Otoko Nara Ikkokuichijou no Aruji o Mezasa Nakya, ne?
Episode 343: Northern Defense Battle Midway
September 26, 7451
--Hey, hey, this guy...
Zaboin Nephil, commander of the Augur Brigade, bitterly bites his umbilical cord.
The village of Honkulu is just under attack.
Of course, the reason is that the entire defense force was found to be about 500 troops.
According to the reconnaissance report issued before and after the advance attack team from Junkerland dropped the village of Jarrow and the Augur regiment was stationed in the village of Jarrow, the defensive strength of the village of Honkulu was about 100.
Since then, it has been avenged to refrain from reconnoitring to Honkulu Village in order not to subvert Jallow Village's strategy.
However, Zaboin, who has a lot of experience, does not become weak.
In the first place, the defense force of about 500 is far from the "worst" that was expected.
The problem lay in the quality.
--The Bendits knew about this...?
Recently, the young commander of the Red Army, who was contending for the lead to this Honkulu village, gave the Augur regiment the lead to the Honkulu village with a large entrance and easy movement when he heard the report that "the appearance of Lombard soldiers was confirmed in Honkulu village". He returned the palm of his hand when he participated in the attack on Besso village with little entrance and no busy road.
On the other hand, Zaboin felt a little unnatural.
However, the size of the Red Soldier and the Augur Regiment was quite different, so I thought that I might have been afraid of the damage, but I was thinking about it.
"Alright! Turn left!" Left! "
While loudly instructing his men from above, Zaboin desperately suppressed his face from becoming distorted.
The eastern side of Honkulu Village was blocked by roads, and the sweet parts of the fence were scattered around.
Even if the construction is sweet, it can be said that the number of ropes wrapped around the pile that constitutes the fence and the crosswood that connects the pile is less than the others, or the thickness of the crosswood is slightly thinner than the others, and it is not known if you do not carefully observe it.
If Zaboin was a regular mercenary leader, he wouldn't have noticed the difference.
After years of experience, Zaboin naturally took the tactic of getting his infantry into it.
Of course, the cavalry unit that he was entrusting to his son while doing the recreational work was also sent to the north side of the village.
Since there is no gate to the fence, there is no way to send a large number of soldiers into the village without breaking anywhere near the road or bypassing the edge of the fence.
As for Zaboin, we must build a fence and spread it as soon as possible.
I wonder if Ronaldo had read the attackers' emotions.
The part that seemed to be sweetly made was an exhaustive trap.
Pitfalls were dug in the front of the area, and spikes grew inside the fence that seemed thin.
The former fell into a pitfall and collapsed when he approached unknowingly.
If you don't know the pitfalls that are only a few tens of centimeters deep, you'll fall, and if you fall, you'll be prey to spears and arrows.
In addition, even if the existence of pitfalls is found, the existence of gaps does not change.
Soldiers are forced to fight in poorly scaffolded, terraced areas.
The latter is the latter, and if you finally attach it and hang the rope or hand to destroy the horizontal board, the blade and spike embedded inside will hurt the rope and the soldiers' hands.
Even so, even if it was one of the broken castle hammers, I could break the horizontal board with just a little sacrifice, but I didn't bring a heavy and dull broken castle hammer with me, and I didn't have time to make it.
But in terms of numbers, Uncle Junkel won.
In addition, unlike the Daybus Kingdom, the quality of the soldiers was also compatible.
The defensive side of the ground is on the side of the Lombert Kingdom, but the sudden feeling of fence defense cannot be removed, and the trap is not caught by the thought that it is "in the weak part of the fence".
- Just a little more patience. "Almost there, the taxi is going around..."
Zaboin was calm with bitter thoughts.
As he imagined, the fence was about a hundred meters wide from north to south.
The heavy cavalry of the Augur Regiment, entrusted to his son, bypassed the fence from the north and the cavalry of the Marquis Junkel's army from the south.
Since the village is surrounded by a deep forest, it takes no time to detour, although it is not a great distance.
Naturally, their movements have been detected by the Lombert forces, but they have not been left alone as Lombert forces, and the movement of a group of opposing forces has been confirmed.
On the north side, there are more than 100 infantry units equipped with spears (pike), led by several cavalrymen.
On the south side, the cavalry unit equipped with black dyed metal armor was slightly less than 20 riders.
Despite being about to be bypassed by about the same number of cavalry units as about 50 horsemen from both the north and the south, the defensive force numbers are very different, but this is not unnatural.
All of the Augur Cavalry's cavalry, who are bypassing the north, are wearing metal armor and are heavily armed with shields and horseback spears (Lance), so it's only natural to hit them with a large number of Pike soldiers.
