Santairiku Eiyuuki

"A genius who does what people don't like, who makes people unhappy, can combine what people do to please, with a genius who makes people happy.

ability to read people's minds, I guess that's the talent that monarchs need most '

About Elquille

- Renalier Alshark -

"Your Majesty the Emperor. The tunnel has reached the basement of the walls. … can collapse at any time"

"All right, tell Edmond, Darios, Oscar. Total attack."

Immediately after the earlier insurgency crackdown, winter came and Erkühl turned sixteen on his birthday.

And today with spring and summer......

Erkür was attacking the Duchy of Travizos.

Last fall, the Duchy of Travizos had heightened its vigilance and hired many mercenaries against Erkühl, who was showing moves to attack the Duchy of Travizos, albeit to wage rebellion.

but poor quality mercenaries.

And the Duchy of Travizos, who had no famous generals like Darios, was lightly defeated by Erkür in the field.

After defeating the Duchy of Travizos troops, Erkühl was launching an attack on the port of Travizos, the capital and trading port.

And...

I've been attacking for two weeks.

Finally, the pit that Elquille was making him dig extended to the basement of the walls.

Pit, but let's dig a hole and attack the enemy directly!

It's not that.

The pit is a thing I dug to break down the walls.

Create a large cavity in the basement, foundation part of the castle wall and support it with wood, etc.

Inside the wood supports, the walls do not collapse.

But if you set the fire...

Needless to say.

Each of the generals instructed by Erkühr...

"Well, you're finally going to fall... at all, it was a long fight. I still hate siege warfare."

Darios, who had received the eastern walls, sighed,

"I did it. Is this how you finally get home?"

Edmond, who had received the South Wall, laughed happily,

"The pit is dug to the west.... I mean, am I the first one to strike? Your Majesty's concern is to let me have flowers for the new America. Thankful."

He had the western walls, Oscar muttered emotionally.

And...

Make a noise, some of the walls collapse.

There, Oscar led his own soldiers and stormed.

"Go!! Long live the Emperor!!!

The soldiers led by Oscar flow into Travizos from the walls that have collapsed in unison.

Suddenly, the soldiers of the Principality of Travizos cannot cope when confused.

While doing so, the Oscar soldiers open the East and South Gates.

Then...

"Well, we're finally at work. Let's go!!

"That's it!! Fight your heart!!

Darios and Edmond lead the soldiers and flow in through each gate.

"Well, did you decide to win or lose,"

"Exactly. Your Majesty."

Carolina laughs at Elquille when she turns sixteen.

Elquille stood up and kissed Carolina's forehead before...

"What do you say? What do you think of the siege?"

"Boring, can't you?

"No, I feel the same way.... it's a real hassle to fight a siege."

Elquille flaunted her shoulders.

On this day the Principality of Travizos was exterminated by Erkür.

Elquille, who was then hailed 'Long Live the Emperor' after a triumph to the capital, was holding a reflection with the generals.

"As far as I'm concerned, I have a few things to say... do you guys have anything?

"So can I help you?

Oscar raised his hand.

Erkühr nods silently and allows himself to speak.

"Again, I feel the recruits are moving worse than the other veterans.... My command might have been bad..."

"No, your command is inferior. In fact, recruits move poorly compared to veterans.... I'm sorry, I let you take care of me. But racially, I thought you were the right man."

"No, I don't...... I'm going to build up more training and finish up with an army that will convince His Majesty!!

After that revolt.

Erkühr was creating a new legion.

Because we got a new, brilliant commander, Oscar Almon.

Financially, the exclusivity of coffee, bone ash porcelain, was beginning to be on track, and there was only room to create one legion.

Here, Erkühr moved one of the previously conceived proposals to implementation.

The current Lemurian infantry is composed mainly of white (not exactly of the race white, it is inappropriate to distinguish it by skin colour, but here for convenience white) people (humans).

This is because the inhabitants of the suburbs of the capital are white and are the easiest to gather.

However, the Lemurian Empire is a multi-ethnic state and has a wide territory.

There are also large numbers of people in the southern part of the empire who are vulgarly included in the 'blacks'.

White people alone make up the army, it's biased.

That's what Elquille had in mind.

So sometimes Oscar, the brilliant commander I got this time, is black, and I thought about forming a new legion just for blacks.

This also has the aim of making race compete with each other.

This was accepted without any resistance, as the Lemurian Empire was originally a multi-ethnic state and there was not much racial discrimination.

This is why Oscar was leading a third legion made up solely of blacks.

"As far as I'm concerned, I think he's active inside. … Again, the southern people (human beings) are good with strength. As a soldier. Tell him that even in hot spots, we can fight and... expect to be active in the future."

"Yes!"

Oscar gives a serious and profound thank you.

"Anything else?

