Chapter 496: Faith

What did Siegmund think?

Alice didn't know, Semiramis didn't, Siegel didn't know, and maybe only Sigourney and Siegmund could know.

However, Siegel did not know what Siegmund was thinking, which did not prevent him from using Siegmund and using his power to serve himself and the Empire.

As in the entire Gothic society, other values are integrated into their souls from top to bottom, and as long as they have value, enemies can also use them, and if there is no value, even the most affectionate friends will cut off the relationship.

He was not afraid that Siegmund would be against him, because he knew that Siegmund, to be precise, the Barusenge people, who had the blood of the god Odin in their bodies, would definitely not be indifferent to something like the invasion of Atila that harmed the interests of the Aesir gods.

Siegel was also not worried that Siegmund would rebel, at least until he repelled Attila, and Siegmund would not do such a thing to the detriment of the interests of the entire Scandinavian Empire.

Well, don't worry now, if you wait for Siegel and Sigoney's child to come of age, then no matter how much Zygmund is worth, he will not hesitate to kill him.

After all, when their children become adults, Siegel needs to worry about Sigourney attacking him, killing him and making them become emperors of the empire, completing the restoration of Barusenga.

Of course, even if the child is not an adult now, Siegel will not let Siegmund live after the war, and according to what Siegel has always done, it is very likely that he will squeeze a drop of Sigmund's profit value out of the war against Attila.

Dying in the war with the invader Attila, using the blood of the last Barushenger to boost the morale of the army and the confidence of the people to resist, and strengthen Siegel's control over the entire empire, seemed to be a not too bad ending for Siegmund.

It's cruel, but it's so real, for Siegmund, as long as he is still a Balussenger, still loves Sigoa, and continues to be a good brother, then this time Attila's westward expedition will end in a doomed end.

"Stand still, don't move. ”

Siegmund was now standing in front of a group of goths, scolding in an extremely stern tone, holding an iron rod in his hand, the surface of which was very smooth and without any traces.

He was training the goths in Barusenge's method, and if he didn't meet his requirements, the iron rod the thickness of his forearm would be whipped down.

With the control of a legendary warrior, pumping into the bodies of these goths will only make them feel severe pain, and will not leave scars on their bodies, let alone hurt them.

During this time, the Goths and other Scandinavians had suffered a lot from this stick, and they did not want to resist or obey the orders of a Barushinger whom they had defeated.

But there was no way, on the one hand, because of Siegel's order, the urgency that Attila was about to land in Scandinavia, and on the other hand, they had no way to defeat Siegmund, but were brutally cleaned up by the other party several times.

In the face of the extremely powerful Zigmund in combat, these people, whether it was one person, ten people, a hundred people, or an entire army, could not defeat Sigmund in a head-on situation.

Once, twice, three times, when they no longer had the strength to move a finger, they had to admit that Siegmund, the last Prince of Barusenge, had a fighting power that they could not match.

Then, the brutal training began, and every morning before the sky was bright, they had to get up from the warm bed, and after a few trotting laps to warm up, they would be randomly divided into two parts for the queue training.

The purpose of the training is to allow these goths to have a certain formation and coordination when fighting on the battlefield, and if they can, it is best to be able to maintain a certain dense formation even if they have already gone berserk, so that the enemy cannot be surrounded.

Although Siegmund did not live in the battle in which Beowulf died, after the Goths defeated the Jeats, they learned about the battle from some of their survivors, and how they lost to the gnolls.

It is precisely because of the time of the battle that the berserker cannot maintain a certain formation and rhythm, and is broken through and surrounded by the jackals using the advantage of distance and speed, and after exhausting his physical strength, he dies at the hands of the jackals when he is in a weak state.

The formation training lasted for a morning, just a simple training formation, and it didn't take much of the physical strength of these strong goths, and after a lunch at noon, the harder training was put into the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Siegmund divided the army into two parts, ready with unopened blunt weapons and thick clothes, for the Goths to fight.

Unopened blunt weapons, thick clothes, and shamans on standby at the side ready to heal made the battle that lasted for an afternoon extremely fierce, and they didn't need to worry too much about hurting their own people because of such a fight.

On the surface, such a battle is not of much use, and it is better to do more training, because every Goth present has a lot of combat experience, and there is no need for such a battle.

But in fact, fighting in two teams can get these goths used to large-scale battles, accumulate battles between large armies, and get used to the kind of melee where there are enemies in front and behind, left and right.

The experience of these Goths was one-on-one against wild beasts, squad-to-squad battles, and a few sieges of the cities of the Jeats, and they lacked much experience in the large-scale brutal white-knuckle warfare of the Grand Legions.

Based on the experience of the previous two wars, the battle with Attila would have taken place in the wilderness, and even if it was a defensive structure, it would only be a rudimentary defensive structure made of wood and stone.

There was no way, it was Attila's side that had the initiative in attack, and only after the direction of her attack was clear could the empire mobilize its army to finish the battlefield and start fighting with them.

In such a hurry, even the Scandinavian Empire, with the help of the dwarves, could not make a building like the Gothic royal city with the help of the nearest materials.

