Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

Earl Frost and Earl Gronst leave the castle, and Earl Holtz quickly returns to his tent after he has led the Confederates after them. It was to prepare for the pursuit of Earl Holtz and the Confederate forces who disobeyed his orders.

However, when he entered the tent, he greeted him with an envelope placed on the command rod. And a short letter in an envelope. It was a letter from Lycaen.

What kind of joke is this? ’

It was the thoughts of the late Robyn as he read the letter. It was because Lycaen, who was besieged by the enemy and then disappeared, left a letter.

But when I think about it, it was more plausible that it was possible. It was because there was no way that a madman would play a prank on the late Robyn, the supreme commander of the Brenn Royal Army faction. There was only one Earl Holtz, but he couldn't have played this prank on his personality.

In light of that, the letter in question was definitely from Licayen. It may not have come in person, but it was definitely the sender.

However, even though the sender was a Riccianne, he still felt confused about the Marquis of Robyn.

It was because of the contents of the letter.

I will capture and wait for the fortress of the Luo Kingdom, and I ask you to march on the western road to the fortress of the Luo Kingdom with all remaining troops. And if you encounter Lord Holtz at the Ruo Royal Army Fortress, he asks you to confront him.

It was not something I particularly liked. It was because Lycaen, a lowly man, wanted to pursue his own course and follow it to his superior, Earl Robyn.

It was sufficiently unpleasant for Prince Robyn, who was irrelevant to his bones.

However, I decided to follow the contents of the letter. It was not pleasant, but she thought it was okay once because she liked him quite a lot.

And the results were satisfactory enough. But the process is not aftertaste. So now we have to finish it.

Lycaen lowers his head slightly.

“I won't make excuses. And that's obviously where we were wrong. So we will accept any arrangement for what we have done. ”

“First of all, why don't you explain exactly what happened? ”

“Very well, then……. First, I have to tell you, since we've been isolated, ”

“Tell me. ”

The Marquis of Robyn nods, his clasped hands on the table, and his torso bows forward. Then Caith opens his mouth first.

“Earl Prokers and I, and our underlings, at the time, had to stop the invasion of the enemy in Jackson Canyon. ”

“Maybe you've been plotting this ever since? ”

“That's not true. I had no idea Earl Holtz was planning something like that. ”

“Then it's really strange. It's common sense for you to remain in the backyard, my lord. ”

The answer to the question came from the lips of Lycaen.

“We were the only ones capable of stopping the enemy coming from the narrow entrance of Jackson Canyon. We had a lot of chances of getting out of there alive, but if the soldiers had done that, they wouldn't have been able to get killed, nor would they have been able to retreat properly. It was the most efficient method at the time. In addition, I have no hobby of killing soldiers who spend money and time raising them. ”

“Well, that might do it. By the way, now that I've seen you, I think I can make it back to the castle through the siege of the Ruo Kingdom army... Why are you planning on doing this? ”

A rough answer was expected, but it was not to be ignored.

Lycaen nods as if the Marquis of Robyn was right.

“When we escaped Jackson Canyon, we hid ourselves in the Boren Basin. Earl Gronst was injured at the time, so he couldn't move. So I dug up the ground and hid in it to heal my injuries. And I took my time to sort things out. ”

“And?”

“It's not hard to get back to the acidity like this, but I've come to the conclusion that it's an agent's job to set things right as long as there's a disturbance to Warden Holtz. As you can see, the Royal Army of Luo is literally a mess. There are some good troops, but they're only a fraction. It's never ideal to spend only supportive time with such a misfit, is it? ”

The Marquis of Robin nods, expressing his empathy. Even more, it was because Luo had been severely dishonored by the behavior of the Royal Army chief.

“That's right."

“So I came to the conclusion that I wanted to take advantage of Earl Holtz. ”

This was also the expected answer. And now I was really curious.

