Price of Management

Chapter 8. Competition

A frozen ligand territory in Stronghold 3.

The Royal Air Force, which needs to be targeted, naturally had to move first.

“First of all, we need to stop the Tex River from flooding and becoming more muddy than this. ”

In the opinion of the dried bird, Duke Romfel made his own move. With only a hundred thousand mounted men on board, Grand Duke Romfel made his way to the Tex River and found a huge dam.

“You made all this stuff in one night? Funny guy. ”

A large dam blocking the Tex was made without a single hole. It's like a sculpture carved by a master craftsman.

Duke Rompel took out the battle ax and injected the error.

Kwakwakwakwa!

Suddenly, the error clumped together on the axe blade.

Swinging as hard as you can, the mass flies toward the dam.

Kuaaaaang!

A loud rumbling sound rang out.

A tightly constructed dam, without any gaps, fractured like a spider web.

I did.

It's not completely shattered, it's just cracking up. Duke Rompel smiled as if he were full of energy.

“Kuhaha, you've made it really strong! If I hadn't come in person, I could have crushed you. ”

Duke Romfeld made an error blade this time. I swing as hard as I can with the blade of error.

Blade flies towards the dam.

Advanced technology that shoots blades at long range range. Duke Rompel had barely acquired the skills he had learned after his bone-shaving training.

Kwaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

The dam is shattered. A rubble pours down like a waterfall.

“There you go! ”

A cavalry approached Duke Romfel with a cheerful smile and cautiously spoke to him.

“Your Majesty... ”

“Huh? What is it? ”

“You look at that... ”

“Look at what... huh? ”

Duke Romfel was stunned when he saw where the cavalry was pointing.

The wreckage of the dam he smashed into the Tex River is a pile of rubble. The problem was that the pile was still interfering with the Tex River.

“Get out of my way. I'll get right on it. ”

In the end, Duke Romfel only kicked the debris out of the dam a few more times after being hit by a blade.

It wasn't until 100 cavalry rides off the horse that the Tex started flowing smoothly. Soldiers struggled through the mud and water.

“Come on, let's go back! ”

Duke Rompel returned to his hometown and informed the parched birdie that he broke the dam.

“You've made a dam so strong that you can't be broken by evil or evil intentions. ”

“If it weren't for the Grand Duke, tens of thousands of troops wouldn't have broken a dam and made a fool of themselves. ”

“Anyway, the dam broke, but we can't just wait for the mud to settle again. ”

The news that the Kingdom of Ledon left with 260,000 troops to watch the battle with King Kars was already in the ears of King Rompel.

Whoever wins that fight will end the war.

Then Duke Rompel wanted to see the end of the fight, at least here in Ligand territory, before the war was over.

‘Cause it might be the last war of my life. ’

Of course, he was the Duke of Rompel who thought he still had many days left to live. But there might not be another big fight for him to fight.

I thought this was the last war of my life, so I couldn't spend my time quietly.

“What about the walls of that fortress if the dam that Caroc Ligand built was so strong that it couldn't be destroyed on purpose?" ”

“... That must be hard too. ”

“There will be tremendous damage if you tread upon that fortress, transformed from a wooden wall to a solid wall. But it's an inevitable fight. But first, there's a problem that we need to solve. ”

“What is that? ”

“Supplies.”

* * *

“Supplies.”

Chairman of the 3rd Fortress Meeting.

Chief of Staff Vale of the Ligand Territory has made a point.

“The enemy's biggest problem is anxiety with the supply lines. It will be very difficult to procure munitions through rough mountain ranges and muddy fields through the Tex river floods. ”

“They're trying to secure another supply line. ”

Baron Bautel, deputy commander of Royal Special Forces, said.

The veil nods.

“Yes, they'll probably try to bypass the mountain range and replenish it with routes to here. ”

A veil that draws and describes lines directly on a military map.

Basque indifferently looked at the enemy's projected supply route painted on the map.

“Supply lines are long. ”

“Yes. But it's better than crossing mountains and mud." ”

The veil was explained with a smile.

“And the enemy believes that we will remain trapped in this fortress. He's going to try to end the fight in a draw, but he's not going to be able to actively act to win. ”

“So you want to win? ”

The question of surprised Basque made Vale nod.

“You two would prefer that, wouldn't you? ”

“Of course. And you two? ”

“Earl Kunt and Earl Fernando, you have to do it. ”

Basque and Rick's eyes have changed.

Vale points to a military map.

“The enemy has not received supplies for a long time, as there are no supply lines. They're probably transporting large quantities to the new supply routes this time. ”

“Destroying those troops and burning their armies will be a great blow to them! ”

“That's right. An army that has run out of weapons will have to give up on this third stronghold and retreat temporarily." ”

The Grand Duke Rompel forces are pulling back!

It was a huge achievement for the ligand territorial group whose goal was to stay undefeated. Just to make them step back for a little while will buy them a lot of time.

“But we don't give much troops because we have to move in secret without being seen by the enemy. That's why I'm asking you two. ”

“Five hundred should do it. ”

“Very well. Please. ”

“Leave it to me.”

Basque answered confidently.

That night, 500 elite soldiers snuck out of the third fortress with Basque and rich Rick.

A large detour turns away from the Royal Air Force, and the Basque party heads west into the new supply corridor that Vale spoke of.

The road through which the wagon could pass was clear along with the establishment of the shipyard.

It was a road built for a large amount of money to revitalize the territorial economy, but few have passed through because of the war and became a supply for the Horn Empire.

‘They'll be transporting supplies this way for sure. ’

There were a lot of troops in the Royal Air Force.

Fighting in rough mountain terrain, the Royal Air Force would have had the greatest difficulty in supply.

Probably in a tight battle, suffering from a shortage of supplies.

‘We will focus on providing enough supplies and supplies to boost the morale of the soldiers before the clay fight. ’

Before a tough fight, I'll be ready to feed my soldiers, replace damaged weapons, etc. This meant that the quantity transported this way was substantial.

If we succeed in raiding it, we could do a lot of damage.

‘Maybe we can win without fighting Duke Rompel. ’

If you retreat after being hit by a supply strike, it will take a long time for the enemy to advance back to the third stronghold. Before that, it will end in the battle between Emperor Kars and King Erik on the Ledon Plains.

Despite his pride, Basque thought it best not to fight Duke Rompel.

As an unmanned man, I wanted to face death, but his life was not his.

“What are you thinking so seriously? ”

Rick, who was walking with you, asks.