In the hands of many generals, soldiers are low-value consumables, which consume faster than military grain. Before half of the grain is finished, more than half of the soldiers have been killed.


    Bessalu knew Dwight was a famous general, but he didn''t expect that his opponent was so strong that the supply troops were obviously not suitable for the battlefield, so bessalu asked for more troops in the southwest.


    Manda smiled. She didn''t give me command and wanted to take my army to death. Did they think I was too generous.


    He said to Bessa, "I can invite a reinforcements, but I''m afraid they won''t obey your command."


    Bessalu''s left eye contracted slightly, looked at the Minister of state and said, "it seems that someone wants to replace me."


    The Government Secretary said to Manda, "you can put forward any suggestions, but we have agreed in advance that the commander of the coalition army is Archduke bessalu. You are qualified to be the commander of the coalition army unless Archduke bessalu and I are killed."


    Manda shook her head and said, "I don''t want to usurp the power of the commander. The support army I invited won''t accept the command of any of us."


    Bessalu sarcastically said, "whose army is so arrogant? Selin webner? Or elmen? I want to see who dares to be arrogant in front of me."


    Manda smiled, "maybe they''re all here?"


    Besa lowered her face and said, "even if they all come, they have to obey my orders!"


    The atmosphere in the camp was a little tense, and the Government Secretary quickly gave full play to his talent of peace and mud: "don''t worry, let''s see how many reinforcements Marquis Claude Sai can bring."


    Manda said: "almost 10000 people will arrive in half a month. During this period, our army had better not have more losses."


    Bessa: "I can consider not attacking the city in half a month."


    "That''s the most basic, sir," Manda sighed. "I''m worried that the enemy will go out of town and attack us."


    Bessalu frowned and said, "do you think the enemy is crazy? If they lose the barrier of the city, they can''t last a day in front of me."


    "Your Excellency, you seem to have overlooked one thing. The enemy''s strength is not much less than ours," Manda said, referring to the topic that bessalu and the Government Secretary are unwilling to mention. "Since the beginning of the war, the enemy''s casualties have not been much. They have the strength to take the initiative and probably will not fail."


    Bessalu was furious. The government secretary looked at Manda and motioned him to leave the big tent first.


    He can understand bessalu''s mood, but he used to be the best general in the kingdom. He knows that Manda is right and the enemy may go out of the city to fight back.


    In fact, bessalu himself knew that the war was only one step away from the defeat of the whole army. If Dwight really took the initiative, he could not even think of a way to deal with it.


    Although he hates Manda''s attitude, bessalu is not de enko. He will not be blindfolded by the Archduke''s self-esteem. He can also distinguish the real gains and losses.


    "If Manda can really call reinforcements, I will lose command completely, won''t I?"


    "As long as we can maintain our current strength, the command of the army still belongs to you. I will give you some suggestions. Even if the enemy sneaks out of the city, we won''t lose too much."


    Bessalu was silent for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don''t need your advice."


    The minister sighed: "I didn''t question you, just some suggestions."


    "I''ll give you the command."


    The Minister of state was stunned; "I really don''t mean that."


    "That''s what I mean," bessalu took off his sword and handed it to the Minister of state. "I''m not an excellent general. You gave me a lot of suggestions. If I could understand half of them, the war would not be like this."


    The minister shook his head and said, "let the soldiers know what they are fighting for. I''m just a defector from the king''s capital."


    Bessalu said with a smile, "the soldiers fight for his majesty, and I will continue to be the nominal commander. No matter which Marquis comes to the southwest, I will win his army into your hands. Don''t hand over the army to Manda Claude. He is too greedy."


    ……


    Three days later, Dwight went out of town for the first time to fight with the Confederate army. This time, it was only a tentative attack, and neither side had much loss.


    In the next few days, Dwight launched three raids, all of which were resisted by the Secretary of state. The wonderful battle between attack and defense opened Manda''s eyes.


    "See? This is the real general!" bessalu exclaimed as he stood on the tower watching the war. "Only by handing over the army to such a person can we recapture our kingdom."


    Manda nodded and said, "it''s not too late for you to wake up now."


    "I wake up, and you? Arrogant young man, will you give your reinforcements to Lord lesio?"


    Manda said helplessly, "I really don''t have such power..."


    "Stop explaining," said sheltay with disgust on his face. "You''ll regret today''s hypocrisy!"


    ……


    Back at the camp, Manda asked Che Erdan to recreate the war. He took out parchment and wrote down every detail of the command process.


    In the process of reappearance, cheerdan suddenly inserted a sentence: "Sir, with all due respect, we can''t capture Lianyu city."


    Manda put down the quill pen, looked up and said, "why do you say that?"


    "Lord lesio is an excellent commander. He can be called one in a million. Except longson, no one is better than him, but the enemy''s generals are no worse than him."


    Manda thought for a moment and said, "I''m used to measuring by value. If lesio is worth a hundred gold coins, how much can Dwight be worth?"


    "900. This gap can be ignored. Sir, the war situation in the north is not optimistic. You have also received the news. De enko will soon be wiped out. Long Gesen can''t fight alone. When bakhten strikes back, we can only stay here and be buried with them."


    "But our reinforcements are coming. There are nearly 10000 people."


    "That''s just 10000 more people buried with us. The enemy still has Lianyu city. The advantage of the city is enough to bury our reinforcements."


    "Not necessarily," Manda picked up the quill pen again. "I''m not good at war, so I need to learn, but I won''t rely solely on war to solve problems."


    ……


    Five days later, the reinforcements mentioned by Manda arrived under Lianyu city.


    The 10000 people he mentioned are the number of combat troops. Counting the auxiliary soldiers and miscellaneous servicemen, the total number of troops is nearly 30000.


    Bessalu was stunned. He had planned to fight for the command for the government minister, but now he didn''t know how to start.


    The government minister was also stunned: "did you... Call the divine punishment army?"


    Manda nodded and said, "the holy archbishop and the holy messenger join hands to fight against the traitors!"