Chapter 21 Boosting Morale
With the fierce and fierce offensive of the Qixue Army, the outer defense system was destroyed in just one day. A total of 15,000 Norman soldiers were either killed, surrendered, or captured. The Qixue Army itself lost less than 5,000 people.
It can be said that it was a completely unquestionable victory - I mean, for the Mongolians, despite losing one-tenth of the Qiexue army, such casualties made the Mongolian generals feel a little incredible. But if they win, they will win. The Mongolian army celebrated the whole day. In contrast, the Norman Empire and his allies' soldiers were in a low mood. After all, they failed...
But it doesn't matter, because Egil is not only a cunning commander, a sleek politician, but also an eloquent speaker. He has even reached the level of turning black and white into a horse. After this failure, Egil quickly summoned the commanders of each Thousand-Person team, the generals of the Centurion Legion of each Thousand-Person team, the commanders of each Allied and militia commanders. A generous and exciting speech was held in the square in the center of the fortress to inspire morale.
When Egil started his speech, he used a low voice to silently guide people's thinking invisibly. And gradually, the voice became louder, so that the generals would gradually follow his pace and be influenced by him. Finally, Egil shouted excitedly:
"But what does this matter?! No! We have done a good job. Soldiers, do you know what kind of miracles you have created?! You, relying on a simple line of defense, your passion and ambition, have resisted the most terrifying demonic Mongols in the world who crawled out of hell, in total four attacks!
I can guarantee that no one will do better than you with such achievements! Be cheer up! Think about it, what did the other party get? The other party got nothing! The other party wasted nearly 100,000 troops' lives in vain. Countless materials, a large amount of food and weapons. In the end, they got nothing! They even did not even touch the main body of this line of defense! Is this a failure? No, I don't think so.
I feel that I, and you brave and fearless soldiers, the guardians of the divine order of Christ, we! We stand on the right side. We are the winners! We have won, and we will continue to win!!!”
Listening to Egil's generous speech, the intriguing and inciting words, the powerful gestures made with a sonorous voice, and sometimes serious and sometimes excited facial expressions. These senior officers, generals and commanders were fascinated by what Egil said, and were deeply convinced.
Accompanied by Egil's words, these generals, officers, and commanders of the Allied forces, and the nobles could no longer suppress their moods, cheered loudly or applauded violently. Their moods changed with Egil's speech, and their joys and sorrows were completely pulled by Egil. This voice also attracted more low-level officers and ordinary soldiers to come over.
At the beginning, these people were very surprised to see their boss so excited. But soon, after listening to Egil's speech, these people were completely no longer confused or surprised and joined the cheering crowd.
Relying on a simple tin horn, Egil gave a speech to tens of thousands of people for nearly two hours at the top of his lungs. In the end, these soldiers, officers, and generals completely forgot about their previous failures - no, no, it should not be said so, but should be said that in the end, Egil made these people believe and completely believe. They did not fail before. They were the winners, this specious conclusion.
"It's really strange..." Genghis Khan, who was old and therefore slept very lightly in the Mongolian barracks, had just fallen asleep. He was awakened by the cheers from the Norman fortress. He found someone to ask, and got the news that the Normans had some idea why after the cheers, the monarch who commanded the most powerful army in the world came to interest. He summoned his generals, who were also awakened, lit a bonfire, and asked them like this:
"You said that the other party lost for a while during the day and lost more than a dozen camps. At night, he cheered. What's going on?"
The Mongolian generals were also strange because of this. After hearing what their khan asked, they didn't know how to answer. They could only look at each other in a daze. Or, they were a little smart like Bols, although they guessed it. But they were really hard to say. So they were silent.
"Can't even guess it..." Seeing them like this, Temujin was a little disappointed. But soon, he cheered up again: "But these are all insignificant things. What can the other party do if the morale is high? We won a victory and we can get a second time! Nothing can stop the Mongolian Iron Cavalry from advancing!"
After hearing what Genghis Khan said, the Mongolian generals regained their confidence. They unconditionally believed every word their Khan said. Since Temujin said this was an insignificant little thing, then this was an insignificant little thing.
"Everyone go back and rest. Tomorrow, we will go and kill the Normans." Genghis Khan said this when all the generals regained their confidence and stopped thinking about it. His goal was achieved.
"Yes, Khan." The Mongolian generals all bowed and prepared to push it out after hearing Temujin's words. But Bolshu sat at the closest place to Genghis Khan, and when he walked out, he was the last one. When he was about to walk out, he was the only one left in the tent, and Genghis Khan was also the two of them.
"Borshu, stay, I have something to say to you." Hearing Genghis Khan's voice sounded behind him. Borshu said in his heart: "Sure enough." Then he turned around, pretended to be puzzled and returned to the opposite Genghis Khan to sit, and then asked:
"Da Khan, why did you call me back?"
"You guy." Seeing him pretending to know nothing, Genghis Khan smiled angryly, grabbed the horse whip beside him, and waved it: "You probably have figured it out a long time ago. If you don't take the initiative, be careful that I will use the whip to slap you."
Seeing Genghis Khan say this, Bolshu laughed: "Since Dahan wants me to say it, I will try to say it. If you don't say it well, Dahan shouldn't blame me."
"Hurry up!" Temujin said loudly as if impatient.
"Khan, you are worried about the resistance of the Normans, right?" Bolshu said with a smile: "We were on the expedition, and we originally wanted to defeat the Normans in one go, but we were blocked by the enemy's walls. Although we won some victory, there were also many dead people. Moreover, the other party had several walls behind us.
If we break through some, the other party will be afraid and surrender, it will be easy to do - but now it seems that the other party's general is very morale and knows how to boost morale. If we want to attack this way, we don't know how many people will be lost. More importantly, if the time is delayed to winter, we will suffer due to supply difficulties. At that time, if the other party launches a counterattack, we will even be at risk of defeat..."
"Well, that's it." Genghis Khan nodded and sighed: "Among these generals, there are only you who can fight, brave, archery and equestrian skills.
"I really don't dare to take it." Bolshu waved his hand quickly and said, "You said this really makes me feel ashamed."
"Okay, okay, don't talk about such things anymore. So, since you know what I'm talking about, do you have a solution?" Genghis Khan asked.
"This..." Bolshu hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "In fact, I think the best way is to restore peace with the Norman Empire. You know, the land we Mongols occupied is large enough. But we Mongols themselves do not have a large population. I think what we should do now is to consolidate the land we have conquered."
"Then, it's unnecessary to continue to explore and continue to fight?" Temujin raised his eyebrows and asked immediately.
"It's not unnecessary. But we don't have to chew hard bones like the Normans. Tang and India. These places are easy to start, and they are very rich and populous. I think we can attack these places. We spend less energy and troops and get more."
"What you said makes sense...but I've made up my mind. I won't stop until I conquer or completely destroy the Norman Empire."
"That's right..." Hearing Genghis Khan say this, Bolshu sighed secretly. The old man with sperm had guessed what Genghis Khan thought at this moment - it was also something that best not to say, and it was best to pretend not to understand.
"If we have to attack the Norman Empire, then I think we should change our approach. When the frontal attack is not smooth, we might try to see if we can attack from the side..."
"You mean..." Temujin quickly figured out what Bolshu meant. He nodded, and then said, "Then, I'll leave this matter to you. Be sure to do it beautifully."
"I understand, khan." After saluting Temujin again, Bolshu retreated. After this conversation, the half-old man, who was no longer much younger than Genghis Khan, was completely sleepy. Thinking of Genghis Khan's task, he stayed up late and thought about what he should do...
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Chapter completed!