You were made to farm, and now you're the emperor of an empire?

Chapter 369 Comradeship
March.

Spring plowing is coming to an end.

The city of Plenty gradually transitioned from a state of farming to a state of war, and everyone clearly sensed the tense atmosphere that was about to erupt.

This city was militarized from the beginning and conducts military operations every year, making it very adaptable to sudden wars.

In Roman's vision, the City of Abundance was the most important landing point for the City of Origin, and it was tasked with the mission of expansion.

If Origin City is the main body of the tank, then Plenty City is the cannon barrel that fires the ammunition!

However, its drawbacks are also obvious.

For example, Fengrao City lacks strategic depth!

In a 5v5 tower defense game, defensive towers provide our team with space to maneuver. If the coverage area of ​​a defensive tower is considered strategic depth, then Plenty City is essentially without defensive towers. Enemy minions can push onto the high ground as soon as they spawn and then attack the crystal.

If that happens, it means that the city of abundance that Roman has painstakingly built over two years will be destroyed, and all his efforts will be in vain.

Roman transferred a large amount of grain from Origin City. Ship after ship of rice and wheat were transported to Plenty City. A total of 10,000 professional soldiers and 7,000 militia crossbowmen crossed the river one after another.

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The last infantry battalion, led by the Apostle Ed, landed at King's Ferry.

The Ice and Fire Pass is not yet completed, and every time Origin City sends troops to Abundance City, it is a troublesome matter.

Because it involves taking a very long detour.

Although the straight-line distance between the two is only forty or fifty miles, the natural barriers mean that each expedition has to travel over a hundred kilometers, and the journey to battle takes three to five days.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Because the infrastructure of Fengrao City is extremely inadequate, it can only accommodate a few thousand soldiers at most. Once military activities are carried out, temporary military camps must be set up.

Fortunately, we laid a solid foundation last year, and now it's starting to take shape.

In preparation for the war, Roman specifically asked the soldiers for their opinions. As long as someone agreed, he would relocate their family to the City of Abundance and reward them with a silver coin as a relocation fee.

There is only one purpose.

Without strategic depth, we must defend every acre of land in Fengrao City!
In order to preserve the organization, Roman moved the battalion by the size of the unit—if even one soldier objected, the entire battalion could not move.

Of course, a soldier disagreeing is an extreme example, and it is possible to persuade him by having a think tank do ideological work.

If a minority or more than half of the soldiers in the brigade disagree, then it's truly impossible to move the goods.

However, most people were very cooperative, and eventually more than 30 brigades agreed to move to Fengrao City.

Roman selected ten battalions, who moved there with their families, and three thousand soldiers were stationed permanently in Plenty City. Ed was appointed commander of the thirteenth ordinary battalion, which was also one of the selected battalions. He was a senior sergeant, but he was unmarried because he had to help soldiers with families pack their belongings, so he was among the slowest to move.

Some of the soldiers' wives were pregnant, some were holding babies, and some were newlyweds. They sat in the vehicle, whispering to each other, their words filled with both anticipation and trepidation about the future.

The items on the carriage were their respective family property; they weren't carrying much, mostly bedding and clothes. Because His Highness promised them all their past wealth in Plenty City, this convinced them to reluctantly abandon their valuable tables and chairs, avoiding making the journey too cumbersome.

Because of insufficient animal power, the cart was pulled by ten soldiers, rumbling forward. The smooth road greatly saved their energy.

Ed was also a key member of the cart-pulling team. He used to be very thin, but a miracle happened to him. His appetite increased greatly, his muscles bulged, and his height of 1.8 meters was very noticeable. With a solid build, he became the captain admired by the soldiers.

He was very strong, one man was as strong as three men, and with just seven helpers, he could pull a cart carrying two or three thousand kilograms.

"Squad Leader Ed, when can we get the relocation allowance?" A soldier, urged on by the other soldiers, ran over to ask.

Ed knew the soldier's child had just been born, and one silver coin was equivalent to two months' salary for the soldier. The soldier wanted to use the money to buy some nutritional supplements for his wife and warm clothes for his child.

He said, "Once we've settled in, Yulun will take you to collect your money."

"Sir, does this mean we'll have to live here forever?"

"It's hard to say." Ed knew the relocation allowance wasn't free; the Thirteenth Brigade had taken a risk. If the battle on the front lines went badly, their families would be exposed to the blade, but they still came.

Because His Highness is here too!

No matter how bad the situation gets, as long as he's here, there's nothing to worry about.

“We may go elsewhere,” Ed said. “We’ve settled here only to protect His Highness’s lands… and to fight to protect our families.”

One soldier casually remarked, "Squad Leader Ed, you don't have any family."

Ed said, "I don't need you reminding me, you bastard." His parents starved to death, his brother was accused of stealing apples and thrown into the river to drown, and he was sold here to be the brigade leader after eating the apples.

"Haven't you thought about finding a family member? There are plenty of girls in the squad waiting for you to join them," another soldier said.

“If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll take you all first,” Ed said. He was a former member of the Royal Guard, having participated in four major battles. After returning from the War of Kings, he was promoted to captain. He had witnessed the bloodiest scenes, and perhaps one day he too would die on the battlefield. That sense of crisis constantly reminded him that if life ended, marriage would be meaningless. There would only be one more person in the world who would be hurt by his death, and if she wasn’t hurt, then marriage would be even more meaningless.

"I'm serious, you'd better find someone soon, so you won't be all alone. His Highness said that marriage is a ceremony that turns two people into one, something that brings glory and ruin..." the soldier muttered. Ed, their superior, was dragging along their wives and belongings, busy running errands the whole way. If Ed's wife were in the carriage, they would be much more comfortable; at least they would have someone to fawn over.

“It’s a matter of shared glory and shared loss,” Ed corrected. “But we also share a life-and-death relationship. We’ve spent far more time together than you have inside your wife’s body.”

He had been a soldier for a long time and had learned a lot. He added, “His Highness also said that soldiers are like brothers, even if they are not from the same father or mother. Your families are also my families. How could I be all alone? No matter where we go, whether we live or die, this relationship will not change.”

He truly believed that people might die or get injured, but as long as new people joined the team, or they joined other teams, the feelings they shared would remain unchanged. They would rely on each other, be willing to give and even sacrifice for one another—this was the bond of comrades.

One update, let's see how it goes.
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(End of this chapter)