The Lion King of Middenland, Warhammer

() "Noble Your Excellency Hyde, your bravery and generosity really moved me, a small supervisor. But I want to explain to you the situation we are facing, and I think it is necessary."

Mount calmly answered Hyde's question. He looked into Hyde's eyes and began to explain the reason for his opinion.

"We are all soldiers. Soldiers have their own responsibilities as soldiers. Soldiers naturally have to understand the elements of war. This is not because of cowardice, but because of reason. Soldiers without reason are unqualified soldiers. Such soldiers will only lead to their own Tragedy with my comrades in arms. Now I only have 160 infantry and a dozen cavalry in my hands, of which there are no more than 63 armored halberds who can fight in melee. Although the fighting power of the Rick Warrior is much stronger than Gore of the Chaos Beast, this man is You can't fight thousands of Chaos beasts on the Great Plains, not to mention more than [-]% of the beasts are cavalry or centaurs, you should know the impact of cavalry on the plain."

The chunky supervisor paused, held on to the oak railing of the viewing platform, and continued to explain his opinion to Hyde in his calm voice.

"What's more, my first task now is to guard this military depot. This is the duty entrusted to me by the imperial court and the army! This military depot is the supply point for the imperial logistics convoy, and large troops often pass by. Our warehouse not only has Two hundred packages of wheat and more than ten carts of bacon for the hospital, as well as [-] packages of oats, [-] packages of black beans, [-] packages of hay and alfalfa. There must be no mistakes. The supply line is the blood vessel of the army, and our military depot is the valve of this blood vessel. I cannot give Chaos a chance to destroy this valve, because this is related to the blood flow of the army, more important than anything else!"

The smile disappeared from Mount's round face, and the fat supervisor became determined and serious, his firm voice continued to echo in front of Hyde.

"Moreover, this is not only a supply point for the convoy, but also one of the most important hospitals behind the army. There are 780 five wounded and sick, and 140 and six nuns and believers of the goddess of mercy and medicine, Sharya. Many of the wounded People are warriors who were seriously injured in the fierce battle against chaos. The nuns and believers who take care of them are also kind and noble believers. They are all meritorious ministers of the empire. My responsibility is to protect their safety, which is also related to The hearts of thousands of soldiers fighting against chaos on the front line! If there is a mistake in the rear hospital, what kind of shock will this cause to the soldiers on the front line? This responsibility cannot be compensated by Mount's life."

The supervisor in the leather robe stood in the cold autumn wind, holding on to the guardrail with both hands, continuing his rational analysis.The wind whirled by his leather robe, making a whirring sound.Hyde stood silently on the other side of the guardrail. The young knight's golden fluffy long hair fluttering in the wind seemed to be the best portrayal of his mood.

"We also need to see that the current enemy situation is not clear. You just encountered the enemy in the forest less than a mile away. Since these chaotic beast groups will penetrate long distances to the southern border of Kislev, which is far away from their hometown, Then there will inevitably be real chaos generals from the north manipulating behind their backs. They are treacherous and cunning war veterans, and it is inevitable that they will launch attacks from east to west. If our soldiers have just left the military depot and rushed to the place six or seven leagues away What a tragedy! What massacre! My noble lord, have you thought about it?"

Mount aggravated his tone, and he pointed to the wounded soldiers and nurses below.Two to three hundred wounded soldiers and nurses had gathered in the square under the watchtower, many of them were on crutches and bandaged.Most of the nurses are also young girls. They are all looking out at the black smoke in the northwest. Many of them have frightened expressions, and some of them are whispering.

"So, I can't let the soldiers leave this depot. Even though it is painful to watch our comrades fight alone, we can only drink this bitter wine. We can only pray to the great holy Sigmar and the ancient gods, pray for these The unfortunate comrades in arms can break through the siege under the protection of God. Ah, we can only pray."

"Mount, I have to admit that your eloquence is very good."

Old Loren answered, his eyebrows were tightly knit together, and he stared at the black smoke in the distance.Obviously not in a good mood.

"This is not my eloquence. I just use reason and facts to explain the reasons for my choice. I believe that your noble master, Your Excellency Hyde, will understand the painstaking efforts of my little supervisor."

Mount turned his chubby face to old Loren, explaining to his old friend in his still calm voice.

"Dear Lord Mount, I think the gods prefer actions, not prayers."

Hyde made his reply with this sentence, he raised his hand to straighten his disheveled hair, and solemnly issued his rebuttal to the supervisor.

"Noble Your Excellency Hyde, I will listen to your thoughts. You are the son of the Valkyrie Princess Tyrell, and you are the blood of the Elector of the Great Middenland Duchy. Not only do you have such a noble background, you are also a An outstanding divine favored person, and I'm just a small military depot supervisor, an ordinary Rick honorary knight, logically I can't contradict you. But now it's on the battlefield, I'm a steel nut of the empire's expeditionary army, I must be loyal to my duties, loyal to the mission given to me by the emperor and the marshal, this is more important than my life! In the army of this empire, I only obey the military orders of my superiors, no one can force me without military orders! Not because of my ruthlessness, but because of my loyalty to the empire! If it is unreasonable, no one can force me to do it!"

The fat executive named Mount also raised his voice, his eyes fixed on Hyde's eyes, and Hyde saw fortitude and passion in his eyes, this fat middle-aged man who usually had a smile on his face, now Firm as steel!This is a persistent and responsible soldier, not a piece of soft cheese.

"Dear Lord Mount, I have no intention of using my origin or family status to force you. I just want to talk to you about my point of view, because I believe that the truth is in my hands."

Hyde solemnly gave a military salute to the supervisor in front of him, and then expressed his thoughts in an excited voice.

