Chapter 807: Chapter 809: The Best Strategy Is Winning Hearts
Yang Yu did not have much to complain about; he could understand the actions of Wansheng Country.
Since becoming a Grand General, Yang Yu had accumulated considerable military achievents, enough to qualify as a General. However, for Wansheng Country, there was a certain risk in appointing him recklessly.
The position of General was already quite high, so if Yang Yu achieved significant success afterward, there would be no further promotions available.
Surely, they couldn’t simply pull General Ajiket from his position, right?
The position of National Guardian General was one that Yang Yu could not reach in the short term.
If you and the Emperor switched places, would you feel comfortable giving full command of all the troops to soone whose background was unclear, who also had the suspicion of being a human?
Therefore, Wansheng Country would officially bestow the title of General upon Yang Yu only after this winter offensive.
“I must thank His Majesty for his favor. I will achieve a comndable feat in the winter offensive and hope that after this battle, His Majesty will fulfill his promise.
General Dongmu, let now state the purpose of my visit.
There’s still so ti before we leave for the Sailuon Plain. I want to take this ti to find General Duoshi to prepare so things to ensure the smooth progress of the winter offensive.”
“No problem. I’ll inform him, so you can go ahead without worry! Minister Ming Dalak also looks forward to your performance this winter.”
General Dongmu said with a smile and parted ways with Yang Yu.
During the period when Yang Yu went to visit General Duoshi, the Luo Ze Empire was also preparing for the upcoming winter offensive.
However, everything did not proceed as smoothly as the Luo Ze Empire had hoped.
Among the Luoze soldiers who were exchanged back, so war-weary soldiers were muttering so strange things:
“That guy might have the power to manipulate minds.”
“He definitely manipulated soone among us, which is why our encirclent plan failed.”
“What on earth was that strange thing? And what exactly was that dance?”
“I am already disappointed in this country. Why did I join the army?”
Although those war-weary soldiers were “corrected” with intense training, it was hard to ensure that no issues would arise during the subsequent defense.
The Luo Ze Empire could only temporarily transfer them to the front lines where they wouldn’t encounter the Colorful-haired Masked Man.
Another obstacle ca from a rumor that popped up from sowhere unknown.
“This war is not as simple as it appears but is, in fact, a huge conspiracy.
The Curse Sect, in order to summon demons, needed a large number of sacrifices and secretly orchestrated this war.
They slandered humans and beastn wantonly, causing tensions that pitted the two nations against each other to benefit themselves.
More than a decade ago, humans and beastn lived in peace together, which is solid evidence.
If this continues, it will only allow the Curse Sect, which seeks to use demon power to destroy the entire world, to reap the benefits and put the whole world in deep jeopardy.
It’s heard that amongst the Curse Sect, soone has already acquired demon power and can freely change into soone else’s form.
The Holy Maiden was deceived by him and was not prepared, losing her life because of it.
mbers of the Curse Sect must still be active sowhere in this country; this aningless war should cease, and the military should concentrate on eradicating the Curse Sect’s forces within the country.”
The rumor sounded very convincing.
So much so that soone brought out the missing persons list and even obtained credible testimonies from those who had contact with the missing persons.
A high-ranking official vaguely felt his mory was misaligned and spoke about it.
His friend imdiately pointed out his strange behavior on certain days, then followed the clues to find out what “good things” he had done recently.
Instantly, panic spread throughout the people.
So individuals with improper conduct wished to scapegoat their illegal deeds onto the Curse Sect and joined the “testimony” frenzy.
It wasn’t long before all sorts of information, both true and false, got mixed together, and the rumors spread ever more widely and convincingly.
Even when the Luo Ze Empire asserted that this entire war was fought for glory, it started to et with skepticism from a portion of the populace.
If the punishnt of the fox woman beastman saving two children was just for a statue, it was indeed out of character for the Luo Ze Empire.
As rumors arose, things that the Luo Ze population had thought were unquestionable previously now seed to have thousands of questions to validate their beliefs.
There was nothing to be done; the Luo Ze Empire could only try various thods to mitigate the impact of these rumors, but with little success.
Eventually, the Luo Ze Empire had to randomly catch a group of scapegoats, label them as mbers of the Curse Sect, publicly execute them, and promote this extensively, which only barely suppressed the rumors.
But if rumors could be eradicated so easily, there wouldn’t be the saying “it’s easy to spread a rumor, but exhausting to dispel it,” would there?
— “Were those people who were executed really mbers of the Curse Sect? If they had demon power, they shouldn’t have been so easily executed.”
In just a few days, new rumors began to circulate again.
Even though the Luo Ze Empire used so forceful asures, it did not completely quell these rumors.
To many of the people, particularly those who believed in the Goddess Sect in the Luo Ze Empire, as long as this war continued, it was proof that there were mbers of the Curse Sect mixed in among the military.
Many people started calling for a ceasefire and a restoration of friendly relations between the two nations.
Unfortunately, the main war faction of the Luo Ze Empire decided to persist obstinately.
At the very least, they couldn’t let their previous efforts and investnts go to waste; maintaining control of the Sailuon Plain at all costs was essential for the ceasefire.
In preparation for the “final battle,” before formally heading to the Sailuon Plain, each General mobilized their respective units, yet the majority of soldiers showed confusion.
The Empire nurtured them, and they were expected to repay the Empire with their lives. Yet, at this ti, they hesitated and felt uneasy.
They were unsure whether the orders from their superiors were truly imperial commands or if a mber of the Curse Sect was hoping for their deaths on the battlefield.
These soldiers did not fear death; they feared their deaths would be in vain, that they wouldn’t contribute a bit to the glory of the Empire, but instead beco the sword of soone with ulterior motives, stabbing into Luo Ze Empire’s heart.
General Walshi, who was carrying out the mobilization task, sensed the morale was not as high as it used to be.
Despite using every persuasive tactic at his disposal, the results were still lacking…
Now, the hope was that once the soldiers entered the Sailuon Plain, a few significant victories would co, alleviating the soldiers’ concerns.
“I’ve said all I wanted to say. I hope you will continue to strive for the whole country. The Empire will rember all of you. Rember, this is a fight against fate, and your opponents will not show you any rcy. Over and out.”
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