Chapter 25 The King and the Minister of War
Even if the Donis can detect the other party's abnormal movements, it is almost impossible to deal with them, because they do not have the habit of retaining reserves and cannot allow the army in the fierce battle to draw troops out in time to resist. It is only a matter of time before failure.
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"Huh! Huh!..." Adoris gasped and stared at the defeated soldiers in front of him and chased him fiercely.
He did not expect that when the team just walked around the rear of the flank of the enemy's army and was about to pounce on it, the enemy was defeated in panic. In order to catch up with the enemy, he threw away the long shield, and later threw away the spear, but drew out the short sword, hoping to kill an enemy and participate in this battle without vain.
But the damn Doney runs too fast!
The team he belonged to received solemn instructions from the captain in advance, but he did not dare to let him take risks alone. He followed him closely, and at this moment they were all exhausted and panting.
"Woo! Woo! Woo!..." The sound of the military horn that stopped chasing resounded throughout the battlefield, and the entire team finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But Adoris seemed to have not heard of it and continued to chase forward.
The captain rushed up and shouted angrily: "Adoris, are you going to violate the military order?!"
Adoris stopped unwillingly, looked at the enemy who was leaving, and angrily threw the dagger on the ground.
"Don't worry, the enemy cannot escape, our cavalry army will not let them live well." The squad leader comforted him.
Adoris lowered his head and said nothing, he was too angry: in this battle, he didn't even touch a single hair of the enemy, and the victory ended.
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"Congratulations to Commander, you won the victory in this battle and completely defeated the main force of the Donis!" The officers around congratulated Alexis.
Alexis said lightly: "We have more troops than the Donis, our training is stricter than the Donis, and our equipment is better than the Donis, so victory is worthy, but this is not enough to completely defeat the main force of the Donis... Let the messengers notify the legions immediately, quickly gather the troops, reorganize the array, and then march towards the city of Hedonia!"
"Yes!" The commander ran away.
"Mr. Commander, do you want to write a war report to Turiyi?" Adjutant Eumatius said excitedly.
Alexis nodded slightly: "Tell your Majesty that we have defeated the army of about 20,000 Dornis in the Ovanto River, and we will prepare to take down the city of Hedonia so that he will not have to worry."
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"Report to the commander of the Legion, Prince Adoris was not injured, and had gathered with his squad to the Fourth Battalion."
Oliverus's expression suddenly became much more relaxed, and he smiled and said, "It's fine if it's fine, it's fine if it's fine!"
Then, he remembered something and turned his head to greet the adjutant: "In my tone, I wrote a private letter to His Majesty, telling him that Adoris showed bravery in the process of his fourth battalion detouring to the enemy, and charged in the forefront. After the enemy was defeated, he still pursued him reluctantly... In short, he had to write down Adoris' outstanding performance in battle, but not too exaggerated. Do you understand?"
"I understand, commander of the army." The adjutant replied, and immediately went to get the paper and pen.
"After writing it for me, stamp it with my seal, and send it back to Turie." Olivers urged.
"yes!"
"Everyone, our target next is Hedonia!" Oliver pointed his right hand forward, clamped his legs, and the horse moved out of his four hooves, and the officers and guards around him followed him.
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"This Oliver!" Davers couldn't help laughing after reading the letter sent by Oliver's messenger. Of course he knew that there must be a lot of water in the letter, but Adoris was safe and he felt relieved.
"You send someone to your home in the mountains and give it to Cristoya." Davers said, at least this letter would help the family members to relieve their concerns about Adoris.
"Yes, your Majesty." Register Henepolis took the letter and turned around and came out of the King's Office.
A man came towards him: "Mr. Henepolis."
Henipolis hurriedly returned the gift: "Mr. Antonios."
Although Henipolis served as the Clerk of the King was only an intermediate official position, he was also a senator in the Senate. This was one of the rewards given to him after he took the initiative to incorporate Laus into the Kingdom of Dionia. He was the youngest senator in the Senate. Of course, the reason why Antonios, who was of high power, treated him so politely was mainly because he was the senator of Davers. In the kingdom, he was one of the closest senators to King Davers.
Antonios asked softly again: "Is Your Majesty here?"
"Awaiting for you."
Antonios leaned forward a small step, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Master Henipolis, can you tell me... Why did Your Majesty call me over today?"
Henipolis glanced at the faint depression on his face, hesitated for a moment, and said, "The promotion list of middle and low-level officers."
