Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?

September 26, 7451

North of the Kingdom of Rombert.

The easternmost village of the Duke of Bertels, bordering the Granan Empire.

Its name is Honkulu.

To the east of this village there is only a small village called Jarrow, which was recently ambushed and captured by the army of the Junkel kingdom (Junkel is a count, so he is really a kingdom, but in the Lombard kingdom he was previously given the rank of king), which belongs to the Granan Empire.

With that in mind, Ronaldo was also feeling the smell of the recent move of the Junkel kingdom, and had sent troops to defend the territory.

Although it was dispatched in anticipation of the invasion of the Junkel kingdom, it was not able to be read until that time.

Although I was reading about the invasion in the first place, in addition to the fact that the strategic intentions of the Duke's country were unclear, there were also timing factors (in the Junkel Duke with high latitude and high altitude, the current period is in the middle of wheat pruning). If there was a direct invasion, I expected that there would be room for a few weeks to a month, and the defense troops could not arrive in time due to a slight delay.

And now, the troops that didn't make it arrived at Honkulu Village Square and stationed themselves there, building defensive positions in preparation for further incursions.

The commander is Sir Marie-Belle Laddock, the Third Company Commander of the First Knights, who also commands the Northern Army of the Kingdom of Lombardy.

“How's it going?”

Sir Lardock asked when he saw the face of the lieutenant who had entered the temporary headquarters.

"No. We've built a shelter outside the arable land to the east of the village."

Even if it is said to be anti-fouling, it is only a standard object, and the pile is drilled so as to reach a height of about 2 m, and the horizontal wood is stretched.

That said, you can work hard enough to stop the cavalry from rushing, and you need to be prepared to sacrifice if you want to destroy them.

What about the North and the South?

“We are currently building piles for thin points in the forest. The West is still untouched."

"I see. I'm sorry, but there shouldn't be much respite." Let me hurry. "

"Yes, but both Knight Regiment squadrons have also participated in the construction, and the speed is even faster than it is now....."

Sixty hours after arriving at Honkulu Village.

In that short period of time, even the eastern part of the village was being defended, which made the engineers highly skilled.

In any case, the barrier was built on the outside of the cultivated land, and it stretched over 100 meters to block the street in the east alone.

Compared to the company of the 4th Knights that accompanied me, my main task was to resupply and transport supplies, but I also seemed to be quite capable as an engineer.

Since the road leading to Jallow Village is narrow, there is no way to block the road.

Although the village of Jallow has been captured, not all of the villagers and the few soldiers who were supposed to be there were killed.

If we don't crush the enemy invaders as quickly as possible and try to recapture Jallow Village, the ransom will be sent back from the captured ones.

To that end, there is nothing but a time grace for backhaul, such as a time-saving barricade.

We need to gather enemies roughly to get rid of the invading troops.

It's a defensive battle for that.

Block off narrow streets or launch an attack en route, and the second half of the enemy forces will turn back to fortify Jallow Village or evacuate the prisoners.

"Hurry up, it's been three days since Jallow was imprisoned." It wouldn't be strange if they came right away. "

When the Lord said that.

Reporting! Enemy soldier! Ten minutes ago, an enemy unit was seen five centimeters away from the village!

Knocking was a pain in the ass, and the message rushed in.

"Here we are...! Prepare for battle!" I'll move the headquarters to the first fort! "

The first fort is a name given to a simple building with a little bamboo that was built suddenly in the middle of the arable land that stretches to the east of the village of Honkulu.

"You should take charge of the defense of the settlement." Don't spare any of the village servicemen. "

As he commands a knight packed in the command, Lord Lardock faces a half-necked helmet on his desk and lifts the Ebonite helmet next to it.

At the same time, when you put your strength into your ears and pin it, you put your ears through the hole in the top of the helmet.

The chin string was firmly tied under the chin with a half neck designed to protect from the unconventional chin tip.

On the forehead of the helmet, a large brass cup that shines gold as a frontal stand, stands at a steep angle as if to protect the long ears that are the hallmarks of the Bunny Man.

"Let's go. Get the horses!"

Her riding had already been arranged when Lord Lardock emerged from the temporary headquarters, screaming.



After a while.

On the narrow road through the Gischol Valley, the army of Uncle Junkel, headed by the Augur Group and comprising a total of 900 people, approached the village of Honkulu a few kilometers away.

"Fufufu. Your arm rings. I'll do it...."

On a military horse wearing birding armor, Tux Nephil, who leads the Augur Army's heavy cavalry, grinned as he licked his tongue.

