Santairiku Eiyuuki

Episode 13: The Personian War, Part IV

"Longbow Squad, shoot!!!

Elquille-led, Longbow troops unleashed arrows toward the impending Darios army vanguard.

Longbow is said to be able to shoot five or six arrows per person per minute...

From time immemorial, a long-eared "elf" who can handle bows is easy to shoot ten a minute.

And there are five thousand archers.

In other words, 50,000 arrows will pour down a minute.

No matter, all arrows can't be hit, and hitting them is rarely fatal.

Longbow with excellent range and rapid fire, but far inferior penetration than crossbow.

Longbow's arrows pierce mercenary armor and shields, but fail to deal deadly damage to mercenaries.

But...

If you hit even 1% on the part not covered with armor, that is, the face, etc...

Five hundred soldiers will die a minute.

Five hundred a minute.

A thousand every two minutes.

A thousand and five hundred in three minutes.

In addition to that, he is incapable of fighting with injuries such as injuries to his hands and feet, and his battle will is diminished by an arrow pouring down like rain...

How can you say 28,000 soldiers, their feet will stop?

... seemed like it.

"Guidance, don't have it"

Mercenaries as they scratch through the arrows that pour like rain.

Elquille thinks about why mercenaries who are supposed to be hired for money are desperately fighting this far...

"I see. Behind you."

Reminds me that there is an elite Darios child keeper behind my back.

Assuming the mercenary escapes, Darios, the child's crossbow unit will shoot through the mercenary.

Crossbows are powerful.

If it is pierced, it will surely die.

It is better to move forward than to die shot through by your allies.

He is a smallworker in Darios, using the psychology of a mercenary called

Yes, it's just a small worker.

Even if the mercenaries succeed in climbing to the top of the hill...

Fences, piles and trenches hold back that advance.

And beyond the fence, pile and trench, a long-spear unit awaits.

Mercenaries who lose their lives one after the other with arrows and spears, crumbling the line.

"It's time to get along"

Elquille called in Galphis.

"Is it your turn?

"Oh, storm from there with heavy cavalry"

Erkühl pointed to the fence, the pieces with the piles and trenches, where the enemy soldiers were stuck.

Naturally, a cavalry cannot be clever imitations of storming beyond flying an obstacle, etc.

But...

"I understand, Your Majesty. Is that what you're saying?

"That's the thing.... How far is it good?

"I don't mind ten meters" (* The weights and balances in this world are ununified, the country, of course, depends on the ethnic region, but it's a hassle to think...... it wasn't, I think it's a hassle for readers to fall apart, so I'll unify it all into metric grams etc. Think of it as convenient for a Japanese translation. Let's read it in the eyes of our hearts)

"Is that true?

Who do you think I am?

Erkühr laughs uncomfortably, slapping the heavy minister on the shoulder.

"I'm counting on you. Galphis Galeanos. Teach them the power of the Heavy Cavalry (Cribanarius)."

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Galphis leaves Elquille and heads to the heavy-duty cavalry under his own command.

And make the decree out loud.

"Gentlemen, it's an assault. That's it. Get on the horse."

The soldiers are briefly ordered by Galphis and ride horses.

Our only job is to storm.

You don't have to think about anything else.

"Carolina, you follow me... just follow me today"

"Yes, Father"

Carolina also rides horses and follows behind Galphis.

The well-trained heavily armed cavalry Cribanarius quickly form a triangular formation with Galphis at its apex.

And...

"Let's go!!!

"" Ooh!!!!

As the infantry and archers pass through the path opened for Galphis, Galphis heads straight for the enemy.

Fences, piles and trenches appear in front of you.

The mercenaries see Cribanarius, a heavily armed cavalry storming against the fence, with a flashing look.

The distance from the obstacle gets gnarly.

And...

"It fits."

Elquille whined watching Galphis storm from the high ground...

"Asmodeus, I made it with Galphis and Fantasy (...) Relieve the Fantasy at a stage where the distance from the obstacle is ten meters"

Yes, sir.

Beautiful, a woman's voice echoes in Elquille's head.

The only person who can hear this voice is Asmodeus… Erkühl, who is under contract with the Great Spirit of the Dreamer, who is responsible for the corner of the seventy-two pillars.

"Payment will be made later, in a week's time, in a dream"

[Yes... Looking forward to it?

The visions disappear...

"Assault!!!

At ten meters, Galphis accelerates and gains momentum at once, confirming that the obstacle has vanished.

The mercenaries panicked when they saw an obstacle that suddenly disappeared and Cribanarius, a heavily armed cavalry that stormed upright.

Because of the obstacles, the assault was unsuccessful and the response was delayed.

Having confirmed the mercenary in a state of confusion, Galphis shouts his horse spear (Lance) out into the sky.

"Amon!!!

corner of the seventy-two pillars.

Galphis called Amon, the Great Spirit of Fire, his covenant Spirit.

Around Lance, a scorching flame swirls like a snake.

And Lance, wrapped in flames, pointed straight at the enemy, and advanced.

The flames bounce and fly, and the mercenaries around them burn black in an instant.

Flaming flames are not as destructive as they seem... but enough to terrorize the soldiers and make them flee.

Completely collapsed formation.

Cribanarius, a heavily armed cavalry that includes Carolina, storms one after the other.

"Erigos!!!

Carolina also invokes her own Spirit.

The corner of the seventy-two pillars, Erigos, the great spirit of the weapon.

In Carolina's hands, a brilliant lance appears in silver.

Lance, who feels lighter than a feather to the owner and heavier than an anchor to the attacked opponent, blows and crushes the enemy one after the other.

The vanguard of the Darios army, 28000, was beginning to collapse.

"Well, that's what I expected."

Darios was calm compared to the mercenaries screaming and fleeing.

Pioneer troops, disposable mercenaries are useless, collapsed in formation with Longbow arrows, and devastated by the assault of the heavily armed cavalry Cribanarius.

That is a sufficiently predictable development.

Well, it's also true that I wanted to push it off with force like this and defeat Elquille, so the truth is I was pretty depressed...

Never give it a look, give a second instruction.

"Tell the commanders to move the mercenaries left and right. Continue to the Barbarian Light Cavalry, stand by. Crossbow and Long Spear units forward."

As Darios instructed, the mercenaries move to flee left and right.

Instead of taking it from the front, avoid it to the left and right, instead of running back, and minimize the damage of the assault by diverting the assault.

The subsequent movements are as follows:

The broken hole immediately blocks.

By doing so, the General, who leads the Erkühr main unit and the heavily armed cavalry Cribanarius… probably breaks up Galphis Galeanos.

And...

"After shooting through exhausted enemies in a long assault with a crossbow unit and further suppressing the assault, take them completely with a long-spear unit. And pinch and destroy them with light cavalry on both sides."

The main forces of the Lemurian Empire are the heavy-duty cavalry Cribanarius and the Longbow troops, both of which are difficult to replenish.

On top of that, the ruling hierarchy, the long-eared "Elves", is a member.

If we lose this, it is easy to imagine that Erkühr will be suspicious of the continuation of the war as well as of future political operations.

"Kill enemy strengths and use your strengths to target enemy weaknesses. This is the basis of war.... Well, that's all I can hit. What will you do, Emperor Elquille?