Chapter 259 Planning to Encourage Generals
Rainy days are very unfavorable for the march of the army. Phocas's expeditionary army can only walk about 10 kilometers a day, only half of normal times.
However, the outpost battle of 5 to 10 people did not stop. The light cavalry of the Crusade Army relied on their familiarity with the terrain to constantly attack the Wesson Army's battlefield shielding circle, trying to open more maps.
When Frederick went to the headquarters to discuss with Dragaces whether he could make some conspiracy against the enemy Dharma God, he saw Mary walking out of the headquarters wearing light armor, looking very happy. look.
When Mary saw Frederick, she hugged him and kissed him, and then left without looking back.
Not far away, there was a small team of about twenty people, all of whom were Mary's escorts and followers, as well as two Wesson Army communications soldiers with radios. Mary jumped on her horse and left with the team.
Frederick walked into the tent and saw little Franz studying the sand table with Dragaces.
Basically, little Franz was telling him what to do next, and Dragaces was studying hard.
Frederick watched from the side. The crusade actually built a secret camp in the mountains 20 kilometers away as a base for outpost warfare. It was easy to defend but difficult to attack. There were more than two hundred people there. Garces's light cavalry suffered a lot.
Little Franz said to him: "The princess is going to destroy this camp. She has rich experience in mountain warfare. If we can let her join us..."
"Don't even think about it." Frederick shook his head, "She is a member of the royal family, not an ordinary noble. Don't worry, her family will not be worried. What if one day I find a son who says he was born to her and me?" What if Encheng lets my son become the emperor? But I plan to form a mountain army. Let’s talk about it later. Let’s talk about something else now.”
He looked at Dragaces and asked: “I. I have an idea. Now that Phocas has two Dharma gods, Hakan and Galini, can we use some means to separate them? Let's defeat them one by one."
Dragaces relies on his reputation. Richard Nall is not afraid of the two Dharma gods facing him. Like many people, he thinks there is no problem for him to fight against two, but he also thinks it would be good if he can defeat them one by one.
"I have someone beside Phocas." Dragaces whispered, "But this matter needs careful study and cannot be acted upon rashly."
Frederick nodded. , said: "I have some ideas, such as unintentionally stimulating them and letting them compete for credit, and one of them will rush in. Or stir up discord and let them break up and not cooperate."
Dragaces frowned and paced in the tent, and after a moment he said: "Gallini was trained by Phocas and was very loyal to him. Hakan has always been very arrogant and often looked down on Phocas. The two of them There have been a lot of conflicts because of this, but I don’t know if it was intentional.”
“If you want them to act separately, you can only find a way to anger one of them.”
At this time, Xiao Xiao. Franz said: "It's OK to provoke them all. Phocas doesn't dare to let both of them come, so we can let it go."
Frederick and Dragaces thought it was reasonable. Phocas was I have seen with my own eyes how fast and accurate Richard Nall is within seven steps, and I definitely don’t dare to let the two Dharma Gods leave their side.
Dragaces stood in front of the sand table and thought for a while, then whispered to the two of them: "Phocas had a very unpleasant history before, and many people involved in this matter were killed."< br>
"He is very sensitive. Once other people mention related topics, he will think that these people are making fun of him. If he can kill them on the spot, he will kill them conveniently. If he cannot, he will kill them by other methods."
"It just so happens that I know what this incident is about. We can take advantage of this."
Frederick was very curious about the black history of the pseudo-emperor and couldn't wait to ask: "Tell me what it is about." "It's something." After Dragaces said this, little Franz looked extremely shocked, as did the surrounding staff members, while Frederick frowned.
When Phocas was thirteen years old, his family was plotted and the whole family was captured. If his enemies fed him a bloodthirsty mushroom decoction and asked him to kill the male members of the family with his own hands. If it is considered cruel, then giving him and all his female relatives a charming mushroom decoction, throwing them into a cage and watching for fun, would greatly violate the bottom line of human morality.
Frederick had heard of bloodthirsty mushroom decoction. After drinking it, he wanted to drink blood. It was not cold enough and was more terrifying than a drug addict.
He also tried the Charming Mushroom Decoction in Wayne City. After drinking it, his whole body subconsciously carried out the great harmonious movement of life, just like breathing subconsciously, without any other thoughts, and everything was still there after the effect of the medicine wore off. I remember them all clearly.
What's more important is that when the drug takes effect, he doesn't care who the other person is. If the maid of a certain lady's house hadn't thrown the pet dog that ran into the room out of the window in time, his reputation would have been over.
This incident can naturally anger Phocas, but it also challenges the lower limit of morality too much.
“Forget it.” Frederick finally shook his head, “His enemies forced him to do such things that were contrary to human ethics and justice. People and gods are outraged. If we continue to use this matter to make profits, it is tantamount to We are just as shameless as those people.”
Then he said to other people in the headquarters tent with great solemnity: "Just pretend that you have never heard of this matter. This method cannot be used."
"Even butchers have a bottom line. If we If we cannot stick to our bottom line as Wesson people with ideals, ethics, culture, and discipline, our proud and powerful force will only turn us into two-legged vampires and corpse-eating dogs.”
< br>Dragaces looked at Frederick with some surprise, not knowing what he was thinking.
Throughout the ages, people have been using nothing on the battlefield. It is rare to hear that it is not used because it exceeds the moral bottom line.
But Dragaces soon felt relieved. I am afraid that it was precisely because of this that the angel of the God of Light possessed him.
Frederick had his own ideas. The battlefield was a place where people's minds could easily be distorted. He didn't want a bunch of psychopaths to emerge from his men and run into society, so he kept talking about the bottom line and not letting soldiers kill and kill people. Abuse of prisoners, etc.
After he finished speaking, Metzger continued: "Yes, yes, when I killed pigs in the past, I always gave the pigs a happy life with one knife, and I would not poke them for fun."
Others in the tent only then remembered that this guy used to be a pig butcher.
Frederick asked Dragaces about some of their taboos and allusions, and soon had new ideas.
Dragaces thought for a long time after hearing this, and finally said: "This method can really anger him, and it is very simple. Simple means that it will not go wrong. If you can attach a personal letter from you, the effect will be better Better.”
Frederick thought for a while and agreed, and began to make arrangements.
Some drowsiness, I wonder if it is a side effect of the medicine
(End of this chapter)