The Strategist Knows Everything

The awesomeness of witchcraft was meant to be known but sweet because I watched Sophia manipulate the wind.

"Enemy Combination Sorcery is Coming! Defend!"

"They're using defensive magic to climb the walls! Shoot him down!"

A ball of flame has been flying over here with a cannon-like roar since earlier. While this sorcerer is defending himself, a general soldier with a shield and a sorcerer with a defensive sorcery who will not accept any ordinary attacks are climbing up the walls.

I've managed to stay on my feet, but the enemy's fire is too strong, and this one is full of defense. Fatigued or wounded troops are switching to reserves immediately, but if this offense continues like this, within it, somewhere could collapse.

"If you think you don't see a siege weapon, do you substitute it with magic? That would convince me of the small number of soldiers..."

It's like bringing in cannons in the Warring States. It's still good because I had the help to prevent it, but if there weren't many magicians here, they might have pushed me away at once.

"You're a combined sorcery in which multiple sorcerers exercise the same sorcery and increase their power. You need a few highly skilled magicians to do it. Looks like there's a lot of magicians out there with arms on their hands."

"Have you ever had an example of using magic for siege warfare?

"I hear there are several times in advanced countries of sorcery like Albion. But the only army I've ever used in Velis is the Blackbird Flag Army. If you can't do concatenated magic, you won't have the power to break the walls, and most importantly, you don't fly long enough on your own."

"I see. There were a lot of magicians over here to prevent this combination of magic and sorcery."

Behind the walls. As I watched the battle on a tall canopy set up to take command, I heard as much as I could from Micah about the magic warfare in this world. You just have to look into it, but now you don't have to sharpen your focus to hear it rather than read it. If you lose your sight and miss this disadvantage, it will collapse at once. I had such a good feeling about it.

The salvation is that magic is not omnipotent. I get tired if I use it. He also needs a lot of concentration. Apparently, Micah just read it in her book, too, because it's not actually usable. Sorcerers need qualities, and if they don't, they're useless no matter how hard they try.

"Many magicians owe it to Master Sophia. Thanks to Sophia, there are many magicians here."

"Very well. The sorcerers have a reason to stare at me."

"Still, you cooperate because you protected Master Sophia. For them, I thought you were more than a benefactor of life."

"I want you to stop. Being strained to death for that reason is not a good wake-up call. Let's stab the nail later."

Saying so, I'm behind an attacking army. Seeing the rear armies where Master Kaguya would be without showing any movement.

Two thousand of the avant-garde are attacking the castle now. This one has four thousand on the front wall being attacked, three thousand on the reserve, and one thousand on the left, right, and back walls.

The only reason we have a thousand on the other walls is because of the incredible speed of Kaguya's army. Soldiers can't handle an army that moves faster than expected. We have to be prepared from the beginning.

Simple speed. That seems to be the only tactic Kaguya-sama is good at poking her opinion and ambushing her. I've been in the front before, and if they ambushed me from the side, that's not what I enjoyed. The soldiers of Divine Speed and the elites who respond to them.

The trouble is the four thousand that I still can't see. There's a good chance he's at Castle Cannon, but he could be hiding for an ambush, and given the speed of the march, even if he's at the castle, he doesn't know when he'll be joined.

The form of combat carried out mainly by manoeuvre rather than by fire is called manoeuvre. Well, as the letter suggests, manoeuvring is a battle that focuses on demonstrating mobility. To that manoeuvre, not only the speed of manoeuvre, but also the speed of decision-making, is added, and the form of combat that forces the enemy to take a disadvantageous position to gain a lead is called a tactical strategy. I would say Master Kaguya's army is superior to this strategic strategy. It may have been polished to deal with unstable border fighting.

The strategy focuses on adding a psychological dimension to the manoeuvre, hitting the forefront of the enemy by the superiority of the speed of manoeuvre and the speed of decision making, imposing an unfavourable attitude and disincapacitating them from being willing to continue the fight.

Typically, in an army organization, decisions are entrusted to a senior command, which takes time to make decisions. In contrast, when strategic strategies are used, decision-making on a troop-by-unit basis is encouraged in order to ensure superiority in speed aspects. In other words, by allowing lower commanders to make decisions voluntarily, they will be able to respond quickly to changes in the situation by saving time for senior command instructions.

In ancient times, however, much of the speed of decision-making depended on the autonomy and boldness of the field commander, and there was no guarantee that the field commander would always be able to make the right decisions, and the smooth execution of the operation depended on advanced training and perhaps luck.

A unit that misjudges is a duck to the enemy, and the opponent is powered to repair the gaps created by that unit. So the tactical strategy has an element that can be described as a sword of all blades, but I don't see a gap in Master Kaguya's army. Even if this one increases the number and is forced to create gaps, each unit will not accurately judge, act, and create gaps.

Quality of field commanders. This becomes more important if you are losing by number. If the commanders in this field are good, they will be filled in quickly, such as a slight number of differences.

Quantity and quality. Now that battle is taking place here. Of course, we are the quantity, Master Kaguya is the quality. There are four thousand openings in the number of troops, and there are now two thousand to four thousand plus reserve battles. I push it by the difference in number but it doesn't collapse. On the contrary, this one is about to collapse.