"Dear Your Excellency Mount, I have listened carefully to your explanation just now. I admit that you abide by your duties and there is no mistake at all, but have you ever thought about what our comrades in distress are looking forward to now? ? Have you ever put yourself in the shoes and thought about it?"

Hyde uttered his question aloud, which shocked the supervisor named Mount.

"Maybe this question is abrupt, but I have experienced it personally, as if the pain and fear are still in front of my eyes!"

The young knight put his hands on his chest, lowered his head slightly, then raised his head again, staring deeply into Mount's eyes.Mount keenly felt the young man's eyes, which were full of sadness and firm persistence, and had a shocking sincerity.This shocked even the experienced middle-aged man.

"I remember when I was two years old, sitting alone in a dark forest, surrounded by hordes of Chaos beasts. I can still think of their fierce eyes and sharp teeth, and remember their roar and stench !There were so many of them and I was a weak child who was powerless and useless, that was the feeling of hopelessness, the feeling of waiting for help, and I will never forget that feeling!"

"Helpless people hope for miracles to happen. There is nothing more painful than being abandoned. I know it deeply, because I have been abandoned before!" Hyde raised his voice, and his sword eyebrows drooped sadly.

"But my dear mother did not abandon me. When I was about to become the food of Chaos beasts, she rode alone to the depths of the Black Forest and rescued me. She is the daughter of a Grand Duke of Tyrell, She is the wife of an Imperial Elector Marquis, and she is even a powerful patron of the Valkyrie Mirmidia. She is so beautiful and noble, like the brightest ruby ​​in the night space. Although I am her son, But a fool, a feeble, insane, feeble-looking young fool. Perhaps this is a pointless thing according to reason, but if everything is so full of reason, The god-favored person who speaks to you now has already become the food of wild beasts!"

Hyde's heart was surging, and he wanted to speak out what was in his heart.Sentiment and passion hit his young heart together, his language gushed out like flowing water, he wanted to make this matter clear!

"In the dark forest where fierce beasts and enemies haunt, my kind mother did not abandon me, even though I was so worthless. If you measure it from a certain rational point of view, she may have done something wrong! But she Rescued me without hesitation, from hundreds of chaotic beasts, from sinister and vicious dark elf killers, from the darling champion of chaos, Minos, the bull-headed giant, from the bloody giant created by chaotic demons Mouth! She saved me again and again and never abandoned me! In the end she sacrificed her noble life for me, and my Martial Seal today is the last thing she left me!"

"Recalling that moment fills me with pain, and it is because of this pain that I have my obsession! I can't watch my wounded comrades be torn to pieces by the beasts of chaos, and I can't watch the girls of Sarya, the goddess of mercy, become Food of the devil, if I stand idly by in the face of evil, my heart will never forgive me! My sword will be unsheathed for my justice, how can I pretend to be an ignorant fool watching my comrades cry for help?"

"And I want to point out more clearly, what will happen to us if we sit back and watch the destruction of our comrades-in-arms! The besieged convoy is the convoy that came down from the front line to send the wounded to our rear hospital. The wounded were all on the front line of the army and the enemy. The warriors who fought and were wounded because of this, they were able to survive facing the chaos army of demons on the northern front with thousands of troops, but now they are going to be killed by a group of lowly chaos beasts outside the walls of the rear military station hospital? Our comrades-in-arms have already pinned their hope and trust on us, what will the entire army in front think if we fail our comrades-in-arms' hopes and calls for help? If we are trapped here by chaos, others will not come to rescue if we fail our hopes , then what will our ending be?"

Hyde's voice was so powerful, it made the cheeks of the short and fat executive twitch, his lips trembled, but he hesitated to speak, as if he had suffered a great shock in his heart.

"The nuns and nurses in the health team are all benevolent believers of the Goddess of Mercy. They are rushing to rescue the soldiers of the motherland on the frontline of the flames of war. They are holy and loving angels in white clothes in the hearts of soldiers. They escort and take care of the motherland from the bloody front in the north. Wounded warriors, every soldier and general of the motherland will thank them, these angels of love of the goddess have traveled thousands of miles to the rear of our hospital, but here they are attacked by chaotic beasts! Don’t we, armored and armed? Armed and dignified soldiers, are we going to watch weak girls become food for demons in front of us? No one has sisters, no one has a mother, comparing people's hearts with our own hearts, what should we do if they are our relatives? I respect Your Excellency Mount, do you need to think about it?"

Hyde continued his eloquence while the iron was hot, his youthful voice carried overwhelming force, like a galloping tide.This sound is like a roaring thunder, echoing on the small watchtower, echoing above the heads of the crowd!Many people in the square under the tower heard the voice and looked up.

"If we can even tolerate all of this like cowardly and humble mice, how can we have the morale to resist the attack of the chaotic beasts here? The man lives between the heavens and the earth just because there is a sigh of relief, a group of people gave up Comrades, the rabble who have abandoned their sisters, betrayed their trust, and lost their morale, how dare they fight? Could it be that a group of poor cowards who have lost their courage and manliness and huddled in the wooden fence like trench rats can meet the bloodthirsty? Is it the mad rage of a chaotic beast?"

"We can't abandon our comrades-in-arms, we can't abandon our sisters! Since they have entrusted us with their trust, since they have entrusted their hope to us, we must rescue them! We must rescue our comrades-in-arms from the claws of chaotic beasts And sisters, let them join us safely! This is the duty of a soldier, this is the responsibility of a man! This is not my madness, this is the responsibility entrusted to us by our conscience!"

Hyde's passionate voice is so shocking and sincere.The sincerity of the young knight shook the hearts of everyone under the tower, and many wounded soldiers' expressions became solemn, they clenched their weapons tightly, and looked up the tower intently.And many nurses and nuns even shed tears with excitement, some girls prayed, and some cried aloud.