Chapter 67: Ending War with War (1)
Because the little girl Anti's illness was not cured with suitable herbs, and Ente needed to be supplemented by vindictive combing, the party stayed in the valley for a few more days.
In a wooden hut vacated by the villagers, Leo told everyone what he thought.
"End this war! People should not be displaced by war, and children should not be trapped in this little valley!"
Leo's tone was impassioned, and his hands waved powerfully in the air.
"I support your idea. Ente, who was also infected by the children's singing, was the first to stand up.
As a seeker of the Light, peace was also what he wanted.
Leo was willing to do things for people who had the same experience as him, and Paul Jr. was equally in favor of it.
Omoni, who was sitting next to him, puffed out a puff of cigarette and nodded in agreement.
"Nana you—" Leo looked at Nana expectantly, part of the reason for this decision was Nana, so he desperately wanted Nana's support.
Nana hesitated, and cast a plea look at Omoni for help.
Omoni nodded encouragingly.
Nana then said, "I support you, Leo. ”
Leo laughed happily, turned to Isenas and said, "So... Come up with an idea, Isenas. ”
Although Leo wanted to end the war, the only man who solved the problem was Isennas.
Isenas said with some headaches: "Personally, I strongly disapprove of this plan, but since you all insist..."
War, not just a battle between soldiers, is so complex that it takes a little time for Isenus to gather his thoughts before he can tell the rest of the party about his plans.
"The cause of a war is often the entanglement of interests, and most of the people who take the initiative are the stronger side, so we must first figure out the ins and outs of this war, who started the war, and why it started the war. ”
"The main body of the war is the army, although most of the ordinary soldiers make up this war giant, but the skeleton of this giant is the low-level and middle-level officers, without their command, the so-called army is just a plate of minced meat, as for the commanders at the top, I do not recommend doing anything to them. The brains of the army can be replaced by anyone, the difference is only good or bad. If the current commander who is still sober is killed, the high-ranking people behind the army hurriedly pick a canary up, and it is difficult to say what unreasonable things this canary will do. ”
"So our goal is threefold, first, to investigate the origin of this war, second, to determine the location of the armies on both sides, to hunt down the middle and low-level officers on both sides in a planned way, and third, to kill them if we see the sacred area of the accompanying army, this is the best declaration of our force. ”
Esenas's plan was detailed and reasonable, Leo took a deep breath and said: "Okay, then I'll arrange a separate route, I and Nana will search in the direction of the Sky God Army, little Paul, you and Ente will make up for Ente's lack of action and long-range, you will search the length of the battle line horizontally, and Isenas and Lao Mo will search in the direction of the Marquis of Jinshafeng." ”
"If there are no problems, let's get started!"
The investigation and search was not easy, and Omoni allotted everyone food and water for three days, and promised to meet here after three days, regardless of whether there was a harvest or not.
Esenas and Omoni walked side by side towards the road they had come.
"You don't seem to agree with Leo's plan. Omoni asked.
"This plan will only work for a short time. Isenas said calmly: "True peace must be built on the basis of the entanglement of interests between the two sides, no matter who starts the war, the benefits will be far less than the damage caused by the war, and this will extinguish the fire of war." What Leo wants to do is nothing more than wishful thinking, and once we get out of here, the seeds of war will continue to sprout, and grow even more violently. ”
"And you're still giving him such an offer?"
Esenas habitually shrugged his shoulders and said, "If he hadn't been allowed to try, he might have done something even more excessive." And the plan I gave was indeed able to contain the fact that there was no fighting in the region for three or four years. ”
Leo, who didn't know that he was doing useless work, was sitting on a horse with Nana and walking along the path in the direction of the Sky God's troops.
Since Nana was able to sense objects around her and not have to look at Nana all the time, Leo was much less stressed and communicated more smoothly.
Nana sat in Leo's arms and asked, "Are we really going to kill all those officers?"
"That's right. Leo nodded. "Isenas is right when he says that if these armies are not in command, they will not move on their own. ”
"What if the war is still not stopped?"
"How is this possible. Leo smiled, but looking at Nana's serious expression, Leo still thought for a moment and said, "Then kill all these troops." ”
Nana opened her mouth to say something, but she didn't.
(What if, what if, that doesn't stop the war?)
Leo didn't have the ability to guess people's hearts, but just took Nana to find the traces of the army.
Under Leo's widespread perception, they soon found a battalion of Marquis's soldiers.
There were not many soldiers in this camp, only about three hundred, and Leo judged that it might be a scout battalion.
With the help of perspective perception, Leo easily led Nana to avoid the patrolling soldiers and infiltrated the central camp.
Seizing the gap, Leo gently put down the two guards at the door, and lifted a corner of the tent to look inside.
In the camp, a non-commissioned officer in his early thirties was sitting at a table to rehearse the battle situation.
Leo picked up a piece of gravel from the ground and smashed it into the major artery in the Master Chief's neck, and the Master Chief fell in response, and Leo quickly slipped in with Nana.
