Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 343

2021-08-17

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There are two wood houses in the yard, one for people and the other for charging For warehouse. Before taking a few steps, Lieutenant Colonel Elek took a look inside and out of the two wood houses.

There is no furniture in the room except for a simple table, chairs and chest of drawers. It was clearly indoors, but it was as empty as a wilderness.

The oil lamp full of cobwebs was thrown in the corner, and the lamp had long since dried up. The sun is slanting west, there is no light source in the wood house, and the darkness is like a cave.

Lieutenant Colonel Elek frowned and asked, "How do you live here?"

John Jesska leaned against the wall, moved a little bit, and finally sat back at the dining table the square stool, and asked back: "This is my home, if I don't live here, where do I live?"

"Does the school officer live in this kind of place?"

"You can only get the Half pay." John Jesska replied without emotion: "Besides, I haven't received half pay for three quarters."

Winters looked towards Lieutenant Colonel Elek, who was a little worried blackened.

"How is that possible?" Lieutenant Colonel Elek, half surprised and half suspicious, pressed impatiently: "How could it be possible that you won't be paid for three quarters?"

John · Jessica coldly snorted, did not answer, but his contemptuous demeanor was the most straightforward answer - you love believing or not.

To be honest, Winters had no idea what it would be like to see Lieutenant Colonel Jesska again before stepping into this small courtyard.

In order not to make the scene awkward, Winters anticipated a lot of dialogue. But when he really saw Lieutenant Colonel Jesska's dark eye sockets, he couldn't say anything.

John Jesska "looks" at Winters and asks bluntly, "What to drink?"

"Water will do."

"Nothing. Others." John Jesska tilted his head: "There is a well in the yard, so I need to dig it myself."

Winters picked up the water jug, walked straight out of the wood house, and threw it again. A can of fresh well water, and I washed the cup by the way. When dealing with Lieutenant Colonel Jesska, he habitually omits those hypocritical courtesy and etiquette.

Back at the wood house, Winters poured a glass of water for Lieutenant Colonel Jesska and Lieutenant Colonel Elek.

"He was your subordinate before?" Lieutenant Colonel Elek regretted it as soon as he said it. He mocked himself and called the head: "What kind of stupid question is this? Otherwise, why would he come to visit you while taking a detour... Oh, that's it, since it's your subordinate, it makes sense to draw where you go. "

"oh?" John Jesska raised a little interest.

Surveying and mapping is a difficult subject, and Winters admits that he hasn't even touched the threshold, so he doesn't want to talk about it.

Winters asked casually, "The well in the yard doesn't even have a fence, do you usually fetch water yourself?"

"There is a farmer couple on the other side of the town. Come to me once and get me something to eat and drink," John Jesska explained succinctly.

The former lieutenant colonel was obviously more concerned about other things than his daily life: "The news here is not well-informed, until just now I thought you were killed on the west bank of the Netherworld River. Tell me, tell me Say something I don't know."

"It's a long story."

"Then take it slow." John Jesska disagreed: "I don't lack the most. It's time."

"Lieutenant Colonel, let's wait until the right time."

"The right time?" John Jesska's eyebrows twitched. While the former lieutenant colonel is known for his bluntness, that doesn't mean he's slow-minded.

"It's inconvenient for you to speak with outsiders listening in?" John Jesska laughed dryly and placed the Expulsion Order directly to Lieutenant Colonel Elek: "I won't send you because of my bad eyes. ."

Lieutenant Colonel Rao is Elek, who has long heard of [One-Eyed Jesska]'s reputation as being difficult to get along with. A burst of blue, a burst of white.

Winters had to turn around for his former superior: "Colonel Elek is not an outsider, and if it hadn't been for Lieutenant Colonel Elek to help, I wouldn't be able to find you here."

"Oh , yes." John Jesska responded indifferently.

According to Winters' understanding of his former superiors: Even if John Jesska makes an objective evaluation without emotion, others will sound like they are mocking; this is John Jesska's innate talent and instinct, Not targeting anyone or anything alone.

