Law of the Devil

After the first field battle between humans and criminals under the Kaspersky line of defense, the chief Seri, the adjutant of the Storm Legion Commander's Mansion, quickly wrote the first battle report.

When this military report was delivered to General Rostock. The most experienced general in the empire at present frowned for a while.

"Three thousand against five thousand? A small victory? Killing the enemy is useless? Losing one-third of yourself?"

Rostock looked at the written military newspaper in his hand, and his face suddenly became very strange. The clerical adjutant in front of him was obviously a little nervous. He looked at the commander in chief and asked in a low voice, "My lord, is there something wrong?"

"Small victory? Hmph, the cavalry beat the infantry when the troops were about the same. I even lost half of my men. What kind of small victory is this called?" Rostock suddenly became furious. He nestled the military report fiercely, and it looked like he was about to tear it into pieces.

Can be followed. The general suddenly calmed down, and his movements froze on the spot. After hesitating for a moment, he finally let out a long sigh.

He unfolded the crumpled military newspaper again and placed it on the table. Pick up the pen. Made some modifications above. Glancing at the adjutant in front of him: "Add the content I modified. Make a new one. Then report it."

When he said this, the old general's tone seemed a little helpless and tired. A long sigh.

The adjutant glanced at the revised local military newspaper in his hand:

"We met the enemy on August 4th, and 20,000 enemy vanguards arrived north of the Kaspersky line of defense. In order to test the enemy's situation, the Sixth Cavalry Battalion of the Third Cavalry Division of our Stormwind Legion went out to fight. Three thousand soldiers bravely killed the enemy, and the enemy vanguard retreated after being defeated. Beheading is useless, our six hundred soldiers died for the empire, and ninety-six were injured."

The adjutant, who had been in the army for many years, immediately saw the tricks in the revised military newspaper: literally. It is easy to make people mistakenly think that our 3,000 cavalry defeated the enemy's 20,000 pioneers. Three thousand repelled twenty thousand. Literally, it is easy for people to draw such a conclusion. And judging from this comparison, it should be regarded as a big victory.

But……

This adjutant has followed Rostock for many years and is a direct subordinate trusted by the old general. Why did the upright and rigorous Master Rostock do such a false report of his military exploits?

hesitated for a moment. If the loyal lieutenant couldn't help but whisper: "My lord... I think, with the trust of the regent in you, even if we didn't take advantage of the first battle, the empire will not have any complaints against you... ..."

The implication is to remind Rostock. In fact, there is no need to falsely report military exploits to do this kind of thing.

Rostock smiled bitterly, looked at the adjutant who had followed him for many years, shook his head and said, "You don't understand, do as I wrote."

The voice is not loud. But it was full of irresistible orders, the adjutant did not dare to say anything, after saluting. The silence receded.

After going through a special channel, this urgent battle report was sent to the imperial capital in less than three days.

News of victory in the first battle. It was soon spread intentionally by the empire, and the news of the victory made the panic-stricken people immediately feel at ease.

subsequently. Imperial High Command. After receiving the express order of His Royal Highness the Regent, there was a massive publicity campaign for this victory. The 600 brave soldiers of the empire who died in battle were all awarded the "Black Iron Medal", and the wounded also received the "Third Class Medal of Bravery", and the general who led the team out of the city in the first battle. The officer of the Stormtroopers called Miro. He also received a "Medal of Courage" and was promoted one level at the same time.

Du Wei got a copy of the battle report the second day after it arrived in the imperial capital - this was allowed by the regent, according to Du Wei's request. All battle reports sent from the front. A copy will be sent to the military academy as soon as possible.

Du Wei's reason for making this request is that the officers of the military academy need to accumulate combat experience, so every battle report on the front line. It is a valuable learning opportunity for those rookies in the academy.

This excuse was very reluctant, but the regent agreed without hesitation.

Du Wei is not an ordinary citizen. He would not be fooled by the hype and public opinion. After he got the battle report, he quickly saw the strangeness in it.

"Beheading is useless... Humph... If it's really a rout battle, then how can beheading be useless if the enemy is defeated? Could it be that the Storm Legion can't even do such a simple job as counting heads?" Du Wei sighed , Burn this battle report casually.

It seems. I'm afraid I lost the first battle.

But obviously, Rostock must have received the regent's secret order very early. In order to eliminate the panic of the people of the empire about the invasion of foreign races, news of victory must be used to dilute the fear in the hearts of the people, so. Forcing Rostock, an old general who has always been upright and rigorous. I also had to pull down my face and do this kind of false report of military exploits once.

However, this approach. Du Wei felt quite right.

Another day passed. Du Wei got a more detailed battle report... This battle report is not a copy sent by the military. Instead, he was the captain of the Decepticon team seconded to General Andre, the First Division of the Imperial Air Force on the front line. Du Wei's disciple. Chigurh wrote it himself.

Because on the front line. It was by the side of a high-level general like General Andre again. Chigurh didn't take much effort. Get the real process and result of that battle. Then the news was sent to the imperial capital.

Three thousand is less than five thousand.

Cavalry versus infantry.

Not rout. Just repel it.

This real battle report made Du Wei frown deeply.

and. In the news sent back by Zieg. A piece of bad news was mentioned!

The hearts of the frontline troops are fluctuating!

Although the Storm Legion is currently the most elite main battle legion in the empire, and this army has been fighting Warcraft all year round. When facing monsters like the orcs. Because they are used to playing with Warcraft, the Storm Legion has a strong psychological endurance when facing monsters and alien races.

