The Demon King Seems to Conquer the World

It was about June 30th.

When I was doing some clerical work in the Royal Castle office, the secretary woman knocked on the door,

"Master Soim Hao is here."

I said.

At that point, I had a pretty bad feeling.

Because Soim should be all the way north.

"Let me through."

When I said that and put the brush down, Soim in military uniform showed up through his secretary.

They're in the dust of war, and they're not coming straight from the battlefield.

Lord Leader, report.

I am awed and humbled.

I guess this is what happens when you're exactly in military service.

It's only been eight days since Soim joined the cavalry of the example selection and left.

Normally, you're supposed to be in the middle of a mission I told you about, and there's no reason to come here.

Being here means something unexpected happened.

"Talk."

"The squad led by Barbetus Nolley lost 40% of its troops due to the attack. Barbetos Nolley himself has been killed in battle and his troops are withdrawing."

"What happened?"

Barbetus Nolley was the outstanding arrondissement of the Howe family, who was supposed to lead a team of a thousand men and make a massive ambush if given a chance in conjunction with Soim's platoon.

Keeping the heads of the major enemy regiments under perfect pressure while not fighting lazily is quite a difficult task.

"The enemy had nowhere to lose their legs at all, even if our team crushed the scouts three times. As if he wasn't afraid to ambush us, he decided to work with Lord Barbetus and ambush him quickly."

Did you do it quickly?

I told Barbetus to give him one shot if the enemy didn't seem to be alert to the ambush.

Overlapping his military history with the feelings he actually met, he never seemed incompetent, and he didn't seem like a tachi in a hurry to make a futile assault on his kung fu.

I guess that was the right decision because he and Soim discussed it and decided to ambush it.

Was it the feeling that the enemy was exposed to coveted flanks, so it could not not be bitten?

"You may say that the first ambush was a perfect success. A second ambush, too, wasn't a bad thing. But unfortunately, Lord Barbetos died in battle."

"Mmmm..."

Was the ambush completely successful, but 40% worn out and the commander dead?

"Why did the second ambush go?"

"Because the first ambush was a success, and even if we let the enemy vanguard fall into a state of disruption, we still couldn't stop marching. Lord Barbetos missed a great opportunity and decided to ambush a second time, but compared to the first time, he was a little more powerful… According to the report, he also had a strong man."

"With that mouthful, they both succeeded, didn't they?

If an ambush attack succeeds, the element that the target has artillery is irrelevant.

In other words, the superiority and inferiority of the equipment will be eliminated, and the battle will be fought with a brilliant white blade.

Barbetus Nolley's army is good enough to say he's elite, so he couldn't have fought badly.

I screwed up my enemies, but does that mean this one suffered damage as well?

"Enemy damage."

"Speaking of damage ratios, three to four times the enemy here should have been killed. You may say it is a great result. But..."

I blocked Soim's words with my hands.

"I know. Not enough for a thousand people."

"... you're right"

"You misread me. I'm sorry I did that to him."

It would have been better to keep three or four thousand.

I thought that the chance of such an ambush was as good as it was, and that even a thousand people thought it was a little more.

I had no idea that within a few days of engaging in the operation, we would attack once and twice.

"Which means that the Crusaders, as a whole, are marching quickly, without any concern about draining the risk of ambush."

"Yes, they respect awkwardness."

I see.

They're not stupid either.

If you were marching with Dallas, you would have understood that you would be doing everything in your power until you came to the King's Capital.

It's awesome to be able to take such decisive action in the Great Zone over there.

It was an affront to the tie because of the coalition, but the one named Epitaph Palazzo, he seems to have a pretty good grasp of it.

The enemy does quite well, too.

"- Are the remnants of Barbetus Nolley under the control of someone"

"Ha! My son has it under control"

"Okay, let's get you into Kotsuraha"

When I said that, Soim's complexion changed slightly.

Making them enter Kotsuraha means jade crushing.

"It's..."

Again, he seems reluctant.

"Don't worry. As far as reports are concerned, the situation has changed. Perhaps the Crusaders will not attack Kotsuraha."

"Huh -?..."

