The Old Knight of a Frontier District

4.

The approximate thoughts on tactics were put together, so I was asked to hold a previous meeting for a strategic decision on May 39.

First, I asked about the general's personnel.

This is a matter which transcends Bardo's discretion and which should be decided by the King following the meetings of the Council of Privy Advisers and the Council of Ministers.

Who to strike at the Central Army General who was vacated by the death of Zaifert?

Also, until now, the Upper General has been served by Jules Rant, but what will he do with his successor?

Even the Privy Advisory Council could hardly reach a conclusion.

Some voices called Chantillion an upper general, but the Duke of Argolide hated it.

Chantillion lacks experience as a general, even if he excels as a swordsman.

This is precisely why it is impossible to take the seat of the Upper General in this situation.

There was also the voice of Bardo, but it is customary for the Upper General to fill a knight with royal blood.

I also want to avoid this incident.

Where the debate was stuck, Jules Rant gave the name of an outrageous person.

It is a Seidelmont Expungler.

It is a knight raised by Bardo by hand salt with Jules Rant.

Why can this person hold the post of Superior General?

Speaking of the Expengler family, it is famous as one of the (first people) on the border, but it is known in a different sense in Parzam.

The first king supposedly set up a house divided from the Expengler family, meaning that his ancestors were the same.

Moreover, by chance, Chantillion had named Seidelmont as a leading candidate in inviting generals from outside.

Chantillion wouldn't have thought of it as an Admiral General, but the Argorides' recommendation is heavy.

As a matter of fact, it was Bardo's fault that Chantillion knew the name of Seidelmont.

Bardo was to be greatly regretted for not saying anything extra.

With this background, Seidelmont arrived in the King's Capital shortly after Bardo took office as United Marshal.

A knight holding more than a certain position of identity shall register his fingerprints.

The seal officer who took Seadelmont's fingerprints looked up to heaven.

It was a fingerprint similar to that of the first king.

Speaking of which, Cedarmont and Jules Rant are somewhat alike to the color and face of their hair and eyes.

A lot of people jumped jokes that blood might be connected, but it really was.

This changed the minds of those who were expressing their opposition.

Therefore, Seidelmont Expungler was to take up the post of Admiral.

Bardo, who did not even know he was coming to Parzam, was greatly surprised to be told this just before your meeting.

Although Seidelmont would also have been quite surprised to learn that Bardo had gained the status of Union Marshal and others.

It is a verbal behavior, such as pulling him out, the head knight of the Tercia family, but instead because he pointed at two good knights, Julelant said, without any evil.

General Zhongjun told Chantillion, and all the other generals were decided to be ancient knights of the king's army.

Thus the General Personnel of the King's Army finally investigated.

5

Bardo asked Seidelmont about the reorganization of the King's Army.

The King's Direct Command is originally composed of six armies of one hundred horsemen, archers, spear soldiers, and armoured infantry.

That is, a total of two thousand and four hundred troops.

But although we lost many generals in the Great Plains of Casse and then tried to replenish and train, we have now finally arrived at one thousand and eight hundred.

It takes special training, so it doesn't make much sense to add up just the number of people.

Reducing the number of each unit temporarily abolished the Lower Army and reconstituted it with the Upper Army and the Central Army, respectively, as both the heaviness of the defense and the permeability of the attack would be lost.

Bardo nodded and listened to this Seidelmont report.

Bardo then asked the minister in charge to report on the reinforcements of the Goriola Empire.

The day after Bardo took office as Union Marshal, that is, on May 35, reinforcements were requested from the Goriola Empire.

provided, however, that the terms are assumed to be discussed from now on.

In the fastest case, that is, if the procedure for sending reinforcements was immediately in place and all conditions were the best, it would arrive in fifty days, that is, at the beginning of July.

It will actually be around the middle or end of July.

Whether or not we can make it to the King's Capital defense is subtle.

Next, he asked for a report on the current situation of Teula and Seion.

The minister in charge signaled the official to give an explanation.

The respective capitals of Teula and Seion are required to provide food to the Sinkai army intermittently.

Not at all pro bono, but the accumulation of each royal palace diminished, so did the dissatisfaction of his subordinates.

Then the kings of the two countries asked the powerful lords to cooperate.

The people who responded to this are all the people who went into the big black carriage.

Its food provision is also dissatisfying, with each leading city said to be in a disturbing situation.

When that was over, he asked for a report on what was going on between Goliola and Sinkai.

Sinkai took control of the southern Goriola city of Kobusi early in the war.

The city is the key to curbing the shortest streets connecting the royal capital of Goriola with the Middle Plains.

