Otherworld Nation Founding Chronicles

Episode 166: The Third Conquest of the South

"Well, the schedule was crazy. In a good direction."

"I wouldn't come here without encountering a single spy."

Our army is a large army of 433,000.

Therefore, the route which can advance is limited.

The route that can advance to Lezard forks on the way.

It is a west road that largely bypasses the forest and an east road that passes through the forest as it is.

According to Bartolo, he would have to fight the enemy before approaching the fork.

"I've come to the fork. Which way do you advance?"

"I like East Road. I've never been early. I'm worried about ambush ... but if you proceed with caution, ambush won't succeed."

Komei trap! !

This is only true in the world of fiction.

Ambush can usually be aware of this in advance, usually by careful scouting.

Well, there is actually an oversight, and there is a true story like a lie, "I was surprised just by a bird jumping out and the army collapsed!"

In principle, it rarely succeeds.

Magicians in this world can exercise dogs and hawks, so the success of ambush is lower than on Earth (my hometown).

The dog's nose and the hawk's eyes can't be deceived without being noticed by human eyes.

"Well, East Road is the best even if you think about resupply."

With the army of forty-three thousand, problems that had not surfaced so far are now being surfaced.

It's a supply problem.

Rather, this was a problem in the Second Southern Conquest.

However, it is difficult to build a train unit in one year.

So we decided to use river water transport.

It is much easier to ship by boat than by horse or donkey.

Moreover, the river runs almost straight from the land of King Rosais to Lezard.

You can march straight along the river.

Thanks to this, a large amount of food, liquor and siege weapons can easily supply consumables such as arrows and spears.

The soldier's luggage has become lighter, and his march speed has increased.

However, this time will be the only time you can use the river.

There is no such convenient terrain other than this place.

"First of all, let's camp here today. It's not too late to decide on a march route after hearing reports of the scouts."

The next day.

"Good news. Your Majesty. The enemy is splitting the army in two."

"What does it mean?"

According to Bartolo's story ...

Apparently, the enemy army split into two to protect both West Road and East Road.

Indeed, we know that the junction of the two roads is at the nose of Lezard and must be stopped here.

......

But what about splitting anything into two?

Isn't this a downside plan?

"The enemy isn't even split into two, and we probably have some sort of rear base so we can join quickly."

"I hope we can destroy each one ... I don't think the enemy will easily forgive them."

The problem is how to defeat it ...

"Bartoro. We'll divide the soldiers in two. Let's try the example strategy."

"I thought about it, let's do it."

The army protecting the eastern road, hereafter the western army.

"Captain, the Rossais army has begun moving, apparently taking the East Road."

"I guess it was exactly what I was saying. I'm regrettable by now, General Nemes's Aho ..."

The Gaul mercenary captain laughs grinningly.

In the back of his mind, a regretful Nemes general was floating, standing on the ground.

The army protecting the West Road, hereafter the West Army.

"General, the enemy seems to have taken East Road."

"... I don't see the face of a savage tribe (Balroy) laughing proudly.

The West retired and began marching to join the East.

Approximately five hours after the West Army started marching.

The situation changed suddenly, as we could join the Eastern Army in a few hours.

"... Why is there a Rossais army?"

Suddenly, the flag of the Rossais Army appeared.

The flag shelving in the sky was undoubtedly the flag of the Rosais Army.

The general shouts at his aide.

"What was the scout doing!"

"No, no ... I'm sorry. I missed it."

However, it was the Nemes general who said that spying was fine because it was within the Alliance.

I can't blame the Lieutenant.

"... well, good, but why the Losaith army ..."

The general annoys his head.

The report that the Eastern Army has failed has not reached the general.

In other words, the Losais troops have shortened the road in some way.

(If you infer from the number of flags, the number is around 6,000 ..... It is not a number that can move in the forest very much. It may not have moved instantaneously .... But, both West Road and East Road were completely suppressed. How ...!

The general reaches one possibility.

Hold your head and bang your fist on the ground.

"Damn! I'm this Christian, I am !!!! I didn't notice this !!!! No way, I'm a barbarian (Barbaroy) scratching the back with such a hand !!"

"Sho, general? What's going on? Did you know why the Rosais Army appeared?"

The general looks up and glares at his aide.

"It's a ship! They've gone around using the river !!!!" Kuss, no way Barbaroy would use the ship so far ... "

"The enemy will be surprised now."

Bartoro smiles happily while drinking.

Already, a strong team has been set up on the hill.

