cloak. At this time, a personal soldier lifted up the tent and reported: "Your Highness, there is General Keira's messenger."
"Call him in."
"Yes." The personal soldiers retreated, and after a while, a soldier came in and knelt down: "See Your Highness."
"No gift, what's the matter?"
"Your Highness, Your Highness, the Crown Prince has an order for you." After saying that, he held a volume of documents in both hands.
Enno took it and closed it: "Brother told me to defend the occupied land, where has he been?"
"I don't know."
Looking at the soldier's expression, Enno knew that he was Lonna's confidant, knew that he could not ask anything, and waved his hand to let him retreat.
Enno was just standing at the door of the tent, and a general ran over and said, "Your Highness, the whole army has been assembled."
"Well, order the Fourth Division to support the front, and the Fifth Division will follow me back to the border camp."
"Uh...yes!" Although the general thought Ennuo's order was strange, he still went to execute it.
Ennuo stepped on his mount, looked at the direction of his motherland, and whispered: "It seems that chaos is coming."
He knew something must have happened in the country. The ten thousand cavalrymen were his confidant, and of course he could not waste it here. So he decided not to rescue the front army, and at most he would send that group of miscellaneous cavalry to do his job. Anyway, the miscellaneous cavalry was also wearing the flag of the Imperial Guard Corps, even if he had done his own efforts.
When Cons returned to the military camp, his team was the most rewarding of the 100 squads sent. Not only did he obtain information about the enemy's position, but he also brought back more than 100 friendly troops.
After hearing Cons' report, Kane opened his mouth. He didn't expect Cons to be able to complete the task, and it was so outstanding. After being stunned, he patted Cons on the shoulder: "Good boy, I have a trick! I'll celebrate your achievements!"
Although Kane has a strong sense of class, he treats all those who have made contributions equally. This may be due to his personality.
Shortly after Kane entered the main business, he came out with an awkward expression.
He came to Cons, grabbed the back of his head awkwardly, and didn't say anything.
When everyone saw his expression and movement, they knew that Cons had no hope of promotion.
The ten cavalry all looked at Cons sympathetically, while the more than one hundred light infantry glared at Kane in anger.
Cons didn't care about the promotion, but just looked at Kane with a faint smile.
After a while of silence, Kane finally spoke, but what he said made everyone who heard it stunned: "Cons, I will convey His Majesty's will:
"Cons completed the mission excellently and rescued more than 100 friendly troops. He is now named Cons as the captain of the hybrid wing. He has 100 cavalrymen and has organized more than 100 infantry into the hybrid wing."
Mixed corps? No one has heard of such a name. Moreover, a corps is full of 500 people, and now there are only more than 500 people. This is simply that the captain is not like the captain, and the captain is not the position of the captain.
Moreover, Cons's military rank has not been improved, he is just in charge of two brigades. What's going on?
In fact, such a position was caused because the generals opposed him as captain after learning about Cons's contribution.
Firstly, it is because there are no spare troops, and secondly, how can the captain of the siege who was destroyed be the corps leader of the Seventh Legion?
But Cons's contribution does exist, and he must reward the meritorious ministers. So they came up with this method and only allocated a hundred cavalry to solve the problem.
As for those more than one hundred infantrymen, they didn't want them. They also sent them to Cons.
They all deliberately forgot that Cons was the hero who saved His Majesty.
If you really want to reward merit, you will be a team leader at least, but in that case, someone may become a bare officer.
So the generals said that the great contribution would be rewarded only if they had to return to the capital, but unexpectedly, Cons made another contribution. It would be impossible not to reward him, so he had to come up with this solution.
Although Alice wanted to give Cons a higher official title, she had to rely on these generals for her consideration, so she adopted their opinions and gave them a reward only after returning to the capital.
After hearing the order conveyed by Kane, Cons smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that he had just become the captain of the 100-person captain, but now he has become the inappropriate captain of the 200-person captain.
