Chapter 649: Proclamation (II)
"Whoever believes in me, who will continue to follow me, raise your left hand!" Vytautas shouted.
Hundreds of arms were raised at once, and hundreds more followed.
"Very good, since everyone trusts me so much, I will do my best!"
People are often suspicious, and no matter how fanciful Vytautas says, it is impossible to deceive everyone.
But first, he made a coherent analysis to the soldiers, allowing them to make their own judgments, rather than forcefully instilling their own ideas.
Even if their thinking is indeed induced, most people will not immediately notice it, but will feel that Vytautas is sincere, explains everything, and gives everyone a chance to choose.
Second, he doesn't have to convince everyone.
As long as a part of the crowd agrees with him, most of the rest are actually silent and follow the crowd, and when they see what others do, they will follow suit.
There are a large number of such people, but they are not a collective with one opinion, strict neutrality, and mutual support, but they are just a scattered group.
Just like in a war, it is extremely difficult for an army of 100 men to defeat an army of 500 men, but it is not too easy for an army of 100 men to bully 500 deserters or civilians who are scattered, which is equivalent to fighting one hundred every time.
And Vytautas directly hanged a military leader just now is really terrible.
A small number of people did not dare to speak out even if they had objections, for fear that if they spoke out against it, they would become the next target of Liwei to be killed by him.
Since there is no opposition from anyone, and some people are in favor, it is enough to form the illusion that "almost everyone supports him, and there is no one who does not".
Those who supported him became more confident and firmer, and those who remained neutral gradually changed their positions with the general trend.
As for the opponents, they will feel that they are in the minority, different from the public opinion, and then doubt themselves, and become less and less confident, and they will not dare to speak out.
In this way, a vicious circle is formed, in which in the end they either waver and give up their opposing views, or they can only hold back their opposition in their hearts and have to pretend to follow the crowd on the surface.
Relying on these means, Vytautas's domination of the whole army finally reached a deeper level.
Then, the success rate of what he is going to do next will also become higher.
It didn't take long for him to make arrangements.
Most of the soldiers rested for the time being, while a small number of them were on guard to prevent a surprise attack by Schönbrunn's army.
A group of infantrymen, no more than ten men, took off their armor, threw down their weapons, raised only a large white flag with the word "negotiation" written on it, walked out of the camp, and walked slowly in the direction of Schönbrunn's army.
And when they were halfway there, a group of Schönbrunn cavalry came to their side and temporarily halted their movements.
Naturally, it was impossible for the cavalry captain to make a decision for Luo Ming and sign any treaty.
But he couldn't let these men approach the army casually, so he sent one of his men to quickly return to the front of the battle to report the matter to Luo Ming.
"Maybe the commander of the other party is a smart man, what does this guy want to talk about......" Although Luo Ming had known about this for a long time, he was acting very well at the moment, and no one could see the strange at all.
He thought for a moment, then made up his mind.
"I'd like to see what they have in mind by allowing two of them to come here. ”
With that, Luo Ming quickly gave the order, and brought in a long line of spearmen, musketeers, and even a loaded shotgun.
And Granty was on his side.
Even if the other party said that he was going to surrender, there was a possibility that he was deceiving from the beginning, or suddenly changed his mind, and Luo Ming was prepared to do this.