His father, Zaboin Nephil, who was the head of the Augur Regiment, was bitterly pondering his son's condition beside him while also maneuvering a heavily armed horse.

"Tax, don't get out of my way."

"But, Dad..."

"Call me Captain."

"Captain, the riders will be active for a long time." It's impossible to escape. "

In Hesketh, where the Augur Regiment has been stationed until now, it has only been voluntarily conducting reconnaissance of the Demakar mountains, which are the border with the Kingdom of Lombardy, and it has not been officially assigned any task.

Therefore, the Heavy Cavalry, led by Tax, only had the opportunity to train in simulated battles, and they had plenty of time to spare.

"Still. Even though I got a vanguard..."

In addition to the painful things about his son, Zaboin's voice also had an anxious color.

As soon as he arrived at Jarrow Village, the scout reported that Honkulu Village was already manned by troops from the Kingdom of Lombardy, for some reason, but he had other concerns.

The recent attack on the village of Jallow came before they arrived there.

It was a complete ambush, and it was a great success.

After all, the village of Jallow had only personnel to replace the border posts and soldiers to maintain law and order.

For this reason, he was either killed or captured without even the hectic resistance, and even one of the serfs was able to capture the village at once without missing it.

What do you call this without saying it's a great success?

Before arriving at Jarrow Village, Zaboin and Red Army Commander Vasco Bendits, who heard about the ambush's success, were also very pleased with the result.

I didn't miss a single one of the attacked Jallow Village, so the next attack was promised to be a surprise attack.

As a result, the next moment, Zaboin and Vasco take the lead on this Honkulu village.

After all, as a side operation in parallel with the attack on Honkulu, the attack on Besso Village, which is further southwest than Honkulu Village, was planned.

The village of Honkulu is over 1,000 inhabitants in size, and it is a village of a reasonable size spread over the lowlands at the end of the valley.

Of course, from the village of Jallow, which has just been occupied, there is also a road that runs near the bottom of the valley, which can be accessed by carriage rather than by horseback.

On the other hand, the village of Besso, which is planned to be attacked in a sub-mission, cannot be reached without going beyond the busy road that leads to the bottom of Mount Batras in the south (of course, the road leading to the village of Honkulu and other villages in the south is connected).

The village has a population of about 800, which is inferior to the village of Honkulu.

In short, the odds of ambushing either village were considered to be unchanged.

The Honkulu Village is much larger, and the distance traveled is short, and the journey is easy.

In any case, it is self-evident that I want to attack those who have a large penetration and are comfortable.

A reconnaissance team returned at that time and reported the arrival of a unit of the Rombert Kingdom Army in the village of Honkulu.

The number is said to be slightly more than 100.

From the banner, the unit was said to be a company of the Fourth Knights, which was supposed to be stationed in Frakis.

The cavalry included in the unit was only a few cavalry riders, so if you tolerate some damage, you will have 50 heavy cavalry troops, and there is a good chance that the Augur Regiment, which has 400 fighters alone, will fall.

In addition, the marquis Junkel's army, who fell into the Jallow Village, will be accompanied by about 500 men, so it will hit the opponent with nine times the strength, so it is highly likely that the attack will succeed.

Of course, it's possible that the Lombard side has already captured the fall of Jarrow Village.

However, I wasn't reading the attack itself.

If I had read it, I would have had more soldiers in Jallow Village in the first place.

I knew the fall of Jarrow Village, but my defensive strength was slightly over 100.

Even if the presence of defensive troops on the Junkel side is out of calculation, the number itself is well known.

Due to the large difference in forces, it was thought that the attack would be overwhelming as originally thought, and the damage would be contained.

In short, it did not deviate greatly from the original plan, and if I could capture the knight class etc. well, I could only earn a ransom.

As a result, it seemed that the two men's frontline battles would intensify even more.

However, Vasco, who leads the Red Army, said, "Let me think about it."

After a while, Vasco returned to the conversation room and threw away the argument that "The Augur Army has 50 cavalry horses..." and gave me the right to take the lead over Honkulu Village.

It would have been impossible for Zaboin, who heard that, and the captain of the Hou National Army, who was present at the scene and mediated the discussion between the two, to think that "the unexpected enemy troops would have been confirmed and would have been damaged".

Acceptable damage is very different between the Augur and Red Soldiers.

As a result, the Augur regiment was given a vanguard to the village of Honkulu.

Zaboin bought Vasco expensively because he didn't suit his young age, and he managed his own mercenary group firmly.