Darios and Edmond answered that by shaking their heads sideways.

Erkühr groans small, "Well," to get to the point.

"This is true of the earlier rebellion...... the side siege is sweet.... I still want some more Halvard troops and more flexibility"

In the earlier revolt, Oscar succeeded in getting out of the flank.

Even in this war, Erkür besieged the Travizos army in numbers inferior to their own...

Now the siege is slow, and I let the soldiers get away a little.

Both are due to the small number of Halvard troops.

Well, the rebel siege was successful, and the failure of the Travizos siege was also a major factor in the skill of the enemy commander.

The rebels were obtuse Hadrianus, and the Travizos army were ordinary generals, but of 'ordinary' strength.

"So you mean one or two less Pike troops and more Halvard troops?... but with more than two more, Pike Squads will lose their fighting power and their frontal power... and one, won't it be odd and unbalanced?

In response to Edmond's point, Elquille nods loudly.

"Exactly. … So, after two battalions are newly augmented into ten battalions, I'm going to make four battalions into Halvard units and six battalions into Pike units"

In other words, it is Elquille's idea to add 2400 to make it 1200, which was 9600 for the First Regiment.

"You guys need to burn two new battalions to take care of you... you're not so different."

"Nothing. As far as I'm concerned, it hasn't changed much with about two more battalions, and I know it's a pleasure to have more range of tactics..."

Darios points out the biggest problem with this reform, having so preceded him.

"Two new battalions were added to each of the three regiments. In total, six battalions...... that is 7200 military expansion. Things that are essentially like adding one new legion...... isn't it hard?

"Sure, it's difficult with the current finances... but I have the funds to blame. Don't worry."

"Then as far as I'm concerned, I have nothing to say."

Darios pulls back lightly.

Erkühl's internal affairs arm is well understood by the fact that he rebuilt his finances a few years ago.

It's not about amateurs pinching their mouths.

Yes, I made a decision.

"And I want heavy units"

"Heavy Troops...... then you mean more horses?

"Don't be like that."

Elquille answers Edmond's question with a nod.

Lemuria wins at the barracks (logic).

It was an old story they said.

Many barracks functions have now been lost.

It is left in the form of books… but empirical techniques have become obsolete indeed.

but is being improved slightly by Elquille.

For example, the Lemurian army is now determined so that each soldier carries at least three days' worth of food.

Now I can operate even if I can't get food for anything for at least three days.

It's only been three days, just three days.

But it's still not enough.

"But the more horses you have, the more money you can afford?

"Well, there's a cheap way to align it... but you still can't. This one looks at the fold and tells it. The finances are my business, and you guys have nothing to do with it..."

Elquille sighs.

The job of emperor is still troublesome.

"Later is the expansion of the cavalry? I want to do this quickly."

"Cavalry, is it? Does that mean that the status quo is not enough?

Oscar tilts his neck.

From the Oscar, it looks like enough Lemurian army cavalry power is enough.

"A heavy cavalry (Cribanarius) is good. I'm on time. What I want is a reconnaissance, a light cavalry for preaching. I want a battalion."

"Is it that necessary?

"It's important to gather information and exchange information. Didn't I?"

"No, especially you."

Oscar nodded loudly.

Oscar also understands the importance of information.

"And one last thing. Train them to build endurance so they can march faster. Twenty kilometers a day is not the limit."

Today, even ten kilometres of marches a day are called 'early' in this world where the level of war has stagnated.

In a terrible army, it doesn't go five kilometers a day.

This is a matter of soldier morale.

In mercenaries and forcibly conscripted peasants, strength is not enough morale.

The result is a sloppy walk, which reduces the march speed.

But Elquille's standing army is different.

Gathered to defend the country, this elite has high morale and is able to build strength with daily training.

Thanks to this, he was successfully marching twenty kilometers a day.

… but does not appear to have reached the level required by Elquille.

"How fast does Your Majesty want?

Erqueur answers Darios' question with a smile.

"Usually marching, twenty-five kilometers in five hours a day. Forced forces, 30 to 35 km in six to seven hours. Strongest march possible, day and night... Feel?

"... that's the speed of the Lemurian army once, isn't it?

"The Lemurian army was the same person, wasn't it?

Darios makes a donned face.

Regardless, there is nothing more that an ancient or a modern man can do than be the same person.

There's nothing you can do without training and shaking your temper.

Some generals are crazy (compliments) letting them tread seventy kilometers and eighty kilometers overnight, so Elquille's demands are still within common sense.

What matters is daily training, and energy.

"Anyway, it's a marathon. Look, soldiers respect speed. The faster you move, the more you get the lead. This comes first. I don't care about individual strength. The best is the speed of march, the second is discipline, and the third is collaboration. Good, train thoroughly. Because it's a standing army for that."

"" "YES!!!