Chapter 204: Expedition Ceremony (1)

June 9, 290 in the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

8:03 am.

Pendragon, white field.

White Square is a huge square in the center of Pendragon.

The White Field is in the shape of a neat rectangle, and the ground is entirely paved with ancient white stones. It is about 700 meters long from south to south and about 120 meters wide from east to west.

It is the largest and oldest city square in the world.

White Square has long been the scene of many important historical events in the Britannia Empire.

At this time, three troops with neat military appearance were lined up in the center of the largest and oldest city square in the world.

On the outside of the White Square, there were already circles of people surrounding it.

The people surrounding the white field looked curiously at the three troops in the center of the white field.

The residents of Pendragon have known it a few days ago - their motherland is about to launch a new wave of large-scale offensive against the Southern Kingdom, called "Summer Wind"!

The main force of this offensive is still the 150,000 troops who have just ended the "Spring Awakening" offensive and are still stranded on the southern front line.

Although the "Spring Awakening" offensive ended with the complete victory of the Britannia Empire, under the command of Iser, the Britannia army captured the northern defense line of the Rollin Empire and the Large tracts of northern territory.

However, although casualties were extremely low, there were still some casualties.

So Gozevin and his think tanks decided to send a wave of new soldiers to the southern front to replace the casualties.

And today is the day when the new recruits set out to replace the wounded and wounded soldiers!

The three troops in the center of the white field are the new recruits who came to replace the wounded and wounded soldiers!

Ge Zewen attaches no less importance to this "Summer Wind" offensive than to the "Spring Awakening" offensive.

Because over the years, Ge Zewen has indeed been besieged by three major empires, and he feels a little breathless and stressed.

Therefore, Gozevin is eager to get rid of the Luolin Empire in the south. It is best to prevent the Luolin Empire from going north to harass the Britannia Empire within 10 years! It will relieve the current pressure on the empire's defense.

That's why Ge Zewen paid so much attention to "Spring Awakening" and the upcoming "Summer Wind" offensive.

It was out of concern for the upcoming "Xia Feng" offensive that Ge Zewen decided to hold an expedition ceremony for the first time in a long time!

The expedition ceremony of the Britannia Empire is also a very ancient etiquette.

In the past, when the army went on an expedition, they would call out the entire army and assemble in the White Square.

Of course, because sometimes the size of the army is too large and the area of ​​​​the white field is limited, sometimes not all the troops will be gathered on the white field for the expedition ceremony, only a small number of elite troops will be gathered.

The troops gathered on the white field, and the commander of the army stood at the front of the army.

And His Majesty the Emperor, wearing a helmet and a sword, holding the "Imperial Sword" that only the emperor can hold, climbed onto a tall tower set up at the northernmost end of the White Field.

After ascending the platform, the emperor will summon the commander of the expedition army to come up.

When the commander-in-chief of the whole army came up, the commander-in-chief and the emperor drew out the swords in each other's hands at the same time, the commander-in-chief drew out his knight's sword, and the emperor drew out his imperial sword.

Both of them raised each other's swords high, and then let each other's sword tips touch each other in mid-air.

After the sword tips touched each other, they shouted in unison - "Bring glory to Britannia!".

At this point, the expedition ceremony is all over.

After the expedition ceremony, the coach led the army to officially begin the expedition.

This expedition ceremony is also called the "ancient ceremony of expedition" because this etiquette is really ancient.

When did this expedition ceremony originate? It can even be traced back to the time when the Britannia Empire was first established.

In the beginning, whenever a large army was about to go on an expedition, the emperor would hold this expedition ceremony.

But as time goes by,

This expedition etiquette gradually became more casual.

Nowadays, it is no longer just the emperor and the commander who perform this expedition etiquette. Sometimes before the start of a battle, the generals participating in the battle will also perform this expedition etiquette in order to boost their morale.

Now, this expedition ceremony is no longer held every time there is an expedition.

Now before the army goes on an expedition, whether this etiquette is acceptable or not depends purely on the emperor's mood.

Judging from Ge Zewen's character who is unwilling to talk more about empty opening remarks and speeches, he is naturally not very interested in this expedition etiquette.

Therefore, in the decades since Gozevin ascended the throne, the number of military expedition ceremonies held before the army went out was so rare that you can almost count it with two hands.

But this time, in order to show his importance to the "Xia Feng" offensive, and to boost the morale of the soldiers who went to the front line to replace the casualties, Ge Zewen decided to hold an ancient ceremony for the expedition after a long absence!

In addition, Ge Zewen also wanted to use this ancient ceremony to inspire the national pride of the people.

Therefore, as early as a few days ago, Gozewen sent people to Pendragon, as well as the small towns and villages around Pendragon, to promote the "Summer Wind" offensive and the upcoming 8 am on June 9. The ancient ceremony of setting out for the expedition was held at 30:00, and the public was welcome to visit.

Thanks to this vigorous publicity, millions of people in Pendragon and its surrounding towns and villages knew about the ancient ritual of going out on June 9th.

Many people are full of curiosity about this ancient ritual of going out to war.

Therefore, as early as today, June 9, when the sky was just getting bright, many people were waiting silently around the perimeter of the White Square.

There are still about 20 minutes left before the official start of the ancient ceremony at 8:30.

Although there is still some time before the expedition to ancient rituals begins, it can be said that the perimeter of Baichang is already completely surrounded.

Roughly speaking, there were probably thousands of people surrounding the white field.

Some people who came a little later could only point their toes with an annoyed look on their faces, trying to raise their sight height so that they could see through the heavy wall of people in front of them and see the three teams lined up neatly in the center of the white field. force.

Of course, there are some smart people who have anticipated this situation, so they have brought small stools and small chairs in advance, and they step on the small stools and small chairs they brought calmly. Although they are a little far away, they are With the help of the small stools and chairs that came with them, they were still able to see the three troops lined up in the center of the white field more clearly.

The mayor of Pendragon had already expected that the perimeter of the white field would be surrounded by water, so he had already taken corresponding preventive measures.

The mayor of Pendragon sent a large number of personnel to manage the crowds surrounding the White Square.

With the help of these personnel, the order of the thousands of people surrounding the White Square was quite orderly. Judging from the orderliness of the crowd, unless something unexpected happened, a stampede or other vicious event would occur. The possibility can basically be regarded as zero.

Now, these three troops in the center of the white field, as well as the thousands of people surrounding the white field, are all waiting quietly, waiting for the last twenty minutes to pass, waiting for the arrival of the emperor, waiting for the expedition The beginning of the ceremony.