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

600 soldiers from Bashraar Castle began northbound.

Our march is fast.

All the baggage cars are rear cars and many of the soldiers carry rucksacks.

By eliminating the slow walking luggage, he proceeded with his army at a considerable speed, even if he was unable to do so until he was considerably faster and more than he normally would have done.

"Dear Barian, the lords ahead have not responded to the mobilisation decree and are gathering troops in the castle. Attention."

Decos approached me and spoke to me in a low voice.

"Are you in the rebellion?

"No, it is mainly the west and south that are in tune with the insurgency. I guess the lords here determine which is better. By the way, it's the Antormons."

I laughed with my nose.

The Antlemons are knights in Bashraal territory, but not on a large scale.

... thick when only dozens of soldiers can hold high...

I changed the course of the army, saying, "Okay, I'll worship that fool's face."

Almost in the direction of progress, so it won't be a big loss in time either.

Dozens, if you get stuck in the back during a battle, you're dead.

I will destroy you if I can, if I can't.

... if anything, I'll attack and crush it all at once... I need to show it off...

Not to say they were particularly rebellious compared to other small lords, but they were unfortunately located on the path of the army.

I already had a stomach full of beatings at the cost of going.

………………

A few hours after that

A messenger has come to our army approaching Antholmon territory.

With the army approaching the territory, they must have rushed to set up a messenger to explore this belly.

The messenger shows up with a grand attitude and his chest stretched, which irritates me again.

Unaware of my mood, the messenger lowered his head in a relaxed motion, holding his helmet beside him.

... He's kind of depressing...

I am already grumpy and look at Dormier and Decos with a more uneasy look.

"Master Barrian is kind, isn't he? You mustn't be angry. Aren't you hungry? There's water too."

Lolo cares, but I feel totally treated like a toddler.

I'm not mad that I'm just hungry.

"It's the first time I've seen you. Lord, from Knight Antholmon..."

The messenger started saying hello, but I was already unwilling to hear it, and I said, "Stop it, stop it."

"We sent our troops to check on the Antholmon family. If we refuse to mobilize any more, we will see it as a conspiracy, and we will continue to attack."

The messenger rushed to say something, but Dormier took him when I ordered him to "pin it out".

We must not let them negotiate here.

Same as a bunch of dogs.

Foolish dogs who forget to submit to the leader of the flock must be whipped and reminded who the Lord is.

I proceeded with the army to chase the messenger and arranged a formation in the form of a slightly remote hill overlooking Castle Antlemon.

There is no sign of any response from the castle.

... Well, if it's a closed cage, it's a big mistake if you think the storm will pass...

I crushed and observed Castle Antholmon.

Castle Antlemon is a typical earth base castle…… more of a residential size.

Shallow moats, low earth bases, watchtowers in wooden buildings.

It is situated adjacent to a small village surrounded by crude wooden fences.

I could see the soldiers making some noise on the lookout.

... Well, it's not even a big castle... but it's not bad, can we destroy the Antholmon family and give Simon...

Simon promises to rebuild Bell's home, the Casta family (see story 56).

It would be convenient if we could crush the proper knighthood somewhere and give it to every old minister.

I turned to the army I led and called out to the soldiers, "Are you ready?"

This is about 600 people… but it is too much power to attack the small castle of the weak knight family.

Lolo pulled my sleeve (so) at the exact moment I tried to order an attack.

"... Dear Barian! Horseback riding came out of the castle. Perhaps Lord Antlemon."

Lolo shows with his fingers the knight, the thoughtful figure and two squire...... I see it would be the knight Antlemon.

"Do you surrender?

"That's right. If you want to fight, you've been on the rebel side since the beginning."

I praised Lolo for his words.

Even the soldiers who watched it make a mockery of it, but when Decos says, "What is it that makes you mock the knights!" He was tightening up the soldiers.

This is my fault.

The knight was proud...... he reflected that it was not a good idea to stimulate pride poorly to elicit a useless rebellion.

It is also possible that other subordinates who have seen Antholmon's treatment find it unpleasant that "Varians are tyrants trampling the pride of knights".

I thanked Decos.

After all, Decos, who served Rudolph, is the oldest in my garden.

I'm already in my mid-50s, but I can still count on it.

Incidentally, it is a 'robbery' older than the back of a turtle.

I want you to be careful because it's easy to make mistakes here.

………………

[]/(adj-na, n) after a while/after a while/after a while/

Knight Antholmon kneels in front of me with his blue face.

I rode on a black (noir) and met him face to face.

"Knight Antlemon, excuse me from the horses because of the battlefield"

Kneeling Antlemon would have looked up at me on the horse and obviously understood the difference in position.

"My lord, I, I have no intention of conspiracy! However, as the situation in the neighborhood becomes opaque………"

Antholmon continues to make painful excuses for many things.

Antholmon is a knight with a round face in his 40s or so.

It's like a half-extended horn pruning… Is the first impression 'a country gentleman with hazy hair'?

He doesn't seem to be good at negotiating, and he's wretched.

Very funny, but I can't hear the soldiers laughing because of the staring decos.

"Antholmon, stay with me."

When I tell him, he says, "There's time to gather soldiers," etc.

It's frustrating to watch, but I guess Koitsu is the type to go in from "I can't" first when they say something.

Typical type of job I can't do.

"Soldiers are useless... restrain them!

When I gave the order, Simon and his people took control of the two squires, and Dormier took control of Antholmon.

"What are you doing!? I am conspiring to rebel..."

Antholmon makes a scene, but nothing can be done about it.

"All right, keep heading north and join the main force."

I ignored Antholmon and proceeded with my horse.

"Father, what are you going to do with these two!?

Simon raised his voice to me.

When you look at it, the two squires are pressed against the ground by Simmons, and their arms are twisted.

I almost said, "Leave me alone," and I thought a little.

"… lead all soldiers and join us if you want to save your lords. Simon, let them go."

When I told him, the two servants were released and Antholmon was taken as he was.

The point is, if you can't hang a chockey from behind in your battle with Count Darmon.

If you take Antholmon as your hostage, they can't imitate anything stupid either.

Antholmon's soldier rendezvous is about "making more money with more soldiers". I'm not expecting anything.

You won't have to worry if they don't rendezvous. Then you just have to crush him again.

Having secured the rear, I hurried north.

………………

Rather than say, the North Front was running backwards, the main force of the Lioncool Army was avoiding meetings and buying time.

If we nail down Count Darmon's army here, Jean will be more susceptible to rumbling in the rear, and if the damage is greater, Count Darmon will have to return to his territory.

Passive but not a mistake.

Several bases appear to have fallen into place, but Zillow and Andre were unable to do so and continued their defensive battles based on a larger castle.

That's where my army arrived.

This is where the difference in power between him and me is reversed.

"Good, give the Zillows a message. Break up with your hands like this and attack."

The army I lead should not have been grasped by the details yet... then you can attack it here in an ambush.

We dive into the woods and march in a way that goes hand in hand with the Zillow's main advance.

The main force seems to be slightly less numerous, but there seems to be little damage.

Thanks to Zillow and Andre for the defense.

The army proceeded as it was, meeting the enemy near the stronghold occupied by the enemy.

Count Darmon's army has a strength of approximately 2,200 men.

The main force against Lioncool is 1,900, and another army I lead is 600.

Looks like the main army is arriving first... the battle may be starting as well.

It is advantageous in terms of numbers, but the terrain is complicated and it is unlikely that the deployment of the army will be possible at once… The advantages of this level of numbers will be pulled back by extraction and command.

Besides, I want to leave some room if I think about the next thing.

It's a tough fight.

A second beating was about to begin here.