Price of Management

“Yes, my lord. ”

“I'm giving you command of 1,500 soldiers, 6,000 conscripts, 150 mercenaries, and all the knights of my family. Conquer the Night's Watch. ”

“Yes!”

“The important thing is not to overdo it. You don't want to face Basque Kunt, do you? ”

“No, of course not. ”

Gath is a pinch.

At this age, as opposed to being Exported, Basque Kunt was a true force even during the spring civil war.

No matter how much I smoked, Gath didn't want to fight that person.

A wagon on its way to the Emperor's Passage may be picked up by the Pokémon.

“Contact the writer's army from time to time and slowly tighten the noose together. ”

“Yes.”

* * *

Even though he was an old man, he led his own army on an expedition. Of course, it shouldn't have boiled the blood of a fighter all of a sudden in the last year.

'Be cautious. ’

Marquis Malles devised this plan very carefully.

He brought in Petram because he was not willing to fight alone against the author Kunt, an orthodox knight family.

Even so, I did not want to equally share the order of the Kunt Dynasty with the Count of Petram.

"Fight Kunt and Petram against each other and destroy them. Then I can swallow them both! ’

Leading the army directly is to be careful not to conflict with the army of the Kunt writer first.

If you encounter an army of Kunt writers first, you also need to take a quick step back.

I felt comfortable leaving my ability to read such timing to knights who were honoured.

“Let's go.”

Bird of Mals on the wagon gives the order.

The Knights in Charge have given orders to the army.

There were 1,650 regular soldiers, 6,300 conscripts, and 200 mercenaries from the original Maltese writer.

The dawn of war is rising.

* * *

We moved on as soon as the Petram and Maltese writers announced that they'd begun recruiting mercenaries.

He recruited men over the age of 17 and under 40 from his territory, and hired more than 500 mercenaries in addition to Dean's mercenaries. With the disadvantage of the numbers, I needed that many more mercenaries.

I'm a mercenary with poor training, but I'm still a combat pro.

He would do much better than the conscripts who were dragged out of his lifetime by farming equipment alone.

It takes a lot of money to hire mercenaries, but after losing the war, everything becomes worthless.

Let's see you two win the war. We're gonna give them a lot of money!

You release the spy and check on enemy trends approaching from both directions from time to time.

In the south, Patram's chief knight Gath Schumann, and in the east, amazingly old Mals himself, were marching ahead with the entire army.

“Bird of Mals himself? Is that old man crazy? ”

He tilted his head.

A big map was laid out on the table in my father's office (now Arthur's office), which had changed to the military room, and family members, in addition to my family, attended the meeting.

Arthur said.

“He's a typical Moon Warlord who originally tended to ridicule knights. We can only tell by our attitude towards the Kunt family in the past. ”

“That's right. The knights of his family went out on their own because they didn't like it. ”

He snorted.

“Let's destroy this old man first. An old man who has lived his whole life holding a pen and gold coin can be destroyed in one day. ”

“That's right. The author is not our enemy. ”

“Allow me to slit the throat of the owl. ”

The knights say that they are curious.

But I did disagree.

“No. ”

My father and the knights stare at me with slightly displeased eyes. These simple humans…….

“Maybe Mals considers himself a bullfighter playing with angry bulls. ”

“Are we angry bulls? ”

“Yes. If we attack, he will withdraw immediately. He doesn't have the guts to face us anyway. That's what it means to be in direct command when you're not a knight. ”

“Then what do you want me to do? ”

“Baron Mals has to cross the Leto River to hit us. Why don't you deploy conscripts and mercenaries on the Leto River to defend them, and then ambush the Petram writer from the south with all your core forces like the Regular Army and Dean Mercenaries? ”

“Hmm……. ”

He looked not bad.

However, Arthur and the knights expressed their concerns.

“They run along the river, but it's dangerous to defend with only recruits and mercenaries, isn't it? ”

“Marquesas has no courage, so if the enemy is guarding us across the river, they won't be able to issue a swift attack order. ”

“I don't think so. If your father, his knights, and his legions are all gone, then Mals won't miss his chance. He's not that stupid. ”

“Mmmm... ”

Arthur's words made sense, so I had to wrap my head around it and ponder.

At that time, Lord Castor, the knight of the family, opened his mouth.

“I have an idea. ”

“Speak, Lord Castor. ”

“Yes.”

The knight Casto said:

“I thought about it a long time ago, but don't you look a lot like the Lord and the Grand Duke? It's about the same size, and the tone of the voice is getting more and more similar, so if you don't look closely, you can't tell the difference. ”

Gosh, that way?!

I clapped my hands.

“Yes! Brother Arthur is impersonating you in your father's armor and cloak! And then Mals won't be able to come forward scared. ”

“What, what? ”

“Hmm. Arthur and I were a lot alike. ”

Arthur was greatly embarrassed, and his father was somewhat proud.

“How do you expect me to impersonate you? ”

“Brother, don't worry, I'll be there for you. And from what I can see, your face is a plaque with your father. If you're wearing armor and helmets, you won't recognize them. ”

“But……. ”

I can understand Arthur's mood for ten minutes.

Although he is a father, my father is really a hot-headed, ignorant man.

It won't be easy to imitate a decent brother like that.

But man has a hidden nature.

Maybe there's some hidden desire to live with your father's temper, too?

Hahaha.

So the strategy was roughly decided.

Me and Arthur have decided to take the conscripts and mercenaries with us to deal with the Duke of Molz on the Rhetor River.

Meanwhile, father and knights lead all the core forces, including four hundred cavalry, two hundred infantry, a hundred archers, and Dean mercenaries, and destroy Petram's army as soon as possible.

The point is that Arthur impersonates his father.

The writer will be cautious because he thinks his father is fighting the writer, Mals, on the Leto River. However, when Father showed up with the key force and launched an ambush, he would collapse without hesitation.

After that, he went back to the Leto River and smashed up the rest of the Malles himself.

“Okay, let's do it. ”

In the end, Arthur agreed to the operation.

Brother Arthur, you can do this. You must have your father's instincts for violence!

* * *

It was an emergency dispute.

As soon as the operation was decided, my father marched south with the knights.

Meanwhile, Arthur commanded the conscripts and mercenaries in his father's armor and cloak.

“We head for the Leto River Basin. ”

There are no regular troops at all, so it doesn't look like a proper army. Of course, some of the recruits were armed with regular army armor and spears, but there was no formal weapon at all, so it was a group of losers everywhere.

“I don't know if this is going to work. ”

Arthur expressed his concern when he saw an army like a penny.

“Don't worry, brother. I'm here.”

Arthur glances at me and sighs again. What do you mean?!