Santairiku Eiyuuki

The Cage Castle Army, which confirmed the complete withdrawal of the Teripol Liberation Army towards the city of Cerda, left behind two regiments of infantry led by Stefan, a guerrilla force led by Nia, Jebe, and an infantry army led by Oscar, an alliance of the Barbal Cheyenne clan led by Machinisa, headed west.

And three days later, the seventy-eighth day after the desert crossing.

I made a rendezvous with Elquille.

"Your Majesty!! Me, good luck!! Praise me!!

"Whoa. Well done, you're great. Nia."

Erkühr stroked Nia's head as she first popped under Erkühr.

And he grinned at Oscar and Jebe for watching it with an indescribable look.

"You guys want me to stroke you, too?

"" Fine. ""

They shook their heads sideways, all aligned.

Then Elquille approached the machinissa standing one step away.

"My friend, you did a great job.... By the way, what are you guys going to do?

"The victory is already decisive… we don't need to be there, but let's see it through to the end"

Erkühl nodded contentedly at Machinisa's words.

"So... would you just lead the cavalry and head to the city of Azdavia with me? If we destroy them, that's it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Macinissa nodded.

Then Elquille shifts her gaze to Jebe and Nia, and Oscar.

"You guys follow me, too. Oscar, I need you to take over the coastal cities. It's all after I surrender, so there shouldn't be any resistance. If you want to resist, smash it. Let each of the ten cities I'm going to designate have one battalion. When you're done occupying the tenth city, stay right there."

"" "Ha!!!

The three nodded.

Well, the day after that.

Day 79 from the crossing of the desert.

Information was received that the Teripol Liberation Army had withdrawn under the Cerda Army (formerly Teriportanian Defense Forces), which is besieging the Lemurian army that is besieging the city of Azdavia.

And Emperor Lemuria is joining his friends and about to return to the city of Azdavia again...

I also get the information that

What this means is...

The possibility of being sandwiched by at least more than 4000 Lemurian troops and the Lemurian forces that are attacking the city of Azdavia of about 5000 emerged.

If this was before the rendezvous, the Lemurian army would have temporarily lifted the siege on the Lemurian army, broken this at the meeting, and then had the option of starting the siege again...

There is no guarantee that more than 4000 Lemurian troops can win the match.

And also...... the Teriportanian region has already fallen half in the hands of the Lemurian Empire and there is no place to retreat.

The former General of the Teriportanian Defense Army realized the defeat of the Kingdom of Cerda.

"... I have no choice. Surrender."

They sent a messenger of surrender to the Lemurian army, which is besieging the city of Azdavia.

Galphis, the commander-in-chief, accepted this surrender.

"Now all that remains is the enemy army, 5000, drawn to the city of Azdavia, General Galphis."

"Oh. For once, let's send out a messenger for the report. Send the commander of the Teriportanian Defense Forces to the envoy and you will trust him."

The Azdavian defense forces have been thoroughly besieged by the Lemurian army, thus blocking all information from the outside.

I mean, you don't know that the Terripol Liberation Army has been defeated.

"Well, normally, I would surrender. Even the food is not infinite. It is impossible to continue to cage in the city of Azdavia all the time. And there's no prospect of reinforcements."

I know from previous correspondence that Iason is not a foolish general.

A general who can make common sense decisions.

Definitely would surrender, Darios expected.

"No, but... there are only three main battles in this war: the Battle of Teripol, the First Teripol Siege, and the Second Teripol Siege. Our army's sacrifice is about 1000 even if many are quoted, while the enemy lightly exceeds 1000 if it includes the former Teriportanian Defense Forces 2000, which surrendered earlier, and the total of 70000 Azdavian Defense Forces 50000, which will surrender from now on, plus the enemy damage suffered in the Battle of Teripol and the Siege Battle."

Edmond laughs slightly and continues to say with pleasure as he touches his beard.

"Our emperor, Your Majesty, will have lost about ten times as much to his enemies as his own army. Almost without a fight... you're a terrible person at all. Besides, the Teriportania region of the barn zone is almost intact."

The battle took place only around the city of Teripol and the city of Azdavia.

