The victory of a religion in another world is so easy?

Olena took out a small bowl: "This is the alchemical reagent Ellie prepared for you. Although it tastes terrible, it can improve your sleep quality."

Rand smiled. Ever since their relationship improved, he had often felt Ellie and Olena's care. He sat down beside them and said, "Thank you both. You should go to sleep early too."

Olena stretched out her hands, showing off her fair and delicate fingers. It was hard to imagine that such smooth skin belonged to a highly skilled swordsman.

"Would you like me to give you a massage?"

"Um, that's not really appropriate," Rand said with an awkward laugh.

Olena glared at Rand and said helplessly, "What are you thinking? Just give me a normal massage."

"No need for that. You've worked hard too, so get some rest." Rand realized he had misunderstood and refused. Olena and Ellie, as adjutants, had also helped with a lot of military affairs, so they weren't exactly having an easy time.

Olena nodded and prepared to return to her own tent.

Then the elf walked in from outside, carrying an oval-shaped object and something that looked like a switch.

Perhaps unaware of the object's purpose, completely oblivious to Olena's presence beside him: "The toy you mentioned before, I've made it?"

Rand was taken aback. He hadn't expected that such a thing could actually be made in this era.

I took the object and the switch, turned on the switch, and the object started vibrating with a buzzing sound.

Perhaps because he was overwhelmed by military affairs, Rand's first thought wasn't about sex toys, but rather, "This is wireless! What does that mean?!"

This means it can be used as a communication tool!

Rand asked, "How close does the switch need to be to this to work?"

Lysa replied, "It can be activated within ten steps."

Hearing this, Rand was somewhat disappointed, but this thing must have sacrificed a lot for its toy function. If it were enlarged, it might actually be able to communicate within a certain range.

"Did you make this yourself?"

Lysa shook her head: "Ellie helped with it."

After listening, Rand decided to wait until Ellie woke up tomorrow to ask if there was any room for improvement. As for now, it was time to reward Lysa. Without her, such a magical communication tool would not have existed.

Indeed, being timid is a form of productivity!

Olena clearly knew what these two were up to and asked, "Do you want me to watch?"

Rand was a little embarrassed, but in fact, Olena was already quite close to him, so there was nothing to hide.

So all she did was stick the toy on a certain part of Ryza's body and then evilly press the switch.

Chapter 83 Tanl and Fenris clash (800-word bonus chapter)

When Rand saw Earl Blackbrown again, it was five days later. Of the six or seven hundred cavalrymen, more than a hundred had been lost, and now they looked to be around five or six hundred.

Earl Black Brown dismounted and walked up to Rand: "The Third Prince's Second Legion is just ahead, ready to engage the enemy."

A few days ago, Rand played with the elves to his heart's content, but he stopped in time when they entered the combat zone.

After all, it would be too ugly to see soldiers dying while beauties were still singing and dancing in their tents.

It's a pity that Olena suffered.

Rand immediately ordered a halt to the march and adjustments to the spacing between the ranks.

If it were a well-trained and powerful army, it could transition from a marching state to a combat state very quickly. However, the infantry of the Second Prince's 5th Army Corps, commanded by Rand, was clearly not one of them. If they did not stop marching in advance, they would be a disorganized mess.

Although Rand felt that setting up the formation in advance might not be of any use, the quality of the players was just too poor.

During this period, Rand was able to barely command the army by constantly planting his own people, but he really had no confidence in how things would turn out in a real battle.

After giving his instructions to Earl Black Brown, he strolled around the marching column for a while.

His expression immediately turned to surprise. It seemed he hadn't been wrong after all. This was definitely a high-ranking talent from the Torch Church, capable of commanding this infantry regiment that couldn't even be called mud.

He had seen the infantry regiments of the Third Prince's faction when he led his cavalry to fight them. Compared to them, the seemingly unremarkable 5th Legion infantry regiment actually felt like a strong force.

At least 2500 men, which Rand classified as front-line combat troops, looked to be in good shape, and at least some of them were standing in relatively neat formation.

Such command and military leadership skills are truly a stroke of genius; the Torch Church is actually willing to send such a talent to the north to seek development opportunities.

He might really be an illegitimate child, otherwise, with him stationed at the church headquarters, the Torch Church's military strength would definitely be much stronger.

After strolling around for a while, Earl Black Brown walked up to Rand and said, "I will be responsible for stopping their cavalry, and if I can, crush their infantry."

Rand nodded, and then watched as Count Black Brown led his cavalry away from the infantry regiment.

To be honest, Rand really admired Earl Black Brown. The previous clashes between the cavalry were no less dangerous. In a short time, more than a hundred members of the cavalry regiment had died. Many of the minor nobles who were somewhat familiar to him had disappeared. Their bodies were probably left somewhere.

The Black-Brown Earl clearly seemed to be the type to lead from the front; indeed, the nobles of the North still had a certain amount of bravery flowing in their blood.

Unfortunately, these nobles clearly lacked the ability to manage standing infantry. In that sense, Baron Lakesource was quite a talent; his infantry was far superior to the trash Rand currently had.

They soon faced the enemy head-on. Now there's a dedicated high platform for Rand to stand on, allowing him to have a better view of the overall situation. Unlike in the early days when he needed to stand on Tanl's shoulders.

Seeing the opposing forces, Land felt much more at ease; clearly, they were also a bunch of trash.

