Chapter 424: I promise that the bread is only mixed with sawdust and no stones
The Kingdom of Sauron held millions of troops on the front line.
This million army consists of noble knights, ordinary soldiers who serve in the army and receive salaries, and civilians recruited from various towns.
Among them, the only one who can be regarded as the main force is the Knights. As for the others, to put it bluntly, they are all cannon fodder, which is used to consume the strength of heresy.
But the Kingdom of Sauron never expected that the heresy, which was advancing along the way, stopped advancing when it hit the southern foot of the Caucasus Mountains.
Not only did it not advance, it also built defenses at the south entrance of the canyon corridor in an abnormal manner.
It seems to be... in order to resist the empire's going north...
So, the millions of troops in the Kingdom of Sauron were sat on wax.
Attack.
Not to mention whether you can beat the battle, the disadvantage of the terrain alone will be fatal.
The Caucasus Mountains are attacked, and it is a canyon corridor that is a man who can pass by thousands of people. If one million people fill it in, it may not be possible to hear a sound.
Defend.
One million people, eating horses and chewing every day, plus the consumption of cotton coats and quilts, directly hollowing out the northern camp of the kingdom. And this is just the beginning, and the long winter will last for six or seven months.
Dismissing frontline soldiers?
Who should go back or not?
Even if the mutiny is not triggered, it will greatly dampen morale and reduce combat effectiveness.
At that time, the northern heresy will break through the defense line in one go, and there will be almost no defense in the rear.
Therefore, the commanders of the Northern Front must hold on even though they know that they can't hold on.
"Damn the savages, in the past, didn't they just pretend to be a city wall and never look back, and didn't look back if they hit the city wall? What's wrong this year? Come and attack the city!"
As for the bad impact of deducting military rations, the commander borrowed the head of the military officer and then ate a bread with stones in front of many soldiers.
And it is guaranteed that from tomorrow, the bread will no longer be mixed with stones, but with sawdust. Soldiers can choose the type of sawdust independently, ensuring that there are different flavors every day.
This promise attracted cheers from the soldiers.
In order to prevent even the sawdust from being eaten in the future, the commander calmly sent soldiers out to carry out the mission.
First, there were civilians with low combat effectiveness or no combat effectiveness, then auxiliary soldiers, as well as guards who were supported by various places, only the most elite knights were retained.
They also eat a portion of food, but the knight's combat power is ten times that of ordinary guards and a hundred times that of auxiliary soldiers and civilians.
Therefore, in order to save more resources, we can only eliminate the weak and retain the strong, and send out those soldiers with low combat effectiveness to inquire about the news.
There are many missions to die on the battlefield, and you still have to rush forward even though you know you will die.
Because if you rush, you can live a little longer, but if you don’t rush, what awaits them is the sword of the supervisor team.
There is also the vicious judgment of the clergy - all deserters were treated as servants of the demons and sent to the stake.
At this time, Mark and his group woke up a group of sleeping prisoners with hot pot.
A pot of cheap food has won more than a dozen fanatical beliefs.
"Don't worry about eating, and be confident in the Northern God. Our God is also the incarnation of light, and is also the chosen one. Believe in him, he will definitely be able to obtain redemption and go to heaven after death."
"Yes! The idiots in the Holy See of Light are all corrupt and depraved blasphemers. When the army of northern gods enters the Holy See, they must send all those guys to the stake."
"You don't know that the Northern God is so kind to the believers. Eat and wear warm clothes! You can listen to the gospel and see the holy light every day!"
"I'll tell you about "The Adventures of the Grass and Elf Brothers"..."
One hour later...
The hot pot was added with soup eight times and the dishes were refilled more than a dozen times. The prisoners who were still hungry just now were all eating the stomachs and leaning against the stone to pick their teeth.
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"What happened to the vegetarian elves? Did you kill the snake monsters and scorpion monsters raised by the pope? Have you rescued the old barbarian grandfather?"
This is how rumors spread.
Yang Muyun changed the magic weapon of the snake spirit, Ruyi, to a cross, and changed "Ruyi, Ruyi, as my wishes" to "Holy Light, please XXX", using this to allude to the Holy Church.
When he reached Mark and others' mouths, he did not implicitly mock him, but directly mocked him.
Mark scratched his head helplessly, "Hey, we saw this place, we haven't seen the rest yet. Why don't you go to the Northern School camp to see it yourself!"
"We? Can we also enter the territory of the Northern God?"
"Of course, we will take you there tomorrow. Don't worry, you are not going to walk back and take the God's car directly!"
A group of people chatted all night long.
People in the lower class quickly found resonance, and they insulted Shangguan, the city lord, and the pope...
The more I cursed, the more I became more and more excited, and at the same time, my faith in the northern gods rose rapidly.
The next day, the sun rose.
The cold wind ceases.
Mark and others stood up from the snow pile, shook their bodies, and then groped in the snow pile for companions.
I touched one, it was cold!
I touched one, and it was cold again!
I touched another one and finally got a little hot.
Helplessly, they captured more than a dozen people yesterday, but only half of them were able to survive. Although the others had enough food and drink, they also had red oil and peppers to warm up their bodies.
But long-term hunger and already weak and sickly, they were unable to withstand the cold nights.
A few people were buried in a hurry, and Mark and his companions rushed to the scheduled location with seven living people.
They want to send people over.
One hundred people are the centurion, one thousand people are the thousand people, and ten thousand people are the ten thousand people...
Mark remembers the promises the Northern God gave him.
At first, Mark just made a fortune by getting promoted.
But when I think of the fellow villagers who had eaten hot pot with me last night, they were lying in the simple tomb with cold bodies.
Mark's heart was like a knife.
They were so weak that they could not speak, but they kept flattering themselves, echoing themselves, and asking themselves about the fate of the vegetarian brothers.
"Is the old barbarian saved?"
"Has the evil pope been judged?"
"The snake monster and the scorpion monster will definitely be sent to the stake, right?"
Even though Mark, who was accustomed to life and death, could not help but have red eyes at this time.
"The old barbarian grandfather will be saved! The cult pope will also be judged! All those who are lackeys for the evil pope will be burned to death, and no one will escape!"
After saying that, Mark shook his head and turned around, leaving a few crystal tears in the air.
"Go! Go up the mountain!"
In this way, batches of captives were found by Mark and his comrades.
Some were subdued by fists, while others were subdued by hot pot.
In short, they all became believers of the Northern Gods in the end.
Then climb the Slime balloon and enter the camp of the Northern Gods and receive the transformation of the Northern Gods.
Immediately, these people were released again and continued to look for the cannon fodder team.
Then use fists and hot pot to preach the teachings of the Northern God to them.
In the end, Mark felt that this kind of hide-and-seek rescue was too slow, and he could only save a dozen people at a time, but it took a whole day.
During this period, I don’t know how many people froze to death, starve to death, or encounter wild beasts in the mountains, or step on the air, slide into the pit and break into the cliff.
So Mark gathered a group of like-minded comrades and prepared to do a big thing.
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