Oukoku e Tsuzuku Michi

Episode 33: Central Army Formation

The square in front of the royal palace, a number of soldiers lined up neatly to reach 3000 in that place, which was the scene of intense fighting during the rebel crackdown.

Founded today in the liver of the new king, the formation ceremony of the central army was taking place.

"Gentlemen, the rest is in this bravery..."

The speech of King Alexandro I continues.

Ultimately, the central army says it plans to be more than three times larger than it is now.

They launched it with their current power in order to get it up and running as soon as possible.

"The 1st Cavalry Squadron has almost all the constants,"

Celia rides next to me and Agor lines up on the other side.

He was officially placed as my deputy.

Celia seemed unhappy, but she just can't get her to give her directing advice either.

"The Legion Commander has placed the cavalry as a priority."

Now my squadron with 200 cavalry in an army with no alignment can definitely be said to be the main force.

Moreover, it was clear that the formation of Light Cavalry 20 for reconnaissance in Heavy Cavalry 180 with similar equipment to the Knights, and Cavalry only assumed a battle that was not a monster or bandit opponent.

"We've got the numbers, but I'm still anxious about the degree of practice. I thought I'd even train for a while."

I guess it's still an unfinished force for Agor, who has seen the Federation's finished army.

Infantry and cavalry would be as different on their own, but much better than Zub's amateur.

He himself has a serious personality and is doing his best for the team, a good pick up.

"Our primary role is to break through enemy positions. Prioritize training for a breakthrough first."

"Ha!"

At the end of the king's speech, the legion leaves the square and marches around the king's capital.

The march revolved around an area lined with aristocratic halls, and it was clear that the purpose was to show the Central Army's masquerade besides the outside enemy.

Among them, the sound of the horseshoes rang by 200 cavalry was awesome, and some of the nobles had the look of bitter bugs chewed up as opposed to innocently waving children.

The creation of the central army was proclaimed throughout the kingdom, and it was to occupy its position as the main Gordonian force under the Legion Commander, Associate Baron Eirich Radharde, as a direct soldier of the King.

"No, I'm tired! But it's a hell of an armed unit."

"Watch your mouth! You're a soldier!

At the end of the ceremony, Agor controlled Christoph, who spoke in a mild tone.

Celia also stares with sharp eyes.

"I'm so sorry... don't go crazy..."

He really placed himself as a soldier.

Whatever you think, I didn't think you had the skill to be a commander.

Even as a single soldier, you'd be honestly a soldier below average, like a few pairs.

"You're a really stupid bastard, too."

The former [Wings of Dawn] group of curls join the conversation.

He also stayed in the squad saying that all he could do was run a soldier.

The two of you who are in good shape and light personality seem to have had horses and are often with you.

The only difference is whether you have the strength or not.

"'Cause, Carl, I'm not used to saluting people I've been talking to."

"Mercenaries salute you if you give them money... are you an amateur?"

"But the captain's a bad guy, too. I wish I was the captain of the platoon anyway."

I can't do such harsh things to the soldiers.

I work for Christoph as a banquet manager.

"That kind of mouth at least be the best in your platoon, then slap it"

There are many occasions when command is more important than personal martial arts when you are more than a squadron leader, but it is normal for a squadron leader to have the strongest guy in that squad.

I don't have any men to follow you down the road.

Apparently Agor will work in training quickly to increase troop proficiency.

He says the noble squadron commander is just about ready to come and see it from time to time.

Sure enough, if the captain had a slightly loud face, it would be hard to train.

"Then leave the training to Agor. Let me know as soon as something happens."

In the running noise of the horse, after the training ground while being dropped off by salute.

"Hey... is that the noble captain? I don't know if I'll be at the whorehouse in the daytime."

"Bye! I can hear you."

"Heh, you must have had the nerve to cut me off where I heard you."

"You don't know? That captain is no good! He's a fierce general who beat and slaughtered 20 Kingsguards in the previous rebellion and became a new nobleman!