"With some soldiers at the city gate in Kozlakha, the main army force will go bare"

It's troublesome that they've tried to solve this quickly.

The enemy is looking at the emptied mitre, so it will be straightforward first, but if you decide to attack it and spend a few days there, that's your word.

"Is the enemy stopping sending out reconnaissance cavalry?

"No, I'm not quitting"

"Then send another hundred cavalry rides. Rendezvous and continue your mission."

"Ha! Roger, sir."

"The army replacing Barbetos will arrange. But it will be a rendezvous south of Kotsuraha."

Mittal is already faulty.

The Rube family manufactured a large crossbow, a barista, to be mounted on the walls of the castle in preparation for the coming battle.

It was painstakingly prepared, so you wanted to use it, but the number of defensemen is still no big deal, so it was no match for an attack that lasted all day and night and fell in less than a week.

They destroyed some of the walls with gunpowder that they had prepared in advance, overcame the broken walls rather than the severely besieged castle gates, and worked with the cavalry that raided them at night to escape.

When I asked for an order, I gave it to Soim.

"Hundreds of horsemen let us leave today. Does it take about four days for me to get to you? Where is the rendezvous point?"

When I said that, Soim leaned against the wall and looked at the map on the wall.

"I know if Ortney would like it."

"Okay. Then rendezvous in Ortney in four days and integrate under command. Any other reports?

"None"

Soim, like a youth officer, is nodding his body.

It feels like I can't help but want to go back to the battlefield.

Say hello to Barbetos' son.

That's what I said, I wrote a military order on the order and stamped it.

Pass to Soim.

"Okay, go"

When I say that, Soim says, "Ha! Excuse me!," he saluted, leaving the room.

I got a new job, too.

The Rube Family Army is staying in a small city near Wangdu.

Many of the inhabitants were temporarily evacuated cities, but the legions reaching 10,000 do not enter the house and are stationed outside with a tent.

When I rode to the city in White Twilight, I unloaded my wings on the deputy's mansion.

"My Lord Yuri! Welcome aboard."

A soldier from the Rube family greets you.

I still feel more elbowed than the Howe family because of the characteristics of each house.

"I want to see Lord Kien Rube. Are you there?"

"Ha! I'm coming to get confirmation now!

The soldier who responded quickly rushed out and went inside the mansion.

But it doesn't seem necessary either.

The upstairs window of the mansion opens and Kien makes an offer to come over.

I walk out to the mansion.

I crossed the front door and just went upstairs to meet the soldiers who came back to show me around after receiving a report.

"What!?

"Fine, show me around"

"Yes, sir"

The confused but heeled soldier walked me about seven steps and led me to my room.

Yu, His Excellency Yuri is here.

"Get in."

I had the door open and went into the room.

"Excuse me."

Lord Yuri, I'm glad you're here.

Behind you, along with the voice "excuse me," the door closes.

"It's going to be a little long. Do you mind if I sit down?"

"Oh, sure."

I put my hips down on the couch for the response.

Originally, it must have been a house where a clan of witches lived as deputies.

The witches didn't show much interest in being in the King's Capital and being entrusted with the territory, so these lands were controlled by deputies entrusted with the administration of the territory.

In some cases, it has been given as a territory to senior officials of the Kingsguard.

The interior of the room is somewhere witchy.

"Do you know a man named Soim Hao?

"Oh, it would be the Night Knight (Dark Knight) Soim. I heard you were Lord Yuri's spear master."

No matter how many times I hear it, it's a street name that stands subivo.

Sounds like the Second Army guys thought about it, but you're out of your mind.

It's even worse that he seems to like us a little bit.

"I left some cavalry to that soim and sent him out. That came back with a report earlier. The contents..."

And I caught up and told Soim what he had reported.

"Well... are the enemies in such a hurry"

Kien's eyes narrow as a stare.

"I have trouble if my legs don't seem to fade at all. I need some more time. Well, I guess the enemy is also a force in agony."

"I see. It's no big deal for them to lose about 5,000 soldiers in about a thousand ambushes."

