Banner of the Evil God

No one is more informed than the God of War when it comes to matters related to "war", let alone people from other forces, even many middle-level nobles of the Southern Noble Faction of the Gold Coin Federation, are not as fast as the God of War in getting the news.

After all, as long as there is a war, it is inseparable from war and those who believe in the God of War.

Whether it is the regular army or the mercenaries, there are many who believe in the God of War. The God of War promised that after they fought bravely, their souls could go to the Kingdom of God to rest. If they have good qualifications, they may even be transformed into immortal messengers of God and continue their unfinished journey. For the soldiers, this is almost one of the best destinations.

So when the Noble Faction wanted to form a fast mobile force, the God of War quickly got the news, verified it in detail, and kept following up.

"They will probably form a fast mobile force with a total of 200 people." Ogmandin said, "One-third of them are mid-level, a very amazing number."

One-third of the 200 people are mid-level, which means there are 60 to 70 mid-level people. This number is indeed somewhat surprising - if it were in an ordinary army, this would be enough to support an army of tens of thousands of people.

Considering the remaining beginners and the spellcasters needed in this army, the cost of forming this team of only 200 people is probably higher than that of an ordinary army of 10,000 people.

In other words, the formation of this army is to hope that they can achieve a record that is no less than or even better than that of an ordinary army. Similarly, if they are defeated or even annihilated, the loss to the noble faction will be no less than or even greater than that of an ordinary army.

In the main plane continent, defeating or even annihilating a legion is definitely a great war. Generally speaking, in a war like the civil war of the Gold Coin Federation, which is not too intense, such a war is enough to determine the outcome of the war. If you lose such a battle, it is basically impossible to turn over.

Reality is not playing games. It is not that if you lose an army, you can recruit soldiers from several nearby cities, assign generals, and transport them over. Instead, it requires long-term training and a large amount of supplies to support an army.

Since ancient times, it is very rare to find a capable person who can turn things around after losing the entire legion in a battle. With the help of Lu Ze and Han Xin, Liu Bang saved such a defeat twice, and was later called a typical example of "those who are good at defeat never die". Liu Bei was displaced for half his life and was forced to abandon his wife and flee many times, but the white-ear elite soldiers were never really defeated and collapsed, which was the confidence of his dominance in the world. Chen Qingzhi, a scholar general who was powerless, led the white-robed army to sweep across the north and captured Luoyang with only a few thousand soldiers and horses. However, once the white-robed army was damaged by hard fighting and floods, he had to disguise himself as a monk and fled back to the south.

The aristocratic faction is huge, and naturally there is no shortage of famous generals. But no matter how famous the general is, there is no way to turn ordinary farmers into elite soldiers all of a sudden.

Because of this, Count Haus proposed at the meeting of the great nobles to form a fast mobile force, use a purely elite army to attack the rear of the merchant faction, and constantly bleed the merchant faction to force them to surrender.

At first, not to mention the great nobles of the central faction, even the great nobles of the local faction opposed his plan - this plan was really... to select hundreds of beginners and mid-level masters, form an excellent team, all equipped with exotic war horses with amazing endurance, bypass the border line between the north and the south, enter the vast north, and destroy everywhere, with the goal of killing civilians and destroying the production and life in the north.

This is not only dangerous, but also very vicious.

"This is not in line with the spirit of nobility!" A central earl said angrily, "We nobles must fight for honor, honor is our life! This way of fighting has no honor at all!"

"We are all believers of our Lord's Golden Crown (Goddess of Wealth), why do we have to use such brutal means!" A local earl sighed, "Good horse, let's forget it."

However, Earl Haus, nicknamed "Good Horse", had no intention of "forgetting it". He repeatedly emphasized the importance of this war, especially that this battle must hurt and scare the merchant faction in order to ensure stability for decades to come.

"To scare them, we must make them feel the fear. Instead of annihilating one or two legions on the battlefield, it is better to let the mobile forces go around their hinterland, kill their people, burn their villages and farmland, destroy their caravans and production bases... As long as this happens a few times, even if the big merchants can hold on, the small and medium merchants will definitely be scared to death, and at least for one or two generations, they will not dare to mention the war again!"

Looking at the young earl in the magic projection gesticulating and making plausible remarks, the other nobles were a little distressed.

Of course, they admitted that Earl House had a point, but no matter how reasonable it was, the two barriers of honor and risk could not be avoided.

Not to mention honor, attacking civilians is of course fine occasionally, but if you treat it as a career, it will naturally greatly hinder the family's reputation. In the future, when a certain family is mentioned, everyone will think of "Oh, those executioners who massacred civilians"... This is simply terrible, and I am afraid that even future generations will jump up and curse.

The danger is more direct. Needless to say, the risk of going deep into the enemy's territory alone is great. Even if they can win every battle, will the killing of civilians offend the goddess of wealth? If they offend the goddess of wealth, will they be punished by God?

This is absolutely certain! Even if the goddess of wealth disdains to take action against those soldiers, the leading officers will definitely be in trouble!

However, Earl Haus said that he was willing to lead the team himself.

This time, everyone was choked.

Others took on the biggest danger, the heaviest responsibility, and the worst reputation. Do they still have the nerve to refuse?

Anyway, it's just a matter of money and people. Thirteen earls and two marquises each contributed a little, and it was no difficulty to get two hundred people together.

Of course, they would not send their loyal subordinates to do such a mission that seemed to be suspected of sending them to their deaths. Instead, they immediately spent a lot of money to recruit mercenaries. Those who were slow to recruit mercenaries would send out those marginal figures in the family power without regret even if they died.

As for how to integrate this group of people into a whole, and how to lead this group of "fast mobile forces" to fight deep behind enemy lines, it was all the work of the young earl who had just taken over the earl's scepter from his dead father three years ago.

In public, everyone had high hopes for Earl House. But behind the scenes, none of the great nobles were optimistic about his crazy plan.

One of the leaders of the Central Nobles, Marquis Saxe Yuk of Gem, once complained to his father who had semi-retired due to old age and physical weakness, saying that this teammate was really unreliable. With such a pig teammate holding him back, he felt that he should seriously consider whether to change his career and join the merchant faction...