The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1278 Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers
On the other hand, when Gabrenz was at a loss, several students from the Barcelona Military Academy found him.

"General, why should we stop the attack?"

"I'm sorry, young gentlemen. I can't use your lives for something meaningless. You all saw the attack just now. We lost three hundred people in one go.

The enemy even launched a counterattack against us. I'm not sure how many more people we will lose if we continue like this.

Three thousand, five thousand, or even more. As long as we stay here, they will have no choice but to surrender in a few days."

Gabrenz was very polite to these cadets. After all, the Barcelona Military Academy was established by the Austrian Empire with the purpose of training military talents to become local backbones.

In Gabrenz's view, these cadets are his descendants and they are his own people.

These Spaniards also did not consider themselves outsiders, and they immediately retorted.

"Are you afraid of sacrifice, or are you unable to deal with the enemy in front of you?"

Gabrentz hated these young boys the most, but he couldn't take his anger out on them. After all, he would be an officer once he entered the military academy. He spread his hands.

"It's up to you! The cowards in the city refuse to cooperate with us. If we attack alone, the casualties will be huge.

Even if we win this battle, it will be meaningless and will only slow down our progress in liberating the whole of Spain."

In order to cover up the embarrassment, Gabrentz could only bring out the so-called overall perspective.

However, the reason why young people are young is because they have a fearless spirit. They can be selected into the Barcelona Military Academy. Except for a very few who are protected by their families, most of the others have outstanding qualities, at least their intelligence and reaction ability are outstanding.

In addition, the reason why these people are so aggressive and dare to give orders to their superiors, apart from the courage of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger and their absolute confidence in themselves, is that they have never been beaten.

To be precise, it was because the school was established too recently and they had not had the opportunity to be beaten up, so they seemed to be unruly.

"I remember there was a sentence in the textbook that said psychological warfare is superior to physical warfare. Why do you always think of annihilating the enemy by relying on the advantages of manpower and equipment?"

A cadet named Olmer asked back.

Gabrentz was stunned. Where was this sentence in his school textbook? He seemed to have seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.

Just when Gabrenz was puzzled, another cadet named Santiago spoke again.

"If you surround the enemy like this and leave no one alive, it would be strange if they don't fight you to the death."

"Yes! Yes! You are simply a typical negative example."

A group of military cadets agreed with this. Gabrentz's face turned dark. He didn't want to be pointed at by a group of little brats. If they couldn't make sense today, each of them would have to do a frog jump around the military camp.

"Then tell me what to do?"

"We can persuade them to surrender. Tell them they can surrender, and if they surrender they will be spared death."

Olmer said.

“We can also give them a passage or designate a designated area, and as long as they lay down their weapons, we will guarantee their lives.

As long as some people start to run away, their morale will be ruined. When those who didn't run away find that their companions have run away, they will definitely become more anxious and panic, and this emotion will definitely cause their military organization to further disintegrate.

Whether you want to attack them by force or wear them down, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. "Gabrentz has fought for so many years and has some experience, but he doesn't understand how these young people can think so far.

However, as a general and a senior, Gabrentz still has to maintain his dignity.

"Then let's try your method."

Although the positions of the two armies were not hundreds of meters apart like during World War I, they were still nearly a hundred meters apart. Although shouting could be heard, it might not be clear.

So Olmer, Santiago and other military cadets decided to let the soldiers disguise themselves as priests and go to the front to make statements. In fact, they had originally planned to let the military priests go, but were ruthlessly rejected.

So they had to pretend to be priests themselves.
This seemingly simple tactic was actually very effective. Since both parties used Catalan, there was no communication barrier. However, Gordon and the officers he brought from Madrid could not understand it.

By the time they figured out the situation, a large number of soldiers had already begun to flee, and morale had dropped to freezing point.

"Kill! Kill all those traitors!"

Gordon roared that this might be the only way at this time. Otherwise, if he let the soldiers continue to flee, he might not even live to see the night fall.

However, what Gordon did not expect was that his behavior, as well as the arrogance and contempt for Spaniards outside Madrid that he inadvertently revealed along the way, completely ignited the anger of the Catalans.

"What good would it be if we could capture Gordon?"

A Spanish government soldier shouted, and Olmer immediately responded when he heard it.

"There is a reward of 100,000 reais for anyone who captures Gordon, dead or alive. There is a reward for every officer in the Spanish government army!"

The bounty of 100,000 reais was of course Olmer's nonsense. The bounty for the Spanish commander-in-chief in Catalonia, Varna, was only 20,000 reais. What's more, what about Olmer, whom even the Austrian side didn't know about?
But the soldiers didn't care about that. The word spread from one to ten, and from ten to a hundred. The shouts became one and the same. This time even the Barcelona Legion couldn't hold back any longer.

It is true that no one wants to die, but for most Spaniards, 100,000 reais is a fortune that they cannot spend in ten lifetimes.

"General Gabrenz, let's charge again!"

The soldiers were all restless. Gabrentz was a little confused looking at the soldiers who were determined to fight the enemy for no reason. After all, just now these guys were hiding behind the enemy and refused to show their heads.

While Gabrenz was still hesitating, the Spanish government army's position had become a mess.

The soldiers chosen by Varna were indeed very cruel and ruthless, but they would only be awakened when tempted by huge profits, just like at this moment.

There was a serious internal conflict within the Spanish government army. The soldiers were frantically hunting down the officers, especially Gordon himself, who became the number one target of those soldiers.

Although Gordon's direct troops were elite troops from Madrid, they were helpless against these desperate Spanish soldiers.

The most terrifying thing is that Gordon can no longer distinguish between the loyalists and the traitors. The safest way is to kill the innocent rather than let them go.

However, Gordon's actions further aroused the Catalans' bloodiness and hatred, and some soldiers who originally had no intention of rebelling were forced to join the ranks of the rebels.

At this time, the young officers of the Barcelona Legion did not forget to add fuel to the fire.

"Killing a platoon leader is 20 reais! Killing a company commander is 100 reais! Killing a regiment commander is 1000 reais!"

Soon the Spanish army's position was in chaos, and a bloody battle royale took place in front of the Barcelona Legion. Some Spanish soldiers even came to claim their rewards with freshly cut heads.