Chapter 74 (1/2)
At a distance, Reuenthal's defeated army scattered like ants Reuenthal deserved to be called the cunning wolf of the grasslands as he was extre an opportunity The moment his cavalry was defeated, he iive Rody or Reuben any chance to pursue The truth was, Rody and Reuben had no intention of pursuing Reuben had less than 40,000 soldiers left while the 10,000 Wolves Fang under Rody had been ht a battle They were all exhausted and did not have the ability to pursue
Reuben quickly went down the fortress walls while being supported by his bodyguards and saw Rody leading the Wolves Fang through the gates
When he saw the flame-like Tulip Family's banner, Reuben felt his body sway and his eyes turn blurry
Reuben was unable to remember as the last time he saw the banner He watched the soldiers froh fatigue could be seen, the excitement and determination on the faces of those soldiers could not be concealed
The co an old-fashi+oned leather arolden hair was flying in the air His eyebroere raised and the lint in his dark blue eyes had yet to disappear He looked like the duke fro his sword like an old companion was behind the duke Reuben's heart shi+vered He felt as if he had gone back in time
After a few uards and rushed down froht of steps He knelt in front of Rody's horse and burst into tears
Rody was shocked when he saw ain front of him He immediately dismounted from his horse
”Reuben greets Your Excellency!” Reuben's voice trembled How many years had it been since he last said this sentence?
Rody panicked and quickly helped Reuben to stand He hurriedly said, ”Aren't you the Regiher than ?”
Reuben's eyes were full of tears He carefully looked at Rody and felt nostalgic After all, the late duke had been dead for many years!
Sieg realized that Reuben had lost his self-control He ently helped him up After that, Reuben shook his head and ordered his soldiers to lead the Central Cavalry into the barracks Reuben then brought Rody to the official residence used by the garrison
At that ardless of whether they were civilians or soldiers They felt excited when they found out that they had won the battle Both the army and civilians rushed to the streets to watch the reinforcement army enter the city From time to time, there were a few enthusiastic civilians ould approach theetables There were also soside the cavalry
Reuenthal's hohout the Northwest It was known that the Great Moon Kingdom would burn, kill and plunder the places they captured A few days ago, the civilians in the city were all frightened They feared that if their city was captured, they would all ic end Naturally, they were all relieved and happy when they heard that the enemy had been chased away by the reinforcement soldiers
Along the way, Rody saw the happy civilians cheering and was rehed emotionally At that tie about this Between the Empire and Reuenthal, one of them is a creditor whereas the other is a robber While the creditor cos, the robber when encountered will indiscri If they had to be compared, the creditor will naturally be more lovable”
However, Rody was still young at heart and was immersed in the joy of his victory As a result, he did not pay too much attention to Andy's words
The co base at the original garrison building at the Watt Fortress The minute they entered the base, two people ins the as fat He looked less like a soldier and more like a wealthy landlord The person beside him was considerably thinner and taller The smile he had on was more like that of a crafty merchant The two men had chosen to wear the commander's uniform and when they were seen by others, they looked out of place
The guy who looked like a landlord saluted ”Subordinate Fedol, garrison soldier at the Watt Fortress greets Your Excellency” The man who looked like a merchant also introduced hiarrisoned at Trier Fortress greets Your Excellency”
Reuben as originally happy suddenly had hisin the base seeh the duke had just arrived, they already knew about it
Rody frowned as he looked at the two men and nodded his head He may have been a duke but his rank was just a coher than the ranks of those two ave hihout the journey So, he did not think that it was inappropriate when they were so polite When Rody heard their names, he was surprised because their naure out what
Reuben was already very impatient He immediately took Rody into the hall and forcefully pushed Rody to sit on the general's chair Rody was alarmed and immediately juht! I am just a commander! How can I sit here?”
Reuben replied sternly, ”Your Excellency, you are the Duke of the Tulip Faenerals can only hand over their authority! On top of that…” Reuben gave a bleak simental commander is already at an end For my failures in the Northwest, His Majesty will probably…” Reuben laughed gloomily as he spoke
Rody wanted to say solance After that, Rody nodded his head and spoke loudly, ”General Reuben, let us put off this matter till later! Firstly, His Majesty orderedreinforcements The second was to appoint ion Now that the problems at the city walls have been solved, I would like Your Excellency to explain to ion”
Reuben nodded Rody had already er insist on anything Also, since the duke had been appointed as a special envoy, it was his right to control the Northwest Legion
Reuben immediately summoned all of the officers and commanders
First, there was a brief introduction of the officers and generals The original Northwest Legion had five commanders Two of them had been killed and their deputy commanders took over The local defenders, ere the soldiers from Blackstone Fortress had already been intercepted by Reuenthal on the way here They were defeated They had already been routed and they could only wait to be reorganized after the war At thatcolanced at them from a distance and did not find anyone who attracted his attention
Suddenly, he spotted an officer aer than 30 years old He had a thin and resolute face along with sharp eyes Rody then looked at Reuben
Reuben laughed and said, ”This is the Northwest Legion's Right Cavalry Coinally, he was just a captain but two of the commanders were killed in action He was promoted to replace the commanders Just nowJust now, the one who led the soldiers out of the city to join Your Excellency in battle was hiion had suffered heavy casualties The original total was 30,000 cavaliers but now only 10,000 cavaliers reiment but currently, he is also the coion's cavalry
Rody nodded and looked back at the man
Giesslunt saw the duke look towards hie his expression, his eyes showed exciteht and looked at the Tulip Fania on Rody's chest He was so excited that he trembled
Reuben smiled wryly ”Giesslunt has been with me for many years He is one of the most loyal soldiers under the Tulip Family's banner!”
Rody nodded his head and gave a wry sster who blindly worshi+pped the Tulip Family himself
The introductions continued and finally reached the fat man and the businessman Reuben did not sound happy when he introduced the that surprised Rody was the commander of Trier Fortress, Ferara He was actually a viscount!
Rody slowly nodded When he asked about the condition of the Northwest Legion, Reuben gave hiritted his teeth and slowly said, ”Your Excellency, when the Northwest Legion retreated to this city, we had 91,000 soldiers The past few days, we suffered heavy casualties and have about 70,000 soldiers re th is noever, less than 50,000 soldiers”
”What?” Rody frowned ”You just said that there are 70,000 soldiers and 4,000 of them are wounded How come we only have 50,000 soldiers? What happened to the re 10,000 or more soldiers?”
Reuben was elanced at a few of the cohed Before he had the chance to speak, Ferara said, ”Your Excellency, that should be enough about the nuister can report to you the actual number after calculation later Your Excellency should look at the current plans Now that Reuenthal's army has just retreated, there are a lot of decisions that need to be made”
Rody was no longer a child who did not know anything Although he did not understand the entire problem, he faintly understood that there lanced at Reuben and stopped pursuing the matter
After that, he and the other subordinates at all levels discussed the extent of dae to the city They also ascertained the loss of equiped fortress wall and many others They also discussed the co other matters
Rody, who lacked experience was at a loss He noticed Reuben's aard expression and guessed that this kind of matters hting as a co military affairs
Fortunately, Sieg had ample experience on such matters from his tiistical eistical proble In such matters, he was extremely experienced
The messy dataand the other staff officers, it was anized Ferara and Fedol both looked happy when they saw that Rody was not good with military finance
After all of that was finished, Reuben brought Rody and Sieg to the residence of the garrison The residence originally belonged to Fedol However, when Reuben retreated here, Fedol gave it to Reuben
After sending off the others, Rody asked Reuben to stay back He then gave Sieg an eye signal Sieg iuard was standing outside the room He then walked back into the room and closed the door