I thought war was a number, but will the abilities of individuals still become more important than what people do?

"It's a battle we've been in since we moved, but it's healthy."

"You must be used to it. That's what I call unscrupulous soldiers."

"You're a pain in the ass."

"The opponent is Velis' strongest general and his strongest army. You deserve praise for just being a pain in the ass."

"What I'm looking for is a chance, not a praise. You won't be serious today, you'll be fine, but tomorrow, if that rear army starts joining the war, we'll have to do the same."

Saying so, I instructed him to send reinforcements to a place where he was being pushed.

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Three days have passed since the war began.

Lord Kaguya's army was attacked by the avant-garde and middle-guard, and the rear guard was attacking only by witchcraft, against which I defended 4,000 walled guards and 3,000 reserves as I reorganized them from time to time.

Master Kaguya doesn't like the soldiers' sacrifices, or he doesn't attack them with all his might. That's not why it's so easy. Rather, it's hard. Because the main unit in the rear and Master Kaguya themselves can't move, I can't put all my reserves into it without failing to be vigilant on the other walls. Three thousand cannot move just because two thousand armies do not move, and the reserves are restricted in their movements.

I am completely in the lead. The morale of the soldiers raised on the first day is about to come to its limits.

Soldiers aren't the only ones. Looking at the status, the General and the Force Leader are positioned in the right place. But people are compatible. I have unfit employees, colleagues, and preference issues. Capably the best placement is not necessarily personally the best. So there is also dissatisfaction. Thanks to you, my fatigue is climbing the eel.

"Mikana. Any movement in the rear............?

"It's no different from yesterday. Aren't you going to attack me as hard as you can today?

"You know you're going to self-destruct if you leave me alone...... I would do the same thing..."

Lazy with lack of sleep and tiredness, he looks at me leaving his body in the chair and gives Mikana a worried look. But I'm not saying anything. There is no substitute for me. That would best know Mikana standing like a deputy.

The number of advantages is no longer equal. Even when it comes to reserves, wounded soldiers make up half of them. Turn the mercenary squad of the most highly skilled Captain Ars to the reserve, put it in with a pinpoint, and avoid a critical breakthrough. That is now the only means we can take, and it is a last resort.

If you still can't prevent this, allow the other person to break in and the damage will explode. It won't be so easy to break through because we have an excellent General Paules position in the fierce war zone of the walls, but there are two generals over there who can leave General Paules. You can't stop them both, or if they come out either way.

That's what I thought. I wake up the body I was keeping on my back and get up. It was a short break, but enough. That's how I looked up. I noticed the avant-garde army coming this way faster than yesterday. And high morale.

Ha, ha, ha. I'll slap my tongue and send a message to the reserve.

"Let all those who can move the reserve head to the walls! Micah! Micah! Get out front! I need an escort!

"If you command in front, I will!

"I have to go. I don't have the morale! Master Kaguya is out!!

As I say, I hurry down from the wall and run an alert message to all the walls. If we concentrate on the front here, the rear troops will make a move. That's all we have to avoid.

"We're out front!

Taking Micana with hundreds of knights who have followed me from the castle of Count Eulen, I run to the wall, but suddenly I am blinded and stopped by the brilliant light on the wall for a moment.

"They've broken through!

"Give me backup! Quick!! Ha, ku……………………"

Only a voice heard from afar can tell what happened. They climbed the walls. Now I need to push back as well as defend.

"I hear Master Kaguya deals with the magic of thunder! Please stand back! There!

"There's Master Kaguya, isn't there? Then I'll have to show myself. Perhaps if you find me, you'll be after me. Don't miss that gap, all right?

"Lord Clay!?

Saying so, I run up the stairs of the walls without asking to stop Mikana.

Look at me, some soldiers open their eyes. At least now I'm the general of this castle. You'd be surprised if you stayed here. It works because it's unexpected.

"Everyone, be strong in your will! There are plenty of dying comrades here! So don't give up! Giving up is like abandoning a friend! Trust your neighbor friend and fight!!

Running to where Lord Kaguya thought he had boarded, I desperately demanded that the soldiers who worked so hard not to climb the walls fight.

The smell of blood, and the death odor thickens and irritates my nose, but I just have to endure it. This is a battlefield, and I'm the one who caused this tragedy.

There is a grid. People are dying right next door. Allies and enemies alike. I'm not kidding with it at all, but I have more than that now.

Neither modern Japanese values nor resistance to death or murder are within my promise.

I swore to my heart that I would keep my promises.

"Those who hinder the way trump. Make way."

It's a good voice. I can often hear it in the fury of the battlefield.

I can see the soldiers creeping down. Of course. I'm not familiar with martial arts. Overwhelming warfare. I can feel it from beyond the soldiers that fall back.

"Is that path to me?

On the nose is a fan received from Sophia and on the waist is a dagger given to me by Master Dio. Touching those two with both hands, I distract my inner fear.

A soldier slightly paved the way, and I can see around Master Kaguya. It's a corpse. Do you have ten? It's blood, but Kaguya doesn't have any blood on it.

