A soldier is late for every training. One day, a general called him and asked:

"Why are you always late?!"

The soldier replied in a low voice: "Because I always overslept."

The general was furious: "If every soldier overslept like you, what would the world be like?"

The soldier lowered his head and thought for a while, and replied, "Then there will never be a war."

As soon as the soldiers finished speaking, the general sneered: "If all the soldiers overslept like you, the war will start after everyone wakes up!"

——【Folk jokes from the Holy Hillan Empire】

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"The offensive against Avalon Fortress stopped?" Gabriel exclaimed.

"This is not surprising, isn't it?" El asked with a wry smile, "The active attack on the enemy - if you can't achieve excellent results from the beginning, it's over."

"At the beginning of the war, it is often the time when the army is at its highest morale and fighting spirit."

"We must take the Avalon Fortress with this vigorous morale and fighting spirit in the first few days of the offensive. If we cannot take the Avalon Fortress in the first few days, then there will be no hope of taking it afterwards."

"The teacher understands this very well, so after officially launching an offensive against Avalon Fortress, he directly devoted all his strength to dispatch the most elite troops and used all the siege methods he could use."

"In the 5th day of the battle, the teacher even took the risk of launching a night attack."

"But no matter what means were used, the Avalon Fortress still stood firm and did not cause great trauma to the Knights of Michael."

"Originally, after putting into use the mounds for the crossbowmen to shoot down, our army successfully suppressed the Knights of Michael slightly."

"But later, the Knights of Michael dispatched an archer with great archery skills."

"Arrower?" Gabriel wondered.

"Yes. An archer with no name."

"According to the report sent back from the front line, this archer specially sniped the crossbowmen on the mound."

"No matter how well the crossbowmen on the mound are hiding, as long as there is a part of their body that extends outside the cover, they will be shot."

"Since this archer was dispatched, we can't count how many crossbowmen of our army have died. Conservatively, there should be hundreds."

"Because this archer is so terrifying, some of our army's crossbowmen didn't even dare to climb the mound."

"After killing a group of crossbowmen who dare not climb the mound, and promising to increase rewards and pensions for crossbowmen who climb the mound, the crossbowmen who finally stabilized their morale."

"But even though the crossbowman troops were stabilized, the crossbowman who climbed the mound became timid because he was afraid of the archer, and he didn't even have the courage to poke his head out of the cover and aim carefully."

"Because the archer has been wandering on the city wall and never stayed in one place for a long time, until now, no one has seen the archer look like this. Even if the archer is one person or many people, he doesn't know."

"Anyway, under the suppression of this archer, the power of our mound is greatly reduced."

"The mound lost its original threat to the Knights of Michael."

"Without the help of the mound, the strategy for Avalon Fortress is basically completely out of the blue."

"The tragic battle lasted for 7 days."

"In these seven days of battle, our army suffered nearly 50,000 casualties, and the 300,000 combat troops directly reduced their troops to 250,000."

"The tragic casualties and the slow progress of the war have made the morale of the soldiers increasingly deteriorate."

When El said this, Camille on the side suddenly answered:

"After fighting for so many days, I was still wandering around the outer wall of the Avalon Fortress, fighting with the Knights of Michael who could not kill them anyway - anyone would feel depressed and felt that what they were doing at the moment was meaningless."

"That's right." El nodded, expressing his agreement with Camille's words. "If the fierce attack on the enemy fails to achieve good results, the morale and fighting spirit of the troops will decline in an astonishing way."

"The teacher saw that the morale of the army was declining severely, and it would be meaningless to continue to fight. Therefore, he ordered the cessation of the offensive on the 8th day."

After listening to Elle talk about the changes in the war during the days when he was unconscious, Gabriel murmured:

"The morale of the troops has declined and the offensive has stopped... This is also good. In this way, our army should be able to stop this battle without hope of victory and withdraw its troops and return home, right?"

"If this is true, that's great." Camille sneered.

This time Camille said to Gabriel:

"After stopping the attack on the Avalon Fortress, the teacher immediately wrote to His Majesty."

"Show your Majesty the current situation of the battle."

"Tell Your Majesty that the morale of the troops has declined, and there is no hope of breaking the Avalon Fortress, and requesting to terminate the hammer operation and withdraw the troops and return to the country."

"What do you think of your Majesty?"

Looking at the sneer on Camille's face, a bad premonition emerged in Gabriel's heart.

"Does..." Gabriel asked cautiously, "Your Majesty... does not agree to terminate the war and withdraw the troops?"

"You answered correctly." Camill sighed lightly, "Your Majesty was unwilling to end the attack on the Britannian Empire and withdraw his troops."

"In order to boost the morale of the troops and discuss with the teacher how to carry out the next battle, His Majesty decided to lead the imperial army and rush to the front line in person."

Gabriel widened his eyes and his mouth grew big: "Your Majesty... want to lead the army in person?"

"Yes, you heard it right. Your Majesty wants to be the commander in person." Speaking of this, Camill sighed again, "Did Your Majesty understand the current situation of the battle... Even if he is the commander in person, he will not let the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops surge suddenly, and then capture the Avalon Fortress."

"Don't think too pessimistic, Camille." El, who was standing beside him, comforted Camille, "It's not a bad thing that your Majesty personally led the army to fight."

"When Your Majesty arrives on the front line, sees the real situation of the battle and conducts a profound discussion with the teacher, you may realize that the hammer battle is no longer successful, and then order the troops to retreat."

"If His Majesty realizes that the battle cannot be successful and then orders to withdraw the troops, it is naturally the best."

Speaking of this, Camille sighed again, then lowered his voice and continued:
Chapter completed!