But. Now the soldiers on the front line are shrouded in a kind of emotion:

Those orc monsters, they eat people!

Brave Imperial soldiers are not afraid of bloodshed or sacrifice! But. No one would like to have his body dragged away by the enemy after he fought for the empire, cut into pieces and thrown into the pot to be boiled and eaten!

This is simply horrible!!

Although in order to stabilize the morale of the army, after the first battle, Rostock ordered a cavalry battalion to go out of the city to respond, risking the opponent's counterattack. Also brought back most of the corpses intact...but. This can't eliminate all the panic among the soldiers!.

We are not afraid of death. But I am very afraid of being eaten after death and becoming the enemy's food!

Even, the secret letter sent back by Zieg mentioned that some low-level officers and soldiers in some second-line reserve forces refused to go to the front line because of this news! The army executed several officers for disobedience. That's what brought things down!

This commotion. It is a headache for the high-level generals, although it can be seen from Zigdi's secret letter at present. Such panic was temporarily suppressed. And luckily. It has not yet spread on a large scale, and the air force's morale is fairly stable.

In the letter, Zieg also seemed to reveal a meaning: General Andre knew the secret letter written by Zieg. At the same time, he also vaguely hoped that the wise Duke Tulip could come up with a solution to solve this problem.

Du Wei smiled wryly—I really thought I was omnipotent.

For the panic in the army. To eliminate this kind of hidden danger, in fact, the most direct means is to reassure everyone with some good news that can stimulate people and inspire courage!

Where does the good news come from? The easiest and most direct way is to win the battle! Use a hearty victory to inspire the fighting spirit and bravery of the soldiers.

But the problem is. The first battle was won but lost, so it's okay to fool the rear with the battle report. But those veterans in front are oily. But it is not easy to fool.

fortunately. Same news. It seems that Rostock also wrote a secret report and submitted it to the regent himself, and then, this problem, the great and wise regent, came forward to solve it!

Soon, after an emergency consultation between the royal family and the church, the church released the news. As a great god to speak for the organization in the world. Resisting those evil races that do not believe in gods is also the duty and responsibility of the church!

His Majesty Pope Paul XVI of the Temple of Light. Announced a new doctrine. Ordered to mobilize the holy knights in multiple dioceses under the Church of Light to gather! Within the next month. There will be more than 4,000 holy knights going to the north one after another. At the same time, the temple of the imperial capital. A group of clergymen with a number of 300 was sent to the front line. This team of priests. Including pastors, church leaders. Members of the elders. There are also many magicians.

Priests and priests can make soldiers pray and accept soldiers' confessions in the army, soothe soldiers' emotions, and can have a very good effect on stabilizing the army's morale, while magicians can assist in combat.

This is the first good news.

The second piece of good news comes from the Magic Union. Chairman of the Magic Union. The leader of the Continental mages. Chairman Yagodoug issued a magician proposal (because it is different from the Pope. Although the chairman of the magic union is the nominal leader of the magician, the chairman of the magic union does not have the right to make any orders to the magicians on the mainland , can only be calls and initiatives).

In the content of this proposal, Mr. Chairman of the Magic Union used sincere words. Call on the magicians on the mainland. Be able to go to the front line in the north to help the army of the empire. at the same time. In order to arouse the interest of magicians (everyone knows. Magicians are the kind of selfish ghosts who have no national concept, and most magicians don't care about other people's lives,), the proposal mentioned those monsters orcs. It seems to have high magical research value!

The last one. It seems to have a great effect. It is said that many magicians have begun to clean up their shapes. Take their disciples to the north... Of course, for them, helping the imperial army to fight is secondary. The main purpose is to study those orc races that have never been seen before!

The so-called research, of course, is: kill them. dissect them...

The high-profile joining of the Church of Light and the Magic Union. The hearts of the people and the army were greatly boosted, and these two organizations, which had long been famous in the mainland and were powerful, joined. Undoubtedly, it is a powerful booster to soothe the morale of the army!

And Du Wei. After he got the news. I understand that it must be some kind of secret teaching and compromise between the royal family and the two major organizations.

Of course, as the Knights Association, which has become more and more popular recently and is faintly driven by revival, has not been idle.

Although the Knights Association has been in decline for a long time, and even though it has just ended a great excitement. The momentum is quite a bit like a fish turning over, but in the short term. No one really thinks that the Knights Association has recovered to be on an equal footing with the Magic Union or the Church.

but. Chairman Delong, after a secret consultation with Duke Tulip. Under the suggestion of Lord Tulip, a public statement was also issued!

Defend the glory of the empire. It is also one of the duties of a knight!

The Knights Association has chapters all over the continent. A call was issued: to call on the knights, mercenary groups, or knights from all over the mainland to organize and let the Knights Association come forward. The mode of forming a mercenary army and marching to the north to serve the empire.

Employment costs. The Knights Association offered a rather high price...

Because it is now in a period of war, the hunting activities of monsters in the frozen forest have been completely suspended, and the number and level of monsters in the southern swamps are very low, and griffins are monsters that no one dares to provoke, so almost all the monsters on the mainland Some mercenary regiments have fallen into an extremely sluggish business situation.

at this time. Suddenly there was such an open call for mercenaries, and many mercenaries who had nothing to do, and who were not lacking in courage, were willing to eat blood and live on the blade. These people who are accustomed to living in exile immediately began to sign up enthusiastically.

Of course. In fact, most of the employment expenses were sponsored by Lord Tulip. only. This news. It's not public. Only a limited few know. .