What did you do with the dice?

On the surface, everyone above me is equal, and below me, there are clear hierarchies; but in reality, do we want bureaucracy at the top and hammer and sickle at the bottom? Obviously, this is impossible. The change of social attributes has a transition period. If too advanced ideas are suddenly inserted, they will only be eliminated by inferior coins.

Sanita understands human nature very well. You ask the established system of Sinidi to not be greedy. Are there such people? Yes, but not many. Oh, I was not greedy when I was down there, and I am still not greedy now that I have a position. Then, haven't I made progress in vain?

Most people harbor this kind of thinking. Even if you explicitly forbid it, it will still persist in secret. But Sanitieta and Rusalka don't have the time to care about it. If they were to follow the Qin system, where anyone caught would be executed, they could certainly keep things looking good while they were around. But what about going out to fight? What if they conquered more territory? If they were all caught and executed? That would only foster a system of veiled defiance, ultimately leading to the phenomenon of "Once I'm gone, I'm no longer the boss of my city."

Therefore, Sani Tower learned from Sinidi’s “logistics and transportation” system and made improvements, and now the effect is very significant.

Although it is impossible to eradicate the behavior of "accepting bribes", Sunny Tower has taken one step to directly eliminate the bad consequences that may be caused by the behavior of "accepting bribes".

Now, bribery is almost impossible in Silver City and even in most places in the Pearl Tear Territory where Rusalka has a strong influence, because the punishment for accepting bribes is that if you are discovered, you will be fined to varying degrees.

And quoting the following supplementary law from Sani Tieta: If someone really helps to get things done after accepting bribes, he will be convicted on top of the fine based on the content of the work.

Especially intelligence leaks, which are directly regarded as crimes of colluding with foreign enemies. If discovered, three generations of the family will not be able to hold office in the official system. This part also implements a collective responsibility system. If one person commits a crime, all relatives will be directly dismissed. If they are lucky, they may even be beheaded.

Therefore, in Baiyin City, the one to worry about is not the bribe-takers, but the bribe-givers - because the other party really dares to take the money and not do the job.

I help you because you are sensible and the matter you ask me for is not important. I help you for the sake of money. I don’t help you because you have crossed the line. The matter you ask me for will implicate your entire clan. I don’t help you because of my whole family.

You dare to threaten me with my bribery? Great! Go ahead and sue me! According to the laws of Lord Sanita, if I accept bribes and don't help, I only need to pay a fine, and that's it. But you, a spy, will die, right?

Huh? Are you stupid? What can you do to me? Oh, and there's a reward for reporting you. Go turn yourself in!

It was the first time that those spies had seen such a broken law that was even more deceptive than that of unscrupulous businessmen, encouraging people to take money but not do anything. They were stunned by this dimensionality reduction attack.

When the person you bribed was not trustworthy, and some people even turned themselves in twice in a day out of desperation, the spies realized that money, unless the amount was large enough to allow the other party to have a lifetime or three generations of wealth if they did a single job, did not seem to work here.

Therefore, in the intelligence defense battle, Sani Tieta completely defeated the group of Sinidi nobles.

Of course, if only this kind of law is implemented, there will be a large number of people who will not move unless they are paid, or even will not move after receiving the money. To deal with such parasites, Sani Tower naturally has other laws to punish them, and also try to avoid the situation where the system gears cannot turn without money as lubricant.

There are many details in the game, and there is also a lot of integration and application of the modern legal system.

But Rusalka had no idea how much weight his brothers carried as they moved forward, because Rusalka could only see the hardworking cat hanging several corpses on the flagpole at the gate of the city lord's mansion in the early morning - this was in line with the tradition of the El Empire.

At first, the knights of Esdi always felt that it was not good to insult the corpse in this way. The smooth-talking old knights turned a blind eye to Phoenix's behavior, but the young and inexperienced knights stood up and wrote to Rusalka to give their opinions, saying that they hoped to remind Phoenix a little.

In response, Rusalka threw their letter into the trash, and the response was written by Sanita.

I'm not saying I'll leave this to my brother, but given his temper, he'll probably write a few words: "Who are you sending it to? Are you teaching my wife how to do things?"

But there are some things that cannot be taught by people, but can be learned by things.

When a necromancer caused a corpse explosion in the cemetery where Esdi's men had buried his companions, killing several gravekeepers, Rusalka stood up and explained to everyone: the stronger the corpse, the more powerful the corpse explosion.

