Returning to the study, Allen unfurled the map outside Sunset City. This was a relatively flat landscape. There were no forests or hills, just as Tuomen had said. This kind of terrain was undoubtedly advantageous to the attacking side. In addition, the city walls of Sunset City were low, and there was no heavy firepower to provide defense. There was no need to send out elite troops. Even the allied forces of Oru's two Sir could forcefully break through the city and enter.
If Allen hadn't continuously weakened their numbers and morale over the past week, it would probably have become a reality tomorrow.
Sir Tuomen pushed open the door and entered. He looked at the people in the room and said to Allen, "Sir, the number of our soldiers has been calculated. Our city's own army, plus your soldiers, has 487 people. If you count the recruits and coolies, you can barely make up an army of about a thousand men. But such an army … "
Allen smiled and continued, "This kind of army has no combat strength. I know that very well. But as I said before, slaves are just there to make up the numbers. "
"Make up the numbers." Tuomen shook his head and said, "I really don't see what's the use of this."
"Of course not, but now, it's a little different." Allen kept him in suspense and didn't continue to talk about it. He swiped his finger on the map and said, "Admittedly, the armies of those two Sir still have the advantage in overall numbers. However, it's not invulnerable. The most obvious thing is that they have two commanders. " "And the two Sir are here together. It's hard for me to imagine that the soldiers can hear the only clear and only order in such an army."
Tuomen suddenly realized that the lack of a unified command was indeed a serious flaw in the enemy alliance army.
"Of course, if the battle situation is favorable to them, this flaw is not so fatal. However, if the battle situation is unfavorable, the situation is urgent, and the commander needs to make a quick decision, this flaw will be magnified infinitely. At that time, the two commanders would disagree on an order, or they would have to inform Sir before they could decide. "In this way, such a command system will undoubtedly increase the defeat of the army in a battlefield where the opportunity is fleeting."
Allen raised his head and said with a bright smile, "And we will create such a situation for them."
He then said to Tuomen, "Go gather all the soldiers. Before the battle, we have to raise their morale."
Pre-war mobilization was an extremely ordinary matter, and Tuomen nodded to do it. When he reached the door, Allen suddenly said, "Baron Tommen, if I lose this time, Sunset City will return to the Viscount's rule. If I win, it won't be long before I leave. So you see, as long as you do nothing, you will still be the Lord of Sunset City in the future. I won't force you to completely betray Daniel, but don't drag me down. "
"Otherwise, you know very well what will happen."
Tuomen hurriedly turned around and said, "I know, Sir Allen."
Allen nodded, and the baron walked out of the study. His complexion was normal, but his back was already wet. Tuomen called the butler over. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Go and call Latch back. Tell him there's no need to do that."
The butler nodded and hurriedly went down.
The barracks of Sunset City were brightly lit. All the soldiers, including the slaves transferred from Cloud Valley, were gathered on the training ground. Nearly a thousand people crowded the training ground, and there was almost no gap to be seen. Most of them had blank faces, especially the slaves, who were even more listless. When they were recruited, Tuomen announced the rules of the reward to them. However, they were not real soldiers after all, and the reputation of the noble lords had never been very good in their eyes.
Killing an enemy soldier and receiving a gold coin was simply a good thing that fell from the sky. However, whether the noble lords would honor it or not was another matter.
A temporary platform was set up on the training ground, less than half a meter higher than the ground. Not long after everyone gathered, some people walked onto the stage. One of the youths with silver hair walked forward. He glanced at the people below and said indifferently, "I am Allen, your lord." Over the past week, I have been dealing with a group of brave warriors and the armies of Bauhinia and Dawn Castle in the wilderness. After paying a considerable price, we have successfully weakened the enemy's military strength. However, some warriors have fallen asleep forever on the earth, and only the strongest and most valiant warriors can return. "
"Now, it's time for me to fulfill my promise. Their efforts are rewarded, and my reward is the most direct. Now, the military merits on the battlefield have been counted. Then, let's see what these warriors can get in return. "
Veterans, recruits, and slaves began to focus their attention on the platform. Everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to see how Allen fulfilled his promise. Belmore handed a page of military statistics to Allen. Allen took a look and shouted, "Laurie, kill 17 enemies and obtain 17 gold coins! Please come to the stage to receive your reward. "
A man shouted excitedly, "It's me, it's me!"
He pushed through the crowd, ran onto the stage, and received the 17 gold coins from Kira's hands with a bright face. He even carefully counted them and confirmed that there was not a single one left before walking off the stage with a smile on his face.
