The spirit and will in their minds were still fighting, but their bodies told them: they were already dead!
Getting injured and dragging an enemy down with you had almost beco the norm on the battlefield, as everyone had beco bloodthirsty in the chaos.
The only concept filling their minds was—kill the enemy in front of them.
In order to slay the enemy, soldiers in combat did not hesitate to exchange injury for injury, life for life.
In the ti it takes to drink a cup of tea, the earth had changed color, with blurred flesh and blood becoming new adornnts of the ground.
"Father, if we continue fighting like this, our losses will be too great!"
Grumbled a young officer behind Duke Beckett.
This was not the kind of war the young man wanted!
In his mind, Hudson’s style of strategizing and defeating the enemy at the lowest cost was the ideal form of warfare.
"I know!
But I only know this rigid way of fighting; I’m not skilled in other tactics, and trying them would only bring sha upon myself!"
said Duke Beckett openly.
A successful commander is not necessarily the best fighter, but must be self-aware.
In his younger days, Duke Beckett tried different tactics, which nearly got him killed.
After self-reflection, he concluded that he had no gift for commanding troops in battle, so he abandoned all tactics except for steady and thodical fighting.
Just like now, directly commanding the army to confront the enemy head-on, or simply defending the city firmly.
As his tactical approach beca simpler, Duke Beckett’s battle records started to look better.
No matter what sches the enemy deployed, he remained unmoved. Even if bait was dangled in front of him, he wouldn’t take it.
Whenever he led troops, it was always to fight dull battles with the enemy.
There were naturally no spectacular achievents, but he also never suffered great losses.
Occasionally losing a battle could still inflict significant damage on the enemy.
As ti went on, adventurous commanders mostly perished on the battlefield, while Duke Beckett beca a veteran general in the Kingdom’s Army with his consistent record.
"Father, are your achievents all gained this way?"
The young officer asked incredulously.
The scene before him seed to suggest that everything he learned previously was a waste of ti, and that following the regular steps to fight the enemy was enough.
"No need to be surprised, warfare is essentially a process of not making mistakes yourself and waiting for the enemy to err.
Marshal Hudson uses troops like a deity because he can foresee the enemy’s movents in advance, or say, maneuver the enemy according to his plan.
Your father lacks that ability and can only wait for the enemy to make mistakes this way.
Generally speaking, I won’t suffer any losses when the strengths are evenly matched.
Occasionally, with a stroke of luck, I can discover flaws in the enemy and achieve victories against stronger foes!
After continuous days of siege, the enemy is now fatigued.
Just watch, today we are certain to break the siege of Augustusburg!"
said Duke Beckett with pride.
As long as victory on the battlefield can be achieved, any tactic used is correct.
The father-son dialogue ended, and the slaughter on the battlefield continued. As ti went by, soldiers on both sides were seeing red.
The ti had co to test the level of daily training!
The soldiers of the Earth Core race were fierce, but in terms of discipline, they were far behind the Kingdom’s Army.
In the lee phase, it was difficult for high-level commanders to control the soldiers, relying only on their self-awareness.
The battle reached a stalemate, and small groups of kingdom soldiers spontaneously gathered into small formations to cooperate in the fight.
If soone died within the formation, nearby soldiers would voluntarily step in. When numbers were restored, so depleted teams would automatically join other units.
Even though more Earth Core race soldiers were sent onto the battlefield, during combat it often appeared as though there were more Kingdom soldiers.
This was not noticeable during the charge, but in a stalemate, this kind of performance was very prominent.
Luckily, there were only a few main army corps with soldiers of such quality; if the conscripted troops had the sa quality, the battle would be one-sided.
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