Chapter 1346 Orleans Citizens Hostile to the Rollin Army

Denni sighed helplessly at Roger's words.

How to boost the morale of the army - Denni has been troubled by this problem since he took over the army.

But he really couldn't think of any way to boost the morale of the army.

At the moment when he kept hearing such bad news, it was difficult to arouse the morale and fighting spirit of the generals and soldiers with material rewards alone.

If he wanted to arouse the morale and fighting spirit of the generals and soldiers, the only way Denni could think of was to win a battle.

As long as he won a battle, the low morale could be boosted.

But this is just a dead cycle.

If the morale is low, there will be no victory.

If you can't win a battle, there will be no way to boost morale.

If you can't boost morale, you can't win a battle...

Moreover, they lost the battle to defend Orleans, which was a battle to defend the city.

This kind of battle to defend the city with a huge disparity in the combat power between the enemy and us is to passively be beaten.

Fighting this passive battle, there is no chance to win a great victory...

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After another two days of trekking, the Denis finally arrived at the south gate of Orleans.

Looking at the flag of the Rollin Empire flying high on the gate of Orleans, Deni said to Roger in a deep voice:

"Roger, be ready... This may be the place where we die."

"...... Yeah." Roger nodded with a gloomy face.

Leading the troops in four columns into the city through the wide-open gate.

No flowers.

No cheers.

The people of Orleans stood on both sides of the avenue, looking indifferently at the Denis who were slowly passing through the gate and marching in the middle of the avenue.

The expressions of the people... just using the word "indifferent" seems to be a bit insufficient.

Among the citizens of Orleans who were watching the Denis entering the city, quite a number of them stared at the armored soldiers with hostile eyes.

The ill will from the citizens of Orleans was so obvious that Deni had sensed it early on.

Feeling the ill will from the citizens, Deni said helplessly in his heart:

- As expected... we are very unwelcome...

Deni had prepared himself and his soldiers for the fact that they would not be welcomed by the citizens of Orleans.

Because during the "Three Dukes' Rebellion" last year, an incident broke out in Orleans... enough to make the citizens of Orleans hostile to the army.

Although the civil strife last year was just a fight between vassals, for safety reasons, the central government of the Rolin Empire still sent an additional army to Orleans to prevent Tuli from being threatened.

And this army stationed in Orleans... had very poor military discipline.

Orleans was very close to Tuli, so this army could not do such bad things as burning, killing and looting, and they had to pay attention to the impact.

But in addition to burning, killing and looting, they could still do it.

This army stationed in Orleans deceived the citizens of Orleans.

They deliberately offered high rewards to let the citizens of Orleans enter their barracks to help them clean the barracks, wash their weapons and armor, empty their excrement, clean the toilets... In short, they offered huge rewards and asked the citizens of Orleans to be their slaves.

The reward offered by the commander of this army was so high that it was hard to refuse, so many citizens happily went to the army's barracks and did all the dirty work and hard work.

After the "Three Dukes Rebellion" was quelled and there was no need to station troops in Orleans, this army temporarily stationed in Orleans withdrew from Orleans.

After withdrawing from Orleans, the reward agreed with the citizens of Orleans was naturally - not a penny was given.

In other words, the citizens of Orleans worked for nearly 2 months for nothing.

This cowardly mood is unbearable for anyone.

Although there were some brave people who wanted to expose the evil deeds of this army to their superiors, because the commander of this army came from a powerful noble family, no one was willing to help the poor citizens of Orleans.

This matter was left unresolved.

However, the seeds of hatred had been planted in the hearts of the citizens of Orleans.

It was not until a few days ago when Denis took over the 20,000-man army and was ordered to go to Orleans that he learned that such a thing had happened in Orleans.

After learning about this, Denis was so angry that his chest was about to explode.

He really wanted to chop off the guy who did such a bad thing with his own hands.

The attacking Britannia army was several times larger than them - this was originally a fierce battle where one would die.

Now because of that guy, it has become more difficult for him to defend the city.

If that person was right in front of Denis, Denis might really chop off this traitor who did something wrong and caused the fall of Orleans and the destruction of the Rolling Empire.

Denis once again looked at the citizens of Orleans who were looking at them with indifference or hostility on the side of the avenue.

Then he sighed silently.

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That night.

"Coach Denis, it's terrible..."

In the room where Denis was resting, Roger sat down on the chair with a tired face, and then smiled bitterly:

"With the Britannia army outside and the citizens of Orleans who regard us as enemies inside, how can we fight this battle...?"

As soon as Roger finished speaking, Deni sighed lightly.

"With only 20,000 demoralized soldiers, we can't defeat the 150,000 Britannia army with high morale and as fierce as tigers and wolves."

"So - according to my initial battle plan, if we want to defend Orleans, we must get the support of the citizens of Orleans."

"Orleans originally had a population of 600,000. Now many people have fled, so I don't know how many people are left in Orleans now, but there should still be 300,000 people."

"As long as we can get the support of all the citizens of Orleans and get their help, the battle with the Britannia army will be much easier."

"So - no matter what, we must repair the relationship with the citizens of Orleans and get their support!"

"Coach Deni... I understand what you said."

Roche sighed lightly.

"But - what should we do to regain the trust and support of the citizens of Orleans..."

"You should be able to see it from the eyes that the citizens shot at us when they "lined the streets to welcome" us today?"

"That bastard caused great harm to the citizens last year."

"The citizens of Orleans are quite hostile to us."

"If we don't think of some reliable and effective methods, there is no way to eliminate the misunderstanding and hostility of the citizens of Orleans towards us."

"...Roche, don't worry." Deni replied in a deep voice, "I already have an idea."