章節 56: Chapter 55 The Poor Knight
At the same time that Chen Mo and his team sneaked into Cairo, the British reinforcements also arrived in the suburbs
of Cairo. After learning from the lesson of Major Ron's infantry regiment being crippled last time, the British behaved very cautiously this time. Although they were full of anger and felt that the dignity of the British Empire was insulted, they first joined the tribal cavalry of the Pharaoh's Guard. After the two sides established a stable camp together, they began to prepare for the attack on Cairo.
In the central tent of the coalition camp, a British colonel personally led the army. Although he also disagreed with the tribal cavalry of the Pharaoh's Guard and the story of Immorton they told, tens of thousands of tribal cavalry were still a considerable force. In addition, an infantry regiment was crippled for unknown reasons before, and the colonel still knew that some things might be worse than he expected.
So for Adebei, the leader of the Pharaoh's Guard, the colonel still gave superficial respect.
After the two sides exchanged intelligence, the colonel asked Adebei: "What do you think of the current situation in Cairo?"
"Our people have sneaked into the city, and he will find a way to solve the troubles in Cairo that do not belong to mortals." Before the British came, the curator and Chen Mo had explained to Adebei how to deal with them, so Adebei did not talk too much about Immorton, but only told the British the plan that Chen Mo had explained before: "And we are responsible for launching an attack outside the city, luring out the enemies in the city, and creating opportunities for them." The British colonel
did not think there was anything wrong with this plan. It was a blessing for him not to deal with those inhuman things. However,
he still asked Adebei: "How do you ensure that the people in the city will be lured out? What if they are just defending? You are just cavalry, and you have no advantage in attacking the city, right?"
Although the colonel also wanted to let Adebei and his men attack as cannon fodder, he was not stupid enough to let the cavalry attack the city and waste his chips in vain.
Although the strategy discussed by the British high-level officials was to let Adebe and his tribal cavalry wear down the resistance in the city, so as to achieve the goal of weakening both, it did not mean to waste troops directly.
In addition to this problem, the colonel was also very concerned about whether the people who sneaked into Cairo
mentioned by Adebe could solve the problem. Although he disdained the so-called resurrection of the high priest three thousand years ago, as a senior officer of the Suez Canal garrison, the colonel still knew some mysterious events that had indeed happened on this land.
In fact, Britain has always paid attention to the mysterious events in Egypt, and even sent professionals from the mainland to deal with and suppress these events.
And this time when he came to recapture Cairo, the colonel also brought this professional with him.
Adebe didn't quite understand what the British were thinking, but he still answered the colonel's question: "The people in the city are influenced by the ancient Egyptian deity Sekhmet, who is the god of war in ancient Egyptian mythology and is known for her cruelty. Under the influence of her power, the people in the city will not completely lose their minds, but they will become bloodthirsty and warlike.
In addition, after being manipulated, they have become puppets, with only instinctive reactions left, so as long as they are used a little, it is not a big problem to lead them out of the city."
When Adebe was answering the colonel's question, an old soldier standing next to the colonel, who had no rank insignia and was wearing a shabby military uniform, suddenly asked: "Are you sure that everyone in the city has been controlled?"
Hearing the old soldier speak, the colonel immediately gave way and was very respectful to the old soldier. Several other British officers on the side had the same attitude. The
colonel's actions immediately surprised Adebe and O'Connor. They didn't understand who this old soldier was and why he was so respected.
However, O'Connor noticed that there was a garter tied around the old soldier's leg, and there seemed to be a line of words printed on it. This immediately reminded him of something, so he asked, "Are you a Knight of the Garter?"
"No, I'm just an old soldier, a poor knight." The old soldier shrugged indifferently, smiled at O'Connor, and then continued to ask seriously, "Can you tell me about the situation in Cairo? Although these children don't believe in the myths and legends about ancient Egypt, I, an old guy, still want to listen to it." The
old soldier who called himself a poor knight was very kind. O'Connor looked at him and remembered his good friend Winston, so he also had a good impression of him, so he introduced the old knight to Imhotep and explained to him that Chen Mo speculated that Imhotep was preparing a ceremony in Cairo to let Sekhmet come to the world.
After listening to O'Connor's introduction, the old soldier's face suddenly became serious, and after asking O'Connor for some details, his whole face changed.
"Damn it, is it this serious?" The old soldier hammered hard on the table, took a deep breath, and said to the colonel beside him: "I am now exercising the full power of the special Egyptian affairs granted to me by His Majesty George V, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India. I hereby order the British Empire's troops stationed in Egypt to fully cooperate in resolving the Cairo crisis. Anyone who intends to hinder and delay the resolution of the incident will be charged with delaying the war and treason!"
The old soldier's words immediately made several British officers on the side turn green.
Although they were really angry about the previous infantry regiment being crippled without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, and they really wanted to regain their face, but this did not mean that they wanted to fight here, let alone gamble their future prospects and honors here.
You have to know that the old soldier is talking about delaying the war and being charged with treason, which means only one thing for any soldier, that is, all honors will be stripped to the end, and they will be very dishonorable to the military court, and even their families will be implicated, which can be said to be a very shameful thing.
But it was obvious that the veteran had enough deterrence on these officers and could indeed command them.
Even with such a harsh order, several officers, with their faces wrinkled, saluted the veteran and began to execute the military order.
At the same time, the veteran also grabbed O'Connor and asked him: "How did your people get into the city? I want to go in now, do you have any solution?"
The Order of the Garter does have a group of poor knights. They were hired by Edward III, who established the Order, to take care of the Order's church. At first, they were called "poor knights" and were considered non-staff members of the Order. At first, they were just poor veterans who obtained the right to live in Windsor Castle by serving the Order. In the 19th century, these people did not want to be called poor knights, which was not a nice name, so they were renamed military knights during the reign of William IV. The current official name is Windsor Military Knights. In formal occasions, they serve as guards for members of the Order and do religious services in the Order's church, but they are not members of the Order. In the photos of the Order of the Garter that can be found on the Internet, the poor knights standing next to the Queen with red shirts, black pants, gold epaulettes and white feather hats are the current poor knights.
As for the setting I adopted in the novel, they are an organization secretly used by Britain to suppress mysterious forces. After all, this is a world with gods. It is impossible for the British Empire to rule the world for four hundred years and establish the empire on which the sun never sets without some real skills
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