Give Me the Name of God

Late at night, Roma was packing her bags.

The lion girl opened the door, stood behind Roma for a while, and asked, "Do you have to go?"

Roma responded in sign language: This is an agreement.

The lion girl learned some sign language. She understood what Roma meant and asked: "What is the agreement between you?"

Roma expressed the content of the agreement in the simplest possible sign language: There are three things in total, give birth to a child, win a battle, and upgrade to a noble title. As long as I can help him do two of them, he will let me leave.

The lion girl stared at Roma's belly: "You haven't given birth yet!"

Roma blushed: Two pieces, that's all.

Roma captured Shertai alive, which was a great victory and the key to Manda becoming a marquis. From this point of view, Roma had completed her mission, and she was ready to leave on the day Manda completed the canonization.

"Do you love Manda?"

Roma nodded, she had never lied about this.

But loving him and following him for a lifetime are two different things. Roma still has her own family and her own mission.

After understanding Roma's sign language, the Leo girl couldn't help but laugh at herself: "How could I be so stupid and leave my whole life to him? If he says he has no choice, he has no choice. In fact, there is an agreement between me and him. Yes, as long as the five-year period is over, I will be free."

Roma smiled and shook her head: I envy you very much.

"If you envy me, just stay."

Roma still shook her head: Don't keep me anymore, everyone has their own destiny.

The lion girl smiled and said: "Who wants to keep you? The farther you go, the better. The woman I hate the most is you!"

She stuffed a bag of gold coins into Roma's luggage and gave the strong girl a hug.

…

After Manda got the title, he naturally had to fulfill his promise, and the real preparations for war had to begin.

There are abundant grain reserves in the due south, and abundant financial reserves in the southeast. What is most needed next is military reserves.

But where can we find the reserve of troops?

There was a large population in the southeast, but most of them were merchants and they were very mobile. Besa Liu could only raise more than 15,000 troops.

The population in the due south was very large, and the army reserves were also large, but more than 10,000 elite soldiers were taken to the southwest by Shertai.

Now there are more than 10,000 elite soldiers building the city wall in Qixing Mountain. Are they called here to fight?

Manda is not that brave. Not to mention whether the more than 10,000 people obey the management, as long as they are allowed to return to their hometown, everything will be revealed.

The most feasible way was to recruit an army immediately, but Madam once again jumped out to object.

This time the opposition was well-founded. She did not question Manda's identity, nor the power of the Grand Administrative Officer, but based on the laws established by Grand Duke Shelty.

"In the southern border, only members of the Shelty family can recruit soldiers. You are not qualified to recruit soldiers."

Manda said: "That's easy to say. I'll just go to the Grand Duke and get another letter."

"Go and see if anyone responds to you!" The lady sneered. This time she was very confident in herself. "Not everything can be decided by letters. The nobles must meet members of the Shelter family. Let their people fight."

This would put Manda in a difficult position. Bringing Grand Duke Shelty back again?

This is too risky. Once Shelta loses control, the entire South will lose control.

"The prince is out of the city to suppress the bandits. Only Mr. Jin Fu can take part in this matter."

The lady shook her head and said: "Jin Fu is underage and cannot represent the Shelty family."

Manda shrugged her eyebrows and said, "Then you are the only one left."

"It's not that I don't want to help you, but I hate war!" Madam looked at Manda with contempt, admiring his helpless look in the face of provocation.

The lady gave Manda a clear path: "This matter will be discussed slowly when my son comes back."

Manda heard that it made sense, and sent a letter to Tokar overnight, asking him to send the crown prince back as soon as possible.

Three days later, the prince came back with a total of six pieces, which were quite complete when put together.

Madam cried and fainted on the spot. Manda cried with Madam for a long time. When Madam woke up, Manda brought up the matter of conscription again.

The lady was furious: "You beast, you killed my son!"

"Calm down, madam, this matter has nothing to do with me. It was Grand Duke Shelty who asked the prince to suppress the bandits. The prince died in the hands of the bandits."

"So you only think about your war, and you don't care about the life and death of the Shelty family?"

"I care. I am recruiting soldiers to avenge the crown prince."

"you are lying!"

"I admit it's a bit of an exaggeration, but I don't have any more time to waste."

Manda really didn't have much time to waste, Besa Liu was waiting for news from him.

Moreover, the war in the north is about to begin, and the conflict between Denko and Bucken is intensifying. Now is the best time to prepare for war.

"Madam, I don't want to trouble the Grand Duke anymore with this matter. I'm very sad that the prince died in battle, but the war is coming and we have to prepare early. If you insist on forcing me, I can ruin your reputation. At that time, it will be considered gold. Fu is not yet a minor, so I think he is also qualified to represent the Shelty family.”

The lady cried for three days and finally recognized the reality. She agreed to Manda's request and stepped forward as the Grand Duchess to help Manda recruit soldiers.

Madam's appeal is indeed not small. In less than a month, Manda raised an army of 20,000 in the southern border.

During this period, the war in the north had begun.

Leonder's army and Bucken's army moved almost simultaneously, each occupying two cities within a month.

There were relatively many cities in the north, but Denke could not remain indifferent. He finally organized the Northern Alliance to resist. The first opponent he chose was Leander.

As the commander-in-chief of the coalition, Denke believed in his experience. The coalition had just been formed and needed a victory to boost morale, so he took the lead in choosing the weak Demon God believers.

The number of the coalition forces was 50,000, but Leonder only had more than 3,000 men. Although these more than 3,000 people were believers of the ancient gods, Denke was very disdainful of them.

He knew that these Demon God believers were all civilians and knew nothing about war before they became believers. Having the skills of the Demon God would allow them to have strong individual combat capabilities and take advantage of sneak attacks and ambushes.

Denke's inference came from the previous battles. Counting the city of Drawshaft, the Demon God's believers captured a total of three cities and more than a dozen small towns, and each battle relied entirely on sneak attacks. The unsuspecting lords suffered heavy losses, but now the enemy's good days were over.

In large-scale battles, a soldier's individual combat capability is almost negligible. The key to victory lies in the deployment of tactics, the discipline of soldiers, and the equipment of weapons. This is common sense that every good general understands.

In Denke's eyes, these three thousand believers may not be able to withstand three thousand ordinary soldiers, let alone his army of fifty thousand.

He first targeted Broom Town, a small town that Leonde had just captured. Directly annihilating it while its foothold was still unstable was the best option to deal with the rabble.

Denke's army quickly surrounded Broom Town. During the siege, they encountered sporadic resistance, and were easily defeated by the army.

The enemy was too weak and unorganized, and the victory came too easily, which really made Denke lose his energy.

But after the siege of Broom Town, Denke's spirit was forced to rise.

The town was deserted, and both enemy soldiers and civilians were nowhere to be found.

After verifying the information from the sentry, Denke had a bad premonition that he seemed to have fallen into an enemy trap.

Sure enough, a lord came to report at dawn that their camp had been raided by the enemy, and nearly all of the thousand troops were killed.