440 The Horseman of War

The day had finally come, Berengar sat on the black leather saddle of his horse whose name was Glory. In his hand was a hemp cigarette which he smoked to calm his anxiety. Trailing behind him was an army of 50,000 men who had just breached the Portuguese Border without incident. 

The young Austrian King was dressed unusually. He did not choose his everyday field uniform as he led his cavalry. Instead, he wore the uniform of the Austrian Hussars, which was based upon the uniforms issued to German Hussars during the early days of their Empire of his past life.

The primary difference between this uniform, and the infamous black uniform of the Death Head Hussars, was that it was changed to an arid color scheme to match the environment the Austrian Army was currently deployed to.