Eagle’s Glory

"If it wasn't for Teresa's request, why would I have so many things?"

This sigh expressed his father's helplessness.

"Teresa..." Aigron didn't know how to reply at once, "It's really considerate of others, I feel that I don't deserve her kindness, because I really have nothing to repay her."

"You really have nothing to repay, but Teresa is not a child who is greedy for these things, she just wants to be happy." The Grand Duke frowned, and then smiled bitterly, "Maybe I should reflect on it, I put her The teaching is so unique that she always does things that don't do her any good, and her mind is full of strange ideas."

"Instead, I think you should be proud of this." Aigron smiled, "I think Teresa is really living for herself, at least she knows what to do to make herself happy, some people may live a lifetime Do not know at all."

"I hope so." The Grand Duke shrugged.

Egron could see that the Grand Duke was not angry with his daughter, on the contrary, he was spoiled and proud, and his complaint was just a different kind of showing off—that's why he was so obedient to Teresa, and she didn't even dare to contradict His Majesty the Emperor. No complaints.

While talking, the two got into the carriage, and then the carriage drove slowly towards the town on the outskirts of Vienna.

After about an hour or two, they came to the periphery of a small castle.

This castle is of ordinary style, because of its secluded location and its simple appearance, it looks like a monastery.

Beside it, a small river flows through it, and some stones are scattered in the river. The water waves beat on these stones, scattered into fringes, and sparkling ripples under the sunlight. Water lilies and rushes started from the river bank like exquisite tapestry, adorning both banks, and then gradually spread all the way around the castle, adding a bit of loneliness to it.

After getting off the carriage, the Grand Duke did not approach the castle immediately, but looked at the building and the surrounding scenery from a distance, and finally couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"This place is a forgotten corner of the world, just like the people inside, no one will remember their existence until they disappear silently."

Aegron felt his melancholy for a moment.

"But at least judging from the results, their sacrifices are worthwhile." Aigron replied with a famous quote he had heard. "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away."

The Grand Duke turned his head and looked at him.

"I can't see that you are quite good at talking." Then, he nodded, and then felt a little lost, "Yes, it will wither day by day. Every time I come here, there will always be one or two people missing. Most of them are younger than me, and if they're healthy--"

Having said this, he stopped again.

He walked to the gate with the young man and a group of followers in silence.

The gatekeeper, obviously aware of his coming, saluted him and let them in at once.

Soon, several people inside came towards them.

The leader was a middle-aged man in an officer's uniform. He saluted the Grand Duke as soon as he met.

"Your Highness, welcome to come!"

After getting closer, Aigron discovered that although the other party's limbs looked intact, there was a shocking scar on his face. This scar spread from the back of his head covered with brown hair to the corner of his mouth. It was almost certain that he was stabbed by a saber at that time. Got a bad slash to the head and narrowly escaped - maybe that's why he's here.

"He is the person in charge here, Captain Ferdinand Hench." While Aigron was thinking, Archduke Karl suddenly explained to Aigron.

"Hello, Captain." Aigron nodded to the other party.

"This is..." Looking at the young man in front of him, Captain Hench was a little puzzled.

He was not sure about the identity of this young man, judging from his clothes and pomp, he must be a nobleman, but he was definitely not the son of the Grand Duke.

Because the grand duke's son is currently young.

But looking at the territory of Austria, how many people can be treated like this by the Grand Duke?

"He is Duke Reichstedt," said Archduke Karl in a low voice.

"Lech...Lechstedt...Duke?" Captain Hench frowned and read out the awkward title.

After a while, he seemed to have come to his senses, and suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at the young man.

"Napoleon's son?" He forgot the etiquette for a moment, pointed at the boy, and asked loudly.

"Yes." Grand Duke Karl nodded.

"Uh... this..." Captain Henchy seemed to be in a daze, and it was difficult for him to reply.

"Your Highness, what did you bring him here for? We don't take prisoners here." Then he asked.

This sentence made the Grand Duke and Aigron couldn't help laughing at the same time.

"Stop joking around!" After laughing for a while, the Grand Duke scolded the captain with a straight face, "I'll bring him over to participate in the event today and let him see it."

"We have a lot of useless people here, but there are few things worth seeing." The captain shrugged. "I'm afraid the Duke will be disappointed."

"You have the best knowledge." Archduke Karl replied, "For example, you, Hench, tell him about your military experience."

"I...I have nothing to say. My military career has been in the cavalry, that's all." The captain shook his head.

"You are too modest." Archduke Karl shook his head, and then explained to Egron, "He is a very brave hussar officer, he took the lead and won awards many times. As a result, he was seriously injured in the Battle of Wagram and had to withdraw active duty."

"There is nothing to mention about those false names, Your Highness, you must have taken lessons. In every battle, someone taught you how to deploy, how to mobilize, how many people died on paper, how many cannons and military flags were lost... ...I'm afraid you are more familiar with these things than I am, if you are willing to listen, I can tell you about my experience of being injured, you must not have a teacher to teach you this kind of thing." The captain looked at Aigron and said.