Goliola stopped the initial force attack and tried to dry up Kobushi by blocking supplies and replenishments.

But Sinkai's General Bakou, who protects Kobushi, is an amazing fighter, striking out with exquisite breath to interrupt Goliola's movements.

It is a situation where the ancient powerful knights of Goliola are being taken by hand, and the magnitude of the cumulative damage is such that once military activity in the south has had to converge.

It was therefore imperative that the costs of mobility, maintenance and rewards of the one hundred and fifty horsemen to be dispatched to Parzam be sought from the Parzam side.

This is the problem.

What will Parzam pay for Goriola's reinforcements?

Gold or territory?

Its content could have a direct impact on strategy.

Until now, he had not reached an agreement by consulting with the envoys of other countries, even in the Council of Ministers, but here King Jules Lant came up with an absurd proposal.

Give up Rhode Van Castle to the Goriola Empire.

Both the Privy Advisers and the heavy ministers attending your meeting opened their mouths gently.

No.

The Gadusha Border Marquis and Senior Priest Bari Toad are flat.

Rhode Van Castle may be referred to as a city that is a necessity for the management of Parzam's borders, as well as proving the breadth of its prints and the height of its national power.

To give it to Goriola would be taken by a sign of willingness to give way to the entire periphery.

At least the Nakahara countries accept that the champion of the eastern border replaced Goliola from Parzam.

Here the heavy minister in charge of commerce began to explain.

Rhode Van Castle is a military hub at the same time a single city, the largest hub on the border where both water and food can be self-sufficient and can be maintained semi-permanently.

Winning this from our country will be a tremendous achievement for King Goriola.

In other words, there is no option of not taking it, more than receiving it would be putting in soldiers and letting the people run the city, patrolling the surroundings and maintaining security.

In fact, we agreed this time to boost commercial exchanges between Parzam and Goliola, and we have already decided on the immediate commodities.

Theula, if we were to avoid Seion, there is nothing other than Castle Rhode Van that would serve as its relay point.

This means that even if we give up Rhode Van Castle to Goriola, this one can continue to be used as a trading hub.

Push Goriola for maintenance costs.

The repair of the North Gate, which collapsed as a result of the Warcraft raid, will take considerable effort, time and expense, but naturally will be borne by Goriola.

In recent years, Geineria has expanded its area of influence in nearby areas, making it more difficult to get to and from Rhodvan Castle and Wang Capital.

At this time, Gainelia and I have also entered into a trade agreement, so that instead of paying the toll tax, we can protect the safety on the road.

The transit tax would also be a huge sum, since trade between the state and the state would begin rather than with smaller cities like before.

At the same time, it will be officially acknowledged that the southern side of Rhode Van is a Gynelian sphere of power.

The profits will be great for Gainelia as well.

Parzam will also eliminate the need for large troops to be stationed on the eastern border.

On top of that, even if Goriola tries to build a forward base south of there, Guidelia won't allow it.

There's no place around there for humans to make a big city, except for Rhode Van Castle.

The costs that have been incurred in that region should be spent in a more effective location.

So I tried to explain, and I was impressed with the cunning of this proposal.

It is the way to cast aside names and take fruit in the earth.

But.

I know you had been consulted beforehand, but with what did you convince the Gadusha border marquis?

Rhode Van is, after all, the territory of the Gadusha Marquis.

Bardo stared at the map.

And I understood.

Fargo and Ejite.

If you win this battle, these two leading cities will belong entirely to Parzam.

I have to.

And these two cities are a necessity for the West, so we have to put down a knight with exceptional credibility and great power.

The Gadusha Border Marquis, who has protected the eastern border, which has not been profitable for many years, is just right.

I see.

Even if we give up Roadvan for this, we have an excuse against our fathers.

Instead of making excuses, it's a great honor.

Julelant became a great king, Bardo was impressed.

No, it's not.

It's not that it has, it's this crisis that's growing Jules Rant right now.

Finally, he asked for a report on the movements of the Sinkai army.

So far, he said he has not heard from the Sinkai army that they beat Kasse.

General Luglugoa watches plays, admires paintings and music, looks at rare scenery, tours the workshop, invites the nobles to a night club and spends every day as if they were royal princes.

The people of the city are totally accustomed to this unusual conqueror of appearance, saying to each other whether they are descendants of giants or divine tribes.

In short, General Appetite is seriously coming to steal this country.

When the restructuring and resupply of the army is over, calming down the city and investigating its functions as a stronghold, the Sinkai army begins its march on the Wang capital.

That, someday.

6.

Based on these conditions, Baldo spoke of the importance of the strategy.