Besides, there's talk of halving the Kingsguard.

"Rumor has it that it's my hobby to skewer the guy I picked up and expose him to life blood."

"There's talk of you surrounding the mansion with a bunch of women and fucking them all day."

"It depends on the allowance and the virginity. Your dick is always bloody."

"We also talked about killing thieves who entered the mansion and eating their guts..."

I don't know what kind of monster I am, but I'd rather leave it alone than be licked.

I can't believe the soldiers really believe it all either.

I don't want to take the time to get bored with it, I want to do something.

On the way home, I receive what I have ordered by the store.

"That's... what is it?

As a matter of course, Celia, who is coming through the training ground about me, peeks in with interest.

It's for you, but let's keep it a secret until we get home.

"Carla, Melissa, do you have time?

"Hmm? Make a child?

"Yes. It's okay."

I bought such a large mansion that I still have a spare room even if I have a private room for my family and a servant.

One of them was something I had bought by holding up a small table and chair...... spread out some books.

"This is... what is it?

"I can't read. Read it."

"Is this... practicing letters?

That's the thing.

Celia and Kara are the only ones of us who can't read the letters.

Celia cared that she couldn't read the letters, and from now on, she'll need them.

I don't care about Kara, but she seems to be a beast, so let's get her intellect on.

"That's right, Celia, Carla. You guys can read and write too. Melissa asks as a teacher"

Melissa can read and write as well as calculate.

Nonna can read and write well, but it doesn't go well with Kara, and Celia doesn't seem to like it.

"Happy if I may, good luck to both of you"

"Dear Eigil... Thank you..."

"Er, it's hard."

Celia was moved to tears, but Carla still seemed to care.

Celia, who manages to study desperately to absorb her knowledge, smiles, but I was more intimate with Carla, who studies shabby on the act of sweets and beds.

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Once upon a time in the woods.

"Look, you're wrong again."

"What happens when you remember something like this?"

"Not at all anymore...... Okay, I'll do something amazing for the kid's penis if there's no mistake in the next writing."

"Amazing thing?

"Yeah, see, my tongue's pretty long, isn't it? I wonder what this will do."

…………

"If I were perfect three times in a row, I'd only be a slave to the boy for a day. Wherever you like… humiliating or painful."

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"Do they crawl like dogs all day naked? Or tie it to the bed with a big crotch opening? These are radishes, and the soil stays on... you don't do outrageous imitations of screwing something like this, do you? Ugh."

"Be quiet because I want to concentrate."

"Oh, sweetie."

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"You hit me in the head with a brilliant shot, and you had a sweet lover"

The efficiency of my studies has dramatically improved since then.

"? Dear Agil, I don't know where..."

"Celia, this is what you write there."

"Ah, thank you!

The study lasted until Nonna came to peek and started a fight with Kara, who suspected we might be snuggling.

"Hey, Mr. Agil. If you're free."

"I want to teach my kids letters. Wouldn't you?"

"Ah...... yeah"

"It's only after chores and bath burning. I'll tell Maria not until it's all over. He's so sweet, he's going to make as many concessions as he wants."

"Ugh!

I don't really want to read the book myself, but why don't I buy it on the bookshelf and collect it?

That thought came to me when I watched Celia keep writing silently, not involving herself next to Carla and Nonna's argument.

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A month later

"Squadron - align!!

It sounds metal, and 180 horsemen of heavy-duty cavalry align to the box shape.

The difficulty of cavalry aligning is extraordinarily higher than that of infantry.

Whether or not you can do this quickly is therefore a guide to changing formation and moving speed on the battlefield.

Our 1st Cavalry Squadron forms the perfect faction in just a few moments.

Definitely the earliest of the nascent central armies.

"That's brilliant. You've worked out so well in a month."

"No, not yet. You can shorten it to half the time."

