The Rise of the Grassroots Rider

Chapter II. Delivery of letters

Four years of war life gave Locke the habit of eating quickly, he quickly finished his meal and wiped his hands and said to Hans on the side "Hans, let's go".

Locke arrived at the quartermaster camp again, it was now midday and most people were either sleeping or soaking in the tavern, Locke walked straight to the back post of the quartermaster camp, took the money bag in Hans' hand and walked into the post.

"Warner! Warner!" Locke shouted.

"Dying! You're goin' to die! Damn you, Locke, I hear you, you can't even get a good nap, you damned bastard!" Warner, who was in charge of the stagecoach's communication duties, stepped out of one of the rooms in the stagecoach's inner sanctum and grumbled "Sending money home again, are you? Come on, give it to me!"

"Here, this is mine, and this is for the guys on my team, don't get mixed up!" Rock admonished.

"Got it, got it, it's not the first time I've sent you money, other squads aren't as motherly as you!" Warner, still upset that Locke had woken him up for a nap, whined.

"You kid, see me fix you if you get mixed up." Locke gritted his teeth at the good luck guy. Said he was lucky, because he post head not only enjoys the third class soldier's salary, but the main thing is that this post is safe, after all, everything can go wrong, only logistics can't go wrong. And in this post don't need to look at people's face, general small captains really don't dare to mess with Warner. However, there is no promotion path here, Locke third class when Warner is in charge of the post this piece of it, now Locke promoted to second class for more than a year, he is still here. But I heard that he is related to the Baron Lord's steward, so I think there will be a way up in the future.

"Hmmmmmmmmmm, any other requests? Take a message or something." Warner hadn't dealt with Locke for a day or two, and he knew that this guy always had to bring two words to his family every time he received his pay and sent the money back.

"Eh. Take a message to my parents to let them take care of their health, and my sister, so that she doesn't have to save money all the time, and buy whatever she wants, I don't lack that little bit of money now." Locke had long thought of what to say, he was sure his sister knew what he wanted her to buy, a silk scarf for her hair, this was Locke's obsession.

"En, got it, the merchant caravan sent back to our Caddozi collar will leave tomorrow, first to the occupied Peters collar in the eastern Tyre province, then to the royal capital Flor City, and finally back to our southern Del province, it will be sent back in 20 days at the latest." Warner said. After exchanging pleasantries with Warner for a while, Locke excused himself. He also didn't disturb Warner's lunch break. Don't look at it now, Warner's place is quite cold with just Locke alone, waiting for the afternoon is the time to be lively. Because, today payday.

Walking out of the post, Locke took Hans back to their squad's tent. "Hans, what do you think our village is like now?" On the way back, Locke and Hans were chatting. The two of them were from the same village, and their two families were even neighbors.

"It's still the same. The maple tree at the entrance of the village should be bigger, my old brother had another son this year, I now have three nephews, the family's land will not worry about the future, this year's harvest is said to be very good, the village gave us military families to kill a pig, every family has a share, and....." Hans is usually a boring, but once opened the words clip will not be able to stop, has been rambling until the two returned to the tent.

"This battle has been fought for four years now, and it's almost over, I really want to go back soon" sighed Locke.

After Locke and Hans returned to their squad's tent, the rest of the squad was taking a lunch break except for the servant Phil who was on duty, those who have been on the battlefield understand that abundant energy can make you live longer on the battlefield.

Locke walked to his own bed, took off his jacket and got into bed as well, but he didn't fall asleep, he was thinking about how he should function and be able to promote to first class as soon as possible. Forstein Kingdom army has its own set of promotion system: servant soldier, cannon fodder on the battlefield, just joined the army after two months of training is; third class soldier, the main combatant in the kingdom's army, need more than two years of military age (wartime needs more than one year) and own to have to cope with the strength of the three servant soldiers; second class soldier, serve as a 10 person squad leader in the army, need more than three years of military age (wartime more than two years) have to cope with the Three third-class strength; first-class soldier, the army's ace fighting force, as a hundred people squadron leader position, need to be more than four years of military age (more than three years in wartime), with the strength to defeat at least three second-class soldiers, yes, is to defeat, because the first-class soldiers have the right to cultivate the fighting qi technique; as for the first-class promotion of knights, the army did not clearly stated, think not to that level is not the public.

Locke is clear about his own strength, to deal with three with their own level of private, if the fight is no problem for a short period of time, the military age is also enough, but can be promoted in his heart is not the bottom, and his strength is similar to their barracks there are a lot of. Because of the battle two months ago, their battalion casualties of one-third, the third squadron leader, the fourth squadron vice squadron leader died in battle, which left two empty seats, the monk porridge is scarce, I do not know how many people secretly staring at these two seats.

