Communications arrive from Sylvania's eastern fort. Looks like there's been a move in the kingdom of Tornia.

Apparently, a battalion moved in near the Sylvania border to set up a tent. From the rocky area at the southern end of the ridge, it appears that a large unit has marched about 10 km from the border. It seems that Mr. Torrell has already put in place a system to join the attack whenever he finishes his journey to the southern dock.

"Looks like the east moved first."

"Yeah, but the interception posture is plentiful. The army east of Sylvania looks good, doesn't it? In fact, there won't be half of them. I think he's holding us back."

"Torrell sounds funnier. I'm guessing you're going to repeat your horseback assault, right?

"Probably. But that's an invitation, too. Hopefully we can fish out to the south dock..."

The eastern defense of Crabble is a complex of multiple crossing fences, air moats and fortifications: three battalions and one battalion of marines. And with two squadrons of Mr. Torrell and the others, about five battalions would be enough to stop them.

I guess the vanguard will be the soldiers who surrendered, but how much self-armies can be aligned in the rear. If you're going to spare me, it's not necessarily that the surrenderers won't betray you.

In order to prevent a later rebellion, it is probably the purpose behind the crushing of the surrender soldiers.

"Can Crabble put this much power on this front?

"There were quite a few problems, but I also hear Lord Banter's suggestion. Now they can push it back, not defend it. Lord Bynum thinks about it."

"The question was what time it would move. What about the neighborhood?

"You set me up at a good time. It's time for the west to move. Summer is over in season. Expand the territory and you will soon reap the harvest."

It seems to be interlocking too, but it just so happens. I wish Tornia would have moved sooner if I could.

A few days later, news came in that the Tornian troops assembled east of Crabble had pushed at the Crabble border in unison.

Mr. Uyle and the others must be out of the south fort.

He sent one regiment to us, but three regiments of horseback riders should help put out enough battlefield fire.

Everyone imagines the whereabouts of the battle as they drop pawns of troop placement on the map listening to the correspondents' reports.

They're all nagging, aren't they? Mu is handing out tea, so I'd like you to have a drink and calm down a little.

Watching those people, relaxing and enjoying the pipe, I heard a footsteps rushing by and the command post door suddenly opened.

"This is an urgent message from Lord Lady." The lights lit up the house. The front door is decorated with lots of flowers. The wedding guests are uninterrupted!

"Thank you. Here we go, too. Contact the Torresti Royal Palace." Warram invades the Divine Empire. A large number of refugees are coming. They sent troops to Lidmac to head to a new town. 'That's it. "

When the commuter wrote up the note and recited it, he thanked us for the knight and left the command post.

Everyone is looking at me in disgust.

"That's Mr. Lady. Looks like he was already in the Divine Empire. Here we go, too. It is already past noon, so tomorrow morning the refugees will be pushing to Torresti. The Horse Riders should be in charge of the Warham army they will pursue. Mobile infantry should create a similar tent village last time before the arrival of the evacuee induction unit from Torresti. Looks like quite a few people. You should carry your tent from a fort nearby and get it ready."

"Is communication now a cipher?

"That's what happens when it comes to cryptography, but I didn't decide it beforehand. The lights in the house would be the fire at the church headquarters, and the flowers on the front porch would be the priests who were tragically murdered, right? Guests at the wedding must be refugees. There are a lot of people who can read optical communications, so I think they told me the situation personally."

It must take more than a day for the situation to pass from the refugees.

We're out of here in the intelligence war. There is something big about this advantage.

"At the same time, East and West, but Banter said there was no connection between these two, right?

"Like I said before, you just targeted pre-harvest. Merchants come and go in a small number of ways, and their activities revolve around Crabble. You can't come and go from Crabble to Tornia again and again when even merchants have restrictions."

Mr. Lady won't be able to stay in the empire for too long.

He'll come back early when he sees the situation.

That should reveal the number of troops that attacked the Divine Empire. Will you live up to my expectations? Beyond that, it's easier to do the backwork.

In the middle of the night, a communication arrived from Mr. Torrell.