Antonios was stunned after hearing this.
Every year, the Ministry of Military Affairs determines who will be promoted based on the performance and performance of the soldiers and officers of each legion. In the general absence of war, the promotion of officers will take a certain period of time. The promotion of middle and low-level officers can be directly decided by the Minister of Military Affairs, and only needs to be handed over to the king for review and approval. This is stipulated in the "Dionia Military Law". Since the establishment of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Davers has rarely pointed fingers on it. Often, the roster is handed over, and no one has ever been returned. At most, a few names are added occasionally.
This year's roster was handed over five days ago, because later he was worried about his brother-in-law Pafergris, and he actually forgot that His Majesty Davers had not sent anyone to send the roster back to the Military Affairs Department... Antonios was secretly shocked when he thought about this. While thinking about what was wrong with the roster, he slowly walked towards the King's Office.
With the sound of the guards at the door, a familiar voice came from inside: "Antonios, come in."
Antonios took a deep breath, stepped on the smooth marble floor, and walked into the King's Office named by Davers.
It is indeed a hall, not a room. Although its area is not as large as the hall on one floor, it is three or four times larger than the room Antonios works in the Military Affairs Department. On both sides of the hall are neatly placed, red wooden chairs are where ministers and officials are summoned to discuss matters. There are rows of small windows on the top of the stone wall near the wooden chairs. The sunlight pours in from then on, ensuring sufficient light in the hall. The walkway in the middle is very spacious, and when necessary, several large long tables can be placed, maps and documents can be placed to discuss important military and political affairs. In fact, the General Office is the place where King Davers discusses and handles the government affairs of the kingdom with the ministers. The palace downstairs is more used in large court meetings and is used during major festivals.
At the end of the aisle is a large and thick office desk. On the wall behind the desk is a huge map of Italy, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica inlaid with colorful mosaics. Two smaller wooden tables are placed on both sides of the front of the desk. It is where the clerks and clerks work. This shows how busy Davers' government affairs are. Every day, the departments gather the number of documents from the General Office. The clerks need to help him organize, sort, archive, and read. Then write according to Davers' oral instructions, then hand them over to him for signing and finally send them back...
But now the office, which has always been busy, is empty. Except for Davers sitting behind the desk, the piles of documents on the table half-covered his face, making Antonios feel a little nervous. He has been here countless times in the past and has never felt this way. However, Pafergris's crime, Asisters' persuasion, and Davers' attitude towards Raodisian the day before yesterday made him feel uneasy.
"Your Majesty!" He walked to his desk and shouted respectfully.
"Sit!" Davers stood up, pointed to the wooden chair next to him, and watched Antonios sit slowly down. Davers picked up a document on the table and asked in a calm tone: "Have you read the details of this officer promotion roster?"
It was indeed this list. Is Your Majesty dissatisfied with some of the candidates?! Antonios's thoughts changed sharply and replied cautiously: "There are too many people to be promoted this time. I only focused on checking the captain's name and performance of the captain of the company..."
Davers asked without comment, "Who has preliminarily drafted this list?"
"...it is mainly the officials below, which were preliminarily drafted according to the list recommended by the commanders of the local legions..." Antonios said truthfully.
"The current military inspector is Zantiparis, right?" Davers asked again casually.
"Yes, your Majesty."
Zantiparis, one of the several mercenary leaders of the Persian Expeditionary Force, was too old, physically and energetic, and it was already difficult to continue leading troops to train and fight, and eventually failed to become the commander of the legion. Davers considered his past combat friendship, and his decades of combat career made Zantiparis familiar with military affairs, so he transferred him to the Ministry of Military Affairs to serve as an inspector, responsible for supervising and reviewing officer promotions, military expenses, etc.
"Look at it." Davers saw that Antonios still looked puzzled and handed over the roster.
Antonios hurriedly got up and took it. He did not sit down and stood up and started to look around. But the current Kingdom of Dionia is different from ten years ago. There are ten infantry corps alone, not to mention four naval fleets and four cavalry corps. Therefore, there are hundreds of people promoted in this list, more than a dozen pages of sedge rolls, densely filled with names of people and the names of their units. It was dazzling. How could Antonios find problems in a short period of time?
"On the page of the Eighth Legion." Davers's faint words surprised Antonios, because the Eighth Legion was also known as the Sicily Legion, and the legion headquarters was in Katanai.
Chapter completed!