Bandit, Be Ambitious! To Accomplish Kingdom Revival!

The map of the northern fort, given to me by Mr. Zairas, is the very walled city with more than 500 metres on one side.

Because it is built on a slope, the height of the stone walls varies more than the height in the south and north. The stone walls in the north don't seem to be 3m long. It's a map of the plane, but the height is written on the key points, so you can see better.

Nor does the fort seem to be flat, falling toward the south.

The nearby valley is filled with dirt and sand from the mine.

Looking at the whole thing, they seem to be thinking of defense heading south. Rock Mountains loom to the north, and to the west there is a high ridge that serves as a border with neighbouring countries. To the east there is a valley that discards dirt and sand, but it looks like it is just making a small road over the earth embankment with the dumped dirt and sand.

It seems like a pretty deep valley, so if you're an enemy soldier coming over this embankment, if you have a platoon of archers, you're going to be able to defend it.

In exchange, the south side is open. I guess it is a wasteland, but the roads are reinforced with stone, and it says that the two carriages are different, so they are almost as well maintained as the streets.

If we were to attack this, we would deploy about three battalions on the south side and try it all out.

There will be quite a few casualties, and the damage to the residents will be unknown.

I'm thinking of rescuing about ten soldiers who were captured in an ambush, but it's starting to seem pretty reckless.

"The barracks are definitely here, aren't they?

"Confirmed. That's the problem. I've seen it sneaky once, but the surveillance is tight."

Mr. Lady shows you the corner of the map with his fingers. It is home to mine workers, but they must be locking up prisoners who are treated like slaves. A silver smelter is set up next to it. Security means we can reduce the number of soldiers if we combine the two.

The fort hall looks like a splendid building with 20 meters on one side, so I can tell the commander of the fort was staying with his family.

"Looks like the Madenium Army was sneaking into a charcoal-laden van heading for the fort. Two platoons said they jumped out of the van around here in a tavern."

"I guess one platoon took control of the hall and the rest of them opened the south gate. If the soldiers hiding in the vicinity entered, they would have been able to control the fort in a short time."

"You can't use the same hand, can you?

"Yeah, but they come a little bit alike. It makes sense to ambush the Commander's Hall in the first place..."

We're in charge of the infiltration unit attacking the north fort.

It would be your hands if Mr. Zaylus and the others were to build a defensive line around the fort.

"So, did you do what you were asking for?

"Somehow………. Burning time is about two hours, Lord Banter said."

It's a simple day clock, so there would be quite a few errors, but with about that amount of time it would be enough. I used to say it was used instead of a watch, and I think I'll enjoy it a lot later.

"It's going to be a barracks, isn't it?

"Yeah, a lot of people should gather near the South Gate. Then we close the door of the hall and start a fire."

The guards left the prisoner to extinguish the fire.

The security at the North Gate will be thin, and the second explosion could happen at the silver smelter.

"One detachment of light infantry outside the North Gate. That's all we're working with."

"We will be enough in the fort. Let's ask the lightweight infantry to finish off the enemy soldiers that come after us."

Looks like Mr. Lady thought it was enough for us.

A total of six, but it doesn't mean that it would be nice to have more people.

To say how to bring the soldier who escaped to our fort, which I considered the most problematic, suggested that Mr. Lady go through the woods of the mountains. Apparently, a relatively flat wasteland continues where the forest at the foot has run out, in front of the rock wall.

Considering his weakness, he says he'll be at the fort in three days.

"Bombs will also be available for chasers. I have three of each with a bomb bracketed on the bolt of a stone bow."

"Enough?"

"I have two handheld, but you want to use this in the fort"

Let's go with this for the basics. After that, I think I can handle it by saying it's ad hoc.

Apparently, there were initially over a hundred former soldiers mining silver mine ore. We say that we are now down to nearly 60, so if our defense battle does not take place this quarter, there will be fewer ex-soldiers who can be rescued.

I say we can rescue him somehow, but the premise is to attack him from the other side.

I asked Mr. Lady to finish our meeting early just to get ready.

There's nothing else to be known because it's a secret conversation between the two of us in my room.

When we get to the hall, we're in the middle of a fort defense conference.

The basics are that two platoons of Mr. Zairas will handle the west, and the Princess and Mr. O'Brie will take command of the heavy and light infantry in the south.

The protection of the village was created by the willingness of the villagers, who numbered more than a hundred.

