"If this is their so-called tactic, then let them play with it. With the union of the Church and the Ice and Snow Legion, no undead can stop the Holy Legion."
The archbishop said confidently.
Facing such an optimistic church leader, Rhodes could only smile slightly awkwardly.
Indeed, the Kislev Army united with the Church of Sigmar is very powerful, but it is not as arrogant as the Archbishop said.
At this time, if the imperial army can launch an attack on Sylvania from the west, even if it puts pressure on it, then the chance of victory will be much greater. Unfortunately, at this time, because the electors could not gain any benefits, several empires
The Grand Provincial Legion has begun to retreat.
The promised joint operation has evolved into a unilateral action by Kislev. If it were not for the support and assistance of the Church of Sigmar, I am afraid that the operation to conquer Sylvania would have failed again.
"Don't worry so much, High Lord. No matter what tactics those vampires use, under the suppression of the powerful church and the Kislev Legion, they will surely perish. Yes, war requires tactics, but it is a country that determines the final victory.
The overall strength, huge population, abundant supplies and money, and enough towns and villages are the basis for winning the war."
Yuri rolled his eyes and said thoughtfully.
"I know, but right now, what you said is not enough for us. Kislev does not have the absolute strength you said to absolutely crush the remaining forces in Sylvania."
Rhodes wanted to complain about the Imperial coalition forces who acted according to the changing circumstances, but after thinking about it, after all, Yuri is also one of their people. The Church of Sigmar is the church of the Empire after all. The archbishop and the emperor are closest to each other. As for this time, but
They have different interests, so they act separately.
"We don't have enough soldiers, manpower, or even enough food reserves to sustain this constant consumption. You know, the entire Kislev is now contributing to this war."
Rhodes continued.
"With enough manpower, soldiers, there will be them. Soon, they will be there."
The archbishop smiled and thoughtfully exited the conference room.
Two days later, Rhodes found out what Bishop Yuri was talking about about manpower.
When the conquest of Sylvania turned from a purely military operation into a battle of faith, the situation was reversed. As early as a month ago, the archbishop had written the manuscript and asked the accompanying priest to return to Reikland to read the eulogy there,
Seeing the crusade against vampires as Sigmar's will, and setting foot on the land of Sylvania to fight the undead, you will have the opportunity to receive Sigmar's blessing. And believers can also obtain salvation through this great expedition.
It must be said that the church’s mobilization ability is still very strong.
In just one month, countless fanatical believers set out from Altdorf and surrounding towns and rushed towards the land of the dead in the west of the empire.
They do not have any official funding from the empire and are purely a spontaneous movement. Since most of the people who believe in this rhetoric are low-level people and believers, they do not have any weapons and equipment of the regular army. They rely on themselves to piece together their own weapons. Some of them carry spears and wooden sticks.
Starting from home, he vowed to rush to the shadowy land far away from the border of the empire.
Their number is beyond Rhodes' imagination...
From Reikland to Tarabek Territory, and then to Ostermark, the imperial trade routes were crowded with these "pilgrims" rushing to the western border.
There are also many believers who are lost in the vast black forest within the empire because they can't find the way.
It is conceivable that their ending will be tragic. Before they reach Sylvania, they will become food for the beasts in the forest.
The manpower has been gathered, but Rhodes estimates that less than one tenth can actually reach the end.
A group of militiamen without any logistical supplies discovered that there was no food halfway along the way. In order to complete this great expedition, the believers had to voluntarily "collect food". Therefore, along the road from Altdorf to Sylvania
The villages were all destroyed...
Peasants who refused to hand over their grain were robbed or even massacred... Fanatic believers burned, killed, and looted in order to raise the money for their journey to Sylvania.
When Rhodes heard this, he felt extremely "admired" for Bishop Yuri's actions.
Sure enough, the high-ranking officials in the empire never regarded the people at the bottom as human beings... In the eyes of the archbishop, the emperor, and the nobles, these ragged low-class civilians were nothing more than tools that could be manipulated and used. A eulogy would allow them to move forward.
Rush to the front line...
And Rhodes couldn't even find anything wrong with the Archbishop's remarks.
Eradicating heresy and evil is indeed the teachings of Sigmar...
I just pity these ignorant believers.
They traveled thousands of miles to rush to the front line in order to fight side by side with the gods, but in the end they died in a foreign land. Even after death, their bones may be used by the necromancer and turned into puppets.
And if there were ready-made benefits from conquering Sylvania, the empire's group of electors would have taken action long ago, and these low-level civilians would not be able to turn to them...
"High Lord, what are we going to do next? Reinforcements are about to enter Sylvania."
Sibes's reminder brought Rhodes back to reality from his thoughts.
They were about to fight again.
This is the front line.
The City of the Undead is close at hand, and a decisive battle may break out at any moment. Perhaps most of the undead will appear in the next moment.
"Break camp and march towards Duncanhof Castle!"
Rhodes ordered.
In my ears, I heard the trembling sound of the crossbow string when shooting. It was the crossbowman practicing shooting on the training ground.
"Light the fire, let them light the fire! Remember."
Rhodes ordered to the sergeants beside him.
To deal with the undead, fire is the most powerful weapon. The frost magic and ice power that Kislev is proud of are not applicable here.
Rhodes even planned to equip every frontline soldier with tar and set their weapons on fire.
However, there isn't that much tar to apply to every weapon.
As for the imperial fanatics who are about to enter Sylvania, Rhodes does not plan to provide them with any funding or supplies. These madmen will only be deceived by the church and the archbishop.
There is no organization or discipline at all.
Who knows where they will appear next. Perhaps, with hundreds of people, they can also dare to attack the heavily guarded Duncan Hof Castle.
And once they fail, their corpses will become the new force of the undead.
Rhodes knew that driving this group of fanatical believers to attack Sylvania was actually part of Archbishop Yuri's strategy. The purpose was to urge Kislev's army to attack the last stronghold of the vampire undead.
Black Library, Rhodes knew that Yuri wanted that, and couldn't wait, just like a vampire thirsting for blood, that desire was too strong to resist...