If you have difficulty defending yourself, you can go out here and hit the point where the enemy cavalry is based. That's my suggestion.

We need a base where soldiers can rest, not to mention a cavalry capable of guerrilla battles.

I don't think there are so many places around here where we can set up bases like that, and we won't be able to act in a detour during the day that is more likely to be discovered than we are deeply intruding into enemy countries.

"Platoon Commander, do you have a map around here?"

"Oh, there is."

Lt. Tarnovsky brought a slightly larger map. It's big enough for the border town of Kobari and the regional city of Vrotswav to fit on one side.

The current location is somewhere in the Legniza plain between Kobari and Vrotswav......

From the location of the street and the time you walked from Kobari...... try to write an approximate current location on the map.

The enemy came from the southeast.

"Right. But if you go too far east, there is Vrotswav. It's likely to be found off the streets, but we'll avoid the urban perimeter."

We also considered the possibility that we had already pulled off the base, but that would not be so likely.

There is no reason to move bases to the west, Vrotzwaf to the east, and a town called Shfidnitza to the south.

Vrotswav is the largest city around here and has a large population. The deal should be lively and crowded.

Sfidnitza is small at the town level, but there are quite a few people there. It would be troublesome if they found out.

This means that the base of the enemy cavalry unit is in an eastern position from here, away from Vrotswav and Sfidnitza, and the streets stretching out of those towns, and yet likely to be able to rest soldiers and horses, with many blind spots if possible......

Around here, I only saw one place that was going to be.

Lieutenant Tarnovsky seemed to have come to the same conclusion and nodded loudly.

"The base of the enemy would be around Lake Mietkovski. There's a forest over there."

Now we know where the enemy is.

However, there is one obstacle to counterattack an enemy base. A princess.

I can't leave you here, and it's mind-boggling to disperse your power with escorts and attacks. You want me to take you with me? I thought so, but I don't know how fast the princess marched, and I'd be in trouble if she got hurt.

Hmmm...... I have no choice but to go to the nearest countryside once and hide it there. Then the seriously wounded soldier also moved on a front carriage. The princess looked terribly nasty, but it's an emergency, right? Besides, I didn't put it in the aristocratic carriage, okay?

The village was five kilometers away in the opposite direction from the lake. It's fine to leave the enemy for that matter, but instead our walking distance only grows 10 km round trip. Wow.

... I'm worried that that princess will be able to stay temporarily in this poor village in the countryside or not cause problems with the villagers.

"I'm thin on my own, so it would be helpful if you left me some"

The princess unexpectedly read the air. Maybe he learned that he shouldn't say my utmost in this series of streams. That's surprisingly astute.

So I decided to put two cadet girls beside the princess as caregivers and escorts. Personally, I would have liked Sarah to remain a princess escort as well...

"I'm going with Yuzef."

"Yeah, no, but Sarah's good at swordsmanship, and it's easy to deal with anything that happens to a princess."

"You have to take part in this attack because you're good at swordsmanship."

"Uh... but hey, if anything happens to Sarah,"

"If anything happens to my apprentice, I don't like it either, so if you stay here,"

Sarah and I ended up in the attack team because you wouldn't listen to me at all. Radek? He's a compulsory participant. He's not hurt, he's a man, and he's willing to go.

If you tell the villagers, "If she's safe, you'll get a lot of 'feelings' out of the country," they'll protect you from the village.

After that, as long as you keep Her Royal Highness's identity as a countess, you'll be fine. Maybe.

The village was then left with wounded soldiers. I thought it might be annoying, but the villagers devoted themselves to caring for the wounded soldiers. Says,

'Cause I can't get in the way of someone who's been trying so hard to protect us.'

And so it seems. Is there a fallen nation that is surrounded by a line of power, or is there something patriotic or patriotic about these small villages as well?

Earlier, it contrasts a lot with myself being asked about the dark parts of Silesia.

Anyway, the wounded soldier problem seems to work out.

The problem is with the body. The bodies of enemy allies, including cadets I know, are left in that location. I'm sorry, though, because I couldn't afford to carry it.

But I never had time to delay things or apologize to the body.

"The lake, which supposedly has an enemy base, is southeast of here, but we don't have time. Discover, attack, and destroy enemy strongholds by sundown."

The time now is generally 11 a.m. The sunset is generally around 5pm, so is the time limit six hours? Calculating the distance from the countryside to the enemy base... it's about four hours each way.

Pretty tight.

"Okay, let's go!

"Yes!"

This one has just 19 amateur infantry.

◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ ◇

"Captain, what shall we do?"

It was planned to succeed in the first raid. As a result, accurate information was given and the manipulation weakened the escort.

Yet it failed. It's a total failure. I can't go back to my country like this.

"Captain"

"I hear you."

What should we do? If we retreat here, perhaps the White Eagle, that young princess, will stay out of our reach.

So should we retake the attack? The danger is great, but that's the only way.

Perhaps the enemy should be worn out, exhausted because of this raid. He's likely stopping by a nearby village to calm the princess down.

I want to send out a reconnaissance to make sure of that...... but the resistance of the enemy convoy was more intense than I thought.

The two and three squads that were stopping the infantry lost four rides altogether, and one squadron that examined the carriage with me suffered three serious injuries, that is, other than me. I applied first aid healing magic, but I am no longer in a position to fight. I mean, we can't afford to scout.

Me, two and three squads of residual combat power, and nine horsemen combined with the remaining troops that were left in base.

Now we can't raid at noon. We just have to strike at night again.

"Tonight, we raid the village. Don't be unprepared."

"Ha!"

This is your last chance.

If that fails......

"Ha, captain... and enemies!

"What!?"

An enemy escort attacked us.

◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆ ◇

Around the lake, there were forests, as Lt. Tarnovsky put it, which were very difficult to see from the outside. That's why it took me so long to find an enemy base.

But it's the enemy that's hard to see in the woods. And apparently you're failing to be vigilant. They don't realize we're coming near the lake.

Are you exhausted from last night's raid...... Yeah, I guess so. If I raid at night, I get sleepy by day.

Even if there's a voicemail, the numbers won't be that high, and security must be monkeys.

"Sarah, how many are there?

"It's hard to see... but there's only two of us standing"

Two of us... I mean, the rest of us are sitting or sleeping. If you can aim for this gap......

"Sarah, let's go back and report to the platoon leader. Be quiet."

"I know."

We're done reconnaissance. We're going back to where Lieutenant Tarnovsky is waiting. Don't equip yourself with anything to keep your enemies from noticing you, and walk barefoot to keep your footsteps from ringing for once.

As soon as the platoon commander had heard our reconnaissance report, he gave orders to all his men.

"All right, we'll divide the troops into three sections and surround the base, one from the east, two from the north and three from the west. Siege your enemies or drive them down to the lake. Don't let one of them leave alive."

"... ok"

Me, Sarah and Radek, and three peasant militiamen, six of them together, one squad. The lieutenant is two squads, from the north.

... finally kill people. You're supposed to take your graduation exam early.

"Okay, then put it on each placement. Don't let them find you."

Ten minutes later, the battle began on the banks of this long idle lake.