Chapter Twenty-Four: Opportunity
Grace saw this army in the path of the gods!
No, it would be more accurate to say that Grace saw countless armies, of all types, of all strengths and weaknesses, and that the weapons used by these armies were all different.
But it was a weapon of the gods, and she couldn't make it, and she couldn't get it, so she could only start with the army.
God's mind is vast and endless, and even though Grace has been very close to God's path, she can still get very little remnant from it.
In the cognition of the path of God, the army is divided into slave army, classical army, feudal army, modern army, modern army and so on, of course, this is only a large level, and the slave army is the most inferior, but there is not much difference between the classical army and the feudal army, although there are also so-called legendary troops, such as Wei Wushu who flashed out of the road of God, these Grace don't understand what it means at all.
Grace doesn't understand these, but she can understand the strength and weakness, and has a very strict control over these army levels in God's mind, for example, the feudal army can hang the slave army to fight, and it is easy to fight with one enemy and ten, and the legendary army of the same period can hang other armies to fight, Grace wants to find the most powerful army to train.
But these things have to be done by her, she looked at the strength and weakness of the army and the elements of training listed by God, and then found that she could only train the so-called modern army at most, and when it came to the modern army, she could not even know the meaning of it, such as what modern nationalism, what national honor, what subjective initiative, etc., she didn't understand at all.
On the contrary, the description and training of the modern army made her excited, and although she did not understand many of the conditions, she could reproduce them as much as possible, and for this reason she was willing to give up some of the powers that belonged to the lord of the city-state, such as the power over part of the land, and the personal power of the peasants that should belong to her.
Grace believes in her Lord God wholeheartedly, so she naturally believes in the modern army that the Lord God recognizes, even with the same weapon, can absolutely crush the armies of all eras before the modern era.
For this reason, Grace endured the idea of plundering, scraping, and revenge, and spent most of the year training her soldiers and peasants frantically, and at the same time she really took out the land of the precious land of light and divided it, and divided the soldiers and peasants for these training as the salary of the modern army.
Grace never doubted the foreshadowing of the gods, because she doubted her own Lord God, which was the first step in the fall of the priests.
Even so, at the beginning of this battle, she was actually hanging in her heart, because the situation in front of her seemed to anyone that she and her army would be defeated, and unless there was a miracle, it would be impossible for more than 200 soldiers plus more than 800 peasant soldiers to defeat more than 2,000 professional off-duty soldiers, and even the other side had powerful cavalry.
It was a one-sided crush, and all the nobles, knights, and bureaucrats thought so.
They thought of the beginning correctly, but guessed the ending wrong, this is indeed a crush, but the crusher and the crushed are directly reversed.
The battle ended at a very fast pace, with more than 200 casualties, that is, more than one-fifth of the entire team, Grace's army, before receiving the order to disband and rest, even if there was no enemy, they still stood rigidly in place and maintained an offensive posture.
The short battle in front of him stunned everyone, Anko had prepared a great magic to take him and Grace to escape, but the upheaval battlefield in front of him made him stunned, his mouth was wide open, and even spit flowed out before he knew it.
The other two high-ranking nobles who came with this battle, the puppeteer's apprentice, and a clerk also had the same expression.
They are not those who have never seen the world, wars and other things are frequent between the city-states, so even if they have not personally commanded the battle, but they are not uncommon in the battle battlefield or something.
There has never been an army that can win so easily, even if the elite soldiers of the city-state suppress the serf uprising, if the number of serfs is much more than the elite soldiers, then they need to kill each other for a while, until the serfs are demoralized, and then they can be fought into a war of annihilation or defeat.
However, in this battle, the army trained by Grace completely violated all these processes, and directly crushed them like slaughtering machines, even though the number of enemies was more than twice as large, but this battle was fought without the slightest suspense, not even a trace of mud and water.
Anke and the other two nobles were stunned for at least dozens of seconds, and it was not until Grace shouted to correct the vigilance and clean up the battlefield at the same time that they came back to their senses, and Anke shouted directly: "Lord Wansheng!" The Lord will take back all that is yours!! ”
The other two nobles also shouted at once, and Grace smiled reservedly, she looked at this army with fanatical eyes, this is a god-given army, there is such an army, what temple army, what pro-guard army is all scum, just give her five thousand ...... No, with an army of three thousand, she dares to return directly to the city-state that belongs to her and recapture her city-state!