As a result, the Teriportania region, a barn zone, has not suffered much damage.

No matter, I wouldn't call it utterly intact...

The wound will surely heal within a year and then give immense wealth to the Lemurian Empire.

"But... this war, the enemy was completely flirting with His Majesty the Emperor. Everything I did seemed to be on my back. How dare you read enemy thoughts?"

Is His Majesty the Wizard or something?

and Edmond put his doubts into his mouth.

But Darios shook his head sideways.

"No... His Majesty the Emperor was not reading the thoughts of his enemies, General Edmond. His Majesty had no idea what the enemy was thinking."

"What does that mean? General Darios?

In response to Edmond's question, Darios replied with a delightful grin.

"It's easy... Your Majesty had a winnable operation, no matter how the enemy responded. His Majesty was not reading the thoughts of his enemies or guiding them. Your Majesty doesn't rely on such uncertainty."

If you compare this war to a maze, the end of the line is defeated and the goal is won.

For many, it appears as if Erkür has fully read or guided the thought of the Kingdom of Cerda and prepared a stop in their direction of progress.

But... Actually, no.

In the first place, this maze doesn't have a goal.

No matter how far you go, you'll always get to the end of the line.

Therefore, there was no such thing as a victory over the Kingdom of Cerda from the beginning in this war.

"The biggest divide would be over the desert. If the kingdom of Cerda could see through His Majesty's desert crossing, the kingdom of Cerda could also win"

Galphis said to supplement it.

It was just before the desert that the Kingdom of Cerda strayed into a maze with no goal.

If I could have handled it then, maybe there would have been a victory for the Kingdom of Cerda.

"Well, that means His Majesty the Emperor will have destroyed the Kingdom of Cerda with only one hand over the desert. It's almost impossible to cross the desert itself in the first place… how successful it is."

I still can't believe it.

And Darios shrugged.

It can be described as a victory for Erkühl with a close plan, not captive to preconceptions.

"I see... that's the Emperor, Your Majesty. … oh, the messenger is back."

At the same time Edmond praises Elquille...

The castle gate of the city of Azdavia opened, from which the messenger returned.

I'm sure it would be an acceptance of surrender.

And I thought Galphis, Darios, and Edmond.

But...

The Azdavian defense rejected the Lemurian army's recommendation to surrender.

"Stop it! I'm the commander-in-chief of this Azdavian defense force, right? You think you can be forgiven for doing this!?

Iason screamed.

Iason is a prison, set up in the city of Azdavia.

Standing in front of the cage is the Commander of the Beast Clan.

"Shut up, you traitor. Surrender to your enemies, and more!

"Stupid! No more fights, no more wins!! Better a traitor to make a futile sacrifice! It is our duty not to sacrifice as much as possible, to surrender and to return more soldiers to their homeland…"

"Shut up!!

The commander pulled out his sword.

Iason raised his hands unexpectedly.

"Whose fault do you think this happened?

"It must be your fault!

"That was before that!! If it was General Carmine's operation, it wouldn't have turned out this way!!

This defeat is your fault for dispersing the soldiers.

and the Commander of the Beast Nation (Warbeast) pointed out.

"I very much don't think I could handle General Carmine's operation over the desert..."

Carmine's operation is to consolidate the protection of the cities of Teripol and Cerda, with the Teriportania region as a throwing stone...

Distribute the soldiers, concentrate them, but the speed at which the soldiers gather remains unchanged.

In other words, if they ambush the city of Terripol before the soldiers gather and run out, it's over.

"Yeah, shut up!! Anyway, we don't surrender. Even one soldier takes many Lemurian soldiers on the road!!

"Unhelpful...... and what's the point?

It only makes soldiers die in vain.

And, against the alleged Iason, the commander shook his head to the side.

"The Kingdom of Cerda has not yet surrendered! As long as we continue to resist, the Lemurian army cannot make the Teriportanian region a dependent state.... Buy yourself a month and you're sure to start fighting back. Then it's our victory."

"Where the hell is such a prospect..."

It's picturesque.

And, Iason says, the commander did not have the ear to listen.