Chapter 209: (Self Edited) A Day in Ultima*
Angelica Sacrament was reading a communication from the Crusaders inside the castle of Ultima that day.
“A total of 150,000?” (Angelica)
Angie almost burst out laughing.
“No matter how you look at it, that’s excessive.” (Angelica)
‘Falsifying the number of troops announced is a practice carried out in any era. It’s always better to overstate rather than understate, so the numbers are consistently inflated. Announcing “The enemy has 50,000 troops. Our army also has 50,000 troops.” wouldn’t be as advantageous as proclaiming “Our army consists of 90,000 troops, giving us the upper hand.” Falsifying numbers doesn’t incur any loss or cost, so it is an easy morale-boosting tactic.
Even if you exaggerate by claiming “Our army consists of 10,000 troops” when you only have a hundred, no one will believe it. It would only attract suspicion. Therefore, it was considered reasonable to inflate to double the actual number or maintain it at around two to three times the actual size. If it were 150,000, and if the Crusaders claimed to have 70,000 troops, it would exceed double.’
“What do you think about that? It could be that it’s their final effort, so each country might be more motivated.” (Gustav)
Gustav said.
“Could be. However, there can’t possibly be 150,000.” (Angelica)