Thinking of the battle two months ago, Locke is also shuddering, this is Locke experienced only second to the b****y battle of Gordon Heights battle, in order to take this leading to the enemy's hinterland of the Fairmount Canyon, the kingdom's three legions are regardless of casualties with life to fill, in order to break the deadlock three legions with wheel wars take turns on the canyon heights to launch the impact of defending the canyon of the enemy is said to be only a legion of soldiers, how to hold on? The enemy only had one corps defending the canyon, so how could they defend it? This battle is extremely difficult, the enemy in order to defend this last front can be said to be desperate, Locke more than once experienced deeply wounded enemy soldiers surrounded by their own side, regardless of the crazy attack, this is to protect their own homes? Rock asked himself, if his own kingdom was invaded, would he do this? Thinking of what his own army did in the Kingdom of Charlotte last year after successfully defeating the large force of the Kingdom of Charlotte and occupying the Peters territory, burning, killing and looting, people with a little bit of assets were relegated to s*****y, women with good looks were either seized by noble lords or used as military prostitutes, and thinking of his simple parents, kind sister, Locke also understands these rivals because under the same circumstances, Locke would have done it even more ruthlessly.

In the face of this kind of b****y opponent, Locke's heart is full of respect, but he did not have a soft hand. This was war, and his brothers were also taking casualties.

The three legions had attacked strongly for nearly a month before taking the Felmer Grand Canyon. Their battalion was subordinate to the Eagle Legion, it was the fifth brigade of the Eagle Legion's Second Infantry Regiment, the Second Infantry Regiment was the vanguard of the whole legion in that battle, and the third and fourth squadrons of their brigade were the vanguard of their battalion, the first battles were attacked by their two squadrons, and the earth-shattering sounds of killing never ceased, and even Locke, who was repairing in the rear at that time, could hear the sounds of screams, curses and clashes of swords and knives. Every now and then, a fireball or a lightning bolt crossed the sky, which was said to be the power of magic, and blood stained the whole sky red.

When it was the turn of Locke and their squadron and the first squadron to participate in the attack, their battalion withdrew back to the third squadron and the fourth squadron has been reduced by nearly half, which gave the soldiers in the barracks caused a lot of panic, however, four years of fighting Locke forced down the panic in his heart, in the meat grinder like four years of the battlefield Locke understand a truth, in the battlefield can not be timid, the more you are afraid of the faster you die. In that battle, their squad under the command of Locke, dodged a few waves of magic bombing, in the enemy, Locke also did not fight hard, this kind of enemy with the will to die is the worst, he chose to suggest that the squadron leader Uncle Joshak to participate in the canyon flanks of the war, where many dangerous walls and rocks, easy to avoid bow and arrow and magic attacks, the enemy garrison is not much, is a soft persimmon, and occupies the canyon flanks of the heights of the work is considered to be One thing.

After all, the war is a war, Locke's squad still killed two people, Private Geli, a sword and shield with a handful of strength, and Private Gale, a humorous boy, only 16 years old. Locke personally captured a lightly wounded private, a third, and five or six servants, at the cost of a stab to Locke's right breast and a number of minor injuries. The final result of the battle was that their squad killed one private, five third class soldiers and more than ten servants, not only because they fought more than less from the beginning to the end of the battle, but also because of their squad's strong cohesion.

After killing the enemy troops and taking their belt tags you can go to the battalion to exchange them for military merit, servant soldiers account for 1 point of military merit in the army, third class soldiers account for 5 points, and second class soldiers account for 10 points. Locke has saved up almost 50 points of military honor. In the barracks military merit can be exchanged for promotion, 100 military merit can be exchanged for the rank of first class soldier; there is also acting as currency, soldiers can buy everything they want in the munitions battalion through military merit, which is more versatile than silver dreidels, and the purchasing power is stronger; and finally, it can be exchanged for money, 1 military merit for 1 silver dreidel. Military merit for money this is the choice of most soldiers, the kingdom of Faustian experienced two years of drought, the price of food is high, most of the soldiers are in order to let their families live, the money exchanged for military merit the nobles and the military department dare not embezzle and can not be embezzled, this money to send back to their families, their loved ones will be able to live.

Locke had always exchanged his military service for money before, but after he experienced the b****y battle of Gordon Heights last year, he changed his mind, how could he make his family better if he couldn't survive. In the battlefield the most dead, the fastest death is the bottom of the cannon fodder, servant soldiers in high-intensity war die the fastest, even at that time a small strength of the third class of soldiers he, finally are exhausted after hiding in the pile of dead people to survive. After that b****y battle he had a small improvement in strength, in the virtue of the captured large number of the enemy's waist plate and also survived the care of Uncle Joshak who had been promoted to lieutenant, he became a small captain, out of the category of the big head of the soldiers.

Locke considered that his current strength should be in the middle of the pack among those involved in the competition, and that his military service, though not necessarily the highest, must be higher than the vast majority, and that there was still a certain chance that he could be promoted to a higher rank this time around, and that he believed that Uncle Yorchak would help him as well.