What did you do with the dice?

Rusalka was curious: "I heard that you don't hate your church. Then why did you join here?"

Libra answered very frankly, "Because I believe the pursuit of absolute correctness and absolute fairness is inherently a mistake. In my long career enforcing contracts and the power of law, I've gradually realized that behind the fanatical purpose of our church lies a number of intractable flaws. Although I don't understand what is right, I know that the Grand Inquisitor's philosophy must be wrong. Therefore, I believe that perhaps only the gods themselves can give me the answer to the true meaning of 'perfect correctness.'"

Theresa: "Mr. Gemini, I heard that Grand Duke Gode and Grand Duke Delai plan to gather their troops to attack Alice City in the fall. Will your troops also join the battle?"

Rusalka: “Yeah.”

Theresa: "But if that happens, it will be difficult for my army to take over the eastern territories. I would rather Grand Duke Delai be killed in battle 'accidentally', so that you can lead my army to take over his territory before Alice City falls."

Rusalka: "You want me to do it?"

Theresa: "Of course it would be best if you would do it yourself."

Sanitieta sensed another meaning in her tone: (It means, if you don't do it, she will find a way to do it herself.)

Rusalka: (Isn't that better?)

Sanitita: (This isn't good at all. Think about it, she actually had the confidence and certainty to assassinate a Grand Duke directly on the land of the Sinidi Kingdom. This in itself is a very terrifying thing, isn't it?)

Although they felt that they were indeed courting disaster, Rusalka and Sanitta had no choice but to agree for now and consider the matter in the long run.

Chapter 87 Recruiting Front

The intelligence from the Gods' Council is genuine, and there is no false information. Therefore, the Sea Clan has indeed swallowed up the entire eastern coastline of the continent and is marching inland to the west. The El Empire has also beaten the Dwarf Kingdom to the point of surrender, and the small human country that supports the Dwarf Kingdom can no longer hold on. If things continue to develop in this way, it is estimated that within two years they will really reach the border of Esdi.

There is no activity in the Seven Sins Domain to the west of the Sinidi Kingdom, which is also the lair of the Seven Sins Church. The environment there is very bad, the space is unstable all year round, and cracks often appear. Natural disasters, monsters, evil spirits and the like rush out from it. Because of this, only the Seven Sins Church is willing to survive there in such an environment.

I don't know what's further west. No one has ever successfully crossed the Seven Sins Domain and then turned back. That place is called the "Unknown Land". It forms a pair with the endless ocean east of the Dragon Island on the east sea, which seems to have no end and is always in thunderstorms. It is a place that no creature on earth can cross.

At the end of the north and south sides are huge icebergs. It is said that the temperature at the top of the icebergs is so cold that the air turns into liquid, making it impossible for any living creature to survive, and naturally there is no question of exploring or opening up the map.

In general, the explorable area of ​​the permanent plane is even much smaller than that of the earth, but it has a spatial advantage that the earth does not have - it has a secondary plane.

Just like the shadow plane that Phoenix can travel through, it is actually a secondary plane attached to the main plane of this world. According to the rule book he saw before crossing over, there should even be a map called "Hell" here. That is where creatures like demons live. Very occasionally, one or two temporary cracks that can span the two worlds will appear in the Seven Sins Domain.

If you are lucky and happen to encounter it, and your team level is very high, you can go through the crack to explore the new map - this is what DM noted behind the hell area.

But these are all beside the point. The reason I say this is because just as Rusalka heard from the parliament that a general attack on Alice City would be officially launched, she received an appointment two days later - to take over the task of the Consenat family and be responsible for ensuring the safety of the transportation supply lines.

This job is quite easy, at least I don’t have to rush to the front line.

"This war really doesn't give us any rest," Rusalka sighed as she looked at the emergency call-up order. "Now I understand why those nobles like to have so many children. That way they can send their sons off on expeditions while they stay home, farming and harvesting."

Sanitta: "Actually, according to the rules of the early kingdom, if a noble family has no descendants or direct heirs, they have the right to refuse the emergency conscription order. Do you want to refuse?"

Rusalka: "Of course not. I said it as soon as I landed. In fact, the life in my dream world should be a legendary adventure. The territory is just the icing on the cake for economic support. So who are you going to entrust the Pearl Tear Territory to? Phoenix has to come with us. If I don't see the cat for a few months, I will definitely get jade syndrome."

Sanitieta counted on his fingers and found that there were indeed too few trustworthy and capable people on his side. To put it bluntly, it was all because of Rusalka's negative effect at the beginning, which made the useful people around him disloyal and the loyal people useless.

