Outside the city of Innsbruck, rear command post.
The Wolf army that entered the Alps was stuck in a quagmire. The opposing Weisbach army did not engage in direct combat with them, but instead, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, dispersed a large number of soldiers in the mountains and frequently harassed their supply lines behind them.
What's more troublesome is that it was heard that a large number of rebellions were taking place in the Duchy of Swabia, and the freight route from Burgundy to Swabia was temporarily interrupted. The transport troops had to detour to the Lombardy-Verona direction on the southern line, which greatly reduced the efficiency of the arrival of goods.
Due to the long-term failure to capture the mountainous area and the increasingly slow arrival of supplies, the morale of the troops has declined significantly recently, and deserters have begun to appear one after another.
The Secret String of the Demigod, Mr. Alberto certainly would not handle such mundane affairs personally, but just let his confidants order the knights under his command to strictly restrain the soldiers under his command.
If a deserter is caught, there is no need for military trial, just kill him on the spot.
If it were the feudal army on Earth, such harsh laws and punishments could only play a temporary restraining role. In a more serious situation, the lower-level soldiers would begin to complain, collude, and become restless under heavy pressure, so that their collective dissatisfaction finally reached a certain critical point, and finally they began to riot and protest.
Of course, in this world of extraordinary powers, not all people combined could necessarily defeat a demigod, so it was naturally impossible for them to have the thought of rebelling. They could only say bad things in secret and try even harder to escape.
Three months had passed since Christmas, and despite the Wolf Knights' strict defenses, nearly 20% of their soldiers had still escaped.
There were also some unfortunate guys who ran away and got lost in the mountains, and were eventually caught. The knights tied them to the cross, drove a nail through their throats, and then let their bodies dry on the cross to intimidate the remaining soldiers.
We are serving God, punishing the emperor who disobeyed the Holy See. If you choose to escape, it is equivalent to betraying your faith, and you will suffer the pain of piercing your throat on the cross, and go to hell after death.
This statement was preached countless times by the knights in the camp, and the increasingly serious trend of desertion was gradually curbed.
Instead, the knights were unable to do anything about the situation. Even among the knights, many were pessimistic about the future direction of the war.
The dramatic changes and chaos in the Duchy of Swabia did not really affect the Wolf family, but the Griffin family in the north who were fighting against the Emperor's coalition forces. Once Franconia was penetrated by the Emperor, there would be no civil war.
With people's hearts in turmoil, the demigod Alberto had to come out to take charge of the situation and patrolled the camp several times to calm morale.
After returning to the tent, the demigod felt a little tired, so he dismissed his attendants and planned to go back to his room to take a rest.
When he stepped into the room, he saw that the light beside the bed seemed to be a little dim.
Then the lightbulb went off.
The ground suddenly collapsed, and Alberto lost his footing in an instant. After falling more than ten meters, the demigod reacted and used air pressure to stabilize his body.
However, a huge flesh and blood arm suddenly attacked from below, grabbed Alberto in an instant, and then sank down suddenly.