Neck, who was busy accepting the order, could not hear the slight changes in General Andrew's name at all. After standing attentively, he wanted to leave, but was pulled by Lieutenant Colonel Dawu next to him. After a little hint, Yingxiu became enlightened. He said to the general: "Thank you, General! Neck will prove his ability again." As soon as he finished speaking, he ran down the city tower in three steps and two steps to convey the instructions of the new boss.

Dawu waited for Major Neck to run away before he came to Andrew and asked in a low voice: "General, this battle is not easy to fight."

Andrew did not answer, but noticed that the speaker's face showed no sign of worry, but instead a little mysterious.

After smiling, Andrew seemed to be mocking himself, "It's easy to fight, maybe I need to come."

Dawu also smiled dryly, then he looked undeniable. "If there was no accident, the power comparison between the enemy and us in the upcoming battle is 50,000, or 60,000 to 10,000, and we will definitely lose. But Miracles seem to always like to be attached to General Andrew, so I still have great hope for victory, at least more confident than Major Neck."

"Haha, how do you know!" Andrew said something that others couldn't understand, but another affirmation of Dawu's words.

"First it's intuition, then it's judgment." Dawu talked about the problems he had been thinking about these days.

"I have studied the general's war history. The general's combat strategy has always been to understand the strength comparison between the enemy and us, explore the enemy's disadvantages, use our army's advantages, and then make clear strategic deployments. Before all preparations, you always put intelligence first, and believe that this time we came to quell the rebellion, the same is true. If I guess correctly, even if you haven't heard Major Neck report, you know everything in the city of Laroche and the legion.

From Paris to Vandai, there are thousands of miles of roads. You don’t have any guides to guide the way, but you can accurately command the guards to the city of Laroche, and ambush them in advance, annihilated the rebels who wanted to attack the brigade in one fell swoop. It is not difficult to understand that this is someone passing various intelligence to the general. I say to myself again that they should be people among the rebels, and their status is not low."

Andrew nodded and signaled Dawu to continue speaking.

"With the near-defensive position in Laroche City, and with the help of internal rebels, the general can cooperate inside and outside, fight the rebels under the city, defeat or severely slash the enemy's attack, and issue a pardon order in time to completely dismantle the enemy's aura. Finally, the surrenders within the rebels came forward to clean up the mess and completely quell the rebellion in the Wangdai area for nearly one and a half years. This is indeed a good move.

But there is no food in the city and the army has no cannons. Laroche City will face siege of more than 50,000 rebels. The general may not take the 50,000 rebels seriously at all, or even disdain, because they are all mobs, and someone will inform you and capture their military trends. The army has no cannons and lacks fire, and there is no worry. You can order Ravashi, the former general of the Fire Administration, to deal with it, and maybe he has asked him to do it; but food, this is a key issue. In 10 days, the general will not let the soldiers go to war with hunger; and, there are tens of thousands of refugees outside the city, you will not drive them to the arms of the rebels again."

There is no man under his reputation, and the ancients said it very well! Andrew felt a sense of relief when he heard Dawu's words. The lieutenant colonel he had spent so much energy to get was indeed a brave, wise and good general as described in history. He could see the overall layout of the commander through a few inconspicuous trivial events. It was indeed extraordinary. This adjutant was indeed better than Xia De's head, but he had the loyalty of the latter at the time, and Andrew was not sure, and it still took time to confirm it.

Thinking of this, Andrew looked at Dawu inexplicably, with affirmation and approval, but no adjutant explained the food issue with concern, and continued to patrol inside and outside the city wall.

After a while, when Major Neck gathered the Legionnaires into the square, Andrew was already standing on the inner wall and staring at them.

It was a group of soldiers who were not wearing socks, and their shoes were about to be worn out. One was exposed on the blue military uniform, and no one would sew them. The soldiers' faces were pale and thin, which was obviously the reason why malnutritional food could not be guaranteed. In addition, a series of defeats in battles almost made them lose the courage to be soldiers. But their beliefs were not lost, and they could at least last until General Andrew's arrival. It was also the news of General Mountain that inspired them, and encouraged them to straighten their waists again, get rid of fatigue and hunger, their eyes were glowing, and they carried their rifles in high spirits, arranged neatly in the square, ready to be inspected by General Andrew.