The enemy is 10,000.

It is not easy to attack the hills that 10,000 protect in 10,000.

And the defender is Bartolo.

It takes at least a day.

"And in a day, your Majesty will crush the Eastern Army by number. All you have to do is join me and beat the stupid Christians."

Bartolo slams the emptied vase against the ground and steps on it.

`` What kind of feeling would it be like a seaman, a Christian, who could only be chased by sheep and cultivated the fields, and a barbarian who couldn't even have a character scratched a boat? "

Bartolo said before the operation.

"I lead 6,000 behind and stop reinforcements. Lezad's mercenaries are 10,000. If there are 37,000, I can crush them by a number from the front. Move it, but beware of ambush. "

Certainly, I'm not as good at barrios as Bartolo.

That's an average ability for a general.

But.

Is it my fault to hear "Well, can you do this much?"

"Your Majesty is thinking too much."

Alice shouted a little amazed.

Recently, Alice has been following her as an escort to me.

I gave up because I was stalking even if I was driven away.

Apparently she was entrusted to Julia and Tetra, who were away from home.

Well, it's fine that women get along well ...

"Well, Bartolo isn't that rude. It's too much for me ... or, how do you look out for the ambush?"

can not understand.

For the time being, the wagon was placed in the center of his army as told by Bartolo.

On the sides are light infantry, the inside is the mobile Rosaith army, and the innermost is the national army that still employs phalanx.

If you're attacking by widows, attack! !

"Your Majesty! It seems there was an enemy attack at the end!"

"Intercept!"

"No, I have already intercepted. Ron Aemilius has repulsed."

Well, Ron was the one who kept the tail.

well done! !

"After all, ambush doesn't succeed."

"It's weird, although the ambush set up in Aldo by General Tonino of the king of Demorgarh continued to succeed."

Alice muttered, and General Tonino appeared from somewhere and caught her mouth.

General Tonino is a general of the king of Demorgarh, the principal who launched Prince Aldo's ambush supply line attack during a civil war in the king of Demorgarh.

"Hey, it's easy and a valid hand if your opponent is stupid. That fits in funnyly. I've done it. "

Of course, Aldo has no such intelligence.

If so, by this time Aldo would have been sitting on the throne of the kingdom of Domorgar, and my army would have lost.

All because of Aldo's fool.

It is not good to kick the dead.

He died.

If any humans die, they die equally.

Stop being stupid here.

"But one of the enemy generals is a Gaul ... is that the Kingdom of Roselle biting?"

"I don't think it is. Even though it's not Gaul, Gauls other than Roselle are irritating. It seems that Gaul is large.

Christians, Aderns, Alva, Pofenians, Gauls, Germanis, and more ...

It seems to be a unit like a salad ball.

Well, mercenaries are like that.

"Your Majesty! I saw the enemy flag ahead! About 10,000 soldiers!"

Scouts and falconer sorcerers continue to report.

There seems to be no misinformation.

"Tell the whole army. Prepare for the battle. Watch out for ambush."

The most defenseless is when you regroup.

If you are attacked by ambush at this time, it will be a little troublesome.

Perhaps well trained, the reshuffle was very quick.

During this time, he was attacked by enemy ambush three times, but he replayed everything.

I guess widows should not be against the army! !

"The enemy isn't finished ..."

"Well, it's a mercenary, and if your race is disjointed, forming a formation can be a challenge."

I came up close and knew it, but the weapons I used were different.

Shield size, sword, spear shape, length, presence of armor ...

The Rossais army is also brought by ordinary people, so the details are different, but ...

For now, the length and shape are unified.

It's like a swiftly built army.

By comparison, the Germanic mercenaries led by Alexios were incredible.

The weapons are the same, but the formation speed, morale, skill and discipline are very different from the enemy in front of you.

Again, the more such a squad, the more likely the commander will be the key to victory.

I wish Alexios was not the commander.

"All troops !! Assault !!"

I raise my voice.

No tricks are needed or possible.

You just need to crush them with numbers.

"Your Majesty, no!"

"What?"

Alice grabbed my clothes trying to lead the horse.

"I'm receiving a strict order from His Excellency Bartolo, his wife, other royals and guards, saying," Don't run your Majesty at the top! "

"……OK"

Well, I guess my showground will be gone. What a blessing ...

The battle was over in an hour.

My masterful commander ... I was able to destroy the enemy with the help of the excellent non-commissioned officer (century commander) whom Bartolo brought up.

......

Does I mean coming to the battlefield?