Winters apologetically nods to Colonel Elek and apologizes in place of Colonel Jesska.

Lieutenant Colonel Elek took a deep breath, sighed helplessly, half sarcastically, half admiringly said: "It seems that the overseas dispatch has not changed you one bit."

John Jessica light snorted, remain unmoved. He picked up the wooden mold of the semifinished product on the table and groped for the knife.

“What are you doing?” Lieutenant Colonel Elek asked curiously.

"Earn bread," John Jesska replied nonchalantly.

The sky was dark, and Lieutenant Colonel Elek observed for a while before he saw that the other party was carving a chess piece: "It's too dark in the room, you don't even get a cup..."

Lieutenant Colonel Elek's voice stopped abruptly. Although John Jesska's knife was slow, it was extremely precise, so precise that Elek forgot that the other party was out of sight.

"Why don't you get a lamp?" John Jesska's mood was so calm that it was almost cruel: "It's okay to be blind, save money for lamp oil."

The wood house was quiet, Only the sound of sawdust separating from the wood tire can be heard.

"I still can't figure it out." Lieutenant Colonel Elek slapped his knee and couldn't help but ask: "How could you not be paid your salary? General Arpad issued a special order: Wounded and retired officers and survivors of those who died in the war are treated generously. Something must have gone wrong, it shouldn't be like this...I'll go back and find out."

John Jesska seems like something I didn't even hear it, and focused on carving the chess pieces.

Winters fiddled with the water glass and said nothing.

In the silence, Lieutenant Colonel Elek gradually came to his senses. He stood up slowly, squinted his eyes and looked down at the same period, and asked hesitantly; "Could it be that you... didn't sign the affidavit?"

John Jesska sneered disdainfully. .

The truth is revealed! Signing the affidavit and clearing the boundaries with the puppet governments of the castles is a process that all officers serving in the new military government must go through.

Under the junta, the consequences of refusing to take the oath of allegiance are more than just "no pay".

John Jesska was not imprisoned, tried, or executed, perhaps because of his blindness.

Lieutenant Colonel Elek just didn't know what to say: "It's just a piece of paper, can it be serious? Why? Well, it's your life if you don't get executed..."

John Jesska put down the carving knife and wooden tire in his hand, stood up likewise, looked up at Lieutenant Colonel Elek, and stated his attitude word by word: "First of all, I am loyal to the Republic of Palato, and only loyal to the Republic of Palato. Second, I don't think Arpad Duyoom and his leading political faction can represent the Republic of Palato."

"The fat-minded deputies in the Great Chamber of Kings Castles can. Representative?" Lieutenant Colonel Elek retorted: "You are believing or not, right now—at this moment, that group of fat pigs are in a frenzy discussing how to package and sell Palato to the Union!"

"If you don't split Plato from within, how can you give the province a chance?" John Jesska's voice was cold and steady: "Whatever the reason, Arpad's actions were a rebellion. ."

"It is clear that the castles have betrayed us!"

This kind of quarrel is meaningless, because no matter who it is, it is impossible to persuade the other party.

John Jesska picked up the knife again and continued to carve the pieces. Lieutenant Colonel Elek sat down panting with rage, "gu dong gu dong" drank the whole glass of cold well water in one go, sweat dripping from his forehead.

There was another silence.

Lieutenant Colonel Elek slapped his thigh, staring at the same period flustered and exasperated: "Forget it! Do as you like. But, you have to come back to Oak Forest with me. I'll find you someone who can live there. place."

Lieutenant Colonel Elek took out his handkerchief and wiped his forehead, looked around the empty room, and said bitterly, "Since you believe that the military government is a traitor to the party, let's see who has the last laugh! However, it can't be here - living in such a crappy place, you can't survive this winter!"

John Jesska didn't appreciate the kindness of his comrades and comrades at the same time, he gave tit for tat The ground asked: "Then can you last until next winter?"

"What do you mean?" Lieutenant Colonel Elek had a cold face.

John Jesska cleared the table with a wave of his arm, dipping his fingers in the water from the glass and sketching on the table.

