episode_0015

“Lord Mayer! It came very well!”

Andeln opens his arms as soon as he enters. I guess the situation was pretty bad.

“Master.”

“Lord Myer, please speak comfortably. Isn’t it between us?”

What is our relationship, you idiot… You took everything away from me and now you pretend to be friends.

“Master. What strategy do you have in mind?”

“That… First, I planned to listen to Sir Myer’s opinion and consider it.”

That means there isn’t one. I thought so.

“Master. I said this on the first day of deployment.”

“Hmm?”

“The time for me to step forward has not yet come.”

“Hmm… It was like that.”

“I think it’s time for me to step forward. Please leave the vanguard to me. I will trample you.”

“What? But the enemy is incredibly strong. Didn’t you see it too? How are you going to win?”

“If my lord adopts my strategy, we will be able to win.”

“Is there a way?”

“Would you like to listen?”

From the time of departure… No, there was a plan that had been planned since the first time I raised long spear soldiers.

I’ll show you why I raised pikemen.

—–

Next battle. Mayer-kun stood at the forefront. Immediately behind Mayer’s army were Adelheit von Ignati’s 2,000 troops. And behind them, Andeln’s 6,000 troops. A total of 10,000 troops came forward.

So where have all the rest of the troops gone? The answer is simple. It was decided to build a three-sided encirclement from the north and south of the mountain, that is, from the left and right of our troops.

Surrounded on three sides. It sounds good, but it was actually a gamble. If it works, it will deliver overwhelming results, but if it doesn’t work, it’s a gamble that could lead to the destruction of our troops.

That’s because dividing the soldiers into three also meant dispersing the troops.

“Are you trying to break through with just 10,000 things that could not have been achieved with just 3?”

Clemens laughed at this

“Master! This operation is impossible!”

The four major families also opposed it.

However, the reason this operation was able to pass was because the four major families were placed on the side rather than the front.

In other words, even if the army in front was defeated in battle, the four major families could escape early. but…

‘If we lose, the Mayer family and the Ignati family. Also, the Setia family is finished.’

It was literally a gambling battle where the rise and fall of three families depended on one blow.

Nevertheless, the reason Andeln accepted my gamble was because there was no other way than this.

Of course, there were other reasons than that. That is, the strategy I described was quite plausible. The fact that the Meyer family had built up trust and expertise since the time of Henry, the previous lord, played a role.

In other words, not only my father, but also my grandfather and great-grandfather played a big role.

These are people whose faces I have never seen except in portraits hanging in castles.

In any case, the friendly forces began the operation and engaged in a battle of swords and swords with Clemens.

Everything would be decided in this battle.

—–

Meanwhile, Clemens de Balboa found the enemy’s actions so trivial that they were cute.

Since it was not possible to fight head-on, the soldiers were divided into three groups. What does this mean? The intention is to create a semi-surrounding attack from the front and both sides.

But this was funny. How could they counter the siege when they were no match for them even from the front?

If Balboa’s army maneuvers properly, the enemies on three sides will be defeated one after another. In other words, it was possible to defeat them individually.

‘You made the mistake of dispersing troops. ‘Are you saying the enemy commander didn’t even learn the basics of war?’

Do not disperse your troops hastily. This was something that also appeared in the Beginner’s Art of War book.

‘In this battle… I could make a big major out of it.’

Clemens de Balboa thought that and laughed out loud.

“Khahaha! It’s a major!”

At that one word, the surrounding knights all shouted in unison.

“Wow!!!”

Their morale was high due to the victory two days ago.

Soon the messenger shouted. The enemy is coming up the mountain.

It was the beginning of the battle.

—–

When Setia’s army began to climb the mountain with 10,000 men, Clemens de Balboa’s army gave up the advantage of being at the top of the mountain and immediately came down from the top.

The reason was simple. This is because it was obvious that if we waited at the top, we would be surrounded from three sides according to the enemy’s plan.

But this is not the era of telephones or walkie-talkies. If Clemens comes down from the top of the mountain and the battle time speeds up, the enemies scattered to the left and right will not notice it and will arrive at the top of the mountain at the originally scheduled time.

So what does the enemy’s detachment discover when it arrives at the top of the mountain?

It is a temporary fortress without a single ant and a trace of Andeln, which has already been wiped out.

First, quickly deal with the enemies in front. After that, you just have to kill the remaining 10,000. That was Balboa’s plan.

“Quickly defeat the enemy in front! Spearmen! Forward!”

Balboa planned to weaken the enemy’s infantry by using the previously invincible pikemen.

After the infantry is weakened, the cavalry’s flank attack wipes them out in one blow. That was Balboa’s plan.

However, there was one thing that Balboa did not expect at all.

“Our army’s long spear troops. Forward!”

As Franz Mayer shouted, a large number of long spear soldiers using the same weapons appeared at the forefront of the Setian army.

“Fuck. What is it?”

A curse came out of Clemens’ mouth. Is this a unit of long spear soldiers that suddenly appeared from nowhere?

“Was it hastily done?”

No, there wasn’t time for that. There is no way I could have gotten a long spear from anywhere in this short period of time. That means…

“Originally there?”