Those who are capable have to rely on themselves to win over and build trust step by step. It has only been more than a year since the start, and half of the time they have been either fighting, on the way to fight, or looking for ways to fight. Where can they find so many capable people on their own?

Seeing that Sanita couldn't name the dish for a while, Rusalka teased, "Why are you so silent, my dear? We can transfer the mayor from Luopa Town to the small village near the processing plant, and we can definitely dispatch some talents from Silver City to manage Pearl Tear Territory. Besides the Viscount, who was the most capable servant at the Consenat Mansion?"

Sanita: "Butler."

Rusalka waved her hand and said, "This is him. As the saying goes, trust your employees and don't employ them if you doubt them. Xiang Yu was unwilling to give up his official seal even after losing. But I'm different. In order to clear the jungle, I would even give up my base crystal."

Sanitta: "Let's not talk about whether your idea is dangerous or not. If you want to use him, you have to wait until I change my job to Necromancer."

Rusalka: “Huh?”

Sanitita: "Haven't you checked with the servants? He was killed by Phoenix a long time ago. Forget it. Even if someone like him who can directly assist in the management of the territory survives, you should either take him with you when you leave, or make him shut up forever. How can you leave him to the enemy? All that's left in the City Lord's Mansion are servants."

Rusalka: "......"

Sanitta: "Why is Your Majesty also silent?"

Rusalka sighed and said, "Okay, then I declare that Maomao only killed a corpse. She is acquitted."

In the end, Sani Iron Tower decided to let Crown and Doug Chamber of Commerce take charge of the taxation and material mobilization within the Pearl Tear Territory. This decision was not a gamble, but a judgment based on the premise that the territory could still operate without the previous Pearl Tear Lord doing anything.

Anyway, when you get to the front line, you won't be short of this little money in your pocket. No matter how many gold coins you have, they can't be used to fill your stomach. Instead, the most valuable thing in war is to establish good relations with the Chamber of Commerce and make them willing to provide you with sufficient material supply lines.

In the remaining time, Sanitta began to prepare to go to the front line. Although Saint Theresa next door promised to mobilize the Knights from Esdi for support, Sanitta did not trust other people's armies, so he issued a voluntary conscription order in this place, which was still tentatively called the Viscount Consenat.

The effect of voluntary conscription is not very good. Real conscription is not like in the game, where you can buy a soldier by spending a certain amount of gold coins. In this medieval world view where there is no universal military service and the population is not so overflowing, most ordinary people live with the idea of ​​"I would rather live than die".

Rusalka's policy of preferential treatment for residents has led to a decline in the willingness to join the army. Fortunately, there has been no shortage of people pouring into this land from the central region recently, and there are always some people among them who are willing to join the army. In the end, a team of about 1500 people was formed.

This number was far from enough to fill the gap, so Sanitta wrote letters to other barons, forcing each of them to send 50 people to join the army from their respective territories, or to use 2 "knights" or 1 "grand knight" to make up for the 50 people.

It turned out that knights were also a rare species in the Kingdom of Sinidi. It was also possible that no one was willing to donate their own combat power to Rushakahoho. Almost all the barons pulled 50 recently arrived refugees from their territories to make up the number of heads.

Apart from Baron Whitemyre, his territory was located in a very awkward position, between the Pearl Tear Territory and the Silver City. This unique geographical "advantage" allowed him to send a three-fold luxurious lineup of 120 male subjects and 1 knight to the territory.

He also attached a letter telling Rusalka that he would fully cooperate with all of Rusalka's policies at all times.

This made Sanitita suddenly feel that the Whitemay family had been able to survive until now. There was indeed some reason why they could continue to survive even after he, a guy who never paid attention to court, came to power, even though there were no natural resources like the Test Mine in the territory.

Although the quality of this team is indeed not satisfactory, it has gathered 2000 people, which is the number of a "legion" in this world. In this way, Rusalka can be said to have his first legion under his command.

Sanita asked Rusalka to come up with a name for their legion before they set out. After reviewing the soldiers, Rusalka frowned and couldn't find a word for a long time. "I feel like using any card from Pearly Lament to describe our team is an insult to its card effects. It's not that our army is that bad, but there don't seem to be any useless creatures in Pearly Lament. Why not call them the Shaddoll Legion?"

The implication is that it can appear in the deck and the graveyard, two places I can't see, and it can be banished, but it must not appear on my field or in my hand. It is a dispensable accessory in the Pearly Lament deck, just like the role of these soldiers to me.

