Chapter 837: Those who learn the Holy Union must become it

After driving away the local residents, Jeshka began to command the soldiers to demolish the knight’s mansion and replenish the bricks and stones.

The thatched houses and timber-reinforced houses where local residents live are all made of rammed earth and wooden frames, and cannot be used to build breast walls.

There is a reason why Jeshka chose this knight’s manor as his base.

Although there are gentle slopes elsewhere, the terrain is too narrow and difficult to develop.

This gentle slope is quite wide and not steep, making it convenient for building positions.

These are still prefabricated wooden panels dismantled locally, which can be formed in one day by adding brick and stone mortar.

These breastworks are about shoulder high, with soil padding on the inner layer, so that when the Holy Gunners step on them, they just reach the chest.

A trench was dug in front of the breastwork and spiked wooden stakes were installed, which were prepared for the infantry.

A three-meter-wide gap would be left at regular intervals, with log barricades placed in front of the gap to facilitate counterattacks by pikemen and cavalry.

Standing on the old arrow tower of the knight’s mansion, Jeshka looked through the telescope with his one eye and estimated the current progress of the project.

Compared to old-established chapters like the Black Champions, the Wild Wolves are still too new, and their engineering capabilities are far inferior to the former.

Looking at the sweaty wolf monks, Jeshka was not particularly satisfied.

“Bernardo…”

“Master Deshka, what’s the matter?”

“Do you think that setting up a new engineering team will make the regiment too bloated?”

Bernardo was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, “Your Majesty has also asked this question, but our current logistics capabilities are too poor, so at most we can organize a separate engineering corps.”

“We can try first, recruiting a few more engineering college students as officers, and then hiring a civil engineering team.”

“You can give it a try. If you succeed, His Majesty will definitely be willing to promote it.”

After settling the matter, Jeshka went down from the arrow tower, and the loyal little Hart waited at the door like a guard dog.

Because his First Pike Team was assigned to be responsible for the security of Deshka.

This Jessica is no ordinary thigh, he is the golden thigh of the Ranger Blood Oath Broken Sword and Weeping.

Hold on to this thigh tightly, and your future will be bright.

“Sir Jeshka, the scattered rangers, wolf soldiers and spiral gun skirmishers have already engaged the enemy.” Little Hart immediately reported to Jeshka.

“What are the casualties?”

“Five enemy knights were killed and one was captured. Nine of our soldiers were seriously injured, two died, and three were captured, including a seriously injured Wild Wolf Sergeant.”

Obviously, in a one-on-one fight, the Wolf Soldier is not as powerful as he is in a military formation.

After all, there were halberd-wielders dragging, spear-wielders stabbing, and holy musketeers shooting at close range in the army.

If it was in the bushes in the wilderness, with the speed and martial arts of the Extraordinary Knight, it would not be so easy to pounce and bite.

Nodding to indicate that he understood, Jessica paced for a while and said, “Let them hold on a little longer, regardless of casualties, to withstand the attack and prevent them from harassing our troops.”

“Yes.” Little Hart pounded his chest and said fiercely, “I’ll go myself!”

“Allowed. You are not allowed to come back without a head.”

“Just take a look!”

It has to be said that although these Black Snake Bay people have poor discipline and weird thinking, they are even more ferocious and brave than the mountain people.

It is said that the Black Snake Bay Federation is training a second regiment, trained by the miracle nun “Phoenix” Seromis.

I just don’t know what kind of battle group name we will be given after training?

As the smoke from the cooking stove slowly rose, the orderly soldiers and the war monks who had been busy all day had finally finished building the position.

Seeing this, Jeshka ordered the outer rangers and scouts to retreat slowly.

Having a position gives us a great advantage in combat.

Unless the enemy also gathers a large number of clockwork cannons, the position composed of breastworks and earth ramparts will be the mobile castle of the Holy League.

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Thick smoke rose from the firewood, and in the half-person-high iron pot, tonight’s dish was bubbling.

During field operations, no firing is done in the morning or at noon, only at night.

During the day, officers have their own private kitchen.

In addition, officers also have food coupons that can be exchanged for cigarettes, alcohol, candy, etc.

At dinner time, even the commander and other officers had to eat at the same table. They ate what the soldiers ate. This was a rule set by Horn to prevent the quartermaster from playing tricks.

