After the news that Chechen led the mercenary regiment to stay in the local area for training reached the ears of commander sapega, the Lithuanian commander was also very interested. On this day, sapega sent a messenger to the mercenary regiment to convey the order of the commander to Chechen: Commander sapega will inspect the mercenary regiment early tomorrow morning.
It is a great honor to be reviewed by the supreme commander. Pedro and bachit and others were excited.
That evening, in a house in the village, Pedro and other officers of the regiment had a dispute over one thing: did the soldiers wear marching clothes for inspection?
Because this problem was not made clear when the herald came to inform the commander to come for review, and all the officers in the regiment were indifferent to it.
Fedot and others believe that soldiers should be in a state of actual combat to meet the inspection of the commander-in-chief; However, Pedro and yelishei have different views. They believe that an army should certainly meet the inspection of commander Sapei in the state of military parade, dressed brightly and with sharp swords.
Both sides were so indifferent, so finally, at the meeting, Cherchen listened to the opinions of Pedro and yelisi, and the whole regiment accepted the review in a full set of military uniforms in accordance with the highest welcome criteria.
So in that night, the soldiers of the mercenary regiment kept their eyes closed and wiped the stains on their breastplates, polished the rust and washed the dirt of their underwear all night; Yelishei and other company level officers ordered the soldiers to report, remove some old and weak people, and let them hide in the bushes outside the barracks.
The next morning, the mercenary regiment was no longer the ragged and tired people as the night before, but a neatly arranged army with 2000 people. Everyone was familiar with their position and task, and each button and belt of everyone were in place, clean and shiny. Moreover, not only is the military uniform worn outside not dilapidated. If the commander-in-chief wants to look inside the military uniform, he will see that everyone is wearing an equally clean shirt. He will also find that each backpack contains a specified amount of lead bullets and gunpowder. As the soldiers said, "even the rigid Germans can''t find anything wrong."
At 7:30 in the morning, commander sapega sent a liaison officer to check the preparation of the mercenary regiment.
The liaison officer was a middle-aged officer with a red face and bright bore and dark hair. His physique is strong, and the width between his chest and back is greater than that between his left and right shoulders. He wore a light armour aristocratic long suit and rode a jujube army horse. The liaison officer walked from the left side of the infantry of the mercenary regiment of the four squadrons in line. It looked like he was the commander and was patrolling the mercenary regiment. He walked slowly in front of the queue, bending his back a little, trembling slightly as the army horse moved forward.
After touring the whole mercenary regiment, the liaison officer turned around. His eyes were filled with anger that baffled Cherchen and Pedro.
"Hello, chief Chechen," he said, turning his face to a Chechen, "we may be blamed."
Chechen and Pedro looked at each other when they heard this. They didn''t understand the current state of the mercenary regiment and what didn''t meet the requirements.
"Even if we hold a parade with the French army, no one will drive us out."
After all, Chechen is young and energetic. He said to the liaison officer unconvinced.
"Chechen!" Pedro gave a worried look at the liaison officer and reminded Chechen.
The liaison officer waved his hand and signaled that Pedro didn''t have to. The liaison officer is also a person who knows the goods. Of course, he can see that Cherchen''s army is impeccable. What commander zapega wanted the king and field marshal to see was not such a energetic and high-spirited regiment, but a regiment that was completely in training and extremely tired - wearing an army coat, wearing a coat, lying on the ground and making combat moves.
"Therefore, the worse your situation is, the happier the commander will be. Miss Natalie asked me to come because she was afraid you wouldn''t pay attention to this meaning. Unexpectedly, she did expect it." the liaison officer whispered in Cherchen''s ear.
"Is Natalie asking you?" Chechen asked in surprise.
The liaison officer nodded.
Then he repeatedly reminded Cherchen to do what Miss Natalie said, and then he clapped his horse and went back.
After the liaison officer left, Chechen bowed his head, shrugged his shoulders silently, and spread his hands excitedly:
"Uncle, we still have more than an hour. Is there time to change?"
"This..." Pedro was a little embarrassed. Time is too tight.
"I''ll try," said Pedro.
Having said that, it is impossible for 2000 people to change their clothes in an hour. Even a thousand people are difficult.
Chechen also knew that such a short time was a little difficult. He clenched his lips. After a minute, he made a decision: "the cavalry and artillery will not change, let the three squadrons change their clothes, and the Hessian mercenaries will go to the village."
"Will this work?" Pedro wondered.
"I can''t manage so much, just do as I say." Chechen said. Time is so tight that no minute can be wasted.
So everyone changed their clothes according to the commander''s order. Five hundred Hessian mercenaries filled the village.
An hour later, commander sapega and janush arrived at the camp accompanied by a group of generals.
Sapega did not enter the village, but watched the attack and defense of the mercenary regiment on the high platform. Commander sapega was satisfied with the scene of knives and guns and dust.
"Good, good. It''s good not to forget to train when marching. Good, good." Datong leader praised.
Natalie in the crowd also gave Cherchen a thumbs up. At this time, janush around sapega noticed a detail.
Janush whispered and commander sapega bit his ears.
"What''s going on!" commander sapega asked Cherchen and Pedro behind him.
It turned out that yanushi found that the shoes of Chechen''s soldiers were new. The future father-in-law who loves to find fault with Cherchen told sapega his discovery, and the commander suspected that Cherchen was making a show.
Chechen and Pedro knelt down on one knee in fear in front of the commander.
"Commander, please forgive me. We arrived here all night from Lithuania. Our shoes were worn out long ago, so we put on new shoes for training. Those old shoes were in the soldiers'' Marching bags," said Chechen.
After hearing this, commander sapega asked incredulously, "Cherchen, what you said is true?"
Of course, Che Chen swore to heaven that everything he said was true and there was no falsehood.
So sapega called a group of soldiers. Sure enough, everyone''s shoes in their marching bag were old.
"It''s not easy for mercenary soldiers," sapega sighed.
Pedro took the opportunity to say, "the commander''s lesson is that each of our regiment has only two pairs of shoes. We were going to wear a new pair in Warsaw."
Those generals also whispered to each other, saying nothing more than sympathizing with the mercenary regiment.
The day after the inspection, commander sapega allocated 2000 pairs of new shoes from the logistics to the mercenary regiment. Commander sapega himself sent a liaison officer to send two hundred Taylor to Cherchen as a reward for his active training.