However, this only applies to "fresh" corpses "still with supernatural powers". There are probably not many left buried in this cemetery. It has nothing to do with increasing the power. The power is great only because the necromancer is of high level.

In the end, Sanita still did not expose Rusalka's nonsense. Family members should not expose their own family members.

Seeing this, Phoenix's reputation immediately reversed 180 degrees. Rusalka, the king of trolls, could catch anyone who tried to climb up with a stick. He immediately came out and slapped the faces of those knights who had made suggestions before: See, Phoenix's previous behavior of hanging the corpse was not an insult to the corpse, but meticulous caution, and you bunch of idiots only knew how to observe etiquette and cost your companions their lives. Shouldn't you apologize to her?

You won’t believe it, but Esdi’s young idiot actually wrote an apology letter to Phoenix. As the saying goes, sincerity is the killer skill, so Rusalka reluctantly forgave them.

Sanita: (How shameless.)

Rusalka: (Why? This is my wife! Who else can I help if not her?)

Now, in order to prevent such accidents from happening again, other knights in the city lord's mansion have also followed Phoenix's behavior to show off their "achievements" - it doesn't matter if the thing hanging on the flagpole explodes.

Of course, the corpse will rot and stink if it is hung, but there is no need to worry about this. Hanging it up now is just a warning to the previous corpse explosion incident and a deterrent to the enemy. Generally, after hanging it for half a day, the paladin or priest will personally use holy light to turn the corpse into ashes.

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The intelligence war was won, but the other side suffered a bad situation where their eyes were pecked out - they had no way of confirming whether there was a great prince on Rusalka's side.

However, the various forces would not take action just because of such groundless rumors, so Sanitieta decided to take the initiative. Based on the portrait of the eldest prince, he chose a substitute for the eldest prince to play him, and took him from Mingyue City all the way to Alice City.

The troops were divided into three groups, and the other two groups went around from both sides to form a pincer attack. Once the enemy troops took the bait, they would be immediately surrounded and devoured by support troops.

This is a simple bait plan, and now the plan is in the stage of "the bait has been found and the troops are being assembled."

You ask where this "stand-in" was found?

This was also a problem that troubled Sani Tieta at the beginning, because the substitute had to meet the requirements of "looking similar to the eldest prince", "no close social relations with the outside world", and "must not leak the news when searching", so there were very few people available at the City Lord's Mansion.

However, when Rusalka was shopping with Phoenix, they received a report from the sheriff saying that an official had fallen out with a gang and turned himself in to expose a group of guys who wanted to sneak into Silver City through the sewers. He asked Rusalka how to deal with these illegal immigrants.

Rusalka felt very unlucky. She was obviously the mayor of the city. According to the 21st century, she should be an entrepreneur, the boss among bosses. I took my wife out for a date on my day off, and you could actually shove work in my face face to face. How could this be acceptable?

Do you understand that if you need a job, you should go to Sunita? Why are you looking for me?

There was no other way, so Rusalka could only take Phoenix and turn a corner from the lingerie store and follow the guards to the temporary detention center.

Fortunately, these criminals who were caught just out of the sewer had already taken a shower, otherwise Rusalka would probably call the police... Oh, my phone rang, so it's okay.

Forget it, since we're here, Rusalka is very casual. The men are sent to build roads near Silver City with food and accommodation provided, but there is only one woman, who is directly hung on the flagpole at the city gate - because that unlucky guy is the only one who was handed over to Phoenix for interrogation because of her gender. As a result, Phoenix was more skilled. He wiped the blood off his hands and told Rusalka that she was a spy.

Okay, if you say so, then it is, I won’t refute it.

Rusalka's role as a "lawful good" tanking character is like this: as long as his teammates don't see what they do, he will pretend nothing happened.

As Rusalka was picking, he discovered that there was a guy among the group of illegal immigrants who looked quite like the portrait of the eldest prince in the book that Sanitita had shown him before. With a little haircut, some powder, a change of clothes, and some oriental magic (makeup), he might look somewhat similar.

Rusalka sent the guards away and opened a small room to interrogate him alone. The other party didn't seem to know Rusalka and was not nervous at all. He just sat opposite her and waited to be questioned.

Rusalka: "Name?"

The man with long black hair: "Robert Challens."

Rusalka: "Age?"

Man: “31.”

Sani Tower: (Slow down.)

Rusalka: (What's wrong?)

Sanitta: (He has a name, and you're just ignoring it?)

Rusalka: (What do you mean? Is there anyone without a name?)

