Divine Kingship

Chapter 367 Rand: Anyway, I know where you are

Once again, the beautiful crow flew down from the sky and landed on Rand's shoulder.

Rand sat in his ornate chair.

Rand crossed his legs.

At least for now, this cannot be called a life-and-death battle.

The King of Bolen must want to kill him.

But Rand felt that the King of the Kingdom of Bollen was determined to destroy Rand even if it meant a national war, or he personally led the knights loyal to him to gallop across the plains and charge at Rand.

Otherwise, Rand felt that it would be very difficult for the King of the Kingdom of Bolen to kill him.

Therefore, the pressure on Rand is not particularly great.

Rand just hoped that fewer of his subjects would die in this war.

Otherwise, let the people of the Kingdom of Bolen compensate him.

In fact, Rand was envious of the domestic nobles who could deal with his conscripted soldiers. Conscripted soldiers were not good at fighting, but they were probably good at doing farm work.

Unfortunately, Rand can't do that at this stage. Last time, the time before that, since the civil war in the Frost Moon Kingdom, Rand started to steal people.

Many of those prisoners of war, slaves, and stray conscripts were absorbed by Rand.

This is how the population of Rand's territory develops. Otherwise, it depends on reproduction...

Rand has only ruled this land for a few years, and at least at this stage, he cannot reap much of the fertility dividend.

But it won’t be too far away. Children aged seven or eight can already do some farm work.

At the age of fifteen, you can join the army.

Rand has long been eager to develop the population of his territory.

But he could not do anything to these nobles who had to deal with his conscripted soldiers.

Because the nobles had already sent people to keep an eye on him and guard against him.

Due to his previous dirty tricks, Rand's reputation in this regard was not very good. Although the nobles did not want to use elite soldiers to support Rand in the battle, they used conscripted soldiers instead.

But the nobles also couldn't accept Rand abducting all these conscripted soldiers to work for them.

The nobles are a species that wants it all, and the Rands are actually the same, so it is not a good idea to be too forceful in snatching the population.

At least for now, the nobles and Rand are still cooperating on a large port project, so they cannot ruin the relationship.

At most, you can secretly let the conscripts "get lost" a little bit.

"Oh" Rand sighed when he thought of this.

Hearing Rand sigh, Karin, who was sitting opposite Rand, said, "Do you need help? I'm here anyway."

Rand knew that Karin had misunderstood the reason for his sigh, and Karin's current strength was far inferior to that of the White King. It was even possible that something bad would happen if she faced a large number of knights alone.

Rand didn't want anything to happen to Karin.

Rand explained, "No, I was just thinking about the conscripted laborers. My territory is short of people."

Karin understood immediately.

It was well known that Rand was obsessed with robbing people.

In fact, Karin also hopes that Rand can recruit more people. Now that the Torch Church and the Mother Goddess Sect are cooperating, the Torch Church Novice Sect, which was originally shrinking, will also begin to expand again and is in great need of people.

As the saint of the Torch Church, Karin cannot participate in looting the population.

After all, plundering people is definitely unjust.

At least in the past teachings of the Torch Church's novice sect, it was unjust.

The teachings of the Torch Church advocate unity and peace among mankind, and advocate the use of fire to illuminate the road or fight against evil spirits.

In a sense, Rand's requirement that water must be boiled before drinking is more in line with the teachings of the Torch Church.

In fact, Karin felt that the population would definitely live better under Rand's rule than under the rule of ordinary noble lords.

But Karin cannot advocate this because, as an orthodox, she cannot go against the normal order.

At the very least, plundering the population goes against their autonomous will and is against the mainstream laws of human countries.

She can't do this.

But if the population voluntarily flees to Rand's territory, they will be taken in by Rand.

Or maybe Rand influenced the prisoners of war and made them join voluntarily, which can be barely justified.

At least the "old-fashioned" Bishop Kahn would not object.

The crow flapped its wings again, and Rand once again shifted to the crow's perspective.

Birds’ vision is not infinite, but on this battlefield, there are only a few roads to choose from, so all we need to do is let the “crows” take a look at them all.

Rand once again ordered the Knights to go out.

At the same time, some conscripts and mercenaries from the Kingdom of Borun can be seen under the city.

The number is not large, far from a standard large army.

The opponent's goal should be to harass, disrupt Rand's sight, and prevent Rand from sending cavalry to intercept the knights of the Kingdom of Borun.

Siege weapons such as catapults have begun to hurl stones onto the city walls.

The castle, which had been relatively quiet, began to operate.

Since Rand had made many arrangements in advance, everything was in order and everyone had their own responsibilities.

The laborers and soldiers in the castle began to get busy.

Rand was not very busy, as he had already finished what he was supposed to do.

Rand even had time to share some life experience with the church students who came to observe.

Rand coughed lightly and said, "It is difficult to predict the enemy's moves on the battlefield. The situation on the battlefield often changes rapidly, so it is very important to prepare in advance."

"Personally, I don't recommend any extraordinary strategies. Using force to suppress talent is the best war strategy. As long as you can ensure that you don't make any flaws, the enemy will always make flaws."

Rand took a sip of his tea.

Rand didn't talk too much. After a few words, he let the graduates go down to continue observing.

Combining the odd and the even is indeed the way of military strategy, but if these new graduates are going to fight in a war in the future, they'd better be honest.

The enemies they encounter will not be too powerful armies.

With limited organizational and productivity capabilities, everyone is a makeshift team, and as long as there are fewer flaws, the probability of gaining an advantage on the battlefield is very high.

This is also what Rand taught the prince and princess of the Takagi Kingdom when he taught them about war.

There aren't many brilliant ideas in the world, it's just about doing things one by one.

Rand put down the teacup in his hand.

The Guards are about to meet the enemy.

……

The commander of the knights of the Kingdom of Borun is questioning his life.

This is the third time it has been blocked.

Simply incredible.

Rand's guards were thinking about how to show weakness to the enemy.

Now the enemy's morale and military strength are gradually being damaged, so we can consider encircling and annihilating them.

However, it is quite troublesome to lead the opponent to a fixed ambush location.

The infantry could not run back and forth to chase and block these knights.

Moreover, if there is no suitable ambush location, it will be discovered at a glance. For the knights moving at high speed, it is a pipe dream to surround them.

The Royal Guards can bring with them at most Boar Riders and Stag Riders.

But even if we take into account the Boar Riders and Stag Riders, it is possible to win with this number of people, but there is really no hope of annihilating them.

The knights of the Kingdom of Boren and Rand's guards once again faced each other.

Both sides stopped.

This is the third time they have met.

The commander of the Knights of the Kingdom of Borun really wanted to ask how the other side discovered them. In such a large venue, how could they bump into each other by chance every time?

But he knew that he would be ridiculed if he asked.

A crow flew across the sky.

Rand was also wondering how he could really stop this group of knights.

Rand thought about it and decided to dig more traps and find a direction with a higher probability of ambushing.

If the enemy keeps trying to break into Rand's heartland, as long as they try enough times, they will eventually run into his trap.

If you don't hit them, let the guards drive the people back. If you hit a trap, try to encircle and annihilate them.

(End of this chapter)