Is it a knife in your right hand? The inverted body glows dull and is slightly wet with blood.

"Master!? What, protect the Master!!

"It's not necessary. It's just more sacrifices."

"Then surrender?

Soon Lady Kaguya walked up to me. I had no idea. I guess I'm already at a distance where I can be slashed and thrown out with a knife.

"Just kidding. If you surrender here, you will not be able to make sense of the dead until now."

"It's the foundation to peace. Besides, we can stop future sacrifices. I don't have to kill my brother's friend either."

"What is the foundation of peace... I wonder if I should not say something that is not in my heart. Your eyes are shaking."

I pull the dagger on my left hip out of my sheath with my left hand and put it backwards. Micah taught me how to do it.

"You're not thinking of enemies, are you? There's no point in fighting what you see ahead, is there?

"Meaning is what you make. Besides, my life isn't cheap. I don't use it for bad bets!

I lay down my left hand. That alone is my pointless behavior.

Lady Kaguya reacted slightly. That would be enough clearance for a special sniper.

An arrow flies into one from Master Kaguya's blind spot. Diagonal rear right. It was released by Micah. This cannot be avoided or played.

I thought so.

"Huh!?

Master Kaguya struck down without looking at the arrow with a knife in his right hand, and when did he take my dagger with the sheath he pulled out?

Too pretty looks in sight. No white skin, no glossy lips, no compliments come to mind. What I felt was pure fear. As creepy as the beautiful doll was to be seen at night, Master Kaguya also had a creepy sense of beauty.

"Kuh!"

I immediately try to leave, but with the sheath I played the dagger, my left chest, the part of my heart, is pounded hard.

For a moment, I don't know what happened, and the next moment I kneel pitifully.

"Lord Clay!!

I can hear Mikana, but my body won't move. No scratches thanks to the fan, but the damage was done.

I can hear you play something. It would be Micah's second shot. Master Kaguya stopped hitting me unexpectedly. You wouldn't ask if you shot normally.

"... do you have anything left to say?

"… alarm… is the most fearful thing…"

The moment I said it, Master Kaguya left me. After a moment of delay, a blade passes where Master Kaguya was.

"Thank you for your time. Military Master."

"No... sorry for using it as good..."

Captain Ars, with a sword slightly shorter than his normal sword on both hands, would say that the reserve had made it before it was too late.

"There's a Pawless bastard struggling in the center. Whatever you do with this princess...... I'm gonna go up!

"Then let's do something about it."

Mikana running this way points her bow at Master Kaguya. Micana and Captain Ars. It's the strongest combination of free-flowing power. If neither of us can push him back, there's no hitter.

Without exchanging words with Mikana, Captain Ars burst into Lady Kaguya. Swing the sword of both hands at high speed and press Master Kaguya by hand. No, do you just look like you're pushing it? Master Kaguya is using a single knife to prevent all high-speed attacks.

As soon as his breath ran out and Captain Ars kept his distance, now Mikana shows a high-speed streak with bows and arrows. However, Kaguya tried to avoid everything at a distance that could be described as close proximity.

"Yay! Rumor has it!

"Rumors are better yet!!

Neither Captain Ars nor Mikana have missed a slight gap in the attack, but Master Kaguya will not be able to enter any attack.

The decision-maker is lacking. At least one later, if anyone can stop the movement.

That's what I think, I remember the fan on my left chest. Sophia's words and the contents of the letter, to be precise.

This will protect Yukito's life.

That's what Sophia said. And this is what the letter said.

Be careful with the first swing. With all my magic, there will be a hell of a wind.

I never waved my fan hard because I didn't get a chance until today. I used it instead of the command wand, but this is...

"Is it a divine fan……………"

Saying so, I smile.

I'm protected, I'm protected. Sophia is the best-in-class sorcerer with the name of a disease sorcerer. By force, I'm not even close to my feet.

But is that what it is? What a repetition of relying on a friend. I don't say friends about relationships that one side leaves unreliable.

"Captain Ars! Back off!!

"What!?

I take the fan out of my nose and spread it out. Drawn there are dragons that play with the wind.

An elegant fan. With that in mind, I waved my fan toward Master Kaguya as much as I could with my right hand.

Sudden wind.

Would that be the most correct way to describe it? The wind was a flash. But power is not the norm. The influence has fallen far apart from Kaguya-like's army, which has cut off parts of the walls and waited in the rear.

Master Kaguya had endured it. He must have had some special defense. There are no scratches on the body. But his health seems to have drained. He's kneeling on his shoulder and barefoot his breath.

"Dear Kaguya! Retreat!"

Kaguya's soldiers climb up the walls and stand in front of Kaguya, stopping our pursuit.

In the end, Master Kaguya withdrew because of these soldiers' intrusion and the struggle to die.

It's good to have inhibited Master Kaguya, but the damage was immense and he was unlikely to withstand another attack. That's why I gathered the generals and informed them of my future policy.

"Dude, are you serious? Military Master."

"I mean it."

Captain Ars looks at my face and he just shrugs his shoulders.

I'll tell the generals on the spot again.

"I relinquish this castle."