Price of Management

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Duke Romfel ordered reconnaissance, but the reconnaissance did not go his way. The scouts who were sent up to the mountains were cut off in line.

“That's disgusting. ”

The enemy knows this side needs reconnaissance and is hampering it.

Let's have a cool fight, but the intent was to interrupt the fight thoroughly from the smallest point, not the smallest point.

You've already settled into a favorable terrain and have taken up a defensive posture, but you don't dare to come here once.

In Duke Rompel's experience, this enemy was more difficult.

“Strange things happen to bandits. ”

Duke Rompel pointed out the key with an intuition I didn't even know existed.

The appearance of the enemy was similar to the behavior of bandits who bullied the punitive force with all kinds of tricks while sitting deep in the mountains.

The Ligand Territory has seen a strategic form that establishes several strongholds in the mountains, and if disadvantaged, flees to other strongholds and makes the punitive force more difficult to use the advantageous terrain.

‘Now, how do we cook these guys? ’

Duke Romfel, who was about to roll his head, shakes his head and shouts out in a loud voice.

“Robert! Come here! ”

“A dried bird. Please speak properly, Your Holiness. ”

A thin middle-aged man in his late 40s approached and bowed down.

Robert Marlborough.

When he was very young, he was awarded to Duke Romfel, who was now the chief knight of the Grand Duke of Romfel and the chief of the Grand Duke of Romfel in this war.

Although he was originally just a child of a peasant, he accidentally picked up the talent that appeared to be ‘very little’.

Duke Romfel did not teach his disciples formally in his nature, but in fact, many people were briefly taught just like his disciples. A typical example is the Marquis of Great Gene.

However, if there is one person who would consider to be a formal apprentice to Duke Romfel, it is Robert Marlborough.

As a child, I came close to serving Duke Romfel and came to the mid-level of Expert to learn martial arts, where I stopped improving my skills, as Duke Romfel said, "Very little."

Instead, he was basically the steward of the Rompel family, devoted to the hassle of the majority ( ) that surrounded him.

Despite Duke Rompel's high position as the Grand Duke, he was able to abandon everything and wander freely, thanks to the responsibility of the parrot who dried all those troubles.

Because he was the Duke of Rompel who didn't make a family because he was annoyed, everyone thought that if Duke Rompel died, his successor who would inherit everything would be the dried up one.

That's why, despite the humble birth, everyone did not treat him lightly. In fact, Duke Romfeld was also a commoner, so no one dared to be born to the people around him.

“What do you think? ”

“Tell me more, don't cut back and forth. ”

“This fight. ”

“You summoned me because the scouts are all blocked. ”

“Yes, you. ”

“Your Majesty, as you know, the enemy clearly wants to prolong this fight. Starting with Reconnaissance, we are ready to put a damper on any casualties and put a damper on your military activities. ”

“Of course.”

“I'd hate to see you rush into an attack with short-term tactics against an enemy who looks at the long term and is thoroughly prepared. Now that we've done this, we need to take the fight a little longer and work it out. ”

“Well, what can I do to make it longer? ”

“Yes. Just because you pour a pile of rubble at once doesn't mean the walls are built. We have to stack them one by one.”

“Yes, you're right. So what do you think we should do? ”

“Occupying Heights ( ) can be beneficial for determining nearby terrain or reconnaissance. We have to go through the notices one by one. ”

“Every time they do, the tribe gets in the way. ”

“Yes. Capturing notices one by one would all be like siege warfare. You have to be prepared for that. But this is an overwhelming force. ”

“Okay, I get it. ”

Duke Romfel, who stood up on his feet, walked out of the barracks. The dried bird followed.

Duke Romfel, who was looking around, points to one of the high peaks on the far right.

“That mountain! ”

The dried bird nods.

“Very well. I will take your notice." ”

“He's not the only one. ”

Duke Romfel rolled his finger around and included all of the high mountain areas he had originally pointed at.

“Let's hit those mountain peaks simultaneously. Teach them they can't cover the sun with their palms. ”

“Ah…! ”

The dried jerky shivers slightly.

It's always like this.

It is violent and ignorant, but the point is to stab accurately.

* * *

The movement of the Royal Air Force has faced extreme changes.

Before moving the troops, he had a previous attitude to reconnaissance.

However, that attitude changed overnight. Suddenly, close to 30,000 troops started the Great March.

In addition, Grand Duke Romfel himself made his own move.

The attack on the highest heights was carried out by Duke Romfel with 10,000 troops, and the large and small mountain peaks in the area spread their troops to the size of the thousands or white troops to capture each.

It was a brutal attack by the Ligand territorial forces to stop the takeover of the notice.

For example, if you target 100 notices together, 30 of them could be interrupted and fail to capture the other 70 notices.

It was a very swift deployment of combat that could take place in a somewhat ignorant way, but overwhelming Horn Empire in terms of troops.

The strategy, which cannot be said to be intelligent, has surprisingly bewildered the veil.

“I didn't expect it to come to this. ”

In the center of the meeting room was a circular table with a military map unfolded.

It was an unusual military map.

All the terrain of the territory was drawn in detail without missing a single thing, just like looking down from the high sky. By this time, it was a famous painting, not a map.

He will, too. This map was made by Caroc in the past by Woundee to move the paint around in an instant.

This map was introduced to show the appearance area of monsters living in the territory, paying attention to residents working in the forest, and facilitating monster hunting for mercenaries.

However, the lives of the people of the territory changed greatly with the construction of the shipyard.

I no longer had to risk running around the woods to meet monsters or predators and settle for a living.

Being able to work at the shipyard and live a safe and prosperous life with good salary.

Moreover, the construction of the shipyard drove out monsters and was building cities while developing the area.

Soon the city will be the center of ligand territory. As long as we get this war back safely.

In any case, since the existence of this map was no longer necessary, the Lord's Surrogate Veil was able to retrieve it and use it as a military map. In fact, there was a potential problem with the security of the territory to reveal it in too much detail.

The military map in question is filled with red nails.

The red nail meant the Royal Air Force.

A portion of the mountain range surrounding the ligand territory is all fermented with red nails.

“You're going to push very hard and take the notice. ”

Richard Buck grumbles as he looks at the red nails on the map.

Basque and Rick, and the guards led by Dean and Lex, are still in the mountains. They quickly retreated after a large force came upon them while hunting down an enemy scout.

“Lord Vale, is this a dangerous situation? ”

Hadin asked.

The veil answers.

“It's not a dangerous situation to say yet. Enemy forces occupy the Notice for reconnaissance purposes only, not to hit us. However, the first operation that attempted to delay the enemy's behavior during the Reconnaissance phase became useless. ”

In fact, it was no exaggeration that the Horn Empire mobilized Duke Romfel and 30,000 troops for reconnaissance.

Moreover, the courage to attempt a single strike with 30,000 troops to shorten the time.

This was not a good situation for the Ligand territory, where the end goal was to buy as much time as possible and hold off the Royal Air Force until the end of the war.

After much deliberation, Vale makes her decision.