I don't suppose it's no big deal, but I guess I made the decision that it would be Tsutsu's road but I'd have to penetrate it.

This is a testament that works, but it's quick to judge.

Perhaps while I was in custody for a few days in Mittal, there was some serious decision to make.

"The ambush will be carried out on the ground in the forest. It is a quality operation that cannot be carried out by the army that has gathered the miscellaneous soldiers. Only your army can do that near Wangdu."

You can do it at the Howe family, but when you become an elite large unit that can do it, it will take time for them to come to the Wang capital because they are in the Howe family territory.

Only Kien's army can leave today.

"Let's go around. So, how long do we have to get the army out?

"The army is everything that stands for its purpose."

If an ambush attack is bound to succeed, it will be a much better exchange than used in the field.

The more you exchange, the better.

"If you do, it'll be about five thousand."

"Five thousand..."

That's not much.

"If it's less, I'll add a little more..."

Kien looks sinister.

"Is there a problem?

"For fighting on the Hot Bridge, it's 3,000. They just arrived here yesterday. Let's keep marching and come back and turn back on the same path. Let's lose morale. I'm not out of fatigue, and I can't expect a very good fight."

"Is that what you mean? Five grand is fine."

It would be better to tranquilize here and use it in a meeting.

"Besides, there will be troops retreating from Mittal"

"You're here. There are a thousand and six hundred infantry, and five hundred cavalry. But they're..."

"I know."

Now the only troops north of Kozlakh are the retreating troops from Mittal, the independent cavalry units led by Soim, and the remnants of Barbetus Noley.

Kotsuraha only had three hundred soldiers in it because he was just going to let the minimal death squad defend itself at the heavy city gate of the example and turn it over.

"I want you to put me in Kotsuraha. Arrange food, arrows and ammunition for Cage Castle."

"To Kotsuraha...?

Kien looks surprised again.

"Of course, return the cavalry to Sibyak. Only the infantry will cage."

"They can't fight that much. If you put it in Kotsuraha, it will crush the balls."

Kien looked difficult.

I guess I disagree.

"They're in a hurry. Enough to shut up and eat the ambush twice in a short time. Perhaps you have a faint feeling that the showdown is Sibyak"

"... well, I guess so"

"If there were quite a few soldiers in Kotsuraha, would they try to fight? Preparing for the siege takes about two days, just like Mittal. I may not even have brought a siege weapon or anything like that. As long as we do that, we'll put down about 10,000 soldiers to shut the gates, eliminate the worries behind us, and the army will lead the way."

Even me, when I saw Kotsuraha at first sight, I didn't think I'd electrocute him in one day and drop him.

That city gate has so much presence.

The walls of Kotsuraha are flawed, but even if they break through the castle gate, there is a tower on both sides of the city gate in Kotsuraha.

That can be caged independently, and I still don't think it can be attacked in a day or two.

"The remnants of Barbetus Norley are also put into Kotsuraha. So two thousand and five hundred...... it wouldn't be bad"

"But Mittal was under siege. I can tell you why I wouldn't do that in Kotsuraha."

I can't say enough.

I might surround you.

However, if you will sit tight and surround me, I will.

No, after all, that wouldn't be possible.

Because they don't want to take the time that way, because they're in a hurry to march.

"It's my idea. However, it will always hit."

It was a broken bone to make others understand why they made those complicated decisions.

If you can act without it, it's easier to show it by the results.

"Oh boy... well, if Lord Yuri says so much, let's obey"

"Helpful. This is a call from the Howe family, and we'll ambush them again around the north of the king's capital."

"Got it. But when the enemy hurries, is the Noza family better off?"

Is it okay, that means we can convene near Wang Capital in time?

At a distance, the Noza family territory is the furthest away.

"It doesn't pull out. We have issued a circular and already started moving. No matter how hasty they are, they were able to assemble a week ago."

"I hope so - well"

Kien slapped her knee in the bread and rose from her chair.

"Quickly, let's gather the soldiers."

"I asked."

I got up, too.

I have to go to Kalacumo by the end of the day, talk to Dimitri, and arrange for an elite unit.

I'm busy.