Agor aims to be an elite force by federal standards.

The proficiency of the Olga Confederacy is not comparable to that of the Central Plains countries, and it is common sense that it is superior even to the Empire.

"The group assault training is in good shape, too. After that, I'd like to do some hands-on assault training while preventing bows."

Heavily armed cavalry is arguably the greatest threat to infantry.

Naturally, bows and other ranged weapons will be the top priority goal, so the level of activity on the battlefield will change completely depending on whether you can storm your opponent while preventing this.

"Yes. I'm letting you practice assault with your shield up..."

"Let the arrow with the tip covered with a cloth actually shoot. I'll talk to the archers. I'm wearing all those protective gear, and it's no big deal if I hit it."

"Let's put some paint on it and give it extra training for those who eat it on their heads and chests."

"That's a good idea."

The central army is allocated a relatively luxurious budget.

I can raise enough supplies for my training.

"I can't say it's done yet, but as a team, I'm proud to say it's getting pretty neat"

"I guess so, can those guys already be used in action?

"I don't know."

As soon as I glanced at Agor for the clapping answer, I kept saying.

"You will excel in the Central Army, but you will only know on the battlefield if you can use it on the battlefield. No matter how much you train, you're only half-service."

The wings of the dawn, which gathered mercenaries from the war, beat out the Kingsguard, who boasted the strongest degree of practice.

Agor can say anything, but this isn't all something I or Eirich can do about it.

There's no way I'm gonna tell you to go to war because I want to train my troops.

"That's beyond our scope, isn't it? I'll be ready to train you to take the arrow earlier, keep working out."

"Ha!"

We need to talk to Lord Radharde about joint training.

"So can you allow me?

"Um, it's conceivable enough for a cavalry to take an arrow. Necessary training, let's allow it."

"Thank you. Or one more thing..."

"Experience in action... you can't wage war on my side... because the Central Army hustled all over Wang Capital as an elite, I mean, you can't move to bandit extermination or demon extermination anymore"

"Do I have to train for the time being"

"Right, the number of soldiers is definitely increasing. If we keep this up..."

A sudden visitor raised his voice.

"Hmm, I've been thinking about the rest."

"This, Your Majesty!

All commanders poke their knees, starting with Eirich.

"Stand up. I'm not interrupting your training."

"All rise! Keep going!"

The soldiers resumed their training with greater intensity.

"I'm going to know how brittle the rest of the army is without real combat experience. I've already hit my hand."

"May I ask you something, I'm afraid?

The king opens his mouth to make sure there is no one but me and Eirich.

"The rest, as announced at the crowning ceremony, demanded that each territorial nobility pay extraordinary taxes on the expenses necessary to strengthen the army, but there were many reluctant nobles."

I can't help it, they won't take a sudden extraordinary tax increase as "yes, really?"

"Especially Arnold Border Uncle and the surrounding noblemen sent us something else to protest."

A frontier uncle is a nobleman who has been granted a vast territory around the frontier, whose status is considered similar to that of a marquis.

Owing to the nature of its location on the border, it had its own significant military strength, often at the core of the surrounding aristocracy, in conjunction with its high status.

"So the rest of us imposed three times the extraordinary tax due this month, and if we don't pay, we notified them that we're going to nationalize the iron mines in our territory."

It's impotent.

A triple tax, too, but iron mines are an extremely important right alongside gold and silver mines.

Taking this up is tantamount to being held up territory.

"Your Majesty...... Bye"

There are unscrupulous demands from the new king, fellow aristocrats around, and their own forces as well.

If so, thinking is limited.

"If you're offering a mine with taxes, fine. It only brings real experience to the Central Army if it comes to the foolish idea, and a vast amount of national land left."

The king wanted to sharpen the power of the ancient nobility more than before.

You must consider this a good opportunity.

"Perhaps you will be given the stage of action. Don't be lazy."

The king left, and me and Eirich decided to schedule a training session for the actual battle.

