Edge of the Apocalypse

Chapter 451: The Magic of Gold Coins

Returning to his study, Alan unfolded the map outside Sunset City. It was a relatively flat landscape, without forests or hills, as Thomas had said, without danger. A battlefield of this kind was undoubtedly advantageous to the attacking side. Coupled with the low walls of Sunset City, there was no heavy firepower that could provide defense. Without sending out elite troops, even the allied forces of the two knights could break through the city.

If Alan hadn't weakened their numbers and morale in the previous week, it would probably have happened tomorrow.

Sir Thorman pushed open the door and entered. He glanced at the people in the room and said to Alan, "My lord, the number of our soldiers has been counted. Our city's own army, together with yours, has 487 men. If we include the new recruits and coolies, we can barely gather an army of about a thousand men. But such an army "

Alan smiled and said on his behalf, "I know very well that such an army is ineffective. But as I said before, slaves are just trying to gather together numbers."

"Collect." Tuomen shook his head and said, "I really can't see the use of this."

"Of course not. But now, it's a bit different." Allen had sold out and stopped talking about it. He pointed at the map and said, "Indeed, the two knights' armies still have the advantage in terms of numbers. However, they are not flawless. Most obviously, they have two commanders. Moreover, the two knights are present together. It is hard for me to imagine a soldier to hear a clear and unique order from such an army."

Tuomen suddenly realized that the lack of a unified command was indeed a serious flaw in the enemy's alliance army.

"Of course, if the situation is good for them, this defect is not so fatal. However, if the situation was unfavorable and urgent, and the commander needed to make a quick decision, this flaw would be magnified infinitely. At that time, the two commanders would either disagree with an order, or they would have to notify the knight before deciding. In this way, such a chain of command would undoubtedly speed up the army's defeat in a battlefield where the time had passed. "

Allen raised his head and smiled brightly, "And we want to create this situation for them."

He then said to Tuomen, "Go gather all the soldiers. We need to raise their morale before fighting."

Mobilization before the war was an extremely ordinary matter, and Tomen nodded his head to do it. When he reached the door, Allen suddenly said, "Baron Tommen, if I lose this time, Sunset City will naturally return to the Viscount's reign." If I win, it won't be long before I leave. So look, as long as you don't do anything, you'll still be the Lord of Sunset City in the future. I won't force you to betray Daniel completely, but don't hold me back. "

"Otherwise, you know very well what will happen."

"I know, Sir Allen," Thomen said as he turned his head.

Alan nodded and the baron walked out of the study. His expression was normal, but his back was already wet. After a moment of hesitation, Tuomen called for the butler and said, "Call Ratch back and tell him there's no need to do that."

The butler nodded and hurriedly went down.

The barracks in Sunset City were brightly lit, and all the soldiers, including the slaves from Cloud Cloud Valley, were gathered on the training ground. Nearly a thousand people crowded the training ground, almost unable to see any gaps. Most people had confused expressions on their faces, especially slaves, who were even more dispirited. When they were recruited, Tuomen announced the rules of the reward to them, but they were not real soldiers after all, and the noble lord's reputation had never been good in their eyes.

Killing an enemy soldier and receiving a gold coin was simply a good thing that fell from the sky, but whether the noble lord would honor it or not was another matter.

A temporary platform was set up on the training ground, only less than half a meter above the ground. Not long after everyone gathered, some people walked onto the stage. One of the silver-haired teenagers walked forward. He glanced at the people below and said indifferently, "I am Alan, this is your Lord." Over the past week, I've been out in the wild with a group of brave warriors and two armies, Bauhinia and Dawn Castle. After paying a high price, we successfully weakened the enemy's military. However, some of the warriors are sleeping on the earth forever. Only the strongest and most valiant warriors can return. "

"Now, it's time for me to fulfill my promise. Their efforts are rewarding, and mine is the most direct. Now, the merit statistics on the battlefield have been released. Let's see what these warriors can get in return."

The veterans, recruits, and slaves began to focus their attention on the platform. Everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to see how Alan's promise was fulfilled. Belmond handed a page of merit statistics to Allen. Allen glanced at it and shouted, "Laurie, kill 17 enemies and get 17 gold coins! Please come on stage and receive your reward."

A man shouted excitedly, "It's me, it's me!"

He pushed the crowd aside and ran onto the stage, his face shining as he received 17 gold coins in Kira's hands. He cautiously counted and confirmed that there were not too few before walking off the stage with a smile on his face.

