Santairiku Eiyuuki

"Hmm, that's a hassle..."

Erkühl shrugged as he saw the village of Karol from a distance.

Nia asks as she stretches out beside Elquille......

"Around which? Sire."

"It's fences and trenches. On the front is double, the sides are thin but… on the contrary there is a river. Honestly, I didn't think you'd be fortified so far. At least you'll never be able to use only the Cavalry in Medium."

If you use a medium cavalry (catafract)...

I'm pretty sure I'll be like this one's French knight.

"Plus... look closely. Trenches and fences do not just surround the village. Some of it's distorted, isn't it?

"... that's true. Some parts seem weak by the way...... is it a design error?

Erkühl shook his head sideways at Nia's inquiry.

"No, it's not. That was deliberate. Intentionally create a weak part and concentrate your troops there. Siege the enemy forces gathered there. That's how it's structured. The enemy mercenary captain has good taste inside."

"I see..."

Nia often observes fortified villages.

It is rare for Erkühr to praise his enemies.

Just a little...... Nia learned to be jealous.

"Nia, if it was you, how would you attack me?

Nia thought a little about Erkühl's question before...

"You can't attack soldiers... You would have taken food from the looting. This food runs out faster than the enemy's."

"Oh, yeah. Totally... I didn't know they were going to loot... what a terrible bunch of them!!

The moment he said that, Erkür felt intense pain in his tibia.

Jump up unintentionally.

"What do you do, Lunarier!!

"You did it in Hayastan, too."

Hmm!

and Renalier turned that way.

Collect forcefully from the village to get food......

Those are the hands Erkühl did scattered in Hayastan and Fars.

"Mine's good because it's a plunder of justice."

"The skin on the surface is too thick..."

Renalier raised her voice in dismay.

Next to a couple who are having such an exchange Nia tours the idea......

Answer.

"We will force you to break through with infantry power while allowing your archers to cover and fire. A siege could lead to a dispersion of power. The question is where to concentrate your power...... but fighting beyond the river is a fool. The soldier's health will drain. It will be difficult to go beyond the woods behind you by saying it is. It is impossible to operate a large army in the woods. Then the attacker can't be anything but the front."

Erkühl replied satisfactorily to Nia's reply.

"Oh, you're right. That's ninety points.... By the way, where do you think the other ten points are?

"... I don't know. Can't you tell me?

"That would fail. At least the mercenaries will be devastated. The opponent is a dead soldier, albeit a mercenary. They fight in madness to death. Meanwhile, this is both low-morale mercenaries. You think you can win anyway if you do it right, so no doubt the offense won't go forward"

I see...

And Nia nodded.

Though the same mercenary, its morale on the side of attacking and defending...... not ready.

I completely overlooked that.

"So... how do I get a hundred points?

"I can't, so give up, I'll reconcile, right? They'll disarm if they save their lives. Just to be clear, the profits and damage you get from dropping that village are not commensurate"

"... Huh?

Nia gave me a surprised look.

In other words, Erkühl... has determined that he is virtually impossible to attack.

In a way, it's close to a declaration of defeat.

"Hmm, there are times when Your Majesty can't either."

Lunarier looks a little surprised, too.

For whatever reason, Renalier puts his credibility in Elquille's ability itself.

"Well, I'm human too."

"Aren't you an agent of God on earth?

"You're a deputy, you're a person."

That's what Erkühr said and flaunted his shoulders.

There are more limitations to what you can do than be a person.

Hate, God didn't give me cheat abilities.

"Well, that's a decent way to do it."

"... decent, way to go?

"Oh. Grading now is only a story on ordinary military law. Naturally, I'm not giving in. So I'll definitely drop that village."

Erkühr smiled niggardly.

"Okay, Nia. A real general is not a hundred points, but a hundred and twenty."

The strength Erkühr brought in this time is exactly the same as his strength in the Battle of Riverce… i.e., about 1200 medium cavalry (catafract), about 3600 long bow troops, about 6000 tunda soldiers, about 6000 allied troops, about 12000 mercenary troops.

total, about 39600.

On the other hand, the defensive force was 4000 infantry mercenaries.

