The Always Losing General has Fallen Again - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[MangaDex]

 

[Zeromaru2]

Oh! the guy who brought in the "always losing General" was evil. I'm shocked,Who could've seen it coming

 

[abos]

But this time the ALWAYS LOSING GENERAL will Win, maybe?

 

[Varler]

Looks neat so far, thanks!

 

[jimmyclear]

I feel like this Du Darkus isn't showing his true colors. Smart, best tacticians and soldiers never show who they really are.

 

[raos044]

@jimmyclear agreed. People don't survive on the battlefield for 20 years on luck alone. Dude is hiding some serious skill if a legendary mercenary family couldn't make him fight seriously.

 

[kazamakj]

Always losing general who no doubt just completes the mission with minimum loss.

 

[WhimsiCat]

@Zeromaru2 : A part of me is hoping the evil smile isn't him only thinking of usurping the throne, but for the revenge he plans to inflict on the invading army (reminder: he was their captive for a long time)

Like, if the mission given to him from the prince isn't to actually win, but to cripple the enemy enough before 'losing' such that the prince can lead a reinforcement to crush the invaders.
This would mean:
1. Raise in popularity of the prince for being the one to claim victory
2. MC still 'lose'

 

[Meridis]

I like this guy, and the premise. Of course the nobility and warmongers would shame a general who knows not to get his subordinates killed for the sake of profit.

 

[duylinh]

Dragon riot's artist. Fan service expected.

 

[Guroga]

could have used the manga cover instead of the ln in the mangadex page

 

[welcome2atlantis]

How intriguing.

 

[Kiriha]

The FMC reminded me of Ideology in Friction. As an elite knight she guarded her chastity (unless raped when failing certain missions) but the moment she became a straggler, she doesn't mind discarding her virginity for the mission.

 

[VincentYamato]

This has potential...lets see how they fuck it up

 

[suzubelle]

he gonna destroy that petite body with that big build of his lol

 

[SomeGuy1]

... The issue I have here is that either this guy is a failure that shouldn't be a general (retreats to cut losses before completing objectives), in which case why are we reading about him, or...
He is a genius that completes his objectives with minimal engagement with the enemy. Which makes his reputation not only undeserved but UNREALISTIC. Because that isn't losing. That is very much WINNING. This is going to just be a story of the MC being ludicrously amazing while everyone around him is either an idiot or blind.
At least Index explains and plays with the misconception (zero doesn't mean "below one", it means "can't be measured"). This isn't going to try.

 

[mismarca]

hmm... I'm guessing that he keep losing is because of the incompetent higher ups

 

[OsoJr]

Maybe he's a scam? A sort where he enables internal corruption in kingdoms to win by willingly losing in wars? Because we should consider the fact he's a mercenary. He said it himself, it's not about politics, it's about profit, so whether they win or lose they get the money. So then, how much easier it is to lose than to win a war? But obviously he needs to make it look real, so then that's where his strength comes in. It's that he's so powerful, he doesn't need to risk anything even when losing, he just offers the opponents their victory.

 

[LarkAlfen]

Well on this one is really easy tactic to defeat large amounts of enemy with small army
The one that Napoleon used to defeat larger armies and introduced and used by himself

For instance

You have 6000 soldiers enemy have 20 000

You split your troops to 10 bands
So 600 in every band
So the enemy too must divide the soldiers
So he will split the soldiers into 2000
Then when the armies are divided
You merge 4 Bands together and get 2400 soldiers and outnumber one band
You will do this multiple times until the numbers are more to your win
But this is only possible when the enemy don't know the exact number of your soldiers

 

[Ibri]

@SomeGuy1 : In either case why do people keep hiring him? In the second I guess it could just be those that see his genius I guess. Another option is that he likes to take on lost cases and brings them to the least bad outcome but still a loss because they are lost cases, though that would still probably ruin his reputation too much for many people to hire him except maybe the really desparate.