Still in the middle of exam and was a bit busy writing 2 fanfics at the same time, goodness why do I do this to myself
On another note, HSR story ending got me twisted [spoiler]
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Shakespeare: "?"
Bianka: "??"
"Bianka ah, I remember didn't you say that you don't like aggressors?"
"Yes, I did say that, but helping Lu Yu to take revenge doesn't count as aggression, right? They once took Lu Yu's eyes, so it's normal for me to slightly destroy a few of their cities, right?"
Shakespeare: "..."
"Bianka, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, quickly help me up!"
Seeing Bianka in this dishonest appearance, the helpless Shakespeare could only reach out his hand and deliver a hand slash on Bianka's forehead.
"You'd better stay honest now, it's rare that Lu Yu has come to take over you and me now, we can have more important things to do now."
"What is it?"
"Of course it's to go back and get back everything that belongs to you."
"Ugh?"
Seeing Bianka's confused look, Shakespeare shook his head helplessly.
"I mean, it's time for us to go back to the palace."
"Sasha, what are we going back to the palace for?"
"Back to the palace for what? To get you a king, of course!"
"Huh?"
"Huh? !!!!"
[After receiving sufficient troop support as well as material support, you chose to lead your troops into battle immediately.]
Just a few days later, you led your army to the border city of the enemy country.
[No one could have imagined that the enemy, who had almost invaded your country a few days ago, would now be the one to be beaten.]
Outside of the enemy fortress, the 10,000 or so troops led by Lu Yu had only just been stationed there for a short while when Lu Yu called up Schrödinger to check out the situation with him.
"Senior sister, tell us about the situation."
Together with Schrodinger, Lu Yu was there more to protect Schrodinger's safety.
Exploring the enemy's situation and what not, the current Lu Yu definitely couldn't do that, Schrödinger was now Lu Yu's eyes.
Lu Yu and Schrödinger studied under Lewis together, and the two have spent many years together in Lewis's hometown, so the degree of tacit understanding naturally speaks for itself.
If one were to list a few of Lu Yu's most trusted hands in this world, then Schrödinger definitely ranked in the top few.
Of course, trust to trust, but Lu Yu this little sister Schrödinger's strength compared to Lu Yu is still worse than a point.
Compared to Lu Yu, who had now reached the point where he could casually walk around in an army of thousands, Schrödinger's combat power was obviously much lower.
This was also the reason why Lu Yu had to scout with Schrödinger first, in case an enemy found out about Schrödinger and sent a large number of men to surround him, Schrödinger would have a chance of being seriously injured even if he didn't die, but the situation would be completely different if Lu Yu himself was here.
One man can't stop the other.
This saying was the best portrayal of Lu Yu right now.
As long as he stood here, no one could hurt a single hair on Schrödinger's head.
"The wall is eight meters high and about twelve thick."
"What about the manpower arrangement?"
"It's not very clear to see, but judging from the changing of the guard, the manpower shouldn't be very sufficient."
"How much does the wall slope?"
"About the same as ours."
"If we set up ladders, do you think we can take it in one wave, senior sister?"
Hearing Lu Yu's question, Schrödinger glanced at the distant fortress, then she shook her head.
"It's hard, the entire defense of this fortress looks quite a bit stronger than the one in our own country, it might be very difficult to attack strongly."
"I see."
Lu Yu nodded, at this moment, Lu Yu's inner mind already had a general understanding of the situation of this fortress.
"Elder brother, have you thought about how you want to fight?"
"Thought about it."
"How to fight?"
"It's very simple, senior sister, tomorrow you pick a hundred good body skills in the mercenary team, when it gets dark I'll lead them to sneak into the city then just open the gates, at that time you prepare in advance, when the gates are opened you'll lead the army to rush in."
"Not good." Schrodinger shook his head.
"Senior brother, this is too risky, we are not sure how many people are in this enemy fortress, and we are not sure if there are any top experts in the other side's city, if you rush in with your people like this, once you are surrounded it is very likely that you won't be able to get out."
There was one more thing that Schrödinger did not say.