"Soldiers! This is a battle to eliminate the enemy and drive away the invaders, let us fight bravely..."
General Gula was inspiring morale. Cons, who turned his back to Gula, didn't listen much. He just looked at his subordinates in front of him.
In the front row, there were more than 100 infantrymen who had armor, cavalry spears, and sabers on their waists. The camp was all cavalry, so the arsenal was all cavalry weapons, but the infantry seemed to be very satisfied with sabers and spears.
Standing next to the infantry was Dart, who was appointed as the squad leader by Cons, managing the infantry.
Weiner, who stood next to the 100 light cavalrymen in the back row, was also appointed as the team leader by Cons to manage the cavalry.
In addition, four outstanding squadron leaders and a large number of squadron leaders were appointed by Cons, the corps of Cons, so all officers were appointed by Cons.
Originally, the appointment of a squadron leader or above was only powered by the corps captain. Not to mention the appointment of the captain, Cons himself was still a captain.
But Cons's wing was independently organized, and the official street of the team leader did not exist, so no one had any objections to Cons's appointment.
In fact, Cons didn't think so much about it. He just wanted to facilitate management. Moreover, Dart managed the infantry and Weiner managed the cavalry, which could play a good cohesion role, because these two people were their own people for infantry and cavalry.
This is also thanks to the generals who pulled out two ordinary soldiers from their cavalry to Cons. This way, no other team leader will compete for official positions with Vina.
The infantry don’t have to worry about it. They are all soldiers, and none of the commanders escaped.
Finally, Alice came out to express her blessings.
She looked at Cons intentionally or unintentionally, but her eyes were still swept away.
"May the God of War be with you!" The blessing is such a short sentence. This is an unwritten rule of the army. People with the highest identities can give blessings, and they believe that they can win in this way.
"Oh..." A cheer sounded, and the infantrymen of Cons shouted the loudest.
But instead of looking at the beautiful Alice cheering, they looked at their captain Cons, because they believed that they were now with the God of War.
"Set out!" At the command of General Gula, the army was dispatched.
Tens of thousands of horses galloped in unison, and the scene was really exciting.
For some reason, Cons and the others were incorporated into the 10,000 vanguard troops, and they were in the forefront.
In order not to hinder the speed of the troops behind, Cons had to rush forward desperately with more than 100 tired infantry and 100 cavalrymen.
But before he could walk a few miles, a cavalryman chased Cons from behind.
"Sir, Lord Gula Legion Commander, you and all your troops return to the camp." The messenger bowed and said.
"Uh...yes." Cons was stunned for a moment, and although he was puzzled, he still accepted the order.
Cons walked back dejectedly with these soldiers whose hopes of making achievements were extinguished.
On the way, I met the rear army led by Commander Gula's army, and Gula called him: "Cons, you and those more than 100 infantrymen are too hard. This battle is about speed.
"So you take the infantry back to the camp to rest. As for the cavalry, let's act with me."
Cons looked at the infantry who showed an indignant but tired expression, and then looked at the cavalry who showed a joyful expression when he heard Gula's words, and sighed: "Sir, please obey the order."
He could not let the tired soldiers die, nor could he stop the soldiers' desire to make meritorious deeds, and could only accept orders.
Cons didn't know that Gula's order was actually the meaning of the generals.
They don't want Cons to be promoted again.
In this way, not only did the cavalry assigned to him be brought back, but they also gained the reputation of considerate colleagues and soldiers. The most important thing was to cut off the opportunity to make meritorious deeds. It was really a three-killing victory. As for those infantry, they didn't take it seriously.
Why did Gula agree? First of all, he is a nobleman, and most of the generals are nobles, so of course he has to stand on his own side.
Secondly, if Cons makes great contributions again on the basis of saving the throne, he will definitely be on par with his son, or maybe on par with himself.
This was something that the nobles could not tolerate, because Cons was just a civilian without a surname and without noble blood.
Without abandoning Cons's merits and refusing to admit his revenge, he could only solve the problem by stopping him from making merit again.
