Maou Gun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta - Vol. 4 Ch. 13
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Why MC let the General go?
It's gonna bite him in the ass later
It's gonna bite him in the ass later
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@sherlock0790 they need an enemy for their character growth arc and recycling him was easier then making a new one 
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Did we even get his name? or was he just a throw-away mob hero?
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@sherlock0790 their army was still a lot stronger and he would have lost countless men so he let them retreat so save his own men
Google phyrric victory for more infos^^
Google phyrric victory for more infos^^
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lol take the hero out while he is still weak.
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As the General said, without him there will be no one to order for retreat. They'd be locked into deatmatch, and MC side would have taken a lot of casualties to win, which was already small army in the first place.
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As the General said, without him there will be no one to order for retreat. They'd be locked into deatmatch, and MC side would have taken a lot of casualties to win, which was already small army in the first place.
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@sherlock0790 @Bluedudu Also, if he killed the general, that general might have been replaced by someone actually competent. A stupid officer on the other side is good for you, why destroy that advantage?
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There's absolutely no reason to spare the general AFTER he's called the retreat.
Let his people sound the horn to retreat. The order goes out. An orderly retreat begins.
Then you slaughter the enemy Headquarters. Then parade their corpses high and slaughter their ranks as they fall back.
Fear grips the enemy. They couldn't defeat such a small town, they have unknown weapons of death and fire. Their very leaders have been slaughtered after calling to run for their lives. The soldiers know fear, etched into their bones.
The retreat turns into a rout. Every man abandons their weapons to run faster, throwing away helmets, trampling their comrades that fall with steel shod boots - anything to escape.
The cavalry chases them down and slaughters over half, sending the remainder back with broken spirits, maimed, disgraced, turning to a life of banditry and thuggery in human lands.
The BEST way to kill the enemy is when they are retreating (unless they're leading you into a trap, where they clearly are not). Most medieval armies were not destroyed on the field of battle, but in the subsequent routs after one side loses, and starts to run away. You'll learn this in any history book or Total War game.
There's absolutely no reason to spare the general AFTER he's called the retreat.
Let his people sound the horn to retreat. The order goes out. An orderly retreat begins.
Then you slaughter the enemy Headquarters. Then parade their corpses high and slaughter their ranks as they fall back.
Fear grips the enemy. They couldn't defeat such a small town, they have unknown weapons of death and fire. Their very leaders have been slaughtered after calling to run for their lives. The soldiers know fear, etched into their bones.
The retreat turns into a rout. Every man abandons their weapons to run faster, throwing away helmets, trampling their comrades that fall with steel shod boots - anything to escape.
The cavalry chases them down and slaughters over half, sending the remainder back with broken spirits, maimed, disgraced, turning to a life of banditry and thuggery in human lands.
The BEST way to kill the enemy is when they are retreating (unless they're leading you into a trap, where they clearly are not). Most medieval armies were not destroyed on the field of battle, but in the subsequent routs after one side loses, and starts to run away. You'll learn this in any history book or Total War game.
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So if i resume correctly, Oda Nobunaga is the demon lord, the hero is dead for the moment and the sole officer are going to be scold. Damn and that in 13 chapter
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Please dispose your trash completely or some dude would try doing some necromancy shit on that.
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If he'd killed the general, the humans would have just replaced him. Probably with someone better.
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People in the comments saying he should have run them down as they retreated.
I’m pretty sure he wants a world where humans and demons can live side by side, slaughtering people as they retreat isn’t going to work well on the old propaganda lol
I hope the hero is really dead and it doesn’t turn into some typical fake out.
I’m pretty sure he wants a world where humans and demons can live side by side, slaughtering people as they retreat isn’t going to work well on the old propaganda lol
I hope the hero is really dead and it doesn’t turn into some typical fake out.
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Having the general return alive, but injured could be a good warning (while also implying that these particular demons are relatively merciful compared to other, more dangerous ones). It could also further antagonize the kingdom/empire further against the MC's domain, but it's not like there'd be any chance of reconciliation anyways.
Last chapter mentioned a "blitzkrieg" though. That was definitely not that though. I was expecting maybe a preemptive overrunning of the enemy camp, or some kind of mass shock and awe. This felt... Like a pretty conventional engagement, with conventional fantasy tactics.
Last chapter mentioned a "blitzkrieg" though. That was definitely not that though. I was expecting maybe a preemptive overrunning of the enemy camp, or some kind of mass shock and awe. This felt... Like a pretty conventional engagement, with conventional fantasy tactics.
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Disappointed the hero lost TBH.
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@BagOfGlass The Hero got blitzkrieged.
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It wasn't a blitzkrieg in a tactical sense, but I do believe it fulfilled some of the psychological aspects of Blitzkrieg.
Then again, blitzkrieg on defence... there was a word I believe suitable, but I can't remember it now, but it was described as 'Looking for smart volunteers for dangerous tasks in the military, emphasizing the smart part heavily' pretty much in a book.
The meaning that if they're smart, they wouldn't volunteer for it.
It wasn't a blitzkrieg in a tactical sense, but I do believe it fulfilled some of the psychological aspects of Blitzkrieg.
Then again, blitzkrieg on defence... there was a word I believe suitable, but I can't remember it now, but it was described as 'Looking for smart volunteers for dangerous tasks in the military, emphasizing the smart part heavily' pretty much in a book.
The meaning that if they're smart, they wouldn't volunteer for it.