Sanitieta: (No, there are usually only two types of people with surnames in Sinidi: one is from a well-known large family, and the other is aristocracy. Which type do you think this smuggler belongs to?)

Rusalka understood: "Tell me! Where did you get your last name?"

The man was stunned and replied, "My mother got it for me."

Rusalka: (He said his mother saved the money. Does that count?)

Sanita: (What do you think?)

Then Rusalka shouted, "No! Tell me the truth, where did it come from?"

The man was dumbfounded. How could this be wrong? Fortunately, he didn't let Rusalka's remarks lead him into a dead end. He finally understood what Sanita meant. "Well, my ancestors might have been famous once, but they fell into poverty, so only the surname was left behind. They said it was to remind us of our past glory."

Rusalka: "Oh, okay, how about this, do you know me?"

Man: "Who are you?"

Rusalka: "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is that you have two choices now. One is to go build a road under the scorching sun. The other is to live a good life with good food and drink, but you have to pretend to be dumb. If you speak, you will be sentenced to death. How long you can play dumb depends on my mood."

The man thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll choose to build the road."

Rusalka laughed and said, "Haha, your acting failed. The death penalty will be executed immediately! Phoenix, do it!"

Phoenix sharpened his blade. Rusalka gave the order, and just before the shadow blade flew to his neck, the man shouted hurriedly, "Wait! I was wrong. I chose the latter! The latter!"

Rusalka: "You're still talking? How many lives do you have?"

other side:"......"

The above is the story of Rusalka’s search for a replacement.

Sanitita: (If he doesn’t regret it, will you really kill him?)

Rusalka: (No, he's a stowaway, isn't he afraid of death? Isn't he definitely a spy? Shouldn't he be killed and kept alive for the New Year?)

Sanita finally understood Rusalka's rogue logic. It seems that the opponent has no choice at all, right? Okay.

Although Rusalka's logic is wrong, because the spy will definitely choose 2 directly, it is Rusalka's reasoning after all, so it is normal.

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Now, Rusalka is riding on a pure white hybrid monster mount named "Flawless Chocobo" that was newly sent by Doug Chamber of Commerce.

It is said that it can fly if it is forced into a corner. I don’t know if it is true or not, but this thing does run very fast on land. It is said that its speed is three times that of an excellent war horse.

When Rusalka asked whether the Flawless White or the Chocobo was more expensive, Crown said that the Chocobo itself was very expensive, and the Flawless White was just a variant with a nice color and appearance, and its speed was no different from that of an ordinary Chocobo.

Rusalka: "Colors are free?"

Clown didn't understand what Rusalka meant and replied blankly, "If you don't have the same aesthetic requirements as those noble ladies, then in a sense, yes."

Rusalka said happily, "Then help me dye all the horses in the camp the same white as it and see the effect first."

Crown was dumbfounded.

Of course, this was not really done in the end. Rusalka still hoped that Crown would live longer. If he died, who would pull the millstone?

Then, back to the beginning of the story, Rusalka, riding on the Chocobo, suddenly said this sentence in the PL channel.

Sanita: (Does this have anything to do with our actions?)

Rusalka: (So based on this relationship, on the surface, Phoenix is ​​a beast-eared lolita... half-lolita; in fact, in Phoenix's eyes, I am the real human-eared shota.

No wonder she used to force me to take long rests every day. Turns out she's the real pervert. If this were on Earth, she, the alchemist, would have been eating a set of bullet-selecting meals a long time ago.

Very good, Rusalka always talks nonsense before every expedition, and this time is no exception. Sanita said that she is very happy.

Chapter 151 Sicilian Front (1)

"This time, brothers, we're splitting into three groups. Well, if you include logistics, that's four." Sanitieta explained to Rusalka before the troops dispersed: "You'll be the center, I'll be in charge of the right wing, Sarolt and the others will be in charge of the left wing, and Qingfeng will be in charge of logistics. The center needs to march in the front, and we'll be responsible for supporting them or you at any time. The entire formation should be roughly like a rugby ball."

This time, Sanitieta and Rusalka would march separately. Although Rusalka felt that the PL channel wouldn't be a problem at all and that they could contact each other at any time, Sanitieta was still a little worried. "Look, the area between the two marquises' territories is called Sicily. The terrain here is quite complex. Our operation is called 'Escort the Grand Prince to Alice City,' so logically, we should avoid the marquises' city's radius. The central army should pass through this area with many forests and valleys, breaking through at the shortest distance."

