Santairiku Eiyuuki

Episode 8 The Battle of Ilkamus

"Your Majesty, it appears that the Farse army has moved."

"Hmm... it's almost time."

When the Farse army set up a supply route, rendezvoused with the 1000 reinforcements, and began another invasion of Lemria at 30000.

The Remlia Empire was successful in rebuilding the army.

Orontia, the capital of the Shurian province, now has all the troops that Erkür can freely move.

Infantry Four Legion

Longbowman One Legion

Regiment of heavy cavalry (kribanarius) 1

Cavalry Cavalry Catapults 1 Legion

Near Three Battalion Guerrillas

Sonia Three Battalion Red Wolves

Jebe, three guerrilla battalions.

Tunda Soldiers Four Legion

Hayastan Infantry One Legion

Chelda Infantry Three Legion

Bourgalon Cavalry Two Legion

Infantry: 156,000; cavalry: 58,800.

Total troop strength 214800.

This is the limit to what the Remlia Empire can squeeze and scratch together.

The total strength of the opposing Farse army is 30000.

The difference in strength is about 9000.

It is hard to say that this difference is too small.

But.....

"I hit everything I could."

Elcuir looked at the group and said so.

I don't need so many words.

Elcuir believed in the generals, and the generals believed in Elcuir.

"Let's go!!

"" Ha!!

The Lemurian army, roughly 2,000, began to move.

It looks like the Lemurians are starting to move.

Hmm.

Having heard a report from the scouts, Sasan VIII had an unbelievable smile.

Then summon the eight loyal generals and the three brilliant generals under their command.

The first one I got was General Hachijo.

All of them are long ear tribes (elves), and they have made a covenant with high spirits.

Behnum Behferrad of the Wand. Old Long Eared (Elf). Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Farse. The contract spirit is the spirit of wisdom "Buel".

Coward Cardinal of the Spear. A middle-aged long-eared tribe (elf). One of the generals once defeated by Erkür. The contract spirits are the spirits of the spear, "Furukas".

Sharheen Charukan of the Sword. A middle-aged long-eared tribe (elf). One of the generals once defeated by Erkür. The contract spirit is the ice spirit, 'Closel'.

Helena Valerius Korg of “Shield”. Princess of Farth, from the Remlia Empire. The Contract Spirit is the Spirit of Corruption "Subnak".

Daleios d 'Armales of "The Chestnut”. A middle-aged long-eared tribe (elf). The contract spirit is the earthquake spirit "Agares".

Cyrus Curaines of the Bow. A young long-eared tribe (elf). The Contract Spirit is Barbatos, the Spirit of the Future and Prophecy.

Altax Celxus Altax. Young Long Eared (Elf). The Contract Spirit is the Spirit of War and the Station "Halfas".

“Flute” Smeldis Sculdis. Young long-eared tribe (elf). The contract spirit is the spirit of music "Amduskias".

They break their knees one by one in front of Sasan VIII.

At the same time that the Eight Faithful Generals were in place, the Three Glorious Generals also appeared before Sasan VIII.

One had an oriental appearance, a tribe of people.

His name is Li Huang.

Former royal family of the silk kingdom, he fled to the Fars kingdom in response to the coup d 'état.

He is good at handling warfare and crossbows.

The other is a mixed long ear tribe (elf) with a somewhat oriental atmosphere.

My name is Fired.

A former royal member of the Black Clash, he is also in exile in the Kingdom of Farse.

Manipulate an army of northern nomads.

... but I'm actually Jebe's cousin.

The last one is a woman of long ear tribe (elf) with light black skin.

Remlia, not seen in the Fars... the girl in the Dark Elves.

His name is Carly Marr.

Long enough to handle certain animals.

Are you all set?

"" I'm here now!!

And Sasan VIII nodded with satisfaction before his eleven generals in all.

"I assure you. In the rest of the reign, no! In the history of this Farse, now is the culmination of“ Wu ”!!

All eleven generals are extremely capable commanders.

And a man worthy to bind it, enough of a general.

Sasan VIII was so convinced.

"In addition to the great generals... about 300,000 elite!! There can't be a battle you can't win with all these soldiers!!

200,000 infantry.

100,000 cavalry.

And... Four hundred elephants from Cindyla!!

This was the biggest battle the Farse kingdom could take on an expedition.

"I will crush Lemria in this battle!! Let's go!!

"" Ha!!!

The aim is the city of Orontia, the state capital of the Shurian genus of the Lemria Empire.

Straight ahead, he pushed ahead without avoiding the Lemurians.

Lemurian and Farth armies.

The two armies chose the plains about five kilometers away from Orontia City as the final destination.

It was near a village called Ilkamus.

The deployment of the two forces is as follows.

* The Farse Army symbol is roughly 2,500 yen each.

The symbols of the Remlia Army are roughly 3000 yen each (including error).

"A tactic that crushes in numbers.... it's simple, but that's why it's embarrassing."

Erqueur frowned, confirming the formation of the Farse army.

Farse forces can be divided from the outside into a total of seven wings: extreme left and right (both wings), left and right (both wings), center (left and right), and center.

Two thousand cavalry on both polar wings.

Cavalry 1000 and infantry 4000 on both wings.

Cavalry 1000 and infantry 1000 on both central wings.

In the middle there are 400 infantry and 400 elephants.

In addition, the cavalry and infantry reserves were confirmed at about... 8,000.

Pure, thick in the middle and on both wings.

Reserves are also abundant.

It will be difficult to win with this, no matter how small the workmanship is.

"... the elephants are troublesome."

The Remlia Empire, rather than Erkür, has never been opposed to an elephant of war in the first place.

Therefore, I only know what to do in books and hearsay.

I instructed the elephants to attack their feet....

I didn't know how effective it was.

"If I could buy more time, I could fight each other....."

But there's nothing you can do about it, even if you insist on something that doesn't exist.

First of all, we have to get over this.

It's a battle against time.

The eyes had no colour of anxiety.

"... hmm. I don't know."

Sasan VIII leaned his neck.

Most of the time, I could tell what the enemy was after by looking at the formation... but Sasan VIII didn't know what Elcure was after.

The form of Remlia is such that the center of the main battle is protected by the wings in the form of an umbrella.

This is clearly a defensive tactic.

Well, the choice of entering the defense of the status quo, which is inferior to the number... seems reasonable at first glance.

But.....

"... you can't win without losing.

One day we will not win the war unless we turn to offensive.

If you turn to the defense, you will inevitably lose control of the war.

Only strength and time are wasted on pranks.

As a matter of fact, it is the side that can afford to go to the defense in battle.

This is because it is possible to conserve combat power, put in reserves when the enemy is exhausted, and move to the offensive.

Where the small number of troops and the unavailable side have turned to the defense, there is no point unless there is enough power to move to the offensive.

If you fight the majority and the minority, only a few will get tired first.

That's obvious.

Therefore, it is the minority that must take an active part in the offensive.

"Are you scared? No, but... do we have any reserves?

Given the power of the Lemurian Empire, 200,000 is the limit.

But this is only an estimate.

In addition....

"... they may be relying on the reinforcements of the Black Clash."

Emperor Lemria's sister is the queen of the Emperor of the Black Clash.

And the Black Clash and the Farse kingdom are extremely bad friends.

There is no denying the possibility that reinforcements from the Black Clash will come.

Well, good.