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Yuno’s rapid advance (3)

Let’s go back in time and ten days later, Prinz’s army was victorious over Henry’s army on the Eastern Front. The news of the crushing defeat of Heinrich’s army and the cleanly washed body of Count Kashu, along with the surrender recommendation document sent by Prinz and Juno, were delivered to the capital Adria through space travel.

The 1st, 3rd, and 4th corps surrendered without much resistance, and since Mayer completely surrounded the retreating capital corps and not a single soldier succeeded in escaping, they only received news of the corps’ defeat through Prinz’s recommendation to surrender. was able to hear.

Of course, the ministers were somewhat aware of the defeat as communication had been cut off for 10 days, but they never thought they would be defeated so horribly, and the surrender of three corps was such an enormous event that they were at a loss as to how to overcome it. come.

Naturally, a cabinet meeting, which also served as a countermeasures meeting, was convened, but the ministers were unable to say anything.

First of all, not only was there no solution, but Heinrich, who had drawn his sword in the State Council, was rampaging around for a long time.

“These incompetent bastards!! They are just completely incompetent!! Does it make sense for the commander-in-chief to surrender? In the history of the Balkans, there has never been a commander-in-chief who surrendered to the enemy!! Let’s destroy that damn family right now!!”

“Your Majesty… Your Majesty. Baron Derian is an orphan and has no family. Besides, I’m not married yet, so my wife’s family…”

“What? Who was the person who recommended Derian as commander-in-chief?” Why did you recommend a man who is not trustworthy like that?”

All the nobles fell in fear at Heinrich’s anger.

The responsibility for this defeat was that even if the commander-in-chief’s head was blown off, he would have nothing to say, and because of Henry’s personality, he was ready to destroy even the three families of those who recommended him, so it seemed like if he even said a word for no reason, his own head would be blown off at any moment.

“Why aren’t you saying anything? If no one recommended him, does that mean I just picked him? In that case, I could choose any one of you and cut off their head”

A nobleman gathered courage and stood up in response to Heinrich’s sad spirit.

“Si… I’m in love with you. your majesty. Please forgive me”

He was Count Belmar, one of the nobles who stood neutral during the previous Plain of Zenon. He was a person who put personality aside and looked at people based on ability, so he thought that Henry, who defeated Prinz, was worthy of the throne of the emperor, and he followed Henry from then on.

And Derian also thought that he would have that ability, so when he came back from a victory by recommending him, he was a person who tried to lure him into his faction by using his recommendation as an excuse.

However, at this very moment, Count Velma was shedding tears of blood on the inside and regretting his decision to focus on his abilities.

“Oh, right. It was amazing. So, is there a reason you recommended Derian?? Did you take a bribe or something? Huh?”

“He is a man of great standing who rose from a mere soldier to a corps commander… so I recommended him. Your Majesty… Your Majesty was so fond of such talented people that he even gave them a chance to win, saying that they were rotting at the time…”

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However, before he could finish his words, Count Belmar fell to the ground with his head cut off, and Heinrich kicked Count Belmar’s body down and ordered it to be removed from the place.

” Then, does the emperor think he will listen to the evaluations of the corps commanders through your mouths and find out for himself? If you had made a recommendation with such a rotten attitude, you would have been gently punished, but you made ugly excuses…”

When the head of a nobleman was blown off in the State Council Hall again, the palace fell into silence.

“Yes. What should I do about this difficult situation? If anyone has an idea, please tell me”

Heinrich pressed for an opinion, but the nobles, who had witnessed their heads being blown off right in front of their eyes for making a mistake in recommending a person, had no way of expressing an opinion, and Heinrich burst into anger again.

Chancellor Marquis Dietrich smiled and opened his mouth in that atmosphere.

“Your Majesty. God once thought of a way”

“Oh!! Prime minister! I really only have you. You can’t even compare to trash bastards like me. So, what is the method?”

“First of all… citizens who have served in the imperial army are forcibly conscripted to form a corps”

“But… even if that were the case, wouldn’t there be a shortage of troops? Moreover, compared to active duty, combat power will be seriously reduced, right?”

“That’s right. However, their spouses are also made to serve, and if they have children, they are held hostage. In that case, the women will be able to stab with a spear, so the troops will be strengthened, and since they will fight desperately to protect their children, their combat power will be no less than that of active-duty legionnaires.”