"Tell me, please," replied Eggron.

"In the last battle I fought, our army fought bravely and fought well. Unfortunately, we were at a disadvantage in the end. In order to save the situation, our superiors ordered us to charge. I did so and pointed at the French with my saber. I rushed over to the position of the French cavalry, and I was strangled with the French cavalry, and I got this damn knife..." The captain pointed to his head, and then flipped the hair on his forehead, only then did Eggron realize that he Half of the right ear is missing.

"While I was wounded, the goddamn horse I was riding was shot, and then we were thrown down, and the brute put me under it when it went down, and broke two ribs, but It also prevents me from being trampled by other horses, and I don’t get hit by one or two stray bullets, barely saving my life. Sometimes when I think about it, I think it would be easier for him to simply crush me to death.” The officer laughed. He smiled, this smile was particularly ferocious because of the shocking scar on his face, but his tone was relaxed and cheerful, as if he was talking about other people's affairs.

"I fell into a coma at the time, and when I woke up, it was already night, fuck it, I can't describe the environment I was in now, even if I talk to you tomorrow morning, it won't make you feel like me The experience - I smelled a terrible smell, tried to turn and was stuck in dead horses and corpses, I was uncomfortable but I couldn't move. I opened my eyes, but I couldn't see anything. The gunpowder of the air mixed with the flesh and blood The smell makes me think I'm losing my sense of smell, I know I'm dying, but I'm not scared, I just feel noisy, because all the dying guys around me are moaning, of course It took me a long time to realize that I was moaning too, but God, I really didn't feel it at that time...”

Although the captain's tone was very calm, Aigron could still feel his thrilling experience at that time. "Then what happened next?"

"Later I continued to be in a coma." The captain shrugged again, ""When I woke up again, I was in the military doctor's tent. Even the military doctor didn't expect that I could survive such an injury... I only found out afterwards, There were probably two or three survivors in our group. By the way, because our army has already retreated, the French soldiers picked me up when they were cleaning the battlefield. The bastard saved my life, but also took my pocket watch. It's a pity that I didn't see it again. I have met him, otherwise I really have to treat him to a few good meals. "

"And then?" Eggron asked.

"After that, there was nothing to say. I knew a little French and told the military doctor that I was an officer, so the military doctor saved me and left me in the prison camp. Later, when the two armies exchanged prisoners, they sent me back. , and I bid farewell to the front line because of my injuries.” Captain Hench looked at Aigron, then smiled again, “Your Highness, do you think I am complaining to you? No, of course not, compared to those unlucky bastards I It’s all luck, I’m just telling you that fighting a war may not be the same as what you saw in class, it will really bleed and kill people, and it is smelly and dirty.”

"...This is a very meaningful lesson, thank you." Aigron hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Okay, let's take a look inside. I don't think the people inside will dare to start eating lunch without waiting for me. We can't keep them waiting for too long." The Grand Duke gave another order.

"Yes, Your Highness." Captain Hench nodded, then turned around and led a group of people into the depths of the castle.

When passing through the corridor, Aigron saw another group of people walking on the grass in the castle—but some of those people were on crutches, some were in wheelchairs, and he even saw a one-armed man drawing.

The war was indeed over, but its majestic remnants still stand here eleven years later.

While he was watching the flowers, Captain Hench was also secretly asking an adjutant who was brought by Archduke Karl.

"What's going on today, why did the Grand Duke bring this... His Highness here?"

"The Grand Duke wants to bring him over to have a look and have dinner with the veterans." The adjutant replied. "So you tell the people here to be careful, don't run into His Highness, or you will be in bad luck."

"Of course not. Napoleon was not shot when he was captured. None of us are interested in dealing with his son." The captain shrugged. "But, why did the Grand Duke do this?"

The adjutant looked around, then lowered his voice, "It is said that he intends to marry His Highness Teresa, so the Grand Duke wants His Highness to have a good relationship with the people around him, so that no one will talk too much."

"Good guy... Isn't it enough for us to lose a princess? Isn't his father already dead? Why do you have to do this?" The captain scratched his head, looking puzzled.

"If you talk nonsense again, be careful not to be thrown into the river." The officer glared at him, "You are not qualified to care about these things."

"Okay, okay, I understand." The captain smiled and nodded.

His mood is quite complicated.

When I first heard the news, I just felt incredible, but there was not much resentment in my heart.

After the initial shock, he felt that it was not unacceptable, and there was even a strange sense of harmony.

"It doesn't seem too bad. The children of the two commanders get married, isn't it a good match? Our relationship with France is not Rome and Carthage, and we will never communicate with each other." After a while, he said again. "Besides, isn't the duke the son of an Austrian woman?"

"I'll say it again, this is not something you can talk about. You don't need your support or your opposition." The officer scolded him again, "Just treat your Highnesses well, and be careful not to offend the Duke."

"Don't worry." The captain laughed again, and the scars on his face were also pulled, "It's this time, who cares about those things."

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