The Heavy Cavalry can be held back by an equal number of cavalrymen equally well-equipped or more than double the number of pike-equipped infantry.
As a Ronbelt Army, I could tell that since we continued to attack and defend with the fence, we did not go to the defense of the diversion force any more, and in the end, we were forced to intercept with insufficient formation from both sides.
- Fufu. I didn't know you'd be attacked by this many cavalry units along with the Augur Regiment.
Zaboin's thoughts were taken for granted.
In Auschwitz, the number of cavalry included in the army's ranks is as high as five percent, and is usually two to three percent.
In this battle, Uncle Junkel's National Army, together with the Augur Regiment, put in a total of 1,800 cavalrymen, and 20 percent of the strategic unit 900 were cavalrymen, which was a combination of maneuver, attack, and defense.
Only then can we see how well Bo Guo is put into this operation.
The breakdown of the 180 horsepower is a total of 100 for the diverting unit, the commander of each unit is about 20, and the remaining 60 horsepower is the reserve strength and the breakthrough strength when the fence is broken.
Giaaa!
I don't know which army it came from, but I heard the soldier's doom.
Alright, I'll slap you over there!
Instead of constructing a fence, Zaboine directed the next point of attack to a thinly defended area.
In the meantime, the defense forces divided between the north and the south of the formation also saw movement.
The cavalry that completed the detour must have begun its assault.
"... All right, all riders, spindle formation!"
Looking back only once, Tux Nephil skips the direction of the assault formation.
"Follow me! I'm going!"
He roared courageously and charged into the village of Honkulu, following his heavily armored cavalry.
Because of their character, the Augur Army's heavy cavalry is often deployed in important stages of the battlefield.
And it's a tradition for cavalry commanders to always be on the front lines.
Tax was also literally at the forefront of the spindle, taking the command of past cavalry units as an example.
It seemed that the Rombert army waiting for them was led by a small number of knights, a force centered on a total of about 100 Pike soldiers.
In the first place, the defense forces themselves weren't big enough, so I couldn't say that they were big enough.
When he sees it, Tux shields his entire body with a shield equipped to his left hand, and at the same time points the horseback spear (lance) in his right hand slightly below the horizontal.
The powerful hoof sound of the rider's horse undeniably lifted the mood of the taxi.
These assaults have been experienced by Tax many times.
As soon as I got out of the forest, I sprinted on the riding belly and took it to the fastest speed.
At the same time, I shook my head dexterously, manipulated the reins, and guided the rider to the right.
Hyuu, the wind crackled, and something magical like a stone or something attacked my ears.
If I was a little slower, it wouldn't be strange to hit me face-to-face.
I'm not interested in what happened to the bolt that didn't hit him.
- This is how it's supposed to be!
I licked my lips smiling under a metal helmet.
I don't have the hobby of piercing a sharp, pointed spearhead to pierce a metal armor like an idiot.
It's easy to bypass a big battle that involves thousands of people clashing with each other, and there's plenty of room for that number.
When I saw that the Tax Cavalry did not hit me from the front, I shouted something while waving a long sword (long sword) that could be said to be the commanding sword in the hands of a cavalryman like the commander of Rombert...
A spear (pike) is a type of long spear that has developed into a defensive weapon against not only infantry, but also cavalry.
Basically, there is no extra decoration or large blade attached, and it has a structure that can be said to be close to something that just pointed at the tip of a long pattern.
When intercepting the cavalry, it is common to use a stone collision on the ground opposite to the tip, so as to force the cavalry into an elongated pile that grows diagonally from the ground.
The user adjusts the angle and direction of the spear so that the horse's thrust can be captured on the ground.
However, if the opponent is a skilled cavalry soldier, they can still be diverted by the use of spears and shields.
In that case, the fate of the pike user is only to follow the skewer with a horseback spear.
Pike, which was positioned to grow from the ground, was lifted at once, and at the same time the formation was about to be transformed to match the taxis who were turning from the side to the side.
That's exactly what Tax was after.
Now that Pike's collision can't be fixed to the ground, it's imperative that someone comes out who has to stop the assault with just his armpit...
Squeeze your arms together and focus on your right arm as you hold the lance.
"I'M AAAAAHHHHHH!!"
Pike, who was set up for himself, turned away with Lance's hand.
I could see that Pike's deviated tip was bounced by the armor on his right upper arm.
At about the same time, I used the peak of the shield to pay off the tip that was sticking out from the other direction.
The shield was misaligned and the tip of my left chest was pushed out.
"However, being pushed out..."
- Heh. It's a hand-hewn pike!
Gulp!!
The tip of the pike was not pierced by a sturdy metal breastplate, and was diverted to the upper part of the left shoulder while making an unpleasant scratching sound.
