Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king

Chapter 358: Result of the reforms

Chapter 358: Result of the reforms

After a day of revelry and productive discussions made under river of wine and cider, Alpheo turned his attention back to matters of state. The day afterward, with the hangover still plaguing his head, he signed the final documents to formalize the details of his new military reform.

Once the papers were sealed, Alpheo wasted no time ensuring the news reached the White Company's soldiers —though not everyone called them that. To his thinly veiled annoyance, some preferred the moniker "Black Stripes," a nickname that had gained traction among the common folk.

The name probably stemmed from their striking heraldry: two bold black diagonal stripes crossing in an "X" over a pristine white field.When Alpheo designed such herald, he didn't have any profound and deep reason . Honestly he had chosen it because it was easy to make as black paint, could easily be made from some roots or coals, and also because it left a striking image, and was easy to see in the open field. After all when hundreds, all bearing such heralds and colours, marched in silence and as a single unit, it was conceivable to think that some peasant soldiers would shit themselves even before the fight started, as discipline had such bearing.

Still, Alpheo couldn't quite shake his irritation at the informal title, though he had to admit it carried a certain rugged charm.

Anyway, he wasn't so petulant and such a control freak to try and curb the informal name.After all as long as the army did what he was supposed to do , it wouldn't matter what they were called.And it wasn't that bad that they had more than one name, as it meant that in one way or another they left an image in the mind of the populace.