Chapter 361: Military camp

At noon on August 16, Joan arrived at the Knight's Camp smoothly.
To avoid misunderstanding, he landed outside the field of vision of the sentry tower and changed back to humanoid walking.
Joan flew from Delin town to Delin River Valley. It took only two hours to fly over a hundred miles on the way. It felt very easy. The last part of the road was less than ten miles. Walking also took him no less than two hours and was tired. sweating a lot.
Finally, he arrived at the gate of the camp and was unexpectedly stopped by the sentry.
Joan showed his letter of appointment granted by Major Vasa, perhaps because his face was too immature, and the sentry captain on duty could not believe that he was really a servant mage hired by Major Vasa. After some cross-examination, he reluctantly agreed to let it go. Two guards were sent to follow Major Joan to the headquarters of Major Vaasa.
It was nominally "escort", but Joan felt that the two vigilant guys were clearly monitoring themselves.
George Vassar was working at his desk, listening to the guard's report of Joan's arrival, and quickly got up to meet him and gave him a warm hug as soon as he met.
The accompanying Joan's guard saw a smile that was rarely seen as a joyous and incomprehensible major, and he was relieved to dispel doubts about this too young mage.
Vasa sent the guards away and asked Joan with a smile: "You are really on time, saying that August 16th to August 16th, I am curious how did you get here?"
"Flying over," Joan answered truthfully.
"Aren't you kidding me?" Vaasa was half-confident.
"Of course not. The 2nd Ring "Morph" will save me from having to endure a long journey."
"That's the case." Vaasa nodded deliberately. "This is good news... your flying ability not only helps fast travel, but also has a wide range of military uses. During the march, we may need you to bear some excess. For tasks other than those specified in the employment contract, such as aerial reconnaissance, don’t you mind how hard it is?
"Of course I don't mind, everything is for victory."
"Fine speaking, Joan, everything is for victory." Major Vaasa was moved by the bravery revealed by the young Master inadvertently, patting him on the shoulder with emotion: "Joan, compared to sitting at the library all day long In the boring life in the middle, maybe you are more suitable to join the army and strive to become an excellent general."
Joan smiled without saying a word.
The hardest thing to do is to have self-knowledge.
He didn’t know whether he had military abilities, but he knew that he liked the kind of
dull and dull study life
that Major Vasa criticized. The reason why he came to join the army was to repay Major Vasa’s care for himself. , The second is to earn that commission.
There is enough money in the pocket to maintain the costly "study life".
Vassar and Joan chatted until the night, shook the bell on the desk, called the guards to come in, and told him to inform the kitchen to prepare a dinner party, to catch the wind and dust for the "following mage" coming from afar.
Vasa knew that Joan didn’t like social activities and would always appear timid in front of outsiders, so the guests who were invited to the banquet that night were carefully screened by himself. In total, less than ten people were invited, mostly Joan knew of.
The first person to receive the invitation was, of course, Major Vasa’s old partner, Major Nathaniel Green, deputy head of the Knights and quartermaster.
Major Green is also an old acquaintance of Joan, and a rare "scholar" officer in the barracks. Joan has a very good impression of Mr. Green, who is both civil and military.
The second distinguished guest was Magni Bovatan, who had just led the Assa mercenaries to the barracks to meet with Vasa, the elder brother of Conti, and certainly not an outsider.
In addition, there are the rank-level officers in the barracks, all of which are young elites who were pulled out by Major Vasa, including Joan's two old friends, Dick Tindal and Roger Tindal.
The brothers were so lucky that it took less than a year to become an apprentice knight, and they were promoted to second lieutenant officers by virtue of their bravery in winning the silver medal in the hunting competition, which envied countless older knights.
The atmosphere of the banquet was harmonious that night, and Joan sat among the Dingdore brothers, but he did not feel restrained.
During the chat, I learned that the brothers were in a hurry to get off the road, and they didn't have time to take a detour to go home to look at them. Then I told them about the current situation of Delin Township, mentioning myself and Kandy at the sawmill to eliminate pests. So that the two brothers can feel at ease.
The military gathering inevitably talked about the war. Joan learned from the banquet that the main mission of this operation was to expel the gangsters from the Jackal Pass. In addition to this, the troops will also establish a military stronghold at the brass pass.
One of Joan’s missions is to assist in building this frontline fortress.
If all goes well, the stronghold will be completed by the end of September at the latest. After that, Joan can end his service and return to Delin.
For the next three days, Joan assisted Major Vaasa in the military barracks for some simple paperwork, and spent the rest of his time studying spells.
On the afternoon of August 20th, the commander of this southward battle-Colonel Edmund Harrison, the deputy commander of the Leiden Port militia, who was nearly sixty years old-arrived at the knight camp and was welcomed by the ranks of officers led by Vasa .
Joan was also standing in the line to greet Edmund Harrison, looking curiously at the colonel who rode a tall black horse.
Edmund Harrison is the oldest active duty officer in the colony of Alfheim. The thin-haired old colonel sits on his horseback, his waist is straight, he wears spotless white gloves, The goatee and blue-grey eyes give the impression of arrogance and indifference.
Joan had heard Vasa say that Colonel Harrison was not only highly regarded in the army, but also a large plantation owner with a thousand acres of land.
In view of his old age, General Gates and Governor Norfolk persuaded him to retire and return home to enjoy the blessings, but they were rejected by Colonel Harrison, insisting that he was still energetic and at least continued to serve the Colonial Corps. year.
Joan also knows that most of the young military officers privately criticized the old boss for his bad style, accusing him of being too vain and greedy for power. He occupied the position of deputy commander and refused to retire. The following lieutenant colonels and majors I can't go any further, I can only work hard for my seniority and waste my time.
Major Vassar's evaluation of Edmund Harrison is more pertinent.
He believes that the reason why the colonel refused to retire is mainly because he refused to accept his old age and wanted to prove that he can still charge at this age.
The brutal nature of the jackal is well known, and the risk of combating it is very high, and it is inevitable to pay the cost of casualties. If Colonel Harrison is just greedy for power, why should he take the initiative to lead the team to the south to rob the bandits?
Who can ask a sixty-year-old man to fight in person with the jackals?
It can be seen from this that Edmund Harrison may have such a little "great merit", but he should also admit that he does not lack courage and honor, and can be called a role model for soldiers.
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