Chapter 29: Programme and Path

A conversation in the Temple of Fate seemed to relieve stress, and after returning to the barracks, Rudolf Kolas regained his composure. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

He summoned Pavel, Alexei, Merlin, Boris, and Evgenia to the headquarters, and asked Roland to announce the harvest of the trip to the Temple of Light.

When everyone learned that the militia was expected to be regularized and that an entire division had been authorized to be expanded, they rejoiced and smiled.

Roland saw it in his eyes and sighed in his heart: "The bad news is still to come, I hope you can still laugh later." ”

Sure enough, when he said that the archbishop asked for an immediate counterattack against the orc tribe, the hall suddenly became cold, and everyone's faces turned cloudy.

"That's not going to work, we're not ready yet!"

Evgenia was the first to vehemently oppose the early march, she had money and food in her hands, and no one knew better than her what the logistical reserves of the Kolas Army were. The three armies did not move the grain and grass first, and you pulled out the team to force the expedition without sufficient logistical support, what is it not death?

Pavel, Alexei and Boris also angrily accused Philip of not being well-intentioned, in order to push them into the fire pit and send troops after the autumn harvest.

Rudolph didn't say a word, his eagle-like sharp gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, until everyone shuddered and felt that he had closed his mouth, he slowly spoke: "I didn't come to you to listen to your complaints, three days, I will fight for three days at most to prepare for the expedition, and now I need a feasible plan." ”

The hall fell silent, and pins could be heard.

Rudolph looked at Merlin, who had been silent.

The old mage looked up at him and said unhurriedly, "From the moment Roland said the archbishop's order, I was calculating a possibility. ”

"What are you calculating, Mr. Mage?" Roland added a sentence at the right time, so as not to make the atmosphere too stiff.

"I'm calculating...... What odds would we have had if we ignored Philip's bastard's orders and instead rallied our troops to mutiny, and slaughtered the Fort of Atonement and destroyed Philip, Krautz, and their Knights. ”

Everyone was secretly frightened, and immediately began to seriously consider the feasibility of the mage's idea.

Merlin continued: "That's all, in fact, our odds of victory are not low, and the expected casualties are not necessarily higher than rushing out to fight the orcs, the question is how to end up after the mutiny, can we control the situation in the fortress of Atonement?" Will the people of the Far East support us? Will the imperial government send troops to quell the chaos, and if the army is overwhelmed, will we be able to hold it? Will the House of Zion in the South continue to support us in our head-on confrontation with the Empire? Do we have a chance to sustain until the day when we sit down and negotiate with the Imperial Government? Or more optimistically, can we accept the outcome of being recruited? ”

Flicking his fingers at the brim of his pointed hat, the old mage sighed, "Unfortunately, I can't be optimistic about the results of these problems. ”

"In short, do you think it's better to be at Philip's mercy?" Boris frowned and spoke in an unkind tone.

The old mage glanced at him and said calmly, "It's a more 'not bad' choice." ”

"I understand Merlin's analysis, so who else wants to share their opinion." Rudolph looked around.

Pavel took off his hat and grabbed his hair, and said in a tone of indifference: "I can't think of any brilliant plan, and if Your Excellency the Commander thinks that troops should be sent, I have no opinion." ”

Alexei expressed the same attitude, and everything was based on Rudolph's horse.

Evgenia bit her plump lip and pondered for a long time, then raised her head and said: "I will try to raise military supplies, three days is really not enough, I will prepare half a month's salary for the army first, and then slowly think of a way." She pretended to smile relaxedly: "On the bright side, in fact, it is not bad to go on an expedition in spring, at least the weather is not too cold, and the war horses also have wild grasses to eat." ”

"In other words, my troops only have half a month's logistical support, and then they have to watch the weather." Rudolph snorted, clearly dissatisfied with her reply.

So Evgenia bit her lip again and lost her blood, and her brow was furrowed in thought.

Roland took a step, came to his father's side, and said softly, "I have some immature ideas. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Our biggest problem is logistics, and since we can't solve this problem in a civilized way, why not follow the example of the orcs."

"You mean to feed war with war?" Rudolph frowned slightly, "Where are we going to fight grass valleys and ransack settlements like orcs?" ”

"No, we rob orcs." Roland smiled like a fox, "Orcs don't have any decent tactics, they are always used to dragging their families and mouths, uh, I mean the orc combat unit and the logistics base are not two independent units, but like the nomads, wherever the troops go, the whole family will take them, and the barracks are a mobile market town." ”

Rudolph nodded: "What you said is common sense, and let's get to the point." ”

Roland continued: "The orcs only place women, children, slaves, and belongings in the rear when they are on combat missions, and we can take the opportunity to attack their base camp and plunder supplies to replenish supplies, and trust that the women and children left behind in the camp will not pose much of a threat to us." ”

Rudolph remained silent, as if pondering the feasibility of this tactic.

At this time, Pavel said: "This tactic is not new, it has been used many times in the war between humans and orcs, and the effect is admittedly good, but it will also deeply anger the orcs and attract bloody revenge...... Is it really necessary to thoroughly anger them? ”

Roland smiled and said calmly: "Even if we don't use cruel means, how can the orcs ever be merciful to us?" Who do the mad orcs seek revenge on? Find us, then just set up a pocket array and wait for them to die, it is better to have a chance to encircle and send reinforcements, if there are too many orcs coming, we can directly transfer our position, the Far East is our territory, cavalry vs. infantry, will hide and seek still lose to those strangers from the Lucia mountains? ”

"I mean, the orcs would prefer to sack settlements in retaliation, or even launch a direct onslaught on the Fort of Atonement." Pavel explained.

"So what, there will always be people who will suffer in war." Rudolph walked to the window with his hands in his hand, looked out the window at the endless green fields, and stated without the slightest emotion: "If the orcs take revenge on the humans, I will take revenge on the orcs, and if the orcs kill a Far Easterner, I will kill ten orcs, and if the orcs slaughter a village, I will destroy all their women, kill all their children, rob them of their food, burn their equipment, and if my soldiers have nothing to eat, I will persuade them to taste the taste of barbecue orc meat, and the whole Far East will become a cemetery for orcs!" Kill them, loot them, drive them where we want them to go, every village that has been raided by orcs is our court of justice, mobilizing all orc-hating compatriots to join this holy war! If the Orcs attack the Citapuria in retaliation, that's a headache for the Archbishop, so what's the matter with us on the march? They fight theirs, we fight ours, and Klautz and his young master knights should once in a while take on the responsibility of defending their homeland! ”