The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

The first time Grace attended the meeting was entrusted by His Majesty, then she was worried that William and Allen would quarrel, and now she was waiting for news from the Southern Province.

He was afraid of hearing bad news, and also afraid that William would hide the bad news and not tell him.

Can a man always be lucky on the battlefield?Alan Stone was hit by a bullet once, and he was fine in the abdomen. Could he be so lucky the second time?

At first there was only bad news in other areas: whether it was military reform or the promotion of vaccinia in the countryside, things were suddenly not going well.The victory of the war faction made the aristocrats of the church and the court friends, and refused to approve the registration of the new policy.

And there was no news from the Southern Province for several days.William said that this is normal, marching is not riding a horse, Alan may have just arrived at this moment, and it will take another day to wait for the military report to arrive.

But even Grace couldn't be comforted by his words.

Grace knew that Alan Ston was impatient, and his marching speed must be faster than others; while the other radical officers were even more restless: Alan Ston took away the best soldiers, and if he could not complete the task, they would This faction will lose ground in the conference.

On the fifth day, the cavalry delivered a letter from Alan Stone.

Alan Stone said in his letter that he and his troops arrived at their destination on the second day after a arduous and rapid march.During the exchange of fire with the rebels, he discovered that a team pretending to be an enemy soldier was mixed with the rebels.The group of rabble was commanded and led by this team, and it became a regular army with organization and tactics.

Alan Stone wrote that he separated the column from the rebels by mixing artillery with cavalry, forcing them to retreat.In the process of chasing the defeated soldiers, he inadvertently followed them across the border, overtook them in the enemy's territory, and captured them.This pursuit disturbed the enemy's garrison behind the border. In order to preserve the victory he had won, he stepped up his march, went around to the flank of the enemy's garrison, made a surprise surprise attack on it, and won the victory.

He also said in the letter that the enemy country is dispatching troops to prepare for a counterattack. Will it continue to fight against it?

Delivered almost at the same time as his letter was an urgent letter from General Verrick: Do you support Captain Allen Ston's unauthorized actions?

Some people slammed on the table and called Alan Ston a "lunatic", some clapped their hands and laughed triumphantly, some appeared flustered, and some were confused, not knowing what happened.

As Grace looked around blankly, William suddenly stood up.He staunchly defended his brother, saying it was all due to the vagaries of the battlefield.There is no obvious mark on the border line, and it is easy to be ignored during the pursuit. It is definitely not planned by Alan Stone in advance, as some people speculated.

Moderates questioned his position severely, but William Ston always insisted that he knew his younger brother's character, "Using fast soldiers and being good at changing situations are the characteristics he showed in the military academy. This is his character. It was determined by the impetuous part of the book. You may consider it a defect of his, which may have unforeseen consequences, but you must never say that he is a schemer!"

Maybe his prestige played a role, or maybe it was the situation created by Alan Stone that forced them to make decisions against the clock.

Soon, William wrote a short reply letter to General Verrick on behalf of the main combat faction, asking him to fully support Alan Stone's attack.In this letter, he defined General Verrick's next action as a "counterattack", which allowed him to bypass the complicated approval process and was handed over to the fastest cavalry before the meeting was over.

But the quarrel continued, some people said that Alan. Stone was "the second Corsican monster", and others said that he was "a young lion who was not restrained".But no one can do anything about him.

Meeting after meeting, urgent letter after letter, all matters were postponed, and money, troops, and weapons were all sent to the front line as much as possible.

No one knows what will become of these inputs in this unprepared situation.If Alan Stone wins, the honor belongs to them all; and vice versa.

Throughout the process, William acted as sure and strong as if his brother was fighting a battle that must be won.However, when everyone else is gone and only Grace is left by his side, he will appear worried and vulnerable.

It made Grace feel like she was being relied on by him, something she had never felt before.

He felt that William seemed to have violated some of his principles in this matter, and this disturbed his conscience.He could still feel the torment that this anxiety caused to William, making the wrinkles between his brows almost burnt to his skin.

"Back then, I went to the front without saying goodbye to you, and did I cause you this kind of pain?" William asked him suddenly one day.

After Grace was surprised, she took his hand carefully.William did not hide, but looked at him with some melancholy.

"Actually, I didn't know what war meant at the time..." Grace said, "But I know now. I saw the scars left by bullets on people. It was terrible."

William showed a look of surprise, "Have you seen the scar left by the bullet? On Allen?"

He certainly didn't mean to test, but Grace couldn't help but panicked and lied unnecessary, saying that Allen told him.

At this time, he saw Alan Ston's letter on William's desk, with a corner showing, he saw a startling word - rob.

He didn't believe those words at first, what a "disobedient lion".He knew that Alan Stone had ambitions, and men had ambitions, and he had known this for a long time.But he didn't believe that Alan Stone suddenly became an ambitious man like Napoleon.

He quickly pulled out the paper and saw clearly that it was a personal letter from Allen to William: "Dear William, you always hope to wait until everything is perfect, because the good things are already in your hands; Same, what I want, I have to grab it myself."

He concluded his letter by saying: "This is the source of my willingness to risk everything, and to bear all consequences for it."

After that, they received the first victory report, followed by the second, third, and fourth... Alan Stone is good at maneuvering, while old General Verwick is calm and steady. The enemy's army will never guess What kind of attack will they encounter.

The border threat that had troubled the entire country for many years was gradually disintegrated by the proactive attacks again and again, and the joy of victory filled the entire Summer Palace.

Grace knew that William had also written personal letters to Alan Stone.Maybe those letters played a role. When all military operations were over, Alan Stone became tame.

He wrote more frequently, no longer showing off his achievements, but asking tirelessly: What should be done with the captives?Do you want to be stationed?Where are you stationed?How to negotiate, how to claim compensation...

He acted so uninhibited that the older officers and adults were relieved to take over these matters, and selected the Earl of Arundel and General Cromwell to go to the front to negotiate with the Empire.

No one seems to remember the rebellion in the Southern Province.Where did the armed mob that Alan Stone let go go?No one asked any more.

The young hero returns quite suddenly.

There was a meeting as usual that day, and Grace had no other business to do, so she was always the first to enter the meeting room.

But that day when he pushed open the door of the conference room, he found that someone had arrived before him, standing in front of the window with his back turned to him, wearing a military uniform and a hat, with a tall and straight figure.

William also sometimes wears military uniforms during meetings, so he didn't think too much, and called out, "Brother."

The man turned his head, it was Alan Stone.

Grace cried out in surprise, and ran towards him holding her skirt.Alan Stone also smiled, and took off his hat, revealing his very short hair.

Grace looked at his new hairstyle in amazement, and couldn't help laughing, saying he looked so weird, like a scruffy man who had to cut his hair off when he got lice.

Alan Stone still looked at him with a faint smile, without becoming embarrassed by his words.This reminds Grace of what William once said, the battlefield will change a man.

"You just thought I was William," Allen said. "Are we really that similar?"

Grace thought he was going to get angry with herself as soon as he came back.

But Allen kept smiling at him, "But you saw that it was me, and I didn't look disappointed. I'm very happy." He said this kind of words that Grace couldn't resist.

He also took Grace's hand and let him pat his head.Grace never knew that human hair could be so tangled when it was cut short.

Allen took his hand and rubbed it gently on his hair, "This way you won't always mistake me and William."