293: Chapter 4, Pots Falling From the Sky_2 293: Chapter 4, Pots Falling From the Sky_2 “Everyone must carefully watch the content on the Memory Stone.
How much knowledge you acquire will depend on your comprehension.
However, keep the information contained in it to yourselves to avoid causing panic amongst your constituents.
Indeed, the Kingdom is at a disadvantage on the front lines, but that should remain between us.
When dealing with propaganda, you should focus on…
We’ll get to that.
I trust that our front line troops will soon achieve a major victory that we can publicize.
Although the Southeastern Province is called upon late in war mobilization, by the time we join the fight, it is often at its most brutal.
Looking at casualty rates from previous wars, there isn’t much deviation.
If we’re unlucky, the chance of total annihilation is very possible.
The Orcs couldn’t care less about our difficulties.
If you wish to survive the battlefield, show your true capabilities!
This goes not only for your private armies, but also those of the nobles in the county…”
Half a month since the outbreak of war, no commendable battles have been fought on the front line.
One can imagine the severity of the Kingdom’s suppression by the enemy.
Even if we manage to secure a victory later, it would be for political purposes.
Perhaps only the Lord of the Dawn knows the price the Alpha Kingdom will have to pay behind the scenes for a single victory.
I can’t tell if it’s my imagination, but when he mentioned “total annihilation,” my father-in-law’s face noticeably tensed, as though he’d had his pain point touched.
Given the Hollis family’s downfall stemmed from a large-scale Orc invasion, Hudson felt he may have stumbled upon the truth.
This dark history is certainly not to be spread.
Even if it serves as a warning to future generations, it must be beautified.
It was clear to Hudson that the Hollis family’s downfall was not an ordinary defeat.
They might have inadvertently dug their own grave due to negligence.
Similar incidents occur nearly every time a large war breaks out.
Despite so many salient examples, people keep making the same mistakes.
It’s as if proving the saying – the only lesson humans learn from history is that humans never learn from history.
They talk a good game about learning from the mistakes of predecessors, but when it comes to actual application, they still fall into the same traps.
The Alpha Kingdom fares better.
Always on their toes, people are forced to progress.
They are wise enough to avoid the mistakes made by their predecessors.
Even if people still fall, at least when they fall into the same hole, their position and posture changes.
…
After watching the film recorded on the Memory Stone, Hudson gained a deeper understanding of the brutality of war.
To claim he learned anything else would be nonsense.
If you could learn how to wage war just by watching a few war films, there would be Gods of War everywhere.
As everyone’s abilities increase, the story returns to its starting point.
Hudson initially planned to thicken his skin and return with his father-in-law to scrounge more information about the ocean.
Recalling that the Hollis family is itself a group of landlubbers with only skin-deep knowledge about the ocean, Hudson had to give up.
Accuracy is crucial in data collection.
Information gathered secondhand without personal involvement is difficult to verify for authenticity.
Given the nature of the nobles, Hudson fully believes that the vested interests will release false information to trap newcomers.
He has already encountered many such invisible thresholds.
Had he not taken cautious steps, he would have fallen into a pit and been buried by now.
Upon returning to the Mountain Domain, Hudson, under the auspices of the Governor’s Mansion, ordered all the lords to intensify their training.
To demonstrate its importance, he even established evaluation criteria to periodically inspect training outcomes.
There are only verbal rewards, but the punishments are very real.
This kind of unfair reward and punishment mode is not created by Hudson, but is how everyone operates.
Great Caesar III kept his promise.
The province that performed the worst during the preliminary war preparation has now been sent to the front lines to be stationed in the most dangerous fortresses.
The brutal scenes within the Memory Stone are likely the situation they currently face.
When confronting the unreasonable Orc Army, all they have to speak with are fists.
Fairness is relative; the weak have never had a say.
The unluckiest province has been dealt with, but there is still an unlucky county in Southeastern Province that will face the front lines first.
All counties are now in competition with each other.
Whoever slackens first will be the unlucky one.
Down to the county level, there will naturally be the unluckiest lord.
It doesn’t matter if one lags behind, but if everyone ends up fighting for their lives because of it, that would be an unforgivable offense.
In the face of survival, even blood brothers can turn against each other.
Conveniently, that unlucky bastard West is not here, no one dares to make a fuss, allowing Hudson to promulgate martial law.
The particulars are very simple, merely a replication of the policy previously applied to the Serf Soldiers.
The core principle is one of “collective punishment,” forcing everyone to keep an eye on each other.
In accordance with traditional norms that punishments do not apply to nobles, Hudson made appropriate adjustments.
If a noble commits a crime, they will be appointed as the captain of a Suicide Team.
If there are accomplices, then multiple Suicide Teams will be established.
With so many dangers on the battlefield, there won’t be a lack of opportunities for them to prove themselves.
…
“Sir, during your absence, a few special guests visited.
Considering their special status, it wasn’t appropriate to have them wait outside.”