Once the mind is unified, it will be much easier to do. Then, in full accordance with Dipu's orders, the troops began to recruit and levy. Of course, such an extreme approach will definitely meet with a backlash.

But the handle of the knife is in the hands of Ttrap, and now it is his reason that is the greatest. After beating dozens of people and even cutting off a few heads, it only took a dozen days for Dipu to recruit more than 34,000 people, enough grain and grass for half a year, and countless ...... of vehicles, mules and horses. That efficiency is simply leveraged.

However, although these 34,000 men were all young and strong men, their equipment ...... was a tear. It can be described as such, more like a black bandit than a bandit. There are all kinds of clothing, but there are almost no armor, and all kinds of farm tools and kitchen knives are very few weapons.

The only thing to be happy about is that more than 1,200 civilian cavalry have been recruited, and there are even more than 400 great sword masters. There are also thirteen magicians (including magic apprentices) and more than thirty magicians (including magician apprentices). And this recruitment swept away the churches along the way. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Dipu had the status of "saint" and "deputy head of the Holy See Order", the recruitment of those priests would never have been so smooth.

However, behind the high efficiency, it also brings a big sequelae. Looking at those young and strong eyes, Dipu was absolutely convinced that these people must hate themselves more than the bandits. In the cold winter, the whole family was kicked out of the house, and they had to crawl long distances, the young and strong had to fight, and the food at home was also "robbed" ....... Although Dipu was still "very reasonable", while collecting grain, he left a signed white slip, and even deliberately signed for about 10% more grain and grass. But......?

Obviously, Dip's reputation in Tomrshire is worse than a pit.

In the end, even Willy couldn't stand it. Because a group of students relied on their identities to collectively "ask for their lives for the people" and protest against Dipu's approach. Then, the group of students was intimidated by the first pass.

The process of intimidation will not be described in detail here. Anyway, I was stunned on the spot. The rest almost all peed their pants. One can imagine how bad Dipu's intimidation was. But this is also normal, not bad, then it is not Dip.

And what do the students represent? They began to prepare for civil service. The Verona Empire was again civilian. If this news spreads, then Dipu will offend the entire bureaucracy. So Willy and the others persuaded them in private, letting Dipu take it easy. It doesn't matter how many more or how few there are anyway. Don't fight before the war is fought, impeachment will fly all over the sky, there is no need to offend everyone.

Dipu is making a lot of noise here. Except for the bastard magician who didn't care about the future leader, everyone else became more and more soft-hearted and weak-hearted, for fear of offending too many people, and the empire would settle accounts after the fall. Unbeknownst to them, however, that the city of Scar, where the county guard was there, was so anxious that he jumped on his feet, to the point of crying and shouting for Dipu to do the same.

Not only that, but in these days, René has sent a large number of messengers to find Dip. Let him lead his troops back to Skar City as soon as possible. Because the front line has once again undergone an earth-shattering upheaval.

And all this starts with the selfishness of the Marquis of Zhenma:

We already know that in addition to Marshal Phoenix, the Verona Empire has seven great generals. And these great generals are either in high positions in the military department, or they are in command of the five major knights of the empire. And below those great generals, there are more than two dozen generals.

And between generals and generals, there must also be high and low. For example, the Count of Daniel, who extorted a large sum of money from Dipu, was "victorious" because of the ...... of the expeditionary force. Therefore, he will lead an Imperial Mixed Standing Army with the Expeditionary Force as the team. So this time, the Marquis of Zhenma also wanted to lead a newly formed Imperial Mixed Legion with his military merits.

I didn't expect that the sky would not fulfill people's wishes, and it would be unfavorable for the teacher. The Starflame Knights were inexplicably wiped out. So the Marquis of Zhenma started a small ninety-nine: Anyway, it was the Holy See Knights who lost, not the army of the Empire. If a dozen regiments and a knight brigade around him have something to do, maybe there will be a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Thinking about it this way, the Marquis of Zhenma concealed the news of the defeat. That's why, it wasn't until Joseph reported that Skar City learned of the defeat at the front. If you follow the normal process, you will lose the battle. The Marquis of Zhenma should report to the military headquarters in a timely manner, and the military headquarters will also communicate with René in a timely manner, because they have magical communication with each other. It won't mess up Scarcity.

To put it bluntly, it is because of the selfishness of the Marquis of Zhenma that Dipu will carry the black cauldron. If everything is fine, maybe nothing will happen to him.

In fact, Marquis Zhenma's concealment, he was somewhat sure. Because there are some Starflame knights who fled to the army of the Marquis of Zhenma, they have to be more experienced than Joseph, at least they have an idea of the strength and combat effectiveness of the bandits, so the Marquis of Zhenma will have the confidence to recover.

However, after thousands of calculations, the Marquis of Zhenma did not calculate - morale. The clean elimination of the Starflame Knights made Higgins and the others more confident at once, so their appetite also increased all of a sudden.

Since the bandits were almost unharmed, on the evening of the next day they made a hasty march to the camp of the four regiments that served as the "double arrows". For the rest of the night, they dug three deep trenches around the camp. The four regiments were completely surrounded.

And these four regiments also learned the news of the destruction of the Starflame Knights, and they became completely panicked, and even timidly could not hold out, allowing the bandits to move outside the camp. It is ridiculous that a full 20,000 people were surrounded by 40,000 without any resistance. Not even a rabbit struggling in a trap.

Later, the Marquis of Zhenma learned that the army was trapped. He had no choice but to raise the army immediately, hoping to come together and defeat the bandits completely.

It should be said that the Marquis Zhenma's decision is not wrong. But...... This is often bad on this "but", and he never expected how corrupt the military system in the imperial standing army was.

Due to the fact that the empire has been peaceful for many years, and the surrounding foreign enemies are resisted by affiliated countries such as the Tro Kingdom and the Red Lion Principality, so in addition to the several major knights of the empire, the garrisons in other places are already rotten to the roots. What is empty salary, no training, reselling ordnance ....... And a regiment of 5,000 people, usually 1,000 people can be in the barracks, this regiment can already be regarded as a model regiment. (To be continued.) )