Tadashi Tanaka (41) Birth of a Kingdom – ‘Medieval Europe Is Too Harsh!’

We walk southwest of the army to crusade the Count of Berger.

That march was slow and the food ran out quickly.

The food piled up in the mountains before departure will last less than 10 days and will be full of empty luggage.

... That's right. There's no way an expedition can be covered with food from a luggage truck...

I learned the difficulty of maintaining the army.

The army cannot be maintained without eating.

It is obvious but we need to replenish the food, but it is difficult to say this replenishment.

There are several ways to replenish the army.

The easiest thing to do is buy from a merchant who sticks behind the army.

They lead the caravan and also make purchases during the march.

It is expensive but can be replenished considerably.

But they also have limitations, and this alone will be difficult to cover.

The hunt is next.

Prepare a unit to hunt during the march and replenish the food.

Naturally, there are owners in the woods and they don't look good, but they often ignore them because they don't want to work with the military.

It is possible to replenish with hunting, but the hunting fruit is still unstable due to its part of luck.

I sometimes ask the local forces to supply me.

This is forced by military pressure.

Naturally, there are many villages and aristocrats who don't look good but respond as "better than being roughed up by the army".

And no matter what you say, plunder. This is the number one.

There are plenty of supplies, the golden-eyed ones sell off to merchants, offend women and raise the morale of troops.

However, it is important to note that doing so outside of enemy territory is often annoying.

An army is a reduced number just to move around.

Escape due to injury, illness, or reduced morale.

There are many reasons why there are fewer soldiers.

So, looting is necessary to maintain morale.

As long as you have morale, even a few injuries will follow you.

Naturally, the rules are necessary, and "my permission" is absolutely necessary in this army.

Before this, three idiots who looted on their own were publicly executed in turn with oversized mace.

Since then, there's nothing left to carry out random looting… at least not to stand out.

The army is a human population.

You can have some eye spills, and you need to be good at it.

But if you do not stand up and obey orders, you will be punished.

If I can't do this, I can be named a soldier.

………………

"Albert, how about supplies and itineraries?

At the military council table, I checked with Albert, an assistant.

"Um, we can afford supplies... but the village ahead has turned us down for supplies. Andre's report."

Albert smiles niggardly and evil.

"That is..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... We are a righteous army headed to crusade thieves with a royal life, refusing to cooperate is tantamount to conspiracy!

The Knight of the Old Song made his voice absurd in such a way that he was indignant.

"That's right! You must be cooperating with the thief!

"Uhm! I can't forgive you for being resolute!

One knight after another, the knights under his command are in tune, and the atmosphere of the military council is determined.

It is a farce. War costs money, so the knights want to plunder.

If you have a big name, you can plunder it with dignity.

You can't miss this opportunity.

"Good, I see your loyalty. Tomorrow, your soldiers will fight the thieves."

"Um, it's painful to damage your lords' soldiers, but I'll leave this place to you."

Me and Albert get on the farce.

We can loot the village.

The fatigue of soldiers blows up and morale rises.

The Knights' soldiers alone plunder... which means more share.

They did not try to hide their joy and laughed joyfully.

"Good, no need to negotiate with the village! Kick some thieves in!

Albert set the knights on fire, and they quickly led the soldiers to attack the village.

This is Baron Nantka's territory, but all you have to do is snatch it and get to know him.

Our military morale is more important than other nostalgia.

………………

To conclude, he said the village had no great stockpiles.

They simply couldn't afford it, so they had to turn down our supply.

It must have been some kind of disaster.

But still, there's no way the knights won't get anything.

They are turning women and loading them in their cars and causing them to deal with soldiers in turn.

Seems like they loot iron pots, farm tools, etc. without any gold-eyed stuff and sell it to merchants...... they are the ones to be bought and beaten with a bundle of three sentences, but definitely better than none.

They are professionals in looting and I have a lot to learn about how handy they are.

My men's morale rose enough, and we proceeded with the army with exasperation.

"It's brilliant."

Albert accidentally talked to me.

Albert is equipped with a seasonal clasp and a droplet-shaped helmet, making him feel almost 60 years old.

"Maintaining the Expeditionary Army is a difficult thing, but it is brilliantly leading… tied with fear, manipulated with profit, and handy with emotion. You look like an old general."

I was thrilled.

I wondered if Albert had told me about his age.

I'll be 50 years old if I add up the years I live.

