The time went back to thirty minutes ago, and it was the soldiers of the former Second Army led by Gruto who were waiting on the mountain beside the First Army camp.
Gruto is here now, obviously his previous plan has succeeded. Through private contacts, he successfully instigated most of the soldiers, and then suddenly launched a mutiny in one go, successfully taking control of the entire legion.
To be honest, this step has come here, from planning to realization, it went smoothly beyond Gruto's expectations, and it also greatly increased his self-confidence. Looking at these officers and gentlemen who were tied up like dead dogs one by one, Gruto suddenly felt that there was nothing special about this group of people, that's all? Fortunately, I still thought so much and prepared a lot of emergency measures, but it turned out to be useless at all. This group of people didn't even block the first move.
Now that he has confidence, he is also more determined about his future plans.
At this time, many officers had been directly killed by angry soldiers, most of whom were beaten to death. This group of soldiers already knew the current situation, and their family members were all arrested. It was this group of guys who tricked them into rebelling, and now they are facing the situation of their families being destroyed. Can they not be angry?
Gruto stopped the soldiers from continuing to vent, switched to torture, and began to ask the captured officers about the current situation of the war.
Naturally, these officers didn't dare to hide anything. After all, their colleagues who were beaten to death were right next to them. They didn't want to become like that, so they answered whatever Gruto asked.
From their mouths, Gruto naturally understood the current situation.
At present, the First Legion and the Second Legion have joined forces on the surface, and are planning to attack the defense line built by the Third Legion by relying on their superiority in numbers, but in fact this is not the case at all.
Only the troops of the First Army marched towards the defense line where the Third Army was located. Many of them are now disguised as soldiers of the Second Army, under the banner of the Second Army, pretending to be the coalition forces of the First and Second Army , just to confuse the Third Army. In fact, the Second Army Corps had already changed its direction and began to move to the east, preparing to spare the Third Army's defense line.
Yes, the Third Legion actually didn’t know about this situation. The First and Second Legions had never joined forces at all. The Second Legion had been moving in the direction of a detour from the very beginning, so in fact the Second Legion The detour speed of the Third Army was much faster than they thought.
The reason why the third legion detected the fact that the two sides joined forces was also staged by the people of the first legion. It was like going out for 10,000 people during the day, returning 9,000, and then hiding a few waves of people and then coming back together. It's like a confluence of armies. In fact, these are all specially performed for the other party to see.
This strategy is actually very good. Although Estes has noticed the opponent's plan, she really didn't expect that the opponent's division of troops will be much earlier than she thought. In fact, the detour troops will come than she expected. Much faster. Of course, she was caught off guard by directly choosing to attack directly.
But obviously neither side thought that there could be a third force on the battlefield.
At this time, Gruto, who understood the situation, quickly started a new plan, which was also his idea from the beginning, which could become a meritorious plan.
At this time, although most of the soldiers hadn't finished venting, they gradually began to calm down. Some soldiers were skeptical before, were they really led to rebel? Has your family really been arrested? But now that these officers have been caught, from their mouths, the soldiers really understand the current situation.
The immediate reaction of most people was to hurry back. It's been such a long time, and if they don't go back, their family members will be chopped off.
So here comes the first contradiction. Now everyone knows that bringing the heads of the officers back can reduce the time of hard labor, and the officers who were killed on the ground are now atonement rolls. Who will go back with their heads? Obviously, no matter how many officers there are, it is impossible to have more officers than soldiers. One person is not enough, not to mention that these officers are divided into big and small. According to the announcement, the larger the officer, the more time for exemption. .
Obviously, it is impossible for them to discuss a fair distribution method, because there is no fairness at all. Seeing that the current situation is about to change whoever has the bigger fist has the final say, Gruto stood up at this time.
"Everyone listen to me, here are all brothers wearing the same battle robes. We were all killed by these traitors. Now we are fighting against our own people. Do you think it is appropriate?" Gruto here He stood on the high platform and shouted at everyone.
