Chapter 943 Rewarding According to Merit (Part 2)
The heroes, led by Su Cheng, arrived at Pendragon in early September.
On the day of the award ceremony, under the order of Ilsa, Jacob led the central officials to the outskirts of Pendragon to personally welcome the triumphant army.
The palace minister personally led people out of the city to welcome them, which was already the highest level of welcome in the Britannia Empire.
Jacob and the central officials led the triumphant army and the guard of honor to the north gate of Pendragon.
They had to pass through the north gate first, and then follow the north road of Pendragon all the way to the white field of Pendragon.
After Jacob led the central officials to welcome the triumphant army, all the people on horseback in the triumphant army had to dismount and walk.
Of course, except for Su Cheng, who was undoubtedly the greatest hero in these two battles.
All the way, Su Cheng did not have to dismount and could ride on the horse all the time. On the contrary, those central officials who led the way for him, including Jacob, all had to walk.
This made Su Cheng feel a little embarrassed.
After all, Jacob's position in his heart was no different from that of his father. Su Cheng felt guilty for letting his father walk while he rode on a tall horse.
However, these were all part of the etiquette of rewarding. If they were not followed, it would have a bad impact.
Jacob seemed to have seen through Su Cheng's thoughts, so when welcoming the triumphant army, he lowered his voice and said to Su Cheng in a half-joking tone: "Don't mind these things. I don't mind them. What do you mind?"
Thanks to Jacob's guidance, Su Cheng was able to ride on the horse with peace of mind and accept Jacob and others' walking.
Under the leadership of Jacob and others, the triumphant army and the guard of honor moved forward at a constant speed and soon arrived at the north gate of Pendragon.
After arriving outside the north gate of Pendragon, they saw the flags of the north gate of Pendragon flying, and the soldiers in fine armor lined up on the wall of the north gate, with boiling momentum.
Many civilians from the imperial capital had gathered outside and inside the gate to welcome the triumphant army.
When the triumphant army appeared in their field of vision, the civilians burst into earth-shaking cheers one after another.
Entering the north gate,
it was the imperial capital of the Britannia Empire - Pendragon.
Su Cheng walked through the north gate under the guidance of Jacob and others, and saw a stone brick road that seemed to have no end, and the flags and military flags of the Britannia Empire flying on both sides of this stone brick road, as well as the civilians who came to line up to welcome them.
When the triumphant army began to cross this stone brick road, the civilians on both sides of the triumphant army began to throw a lot of bauhinia flowers on the road in front of the triumphant army.
This is an ancient custom of the Britannians.
When the army went out, a lot of tulips were sprinkled in front of the road where the army was marching, so that the army could step on the tulips scattered by these people.
This is a blessing activity, blessing the army to return triumphantly.
When the army returned triumphantly, according to the customs of the Britannians, they would also sprinkle a lot of flowers in front of the road where the army was returning.
But this time it was no longer tulips, but bauhinia.
The flower language of bauhinia in the Britannian Empire is "Welcome back".
Sprinkling a lot of bauhinia on the road in front of the triumphant army, so that the generals and soldiers of the triumphant army could step on the bauhinia flowers scattered on the ground, the meaning is "Welcome back".
Thanks to the bauhinia flowers scattered on the ground, the road where the triumphant army marched and the dark gray stone bricks were now decorated very beautifully by these bauhinia flowers.
The civilians on both sides of the avenue cheered and sprinkled bauhinia flowers on the avenue.
In addition to the triumphant brigade and the guard of honor, there was also a special team entering the city - the prisoner brigade.
Whether it was last year's "Overlord Counterattack" or this year's "Aurora" offensive, a large number of high-level prisoners were captured.
In last year's "Overlord Counterattack", a large number of senior generals and senior quartermasters of the Holy Hilan Empire were captured.
In this year's "Aurora" offensive, a large number of nobles and senior civil servants of the Holy Hilan Empire were captured.
For example, Duke Zishuval and Gennady, the lord of Ariel.
These captives were loaded on prisoner cars, forming a large number of prisoner convoys.
This prisoner convoy followed closely behind the triumphal brigade and the honor guard. The captives imprisoned in the prison cars were either sad, expressionless, or crying loudly.
Most of the captives who cried loudly were the nobles captured in the "Aurora" offensive.
Especially the Duke Zishuval, I don't know if it was because of his fat body, he cried the loudest.
By the way, after returning home, Su Cheng returned Adair's wife to Adair, who had been waiting for news in Mukhavets Fortress since the fall of Chupol Fortress.
After finally waiting for his wife to come back, Adair told Su Cheng directly that he wanted to spend the rest of his life in the Britannia Empire with his wife as civilians.
Su Cheng was naturally happy to help Adair realize this little wish.
In persuading Adair to surrender to the Britannia Empire, one of the conditions Su Cheng gave Adair was to give him a sufficient amount of wealth.
Therefore, Su Cheng first gave Adair a huge fortune that could last for several lifetimes according to the previous agreement, and then contacted the Governor of the North, Humphrey, to help settle this surrenderer who had made great contributions to the "Aurora" offensive.
As the Governor of the North, it was not easy for Humphrey to help people find a suitable place to live in the vast North.
Under Humphrey's arrangement, Adair and his wife were arranged to live in a quiet, peaceful and inconspicuous town in the North, far away from the northern front.
According to Adair, he was very satisfied with his and his wife's new residence, and he wanted to spend the rest of his life in this town with his wife.
Back to Pendragon-after the appearance of this prisoner convoy, the civilians on both sides of the avenue became more excited.
Most of the civilians had never seen such living prisoners of war.
Especially such high-level prisoners of war.
After learning that the prisoners in these prisoner cars were all high-ranking generals, high-ranking quartermasters, high-ranking civil servants, and nobles of the Holy Xilan Empire... Especially after learning that many nobles of the Holy Xilan Empire were imprisoned in these prisoner cars, the civilians on both sides of the avenue became surprisingly excited.
Rotten eggs, rotten mud, rotten potatoes... In short, the civilians threw everything they could throw at the prisoners in the prisoner cars.
Soon, the prisoners in the prisoner cars were either covered in rotten mud and rotten egg liquid.
Or they were beaten black and blue by rotten potatoes.
For this humiliation of the prisoners, the soldiers responsible for protecting the safety and order of the avenue turned a blind eye and allowed the civilians on both sides of the avenue to humiliate these prisoners at will.
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