Santairiku Eiyuuki

Against the Lemurian army that has marched, the Adoluan Republic immediately opted for the Battle of Cage Castle.

Its troop strength is roughly 5000.

The Lemurian army, led by Darios, which besieges it on the other hand, includes the Nia guerrillas, 20400.

The force difference is roughly fourfold and there is enough difference to put it completely under siege.

but when it comes to forcefully attacking this...... a little, unforgivable.

"We're done reconnaissance, General."

"How'd it go?

Darios asked Nia, who had returned.

Nia attacked her enemies lightly to investigate.

Nia's guerrillas are trained to act as cavalry and infantry.

You can also approach the cavalry at once until the defenseless part, disembark and attack...

"Frankly, I was wondering if it would be difficult to strike down forcefully. I chose a weak spot of protection, and I meant to ambush you, but I got a fierce counterattack. Mercenaries are the main subject, but they're never low morale either."

When I say mercenary, I have a long-term employment contract with the Republic of Adolria, a soldier like the half standing army.

It would be natural for me to be highly skilled and morale.

"We have also been able to confirm the presence of the civic soldiers. Practice is… never low"

"Kuku...... I guess. The Republic of Adolria, while a small country, has bounced off the invasion of a great power many times. Citizens also have livers."

Originally Darios was a mercenary captain from the West.

I am therefore familiar with the military situation in the West, beginning with the Republic of Adolucia.

"Then I will attack if I have the opportunity… in principle, as His Majesty's policy suggests, let's attack the soldiers. The guerrillas led by General Nia have the only cavalry power this one has. I expect that to work."

Cavalry is useless in siege warfare.

but breaking through that siege, against enemies trying to get outside information and troop food, is compatible and can be expected to do much of it.

"Yes, one Ant child, I'm not going to miss"

"Great.... well, I dare you to let it go bare when it comes to the information that Your Majesty has defeated his enemies in the Pasta Plains"

Erkühl passed this Adoluan Republic a few days ago and has crossed the border of the Kingdom of Ederna into the Pasta Plains.

And we have also received information that Galphis just landed in the southern part of the Kingdom of Ederna.

The strategy of the Lemurian Empire is to pinch the Kingdom of Ederna from the North to the South...

Not really.

"Will Ludwig I really go beyond the mountains, says the Fullering Kingdom?

"Come on? But His Majesty said he was coming. Then they'll come."

Both the Republic of Adolria and the Kingdom of Ederna are important allies and subordinates of the Kingdom of Fullering.

Especially the ports of the Republic of Adolria, the port of Adolria and the port of Ederna in the Kingdom of Ederna, are important gateways for the Kingdom of Fullering, and it goes without saying to the importance of the city of Lemuria.

If we were to fail these three, Ludwig I's loss of authority would not be avoided.

"Ludwig I is a prudent man. Therefore, it is not so easy to challenge us to battle with a great army of about 15000. That was your biggest concern."

But that does not mean that we are not coming to help the Kingdom of Ederna or the Republic of Adolucia.

There are as many ways to fight.

Rather, it is rarer for war to have a decisive showdown.

Ludwig I thoroughly avoids fighting from the front and forcefully forges a passive battle.

The knights of the kingdom of Furling with chivalry, but it has already been known to the Western world that the reality is rather close to banditry.

If they don't win, they'll get away with it.

If you therefore want to descend the Fullering Kingdom, you must attack it directly if you want to crush Ludwig I.

But the Garria region, where Ludwig I is based, lies ahead of the limits beyond which the Lemurian Imperial Army can operate.

In other words, Erkühl cannot attack the Fullering Kingdom.

In the Kingdom of Ederna, Ludwig I needs to be challenged to a showdown.

"Thus daring to divide the force into three parts creates a situation in which Ludwig I comes on board the battle. That's a dangerous strategy..."

Pottori and Nia said.

Ludwig I, who follows the highly independent knights of the Fullering kingdom by his military abilities, cannot jump, even if, from his position, he knows it is a trap.

Therefore, Ludwig I will surely challenge the battle.

Of course, follow an army close to the same number as the one led by Elquille.

"If His Majesty does defeat in the Pasta Plains, we will be strategically divided. It's going to taste very bad."

Because Ludwig I will have a rolling chance to destroy each of the two Galphis, who are attacking the Kingdom of Ederna from the south, and Darios, who is besieging the Republic of Aderlia.

Even if not, the soldiers' morale will fall if Erkühl, who is lowering the sign of constant victory and undefeation, is defeated.

"But if His Majesty does, he won't lose."

"So is that."

They decided to believe in their master.

Meanwhile, the main unit led by Erkühr - most of which are allied forces - was well on its way through the Pasta Plains.