Gruto's words calmed down the soldiers who were about to make a fuss. Yes, the current situation is mainly because everyone is anxious, and it is really chaotic. At this time, a person who seemed to have a solution suddenly appeared, and everyone naturally looked at Gruto. Many people here also know about Gruto. In the beginning, Gruto took the lead in this matter and contacted them secretly. Although everyone is an ordinary soldier now, Gruto's status is still higher, at least many people believe him.
Now Gruto seems to have an idea, and obviously they are willing to listen to his ideas.
"Although we are all kept in the dark by these people, the rebellion is already a fact. Her Majesty the Queen gave us a chance to make up for our mistakes, which is considered an extrajudicial favor." Gruto continued, "But after all, Twenty years of hard labor, I believe that no one wants to go."
Gruto's words are naturally agreed by everyone, who wants to do hard labor.
"So, since we have already planned to make up for our mistakes, we might as well go one step further." Gruto here also took the opportunity to express his thoughts, "Everyone, look at this decree from Her Majesty, is it encouraging us to make up for our mistakes? This first The officers of the Second Army are all rebels, so besides them, aren't there other rebels here?"
"You mean...the people from the First Legion over there?" When Gruto said this, many people also reacted. Yes, there are not enough people here, but there are rebels over there, isn't the First Legion also rebellious.
"Everyone, let's go back now. Most of the people still have to do hard labor. And in fact, the rebellion is not over yet, isn't it?" Gruto continued, "Think about it, everyone, those rebels from the First Legion are still here. Jumping over there, to His Majesty, is this gang of rebels not to be hated? Then these guys keep provoking His Majesty, think about it, can those of us who have rebelled before feel comfortable in His Majesty's eyes?"
"So as long as these people are still there, we may still be angered. Even if we go back now, His Majesty may keep his promise, but will His Majesty listen to everyone's grievances?" Gruto said.
"Then what do you say?"
"Yes, we listen to you." At this time, someone jumped out to express their opinion. What Gruto said was logical and clearly agreed by everyone. Those who expressed their views on the spot, and those who did not speak, of course did not express any objection. They were all prepared to listen to Gruto's statement first.
"I think, let's go directly to the First Legion. First, these guys are rebels, and everyone can kill them; second, I also learned about the current situation just now. They absolutely did not expect us to Do it suddenly; three times, if they are dealt with, the rebellion will be over. We have dealt with the First Army, that is the hero who countered the rebellion. By then the rebellion will be over, and I think Her Majesty will not be so angry. There will be time to listen to our explanations. At that time, maybe not only will we be exonerated from the guilt, but there will also be some rewards."
Gruto means to call back directly? Hearing this, the soldiers also began to discuss.
In fact, most people agree with this plan. On the one hand, they don’t know what to do. Now someone has proposed a method, and what they say is very reasonable, so it is indeed possible to follow.
On the other hand, they were originally soldiers, so they didn't lack any blood. As these rebels have done them so badly, isn't the best way to beat them? As for fighting, they are good at it, that's what they do. If ordinary people heard that there was going to be a war, they would probably shrink back, but they definitely wouldn't, they would just fight, and they were worse than the First Legion?
So it went smoothly unexpectedly, and Gruto's proposal quickly got everyone's unanimous support. Because it was the solution proposed by Gruto, everyone agreed that he was the leader. Now none of the officers are there, dead and arrested, and the rest are all soldiers. Gruto can be regarded as directly upgraded from a small captain to a legion commander.
Gruto had never been such a big official, but the gentle process was actually smooth. Now everyone has a common goal, and there will be no too bad situation for the time being.
And Gruto's leadership talent is really not bad. If you do it temporarily, you will get familiar with it very quickly. In short, although it took some time, Gruto quickly brought the team to the camp of the First Legion.
At this point the second test came again. Gruto was still thinking of ways to fight, when the reconnaissance troops of the First Legion directly ran into him.
Obviously, it was impossible for the First Legion to expect troops to appear here, but there was still a minimum of vigilance and investigation. But the Second Legion is also an elite unit, and the soldiers are also very capable. When the opponent was completely unprepared, they directly rounded up the opponent's reconnaissance unit, which also caught the opponent by surprise.
But if you catch it, it's clear that the problem has just begun. Of course, they also knew that it didn't mean that the other party wouldn't know they were coming if they captured the reconnaissance force.