Pulling out the strategic map from under the Master Chief, Leo carefully skimmed through it.
There are more than a dozen arrows large and small on the map, which are drawn on the map in a staggered manner, and in the two years in Duke Frederick's castle, Leo has not grown at all, and the Frederick family has been at war all year round, and Leo has naturally learned to read military maps.
"How's that?" Nana asked.
Although Nana could sense that Leo had picked up a piece of paper in his hand, due to the accuracy of the equipment, Nana couldn't feel any of the words on the map.
"It seems that the army of the god of the sky started the war first. Leo continued to observe the map, and said with a little regret: "It's a pity that the direction of a few attacks and counterattacks is only indicated on this map, and there is no military strength and force distribution at all, maybe this guy's military rank is too low and his authority is not enough?"
Leo put away the map, took Nana's hand, and said, "Let's go, let's find the large army of the Church of the Sky God." ”
Before leaving, Leo raised his right hand, erected in the shape of a hand knife, and the palm of his hand was full of vindictiveness, as if intending to end the life of the master officer.
But under Nana's pull, Leo hesitated and let him go.
With this not very detailed map, Leo deduced the location of the Sky God Church army backwards, and it only took half a day to find the traces of the church army.
Seeing Leo slip into the church's barracks as if he was in his own back garden, Nana couldn't help but say, "It's too easy. ”
"That's how easy it is for us. Leo shook his head. "The fighting spirit of these two non-commissioned officer chiefs starts at level thirteen, and only this level will ensure that the non-commissioned officer chief will not be easily assassinated quietly, which is also a hard indicator for the promotion of the non-commissioned officer chief. If it weren't for the Sanctuary, it would be difficult to stun them without moving, and my ability was just right for infiltrating, so it wasn't discovered by the patrolling soldiers, which is why I arranged such a group. ”
"Ente has more strength, but the nature of the fighting spirit and the ability of the Sanctuary are not suitable for infiltrating, little Paul is better than him in this regard, and little Paul can share some of the remote pressure. And Lao Mo can make up for the lack of frontal lethality of Isenas. ”
Looking at Nana's somewhat dazed expression, the realm of these powers was still too far away for her.
Leo smiled and flicked her nose and said, "You don't need to care about these things, your responsibility to be a good housekeeper is the most important thing." Let's go, let's see what's in this camp. ”
Leo repeated his old trick and knocked the guards and the Master Chief unconscious.
The map of this tent is not much different from the one just now, but it completes some of the church's offensive routes.
However, Leo deduced the possible location of the base camps of the two sides from the two maps, and with this guess, Leo successfully figured out the strength and deployment of several slightly larger camps.
There were no dangers along the way, but the three days were approaching, and Leo had to give up his exploration of the church's base camp.
By the time Leo rushed back to the agreed place, the other four were already waiting there.
"You're coming back so late. Isenus said hello.
"Who made the church send so many troops. Leo put Nana down from his horse, and came to the others at Isennas.
"Look, this is the information I have gathered, the church has sent a total of 60,000 troops, light and heavy cavalry, hoplites, archers, cannon fodder, everything is available. Leo handed over some of the maps to Isennas.
"There are so many. Isenus looked at the map and frowned, and said, "The Marquis has only a little more than 20,000 troops on his side, and the heavy cavalry is scarce, and the light cavalry is as many as the heavy cavalry of the church. ”
Isenus took out a map from his bosom, supplemented Leo's information, and then handed it back: "Here, here's all the information." ”
Leo took the map, and the red church army on the map surrounded almost half of the marquis, detectives, guards, and ambushes. The Marquis's army was tightly confined to several strategic points, and it seemed that it had made a plan to fortify the wall.
"The marquis usually governs the territory well, and has hoarded enough food to hold out until the next winter, so he allows the army of the church to run rampant outside. Isenas explained as he drew a circle on the map.
"And what about the cause of the war?" asked Leo, "I haven't heard anything from here." ”
"The causes of the war are a bit complicated. Isenus frowned. "Although the relationship between the god of the sky and the marquis was not friendly, merchants were still allowed to mingle, but three months ago, the church claimed that a certain caravan had transported prohibited items, believing that this was due to the marquis's deliberate connivance and disrespect to the god of the sky, and immediately launched an army against the marquis. ”
"What kind of bad excuse is this?"
It's a terrible excuse, but it's not a fabrication, and it's not uncommon for some clergy in the church to buy privately from the free kingdom. In other words, this war has a different purpose. ”
"For money, or territory, or believers?"
"I don't know. Isenus shook her head regretfully. "It's too short of time to find out these things. ”
"Forget it. Leo laid the map on the ground and said, "Our goal is to end the wars, and the causes of these wars are not important. Since the church is the instigator of the war, and the military is superior, we will focus on them. ”
"With us as the starting point, the troops are divided into three routes, and the goal is the base camp of the church!"