Our family is in decline

When Lance heard this, he also had respect for those church armed forces who never flinched until they were all killed in the battle.

The general feudal army had long since fled, and they were the only ones fighting to the death. It seemed that the psychological defense built by religious brainwashing played a great role in dealing with these monsters.

Just thinking about it, I couldn't help but look at Leonard with my peripheral vision, not knowing what he was feeling~

"Then what? Logically speaking, you won't become deserters, right?" Lance started to bring the topic back.

"When I escaped from the battlefield, there were many soldiers gathered around me, including artillery, musketeers, and serfs. I didn't bring out a lot of supplies. As for the artillery and ammunition, a large part of it was retained because of the early withdrawal.

At that time, we planned to go to the nearest city for supplies, then report the situation and wait for orders from above. These monsters must not be left alone.

But in fact, we were attacked by the imperial army on the way, and those people were a coalition of armed nobles who had escaped before. They attacked us on the grounds that we had been corrupted by the evil god.

We were forced to fight out. Fortunately, the weapons and equipment were stronger than those people, but this battle also caused us to lose some people and most of the guns and equipment.

At this time, in order to avoid the pursuers, I could only lead the rest of the group to a location far away from the town. I wanted to take a detour back to Totnes until I rescued the woman from the robbers. You should also know what happened next. , I made a big mistake under the bewitchment of a woman. "

"Why are those cowards attacking you?"

Disma seemed a little angry. He didn't understand why those who escaped did not attack the monsters but instead attacked Barton's remnants.

"Hmph~" Barristan said with a disdainful expression: "It's simple, because if the war is lost, someone has to take the blame."

Having spent time in the army, he could better understand the situation Patton faced.

"Also, the commander and those are all nobles, and I am the only one who comes from a commoner background."

Barton then added that it was certainly impossible for him to become a captain from a civilian without knowing anything about politics. He actually knew why those people would attack him.

Not only was the battle lost in Barristan's words, but also because the musketeers and artillery company suffered heavy losses.

These thousand people are elites trained by the Eastern Province with money, especially the artillery. It is conceivable that a special academy needs to be established to train talents. The selection of personnel even goes down to civilians.

There are also those muskets and artillery, which are the best and most advanced products, and the money consumed is enough to maintain a corps of ten thousand people.

But no one expected that an army with this configuration would fall in the hands of refugees. Although it has the influence of extraordinary power, the big shots above don't care so much. What they want to see is the harvest that is consistent with their investment.

No one can bear the responsibility for this crime. Someone must take the blame, and his status should be high enough to be able to bear the blame.

Unfortunately, among these non-commissioned officers, he was the only one who was not a noble, and he did not run away immediately. Although he was forced, it was precisely because of this that the nobles could not let Barton go back alive.

Everyone ran away, but you didn't.

If you die, everyone will remember you as a heroic sacrifice to buy time for everyone.

But you are not dead. What if the matter is exposed in front of the people above? How will everyone survive?

Therefore, he and the remaining soldiers must die, and they must bear the blame for the defeat of the battle. Only in this way can everyone be saved.

Sometimes the dead are more useful than the living~

"Does that mean you can expose those guys' tricks as long as you go back?"

Disma is somewhat jealous of evil, and is still struggling with how to make those nobles unlucky.

His innocent words made Lance laugh, and he could only shake his head and explain.

"Do you really think that commander is a fool? I am afraid that Patton and the others have long since become deserters who caused the collapse of the war. Do you want those big shots to believe the words of a deserter or the words of a noble? He was hanged as soon as he returned. Died on the gallows.

After he got out of the battle, he should first find someone from the church to explain the situation, and then the large force would rest and regroup, while the small force with one man and three horses would rush back to Totnes and meet the governor before the commander to explain that the situation might still be saved. "

Disma has been working hard at the bottom and has really not had much contact with this kind of thing, but he is not stupid, and he understood the trick when he heard this.

However, Disma still showed a look of disgust and started to complain arbitrarily.

"Those nobles are really disgusting. Can we just watch them act so unscrupulously?"

"Cough~" Barristan coughed as a reminder, and there was no need to say more about what that meant.

Only then did Disma realize that his lord was also a noble. What he said was somewhat of a map cannon, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

But Lance didn't pay attention to these things, but thought about the situation he had collected so far.

First, this world not only has an evil god under his butt, but also seems to have a lot of strange supernatural powers, most of which are twisted and crazy.

To be honest, Lance couldn't figure out the meaning of harvest and endless food in the teachings of the [Sect of the Harvest Sons], but it turned out to be greed and endless hunger. This can no longer be described as distortion. It can only be said that human thinking cannot understand it at all. .

Second, artillery and muskets are not very effective when facing monsters. On the contrary, the attacks caused by cold weapons are more direct.

Originally, he planned to transition all the troops (although there were only thirty) to the musketeers. Now Patton's situation has reminded him that he cannot give up the need for close combat. The training must keep up. However, the musketeers may pose a threat to monsters due to their trauma. Generally, you have to be a heavily armored great swordsman.

Of course, Lance did not have pessimistic thoughts about thermal weapons. On the contrary, he strengthened his determination to climb the technological tree.

Because he has seen the real terrifying war machines of mankind, but now it is only limited by the level of technology, otherwise any monster with heavy weapons will be able to sing and dance.

Third, the situation of the church was not as bad as he imagined, and it showed an amazing performance in fighting against the evil god.

Of course, it is also possible that the existence of these cults is related to the political correctness of the church. If they do not interfere with them, the roots of the church will be shaken.

But no matter what, it is a force that can be used at certain times~

Fourth, the situation in the empire was more chaotic than he imagined. In his words, Lance could vaguely feel the separation between the empire and the eastern provinces.

Now that I think about natural disasters, it's not that the empire doesn't want to take care of it, but that it can't take care of it. I'm afraid there's something wrong with it...