Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

It seems that the story of the length of dress, such as the fine face of the cheeks, the long gray hair that is not maintained, and the ragged linen clothes, is intricate.

With that in mind, Juuha and I decided to ask Klaus to help us move to the captain's house.

A modest house that doesn't seem to be the house of the wooden chief... or enter the cabin and give way to the run-down chair that the chief has recommended to sit on, and we stand near the entrance to the cabin and the windows, listening to the chief while paying attention to the outside.

"Our ancestors were not originally a people of the Empire.

There is no country, just farming fields and spending days here....

But those days didn't last long, and they were swallowed up by an expanding empire… at the bottom of the hierarchy of imperialists living in imperial territory.

Under the rule of the Empire, the treatment of the clan changes depending on how much the colony has done to the Empire.

But the most we can do in this land is grow wheat... and we're still at the bottom.

Until now, however, we have been able to live as long as we pay a portion of the wheat as taxes, but there has been a recent deterioration in the war situation and the amount of demands from the Empire has only increased....

On the contrary, when I finally harvested the field wheat, I was told to give it all away last month..... "

Receiving the words, I couldn't say anything, and the head shook his face to the left and right as if he was in a hurry, and then continued the words.

"No, I don't think it's your fault or anything like that.

I have heard that you are also in the position of being swallowed by the Empire... and I am so envious that you are defying the Empire and holding back victory, just respecting it.

... all because of the Empire... that Empire is about to destroy us now.

Well then... that's what I wanted to choose about you if you were to perish... from the rule of the Empire.

Even if you help me, there is nothing I can repay, and I can only ask you to protect us from the demons of the Empire.... "

The captain's voice was trembling, but with definite strength, it seemed that I had not lied. When I tried to return the words, Juuha stroked his jaw faster than that and returned the words to the captain.

"I understand... but!

If that's the case, you'll need to get a good price!

That's the price... I'll let you give me all the information you have.

First of all, about the situation around here... it seems that this settlement is surrounded by several fortifications, but what are their intentions? You want to hear as much about the fort as you can about the forces there?

The captain frowned with astonishment at the words.

Have a banquet and do your best... so I guess we really had no choice but to do our best.

Looking at this house, it's obvious... perhaps it was abandonment, no good, it was the original behavior.

And even though I didn't think it would be so easy to accept such a look, the head who spoke with that expression... regained some vigor in his eyes and returned the words with his voice playing.

"Yes, to the best of my knowledge... I'll tell you everything.

I hear the surrounding forts were built to keep an eye on us and prevent us from escaping.

First of all, there is a large fortress on the east side of the barley beyond the wheat fields… It is also prepared for monster raids, rather than fortifications, which usually have thousands of soldiers.

... they usually have that many, but now they're dealing with rebellions in the east, quite far east, and most of them are said to be absent.

Rumor has it that all the main heavily armored cavalry is out there... but I didn't actually see it with my own eyes, because we're going to be killed just by getting close...

And there are two small fortifications to watch over this settlement, one north and one south... These are more like fortifications, and I hear there are dozens or hundreds or so of soldiers.

There were also some fortifications to the west, but I hear whoever you are dropped them before you came here. "

In response to the words of the director, Juuha stepped forward to the small table in the director's house... and took the parchment out of his pocket, sharpened the letters and pictures written there with a knife... and began drawing a map of the area with charcoal pieces.

In the middle of the drawing, I ask the chief questions about the number of people living in the settlement, how many reserves there are, what kind of facilities the settlement has, the location of each fort, the surrounding terrain, the weather in this area, etc... and I will write that information on the map.

After writing the map to a certain extent, Juuha... now takes out his wallet from his pocket, arranges bronze and silver coins on the map, doesn't tell me, doesn't tell the length, starts talking to himself loudly.

"With all these forts... with all those troops, why are they leaving us alone?

I wish I could crush him right away...

The rumors are true and the main force is far away, so you're waiting for the main force to return...?

But what if we can harvest the wheat in the field while we're doing that? You don't think we're gonna run away with the people, the whole harvest?

You're reading that Diaz wouldn't do that? Have you thought about embracing these people and turning them into weaknesses after reading them?

You won't burn the fields, you won't loot them, but you will try to protect the people of the settlement, so you can win by crushing each settlement with heavy cavalry...?

Thousands... thousands of soldiers, how many of them are cavalry? If the infantry strength is 1, the cavalry is 10, but 500 is not too much trouble... is the main force called for the distant rebellion...?

Could it possibly be thousands of cavalry?

Thousands... thousands, thousands, 2,000... 5,000, I don't know, 4,000 heavily armed cavalry?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

As the number decreased and the number decreased, a rebellion broke out looking at it as a gap.

... 1,000, maybe 1,000 heavily armed cavalry, and now far away... maybe 500 infantry soldiers left in the fort.

500, but if you're locked up in a fortress, you can't do anything about it... I guess that's about it.

And the other fortifications are the same size as we've seen on the road so far... maybe 50 more. "

Say that and line up several coins on the map... and pick them up one by one... and put them back in your wallet.

Don't touch the bronze in the south, the bronze in the north, the silver in the east... for a while.

I stroked my chin while rethinking, stroking it many times... I looked back at it in an exaggerated manner, and Juuha shook her long hair gently and gracefully and threw a word at me.

"Diaz.

I've got a plan, I've done it, but if it leaks from somewhere, it's over, so I won't tell you either.

Is there a problem?

"No, I don't.

If you can defend this settlement and the barley fields and beat them, that's fine. "

When I immediately answered Zhuuuha's words, Zhuuuuha smiled... and the long opened his big mouth, which had just come off his chin, and he was stunned.

"Okay, that's good, you're not.

Then drop two fortifications south and two fortifications north until the enemy's main force returns.

I'll take care of 800 people and Klaus. Destroy each one and it'll be an easy job.

So, let the enemy soldiers escape to the eastern fortress without killing them as much as possible, we have only infantry, and the cavalry is 0... I am not good at fighting the cavalry, and I came here without fighting the cavalry, so I let them hear the rumor.

If possible, I hope you drop the fort with an act that seems low in morale and practice... but is it wrong to expect so much from you? "

As a matter of fact, I've been dealing with the cavalry several times, and I've counted on my side, but there are cavalry... there are quite a few horses to carry the load, but I nod honestly without saying anything.

"If you drop the fort, the weapons and food inside... it won't be much, but gather them all in this settlement.

I'm going to hunt the rest of them down and get some food... but I've never been there before.

Collect the fort itself to the settlement after it's been torn apart... don't destroy it by mistake, I've carefully torn it apart so that it can be reused?

... in the meantime, I will move with some people to find a solution. I won't be back for a while, and is there a problem with not contacting them?

"No, do whatever you want.

By the way, when exactly was it supposed to be before the enemy's main force returned?

Well then.

However, the enemy seems to be going to get the wheat here, so maybe he'll be back by then?

The infantry alone won't be able to take it away quickly, so they burned the barley fields here when the infantry was approaching and abandoned them. I don't know how to avoid that. "

That said, Juuha can't put silver coins on the map... and the map is carefully folded and firmly pushed into her pocket.

So Juuha and I sat down in the chair and didn't move, and we gently greeted the long person who didn't speak... and when we started acting quickly, we ran down to everyone who was enjoying the banquet.