Chapter 30: Release the Prisoners
When Roger walked back to the camp, he saw a lively scene in the camp. Del and Dias led several division commanders to command the soldiers to practice. When they saw Roger coming, they all stopped all of a sudden.
"Salute!" With Del's order, thousands of soldiers who were training immediately saluted Roger.
Roger was shocked and waved his hands repeatedly, "General Del, why are you doing so serious? I'm not a distinguished guest to the military parade."
"Brother Roger, these are the soldiers of the original Rock Legion. They admire you for your duel with Winter in order to save their lives. What they originally wanted to express their gratitude to you was just that you have been away for the past three days. Now it's hard to seize this opportunity." Del said with a smile.
Roger also laughed dryly. He didn't think what he did was so great.
At this time, Del soon said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Roger, there are still some problems in the reorganization. Some of the soldiers of the Rock Legion still believed the lies of Welsh and believed that His Majesty Edward was killed by the princess and you Baishos. In addition, many of their families are still in Balathan, so they are quite resistant to our reorganization."
Seeing his eyes were red and his hair was messy, Roger obviously had to worry about this for the past three days. Looking at his look of asking for help, he could only smile bitterly and whisper: "I'll give it a try."
Roger then returned the ritual of a magician to the thousands of soldiers, cleared his throat and said, "Thank you brothers for your respect for me, Roger. These days, because this traitor of Wales killed His Majesty Edward, our respected king, and colluded with Jepeng to launch a coup, dragging Ice into the abyss of darkness. I know that he once told you and the people of all Ice, saying that His Majesty Edward was killed by Baisus, and attacking Baisus on this ground caused great pain to the people of both countries. But when we think about it carefully, we will find many flaws. The most important point is: Who is the greatest beneficiary after His Majesty Edward's death? Neither Baisus nor Princess Anne, the heir to the throne, but Wales, who is now self-proclaimed regent. Based on this alone, we actually have reason to suspect that he is the murderer behind the scenes."
As soon as Roger finished speaking, the soldiers of the Rock Legion suddenly heard a lot of discussion.
"Yes! It seems that from the coup to the present, the Prince of Wales is indeed the biggest beneficiary."
"Well, I heard from the soldiers of the Lightning Army that when they attacked Baissus, there were only more than 10,000 border guards on the Baissus border, and the main legions were all transferred to the Japeng border. If Baissus had any intentions against us, it would be impossible that there would be no main legions on the border."
"It seems that we have been deceived! If Princess Anne is controlled by Baissus as Wales said, then she should wait until Princess Anne returns to the country before poisoning His Majesty the King. In this way, Princess Anne can inherit the throne. How could she choose to take action when Princess Anne is still in Baissus!"
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After Roger reminded him, the soldiers of the Rock Legion immediately discovered many flaws, and some of the original doubts were also dispelled.
At this time, Roger said again: "I know that many of you, their families are still in Balatan, under the surveillance of Wales. But I can assure you that we will try our best to rescue them. Think about it: If Wales threatens you with the safety of your family, then he will fully expose his despicable and viciousness and will do whatever he wants to take the throne. Imagine how can such a shameless villain deserve your allegiance? How will such a man take Ice even if he takes the position of king?"
When the soldiers heard this, they nodded and thought Roger's words made sense. However, some soldiers immediately asked: "Mr. Roger, we all admire you very much and know that Wales is not a good person. But he now controls our relatives. I am afraid that if I follow you to attack, he will kill my family!"
After the soldier spoke, many soldiers also started to scream.
"Sir Roger, we are willing to go to Wales, that guy is indeed not a good bird, but our family..."
"Yes! My parents died early, and my sister and I depend on each other. She is still in the slum of Balathan."
"My son is only seven years old and is about to go to church school to study. I still want to see how he looks at school."
"Your sons are all there, but my wife is pregnant."
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"I know that many of you have concerns because your family is in Balatan. I will not force you to follow us to attack Balatan... This way, if you are worried that your family will be killed, you can leave on your own. I will ask Princess Anne to send you travel expenses and food, enough for you to return to Balatan." Roger thought for a while, and then decided decisively.
"Ah! Brother Roger, this..." Del said with a puzzled look on his face.
"It's okay, I'll explain to Anne that the commander of Del's army is about strength, not about quantity. If a large group of soldiers who are unwilling to fight and think about their family members may be bad at that time." Roger whispered to Del.
"Okay! Then please explain to Princess Anne." Del winked at Diaz, and Diaz came over and hurriedly left.
The soldiers who were planning to leave stayed there for a while before going to the quarconian to go through the departure procedures.
Inside the tent of the Lightning Army camp.
