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

Next day

An ambassador from Viscount Bashraal came.

The military ambassador held his undressed helmet aside and lowered his head with his free hand wide open. My legs are gently crossed.

This is a polite greeting indicating that there is no hostility.

"I welcome you for the first time, the words from my Lord Viscount Bashraal..."

I controlled the words of the ambassador with my hands.

I can't stand being greeted with sloppiness.

"No need to say hello, this request is for the inheritance of my Viscount Bashraal."

When I ran out, the ambassador swallowed up the word "ugly".

"Tell the castle lord... if you serve me, I will return the castle and the captives. You would have thought that soldiers could not come when the Lord of the Lords of War was in trouble. If anyone else comes down to me, I'll relieve them of their position and property."

"I'll just tell you what the matter is," the military ambassador, hearing this word and realizing that there are no islands to mount it, mouthed the demands of the Bashraal side as she gave up half of them.

The contents brought in by the military ambassador were the fallen castle and the return of the prisoners.

Naturally, "withdrawal fee" and "ransom" are included.

This is the duty of Viscount Bashraal.

A monarch is one who shelters his subordinate knights and servants.

Instead of giving the land and protecting it from foreign enemies, the knight is loyal and responds to his military duties.

This is a kind of contractual relationship.

If one of them is broken unilaterally, the contract may be broken and revoked.

In other words, Viscount Bashraal was originally required to strive to defend the castle, but he was unable to send out his soldiers shortly after the defeat of the meeting.

The next good measure is the recapture of the castle.

I don't care if this is the result of negotiations or if I take it back by force.

I just need to return the castle to the castle owner as a result.

Viscount Bashraal, who has difficulty gathering any more soldiers, sent an ambassador to come in from the negotiations, but the results are as you can see.

"Need a response? We don't have to count on ransom or anything, as long as Viscount Bashraal is caged in the castle, we can loot as much as we want. As you can see."

When I told him, the military ambassador was stuck with the word "ugh".

"Soon, we will attack Bashraal Castle. No matter how many soldiers are caged, if I stroke them, the castle will fall... think about it. I'm 17 years old, and I ashed the famous Berger Castle, and I'm good at castle attacks."

When I laughed, the ambassador leaned over and hid his expression.

"We plunder the rich Bashraal! Viscount Bashraal will be my concubine! Soldiers will skewer and women will have lioncool kids!! Look forward to the disaster that will befall Xamas and others!!

I just stood up and left the hall, not saying the negotiations were over.

If you go down to me, I will return the prisoners and the castle.

If you turn it against me, I'll kill you all.

Viscount Bashraal's servants would also think "which way to follow is the way to live" if they were so threatened.

You don't have to betray me.

It's just important to show them the choice "you don't have to fight thoroughly".

The cramps bite the cat.

Instead of hunting them down without darkness, the key is to leave them on the run.

The castle that has been used will be left with a few soldiers and captives.

If the Viscount comes out of the castle out of a hue of colour, you can go for Gabriel there... or Bashraal Castle, which has become thin.

………………

I gather my soldiers and head to Bashraal Castle, the home of Viscount Bashraal.

And during the march, I discovered a strange smoke.

... Wolf Smoke? No...

The village passing on the road to Bashraar Castle was in a strange state as if it had already been burned.

The smoke that stood up was the smoke that burned the house.

"Is this Operation Scorched Earth?

"What is it?"

Pierre reacted to my words.

"Operation Scorched Earth is a strategy to destroy buildings and supplies that are likely to be taken and used by enemies when retreating and not to put them to rest or replenish."

"I see now that the Lioncools are looking at the villages in this state and lowering their morale."

Pierre nods with great admiration.

But I questioned this scorched-earth operation.

There are also shortcomings in scorched-earth operations that seem reasonable.

Destroy your country's stronghold... Your grievances will swell and even if you withdraw your enemies, the wrath of the people will remain on the desolate soil.

And carrying out a thorough scorched-earth operation will require considerable power.

You need the strength to keep your allies from saying whether or not to bleed.

In the feudalist Amoros, a thorough scorched-earth operation would not be possible.

The knights in charge said, "I don't want to do that."

If you have land that hasn't been scorched, your enemies will just take it away from you and make you a base...... Operation Scorched Earth halfway through just buying the grudges of your allies makes no sense.

The state of this village would be closer to stopping and harassing than to say Operation Scorched Earth.

... But when it comes to Operation Kamako from the previous battle, there are strangely good harassers...

I flashed my face.

There is nothing painful or itchy about it, but it is the person who does the most annoying things.

The young Viscount Bashraal did not feel so crooked.