Sani Tower has never cared, so let's just call it the Shadow Legion. Anyway, at least 200 of these soldiers are capable infantrymen, which is enough to serve as the core of the baggage transport force. With the support of the Esdi Knights, they don't have to worry about fighting. The other 1800 people were just there to make up the numbers and serve as laborers.

The army is like this. If everyone is first, then everyone is last. Without these 1800 people, would Esdi's Knights be responsible for feeding horses, carrying bags and pushing military equipment?

We need to assign special people to them and let them recuperate. In the Middle Ages, a knight was surrounded by 2-3 knight squires. In this world view where mid-to-high-end combat power can determine the situation of the war, it doesn't matter if there are more idlers. As long as the commander is sane and doesn't send away the elite, there will be no collapse.

Originally, Rusalka wanted to leave Caster behind to keep an eye on the Chamber of Commerce, but Caster insisted on following Rusalka. According to him, on the one hand, the knight's loyalty would not allow him to abandon his lord and let him go to the battlefield alone. On the other hand, he came to Sinidi to find his own direction in life, and staying in the territory to live a lazy life was not what he wanted.

According to his philosophy, "If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening." Even if he dies on the battlefield and attains enlightenment, it is better than living a comfortable life. Rusalka thinks that he has a problem with his thinking. If she were really an indigenous person, why would she fight a war? Wouldn't it be nice to just stay in the Pearl Tears Territory and spend every day with Cat?

Sunita: (What if there is no Phoenix?)

Rusalka: (Then I'd better go to the war. Wait, is Custer driving a Tata because he's short of love? Fine, I'll buy him an extra cat later.)

Sanita: (Respect and blessings.)

So at the beginning of summer, the portal was successfully built, and Esdi's army also arrived at Silver City to join forces. While the weather was not yet hot enough to affect long-distance marches, Rusalka led the army on a journey to the supply collection point designated by Grand Duke Delai, which was also his main city - Noral City.

There are a total of 2122 Shaddoll troops and 2000 Esdi troops. Among the Esdi troops, there are 100 members of the Star Knights, 500 members of the Silver Knights, and the rest are Bronze Knights or ordinary soldiers.

The two armies were not mixed together, but were divided into the front and rear armies. They were divided into two by Esdi, serving as the front and rear armies, while the army of Zhu Lei stayed in the middle. The advantage of doing this is that if a fight breaks out, the middle army will not be caught in a situation where it cannot advance or retreat because of the chaos caused by the outer army.

The army of Esdi was not fully mobilized. So far, there were about 2000 people coming from the border and the portal. Only one patriarch and some members of the Star Knights were left behind to cooperate with the other 500 people of Esdi's army. Together with the defenders of Silver City itself, there were more than 2000 people in total, guarding Silver City together.

After deducting the number of patrol teams, the average number of defenders allocated to each city wall is less than 500. In modern times, it is only the number of people in a full battalion, but it is enough to defend a small city.

To be on the safe side, Sanita left all the crossbow carts and magic cannons in Silver City. He also left all the equipment he had looted from various parts of the territory in the past few months and handed it over to the defenders of Silver City, thus fully strengthening the defense of the entire city.

After all, the portal had just been established. If the home was stolen during the teleportation cooling period because Rusalka transferred the army, resulting in Esdi's subsequent support being unable to arrive, it would be too bad for the situation here.

Moreover, when the baggage transport team was small, they could just carry as much as they were supposed to, since the accounts were easy to keep. But once the team grew in number, and everyone was in charge of their own affairs, it was quite normal for them to take some kickbacks.

There were clearly 100 of them shipped out, but only 60 were left when they arrived. This kind of thing is not uncommon in history. So if you want to get rich, you have to rely on logistical support. It is understandable to skimp on equipment. During World War I, half of the tanks would break down when they drove past. I have 50 crossbow carts, and it is not excessive for four, five, six, seven or eight of them to be "accidentally" broken on the road, right?

If it's broken, I will definitely send it back for repair. As for when it will be repaired, I don't know. Why don't you come back and ask in a few years?

This is probably because the Grand Duke took into consideration that Rusalka could bring support to Esdi, and arranged a lucrative job for him as a favor.

Besides, Lukasa is a great knight after all. Even if he is greedy, his manners are much better than those of other "relatives and friends".

It's ridiculous to say that it was a good job on normal days, and the group of nobles under Grand Duke Delai would rather serve as nepotists, but now they really want to cooperate to attack Alice City and fight for the future. As a result, the logistical support in this regard was given to Rusalka, who can be said to be outside the aristocratic circle. There was even very little opposition, just because he was a great knight and was close to Esdi next door, so he had a good reputation and was reliable.