The sun is about to sink below the horizon, ten thousand zhang glows high, and the wood house is almost invisible.

John Jesska was drawing stroke after stroke in the dark, not for others, but for himself. Every stroke is very serious, as if to project the mountains and rivers onto this small wooden table.

Although the specific lines could not be clearly seen, Winters judged from the general outline that Colonel Jesska should be drawing a map of Plato.

"New Reclamation Province, Xilin Province, Jiangbei Province..." John Jesska has the words at hand, marking the map in the dark: "To the north is Monta. The Republic, along the ember river to the east, are the Union Provinces and Veneta."

John Jesska's map is very large, including not only the Palatine Republic, but also the other four countries of the Union. .

A map that outlines the territory of thousands of miles in a square inch and maintains a considerable degree of precision. Before this, I am afraid that it only appeared on the emperor's desk.

With this invisible and visible map, Winters is also the first to take a macro and intuitive look at what is happening inside and outside of Prato.

"The Ember River, the Ember River is the key to everything." The water marks have dried up, but John Jesska still accurately pointed out the Ember River that runs through the two mountains, The galloping river: "If you don't break through the Jinliu River, no matter how sharp General Arpad's saber is, you can only be trapped in the northwest corner of Jiangbei Province. Am I wrong?"

"That's right," Lieutenant Colonel Elek admitted happily.

"Then have you broken through the Jade River?"

"No."

"You can't break through the Jhin River, you can only follow the Jhin River. Jiangbei'an, attack eastward." John Jesska took out the chess pieces and placed them one by one on the invisible and invisible map. There was no light in his eyes, and his body was trapped in a chamber, but his mind had never been so free.

John Jesska stated sternly: "From ancient times to the present, the country of galloping horses has been [the north shore is poor, the south shore is rich]. Even if you reach the border with the provinces, you can control it. The more the land will not exceed one third of Palatu. And the essence of Palatu - the towns on both sides of the Jhinliu River, you can't touch it either. Am I wrong?"

" That's right." Lieutenant Colonel Elek slowly nodded.

"That is to say, even in the best of circumstances, the kings hold twice your land and three times your population. As a career officer, do you think you Is there a chance of winning?"

"Population, land, wealth...you only count these, but ignore the most important part." Lieutenant Colonel Elek blunt retorted:
"It is people who fight wars. One lion can subdue a hundred sheep! The Fifth Army and the 6th Legion - the Republic's most elite standing army are all in the hands of the military government. Not to mention the vast majority of professional officers are also on our side. Castles of Kings Those stupid pigs only know how to fight for power, how can they win?"

John Jesska laughed hoarsely, and Winters even heard pity in the laughter: "As long as there is enough money, weapons, And population, soldiers can have as many as they want; as long as they have sufficient training, recruits can also be forged into an elite standing army. Thirty years ago, the old marshal won the sovereignty war in this way. Don't you understand this truth?"

"[Armed civilians are not an army, and armed civilians are just the raw material of the army]." Lieutenant Colonel Elek also quoted a famous saying of the old marshal: "How can an army be forged overnight? Don't forget, there are not many officers in the castles, and the veterans are even more pitiful."

"But they have one person, and that person is enough."

"Who?"

"Seckler... Brigadier General." John Jesska spit out a name, resolutely and decisively, saying: "Master more than twice the sources of troops, land, and wealth. , As long as Sackler's brain is ok, he is impossible to lose this battle! He will definitely turn this war into a brutal war of attrition, tightening the noose around your neck little by little until you are finally strangled. He will win...but Prato will lose."

Lieutenant Colonel Elek startled first, then burst into uncontrollable laughter. He was laughing backwards and forwards, out of breath, tears and snot flowing continuously.

Even John Jesska, the usually cool-headed, feels an unfathomable mystery because of his sudden laughter.

John Jesska gradually changed from being surprised and puzzled to serious: "What are you laughing at?"