Looking at these loyal *, Andrew gave up his speech on the wall, walked down, came to the square, and came among the soldiers, because he wanted all the soldiers to see him clearly.

Andrew ordered the guards beside him to borrow a high-legged table and put it in the middle of the square covered with soldiers. He climbed up and looked around, showing his greatest enthusiasm. He whispered: "Soldiers, warriors of the Republic. I, Andrew, have come, I'm late!"

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

"Ula!"

…

The soldiers around them let out deafening shouts, which was their heart-warming excitement. General Shanyue, who had longed for a long time, finally stood in front of him. I believe that the general in front of him will be able to lead the Wandai Legion to wash away the shame of successive defeats, pick up the previous honors again, and even better than before.

When the soldiers expressed their anger almost as much as possible, Andrew continued:

"I know that you have experienced countless hardships and setbacks, lack of food and supplies, and endured the torment that ordinary people cannot bear, but you still hold the weapons in your hands, hold your own positions without complaints, and defend other citizens in the city of Laroche from the rebels.

France thanks you, the National Council thanks you, Andrew thanks you, you are continuing to defend the supreme dignity of the Republic!

Everyone knows that there are a large number of rebels gathering outside the city. Many people say that they are 50,000 people and can attack the city at any time and kill everyone. But I don’t believe that what I doubt is not the number, but the ability of the rebels. 5,000, and in front of us, there are only a mob. Andrew came to the Wandai Legion this time to lead you to destroy them.

Use 10,000 troops to destroy 50,000 enemies, at least more. Perhaps others cannot believe this victory, but I believe. From your decisive, resolute, fearless and eager for victory, I can see through everything. But at this time, your legion commander still hopes that his soldiers will answer him with their heartfelt cry, that you can overcome all the difficulties in front of you, eliminate all the rebels, and exchange the blood of the enemy for the glory of the legion again.

Warriors, please make your greatest voice and tell the commander!"

Andrew's extremely sensational speech immediately won the approval of the soldiers. They took off their military caps and placed them on the gun head, shaking and dancing hard, and at the same time, they also cheered even more than before.

"Ula!"

"Eliminate the rebels!"

"Long live General Andrew!"

"Long live the French Republic!"

…

Countless excited, excited and infinite joyful faces seemed to express the same message, and General Andrew's arrival had already won them the final victory.

After a long time, Andrew, who was standing on the temporary high platform, stopped the soldiers' shouts, and his previously enthusiastic expression began to turn into anger and hatred.

"But there were some discordant tones spreading in the middle of the legion. They lacked confidence in victory and were pessimistic and disappointed, and then left behind the dignity of the soldiers and shamelessly wanted to escape. Unfortunately, on the way to escape, they met me. Who are they? Let's see."

As he spoke, Andrew Yuan pointed to a group of more than 30 escaped officers escorted by the guards to the city wall. In full view of everyone, they all covered their heads tightly, so ashamed that they dared not see anyone.

"Maybe, you all know who they are, and can also call them military ranks and positions. But I tell you, those people are just one name, called deserter! Desert, haha, is indeed a bad name, but for them, they are really well deserved."

Speaking of this, Andrew turned around and shouted a man's name. "Ltd Colonel Shade, where is my military judge?"

"Report to General, I'm here!" Xia De squeezed out of the crowd and replied loudly.

"Tell me, what are the military judges going to do with those deserters who violate military orders!"

"Report to the general, they should all be shot!"

"Is there any other way to solve it, the military judge."

"No, General! Shooting them is your only choice!"

"But they are all officers, and the soldiers need officers to command the battle!"

"No, General! Your soldiers have told the Supreme Commander that they will elect a better officer!"

“Can you be tolerant?”

"Never tolerate it!"

"Can I forgive me?"

"You don't have this right!"