Facts have proved that this group of nobles still have some brains. They are not completely obsessed with money and treat the attack on Alice City as a business. At least they are much more far-sighted than those capitalists in the previous life who bought enemy bonds during the war.

On the Esdi side, since no superiors arrived, even though the number of people increased, the commander of the Esdi side was still Sarolt, so he was naturally promoted from a team commander to the legion commander.

As the captain of the left wing of the Angels, he has no problem becoming the head of the legion in terms of status, but he looks very young, which actually makes Sanitieta doubt his qualifications.

In addition, although Grand Duke Delei had clearly acquiesced to Esdi's troop transport assistance, Theresa still did not send the other two elite members of the Knight Guards this time. There was only Sarolt, the lonely captain of the left wing of the angels. This also made Sanita very strange.

However, there is still more than half a month before the next meeting, so it will be a bit late to ask then. Anyway, let's set off first.

Sanitta: (Sarolt is too young. I'm worried that his command style will be too impulsive. Also, the three patriarchs sent to follow him all look very young. When I say young, I don't mean fresh out of the gate, but in terms of temperament. You probably understand what I mean.

If he were to lead a few hundred men to attack the small town of Consenat, I'd be fine with that, but if Theresa seriously wanted to fight the Church of the Seven Sins, this definitely wouldn't be the lineup.)

Rusalka instantly completed Sanita's imagination: (Do you think Theresa wants to use us to eliminate the opposition?)

Sanitta rolled her eyes: (Then why didn't she just tell you in the meeting to get rid of Sarolt?)

Rusalka felt that what her brother said made sense.

Chapter 88 Logistics Rules

During the first day of rest after the army's march, Rusalka summoned the commanders of the Esdi side at the signal of Sanita.

Although he was quite curious about why Rusalka's new army, named "Shadow", had only three managers, "Sanita" and "Castor", including Rusalka, and he did not see any "captains" managing units of one hundred or several hundred people during the meeting, but Sarolt felt that Rusalka had a reason, so he sat down in the command tent with a total of 10 officers on his side.

In fact, there was really no one to use them, and Sani Tieta just temporarily picked a few extraordinary people who looked a bit high-level to be the captains, but he didn't dare to hand over the marching plan and subsequent arrangements to those outsiders.

It cannot be said that he does not trust them, but it can be said that he trusts the negative talent of Rushaka very much. Sanita is 100% or even 90% sure that this group of people must not be so loyal.

According to the Emperor, incomplete loyalty is equivalent to complete disloyalty, so Rusalka would rather let Phoenix listen to more about what the war is like here.

Rusalka: (Don't just think about assassinating people alone every day. You should keep up with the times and be a cat that can fight, understands how to fight, fights well, and wins.)

As someone whose history score was on the verge of passing, and whose only thoughts were "Move the machine gun position forward 16 meters, Commander-in-Chief," "Cease fire quickly, we're on our own, hitting friendly forces," "We only have one last ship left, but we can't give up," and "Admiral, welcome to the port, I'm your secretary ship," he should also follow along to hear what was going on.

Although Sanitita thought it was impossible, Rusalka firmly believed that the following unlikely event was likely to occur: Maybe Phoenix would be in a good mood one day and decide to take a few hundred humans for some fun? Wouldn't that give them a reliable captain?

Rusalka: (I'm saying this from a perspective of empathy, because I've always wanted to lead hundreds of cats. To me, these cats are like other species. I'm willing to live in harmony with them and create glorious battles together.)

Sanita: (Do you have any gender restrictions?)

Rusalka: (Of course, only for the opposite sex.)

Sanita: (That's fine, you didn't even mention leading the troops.)

Rusalka: (Think about it, to Phoenix, aren't we soldiers of a different race and gender? Look, it all lines up. I'm willing to lead them, so why wouldn't Phoenix want to? Argument complete. Brother, there's something wrong with your thinking. You always doubt my motives. That's not good. We should trust each other more.)

Sanita: (If Phoenix shares your desire to lead the Flint army, would you be willing to let her lead it?)

Rusalka thought for a moment and replied decisively: (Then I definitely don't agree. You don't want to invite me to the party, right?)

Sanita: (You see, I have always had 100% trust in your ideas.)

Seeing that everyone had gathered, Sanita took out a map and spread it on the table: "We just set out from Silver City, and Noral City is very close to Alice City, which is southeast of the center of the kingdom, right here."