Apparently, the number that has invaded the Kingdom of Crabble is over six battalions. Still, the status quo says the invasion has stopped at the wasteland fence.

I have handed Mr. Torrell twenty bombs for convenience. Mr. Zairas' unit handed him what he already had, but he wondered when he would use it.

Too bad we can't destroy the stone bridge here, but we're going to have to waste it because we can build plenty of bombs and use them in another way.

"Isn't the counter-attack tonight?

"I contacted you to aim for the third night. 'Cause there's gonna be a lot of tension."

I thought you were expecting a night raid tonight. I told him to wait for the jig to attack him so he could avoid wasting his time. Because there are so many opponents, the positive-attack method is likely to swallow them.

That can be said for the west of Torresti. Defense is strong, but it is difficult to attack enemies. I suppose you'll ask him to destroy it repeatedly.

When I was alone at the command post late at night, a correspondent conveyed Mr. Lady's two letters.

"Three to the east, two to the south. Two in a lighted house."

Seven battalions moved more than I expected. Maybe there's another battalion behind this. When that happens, is there a battalion in Warham?

We're also going to need to see how much deployment we have on the north side of Toresti.

Where we enjoyed the pipes, we headed to the sleeping carriage, which will be our residence.

The middle of the line of four sleeping carriages will be our residence. I dived in next to Sadie, who was already asleep, and wrapped her in a blanket.

The next day. The garrison was already noisy when I woke up.

Washing my face and entering the command post, Mu brought me a meal. The guys at the table seem to have finished their meals at once, relaxing and sipping tea and looking at the pawn on the map.

"The royal palace in Torresti moved for those transporting refugees. I'm worried about it for now. By the way, is this the way the army of the Kingdom of Warham attacked the new kingdom?

"I was contacted in the middle of the night. I believe I have more than one battalion behind the attack on the government."

Answering Sadie's question while eating, Mr. Zairas puts the cup of tea down and opens his mouth.

"But that can't be true. Behind the northern border of Torresty lies the Royal Warham Army!

To Mr. Zairas's shout, he hurried over for breakfast and poured it down his throat with soup.

"That information is the problem. We're rolling out on the border, and if we wait for Mr. Lady's men to report, we may find out the truth."

It would definitely be the enemy's counterfeit plan. Crossing eight battalions, no matter how large the size of the army, considerably oppresses the national treasury.

If those eight battalions had been used to lose the Kingdom of Libram, they would have reduced it to about seven battalions.

I understand that two battalions are surrendered enemy soldiers, but if one battalion is used to guard the king's capital, the troops assembled on the long northern border of Torresti will be called false soldiers.

Probably mobilizing the peasants on the border to make them look like troops.

On the Torresti side, we are thoroughly intercepted, so an occasional view of the border would not discern if the distant groups were real.

"We need to make sure, right?

"I've already hit my hand. Let's wait for the news. If you do, you won't have to deploy three battalions, so you can pull out two battalions."

One Torresti army is stationed on a battalion scale in and around the fort west of Lidmac. On the defensive line, it's enough as it is now, but with two more battalions here, we're going to be able to thwart the invasion of Yolem in the Warlem kingdom.

Torrestitoyolem's two kingdoms don't seem to get along very well. If we get reinforcements out here, you're going to be considered a firefield thief.

"Then we can send reinforcements to the Divine Empire!

"When you put it out now, will you have trouble later? A large number of clerics have already been killed. The remaining priests are the breathtaking people of the Kingdom of Warham."

At the time of the next invasion, the priests they send to the monasteries of the nations will bring valuable information. Sounds like an ambush poison.

Have you figured out what my words mean? We've been silent together.

"Banter thinks about losing his denomination?

"I don't think the denomination will last forever. Faith does not happen by the denomination, it happens in our hearts. I think the denomination will stay. As the Order of the Kingdom of Warham."

"But then the priests of the temple in our kingdom will be gone. In a way, it is the home of the people's hearts. I feel like I'm going to buy popular disgust..."

The people gathered at the table in Mr. Zairas's words are also nodding.

Looks like we need to teach early.

I'll leave it to Emilda to see what happens after that.