Both verbal matches and battles at meetings are honest.

…… Maybe the knight under his command is troubled…… With that said, the knight who said Belli or something was strong……

I remember a mighty enemy who fought a single horse.

Is the young Viscount Bashraal blessed with his subordination?

This guy can't let his guard down.

I got back on my nerves.

………………

We reached the enemy's home castle of Bashraal.

Bashraar Castle is a single fortress type castle.

Built on a small hilltop, it's a dirt castle, but I want to refrain from making it inside.

Castle Bashraar has hundreds of fighters left, but he consolidates his defense like a shrunken tortoise and sends an ambassador to bring peace negotiations.

Honestly, I just think I'm buying time...... he's a pain in the ass.

Something's hooked in me.

"Hey, the enemy looks like he's buying time... do you have any idea?

I decided to ask everyone this question.

"We caged and bought time, and this is the only reinforcement we have. Baron Cocteau, next door to the south, is an ally of Viscount Bashraal and a king's brother."

"Hmm, you're likely to make this one a priority over rendezvous with the Wang Brotherhood.

Dekos in the situation points to the possibility of reinforcements, and Jose is nodding.

By the way, Baron Cocteau is a baron territory where I used to loot villages for supplies (see 40 stories).

"If there are reinforcements to the south...... ok, stop attacking Dalladara Castle! We'll secure the south base!

It's extremely troublesome to get stuck behind you in the middle of a castle attack.

I get up and spread the map.

There are also several Knights to the south of Viscount Bashraal territory, taking their castles and villages as bases.

Even if Baron Cocteau is here, we just have to destroy each one before we rendezvous.

Only Bashraal and Sandwich will be aware of the attack. You just have to let the scouts go and be vigilant about this.

Confirm future operations, and we'll pay the line to head south.

He cheered from Castle Bashraal, who left us, and irritated me.

... Chip, watch this now... I'll make you regret not surrendering here...

I dispatched a message to the castle to instruct them to abandon the castle and join us.

If they destroy each one of these, they will fall for it.

………………

The castle in the south has no great power left, and we easily attacked it and made it a new base.

Release scouts around the perimeter and explore the state of the baron's territory.

But instead of signs of reinforcements from the Baron's territory, it seems that the army has already gone out half a month ago in an effort to rendezvous with the King's Brotherhood.

... What do you mean? If you don't have reinforcements, why...?

When I'm confused, there's an unmissable report coming in from the scouts I unleashed on the side of Castle Bashraal... who took the ministers and family that Viscount Bashraal was the Lord to escape the castle.

It seems the enemy's aim was not to resist us, but to escape outside our territory after our attention had been diverted.

I mean, I've been manipulated into enemy maneuvers, and I've lifted the siege of Bashraal Castle.

......... they did it! I didn't know you'd give up clams and resistance like this............!

I regretted it, but it was too late.

The Viscounts of Bashraal will leave the castle, and it will be the King's Brotherhood who will head for them.

"Damn you!!

I slammed the corner cup I had on the floor.

He was made a real enemy of me.

Anger rushes up from the core of my body and I can't contain it.

The goal of this progression operation was to occupy Viscount Bashrar's territory and kill all the Viscount's close relatives in order to determine my inheritance.

But I really let the Viscount get away with it... I have a bad flag color based solely on the documents I fabricated if it comes to trial in front of the king.

Therefore, it was necessary to kill the Viscount and take effective control as a fait accompli.

It is no trouble for the Viscount to escape.

"Did they do it!

I looked around with Guillaume.

Right on the side is a captured Knight's prisoner, but they look at my sword screen and scream "hiccup".

These people have nothing to do with it.

But just hitting eight on the cup won't cure my anger.

An uncontrollable rage pours out of the bottom of my belly.

I grabbed the knight's wife's arm and tore her clothes off.

"Damn you!!

The poor lady cried out, but put her cheeks up several times to make her grown up.

I was forced to push it onto the table and hang it on top of it.

"She has nothing to do with the deeds of Viscount Bashraal"

'Stop it, I'll buy you a futile grudge

I try to stop the calm part in me, but once it explodes, my passion doesn't heal.

The lady resisted desperately and bit me, but she was beaten even more.

I can hear the other captives screaming and sobbing.

"If you resent me, you resent the Viscount Bashraal, who made you all angry."

I bled my eyes in anger and ravaged my wife.

………………

Thereafter, the resistance of Viscount Bashraal continued, and although I succeeded in occupying it, I was greatly troubled by its rule.

It goes without saying that there was a figure of Viscount Bashraal in that shadow that kept calling for resistance to me.