In the hearts of these generals, they all agreed that only bloodlines are reliable, especially after Enno's betrayal.
People without noble blood will never be promoted to the position of division commander or above in the future. This is the tacit decision of these generals.
Cons took the infantrymen back to the camp where there were only five thousand defenders. After disbanding, he went back to his room to sleep.
I don't know how long it took, but Cons was awakened by a noisy noise. When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was dawn.
I got up and pushed the door open and saw that the entire camp was full of people, all of whom were the cavalry who went to fight last night. They were cheering, as if they had won the battle.
"We won! Not only did we annihilate the 30,000 miscellaneous troops, but we also dealt with the 10,000 rebel cavalry reinforcements. The remaining enemy troops retreated to the border inexplicably! We are about to start the war to regain territory now!" Weiner ran excitedly when he saw Cons come out.
"Oh, it's so good." Cons felt that he had no sense of belonging here at all, and no one came to inform him of these major events.
"Where is Dart and the others?" Seeing that the camp was full of cavalry, Cons couldn't help but ask where his subordinates were.
"Oh, it seems to be sent to patrol." With this sentence, Cons knew that he had become a lonely man, and did not even inform him of his direct subordinates. He saw that the corps captain was doing a fake job.
Just as Cons was about to say something, a horn suddenly sounded, and Weiner hurriedly said, "Sorry, I left in advance."
Cons knew that the voice was the horn for gathering the meritorious people and preparing to give rewards.
Looking at the back of Weiner running away, Cons suddenly felt that Weiner had changed a little, as if he had become less enthusiastic. Is it because he didn't call him the sir? Or was his lukewarm expression?
But Cons didn't know that Weiner made great contributions on the battlefield and killed the head of the enemy general. He rewarded according to his merits and was likely to receive the title of captain as a captain in one fell swoop, which was one level higher than the title of captain of the infantry captain of Cons.
So of course Weiner can't call the leader with a lower title than his own. The world is so realistic.
As for the military ranks that Cons promoted to his subordinates, no one seemed to admit it, and they were all handled according to their original ranks. If this were not the case, Wiener would probably be the captain of the regiment.
While Cons was stunned, a cavalry came to Cons riding a horse. The horse was gone, and he shouted immediately: "Sir Cons, Your Majesty will return to the capital soon. Please be prepared." After that, before Cons could answer, he turned around and rode away.
When the soldiers around him heard this, they glanced at Cons and dispersed in groups of three or three.
Cons sighed at the clear sky. He obviously felt that the cavalry seemed a little unwelcome to him. Maybe it was because he could follow Princess Alice back to the capital.
"Haha, it's not popular." Cons regretted a little. Why didn't he insist on leaving after Princess Alice met Lieutenant Colonel Kane?
Is it because I am greedy for rewards?
Shaking his head, Cons knew that it was decided to leave it for the look that Alice looked at her at that time.
Although Cons took these things lightly, he still had some feelings after spending so long alone with the princess.
Cons entered the room, picked up the sabre that had stabbed him, slowly tied it around his waist, and touched the bag of the quarantine in his arms that the purse gave him when he left, and smiled faintly: "I don't owe anything to Qi Hongguo anymore. Let's go."
Unfortunately, Cons didn't leave. As soon as he went out, he saw Princess Alice.
For some reason, the princess called Cons himself after calling the messenger to inform Cons.
"Princess." Cons saluted Alice.
"Oh, you're ready so soon." Alice said misinformed when she saw Cons's dressing. Then, without waiting for Cons to speak, she ordered: "Go there to gather, and you're about to set off." After that, she turned around and rode away, giving people a feeling of being very cold and unresisting.
Cons was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth, but when he saw the few cavalry beside him who were originally coming with the princess, they were now looking at his own cavalry, and the expressions were revealed in their eyes.
Cons knew that what he could not say now might give people a pretentious feeling and might be sentenced because the princess’s orders could not be violated.
Chapter completed!