"Cut off the heads of the enemy's dead, build them into a temple, the corpses of our personnel must not be desecrated, they must all be packed and brought back to the land of our gods, our gods tell me to respect our sacrifices and heroes, I will set up a monument for them when I return, record their bravery, and at the same time their families will be treated with kindness by me, their sacrifices have won them land, land that belongs to private individuals, land that does not have to pay tax rates!!" Grace shouted as she directed the soldiers to deal with it all.
These dull soldiers and peasants who completely obeyed orders only then did their eyes change a little, especially when Grace mentioned the land, even if the war dead would be rewarded, and the corpses would be brought back, and an inscription would be erected to record them in the lowly ......
Although discipline and queues were in place, there were already many people cheering loudly, and they also prayed loudly to the lord god of the city-state as Grace prayed.
While cleaning up the battlefield, Grace calls Anco.
As a magician, Anco has a very high status, and he is full of wisdom, once enjoyed the treatment of a high-ranking nobleman as an advisor to Grace's father, and basically except for bowing to Grace's father as a sign of respect, Anco remained reserved for the rest of the people.
But at this time, Anko bowed slightly to Grace, which made Grace very satisfied, although she also returned the salute immediately, but they both knew that at this moment, Anko really recognized Grace's identity.
Anco didn't wait for Grace to speak, he immediately said, "Lord, can this army still fight?" ”
Grace was stunned for a moment, she carefully recalled the description of the modern army by the main god, how many kilometers a day, and then immediately went to war, etc., she nodded and said, "You can still fight." ”
Anke exhaled and said: "Please leave a few troops on the Lord, and immediately take all the rest of the army and set off for the city-state, this city-state has just poured out of the nest, and its city must be empty, even if the other party returns with a rout team, the number may not even be able to make up five hundred, with the power of the God-given army of the Lord, maybe as long as we appear, they will not even resist, they will immediately open the door and surrender, this is a big opportunity!" The population of a city, the basis of everything for us is immediately there! ”
Grace is also excited.
Cities are very different from these villages, a city must have castles and outbuildings, all have high walls, and the walls will also be equipped with long-range weapons, although these long-range weapons cannot be carried in battle, but they are very powerful for defense, which is why she never thought of attacking the city before, but this time the situation is different.
The other party is obviously frightened, and the number of people is even smaller than his own troops, this is a big opportunity, if she doesn't seize it, she really has to wait for her to build a city, at least three years later, or even five years later.
"I see, the teacher is right!"
Grace herself is a decisive person, and she immediately shouts, "Abbott, Abbott, come here!" ”
Abbot was the puppeteer's apprentice, and as soon as he heard Grace shouting, his heart immediately moved, and he hurriedly ran over with his puppet.
Because he is only a puppeteer's apprentice, he only has a medium-sized dog's puppet, although it can only be equal to the combat power of an ordinary soldier, maybe even worse, but this is a symbol of his noble status.
Grace said to Abbot, "I will leave fifty soldiers for you, and you will be responsible for cleaning the battlefield, collecting supplies, and gathering all the villagers and prisoners of war, but do not go into the fog, just wait for my return in this village, do you understand?" ”
Ai Bo was overjoyed, this is a soldier to lead a team, although there are only fifty soldiers, but this soldier is a god-given army, and with this qualification, he can be regarded as a high nobleman under Grace in the future, he immediately knelt down and said: "I obey the Lord's order, but I can ask the Lord, is there anything else I need to do?" ”
Grace thought for a moment and said, "Jingguan must be built, if you can, stop the peasants here from praying to our lord, and also, don't kill the living at will, you know?" ”
Abbot said yes loudly, and although Grace was still worried, this Abbot was the old man who had left the city-state with her, so she immediately gathered the soldiers and peasants, and then gave the order to leave, and Anke, and the clerk went into the fog.
At the same time, dozens of horsemen had fled back in the only city of the city-state, and they were making a loud noise to make the news of the defeat known to all, and in order to avoid the fault of fleeing without a fight, they were even more vigorous in proclaiming the horrors of that army, as if it were an army controlled purely by demons, or even demon gods.
The whole city was panicked, and many nobles began to meet and talk in private.
Among them, a few nobles appeared flustered to the outside, but when they met in private, they remained expressionless, just sat sluggishly, and then looked at each other without saying a word.