Zaboin cannot help but feel something because he said that he would abandon his right of initiative to Honkulu Village, which he had appealed to us to argue with before, and join the attack on Besso Village, which has little flavor, without participating in the strategy of attacking Honkulu Village, which has a great flavor.

Will Vasco abandon the Honkulu outpost with some anticipated damage?

But no matter how much I think about it, I can't think of another reason.

Of course, Rombert's troops, who are in the village of Honkulu with Zaboin, are regarded as a source of concern.

Also worthy of trust is the report that not even a single cat child has been missed in the strategy of Jallow Village.

I understand that this operation is very important for the Junkel Duke, and it has invested a lot of time and money, so I don't think that such a part of the report will be false.

In addition, Ronaldo will be suspicious that the journey with Jarrow Village has been interrupted, and it is expected that he will act in anticipation of the fall of Jarrow Village based on the association therefrom.

However, it is impossible to send troops to Honkulu immediately after learning of the fall of Jallow Village.

Originally, it was predicted that the ambush itself, as the name suggests, would only be a strategy for the first Jallow Village.

As a plan, after the capture of Jallow Village, Honkulu Village and Besso Village were electrocuted. After that, the commandos of both villages were aligned, and an attack was planned on the city called Curry behind them.

In that case, it would be a two-way attack, so it was expected that Curry's defense would be quite difficult.

The city of Curry is halfway between the fallen village of Jarrow and Frakis.

It's a very important city.

The main purpose of this operation was to take down this Curry City and capture it.

If we can capture the Honkulu and Besso villages and capture the Curry, the Junkel Kingdom will be able to send a large force against the Lombard Kingdom with ease.

After all, the road to Gisool Valley is narrow and not conducive to quick troop movements.

Therefore, the fact that it was not attacked on the road itself is evidence that the Rombert side has not noticed this invasion.

The reason Rombert knew about the fall of Jarrow Village was that the reconnaissance network built before was more effective than expected, mainly for adventurers and hunters.

In that regard, it would be a credit to Lord Lardock, who had poured sufficient budget into the construction of the reconnaissance network.

At the same time, there is no busy road in the valley that does not attack on the street passing through the Gischool Valley, and because of the narrow road width, I let the number of people who can be born quickly protect it, and in the end I thought that I could not resist the number.

However, a small task force was formed to push through the forest above the valley, cut down trees and drop them in the valley at a suitable location beyond the border point beyond Jallow Village, and ordered to cause a collapse of the cliff to block the way home.

Of course, the Junkel side did not allow a sufficient number of people to patrol the valley to protect the road from such workmanship.

The land above the valley is covered with deep forests, and there are many dangerous areas with monsters, as well as rough and poorly scaffolded places.

If the two forces face each other, we will both have to prepare for heavy damage.



"Hmmm..."

East side of Honkulu village.

Zaboin sighs as he sees a fence that blocks the street.

I came back a few hours ago because it was as reported.

According to reports, more than 500 defense troops are already in the village, preparing for our attack.

--500... as usual, there weren't many cavalry. This guy, he's been spotted, right?

Zaboin remembered Vasco, who led the Red Army.

--He's all alone, how did you do this...?

The Red Soldier had been working on Rombert's side for a long time.

Not to mention Frakis, who was also assigned to defend the Honkulu and Jallow villages.

I also remember the time when I was a deputy commander of the Red Army, such as Siess.

After hearing from Vasco that the company sent to Honkulu as an advance belonged to the Fourth Knights, Jease said, “The Second Knights, which is the main force, will arrive soon. This is also a possibility that the invasion was detected...”

As a result, Vasco made a policy change.

Especially since Vasco hasn't communicated that kind of information, it can be said that his mercenary guts are stained even from the bone marrow.

Chief... what should we do?

My son, Tux, who leads the heavy cavalry, asks Zaboin, but he's not asking questions because he doesn't know what to do.

"You can take some time." Make a detour to the north and break into the fenced area. "

As far as I can see, there is nothing like a gate in the fence blocking the street.

In other words, it wasn't built before, it was a surprise in anticipation of our attack.

Send a reply to the captain and return to the Heavy Cavalry. Looking at Tux, Zavoyne selects the one that fits the situation from the operation she has set up with the captain in charge of the Hou Nation Army.

There's no way I'm going backwards now.

In other words, push your infantry forward to break the fence.

The idea was that bypass attacks would have been detected.

Such tactics will only be adopted by Augur regiments who are confident in their offensive and breakthrough powers.