That is Lu Yu himself is still blind, once he is discovered and then all his teammates are killed resulting in isolation, then Lu Yu himself is very difficult to kill his way out even if he has great skills, after all, after entering this fortress, the environment inside is an absolutely new environment for Lu Yu, without knowing the environment, it is very difficult for Lu Yu to guarantee that he can walk out safely.
"Nothing is without risk, let alone marching and fighting, senior sister, do you know the difference between me leading an army to attack this country this time and them leading an army to attack their own country not too long ago?"
Schrodinger shook his head, "I don't know."
"In fact, there is no difference, if we only consider the combat ability of the soldiers as well as the strength of the city defense of both sides, in reality, everyone's strength is more or less the same, however, in the case of almost the same strength, we fought a great victory not too long ago, Senior Sister, tell me why?"
"Because ..."
That was naturally because Lu Yu had brutalized and killed several money soldiers by himself, and truly managed to withstand a thousand armies with one's own strength ah!
"Because I stopped thousands of enemy soldiers by myself, that's the difference between the enemy army and our army, the enemy army doesn't have me, while our army has me, that's the difference between the enemy and us, and that's our point of victory or defeat."
"..."
After a moment of silence, Schrödinger also had to admit that Lu Yu was right.
Although Lu Yu had 10,000 troops on hand, this army looked like an okay number, but the probability that the result of using it to fight a siege battle was going to be similar to the enemy fighting their own country.
The operation of building a ladder to break the city, the casualty ratio of one to five or even one to a dozen is very normal, 10,000 troops is not really enough for Lu Yu to just toss it around.
"Then, I will enter the city with you."
Entering the city with Lu Yu, this was already the biggest concession Schrodinger could make.
"No, after you and I go in together, the army has no one to lead it and is prone to problems, junior sister, you know that I can't trust other people, the power of the army must be in your hands and mine."
This kind of thing like military power can't be easily handed over to other people, this point was known even to a stupidly sweet princess like Bianka, it was even more unlikely that Lu Yu wouldn't know.
With more than 10,000 soldiers plus 500 mercenaries, Lu Yu absolutely could not be trusted if he handed it over to someone else to handle, which was why he chose to let Schrödinger support him outside.
"No, it's too dangerous for you to enter the city alone, you can't trust the others, and neither can I."
Just like Lu Yu couldn't trust other people, Schrödinger couldn't trust those people either, allowing Lu Yu to accompany those mercenaries into the city was tantamount to entrusting Lu Yu's life to those mercenaries.
Can mercenaries be trusted?
Naturally, they are not trustworthy, if they are trustworthy, Lu Yu's body should at least have dozens of wounds less.
Lu Yu had come this far, and he had been back-stabbed quite a few times.
He was backstabbed in the relics for the sake of the treasure, and there were even temporary teammates who paid a high price for him to buy his life.
How could Schrodinger trust such a mercenary?
Lu Yu had already lost a pair of eyes, Schrödinger did not want to see Lu Yu lose something else, not even just a hair.
"What then?"
Hearing the strength in Schrödinger's tone, Lu Yu didn't make a rebuttal, Lu Yu was clearer than anyone about his own situation.
As a general, understanding where his strengths and weaknesses lay was a very important thing, he was certainly strong, but his weaknesses were also too obvious.
When he enters the fortress, he can indeed withstand thousands of troops with one sword, but in an unfamiliar environment, he really may not be able to escape from the fortress, want to trap a blind man so that he can not leave a certain place, but how many ways are there.
A stiff upper lip wasn't going to solve the problem, when it was time to listen to the orders of a bystander, you needed to listen, and being careful was a good thing.
"I'll go into the city with you."
"Who will be in charge of ambushing outside the city?"
"Just let the army wait in advance, if we open the city gates, then the army will directly rush in, if we can't break the city gates then it means that our action has failed, at that time, I will guide you and you will be able to lead me and the other mercenaries to kill out of the siege."
After listening to Schrodinger's words, Lu Yu pondered for a while.
"Feasible. Let's do it."
[Having decided on a strategy, you and Schrödinger returned to the camp.]
