>>5281576Supporting. Having experienced men who live by gold and the sword telling tales of their exploits to our conscripts will raise their spirits as they wait for the enemy's approach. Choose mercenaries of cheerful demeanor and charisma with strong senses of leadership will keep our terrified boys in high spirits; poor lads, torn from their comfortable homes awaiting possible death in the middle of the unforgiving sea.
Discreetly get someone who knows someone who knows someone to pay brothels to smuggle some joygirls their way as "stowaways". The Church may not approve in the remote chance they find out, but men simply fight harder with a pretty lass watching them behind their backs, even more so to prevent her from falling into the hands of the enemy. Just make sure the girls are absolute filthy sluts who know to not play with hearts to prevent men from seriously falling in love with them and cause infighting which will kill morale, they must just see them as a pretty communal cumdumps and nothing else. Nobody is dying a virgin in our watch and our men will be in high spirits because of it.
Send them some other creature comforts too, such as candies, sweet wines, musical instruments, and such. They'll be more willing to die fighting if they know they will have memories of good times as their last thoughts. Let our men know that we sent them these gifts, get scribes to copy a well-written inspirational speech from us with our Imperial seal stamped on for their officers to read out saying that we honor their service, and that we sympathize with their fears and suffering but we are fighting for God and the glory of the empire.