After a tiring day today, we bought a few big fat pigs from the manor and made the soldiers’ favorite pork stewed with vermicelli.

The brown soup was bubbling, the cabbage and pork were jumping, and the vermicelli was changing color little by little.

The war monks, who had worked all day, gathered in front of the canteen, their eyes glowing with envy, holding bread in one hand and a tin box in the other.

The rumbling sound in the stomach was like a war drum, rising and falling.

These vermicelli noodles are the latest agricultural and sideline products produced by the Holy Hoe Monastery. They are made from potato starch precipitated from the roots of detoxifying potatoes soaked in water.

Mix potato starch and flour into a fluid, use a sieve to sift out long strips, and drop them into boiling water to make vermicelli.

These vermicelli are easy to store and carry after being dried, and they taste great. When added with bean paste, spices and pork, they are just delicious.

The mountain black pork is firm and chewy, with an oak aroma. The vermicelli has absorbed the soup and is transparent and tender.

Paired with the greasy broth, it was extremely tempting for the soldiers who had been tired all day.

Many soldiers even joked that it was this smell that lured them into the recruitment office.

I heard that this recipe was developed under the guidance of Shengsun, and it has now become one of the soldiers’ favorite military dishes.

“It’s time to eat, it’s time to eat!”

Hearing the shouts, even the officers hurriedly left their companions behind and ran towards the canteen.

Holding a bowl and bread, with sausages hanging around his neck, old Pierre hummed a little tune and smiled at Thierry and others behind him: “You are finally here. You will never forget it after eating it once.”

“Come on, I’ve eaten smoked bird’s tongue before. Do you know what that is? It’s…”

Before Venise could finish his boastful words, Abaz pulled the corner of his clothes, and Thierry secretly kicked him in the calf.

When they turned their heads, they saw the soldiers looking at them with ill intentions, their disgust was evident in their expressions.

Venise realized that something was wrong, cursed those damn military chaplains in his heart, and lowered his head.

Unlike in the past, Horn introduced a large number of fanatical Holy Word monks and friars.

For positions like military chaplains, it was originally difficult to recruit people, so those who were recruited were trained.

Nowadays, if you don’t have some missionary ability and deep theoretical knowledge, you can’t get this military position.

In addition to the supply from within the Thousand River Valley, the biggest source of these Holy Way monks was the increasingly fierce storm of the Holy Way religious reform.

After the great debate in Pravda broke out, which marked the beginning of the reformation of the Holy Cause sect, a large number of monks converted to the Holy Cause sect.

Since Horn sent Armand to preach the Holy Way to other provinces of the empire and expand the Society of the Holy Father, a large number of Holy Way monks have emerged one after another in the nearby Red Leaf Hill and even the Windmill Land.

The devout beacon of freedom in the hearts of these monks and the Holy Way’s heaven on earth is the Holy Alliance of the Thousand River Valleys.

Even if there is a war, it does not prevent these Holy Way monks from joining Horn.

Not only did they fill up the regiment’s chaplain staff, they could even send these monks to serve as soldiers.

That group of monk spearmen from the Chongxin Regiment came from here.

Holding the trembling fat meat, the war monks squatted aside and happily started to eat it.

As if the waiting was too boring, someone suddenly started singing.

“Everyone respects Dalia, worships Kracherus, Alexandrocros, and all heroes are like this…”

One person led another, and by the time the first round was finished and the second round began, almost everyone had joined in singing.

Even the waiting officers were no exception, and many of them even used wooden spoons to tap the tin boxes to accompany the music.

“Looking at the world today, who can compare with them? Only we, the Holy Alliance Salvation Army…”

The setting sun shone on the shoulders of these soldiers. Looking at the crystal clear vermicelli, Thierry was at a loss for a moment.

They have just worked a day and will have to fight on the battlefield tomorrow, or this may be their last meal.

But there seemed to be no fear or complaint on the faces of these soldiers. They just sang songs at the top of their lungs like broken gongs.

“We monks are all chosen by God, so we are not afraid even if there are thousands of difficulties.”

“Sing me row after row, the Holy Alliance Savior Army!”

Suddenly, Thierry felt that there were some things that they could never learn.

In other words, those who have learned the Holy League must become the Holy League.

(End of this chapter)