"Brother Roger, how could you let those soldiers go? The quarantine officer reported it just now. There were more than 10,000 soldiers from the Rock Legion requesting to leave, and the travel expenses and food were a little bit of. The key is that we lost more than 10,000 people at once, which is one-seventh of all our troops now!" Anne hurried over after receiving Dias' report. She looked anxious at this moment.
"Yes! Dias and I have been busy reorganizing the troops. Now it's hard to reorganize the troops, and the reorganization of a total of 70,000 people has been mixed into seven divisions, including two cavalry divisions and five infantry divisions. Once they leave, they have to reorganize them again." Del said with some dissatisfaction. He had always admired Roger, but he also disagreed with this matter.
"Actually, I do this to our best! Think about it, if Wales pushed the families of those soldiers to the front of the two armies and asked the soldiers of the Rock Legion to surrender, what would you think the morale of our army would be like?" Roger asked back.
"This..." Del and Dias looked at each other. With Welsh's personality, this kind of thing might not be impossible. If such a situation really happens, it is probably a small matter to shake the morale of the army. The greater possibility is that many soldiers cannot withstand the pressure and surrender.
"If such a situation occurs and a large number of soldiers surrender, we probably don't need to fight this battle. The soldiers who have not passed will inevitably have a downward morale." Roger said.
"This is possible." Agassi nodded.
"After I put these soldiers who are not very determined in their hearts back, at least we don't have to worry about Wales using this trick to deal with us, because it is destined to be futile. Moreover, after I put these soldiers back, they are actually fighting for us, just a psychological war against Wales!" Roger continued.
"Psychological warfare? What does it mean?" Everyone became interested when they heard this new term.
"It is a new way of combat that shakes the enemy's morale and people's hearts and even collapses. In fact, it should be said to be a propaganda offensive." Roger gave a rough introduction, and then said: "Let these soldiers go back to show our generosity and tolerance, which can make us win the hearts of the people in Is. Moreover, these soldiers have experienced the entire process of fighting with us. Knowing that our army defeated 80,000 of them with 40,000 people, they must be afraid of our army's spirit. Moreover, they have known the truth of the entire coup process, and the family members who detained them in Wales did not.
After returning, he will talk about these things everywhere. This will cause a big storm in Balatan. At this time, Wales will face a dilemma. If he orders to kill these soldiers, it will give the people a sense of cruelty and easy-to-kill and high-pressure policies. This is very different from the original open atmosphere of Is, causing more people to be dissatisfied with him and shake his ruling foundation. If he ignores this and lets these people talk about it, more people will know the truth and thus lead to losing confidence in him."
Anne, Del, Dias and others all showed admiration after hearing this and nodded slowly. Only then did they feel that Roger's approach was really a powerful double-edged sword, and no matter how Wales dealt with it, it would cause great trouble for them.
Del sighed: "Brother Roger is really worthy of being a war god! We saw too far, and we never thought that letting these soldiers go back can play such a big role."
"Brother Roger, I'm sorry! I wasn't considerate, I almost blamed you for mistakes." Annie couldn't help but regret that the tone she had just spoken was a little heavy. She looked at Roger with an apology.
Roger noticed Annie's expression at this time, and also looked at her with encouragement, smiled slightly, indicating that he did not take such trivial matters to heart at all.
After Annie and Roger looked at each other, their faces turned slightly red and they lowered their heads with a little shyness. At this moment, she couldn't help but think: "If Brother Roger likes her, how great would it be!"
"Okay! Don't praise me anymore! I'll really float up in a while." Roger withdrew his gaze to Annie, and said with a smile to everyone who was admiring.
"By the way, Brother Roger, where have you been in the past three days? I couldn't find you everywhere, and I almost thought you were captured by the enemy." Annie asked curiously at this time.
"Oh, I went to the Mist Forest to practice for three days and used all the three days of leave you gave me." Roger said with a smile.
"Ah! Brother Roger, have you made a breakthrough again?" Annie asked in surprise.
"Well, the thief skill has just broken through level 4." Roger pondered for a while and still said it. Anyway, he couldn't hide the fact that he was a dual cultivation of demons and thieves.
"Oh my God! Your magician level has also broken through level 6, and the thief has broken through level 4 again... It seems that I can't catch up with you in my life." Annie's pair of eyes showed a regretful look.
"Annie, you are a princess of a country! You will be a queen in the future. There are too many things to do besides magic. You must not be like me, just practice or practice." Roger comforted.
"Oh, Brother Roger, don't comfort me, I know my level." Annie shook her head, knowing that it was difficult for her to catch up with Roger's cultivation level again.
"By the way, how are we doing now? I have been away for three days and I don't know any news outside." Roger quickly changed the subject.
Chapter completed!