Give Me the Name of God

Denke's coalition is a traditional coalition. The lords of each region lead their own troops. The food, weapons and camps are relatively independent. This management method can avoid friction between the lords, but it can also cause management oversights. A camp Denke had no idea about the sneak attack last night.

He knew that the demon believers had recruited an outstanding general from the south.

Denke didn't take him to heart. With such a disparity in strength, how much role can a general play?

But what he didn't expect was that this general not only had excellent command capabilities and combat experience, he also had excellent learning abilities.

Breton perfectly copied Rome's empty city strategy. In the southwest, he was a victim of this tactic. In the north, he became a practitioner of this tactic.

But Denke really couldn't figure out how the enemy army left Broom Town? Before the siege was formed, the sentry still saw Leander's army in the town.

It is useless to think too much. Since an army has been attacked by surprise, it proves that the enemy is still nearby. There are several generals in the coalition who are good at tracking. Denke gave them an order to find the whereabouts of the enemy before dark.

Broom Town, as the name suggests, this town is shaped like a broom. The lord who was attacked last night came from the tip of the broom. Several generals gathered on the battlefield to search for clues left by the enemy.

As dusk approached, they had collected a lot of information and seemed to have some ideas, but they couldn't quite figure it out.

When night fell, the Grand Justice was scolding these generals, not wanting another lord to be attacked by surprise.

His camp was located at the junction of the broom stick and the broom head. There were also more than a thousand people, and almost all of his army was wiped out.

Denke was shocked. He lost more than 2,000 soldiers in two nights. Compared with the 50,000-strong army, the losses were not large. But the worst thing was that not a single enemy corpse was left on the battlefield.

No trace of the enemy was found, and no effective resistance was made. This was the worst possible situation. The opponent took advantage of the believers' individual advantage and achieved a crushing victory in the small-scale battle.

Denke was still calm, but the lords of all walks of life fell into fear. The enemy troops were like ghosts. It was hard to say which one would be entangled tonight.

A dispute broke out between them at the military meeting. The focus of the dispute was whether to continue to fight in Broom Town.

One side believes that the terrain here is not conducive to the deployment of large armies, and a small town is not worth wasting time. They should directly attack the city occupied by the enemy.

The other side believes that the open terrain of Broom Town is suitable for a large army to encircle. If the enemy cannot be defeated in the wilderness, the siege will only become more difficult.

Denke decided to continue fighting here. He vaguely saw Nars's fighting habits in the enemy. He did not want to make the mistake of going deep alone amidst the temptation of the enemy.

It would be nice if Nars was here, but this idiot is still wandering around the city of Drawshaft.

Denko ordered the lords to shorten the distance between camps and send more night patrols to strengthen security.

At the same time, he also increased the strength of the search team. This time he did not rush for success. He asked the generals to be patient and not to miss any detail.

All responses were correct and the camp suffered no attacks for the next two days.

The generals in charge of the search gathered more clues, and it seemed that they were about to discover the enemy.

But on the night of the third day, another camp was attacked and more than 300 soldiers were lost.

This camp is located above the broom head and is surrounded by other camps, so it should be very safe.

But the enemy suddenly appeared near the camp, and the other camps were completely unaware of it.

Fortunately, the lords of the camp were well prepared, and less than half of the soldiers were lost in this battle. The enemy retreated before other camps arrived to support them.

According to the lord's description, they killed many enemy soldiers. Denke went to the camp to check in person, but only saw the bodies of his own people.

"Where are the enemy soldiers you killed? Where are their bodies?"

"Their corpses... should have been taken away by the enemy." The lord gave a nonsensical explanation. The two sides were fighting against the clock. Under such circumstances, how could the enemy have a chance to take away the corpses?

Denke asked several surrounding camps. They did not see where the enemy troops came from, nor did they know where the enemy troops were going. The battle ended too quickly, and they did not have time to react.

Denke forcibly suppressed his anger. He ordered the lords involved to bury the bodies of the soldiers and continue to shrink the layout of the camp.

Ten days later, Denke decided to move to Leather Shield City. In the past ten days, his battle losses had exceeded 6,000 people.

This is not a small number, it has exceeded 10% of the total army. If we continue to struggle with the enemy here, not only the morale will be shaken, but the entire alliance may be shaken.

Leather Shield City is a city occupied by Leander. It is famous for its rich production of leather shields. The best leather shields are comparable to iron shields, but weigh less than one-third of iron shields.

According to Denke's speculation, Leander would not have more than 2,000 soldiers defending the city. For a small city like Leather Shield City, which is mainly based on handicrafts, the city walls are not high and there is no moat. Three days is enough to break through. .

It might not be difficult to break through Leather Shield City, but who would have thought that the march would be the beginning of the nightmare.

It is not an easy task to mobilize an army of more than 40,000. If any army relaxes a little, the enemy will definitely appear on time.

After marching for three days, the enemy troops were defeated piecemeal, and nearly two thousand people were lost in the army. This time, a general finally found traces of the demon believers.

"They are lurking in Yingzui Town. A plague broke out in that town more than ten years ago. All the people died, the lords also fled, and the entire town was abandoned. We have always ignored it."

"It's not too late to find out now!" Denke gritted his teeth, "Deploy 10,000 troops and flatten that town. Not a single enemy soldier is allowed to stay!"

A general suggested: "My lord, it is best not to start a war there. That town is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Denke hesitated for a moment and then ordered: "Send five thousand more people. I want to see victory. I want to see the enemy's heads!"

Fifteen thousand troops set out that day, but before they could see the shadow of Yingzui Town, they suffered the most painful blow since the war began.

They encountered an ambush by the God's Punisher halfway. Bucken personally led eight thousand God's Punishment Army to defeat the fifteen thousand army. More than two thousand of them were killed, more than ten thousand were captured, and less than two thousand escaped. Back to camp.

The victorious Buckon led the soldiers to quickly evacuate the battlefield. Some young God Punishers had the habit of cremating enemy soldiers. Buckon usually ignored them, but this time he stopped them.

"Leave the bodies here, they have some use."

One officer asked: "Are these prisoners still going to be kept?"

"Keep them of course," Bucken laughed. "They're of great use."

Denke sat in the camp with unspeakable disappointment in his eyes.

The number of prisoners far exceeded the number of casualties. This was not only a disastrous defeat, but also a defeat full of humiliation.

There are still five days to go until Pidun City, what should we do next?

Continue marching and endure the enemy's attacks?

Stay here and continue fighting with the enemy?

The lords once again had a fierce dispute. The focus of their dispute was not on these two options. The focus of their dispute was whether to continue fighting or to return to their respective homes. When the loss reaches a certain level, the alliance between the lords is so fragile.

Seeing that the dispute was intensifying, Yanshi Kalyan suddenly stood up and made the only constructive proposal.

"Grand Duke, we need support."

The lords laughed loudly when they heard this. Tens of thousands of troops gathered here, but they said nothing about support?

Almost all the soldiers in the north are here, but where can they find support?

Kalyan reminded the Grand Duke: "You have forgotten someone."

Denke knew what he meant: "Are you talking about the general from the royal capital? I'm afraid I don't have the qualifications to dispatch him."

Kalyan said: "He is also the lord of the North. He has the obligation to fight for the North. He is eager to fight for the North. Please give him a chance."