"Isn't it snowing to be praised by Albert? Ha."

I was deluded by a joke.

"Hmm, you're the son of a war. Use stranger moves than you did at a young age, have a resilient body, defeat enemies that double in the first line...... listen well, variant"

Albert lowered his voice.

He doesn't want to be heard around.

"Do you want to discuss Robert with Rudolph in this army? I'll give you a guide if you want to."

Albert said something terrible.

It's a conspiracy... he's whispering to me, his second son, to start a conspiracy.

I stared at Albert.

... I don't know, what's Albert's sincerity?

I stared so hard at Albert's scratchy face that a hole opened up.

But I can't read the expression.

"Hmm, just kidding."

Albert turned to Puy.

"If you cross that hill, it will be Count Berger's territory... Count Berger has no great martial arts, but his castle is famous as a castle of strength, and Galeo, the knight who serves Uncle Berger, is a formidable enemy"

"…… yeah, you can't be alarmed."

I snort at Albert's words, leaving Pan behind.

"Albert, we're going after the knight's castle first. Let's call Jean and Rollo."

We break into Count Berger's territory from the east.

The main unit's rendezvous point is north.

Basically, you should go south.

………………

There is a castle in front of us.

It is a small castle of earth bases and wooden fences built on flat ground.

Standing flat, it's hard to say that it's a war-ready building.

Before attacking the castle, they're going to give me a name or give me a reason to attack, but I don't need that courtesy.

Fighting is decided in favor of beating him up first.

"Good, move on!

I lead the soldiers and walk in front of the castle gate.

The enemy flies arrows and stones at the neglected, but not enough.

I guess we haven't been able to gather the soldiers... our discovery seems to have been delayed.

There is an open moat, but there is no bouncing bridge, and a narrow road is connected in front of the gate.

By the way, there is a "dropping lattice" in the image of a Western castle, but that is a post-Crusader story.

They don't have it in the Amoros kingdom of this era.

My allies are at the gate, but my enemies are desperate.

I guess it supports the gate from the inside out. It's hard to break.

We don't have the equipment to attack the castle, so it's natural to make hassles of the castle gate.

This one is to the point where the precision punches the gate with an axe.

It's supposed to be a broken castle hammer...... well, it's just a whole lot.

It is Orthodox to prepare him and smash through the gate.

But we don't need that this time.

At the right time for the castle soldiers to hang on to us, Jean and Rollo led the Brotherhood to overcome the walls and settle.

The undernumbered castle soldiers did not cover the walls in the first place, and in no time the castle was ravaged by the Brotherhood.

The castle soldiers surrender, the castle owners are captured and pulled out before me.

"You guys! Such barbarity……………………"

The castle lord rings our non desperately, but it's a loser howl.

I don't understand why you were so cautious when there was a crusade decree in the first place.

... hey, haven't you passed on the crusade decree?

I twist my neck, but I have nothing to do with the situation.

"Albert, can I get a ransom from a prisoner (Koitz)?

"No, after rendezvous with the main body if you want to negotiate a ransom or something. It's going to be hard to take a lot of people on this mission."

Albert denied it.

Then there's no point in keeping it alive.

I slaughtered the castle owner silently.

I don't want to let you live poorly and give you a chance to get revenge.

"Caaahhhhhhh!?

"Did you kill him? You killed him!?

"God! Why is this..."

The castle owners' families feared nothing but madness.

Normally, nobles are often freed from ransom even when taken prisoner.

That's how we protect each other.

"Stop! Stop."

Beating him with an oversized mace, he heard a strange noise and his elderly lady's upper body snapped.

I leave about a few young women who seem to be able to use them, and the rest are slaughtered in turn.

"Devil!! Curse me!"

It is a young woman of high stature who is making a scene.

Was it the daughter of the castle owner?

The key key was noisy, but when I grabbed my chest and stretched my face a couple of degrees, I grew old.

"This one's mine."

A humble laugh arose when I told him around.

The woman is still lying down and crying hard.

"All right, the captured soldiers sell to the merchants as slaves, and the castle can be captured all you want."

When I told them, the soldiers cheered and started looting.

… Sometimes you need a bonus.

I look out for my men with a smile. Sounds like a lot of fun.

"Well, can I do it too?"

I approach the castle master's daughter.

"What...! What are you doing!?

"I don't know, you're not a kid, are you?

In my words, a woman despaired.