Everyone already had a lot of complaints about the Earl of Halifax succeeding him as the Grand Duke, and what was even more hateful was that he didn't know that Taoguang was obscure.

Just two days after taking office, he used the privilege of the Grand Duke to gather everyone to the city-state of Koster, and asked everyone to send troops to help him deal with the invading enemy, who could bear this?

Of course, the Grand Duke of Halifax was just exercising the rights of the Grand Duke, but the timing he chose was too inappropriate.

Gathering everyone in such a hurry will inevitably give people a stinky feeling.

The most speechless thing is that this guy doesn't know how to consider other people's feelings at all, he doesn't deliberately lower his posture when greeting guests, and even commands the little nobles, which is quite a sense of showing off his might.

Based on all of the above, it's no wonder that everyone will give him a good face.

Earl Judson's words once again pushed the Grand Duke of Halifax to the forefront, and everyone looked like they were watching the show, wanting to see how the new Grand Duke could solve the problem at hand.

Didn't you say that the other side was a rabble, and what are you?

The Grand Duke of Halifax's face turned the color of pig's liver, and he said forcefully: "I didn't say that. ”

Hearing this, even the Earl of Puran couldn't help but look mocking, and secretly said that he was an idiot.

As a grand duke, he doesn't even have a basic responsibility, which is ridiculous.

However, it was precisely because he fell in love with the other party's dull brain that he pushed him to the position of the Grand Duke.

With the current strength of the Trunk city-state, it is unlikely that they will compete for the position of Grand Duke, so it is best to elect a puppet with a less brilliant brain.

The Grand Duke of Halifax had no idea that he was being used as a gunman, and explained to himself: "I'm just saying that the other party is not as powerful as we thought." ”

Earl Judson had already seen through Count Puran's plan, and knew that this was a puppet pushed out by the other party, so he didn't bother to talk nonsense with him: "Let's talk about how many troops each has to send." ”

Seeing that the other party diverted the topic, the Grand Duke of Halifax thought that his explanation had been recognized, and couldn't help but smile triumphantly.

Earl Judson held out two fingers: "I will send two thousand troops at most." ”

That's a lot of money, as his territory has less than four thousand soldiers.

Some people took the lead, and others naturally chimed in, and you and I began to piece together hundreds, and finally gathered together, totaling more than 27,000 people.

This immediately gave the Grand Duke of Halifax plenty of confidence, knowing that this was a regular army of more than 27,000, not a peasant army called a rabble.

According to his thoughts, his own troops are nearly three times more than the other party, and if he pulls a group of farmers out to make up the numbers, even if he uses the tactics of crowds, it is enough to beat the other party to cry and cry his mother.

In the conference room, there were many nobles who had the same idea as him.

However, there was no joy on the faces of Earl Judson and Earl Puran, they had collected each other's intelligence, and they also knew their own strength, and they knew that if they wanted to win this battle, they were afraid that it would be even more difficult.

Wanting to win a war by numbers is the most stupid idea and the most stupid thing to do.

Countless historical facts have proved that there are more soldiers than many soldiers.

For example, in the Battle of Julu during the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu annihilated the 400,000 troops of the Qin Dynasty with 20,000 elite soldiers.

In the battle of Pengcheng, Xiang Yu defeated more than 500,000 enemies with 30,000 elite soldiers and annihilated 200,000 enemies.

and then to the Battle of Yanzhou, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Hefei in the late Han Dynasty.

The most exaggerated battle appeared during the Tang Dynasty, when Xi Junmai, the commander of Guoyi, led 120 elite cavalry to attack the 10,000-strong army of King Xuan of Tuyuhun.

There are also many examples of foreign countries winning more with less.

In the famous Battle of Marathon, the Persian Empire sent 100,000 troops to attack Greece, and the Greek coalition army had only more than 10,000 people, but the result was a great defeat for the Persian army.

The Persian army lost nearly 7,000 men, while the Greeks lost less than 200.

Another example is the Battle of Gaugamela, a famous battle between the Macedonian Empire and the Persian Empire.

Both sides invested huge forces in this battle, with the Macedonian Empire pouring out more than 40,000 troops under its command, and the Persian Empire pouring out nearly a million troops in the whole country.

The outcome of the war was jaw-dropping, the Persian Empire was finally defeated with more than 100,000 casualties, and the monarch Darius III was killed after the battle.

The Macedonian Empire invaded all the territory of the Persian Empire, and the Persian Empire fell.

These ethereal battles for the world are not mentioned for the time being, let's just talk about the great battle that took place last month.

With a total strength of less than 6,000, Raidun Harbor defeated the 20,000 allied forces led by Earl Bruce, with no more than 100 casualties.

Isn't this the bloody reality in front of them, and the winner is the enemy they are about to face.

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I still have some knowledge of the strength of Earl Bruce, he has 2,000 elite soldiers under his command, although only 500 people were brought in that battle, but all of them are good in the army, and ordinary soldiers are not opponents.

That is to say, these five hundred people are placed in the territory of ordinary nobles, and their combat power is equivalent to thousands of people.

However, such a powerful army, when facing the enemy cavalry, could not even block it slightly, and was directly trampled into pulp by the war horses.

What does this mean? It shows that the enemy's strength is far superior to his!

If the enemy's nearly 10,000 soldiers had all this kind of strength, they would still have little chance of winning even if they used five times the number of troops.

Thinking of this, Count Puran spoke again: "In order to ensure that this battle is foolproof, I have decided to temporarily draw another 20,000 young men to join the battle. ”

He had already made a bloody investment, after the demon disaster, the total population of the Trunk city-state was less than 150,000, and the young men were less than 30,000, and he almost all of them were drawn to join the battle.

Obviously, he also understood that this battle was about the fortunes of the country.

If the war is lost, the city-state of Trunk and the entire Duchy of Oslo will be wiped out, or at least he and his family will be wiped out.

In this case, instead of handing over the territory to outsiders, it is better to go through it yourself.

If you win, you can naturally say anything, and if you lose, you won't regret it.

Immediately afterwards, Count Puran turned his head to look at the Grand Duke of Halifax, meaning that it was your turn to speak.

The Grand Duke of Halifax was not yet stupid, so he suddenly realized it and said, "I have also decided to send 20,000 young men to join the battle. ”

His territory is fairly well preserved, with a total population of nearly 200,000, of which 50,000 or 60,000 are young and strong.

However, he did not have the courage of Count Puran to break the boat, and only sent a third of the young men to join the battle.

This once again made everyone look down on him, and now they are all burning their butts, and it is really ridiculous to still think about preserving their strength.

However, Count Puran didn't say much, and he turned to look at Count Judson again, his eyes flashing with inexplicable color.

Both sides are old and mature characters, so they naturally understand each other's meaning.

Earl Judson sighed and said in a deep voice: "I will also send 20,000 young men to join the battle, but I will pay a financial subsidy according to half of the military salary of ordinary soldiers. ”

The Earl of Puran readily agreed, and the Grand Duke of Halifax gritted his teeth and agreed.