"What are you laughing at? I laugh at you only for military accounts, not for Make political calculations. This is your problem, and it is Sackler's problem." Lieutenant Colonel Elek took a lot of effort to stop his smile, wiped the corners of his eyes, and brutally told the truth: "Sackler is dead. I'm done."

The water glass fell to the ground, and because it was made of wood, it jumped a few times.

John Jesska's breathing became heavy, and after a while, he struggled to speak: "How did you die?"

Winters lightly coughed: "Speaking of which Long story."

"Who knows how he died? We don't know, but he is indeed dead anyway." Lieutenant Colonel Elek said nonchalantly:

"Maybe he died. In terms of political conspiracy - usurping the throne of the Grand Chancellor, Magnus' next step is to take control of the army, and he will certainly see Sackler as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh; it may also be an assassination - after all, he betrayed all the soldiers of the Republic; If it's not good, he may die of illness, who knows? Anyway, he died, there is no doubt about it. As for how he died, we don't care."

"When did he die?"

"It's been a while."

John Jesska took a long time to digest the bolt from the blue, sitting still, as if to help Sec Le mourning.

After a while, John Jesska lifted the head and said tiredly, "Please go, I have learned enough things today. I won't send you off."

Lieutenant Colonel Elek stood up and sighed: "I know you and Sackler don't have an ordinary relationship... Would you still go back to Fort Oaks with me? As long as there is a roof over my head, I will There must be a place for you to live. You really can't survive the winter here - you can't even make a fire! If you can't bear to go home, I'll take you back in the spring, okay?"

John Jesska shook the head, as if repeating: "Let's go, let's go, let me be alone for a while."

Lieutenant Colonel Elek put on his hat helplessly and greeted Winters: "Then let's go, Come back tomorrow."

Winters did not move.

"What's the matter?" Lieutenant Colonel Elek asked.

As Lieutenant Colonel Jesska and Lieutenant Colonel Elek debated, Winters didn't say a word. He stared at the invisible map on the square table for a long time, like a stone sculpture.

The Jiangbei province where the Palatu military government is located is wrapped in the Palatu Republic, the Monta Republic and the Great Wasteland.

But the dead end is not without the formation eye, and the Jinliujiang defense line is not impregnable. The newly reclaimed province across the river from the western section of Jiangbei Province is likely to be the key to turning things around.

Going upstream, bypassing the newly reclaimed province and crossing the Jhinliu River, the defense lines along the river for the kings and castles will be useless, and the sword edge of the military government can be inserted directly into the heart of the red rose.

The "political account" and "military account" referred to by Lieutenant Colonel Elek gave Winters a blow.

The Palatine Civil War was more than a military struggle, and it was not just the Red Rose and the Blue Rose that participated in the gladiatorial fight.

The province begins to stir, and Veneta is already on the line. The attitudes of Monta and Varn are ambiguous, and even the empire on the other side of the shaded mountain range may be glare like a tiger watching his prey.

It is too simplistic to simply take the military as a starting point.

But at the end of the day, it's still going to be an arm-wrestling battle on the battlefield.

Winters' thoughts returned to his body, he looked towards Lieutenant Colonel Jesska, and said sincerely: "Before I came to visit you... I actually thought about it, if you have a bad day, I will pick you up. Let's go."

"Pick me up?" John Jesska laughed dumbly: "Where? To Veneta?"

"Not to Veneta— Of course, if you want to go to Veneta, we can also arrange it for you."

"It's hard to get home, I don't want to go anymore."

"How about going to the new land. Like? New Land Province, Iron Peak." Winters paused for a moment, then added, "My place."

John Jesska sneered as he chewed on the word "my place" : "Your place?"

"That's not exactly an accurate description, but it's about the same."

John Jesska's expression became serious, and his hands were blue-veined.

He straightened his body and stared at Winters with his dark eye sockets, resolutely and decisively uttering the words: "I! No! Go!"

Little The small wood house fell silent again, this time quieter than the previous ones. The sound of breathing and heartbeat was clearly audible, and the wind screeched across the roof.

Winters held the old superior's hand: "I won't go if I don't go."

[The map...is being drawn]
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