“I know you used arrows to command two armies.... How did you expect Earl Holtz to follow you? ”

“Don't you have the character of Earl Holtz you've seen so far? Now, I'm ashamed to say this to myself, but my army is a force that is indisposed everywhere. If it's the Marquis of Holtz we've seen so far, he must have coveted a Elite Soldier that doesn't have a lord. ”

“Yes, it is. ”

“And our men almost tried to search for us. That Earl Holtz will get in the way. In such a situation, if our men disobey orders to find us and leave the fortress, there's no way to stand idly by the character of Earl Holtz. ”

“I'm sure you did.”

At that time, the late Robyn knew best how the Count of Holtz reacted.

“That's why I gave the orders to my henchmen. Deliver my letter to the General and escape the mountains. in a very chaotic way, as you can see. ”

“And they told me to move along the path of the east and the center, and to come down the path of the west. Hmm, and then what? ”

“Then it's obvious, isn't it? pretending to run away, actually leading Earl Holtz to where the Luo Kingdom troops are camped. ”

“That doesn't explain the occupation of this keep. Not a lot of troops are camped out these days. ”

“Of course. But if word gets out that the troops are out there, the Ruo imperial forces will have to dispatch a larger force. ”

However, the Marquis of Robyn shakes his head.

“Isn't it safer to wait in the keep? ”

“Of course, it could be. But if you think about it, it's the exact opposite. ”

“On the contrary?”

“When you think about the battle in Jackson Canyon, it's pretty simple. The enemy commander hates to fight relying on a fortress. ”

The look on the Marquis of Robyn's face reminds me that I don't understand. It was a fairly common sense to fight over a castle or fortress, where the aqueous side is much more advantageous.

But you don't want to fight relying on the fortress. It doesn't make any sense. Of course, sometimes people do. The most distinguished person is Duke Kailen, General Commander of the Delos Expedition Army. But there are very few of them.

And the General Commander of the Royal Army, who came here and saw it for himself, was not so favorable.

“What kind of commander goes out and greets his enemies on purpose? ”

But Lycaen said in a confident voice.

“You can tell by the battle in Jackson Canyon. ”

“Hmm?"

“The Royal Forces of Luo could have waited for our strength to run out, relying on the fortress to protect it no matter how we moved. From that point of view, Jackson Canyon was not a place that we had to defend, even if it was in the best interest of the Luo Kingdom army. And it's a lot more damaging and dangerous than fighting on a fortress. ”

“Yes, it is. ”

“Nevertheless, they tried to use chi and Jackson Canyon to attack us. This means that the Ruo Royal Army commander, for whatever reason, doesn't like to fight between forts. ”

It was a pretty reasonable thing to say. But I still have doubts.

“It makes sense, but I'm not entirely sure. ”

“I know. But it didn't matter. It doesn't change the fact that we're headed to Fort Ruo Kingdom Army with Earl Holtz anyway. ”

“Well, that, too. Then……. What happened to you guys? From what I've heard, it looks like you snuck into the fortress and captured the Commander alive…. How is that even possible? ”

Caith, who has been silent since the first conversation, replied.

“We've diverted. ”

“Bypass?”

“Yes, we've diverted it very far. Out of the Acronian Mountains, we came around the outskirts and into the fortress. ”

The Marquis of Robyn asks with a flawed look on his face.

“A large detour along the outskirts wouldn't have made it possible to hide in the keep anyway. And you've been running around the enemy country like that? ”

“We are prime numbers. If you're not wearing any armor, you're not particularly noticeable. ”

“Even so, it's an exhibition. And there must have been royal guards in the mountains of Acronia. And that silver-haired Earl Frost is quite a sight for sore eyes, isn't he? ”

“Hair color. You can cover even a hood. And there's usually no large residential area under the mountain. mostly small towns. That's the level of vigilantes you need to have troops in place like that. If you think they're suspicious, you're a bandit who's after the town. It's hard to think that a small group of people are hostile and will ambush them. ”

Earl Robyn gives you a reasonable nod. The Rigoin party stabs people's psychological blind spots and casually bypasses the Acronian Mountains.

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