“Hmm~ In that case, the military will be resolved… but as the Prime Minister knows, we are currently severely lacking in high-end military forces. There are three masters over there, including Lichtenauer and Junnom. Moreover, this time we lost three people, including the Mage Tower Master, Viscount Amin, and Count Kashu. Now we only have Director Speyer left”

“That’s also something I thought about”

Marquis Dietrich announced what he thought, and opposition from all the other nobles poured out to his ridiculous remarks, but Henry once again took the lead in his opinion, cutting off the head of a nobleman who opposed it and praising Marquis Dietrich.

“Hahahaha, of course you are the Prime Minister!! The only person who thinks about this Balkan and Henry’s future is the chancellor. On the other hand, those idiots are really no help. What do the guards do? Drive out those bastards right now!! Never allow them to set foot in this palace again!!”

“Yes, Your Majesty!!”

The nobles were driven out of the royal palace by the guards under orders from Henry.

From then on, only the Marquis Dietrich and the powerful officials who had followed him since the time of Prince Lee entered the cabinet meeting to discuss state affairs.

Naturally, the state affairs were in disarray, and among the expelled nobles, one by one, those who were worried about the future of the Balkans and switched to the camp of Prinz and Juno began to appear.

While the capital Adria was in disarray due to the manipulation of state affairs by Chancellor Dietrich and his associates, Prinz and Juno were preparing their army to advance to Adria from the Eastern Front.

“Viscount Leverkin. How were the military provisions prepared? The number of troops has suddenly increased by 30,000, so there is no way there won’t be a problem with supply.”

“Don’t worry. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The preparation is perfect. The seeds Hiria sent me can be grown even in fields where the harvest season is over. Moreover, it can be harvested until next year’s planting season, making it a truly innovative crop. Thanks to this, it was easy to purchase a lot of food from farmers”

“Hmm~ Viscount Leverkin. Still, stock up on more food”

Viscount Leverkin tilted his head at Juno’s command.

“Yes? Even now, I have prepared four months’ worth. With the stamina of our army trained by Your Majesty, it is certain that we will be able to reach Adria in about 40 days. This schedule assumes that we will fight some small-scale battles, and it also takes into account the possibility of coming all the way to the east again in case we are defeated. But what more here?”

“Yes. I know very well that you worked hard to prepare. But we are not going to occupy another country. Currently, the empire is suffering from an extreme food shortage, and numerous refugees have arisen. Won’t you run into them on your way to Adria? In that case, we should also consider the fact that we have to go while rescuing them”

At Juno’s words, not only Viscount Leverkin but also other staff members looked at Juno with respect.

And Prinz was watching this with a satisfied face.

‘okay. Yuno, you are doing well. If you continue in this state, no one will oppose you when you ascend the throne as emperor.’

Yuno decided on the route of advance by listening to the opinions of his staff, not only in terms of troop supply but also in other military aspects, and with the addition of the opinions of the corps commanders who had surrendered, the advance plan became more and more perfect.

In addition, Yuno won the hearts of the legionnaires by participating in all of their training during the day when he was not training Jennifer.

After resting the surrendered legionnaires for a few days, the Prinz army was treated as harshly as when first training, but since they were basically active imperial troops, they were able to quickly adapt to Yuno’s rigorous training, and Yuno said that the legionnaires’ stamina had improved to some extent. After thinking about it, he held a sports competition including Prinz-kun and won the hearts of each winner by giving them various rewards and a banquet.

As some time passed, the Prinz army and legionnaires were able to unite around Yuno.

And a few days later, Prinz’s army and the 1st, 3rd, and 4th corps surrendered to Yuno and followed him. And a large army of 40,000 men, including the Tesida Nikana army directly under Yuno, dispatched troops towards Adria, the capital of the Balkans.

Juno’s army advanced into Adria, meeting almost no resistance and winning the hearts of the people by rescuing countless citizens of the empire.

Some lords who shuddered at Henry’s tyranny in the Council of State actively cooperated through agents in their territories, and some even led their own troops to join Juno’s army.

Of course, some lords loyal to Henry waged a guerrilla war aimed at supplying Juno’s army, but public sentiment was already completely on Juno’s side, so information on the location of Henry’s army was constantly reported to Juno.

Since there was no army that was as easy to attack as the guerrilla army, which lost public support and did not receive the cooperation of the residents, Yuno’s army advanced very easily and succeeded in advancing to the vicinity of the capital Adriatic in one month, ten days faster than expected.

*Live-action illustration of Yuria created as a test