Sanita paused. "The two wings will be responsible for advancing through the upper and lower plains to draw the enemy's attention. They will reunite with you after you and the logistics troops have passed through the mountainous and forested area in between."

Rusalka: "I have a question."

Sanita: "Can I not answer irrelevant questions?"

Rusalka: "Don't worry, it's related to this plan."

Sanita: "That's strange, then ask."

Rusalka: "Why do we have to split into four groups, instead of just marching all 20,000-plus troops together? Don't let the logistics fall behind, it's easy to be ambushed. It's better to stay with our main force. This isn't a MOBA where you have to split up and gather resources. Isn't it safer to stay together?"

Sanita: "Although your question is very basic, considering you have never fought in a war, I will give you some basic knowledge."

Rusalka was stunned. What did this mean? Didn't they come from the same era on Earth? Why did the brother sound like a World War II veteran?

Oh, he can't just be a veteran, he has to be a general at least.

Sanitta: "First of all, if nearly 30,000 of us, including the baggage, were all gathered together, the entire team would be extremely bloated. You have fought in several battles and you are aware of information latency, right? If an order is transmitted from the head of the army to the tail during combat, there will be a huge delay. On the cold weapon battlefield, it will cause a serious command conflict for the entire team.

In history, there are often situations where the front team has turned around and retreated, but the rear team is still moving forward, blocking the middle and causing the entire army to become a mess.

You have to know that the army itself is actually a group of elite soldiers leading a group of rabble. As a commander, you have to think about how to issue orders that even a fool can successfully execute, instead of hoping that these soldiers can fully understand what you mean, let alone apply it to other situations. Take Yang Xiu for example. Although such a person is smart, he should not be left on the battlefield. If everyone has his own ideas, how can the army have unified commands?

So compared to moving together, the troops become smaller, and the orders given by the commander in a battle can be transmitted to the entire army more quickly.

Furthermore, an army's attack surface is limited, which is why it maintains reserves rather than charging in all at once. Because the battlefield's depth and width are limited, you've played Hearts of Iron before, so you should understand that even in the era of hot weapons, deploying too many troops to fill the line is a waste of resources."

Sanitieta paused, then continued, "Secondly, although we did carry out this operation to lure the two marquises into a battle on flat ground, it doesn't mean we have to gather together and fight them openly. If we are outnumbered, we must improve the mobility of our entire force. If the enemy gathers its forces to attack the right wing, on the flat terrain, the right wing can retreat or move closer to the center, and the same goes for the left wing.

But if we gather together, the enemy can easily surround us from the front and back. Once we split into three groups, the enemy will need a larger encirclement and overwhelming numbers to surround us all.

Finally, the terrain in central Sicily is quite complex. The outer part is mainly hilly and mountainous, which is fine, but the central part is more wooded. This terrain is suitable for infantry, but it is not convenient for war equipment and cavalry to pass through it. This can also prevent enemy cavalry from charging.

Sanitta spoke a lot in a very eloquent manner, which made Rushaka dizzy. After listening to him, Rushaka nodded habitually to indicate that she understood, just like after a high-level math class when the teacher asked, "Did you understand everything?" But in fact, her brain was still struggling with the knowledge point on the first page of the book, "What if the opponents form a group, won't I be unable to defeat them?"

Well, although Sunita didn’t tell you the answer to this question, he just said so much, and you can actually understand it if you think about it carefully.

Rusalka was too lazy to think about it, he decided to fight first and talk later.

The left army was led by Sarolt as the chief commander, with five paladins of the Order of the Star as deputy commanders, each leading 2000 people, for a total of about 10000 troops.

The right army was led by Sanitta, who was the general commander. He was very confident and thought that it was better to have no teammates than to have bad teammates, so he did not follow the conventional military configuration and assign a deputy commander for every 2000-3000 people. Instead, he let two elves, Kaster, and several knights he had recently recruited serve as messengers and commanders.

The messenger commander is different from the legion commander. There is no division of personnel, only division of responsible areas. Unless Sanitita dies, they do not have independent command of the troops in their respective areas.

He led a total of 13000 troops, of course, some of them were Shaddoll troops, so in terms of combat effectiveness, both sides were about the same.

Rusalka was naturally the commander of the central army, and appointed Phoenix as deputy commander and Ai Li as deputy deputy commander, leading 2200 people in the middle.

The baggage train was led by Custer and several knights, totaling 2000 men.