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Goldonia South Arnold Border Border Border Border Border Residence

"What is this!! You stupid king!

The man breaks a letter with a royal mark on it and slaps it on his desk.

"My lord, the royal crest. Such"

"Funny! I don't remember ever recognizing a young man like that as a king. You irrational fool!

The yelling middle-aged man is an ancient shogun nobleman with territory on the Arnold Border Uncle, southern Gordonia and the Arkland Border.

"Will the Earl of Roland be there!

"What have you done with this out loud?

The Earl of Roland is an aristocrat adjacent to the Arnold border uncle and territory, and the two families have been in intimate relations for generations.

Already over 55 years old, he was once famous as a schemer who waved his arm in the royal palace.

"What's the matter with you! I followed my uncle's advice and sent him a joint protest, but this is the answer!

The Arnold Borderline uncle showed Count Roland to poke at the torn letter.

The Old Count, who is just too content, is also breathtaking.

"Huh!? This... is too intact. Your Majesty sincerely thinks this one will take it too. Perhaps not a threat to make this one accept extraordinary taxes?

Arnold regained some calm but shook his head.

"He's the man who murdered His Highness Bertrius and the Duke of Arens. Likewise, we could be deceased."

It has become an implicit understanding among the high-ranking nobles that the uprising ahead is a ploy to contend for the throne.

"Surely, there is no denying the possibility... even a calculation that exhausts where we went to the Wang Capital to open the case..."

"It would be! Then you can continue to ignore it."

"No, we have better hands. Gather the soldiers at Uncle Borderline's disposal."

Arnold has just a slight look on his face.

Say you don't like it. The king is a felony above all the great opposite for the king, the ancient nobleman who serves from generation to generation.

"Uncle... do you know what you're talking about?

But the look on the face of the Earl of Roland remains the same.

"I'm not planning to overthrow the royal family. We show our resolve and make the king give in. All the nobles around your territory will be able to gather quite a few soldiers if you help them for generations to come."

"But the king will remain silent. Aren't you sending soldiers to us?

"The King's Army counts 10,000, but it's addressed to security in every region, and there's no room for us to turn to it. If Uncle Neighbourhood and the nobles around us gather the peasants together, we'll have 5,000 or 6,000 soon."

"Sure... but my soldiers are mainly handed out to the Arkland border. Collect it and the border will be empty."

"That's one of my hands. The king should know that the border with Arkland is in danger if the confusion prolongs. That's why if you glue the war situation, the king will break better. If the king forgives you, it won't be the other way around."

"A new army called the Central Army has been created in Wang Du, and it's worth five thousand."

"Think calmly, Uncle Arnold. Such a collection can be a decent battle. We have the king's toy, the land's good, and we have nothing to fear."

"But... ummm"

Alnod understood with his head, but he couldn't think of losing everything if he screwed things up.

"Let's strengthen Royal surveillance even if we break and deliver this case. I wish I could report all my income in your territory, to the royal family..."

Borderline uncle territory is on the border and far from the king's capital.

Surveillance was hard to reach, and the illegal slave trade, the trade without tariffs, was also why the Arnods were wealthy.

The next day, some nobles representing the Arnold Border House protested against the King's abuse of power, declaring that they would not be subject to royal rule until their word was heard, and marshalling their forces within the Border House territory.

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Name Agil-Hardlet, 19, early summer.

Status Ser Knight of the Kingdom of Goldonia 1st Cavalry Squadron Commander of the Central Army

80 Yearly Salary Coins

245 property gold coins (discount below silver coins)

Weapon Dual Crater (Great Sword) Large Valdish (Spear)

Plate Armor Black Cloak (Curse) in Upper Steel on Equipment

Fellow Celia Nonna-Electra Melissa Maria Carla

Servant Mitty Almachlor

Subordinate Agor (Deputy) Christoph Karl Schwartz (Horse)

28 Experienced