"Next is Madesh. He killed 22 enemies and obtained 22 gold coins!"
From Allen's mouth, names were announced one by one. At the same time, the amount of gold coins these people had obtained was also announced. Listening to the melodious numbers, the breathing of the people below the stage became heavier and heavier, and their gazes gradually became fiery. When Allen announced the person with the most outstanding battle merit, it was an officer who originally belonged to Sunset City. In the past week, more than a hundred people had died at his hands!
After killing so many enemies, the reward he received was also as high as a thousand gold coins. Allen used his actions to fulfill the high reward of a thousand gold coins for killing a hundred people. When the officer stepped down with a heavy bag of money, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. The reward of a thousand gold coins was also exchanged for a gasp from the others below the stage. If their gazes were only fiery before, then now their eyes, which were red by the gold coins, were already filled with true killing intent.
Those who received rewards from Allen were his own soldiers, as well as those from the Sunset City army system. Allen was fair and impartial, did not favor his own soldiers, and quickly won the trust of his soldiers. And the most direct reward of all, gold coins, boosted their morale to the extreme.
After Allen finished all the rewards, he raised the merit report in his hand and said, "Tomorrow, there will be a fierce battle. And I hope that after the battle, your names will be on this form! "
Amidst the tide of cheers, Allen left the barracks. On the way back to the City Lord's Mansion, Tuomen said sincerely, "I never thought that I could motivate soldiers in such a direction."
"This isn't anything new. It's just that I'm offering more rewards, so the exchange rate is also higher."
Tuomen repeatedly agreed, and Allen smiled. What he didn't say was that it was not enough to rely on money alone to motivate a true invincible lion. The quality of the army, loyalty, excellent equipment, and so on were all indispensable. Under these factors, material incentives were necessary, but material alone was far from enough.
The night was very short. For Allen, there were too many things to arrange in a night. In the blink of an eye, the night was over. The night was also very long. At least for Sir Lafus and Oru, they had no sleepiness, so the night passed exceptionally long.
And no matter how short or long, the nightclub passed. Thus, after dawn, the sound of a horn sounded outside Sunset City, and the allied forces of the two knights finally headed towards Sunset City. Standing on the city wall, Allen could see the different flags of the army opposite him. Sure enough, in this important battle of the siege, the two Sir still did not allow the army to be unified.
As a result, although the armies of both sides advanced together, there was a great suspicion that they were fighting separately.
Even though they were pushing towards the city, the morale of the other party's army was unexpectedly low. Even Tuomen, who knew nothing about war, could tell. On the attacking side, an army with high morale would definitely be filled with killing intent. However, the army on the other side seemed to be shrouded in a lingering haze. The soldiers were in low spirits and lacked fighting spirit.
Tuomen couldn't help but sneak a glance at Allen. He couldn't figure out what this youth had done to that army to damage their morale to such an extent.
Even Tuomen could tell that the morale of the army was low, so how could Sir Oru and Lafus not see it? However, they couldn't change anything. After all, it was normal for Allen to harass them to the point that they couldn't even sleep well in the past few days. It was normal for their morale to be low. In order to motivate the soldiers, Oru winked at Lafus, who raised his breath and shouted, "Everyone, cheer up. Look, Sunset City is right in front of us. Their troops are no more than five hundred, not even half of ours. For us, this battle is completely within our grasp. "
"And I announce that for every ten enemies you kill, you can get a gold coin! That's right, it's a gold coin! "
Lafus repeated it twice in a loud voice before his expression improved a little. The soldier's eyes lit up a little. However, when they began to enter the battlefield, they saw the gates of Sunset City open, which greatly surprised the commanders of the two armies. They had suffered enough from Allen, and now they did not dare to underestimate each other. Thus, they gestured for the army to stop marching at the same time. The army stopped.
Groups of soldiers began to surge out of the city gate. The soldiers who rushed out of the city gate quickly entered the trenches that had been dug before and searched for their positions. When they saw more and more enemy soldiers, the expressions of the commander and Sir turned ugly. Even if they didn't count them, they could roughly calculate from the crowd that there were more than five hundred people!
When the troops of Sunset City entered their positions and positions, the morale of Sir's Alliance Army suffered another blow. Looking at the black mass of people, they knew that it was an army that was no less numerous than their own. More importantly, the enemy's murderous aura was like a lion that had locked onto its prey!
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