Chapter 1616 White Scar’s Banquet
This time White Scar’s banquet not only invited Soshiyang, but also the various company commanders of the Astral Knights, but Soshiyang shied away from the fact that several company commanders had something to do. In the end, only Ustad, Farzad, Armin, Zaraton, the chief priest Yazdan, and the master of the armory Rogris participated. In addition, Soshyan also called Arash.
The banquet was held in the Bogda Hall of Quanzhou Palace. Its main body consists of three tent-style palaces lined up. The halls are connected by corridors. The main hall is more than 30 meters high. It has a double-eaves structure. The east and west halls are more than 20 meters high and are single-eave structures. The apse and corridors are 15 meters high. Looking down from a height, the entire hall looks like an eagle, and the main hall looks like the head and body of an eagle. The two side halls are like the spread wings of an eagle on the domes of the three palaces. The golden glazed tiles are particularly dazzling under the bright sunlight. At the top is a cloud head flower made of blue glazed tiles, showing Colors and patterns revered by the Chegris.
The banquet was held in the main hall. The interior here was still the same as other palaces in Quanzhou Palace. It was also decorated like a tent. The space warriors sat in a circle on the felt, with a huge brazier in the middle.
A small low table was placed in front of everyone, with silver plates and huge wine bowls placed on it. Female attendants in long-sleeved attire were constantly passing between the Space Marines, placing cups in their hands. Desserts, cheese and other dairy products.
When everything was ready, Juba Khan stood up. He took a white silk scarf from the waiter's hand, then placed the wine bowl filled with white wine on the silk scarf, held it with both hands, and sang a song with a weird accent. , while walking towards Soshyan.
Seeing your sweaty horse,
I know you are coming from afar~
The guests come from outside the world,
The journey is dusty with hard work,
Please drink this cup of kumiss~
The cup of kumiss shows your kindness,
It is said that guests have a good drinking capacity~
We want to compete with you!
When the song ended, Juba Khan had walked to Soshyan, bowed his head, and raised the white silk scarf and wine above his head with both hands to signal a toast.
Soshyan stood up quickly, took the silver bowl with both hands, and smiled to express his gratitude.
He had learned some of the customs of Chegris before coming here. He did not drink immediately. Instead, he dipped his right ring finger into wine three times. The first time he dipped it in wine, he flicked it up to the sky, and then dipped it in wine and flicked it toward the sky. On the ground, he finally wiped his forehead with wine, then raised his head and drank it all in one gulp without missing a drop.
After Soshyan finished drinking the wine, Juba Khan took the silver bowl in the same gesture as when toasting, asked the maid to fill it up and walked to the next person, Second Company Commander Ustad.
As soon as he left, Subodeng Khan came to Soshyan.
At this time, Soshyan had a deeper understanding of the culture of Chegris. They treated guests regardless of their status. The guests were treated with the same etiquette. As a warrior, Juba Khan The Chapter Commander would also toast to his Captains, and the Captains would toast him, the Chapter Master, in the same manner.
This kind of egalitarian atmosphere is actually quite comfortable to get along with, although I am destined to drink a lot today——
But fortunately, the milk wine of Chegoris is not very strong. According to the standards of space warriors, it is necessary to drink It's hard to get drunk.
After toasting, the attendants served huge roasted whole lambs. These roasted golden and crispy animals were placed on rectangular wooden red lacquer trays. The only tableware was It is a small knife that needs to be cut into small pieces from the whole piece of meat and eaten with your hands.
Soshiyang tried it for a while and found that it was indeed delicate, tender and delicious.
“Come, let us respect the emperor, the empire, and the expeditionary force together!”
When Juba Khan raised his wine bowl, everyone responded.
After three rounds of wine and delicious food, Kosarohan suddenly introduced the situation of the Third Brotherhood to Soshiyan. Currently, the company has 86 soldiers, and is fully equipped with motorcycles and speed attack boats. vehicle.
The Third Brotherhood rarely operates as a company. Most of them operate in small and fast hunting teams, tracking the enemy thousands of miles away, and finally giving them a fatal blow. Their duty is to hunt the enemy. The most powerful and dangerous leader or individual on the side.
The Third Brotherhood's dedication to the art of hunting makes them uniquely dangerous in combat. Once an enemy is located, nothing can stop these hunters from taking them down, especially the leader of the enemy force, Brotherhood squads display a considerable desire to reach their victims and kill them, so the trophy racks of their vehicles often display the heads of Greenskin War Bosses, Chaos Lords, and Tyranids. . Later, Corsaro also introduced his deputy, priest Jiako, to Soshyan.
When the Khan is summoned for a great hunt, the Brotherhood fights under the leadership of the priest Jakko.
"Although brother Jia Kou is usually taciturn, in battle, he is a fierce tiger."
When Kosarohan said this, Soshyan immediately stood up and picked up the wine The bowl came to Pastor Jia Kou and handed the wine bowl to the other party's surprised gaze.
“This expedition still relies on powerful hunting masters like you and Kosaro Khan.”
“Captain Soshyan, you’re welcome.”
Jia Kou carefully took the wine bowl, drank it down in one gulp, and looked at Soshiyang with a much friendlier look.
Soshyan knows very well that when facing these proud warriors, it is always useful to lower his attitude. He has been able to go all the way, including the many benefits that humility has brought to him, so even if he becomes a Even if he is the supreme lord commander, he will not place himself too high.
As long as he can treat his corporal with courtesy, he will have no shortage of powerful warriors.
After returning to his table, Soshyan looked at Juba Khan and said solemnly:
"Juba Khan, I want to ask you something."
"But it doesn't matter."
"What do you think the chances of winning this expedition are?"
After thinking for a moment, Juba Khan twisted his beard and said softly:
"The chances of winning. But only 20%."
As soon as this was said, the Star Knights frowned slightly, and the white-scarred warriors also whispered. After all, Juba Khan said before that the expeditionary force could win, and now he does it again. If you say the chance of winning is only 20%, isn't that just slapping yourself in the face?
Arash ate the meat calmly, keeping his eyes on Soshyan.
Soshiyang looked calm and did not refute or agree. He just stared at the great khans across the brazier.
"Please elaborate."
"Only my personal opinion is that this expedition has five major difficulties. First, the environment is difficult. The maelstrom area is the weak point of subspace and reality. , its strangeness and danger are beyond the imagination of outsiders. Over the years, we have had many ships lost in it, and we have also sent out many scouts. Finally, we discovered that the maelstrom area is not fixed, and that the maelstrom is actually a moving cosmic phenomenon. , but its range of activities is relatively fixed, so star maps in the past are not necessarily useful today. If you are a warrior, if you don't know the terrain, you will lose 20%."
(End of this chapter)