Infantry strength is one regiment of Imperial Army infantry and three battalions of archers, and one regiment of Royal Cerda Army. Together, 27600.

Cavalry strength is one Bulgaron cavalry army and three battalions of Red Wolves. Altogether 1,560.

In total, it is a large force of 43200.

Its strength is about one-third that of the entire Lemurian Imperial Army, from about 15000 or so, but its strength is close to its limit if you take into account the barracks.

The limit for collecting troops in one place in the long term is about 50,000.

Well, such a squad led by Elquille...

There was a problem plaguing Elquille's head.

"Precisely, you don't pull your legs. You bitch."

"The dog will be that way. You half-beast moddock!

"I can't, ear monkey!

"Did you hear, Your Majesty! This guy referred to the Long-Eared Clan as the Long-Eared Monkey!

"Monkeys are limited to savage Bulgarians"

"I don't want my dog to tell me!

"The dog is that way, isn't it? I am a wolf in the first place!

"Where do I look like a dog? Are your eyeballs made of glass balls?

Elkür sighed unexpectedly at Alicia and Sonia, who had been arguing all along the road.

I incorporated these two into my own army because I thought I was the only one who could control these two.

Originally, the two are extremely prized.

And Alicia won't be more than willing to submit to the Lemurian Empire of what she's willing to submit to, and Sonia hasn't abandoned the Beastman supremacy just because Ercure is special, and its anti-Lemurian sentiments are alive and well.

In addition, Alicia and Sonia are not willing to listen except to the orders of the masters of both sides or their husbands, Erkühl - if ordered, they would not listen, but that would surely be dissatisfactory to them - an allied army.

Instead of exercising its full power under Darios and Galphis command, it can cause arbitrary detachment and breach of orders.

Either way, you believe in your military genius on both sides and you don't doubt it, so orders against your will will will be trampled down fine.

So it was necessary to keep them within Erkühl's sight as far as these two were concerned, but the two were extremely incompatible.

Day and night, enough to keep arguing without getting tired of it.

The lucky thing would be that they both use Lemurian in their arguments.

Therefore, the two miscreants have not been passed on to the soldiers.

When I get to the officer level, I can understand Lemurian, so I change my mind.

"Alicia, Sonia"

"" Yes!!

The two of you who respond with all your answers.

How can we not be close when we are so breathtaking... Elkühr convinced himself that it was like a fellow hater.

"It's good to have fights at normal times. But help each other on the battlefield. Absolutely obey my orders, keep your heart open."

"" Yes!

And the two of you who respond in unison.

Anxious to see if he really understood, Erkühl decided to ask the two of them about the upcoming operation.

"You remember what the military decided? Where are we going now? Sonia."

"It is the capital of the Kingdom of Ederna and the port town, the city of Ederna"

"Tell me why, Alicia"

"One is to secure the barracks. The other is to invite King Fullering."

Erkühl was just a little relieved because he seemed to understand what he was going to have to do.

Ask further just in case.

"What about the enemy's power? Remember that?

"40,000 infantry, 10,000 cavalry."

Sonia answered.

We can confirm that some 50,000 troops have already gathered in Ederna, the capital.

"Do you know how the enemy will challenge us?

"It's thought to challenge a showdown in the field."

Alicia replied.

On a purely military basis, the Kingdom of Ederna should be caged until Ludwig I reinforcements arrive.

But politically and diplomatically, that option is not easy for the Kingdom of Ederna.

The Kingdom of Fullering is increasingly interfering in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Ederna.

It is visible that if we request reinforcements and so forth, we will be feathers that will be made fully subordinate.

Therefore the Kingdom of Ederna does not wait for the help of the Kingdom of Fullering.

On the contrary, he wouldn't even have made a request for rescue.

And not counting on reinforcements means you can't pick a cage fight.... thus having to choose the field.

Fortunately, the main unit of the Lemurian Imperial Army is smaller than the Royal Ederna Army, and the majority is a collection of foreign troops.

So there is ample prospect of winning. and the kingdom of Ederna should think.

That's Elquille's prediction.

It should also be noted that Erkühl considers that "Ludwig I would come across the mountains without waiting for reinforcements, etc.".

"If you know what I mean, that's fine.... You can't lose to the Kingdom of Ederna before you deal with the Kingdom of Fullering. I'm gonna win... I'm gonna get it."

"" Yes, Your Majesty ""

A week later, a massive field battle broke out between the Lemurian Empire and the Kingdom of Ederna at a point a hundred kilometres from the city of Ederna.

The Lemurian Imperial Army had a previous reputation that the majority of them were allies from foreign countries and that their collaboration was poor...

In just one day, the Royal Ederna Army is devastated.

The Kingdom of Ederna was to pay a painful study fee.

And just then, Bradamanthe crossed the Great Mountains.