At the same time, he stabbed Lance into the chest of a soldier.
In response to a feeling I had been feeling for a long time, Tux's mouth screamed cheerfully.
Immediately thereafter, a heavy cavalry soldier following him thrust a lance at the soldier next to him, causing him to scream.
Push forward a little while stabbing the soldier.
In the meantime, I relied on my left-handed shield.
In less than a second, the next cavalry will arrive.
Some of them were pierced by Pike's stomach and chest, and some of them fell off their horses, but only the horses pushed in and disrupted the defensive formation.
When I let go of the lance, I removed the spear (spear) from the holster and put it back in place.
Tax's ears are cracked by the rage, screams, and painful screams emanating from Rombert's commanders.
"It's all my fault!"
When he shakes his spear to create a slight safety zone, Tax shifts his riding slightly aside.
The cavalry that followed in the space pushed in and disrupted the spear formation even further.
He changes his equipment from Lance to Spear as quickly as Tax does.
The Augur Regiment's heavy cavalry's impact and defenses are unmatched.
It wasn't enough to stop them from rushing.
"Tsk......"
Lord Lardock, commander of the Rombert army, tongued as he watched the bypass attack from the depths of the first fort.
Enemy detachment has fenced us in.
I knew that sooner or later this would happen because of insufficient defense forces and defensive facilities.
When this happened, it was close to a turbulent battle, and it was difficult to command it from Kaoru.
You'll be counting on the command of each of your Troop Commanders.
However, we anticipated that the enemy's bypass attack would take place almost simultaneously.
The cavalry of the Junkel army that came in from the north was heavier than I expected, and our defenses were quickly being pulled out.
In addition, the defense troops equipped with Pike were not in battle, but were a company of the Fourth Knight, so they did not expect much in the first place.
That said, I want you to hold on a little longer.
There were only two columns on the side.
There was nothing I could do more than divide a few people.
Truth be told, we should also know what the enemy forces that are circling from the south look like. However, if they are pulled out from the north now, it is more obvious than looking at the fire that the second knight group, which is the main force guarding the fence, will suffer heavy damage from side or rear attacks.
I'm not going to let that defense slip.
She jumped down the ladder a few steps to jump off and jumped on her riding.
"You sent a message to Tiek!" The detour attack from the south will not be allowed to retreat, it will be defended! "
At the same time as he ordered one of his servants, Lord Lardock led only the HQ management platoon and ran the second riding in the northern defensive line.
As I ran, I pulled out my favorite spear from the holster.
The three knights who followed her, without having to look back and check, would have the same spears.
--But it's still fragile...
I could see that the Pike Squad was about to be broken through as we were almost there.
A glimpse of the enemy cavalry bypassing the southern fence could be seen assaulting her own men.
- Tiek, you're dead, you're dead!
”Niiiiiiiiiing!”
A total of four horsemen, led by Lord Lardock, dared to charge at the enemy with arrow-like speed.
About the same time.
The village of Besso.
It's been a complete ambush.
Yeah.
Vasco nodded to the words of the satisfied commander of the kingdom.
In an attempt to launch a strategy against the village of Besso at about the same time as the strategy of Honkulu Village, their Red Soldiers and the capturing troops of the Republic had left Jallow Village two days earlier than the capturing troops of Honkulu Village.
Since the presence of the defense forces in the village of Honkulu had been confirmed, the possibility of a defense force being deployed in the village of Besso had been taken into account.
However, since the village of Besso was closer than the village of Honkulu from the perspective of the first occupied village, and there was no road leading directly to it, there was only a serviceman corps composed of the village servicemen who had a decent defense force.
Incidentally, it was only yesterday evening that they arrived near the village of Besso.
The Red Soldiers were stationed in the Duke of Bertels' territory in the first place, and their main task at that time was to patrol the entire area near the border with the Duke of Junkel.
Those who had belonged to the company since that time also remained for a short while, starting with Siess, who served as the deputy captain.
It was the result of them leading their troops from the village of Jallow to the vicinity of Besso.
Resting overnight and recovering health, the Red Soldier and the Tactical Troops, with a total of 300 men, quickly fell into a hectic resistance in the village of Besso.
We took over the noble mansion that owned the village, left the looting to our men, and the two decided to send a message to the village of Jallow.
In the woods beside the village of Besso.
While carefully hiding himself in the trees and bushes, Zess watched the plunder.
The sight of him and the minions accompanying him was as enviable as it was possible, and some of his minions seemed to be waiting for Zess's orders now or later.
--There's a 300 there... I can't get a head count like this on a boulder. "Let's go back to the first village we attacked..."
I'll go back to where I slept three days ago.
I stood up softly to the orcs who were obedient.