Santairiku Eiyuuki

Episode 15: Marathon

"Hmm...... ok. Accept harmony and retreat. … I would ask His Majesty the Emperor to tell me, 'Thank you for your generous charity towards us who are starving'"

The general of the Bulgaron Kingdom said so to Todris, who was seconded as a diplomat.

Originally the purpose of the Bulgaron Kingdom was to make contribution payments.

I wasn't going to fight the great Lemuria any more than I got it.

"Yeah, I get it. I will tell His Majesty the Emperor so."

Todris said so, leaving the spot.

After Todris walks away, the general of the Bulgaron kingdom whines.

"Now... let me show you the battle between Farth and Lemuria... the strength and strength of Emperor Erkür."

"Has harmony been reached? Hmm... you're cheap."

Erkühr looks at the report from Todoris.

Reconciliation with the Kingdom of Bulgarons was only necessary to the extent that it increased marginally the end-of-pipe funds (from the Kingdom of Bulgarons, the same amount as State revenues) and the contribution payments made in the course of the year.

"... I don't like to solve it with money. Isn't that strange?" You bet a thousand bucks on defense, but you don't split a dime on your contribution. "

"If you want a haircut, that's a better deal. If you don't break it, if the country dies, you won't have to take care of it."

For whatever reason, the Lemurian Empire has so far been preserved thanks to the 'contribution payment' diplomacy of Emperor Hadrianus, the father of Erkür.

The treasury was oppressed because of it, but it is still nothing more than this foreign policy that has survived until now because it was right.

"Besides, the money I paid to the Bulgaron kingdom will come back around, so it won't be much of a problem"

"... what do you mean?

"What I paid the Bulgaron Kingdom was' gold '. I mean, precious metals. Carolina, can we have an advance?

"... you can't eat it"

"Exactly. I can't eat currency. Money is only worth the stone's throw unless you have a pickup.... Now, how many countries have money available?

The Lemurian Empire is the only country in the periphery of the Bulgarian kingdom with a pervasive monetary economy.

The largest exporter of supplies for the Bulgaron kingdom is the Lemurian Empire, and importers are the Lemurian Empire.

The gold and silver flowing into the Bulgaron kingdom is bound to return to the Lemurian Empire.

Plus, the luxury you get by using gold and silver… spices, silk, tea, whatever, sugar, coffee, and bone ash porcelain once you get them and use them, the next thing you want is human greed.

The ruling class of the Bulgarian kingdom today is buying them from the Lemurian Empire until they sell off sheep and horses.

"Besides, they won't last long. The spindle of the Bulgaron kingdom and the power of the dominant layers, the Kotormian clan, has been diminished by years of luxury. Because they monopolized the contribution payments from our country. Already, dissatisfaction has spread to all the families of the kingdom of Bulgaron… Nomads are strong because they are constantly in distress. Fat sheep are the same as luxurious nomads."

You just have to keep making me fat.

For that matter, it gets easier when hunting.

Elquille grinned brutally.

A cold thing ran on Carolina's spine when she saw that grin.

(... this man is willing to destroy the Bulgaron Kingdom)

Carolina took a breath.

"Well, Carolina.... This is where it comes from."

Currently, the Lemurian army, led by Erkühl, was marching north of the province of Sülia.

If you go south from here, it is Shria, and if you go further east, the Farse army is waiting.

Elquille leads a total of 2,400 in an army of two infantry soldiers. Six cavalry battalions 7200. Archers also have six battalions 7200. And one battalion of newly organized light cavalry 1200.

Total 39600.

It's a big army close to 4000.

Meanwhile, the invading Royal Fars Army has infantry around 3000, cavalry around 1000, crossbow troops around 5000, about 45000.

A report was made to Elquille that

5000, the enemy is outnumbered.

but Erkür was confident.

"Carolina."

"What is it?

"Don't you think war is a surprise?

What are you talking about, this guy?

Carolina looks at Erkühl with her jito eyes.

Erkühl believes that equations exist in something called war.

