Chapter 942: Reward Ceremony (Part 1)

A reward ceremony is usually held for a great victory.

The full name of the reward ceremony is actually "triumphal reward ceremony". During the "Summer Wind" offensive three years ago, a reward ceremony was held.

Because the two large-scale battles of "Overlord's Counterattack" and "Aurora" were fought together, the reward ceremony this time was for the heroes of the two battles of "Overlord's Counterattack" and "Aurora".

Because these two battles are extremely rare victories in the history of the Britannia Empire, the scale and grandeur of this reward ceremony will only be larger than the reward ceremony of the "Summer Wind" offensive three years ago, not smaller.

Just from the number of participants in this reward ceremony, we can see how large and grand this reward ceremony is.

This reward ceremony is not only open to knights, but even ordinary generals and soldiers with great achievements are eligible to participate in this reward ceremony.

However, since there were nearly 200,000 troops involved in these two battles, it was definitely unrealistic for all of them to attend the DìDū reward ceremony.

So only some ordinary generals and soldiers with great military achievements could be selected as representatives to attend the reward ceremony in Pendragon.

Thus, a unique "open and secret struggle" began quietly.

The reward ceremony held in Pendragon was so interesting that it not only had infinite appeal to some knights, but also had great appeal to ordinary generals and soldiers.

Take the Knights of Michael as an example. The source of the Knights of Michael was mainly from the north of the empire, so most of the soldiers of the Knights of Michael were from the north of the empire.

Because they were born and raised in the north, most of the soldiers had never been to Pendragon.

If you can participate in this reward ceremony, it means that you can go to the prosperous Pendragon, experience the language and customs of DìDū up close, and see the "southerners" who are not often seen.

In the cognition of many people born in the north, the places south of the north are all in the south.

Regardless of the material rewards for participating in the award ceremony, just being able to take a look at the prosperous DìDū can arouse the interest of many soldiers.

Therefore, in order to compete for the quota to participate in the award ceremony, the generals and soldiers have launched a fierce "open and secret struggle".

Not only ordinary generals and soldiers are fighting, but also knights are fighting.

Although the Holy Xilan Empire has been crippled by them, it is impossible to go south at least in the next few years, but even so, it is impossible to leave no knight on the northern front.

Some knights must be left on the northern front, which means that some knights will not be able to go to DìDū to participate in the award ceremony.

Except for those who will definitely go to the award ceremony, such as Deng Jiaer, Willy, the commanders, and those who are not very interested in the award ceremony, the rest of the knights are fighting for the quota to participate in the award ceremony.

In order to get this quota, these knights have used all means.

Some people not only went to pat Su Cheng's horse and give him gifts, but also went to find Carol and Alyssa, hoping that they could persuade Su Cheng.

Carol and Alyssa naturally ignored those who came to show their courtesy and hoped that they could persuade Su Cheng.

However, a famous female knight was smarter.

She found Alan, who was the easiest to deal with.

This female knight didn't know from where that Alan liked all kinds of toys, so she spent a lot of money to buy a set of expensive board games for Alan.

And Alan was really fooled.

Alan accepted the board game given by the female knight with peace of mind, and then ran to Su Cheng in a swagger, hoping that Su Cheng would let the female knight who gave her the gift participate in the award ceremony.

After seeing that Alan actually accepted bribes, Su Cheng was furious on the spot.

Su Cheng felt only amused and helpless about this "open and secret struggle" between the knights and ordinary generals and soldiers.

In order to prevent such a "fight" from continuing, Su Cheng personally formulated the quota standard for participating in the award ceremony.

Su Cheng had no control over the Uriel Knights, the Armored Warriors, and the Navy. He only controlled the Michael Knights under his command.

Su Cheng didn't know how other troops selected candidates for the award ceremony. In short, the selection criteria for his Michael Knights were as follows:

The knights were selected by Su Cheng himself, and only those who made the most outstanding contributions were taken to DìDū.

As for ordinary soldiers, only those who had cut five levels in these two battles were eligible to go to DìDū.

Willy and the commanders of each army would select and determine who was eligible to participate in the award ceremony for the middle and lower-level officers such as the squad leader, the squadron leader, and the captain.

After a selection, only less than 700 people in the Michael Knights, with a total strength of 120,000, were eligible to participate in the award ceremony.

This number was a reasonable number. After all, it was not appropriate to bring too many people to the award ceremony.

Su Cheng didn't know what the other troops were like. He only knew that in his Knights of Michael, there were only a dozen knights who were qualified to go to Pendragon.

These dozen knights were personally selected by Su Cheng and were the knights who made the greatest contribution in these two battles.

Willy, Elisa, Deng Jiaer and the four commanders were naturally among them.

The knights who were not selected could only sit on the northern front with infinite regret, waiting for Su Cheng and his team to finish the reward ceremony of DìDū.

After selecting the people who would attend the reward ceremony, Su Cheng led the heroes of the Knights of Michael to DìDū.

This time, Su Cheng also brought Alan, Carol, Theresa, and Carol's parents, Yegor and Vika, to DìDū to attend the reward ceremony.

Although Alan was not a member of the Knights of Michael, she also made a lot of contributions in last year's "Overlord Counterattack".

Although Alan was not a member of the army, she was qualified to attend the reward ceremony because of such a great military achievement.

Besides, Alan and Su Cheng have always been inseparable. Wherever Su Cheng goes, Alan will usually follow him.

Even if Su Cheng suddenly plans to go to the sea for adventure, Alan will obediently follow Su Cheng to the sea.

As for why he wanted to bring Kyrol, Theresa and Kyrol's parents, it was because Su Cheng planned to take this opportunity to re-hold the wedding with Kyrol and Elisa in DìDū.

In order to hide it from Kyrol and Elisa's parents, the wedding in 291 was held in a very simple place.

Su Cheng has always felt ashamed of this and felt that he owed Kyrol and Elisa.

Su Cheng has heard that even Issel and Albert will participate in this reward meeting.

According to the customs of the Britannia Empire, unless the parents are no longer alive, the parents of both parties must be present at the wedding.

If Kyrol's parents are also brought to DìDū, then Elisa's father and Kyrol's parents can be in DìDū-this is a great opportunity to re-hold the wedding.

Su Cheng, who didn't want to miss this opportunity, persuaded Kyrol and Kyrol's parents to go to DìDū with him, and planned to re-hold their wedding in DìDū after attending the reward ceremony.