"Okay, thank you, Judge Jun. Please perform your duties."

…

The conversation between Andrew and Xia De and his final choice made all the soldiers present feel extremely awe. Respect was General Andrew, who had great military achievements, and came to Wangdai to take office, which inspired his already decadent morale; fear was that General Shanyue was as cruel as the legendary general, and a few words determined the death penalty for more than 30 middle and senior officers. It can be imagined that if he did not seriously obey the general's orders, perhaps...

The soldiers' ideas were also what Andrew wanted to achieve. The soldiers did respect themselves. That was because they heard of the outstanding military achievements of the Mountain General and hoped that the general could lead them to victory, one after another. But respect alone was far from enough. Previous prestige could only control those soldiers who were not familiar with themselves for one or two days. However, what the Wandai Legion had to face was a long-term siege. Once the situation continued to deteriorate, the phenomenon of escape would still occur, and there was even the possibility of turning against him.

Based on this kind of situation, Andrew, who was still on the way, decided to let Lieutenant Colonel Xia De serve as the army judge of the army, and asked him to draw 100 people from the guard battalion to form a military police force, wear a red armband on his left arm, and be directly responsible for himself. His task is to monitor all abnormal actions of the legion, arrest and interrogate suspicious officers or soldiers, and after reporting to the supreme commander, he handles any military affairs in accordance with the existing military laws, including shooting executions. Although Xia De is not very smart, he is meticulous and extremely loyal in performing his duties, which is also something Andrew feels very relieved.

When they heard the order that they were about to be executed, all the officers who were taken to the wall began to stir up. Crying, shouting, and asking for help sounded in a whole lot. Perhaps there were many people who were pitying them, but none of them dared to come forward to plead for them.

Judge Xia Dejun began to issue orders continuously:

"preparation!"

"aim!"

"shot!"

"Recharge!"

"Change another batch!"

"preparation!"

…

After three rounds of gunfire, in front of all the soldiers, 37 former middle and senior officers of the Wandai Legion were shot collectively. Occasionally, several officers who were not killed on the spot were still struggling in the mud, but Lieutenant Colonel Xiade pulled up his sword and killed them one by one without hesitation. Finally, he ordered another shot of all the bodies.

Before the performance was over, Andrew calmly walked down from the temporary podium. In the eyes of the soldiers in awe, he walked to a carriage and asked people to carry out several heavy boxes from it and place them in a corner of the square.

"I know that the brave soldiers have not received their salaries for 3 months. This is a dereliction of duty by the former commander, but I cannot make such a mistake again! Judge Xia Dejun, please help me open all the boxes." Andrew said as he walked, and ordered Lieutenant Colonel Xia De who came to him after executing the order.

Lieutenant Colonel Xiade opened the suitcase one by one, and there were golden, silver francs and ancient silver coins inside.

"I once told my soldiers a definition of revolution in the Toulon Legion. Lieutenant Colonel Shade, do you remember?"

"Report to the general, I still remember it fresh!"

"Please repeat for me, because the soldiers of the Vondae Legion may not know yet!"

"As for the order General. General Andrew once said: Revolution is not poverty, but harvest, harvest the failure of the enemy, harvest the victory of the battle, and also harvest your own wealth and happiness. The soldiers under General Andrew will never allow poverty to appear. The commander will let all money fall into your pockets based on each person's military position and military achievements, and the relatives of those who died."

"Okay, I will once again give full authority to appoint the army judges of the army, the fair Lieutenant Colonel Xiade to handle these property on my own, each of whom is paid three times the military pay, and the same is true for the sacrificed soldiers."

General Andrew's previous conversation with Lieutenant Colonel Shade was to make all soldiers feel the strictness of military law; but the result of this conversation was a reward for all soldiers, purely a reward for money. According to Andrew's own words, it was a carrot and a stick.

Just like the scene three months ago, it was quiet first, then restrained, then excited, and finally it was cheering, and all the soldiers shouted:

"Ula!"

"Long live the gold coins!"

"Long live the commander!"

"Long live the free France!"
Chapter completed!