Although he did not participate in the last battle, it is said that there was a long spear soldier hiding somewhere.

“Why come now?”

Why did they send me out in this battle instead of the last battle? That confused Clemens’ mind. but…

“Our training level will be higher anyway! Our troops are excellent elite soldiers who have already experienced dozens of battles! They will be on a different level from the ragtag group of enemy soldiers! Show me that not only weapons are the same!”

Clemens believed so and encouraged his army’s long spear soldiers.

Meanwhile, Mayer also had something to say.

“Asilia!”

Franz Mayer shouted loudly. Asilia stepped forward and prostrated herself before him.

“Yes!”

“When did our Mayer family start training pikemen?”

“It is June 21, 545, Imperial Calendar.”

“Then, when did the Krusenstein army begin training long spear soldiers?”

“It is July 27, 547, Imperial Calendar.”

“Yes! Our troops have been training for 5 years, and the enemy has only been training for 3 years! Should our army, which trained for 5 years, lose to the enemy army that trained for 3 years?”

The soldiers began to murmur. Come to think of it, it was true that the Meyer family had a longer history of spearmen than the Krusenstein family. It was simply something that was done at the discretion of a successor named Franz Mayer. But how did Franz Mayer know and have been training pikemen ever since? Does he really have a vision?

Such murmurs were heard from all directions. And Franz Mayer shouted.

“Definitely! That shouldn’t happen! Moreover, the enemy army has lost many veteran soldiers while experiencing numerous battles! In terms of training, those of us who haven’t lost any veteran soldiers are higher! Show the power of aid!”

“Wow!!!”

Our army’s pikemen shouted as if they would not be defeated by the enemy. I could feel the enemy’s movements stopping at the sudden shout. good. He did not lose in the battle of the vanguard. Even though the territory was cut in half, the result was that not a single pike soldier was fired, even though they were running at a loss and going into debt. I will show you from now on. It is the fruition of the effort and pain so far.

“Charge!”

Clemens de Balboa shouted

“Never be pushed away!”

Franz Mayer shouted.

Spearmen on both sides approached each other. As it was our first battle, we could feel that our troops were very nervous.

“No different from training! Think of it as training! What’s on the end of a long spear is the difference between cotton and the blade! Push and stab! If it’s training, hasn’t it been done for 5 years?”

Under Mayer’s encouragement, the soldiers’ movements became natural.

“Take steps! Move forward according to the command! one! one! one! One!”

Every time the officer shouted, he took a step forward. The enemy also made a similar move. And before long, the polearms of both sides began to touch each other.

“Hmph, even so, they are kids with no real-life experience. There’s no way I can fight properly… ”

Clemens, who was talking to himself, suddenly stopped. His expression darkened. That’s right…

“Well, what happened?”

This is because the long spearmen of the Mayer family showed great skill in spear-point fighting. The Meyer family’s long spearmen pushed and struck away the spear tips of the Krusenstein family’s long spear soldiers, disrupting the spear tips and making the central space their own.

The fight between the vanguards was futile. The pikemen of the Mahr family instantly pushed out the pikemen of the Balboa family.

“What the hell… ?”

Where did these elite soldiers come from? Did they hire a famous long spear mercenary group from the West? No, no matter how you look at it, it was Eastern-style clothing and Eastern-style equipment. There was no way they were a famous western mercenary group.

However, their training was not as good as that of western mercenaries. It’s as if he’s been training for several years.

This was an art that was only possible because the Mayer family trained a standing army for five years. The Krusenstein family has a shorter history of long spears than the Meyer family. In addition, they lost elite soldiers while experiencing numerous battles. Therefore, there was bound to be a difference in the proficiency of the long spear.

“All as planned.”

Meanwhile, Franz Mayer was smiling. The seeds that were sown five years ago were finally bearing fruit. I only trained inside the castle, as if I was practicing Tao in the mountains. The results of that training were now being demonstrated.

Before long, the game was decided. Our pikemen won. but…

“Musket Soldiers! Fire!”

Clemens was not embarrassed. At the command he gave to fire, hundreds of muskets burst into flames and dozens of soldiers fell in an instant.

“Yes. Our troops have long spears, but no muskets.”

That was its only weakness. The enemy has guns, and our allies do not. In Japan, there is a saying called Muteppo. Teppo refers to a gun and radish refers to a weapon that will not exist. It refers to a reckless person who rushes at the enemy without a gun.

We were Muteppo in the truest sense. This is because you don’t have a gun and are holding it against an enemy who has a gun. but…

“Weapons aren’t everything.”

The spearman unit at the forefront was eliminated. That invincible defense has been broken. Now it was our team’s turn. No, not exactly…

“All troops! Charge!”

Someone’s voice was heard from behind. Franz Mayer knew who that voice was.

“Luckily, I inherited my sense of command from my father.”

Andeln von Setia. Although he is inferior to his predecessor, Henryk, he has learned a lot from following Henryk since he was young, so he knows exactly when to enter and when to leave. Franz’s poor master gave the right command at the right time. The moment the ally and enemy’s pikemen collapsed at the same time, the moment each other’s shields were lifted, 6,000 infantry of the Setia family rushed towards the enemies.