Moreover, the previous situation also let those who had experienced those two battles know that in the case that the Attila army has the Beamon Behemoth, the Dragon Army, the Mammoth Army, and the Giant Army, even if it is really a Gothic royal city, the city built by Siegel with a lot of materials will not have much effect.

Even without those troops, with the number of centaurs and gnolls, they could pile up their corpses alive under the walls to form a path leading to the walls.

It has to be said that Zygmund arranged an afternoon of fighting, and after this period of time, it did achieve good results, if these Goth warriors were to fight the same month ago, and fight in the same number in an open area, the former could play a crushing and brilliant victory.

After the afternoon battle, there was a two-hour rest, and the reason for the two hours was so that the fighters could deal with their physical injuries, eat some food, and replenish their nutrition.

After two hours, it was completely dark, but the camp was still brightly lit, and the well-fed, well-rested warriors would be trained in throwing axes in the school grounds.

Siegmund didn't know that these goths could hit almost 100% like elves, but at least they could do it like centaurs, and the axes in their hands could be concentrated in a certain area to form a covering attack.

At least Siegmund had tried, and in the face of the axe-covering blow of a thousand Goth warriors, he also needed to suffer a little injury to escape, and compared to a month ago, there was not even a single injury, and their progress was not a little better.

However, to make such a big progress, Siegmund's training method is on the one hand, and Siegel's strong support is also on the other hand, whether it is the healing shaman, the herbs used, the magic materials needed to heal magic, or the high-energy and high-protein food used to replenish physical strength, and the cold-proof clothing and bedding used to keep warm, Siegel has unlimited support.

Even if even the people in the empire don't understand Siegel's opinion now, if the protracted war is fought according to the original plan, then it seems that there is no need to waste these resources to train the army.

But if the practice of protracted and guerrilla warfare had been abandoned, and the battle had been fought to the death with the Atila army, the transfer of supplies and personnel would have continued.

But either way, the entire Scandinavian Empire was in a state of full mobilization and preparation for war, except for those who were more elite warriors who were handed over to Siegmund for training, all other men who were taller than wheels, whether adult or underage, were drafted and trained according to Sigmund's method.

All food was requisitioned by the unified empire, whether it was air-dried meat, cheese and other things that were easy to store and not perishable, or small things such as nuts, they were all requisitioned and distributed in limited quantities and for a limited time.

Children, the elderly, women and children, etc., each of them can only get just enough not to starve to death, but even so, they only complain a little, and dare not resist.

Now starvation is just to survive for a long time, and they all understand this truth, even if some people don't understand, the Gothic fist will make them understand.

In addition to these, the elves also began to prepare, they lived in the forest all year round, and were sent to the Norwegian forest area to explore the terrain there, divide the living area and prey range of those powerful beasts, and avoid unnecessary wars with those beasts in the future.

When the druids have endless things to deal with, it is better for the elves to do such things, even if they are discovered by the beasts and chased by the dragons, they can easily escape by virtue of their agility in the forest.

The elves were not idle, and neither were the dwarves, who divided into several groups, day and night, assembling crossbows, catapults, ballistas, and the like.

In previous battles, these things made of wood and stone as ammunition have proven that they are not ridiculous toys for dwarves, and that they can be operated on the battlefield by only a few skilled warriors to exert a combat power that is not inferior to that of a powerful spellcaster.

Even on the battlefield, their destructive power is even more powerful than that of the caster, after all, limited by energy, magic and physical strength, the caster needs to rest and recover after a period of fighting.

These war equipment does not need to be so troublesome, constantly changing the operator, when there is enough ammunition, you can always attack, and these war equipment made by dwarves is guaranteed in quality, plus Siegel is not stingy with the use of precious wood, it is not easy to damage in a battle.

In addition to these, Siegel also achieved some diplomatic results, and it is unknown what method he used and who he passed, and he successfully bypassed the blockade created by the Alice and Drake agreement.

From the outside, he got enough supplies to support a battle of the scale of the previous capture of Upplan City, including excellent weapons made of iron, iron armor that can cover the whole body, javelins and arrows covered with iron, and a dozen warehouses were placed.

It is estimated that this is also the reason why Siegel is confident of a head-on battle with Attila's army...... Even if he was defeated and unable to defeat Attila's army on a frontal battlefield, Siegel would be able to continue his plan of protracted warfare and guerrilla warfare.

However, if, even if it is really only a 1 in 10,000 chance, the Scandinavian Empire defeats Attila's army in a head-to-head confrontation, then the benefits he can gain will make the entire Aesir gods go crazy, and even the god Odin may not be able to resist it.

If Atila does fail, then this will be the third time she has lost to the same enemy, and her myth of invincibility will be completely shattered, and the emperor, who cannot bring victory after victory to his subordinates, and cannot make the war benefit his people, her rule will become extremely dangerous.

When the myth of invincibility is shattered

When the aura of constant victory, retreat

The entire Attila Empire will collapse, split, and disintegrate at a breakneck rate like dominoes that have been toppled...... This is something that many people can foresee, and it is the reason why many people like Atila have expressed their surrender.