Armed with a stone bow and a bow, the eastern one would be a lot better. The enemy can't deploy large units either.

"It's hard not to be strong enough…………"

"It's painful not to be able to use the banters. It's also a problem to get a squad of light infantry."

It seems to be bothering me a lot.

But the enemy must be worried too. We can't let them drain us.

"Mm, banter? Did you manage that one?

"There's something pretty harsh about it. Please don't tell me the fort is gone when we get back."

As he lowers his back to his usual seat, he takes out the pipe and looks at Mr. Zairas' troop placement.

I guess that means being faithful to the basics. Place heavy infantry at the barracks and light infantry on the lower ridges on both sides of the intersection. The ridge fence is triple, so the Horse Riders can't climb up. If I knew this terrain, I would say that I would put in a lot of light infantry...

"In two detachments of lightweight infantry between East and West..."

"Three detachments east and one detachment west is enough. If you build another fence west of the barracks, the enemy soldiers coming through the western ridge can be stopped here. There's almost a platoon of heavily armed infantry."

Hearing my plan, Mr. O'Brie turns to me.

"Now most enemy soldiers will go around the west and attack the barracks!

"That's good. You'll make it this far. But if they stop you, where are they going to turn back?

Will it fall back on the road while the fierce battle continues again? Probably headed for the western wasteland. But you'll be able to rest there, but there's no water, no food.

"If you're an experienced commander, if you're a commander, if they roll a lit basket from east to west, don't think you're going down immediately. An ambitious commander would go for an east-west ridge. But it's not easy to climb, so I don't think so. The commander is not the commander's vessel to make you climb."

"That would be, but you're probably going to push me around the west. Build a double fence west of the garrison. The distance between the bow and the stone bow will be good."

The catapult that Mr. Rieddus had built had a flight distance of more than 200 m. Arrange this on the eastern ridge and you'll jump over the road between connecting to the barracks.

Even if two battalions come, I think we can fight enough.

The time has passed for about a month, and a second shipment of silver will be carried out.

The number is about ten, but if combined with the last time, the Madenian kingdom surpasses the number taken in silver bulk transport.

Now they will know that we have obtained a new Silver Mountain in the Kingdom of Cardina.

It would be regrettable to find a piece of silver that cannot be taken away.

A luggage wagon of a denomination entering the Kingdom of Krabble is handed over to Mr. Ablett in the King's Capital.

Half will be managed at the Krabble Royal Palace and one silver lump will be given to the Order.

The rest of the silver is used to buy seasonings and spices for the families of the brave men who help us.

Trade across the ocean will be paid for in silver, so even as the Kingdom of Crabble, they will effectively use our silver blocks to make an operating profit.

He says he'll give it back to me after he makes his declaration of statehood, but I want to keep it in operation so I can only receive profits.

"The return of the early horses flourished, but you don't have to attack them?

"Yeah, that's related to our silver mountain. Hopefully, they'll attack us as soon as possible."

"But will the Madenian kingdom really attack this fort? You'll be at odds with the denomination."

"That's one of the things I'm looking forward to. The Kingdom of Madenium does not know that only one part of the silver lump loaded in the carriage of the Order is headed for the Order. You'd think that attacking our Silver Mountain would stop the flow of silver to the Order if you didn't know the karaki behind it."

I wonder if we will look for more silver mountains because there is not so much distance between the existing and the new ones.

You might say that you led the clergy of the Order to the existing Silver Mountain and took over because we fattened our private bellies.

Destroy us and we'll moisturize enough with the new silver mountain. If we give the old silver mountain to the denomination, even though it will be thinner temporarily, we will be able to make a silver lump payment to the denomination,

In short, you must be able to make excuses for anything.

"I'm thinking maybe troops are coming from the Madenium King's Capital. These are the guys from Operations called Madenium Royal Palace. You know how much we bandits are behind this. If you knew, you'd see that we were a very different group from the troops we've been fighting. It's not an easy operation to attack a fort built by that group."

"But we're gonna fight that battle without a banter!

"Yeah, isn't that why you prepared it properly? If you deal with him with a bow and a stone bow, you'll be fine. Don't get on the enemy's invitation if you're wrong."

"But come back soon. And ask for company."

I nodded silently to Mr. Zairas' words.

Bassi! And he slaps me on the shoulder hard.

It is up to me and Mr. Lady to rescue the ex-soldiers who are forced to work hard in the Silver Mountains.