Chapter 603: The Mourning Soldiers Will Win
The mourning soldiers will win.
This idiom comes from an article in the Tao Te Ching called 'The mourner wins'.
The mourning here does not mean despair, and it is simply a fantasy for a desperate soldier to win the war, so the mourning here means that the army that has been bullied and fought for justice with anger will definitely win.
Shame and courage.
It is precisely because of being constantly belittled, bullied, and insulted that he was able to defeat all the combat power before the outbreak and defeat enemies who were several times or even dozens of times stronger than themselves.
Hasn't the Imperial army been defeated enough?
It's been lost to the point that it can't be counted on two hands.
Haven't the Imperial Army been bullied enough enough?
The scene of the slaughter of comrades-in-arms, relatives, and friends by the Holy Dragon Kingdom is still vivid.
Isn't the empire insulted enough?
From being favored by various countries to being looked down upon, failure after defeat makes them desperate for victory.
Therefore, in Vega's view, this war can be won with one eye closed, and there is no need to think about what can be won by surprise.
If it is really as simple as Vega said, then why can't the empire get rid of the curse of repeated defeats, and is still mired in the quagmire of war failure, and there is no way to take the army of the Holy Dragon Country?
This is because Escal did not find the key to victory.
What is the key to victory in this war?
That's right, morale!
If the more than 1.5 million soldiers had not lost their morale, would rather die than take a step back in the head-on confrontation with the Flying Dragon Legion of the Holy Dragon Country, and when the enemy was about to leave, they would have been able to desperately hold them back, and this war would have ended long ago.
But what about reality?
As soon as the Holy Dragon Kingdom attacked, tens of thousands of people died on the Imperial side, and the soldiers began to be afraid, treating the army of the Holy Dragon Kingdom as an invincible flood beast, and then there was a large-scale rout.
Failure after failure.
The hearts of the soldiers have been cast a shadow.
Every soldier thinks in his heart that he still has room to retreat, so no matter how many troops are added, those who should be defeated will still be defeated, and a soldier's retreat will cause a domino effect.
Just as in an avalanche, no snowflake thinks it is responsible.
What Vega had to do now was to make every soldier realize that there was no way back for them.
Fight or die.
Since it is no longer possible to restrain the army by relying on violence, military regulations, and officers, it is better to do the opposite, let the soldiers take the initiative to ask for war, and when every soldier realizes his situation and fights for himself, will they still flee?
Categorically not.
Just like his father, who would defend his family to the death in the face of the collapse of the heavens and the earth, the soldiers of the Empire now need Vega to awaken their inner belief in fighting to the death, as long as this belief is awakened, only 500,000 soldiers of the Holy Dragon Kingdom will be able to do so.
"May I ask Your Highness, how exactly should we do this?"
Eskar asked with a puzzled look, and although Vega's analysis had led him to the heart of the problem, he was confused about the exact steps to follow.
Let the soldiers take the initiative to ask for battle?
Is it really possible for this to happen?
It is not known from other officers, but here at Vega the answer is yes.
He instructed Eskar: "Your Excellency, make a large number of copies of this leaflet, and then have the war airship drop it to every corner of the city at three o'clock in the morning, and I will have a leaflet for every soldier and civilian when the sun rises tomorrow." ”
With a puzzled look, Eskar took the leaflet.
Originally, Eskar thought that Vega was going to use the flyer to promote something, but what Eskar didn't expect was that the signature of this leaflet was actually the headquarters of the Flying Dragon Legion of the Holy Dragon Country.
What is written on the flyer?
To sum it up, there are only two points.
The first is to inform the whole city that they will start another war in five days, this time they are bound to win the city of the oasis, and after obtaining the city of the oasis, they will start the plan of the lamb.
What is the Lamb Project?
According to the flyer, the wurms have recently discovered that eating children raw is particularly delicious, so they want to turn the oasis city into a sheepfold to provide a steady stream of 'children' food for the army of the Holy Dragon Kingdom.
As for the second point, it is a supplement to the first.
The Holy Dragon Kingdom told the people of the city that they had destroyed all the routes of the Oasis City to retreat to the central region, and that the people here counted as one, whether you were a soldier or a civilian, none of them would want to run.
"This, this, this...... Is this true?"
Eskar's face turned red, and he was extremely angry: "Okay, good, good Holy Dragon Country! Even if this battle costs my life, I will destroy these wurm species!"
"Calm down. ”
Vega coughed and said, "These are all made up by me, the Holy Dragon Kingdom slaughters the city and slaughters the city, and I haven't heard of such a thing as eating humans raw." ”
Eskar was stunned.
"May I ask Your Highness, why are you spreading such rumors?"
Eskar seemed to have some trepidations: "If these rumors are known to the army and civilians, won't it make the already low morale become close to despair?"
"Quite the opposite. ”
Vega smiled and said, "Your Excellency, have you forgotten your reaction to seeing this news just now? ”
Eskar looked stunned, he understood Vega's plan.
He took the leaflet: "I'll let people do it, and when I see this leaflet, even I, an officer with a staff officer, am angry and lose my mind, let alone those civilians and soldiers? With this hand, why worry about the soldiers not going to fight to the death, as long as the soldiers can fight to the death and not retreat, and survive for six hours, it will be the death date of the Flying Dragon Legion of the Holy Dragon Country!"
Your Excellency praised it. ”
Vega smiled and said: "You and I have an alliance of two million, and it only takes a little trick to deal with the Holy Dragon Country, and I don't think you even need to make a move in this war, relying on your army can directly defeat the Flying Dragon Legion in the front." ”
"I hope so. ”
Eskar left the room, and Vega smiled.
This battle is really not difficult for Vega, with such a strong force as the empire, as long as the soldiers do not flee without fear and directly rely on the number of people to pile up the Holy Dragon Kingdom, Vega has no idea why Eskar can't win the Holy Dragon Kingdom.
In fact, Vega is more than that.
If he fights seriously, he can even annihilate the Flying Dragon Legion at the lowest cost, but unfortunately he feels that there is no need to think about the imperial army that will definitely become an enemy, and directly use the simplest method to bewitch civilians and the army, so that they can harm each other with the Holy Dragon Kingdom.
Own army of half a thousand?
Vega came with an army, just in case, and by the way, he was just paging the empire's military expenses.
With the implementation of the plan, this calm night passed quietly.
When the light of day came again, the city of Oasis, which was almost everyone with a leaflet, exploded.