Chapter 737: Battle of the Muhawiz Fortress (IV)
The knights were divided into two groups. One group, led by Raymond, advocated massacres to boost the morale of the entire army.
The other group, led by Gary and Dale, opposed massacres and advocated the use of conciliatory means against ordinary civilians in the Muhavitz Fortress.
Interestingly, the female knights in the army were basically against the group that advocated massacres.
Ah, it may not be very rigorous to say that the knights were divided into two groups.
It should be divided into three groups.
The last group, led by Samuel, remained absolutely neutral. They didn't care whether the Muhavitz Fortress launched a massacre or not. No matter what the order was, they would follow it obediently as long as it was issued.
In this era, massacres were the norm.
For the army of this era, massacres had many benefits, and massacres were also a necessary means.
One of the biggest benefits of massacres was that it allowed soldiers to "carnival" to their heart's content, so as to boost the morale of the entire army.
The faction that advocated the massacre believed that the entire army had traveled more than 400 miles in 5 and a half days and was already exhausted. It was time to reward the entire army.
In addition, within a few days, Dominic in the Aighar Corridor will lead nearly 300,000 troops to fight back.
By then, it will be another arduous battle.
Before the war begins, the morale of the soldiers can be boosted by the massacre, which is also beneficial to the subsequent war.
The faction that opposes the massacre argues that they are now deep in enemy territory, and the areas controlled in the Holy Hilan Empire are only the Blue Water Port and the Mukhavets Fortress.
If atrocities are committed against the civilians in the Mukhavets Fortress, it is very likely to cause a riot among the civilians.
Their current troops are less than 80,000, while there are nearly 500,000 civilians in the Mukhavets Fortress.
If these 500,000 civilians riot together, they will not be able to suppress it in time with their troops, which are far less than the enemy’s.
At this critical moment when Dominic is about to lead the army to recapture the Mukhavets Fortress, there must be no riots or unrest inside the Mukhavets Fortress.
Otherwise, the Mukhavets Fortress will be in danger of being recaptured.
The two factions argued endlessly, and both factions had their own reasons.
In the end, in order to seek stability, Willy still adopted the "gentle faction"'s claim and ordered a ban on massacres and harassment of civilians in the fortress.
After all, if the civilians in the fortress really rioted because of their atrocities, the consequences would not be something Willy could bear.
But Willy did not slap all the claims of the "massacre faction" to death.
The generals and soldiers of the whole army do need a little reward.
So Willy ordered: Open the warehouse of the Mukhavets Fortress,
From today on, every meal will have dry rice and meat.
Anyway, these supplies of the Holy Hilan Empire are not painful to use, and there are a lot of stocks, enough for them to squander.
At the same time, he promised all the generals and soldiers: After this battle, each general and soldier will receive a bonus equivalent to their 3-year military salary, and those who died in battle will receive 3 times the pension.
This promise was not made up by Willy.
Before the "Northern Great Turn" operation began, Su Cheng and Humphrey had already discussed with the central government of the empire through letters how to reward the generals and soldiers if the operation was successful.
The central government was also very generous and told Su Cheng and Humphrey directly:
If the operation was victorious, each general and soldier would receive a bonus equivalent to their 3-year military salary, and those who died in battle would receive 3 times the pension.
This news was originally used as a trump card - when the morale of the entire army was reduced due to some accident, the news would be informed to all the generals and soldiers to boost the morale of the entire army.
Because it was used as a trump card, this news has been concealed from all the generals and soldiers.
After Willy's judgment, now is the best time to inform all the generals and soldiers of this news.
After learning that they would have meat for every meal from today, and that they would receive a bonus equivalent to three years' salary after a victory, all the soldiers were excited and their morale was boosted.
In this era, it was so simple to boost the morale of the soldiers. In addition to launching a massacre and letting the soldiers "carnival", there were many other ways.
After the victory, all the soldiers of the Knights of Michael and all the soldiers of the navy who participated in the battle were given a bonus equivalent to three years' salary, and those who died in the battle were given three times the salary - this seemed to make the central government of the empire lose money, but it was not.
After all, compared with the brilliant results obtained after the victory, this amount of money was not worth mentioning at all.
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Under Willy's order, the whole army moved quickly.
The warehouses in the Mukhavets Fortress were opened one by one, and trucks of rice, wheat and meat were transported out of the warehouses one after another.
Some soldiers ran to the streets of the fortress, and the soldiers who knew Hiran announced to the civilians in the fortress: they will not harass the civilians in the fortress, please rest assured.
The Knights of Michael have always been stationed in the north of the empire, and the source of soldiers has always been in the north of the empire. Because of the proximity to the Holy Hiran Empire, some soldiers in the Knights know Hiran.
Of course, although there is no plan to massacre the Muhavitz Fortress, the necessary patrols and search teams are still indispensable.
After all, no one knows if there are spies or rebels hiding in a corner of the fortress, or hiding among the people, waiting for an opportunity to launch sabotage.
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Camille hid in the crowd, and listened to the soldier of the Michael Knights in front of him who was announcing to them in the not-so-fluent Hiran language with the civilians around him.
This soldier is a female soldier.
This young female soldier announced to the civilians in front of her: The Michael Knights will not harass the civilians in the fortress! Please rest assured!
After hearing the female soldier say that they will not harass the civilians, the people around Camille immediately relaxed their expressions and showed a relieved expression.
And a touch of appreciation flashed in Camille's eyes, and he thought to himself:
- The commander of the army that captured the Muhavitz Fortress is not a fool.
- It can be judged that it is not appropriate to use force against the civilians in the Muhavitz Fortress at this time.
- The Michael Knights are really terrible. Not only is the leader so terrible, the soldiers are so terrible, and even the ordinary knights in the group are not ordinary people.
——The current leader, Su Cheng, may surpass the first leader and lead the Knights of Michael to an unprecedented heyday.
After expressing his feelings in his heart, Camille turned and left.
But after turning and leaving, Camille suddenly stopped after walking a few steps.
Turning back, he looked at the female soldier of the Knights of Michael who was still announcing to the civilians in Hiran that "don't worry".
Looking at this female soldier, Camille's eyes flashed with envy.
Military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian
Military genius came to another world with Zizhi Tongjian