[After announcing the battle plan for tomorrow, you are the one who asked the quartermaster in charge of military supplies to add enough meat to tonight's dinner.]
You know very well that tomorrow's battle will be the next step in the process, and only victory is allowed, not defeat.
You order that if the enemy fortress is captured tomorrow, then all soldiers will be rewarded according to the number of kills, with a bounty for killing one person, a heavy reward for killing five, and a promotion to the next rank for killing ten!
[And for the mercenaries, you gave a different reward, you promised the mercenaries that at the end of this battle, as long as they were victorious, they would be able to leave early, and not a penny less of the previously agreed upon rewards would be given to them.]
[After hearing of such a generous reward, the mercenaries as well as the soldiers all put on their full strength.]
"Senior brother."
Shortly after Lu Yu gave the order, Schrödinger came to Lu Yu's side.
"Why did you let the mercenaries leave early?"
Lu Yu and the mercenaries had signed a time contract to fulfill the contract according to time, and now that there were still quite a few days left before the time was reached, in Schrödinger's opinion, there was absolutely no need for Lu Yu to end the contract early.
Five hundred powerful mercenaries, Schrödinger how to look at this is a force that is enough to change the battlefield, Lu Yu's last big victory also relied on this mercenary, how is it that now all of a sudden he has to drive it away?
That's right, drive away.
Although Lu Yu was talking about letting them go home early, Schrödinger could see that Lu Yu just wanted to drive these mercenaries away.
And to the question raised by Schrödinger, Lu Yu's answer was very simple.
"Because."
"The army has no two rulers."
"An army without two rulers?"
"Yes, an army cannot have two methods of governance, senior sister, you should also know that the management methods of mercenaries and ordinary soldiers are very different, these mercenaries are good with their hands, and the counterpart is that they actually enjoy a lavish life on a regular basis, and such a team of mercenaries, it is just a matter of using it once or twice, but it's a big hidden danger to keep marching after us. "
"Senior brother, what hidden danger do you mean?"
"For example, the dinner just now is already considered the most advanced class in the military camp, but it's nothing to the mercenaries. So for them, this food can't even do the goal of motivating them to fight."
When Lu Yu said this, Schrodinger understood.
Mercenaries would always be mercenaries and were different from soldiers, the life of a mercenary was about blood on the knife's edge and freedom, and they didn't follow rules.
Plus, the team of mercenaries in Lu Yu's hands were not the average mercenaries at the bottom, but the kind of high-level mercenaries with excellent strength, these mercenaries were actually living a good life, and expecting these mercenaries to really put their lives on the line was impossible.
Moreover, with comparison comes discernment, being with these mercenaries for a long period of time, the soldiers' perceptions would also change.
Just like what Lu Yu said, the army had no two rules, and since it was destined to give up some of its people, it was obvious which side to give up.
Soldiers? Lu Yu wouldn't be able to shed them.
And by removing the soldiers, the only thing that could be discarded would be the mercenaries, five hundred high-end combatants did smell good, but anything that affected the stabilizing factor of the army should definitely not be retained.
This was the reason why Lu Yu was determined to lay off these mercenaries early.
"Senior brother, it's still you who thinks long term."
Schrödinger had only thought of the strength of the mercenaries, but hadn't thought that mercenaries and soldiers together would cause so many more problems.
Lu Yu shook his head.
"Just some small smarts."
"A small cleverness?"
Schrödinger laughed slightly, she didn't laugh out loud, only the corners of her mouth went up in some curves.
"Senior brother ah, too much modesty is a kind of arrogance, these small wisdom in your mouth are points that some people can't think of in their lifetime."
"Thanks for the compliment."
[On the night of the second day, together with Schrödinger, you led a hundred mercenaries to infiltrate the enemy's fortress by night.]
[Then, under your leadership, you killed all the city defenders stationed on the walls with great speed.]
[The enemy was completely unprepared for you to break through their gates in this manner.]
[By the time the enemy realized your intentions, it was too late.]
[As the fortress's thick gates were slowly raised, the large army that had long guarded the outside of the city swarmed in.]
[After a few short hours, the battle was over.]
[A complete victory.]