Military Judge Gutierrez

Marvin was surprised that Gutierrez had discovered his thoughts, so he quickly changed the subject. "Thank you for your hard work, Gutierrez. The squad assigned to you has been arranged. Go and hand it over."

After saying that, Marvin beckoned to an officer, "Buck, you keep Gutierrez company. He's the new Military Judge."

You take him and draw a squad of soldiers from my Personal Guard.

Buck stared blankly at Gutierrez's expression. He had heard about the deployment of Military Judge from his colleagues before.

Everyone thought that Military Judge should be like court clerks today, with pen in hand and notebook in hand, but the man in front of them was too fierce and did not fit their imagination at all.

Marvin, seeing Bask's behavior, knew that he, like himself, judged people by their appearance. He coughed and said, "Bask, Gutierrez is an excellent Military Judge who has been commended by the Viscount. If you don't understand something, you can ask him for advice."

"Don't just stand there, quickly take him to receive his subordinates."

Marvin simply repeated Gutierrez's words.

With a puzzled look on his face, Bask led Gutierrez out of the tent.

After the two men left, Marvin sat down and muttered to himself, "This physique is definitely the makings of a fierce general. If needed, could I have him lead my Cavalry into battle?"

Marvin shook his head, opened the document, and began to read it carefully.

As Bask walked, he glanced at Gutierrez out of the corner of his eye. With that physique and that face, he had nothing to do with a civilian officer like Military Judge.

Bask is Marvin's Personal Guard. Although his Personal Guard only has three companies, they are all elite, a pure veteran unit, and each soldier has a record of killing.

Because Bask was considered a close associate of Regimental Commander Marvin and held the position of Personal Guard, he was well-liked throughout the regiment and had a good relationship with the other detachment Detachment Commander.

Bask should have been promoted long ago, but he was really bad at learning and was practically illiterate, only able to write his own name. Even the Two Rivers Territory army, which frequently conducted literacy training, couldn't change him.

In his early years, when he served as a soldier in the border defense brigade of the Iron Birch Territory Marvin, he once fought hand-to-hand with the Barbarian Cavalry were charging into Hot Water Fortress for a day and two nights, resulting in a bloodbath. He repelled the Barbarians soldiers who had stormed the city walls three times in a row.

He was eventually killed by more than ten wounds. If Victor had not led his army to repel the Barbarians and arranged for a medical squadron to treat the wounded, he might have died in battle.

Because of this, he followed Marvin to the Two Rivers Territory. After failing to get promoted, Marvin appointed him as the Personal Guard.

Although the Bask was not good at thinking and was reckless, he was particularly sensitive to danger, otherwise he would not have survived the bloody defensive battles.

He smelled a strong stench of blood on Gutierrez. This tough-looking Military Judge was definitely not simple. He must have been through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and he was much stronger than him in terms of personal combat. This caused Bask to break out in a cold sweat the whole way.

Then Gutierrez spoke up, "Bask Captain, I wonder what's going on with Regimental Commander Marvin's Personal Guard? Could you tell me about it?"

The Bask was taken aback by the question, "Oh, well, our Personal Guard, oh, it's like this..."

So currently there are three companies, a total of 300 men, all elite infantry, and heavily armored. According to the Regimental Commander's plan, if necessary, I will lead them to act as a buffer against Cavalry assaults on the dike.

Bask proudly introduced his subordinates to Gutierrez responded naturally. After a while, Bask's nervousness subsided considerably.

By the time they arrived at the Personal Guard's barracks, the Bask were already able to converse with Gutierrez quite freely.

Bask walked to the open space in the center of the barracks and whistled, the piercing sound echoing throughout the entire barracks.

In just over ten seconds, the barracks gate was opened, and hundreds of soldiers in winter uniforms rushed out.

Gutierrez paused for a moment, then bowed to the Bask beside him and lined up in formation.

"Military Judge Gutierrez, these are the fine young men under my command. Aren't they good? They are all elites."

The Bask pointed to the neatly arranged lines and spoke to Gutierrez.

"They are indeed elite. The Bask captain is indeed experienced and highly skilled, able to train such good soldiers."

The Bask were delighted by Gutierrez's praise.

"Military Judge Gutierrez, you can choose one of them. They are all excellent, and you can command them."

Gutierrez made a decisive choice, pointing directly to the squad closest to him and saying, "This one!"

"Alright, Shuk and your squad, from now on you will follow the orders of Military Judge Gutierrez."

Bask's words immediately stirred up Shuk and his squad, who were still confused. They were all veterans and elites, and they were very proud to be the Regimental Commander's personal guards. How could they suddenly change their affiliation?

"That's not how it is, Captain Bask, and brothers. I just need a squad of soldiers to assist me, but the unit still belongs to the regiment. I don't interfere with personnel appointments or combat command."

Gutierrez's explanation quickly calmed the soldiers, who were also filled with curiosity about the distinctive-looking Military Judge.

Bask dismissed the other troops, and then he and Gutierrez led the squad to an open area near the barracks.

"Hello everyone, I am Gutierrez. I am here in the Third Regiment to serve as Military Judge, responsible for the rewards, punishments and discipline of the entire regiment. It is a pleasure to meet you all, and I hope we can cooperate happily in the future."

Gutierrez's introduction was brief and to the point, but it did not satisfy the curiosity of the troops.

Shuk asked, "Your Military Judge, my brothers and I have heard that the rewards for this battle were much more generous. Could you tell us about it?"

Gutierrez looked around and found that everyone, including the Bask, was very curious.

"I won't go into the details of the reward for killing high-ranking enemy officers; I'm sure the various Detachment Commander have already announced it."

Let me introduce the reward system for all soldiers.

First, the merits are divided into three levels:

Charging ahead, being the first to scale the walls, bringing up the rear, cutting down a flag, and killing a general are all recorded as first-class merits.

The second-class merit is awarded for killing enemies, recruiting surrendered prisoners, or capturing prisoners, with the team completing the mission satisfactorily or even exceeding the quota.

Third-class merit, for fighting bravely, achieving outstanding results, covering teammates, and completing the mission.

A third-class merit award is rewarded with 10 mu of land or 3 gold coins; a second-class merit award is rewarded with 30 mu of land or 10 gold coins; a first-class merit award is rewarded with 100 mu of land or 30 gold coins.

Three second-class merits can be exchanged for a first-class merit, and three third-class merits can be exchanged for a second-class merit!

Three first-class merits can be regarded as killing an enemy Regimental Commander or viscount, and the recipient will be granted a life knighthood.

You probably already know what happens next, so I won't repeat it. The specific implementation standards will follow the new reward and punishment regulations.

Do you have any questions?

"Your Military Judge, with so many troops mobilized this time, weren't we supposed to receive triple the allowance? Does the Viscount have that much money and land to reward us?"

"You can rest assured, Lord Victor has the Midas touch. Now, Count Colt wants to do business with our lord!"

Furthermore, Lord Victor has already gained the approval of all the Northern Frontier nobles and possesses unlimited expansion rights. In the future, he can have as much land as he wants; as long as you perform meritorious service, you need not worry about rewards."

Gutierrez then answered questions and resolved the soldiers' doubts, gradually gaining their approval.