The next morning, our previous generals will be gathered in General Matthew's large curtain house.Me and Luna's unit were backup as usual, but General Matthew seems to be giving orders to several units to deploy forward.
At that time, in the city of Orhon, the lords who defended it were consulting with their ministers.
"The Demons have launched an army and there are 600,000 soldiers standing in front of the fort," he said.On the other hand, we have only 80,000, including the soldiers of the fort.I also sent reinforcements to King's Landing, but they refused.I'm not sure I'm going to win. Should I surrender cleanly here? "
"Please wait, my lord. From what I hear, the enemy is planning to join the congregation in Mihana in two months.Wouldn't it be our victory just to crush this plan?Once the Alliance is gone, the enemy will lose reinforcements and will have to retreat.We should send soldiers first and bring them into the long war. "
"Hmm, can I believe that word?"
The lord adopts the minister's words and decides to send reinforcements to the fort.
"By the way, if we had that many troops, we'd expect them to come through there.Unlike fortifications, this city is defenseless.Should we guard the exit of the old road? "
"No, our strength is limited, and now it's all we need to do to protect the fort.Now it would be wise to focus on defending the fort while watching the enemy not to use the old path. "
"Even if I say so... hmm... Okay, well, set a trap."
"Yes"
Another soldier will be mobilized and a team will be dispatched to dig a hole near the exit of the old road.
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The commander-in-chief defending the fort was in the conference room with 600,000 troops, surrounding the table with other generals and repeating the operations meetings.
"Though there is an empty moat, there is no way to close the huge power gap.This fortress will definitely be destroyed.The lord has instructed me to bring it into a long battle for more than two months, but I don't know what to do. "
Here, a soldier comes in and kneels to the Commander-in-Chief's chair.
"Commander, thank you. The enemy is making a strange move.We're burning down dense forests on the east side. "
What!?
Taken by that soldier, the Commander-in-Chief and generals go out into the corridor on the rooftop of the fort's walls and look north at the enemy formation.
Indeed, the dense forest to the east is on fire.
"Is the enemy trying to bypass this fort from the east?"
Unlike the west side of the old road, the east passes through dense forests with large numbers of harmful parasites and beasts, climbing the cliffs and passing through the pier.Still, if even the most important barrier, the dense forest, is burned, it will be possible to break through this in a month.The General sees a burning flame and makes him impatient.
The next day, there were strange rumors among the soldiers guarding the fort.The enemy is only interested in the east, and the west is poorly guarded.
The Commander-in-Chief then launched a scout to investigate the enemy's situation.
"Surely the west side of the enemy is poorly guarded and the curtains are neglected.They don't think anybody's coming from the west. "
"I see. Didn't you notice the old roads hidden in the west?"
"Yes, I'm sure of it."
The Commander-in-Chief is relieved to hear the scorn report.
"Commander, we are oligarchs and the enemy is a large army.Let's use the old western road to carry out a night raid and inflict heavy damage. "
It was only a matter of time before such opinions emerged from among the generals.The Commander-in-Chief nods, "Mmm."
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Rajika, who knew exactly how the conversation was going through the chameleon, immediately went to the curtain house and reported back to General Matthew.
"Well, I didn't think the lord would dig a hole in the exit of the old road, but it's more or less within our expectations.Sophie, what do we do? "
"Let's go with Plan B.I'll give it back in the night raid. "
"Hmm. Gather the generals now."
Thus, General Matthew's curtain house gathers the generals, including me.
"According to sources, the enemy forces are launching a night raid tonight.Perhaps because we are a large army, the enemy will attack us with most soldiers.We ambush them in the west, attract them deep enough before attacking them.In the meantime, another unit will take down the enemy fort.I will now give instructions individually.I won't tell you again. Listen to me. "
General Matthew will then give instructions to the individual generals.Luna and my unit were usually backup.Yeah. Well, if you take away the enemy's eyesight with a flash bomb, you may notice the enemy's night raiders and turn back to the castle, and if you use floating magic to do things like airborne soldiers, it's a little more likely to be seen because the enemy soldiers will be able to keep an eye on the night than the flash bomb can.
Still, I can't see Vargis today because of the night raid.I promised not to see you on night raid day, and General Matthew's operation will be reported to Vargis, so you don't have to contact me.But I have to go to May's during the day.
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Everyone would have fallen asleep around 1: 00 a.m.
The general commander of the fort leads almost all of the 70,000 soldiers down the old path.Of course, the General avoids the pitfalls set by the lord at the entrance to the old road, as they have been shared beforehand.
That's how we go down the old road. At first, it was a narrow road, but it gradually became wider.
"Well, as reported, the west side is scaska."
The commander, who peered into the enemy line from among the bushes, acknowledged that the scout report was correct.There was a bonfire, but the number of curtains themselves was small, neglected, and few soldiers walked around.
"Go!"
Together with the Commander-in-Chief's command, the soldiers scream out into the formation.Destroy the bonfire, set fire to the curtain house, and chase after the escaping soldiers.All the soldiers in the formation were running in the same direction, but the General was nervous about cutting into the army, so he didn't notice.
The horseback commander-in-chief knocks down the fleeing soldiers one after the other and guides the rest of them.
"Hmm?"
At that time, troops will appear from the right, left, and front with the sound of the army drum.
Despite the ambush, the Commander-in-Chief was convinced that it was a trap when he saw enemies from all three sides attacking at once, but it was already too late, and the soldiers at the head of the Night Assault Squad screamed and were defeated one by one by a group of soldiers.
The Commander-in-Chief was dropped from the horse and held captive.
The generals and soldiers behind the Night Assault Force noticed the anomaly ahead and rushed into the old road in a hurry to return to the fort.
But it was not the enemy forces that were waiting for the soldiers, but the pitfalls dug by their lords.The general in charge knew, of course, where the pit was being dug, but as the soldiers who had escaped from behind in the chaos drove in and pushed their backs, the soldiers in front raised their screams and fell into the pit one after the other.
Waiting for the next soldiers to overcome it was a fortress pierced with the red flag of the Harmony Kingdom.
Enemy soldiers, shoot!
General Khan of the Harmony Kingdom, who had fallen down the fort ahead of him, ordered his soldiers to rain arrows from above the walls.Surprised soldiers rush south to return to Orhon's urban areas next.