"Next up is Maddox. He killed 22 enemies and obtained 22 gold coins!"

From Allen's mouth, he gave each name and the amount of gold they received. Listening to those pleasant numbers, the breathing of the audience became heavier and heavier, and their gazes gradually became hot. When Alan reported the most distinguished person in the battle, he was an officer who originally belonged to Sunset City. In the past week, more than a hundred people had died at his hands!

The reward for killing so many enemies was also as high as a thousand gold coins. Allen fulfilled the high reward of killing a hundred people and getting a thousand gold coins with his actions. When the officer stepped down with a heavy money bag, he was so happy that he could not help but smile from ear to ear. The reward of a thousand gold coins was also exchanged for the breathing sounds of the others below the stage. If their gazes were only fiery before, then their eyes, which had been blazed red by the gold coins, were already emitting a real killing intent.

Allen was rewarded with both his own soldiers and members of the Sunset City Army System. Allen was fair and impartial, did not favor his own soldiers, and quickly won the trust of his soldiers. The most direct reward was gold coins, which boosted their morale to the extreme.

After Allen gave out all the rewards, he raised the merit statement in his hand and said, "Tomorrow, there will be a fierce battle. I hope that after the battle, your names will appear on this form!"

Allen left the barracks amidst the tidal wave of cries. On the way back to the City Lord's Mansion, Tuomen said sincerely, "I never thought that I could motivate soldiers in this direction."

"This isn't anything new. It's just that I've offered more rewards and exchanged more for it."

Alan smiled as Tomen repeatedly said yes. What he did not say was that money alone was not enough to motivate him. He was a truly invincible lion. The quality of the army, loyalty, excellent equipment and so on are indispensable. Under these factors, material incentives are necessary, but material incentives alone are far from enough.

The night was short, and for Alan, there were too many things to arrange for one night, and it ended in the blink of an eye; It was a long night, at least for Sir Raffles and Sir Oru, who were awake, so it was a long night.

Whether short or long, the nightclub is over. After dawn, the sound of a horn sounded outside Sunset City. The two knights' alliance army finally moved towards Sunset City. Standing on the city wall, Alan could see that the army opposite him had different flags erected. Sure enough, the two knights still hadn't ordered their troops to move in unison during this important siege.

As a result, even though the armies of both sides were advancing together, there was a strong suspicion that they were fighting on their own.

Even though they were pushing towards the city, the morale of the enemy's army was unexpectedly low. Even Tuomen, who knew nothing about fighting, could tell. As far as the attackers were concerned, the army with high morale was bound to have a cold murderous aura. However, the army on the other side seemed to be shrouded in a lingering haze. The soldiers were in low spirits and lacked fighting spirit.

Tuomen couldn't help but sneak a glance at Alan. He couldn't figure out what this youth had done to that army to bring their morale down to this level.

Even Thorman could tell that the morale of the army was low, and how could Sir Oru and Sir Raffles not see it? However, they couldn't change anything. After all, it was normal for Alan's morale to be low because of the disturbance in the past few days that had caused him to not even be able to sleep peacefully. To motivate the soldiers, Oru winked at Lafus. The latter raised his spirits and shouted, "Everyone, cheer up. Look, Sunset City is right in front of us. Their troop strength is no more than five hundred, not even half of ours. To us, this battle is a complete victory."

"And I declare that for every ten enemies you kill, you will receive one gold coin! That's right, one gold coin!"

Lafus repeated it twice loudly before his expression improved slightly. The soldier's eyes lit up a little. However, when they entered the battlefield, they saw the gates of Sunset City open. This greatly surprised the commanders of the two armies. They suffered enough from Allen and didn't dare to underestimate him now, so they signaled for a pause and the army stopped.

In the opposite city gate, groups of soldiers began to gush out. The soldiers rushing out of the city gate quickly entered the trenches they had dug before and searched for their battle positions. When they saw more and more enemy soldiers, the faces of the commanders and knights became very ugly. Even if they didn't count them deliberately, they knew from the rough calculations of the crowded heads that there were far more than five hundred people!

When all the troops of Sunset City had entered battle positions and positions, the morale of the Jazz's Alliance Army suffered another blow. The dark crowd looked over and knew that it was no less than their own army. More importantly, the enemy's murderous aura was like a lion locked onto its prey!