The same goes for mathematics, but there are different ways to get to the answer.

Vectors may be used, or calculus may be used to solve them.

That would be for each person.

But there is such a thing as a way to suit people.

Elquille had already established a method, Doctrine, that was right for her.

One, the army will use the Standing Army whenever possible and will always work out to be able to go out at all times.

Second, gather as much information as you can about your enemies or those who can be enemies.

Thirdly, as a general rule, enemies are fixed on one person and do not fight multiple enemies. Always diplomatic efforts prevent the intervention of third countries during wars with other countries. Assuming the enemy had an alliance with another country, diplomatic efforts would break that alliance. If you fail to do so, concentrate your forces on one or the other and try to destroy each.

Fourthly, prepare as many soldiers as possible, twice or triple the number of enemies if possible. However, weak soldiers do not mix among the strong. Because the ability of the army fits the weakest soldier.

Fifth, as a general rule, the battlefield is set within enemy territory. For when we fight in our own territory, that is all the territory is desolate, and even if we prevail over it, the enemy soldiers who have become bandits in our territory will spread. In our own territory again, there is a risk of soldiers fleeing. If you are in other countries, it will be harder for soldiers to escape.

Six, the battlefield shall be set as much land as possible in favor of its own forces, specifically the plains. Because it is a wide plain where cavalry, pike soldiers and archers are the main Lemurian troops to show their true worth. More than setting the battlefield in enemy territory, ambush anxiety attaches to forests and mountains. If it's a plain, small craftsmanship doesn't work.

Always have the lead in war in hand to achieve those seven or six goals, and never give the lead to the enemy.

Eight or seven of them attack faster than their enemies to achieve their goals, and where their enemies cannot anticipate.

I mean... from now on, the Erkühl operation will be as much in line with this doctrine as possible.

"By the way, is it time you told me about the operation? I'll talk to you later, and then you'll tell me nothing."

"Ha, bad bad.... call the Galphis."

On Elquille's orders, Carolina gathers the Galphis.

There are four generals to join this battle: Galphis, Edmond, Darios and Oscar.

Leave a message, as always, is Lucanos and Christos.

"Well, gentlemen. On my bed at night, I'm better at attacking than being attacked, and I prefer to do whatever I want to do. I still want to keep my lead in my own hands."

That's what Elquille says, he flies a wink against Carolina.

I will never forget sexual harassment.

And Elquille tells the generals.

"The same goes for war. So what we're going to do is not defense. Attack. With that in mind..."

Erkühr laughs niggardly.

"Gentlemen, do you like marathons? I love it."

"... I hear it's all miscellaneous, but it's surprisingly highly resistant"

General Farth Kingdom, Coward frowned.

Coward is an aristocrat of the Yazdeguilds of the Kingdom of Fars and one of the leading generals of the Kingdom of Fars.

As for the Coward, I wanted to stop declaring war on the Lemurian Empire.

Because the mission entrusted to the Yazdeguild by Sassan VIII is defense, not attack.

Nevertheless, we cannot honestly overlook the Tunda soldiers of the Lemurian Empire.

The opinion is reasonable, and it is aggressive defense, attacking before being attacked.

Neither can it be claimed that

Besides, this invasion of the Lemurian Empire was carried out earlier by the Bulgaron kingdom.

If the Lemurian Empire's power is to be broken into two, it is true that the odds of victory will increase, and if this opportunity is missed, it is possible that "the Yazdeguild still does not deserve the next king" will appear to Satan VIII.

Besides, Sasan VIII is a results-oriented man.

It is true that if you win, you will close your eyes to some breach of orders, and you will appreciate the fact that you did not miss the opportunity.

After all, Coward can't disagree...

This is how we decided to invade the Lemurian Empire.

"Ha... no damage... but don't move on"

Initially, it should have already been possible to penetrate deep into the province of the genus Shria.

But the defense of the Tundan soldiers was harder than I imagined.

In addition, the Alektian Messians, who became pro-Elkurists by virtue of the "Alektian Decree", were also defiant and sometimes attacked by the Cowards.