Under the guidance of the Sanita Tower, Rusalka understood that the main cities of the three dukes were actually not far from Alice City. The great duke Gode was better off, as there were two large cities in between.

There is not even any other big city as a buffer zone between Grand Duke De Lai and Alice City, only a few scattered medium-sized commercial transit cities. No wonder he immediately rebelled after the fall of Alice City. No one can sit still like that.

Unexpectedly, the geographical advantage that they used to restrain each other in the past has now become a disadvantage that makes Grand Duke Gode and Grand Duke Delai worry every day about whether the Church of the Seven Sins will send troops to attack.

But being close also has its advantages. The base camp is not far away, so it is convenient to counterattack Alice City. The short logistical distance is the best guarantee.

However, for Rusalka, this will also bring the logistics troops closer to the main battlefield, which will greatly increase the risk.

"All we have to do is go through these cities and follow this route to deliver the equipment and supplies prepared in the cities to Noral City." Sanita used the magic power gathered on his fingers to draw a faintly glowing magic line on the map, passing through two cities along the way. "Our two armies combined have about 4500 people. When the supply officer in the city asks about it, we will follow this route and report 2000 guards and 3000 transport teams, with a total transport capacity of 2500 people."

Sarolte nodded without saying anything: he didn't know much about logistics.

Next to him, there was a captain who knew the business and was so nervous that he was swallowing his saliva: My goodness, they haven't even started taking kickbacks yet.

You should know that this is the transportation volume, not the number of people. The standard explanation of transportation volume is that one logistics soldier in the logistics support team can provide one month's supply for several front-line soldiers. Generally speaking, the transportation volume should be settled at a 2:1 ratio, and two people reporting one transportation volume is already the limit.

The supply volume of 1 transport volume is for 4 people. The transport volume of 2500 people means that after the supplies of this transport team arrive at the front line, they can support the supply consumption or military consumables of 10000 soldiers for one month or military equipment converted into different volume units.

Military equipment has different conversion standards. For example, the heavy crossbow cart captured last time has a transport capacity of 5, which means it takes 5 logistics soldiers to transport it (this part will have a margin and will not be fully calculated. It will also be dynamically adjusted according to the distance).

In other words, if the team wants to transport a heavy crossbow cart, it needs to deduct the supply transportation quota of 20 people on the front line.

This conversion of transport volume will make it very convenient to calculate the material gap on the front line and the total amount of materials that logistics needs to provide or the total amount of military equipment transported.

The Kingdom of Sinidi actually has a reference, a standard method of measuring transportation volume, which refers to "if an encounter occurs, how many people can be responsible only for protecting and rescuing transportation materials to break through, and are not considered within the combat power range." These people are basically handymen and transport soldiers similar to militia or cooks. The entire transport team only needs them to contribute without doing any work.

In fact, the team here has less than 4500 people in total. If a fight really breaks out, it is impossible to have 2500 people for transportation protection. All the members of Esdi's side must participate in the battle. The number of people who can be teleported is limited. These people who come here by teleportation and border are all regular troops. It is impossible to use them to help. At most 500 people can be assigned to protect supplies.

As for the people in Zhulei Territory, they are just a bunch of ragtag bunches and cannot be proper transport workers. They probably can't even do the maintenance and operation of military equipment. Judging by the standard of healthy adult males, the ratio is not 1:1. Excluding soldiers from 2000 people, 1800 of them are considered non-combatants. It is already very good to have a total transport capacity of 1500 people.

Therefore, the original intention and rules of the logistics and transportation standards formulated by the Kingdom of Sinidi are very good, but when it comes to implementation, it is a mess. Everyone reports the transportation volume at random, and even in extreme cases, there will be a 1:1 reporting of transportation volume.

After all, not all teams are purely for transporting rations. Take transporting a crossbow cart for example. You don't actually need 5 people to transport it. With some pressure, even 3 people can do it. Originally, your team of 7 people may have a transport capacity of only 5, but now 3 of you are transporting the crossbow cart and report 5, and the remaining 4 people can report an additional 2 capacity of rations. In other words, a team of only 7 people reported a transport capacity of 7.

Although it sounds like a 1:1 ratio which is exaggerated, the plan is feasible and can be completed within the transportation time limit.

Food is just a metaphor. After all, food in this world is not valuable. However, consumables such as arrows and equipment can also be embezzled to varying degrees according to the above plan.

The team's own supplies are not allowed to be considered in the transportation capacity. After passing through the city, the team will reveal its identity and the city lord will provide enough supplies to support it until it reaches the next city.