"I thought you were a little more rational... but you have more self-esteem than I imagined. Don't you make concessions like a mercenary? Well, I assumed... this would taste bad if it didn't stick."

Looking at the Lemurian army starting to form a formation...

Stefan shrugged.

To be clear, none of the benefits of attacking this village are military.

It would also be politically thin.

In other words, the problem is Emperor Lemuria's mood, his emotions.

I don't know how all this will fall.

The more we lose in the world, the more people we keep captive upside down.

Imaginarily, he is a student who continues to waver.

Along the way he said, "For being so wandering... I just have to go to medical school! There are not many students in the world who begin to say," and so on.

If you can't do it three times, think you can't do it four times, and your goal should be lowered.

The harder you try, the less sweet the world is.

And the same is true of this village fortified by Stefan.

The sides are protected by the river.

With forests on the back, marching is almost impossible. Even if you do, you can destroy each one.

The front of the problem is defensive.

At least we need to make a lot of sacrifices to drop this village.

And Stefan was thinking.

Now how does Emperor Lemuria get out...

and Stefan observes the formation of the enemy.

Emperor Lemuria handed out mercenaries in the front row and longbow troops behind them.

Allied forces and Tundan soldiers are rear.

What this means...

Attack first with disposable mercenaries, with the support of Longbow troops.

Next, the Allies, and finally, the Tundan soldiers stopped.

That was as Stefan imagined.

"You'll be fine with this."

I can send at least 8,000 people to the afterlife.

Stefan smiled.

After that, Emperor Lemuria will give up, or we'll just wait for the whole army to feel like an aversion.

The signal for the opening of the war was an arrow unleashed by the Lemurian army's Longbow unit.

Arrows pour down the village like rain.

But... but many of them didn't hit rebel mercenaries.

First of all, there's distance...

Secondly, because rebel soldiers are hiding in shields.

By peeling off the wood that was used on the walls and floors of the house and putting this up...

Hide yourself and guard against arrows.

Now... at the same time that the arrows are released, the mercenaries of the Lemurian army start marching again.

But they weren't going well either.

The trenches and fences prevented the march.

Hit the head on a stone thrown by a rebel soldier with an impromptu stone thrower while it was clumped...... fall to the ground.

Don't just rock and lick.

If it hits your belly, your guts will burst, and if it hits your hands or arms, you won't be spared a fracture.

And if it hits your head, it's instant death.

No matter how far you fly, it's not as good as Longbow Squad...

It can be used by anyone and beats Longbow in that it has quite a hit rate.

The structure of Stefan's trenches and fences was truly troublesome.

If only the easier to move forward, they will always be isolated from the enemy.

Surrounded and killed there by multiple soldiers.

Besides, soldiers are moving around and around in the fortress, so...

From the mercenaries of the Lemurian army, it appears that all of a sudden an enemy soldier pops up.

That day, the Lemurian army was to make more than a thousand corpses.

"Exactly, Captain!!

"Looks like you can win if you keep it up!!

The mercenaries have taken Stefan.

Against that Lemurian emperor... we fought so hard.

From the mercenaries who have had a tragic defeat in the Battle of Riverce, Stefan looked exactly like a military god.

But Stefan's face is not bright.

(No way, Emperor Lemuria... you haven't abandoned yourself, have you?

Emperor Lemuria is never an idiot.

But not being stupid and being rational or not is not equals.

It is for everyone to make unreasonable decisions, even if they are smart, by temporary emotions.

If Emperor Lemuria had been in such a state...

No matter how many corpses you make, it's no use.

Because it is the Stefans who will eventually lose.

"... I hope it works"

Stefan shrugged.

Well...

Similar attacks lasted two or three days.

The Lemurian army has already lost 2,500 soldiers in previous battles.

Meanwhile, there are 500 dead Stefans so far.

While the morale of the Lemurian army drops, the morale of the soldiers led by Stefan rises.

While the rebel soldiers rave...

Stefan's expression doesn't clear.

But... on the fourth day, Stefan's worries will be clear.

Because...

Because the village of Karol has fallen.