"... I thought civilians were things that would run away like scattering spider children if attacked... but civilians in the Lemurian Empire are belligerent. Totally..."

Coward sighs.

But we've already dropped some fortresses and the Tunda soldiers are starting to retreat.

In three days' time, Coward thought he would be able to attack the center of the State of Shria.

"That's more of an Emperor Lemuria trend than that."

It was not until about twenty days ago that the Emperor of the Lemurian Empire, Erkür, came forward and received information that he was on his way to the province of the Shrian genus with about forty thousand soldiers.

The subsequent movement has been passed on to the Coward, albeit fragmentary.

That march route is a little strange.

Whatever you think, it's not the shortest route to the state of Shria.

It is inexplicable that we are moving land in the first place.

It should be faster from the sea and easier to secure the barracks.

"General Coward!!

"What's up?

One general rushes over to Coward.

He was the man who entrusted the summaries of the scouts.

"Apparently the Lemurian army went further east after your last report"

"East? Is there a mistake?

The general nodded quietly at Coward's inquiry.

Coward tilts his neck.

The march route has been a little far...

Well, it's in the blind range.

But going further east after that is obviously a long way off and a waste of time.

Weird......

There will be an alarm whistle in Coward's head.

"... Bring me a map"

"Here it is"

The General of Preparation had already brought the map in anticipation that Coward would demand it.

Coward receives the map and spreads it.

What is depicted on the map is the vast extent of the entire border between the Lemurian Empire and the Kingdom of Fars.

Lemurian Empire to the west and Fars Kingdom to the east.

And north of the border between the two countries, there is the Kingdom of Hayastan in the form of a sandwich.

A place in the Kingdom of Hayastan was also strategically important to the Lemurian Empire and the Kingdom of Fars, making it frequently a disputed place between the two countries.

He was now a member of the kingdom of Fars, and the kingdom of Hayastan was forbidden to arm itself and defended itself from foreign countries by having it garrisoned in the armies of the kingdom of Fars.

"But now the Kingdom of Hayastan has nothing to do with it? It's a long way from here..."

And Coward shrugged and then...

Something caught on, I felt.

The Kingdom of Hayastan has nothing to do with it.

... does it really matter?

The Lemurian Imperial Army headed east.

... From the Lemurian Empire, the Kingdom of Hayastan is in the eastern direction.

And...

It is now thin because Coward partly split the Kingdom of Hayastan's defensive force to attack the Lemurian Empire.

I mean...

"... Is the aim of the Lemurian Empire the Kingdom of Hayastan? If we do strike down the Kingdom of Hayastan and march south from there, it is the centre of our country, the metropolitan area. … but it is about 800 km from the present location of the Lemurian Empire to the border of the Kingdom of Hayastan. No matter how quickly you march, it should take you forty to fifty days."

Meanwhile, the current location of the Coward and the city of Orontia, the state capital of the province of Shria, are about two hundred and fifty kilometres away. In sixteen days, we will arrive.

The force led by Emperor Lemuria is around 40,000.

Taking that into account, given that the standing army that remains in the Lemuria itself is around 10,000 and that troops must remain in the capital to prepare for the peripheral countries, the force that the Lemurian Empire can break into the defense of the city of Orontia would be about 10,000, including the Tunda soldiers, the prostitutes, etc.

The Royal Farth Army is more than 30,000.

The city of Orontia is famous for its difficult defeat, but with 30,000 force differences...

If Coward's strength, he can drop it in a month.

By the time the Lemurian army finally reached the Kingdom of Hayastan, the province of Shria was already in the hands of the Kingdom of Fars.

If we fail the province of the genus Shria, we will have to return just as Emperor Lemuria has.

"Heh heh, not a bad focus... distance, you should think of something. The new emperor of Lemuria."

Coward laughs.

Emperor Lemuria has decidedly not had enough experience.

The same was true of winning.

Then six days later, when Coward was marching to Orontia City...

Information about new trends in the Lemurian army came to Coward's attention.

That's...