Before the battle, Tanl glanced at Fenris and said, "You don't have to participate in the fight."

"What, you're disgusted with me?" Fenris adjusted his weapons. He was a pure agility type, and strictly speaking, he was still a step away from the top tier, but he was actually quite effective against heavy warriors like Tanl.

However, on the battlefield, agile characters really don't have much room to dodge. When a forest of spears comes crashing down, there's no room to maneuver.

That's why Tanl said that to Fenris.

“You can make a difference elsewhere.”

"For example, helping you cover up the fact that you joined a cult?" Fenris sneered again.

"Do you think this is a cult?" Tanl asked.

“Indeed, apart from the reaction of the ritual implements, there’s nothing else that indicates this is a cult,” Fenris said frankly. “However, it seems that the messenger from Rand has already figured out that you’re a member of the Church of the Torch.”

“Didn’t you say before that you infiltrated this place through an undercover operation?” Fenris continued, “Then why don’t you change your armor style?”

Tanl looked indignant: "I thought all knights' armor looked the same."

"Aren't you afraid that once your identity is revealed, you won't have a place to stay here?"

“Absolutely impossible.” Tan’er shook his head firmly. “Even if my identity were discovered, it wouldn’t matter.”

"Then I'll report you?" Fenris sneered.

"I was wrong." Tanl apologized readily, then his eyes darted around, the expression on his honest face quite comical: "Want to join in?"

Fenris was about to reply when he saw Tanl staring ahead, ignoring him.

We've made contact with the enemy.

Since it was an encounter battle, Rand didn't have the opportunity to choose the terrain, but at least thanks to Earl Black Brown's reminder, the formation was set up during the battle.

Rand's original strategy was to use cannon fodder to wear down the enemy, but the enemy didn't even have a formation, and just sent a bunch of soldiers who could hardly be considered soldiers to charge over.

Therefore, he changed his strategy without hesitation, placing the elite troops at the forefront and then immediately followed by one-fifth of the main combat force.

The opposing side collapsed almost immediately. The farmer, who had no training whatsoever, quickly broke down and began to flee when faced with the deaths of his comrades.

However, the opposing commander was no fool. He had clearly anticipated this situation. The front and rear lines were far apart, so the routed troops did not counterattack and directly break through their own lines.

But the problem is that his backcourt isn't much better.

Rand then ordered a halt to the pursuit, waving a command flag to signal the archers to fire.

Then he decisively ordered a halt to the firing of arrows.

Rand was initially overjoyed, as the opposing team was clearly worse than his own.

Then we witnessed just how utterly incompetent our side was.

After winning the first engagement, many people became bloodthirsty and ignored orders, chasing after the enemy.

As for archers, they can't be called archers. Many archers, due to their poor skills, either get scratched by the bowstring or shoot very far off-target. Some even shoot their teammates in the head.

Not to mention that many of the frontline soldiers rushed over to pursue them, eventually getting mixed up with the opposing side.

Fortunately, the archer unit was relatively close to Rand, and after being urged by the junior officers, they finally stopped firing.

I thought we had won a great victory, but now it seems there's still a long way to go.

That's ridiculous! It feels like if you grabbed a bunch of college students in modern times, they'd be better fighters than this group.

Let's just see who's worse.

The opposing side quickly routed the pursuers from Rand's side, and then the two armies began to confront each other.

But Rand discovered an even more serious problem. He sensed that the blessing of the God of Struggle was trembling again. It seemed that for the God of Struggle, even without an altar or sacrificial prayers, any conflict, especially such a large-scale bloody conflict, was equivalent to offering a sacrifice to Him.

Chapter 84 Elsa's kleptomania strikes again

Good news. In the first direct clash between infantry regiments, Rand's 5th Army Corps can be considered to have won, with minimal losses on their side and significant losses on the enemy side.

The opposing Third Prince's 2nd Legion suffered at least a third of its losses, but the vast majority of them were scattered, and it is estimated that only a small number were actually wiped out by the Land's 5th Legion.

Bad news, as a result, the 5th Army is at a disadvantage.

That's right, with fewer people on the other side, they actually have the advantage!

If there were truly a record of war history in this world, it would certainly be a spectacle, a spectacle in the history of war.

After the number of people on the other side was greatly reduced, it was as if the computer had cleared out the redundancy, and the speed of action in all aspects was significantly improved.

Therefore, it is easy to conclude that many of the conscripted farmers were just there to make up the numbers, and that they were just a hindrance to the army.

With fewer obstacles hindering the team, the overall combat strength of the opposing side naturally increased.

After all, the remaining militia, who have undergone a certain degree of training, and the mercenaries are still capable of fighting.

It's really just simple addition and subtraction.

Moreover, the opposing command system did not seem like the 5th Army Corps to Rand, with cavalry and infantry being commanded separately.

Except for the first battle, when the cavalry was blocked by Count Black Brown and his men, the opposing commander learned his lesson and the infantry and cavalry advanced side by side.

Although Earl Blackbrown was already cooperating with the infantry regiment, Rand was ultimately unable to command cavalry units, and Earl Blackbrown also felt that he was not very capable of commanding infantry, so the response in all aspects was inevitably lagging behind.

But the other side clearly realized this too!

When the opposing side first realized that their combat power had increased, their offensive intensified, leaving Rand struggling to cope.