Even so, the actual explanation is once again Knight Nuts Kajnell, borrowed from the Argorides.

Leave this man alone. I can't think of a deputy.

Firstly, I order the Sinkai army to hold off on a number of leading cities in Kasse and the Wang capital.

However, the aim is to delay the march and withdraw as appropriate to protect the city from major damage.

I wouldn't do anything more to attack the leading cities along the way from one end than get a useful base called Casse.

Even so, if you leave the leading cities intact and come as far as Wang Du, you will be blocked from exiting and supplying them.

You should definitely want to avoid that.

So I'll let you take some forts and castles with no inhabitants.

That would safely advance the army to the Wang capital, so we can contain the damage to the leading cities.

There are about one hundred and twenty minutes from Kasse to Wangdu.

A carriage can run in twelve days.

If you march here with infantry, it will take thirty days.

Add to this the number of days you can earn by stopping, and if you leave Kasse today, that is, on May 39, when will the Sinkai army arrive?

Earliest July 1st, slowest July 20th.

So I decided to fix it as soon as the information came in.

Next, set a strategic objective.

The enemy's terms of victory are unquestionably King Juleland's capture, or murder.

Even if we destroy the king's army and rule the king's capital, the kingdom of Parzam is alive as long as Juleland is alive and well, and we can gather the great lords to resume.

Conversely, as long as Jules Rant is captured, negotiations can proceed in any favor.

On the contrary, I don't know the details yet, but if you can really manipulate people's minds with a big black carriage, you might be able to make them transfer the kingdom.

Now the monarchs of Teula and Seion are acting like they've only been manipulated.

So what are the winning conditions on the part of Parzam?

It is, of course, to defeat the Sinkai army and to recapture Kasse while its momentum remains, putting Fargo and Ejite under full control.

When it comes to what is necessary for this to happen, it is to capture or kill General Luglugoa.

Baldo was convinced of that from his dialogue with General Buntai.

No matter how much you defeat Sinkai's General, while General Lugurgoa is alive, you can rebuild as much as you want.

Conversely, as long as General Lugurgoa is defeated, Sinkai loses the power and reason for the succession.

In short, this war aims to defeat General Luglugoa by defending Julant.

The operational divide will be whether General Luglugoa will march ahead of us, or whether he will leave the engagement with his men's generals to stay in Kasse.

I don't know this until then.

If we are to come together, we will separate the army from the general, and if we are not to come, we will break the vanguard generals and lure them out.

We shall proceed with the operation in both respects, and tactics against General Lugurgoa will remain secret until General Lugurgoa comes forward.

As for army formation, the Kings Direct Army decided to keep it at Seidelmont and Chantillion.

Direct military forces will only show true value if they operate collectively, and mass battles in the flatlands are the culmination.

Bardo leads another unit this time.

I will ask the soldiers of the Hordes to form a separate movement led by Bardo.

The main force of the Separate Moving Squad is not horseback riding.

I want men who are tough and bold enough to run around the mountains because they are civilians.

Explaining the tactics Bardo had in mind, we were both very surprised.

Dissenting opinions continued, but Seidelmont and Chantillion, plus Gadusha Border Marquis and Bari Toad, agreed, and recruitment was decided by the King's ruling.

The success of this operation was greatly enhanced by the arrival of Seidelmont, albeit by chance.

After that, I went into fine-tuning.

Specific troop formation and command liaison methods.

Training schedule and deployment steps.

Choice of castles and fortifications to dawn on.

An examination of the unnatural way of turning in.

Once you have made the adjustments here, you will then be asked to set up a way to specify them in each department.

The meeting was over at midnight and close to dawn.

Everyone should have been exhausted, but that look was bright.

Bardo concluded by saying:

Defeat General Appetite.

Everything is aggregated to this point.

The general said he was twice the height of a man, and if he waved a great sword, he wouldn't have put together a knight thirty steps away.

The more I hear, the harder it is to believe a monster.

But still, it must be that the heart's heart is a pulsating, bloody creature.

If you inflict unbearable wounds, you will fall and die.

It's horrible because I think it's human.

I think it's a battle between a knight and a knight. That's crazy.

Think of it as a warcraft.

Think of it as a demon possessed by a giant beast that looked like a man.

Surround them and kill them, like they kill the calves.

Then Bardo looked more at Julelant.

A closing greeting should be given by the King.

"Guys, it's been a long time and a hard time.

If you put it on Marshal Bardo, it seems that the servant General Lugurgoa is no different from the beast.

Isn't it delightful?

Come on, guys.

Go hunting. "

Illustration/Mr Matajiro