episode_0241

Battle to recapture Zenon Plains

Meanwhile, in the center, the Tesseito army was being pressed down by the overwhelming power of the imperial army.

“Hold on!! The moment you break through, this war will be lost!! All we have to do is hold on while the left and right cavalry crush the enemy!!”

After defeating all of the light infantry of the Balkan 5th Corps that had invaded the interior of the corps, the Marquis of Graze encouraged his soldiers with all his might and gave appropriate orders to his staff in accordance with the changing battlefield to minimize damage to the unit.

“11 hundred people! Get back!! The 35-hundredth unit blocks that spot!! Lucaris! You should lead 5 hundred troops and support the right flank!! If that side is breached, it will eventually collapse!”

However, the Marquis Graze’s skillful command was shining even in that situation.

He used his reserves to the extreme, allowing his knights to lead reinforcements at the right time to strike and fall.

In addition to timely use of reserve forces, the Marquis of Graze observed the battlefield widely and checked where the Balkan offensive was getting rough. He replaced the units in areas where the battle line seemed likely to collapse and effectively defended the Balkan wave offensive.

As the Tesseito army moved, the faces of Baron Hassau, commander of the Western Army, who was commanding the Balkan heavy infantry, and each corps commander became increasingly hardened.

“Damn it!! Since he is a master, I thought he would just swing his sword at the front without any ignorance… but he has amazing command ability… and is holding on even when he is being pushed by 3 corps…”

“That’s right. It would be easier if they came out with a sword and started running wild. Since we are aware of the flow of our troops and are blocking that area, it is not easy to push forward”

Baroness Claudia, commander of the 7th Corps, agreed with Baron Hassau’s words and suddenly furrowed her forehead as she gave the order to rotate her troops.

This was because Count Arnim, the commander of the 5th Corps, was breathing heavily and wiping the blood from his forehead next to him.

“No! Commander of the 7th Corps! If that crazy guy goes on a rampage with a sword, do you have the confidence to stop him? I’ve just been living a really crazy life!!”

“…Don’t you think it was wrong for the corps commander, the highest commander, to go in there personally carrying a sword? He said he was excited that he could run wild for the first time in a long time, and I knew I would.”

“Wouldn’t it be better than having a corps commander so scared that he gets stuck behind the scenes and orders his soldiers to sacrifice their lives? The honor of being a noble… Ah!! A fallen noble family, for whom the newly granted baronetcy is more important than anything else, doesn’t they know much about such honors?”

Cheaeng!!

“…Did I really almost die again? Are you crazy?”

“If you call me a fallen nobleman one more time, I will kill you, right?”

“Stop!! This is a battlefield! It’s in front of the commander!! Be careful!! What are we going to do with our emotional fight even on the battlefield?”

“That’s right. I know that you are both young and full of blood, but don’t you know that you have to be calmer than anyone else on the battlefield?”

In the end, the 5th and 7th corps commanders, who almost ended up stabbing each other, glared at each other sharply and bowed their heads to the mediation of the 6th corps commander, Baron Heist, and the 8th corps commander, Viscount Fedor.

At that time, an aide came running with a bright face and reported.

“It is said that the cavalry led by Sir Cordelia defeated the enemy’s left wing!! Although the damage to our cavalry exceeds 3,000, it is expected that the enemy cavalry also suffered more than 5,000 casualties!!”

“Finally!!”

“In that case, I think you can push a little harder! Commander, I will also move all troops preparing for the surprise attack from the right wing to the front!!”

“Good! You must not miss this opportunity now!! The 5th Corps commander also reorganizes his soldiers and goes on the assault again! Can you do it?”

“That’s okay, but… if we rush in, the master over there will…”

“Let me deal with him”

The moment Arnim spoke while stroking the ponytail that had been slightly cut off by the Marquis Grache’s sword, a heavy, low-pitched voice was heard from behind, and all the corps commanders’ eyes turned to the direction from which the voice came.

“Viscount Amin!!”

“Vice-commander of the Knights Guards!!”

The corps commanders’ eyes widened as they looked at Viscount Amin and the two squadrons of Guard Knights standing behind him.

And it was not only the corps commanders who looked surprised, but also the western army commander, Baron Hassau.

Viscount Amin was superior to him in everything, including his title, age, and military experience, and he had also had a bad temper in the past, so Baron Hassau quickly came down from the podium to greet him.

“How could the vice-captain of the Knights of the Guard be here… wasn’t he supposed to protect the Empress Dowager?”

“Mama told me not to worry about her and sent me here. They said that if I deal with the Master, the sacrifice of our soldiers will be reduced by at least one”

Each commander and staff gasped in admiration at Viscount Amin’s words.

“Commander. Please give me an order. According to the Empress Dowager’s orders, I and the knights under my command will be assigned to the commander until this battle is over.”

Seeing that Viscount Amin was completely different from before and showed himself as a full-fledged knight of the royal guard, Baron Hasau issued an order without delay in a firm voice.

“Good!! From now on, the 6th and 7th Corps commanders will push the enemy with all their might to create an opening once again!! And the 5th Corps, together with Viscount Amin and the Guard Knights, will break through the enemy’s center!!”

“Old! I will follow your orders!!”

Watching the corps commanders and Viscount Amin rushing out after receiving orders in a powerful voice, Baron Hassau turned around and looked at the one remaining corps commander.

“And the commander of the 8th Corps, please prepare the troops. And as soon as the enemy is routed, you must chase them down and make sure they can never set foot in Zenon again”

“Yes. Okay”

With the commander of the 8th Corps absent, only Baron Hassau and his staff remained at the central army headquarters, and they looked at the advancing soldiers and prayed for victory.

“Improve the left side a little more!! Koffler! Take two hundred people and support the 45th hundred people! It must never be pierced!!”

“Wow!!”

The Marquis of Grace, who was busy leading his soldiers, opened his eyes wide when he heard the shouts of the Balkan army coming from the front.

“Why are those guys suddenly… If they send out all the soldiers like that and get stuck, the soldiers who don’t have enough stamina will be pushed out in an instant… What were they thinking…?”

The Marquis of Grace, who had doubts about the movements of the Balkan army, soon found out why.

“Commander!! It is said that Count Mula, who was fighting with the Balkan cavalry on the left wing, was defeated!! It is said that there were approximately 5,000 casualties, and fortunately, the enemy’s pursuit was prevented thanks to the movement of the reserve force, so no further damage was suffered!!”

“What? Count Mula was defeated? Was there a cavalry commander in the Balkans who could stop him? That’s ridiculous!!”

He thought that a fight between cavalry units would be an inevitable victory for Tesseito’s army, but his eyes were shaken when he heard the news of the left wing’s defeat brought by his staff.

“Uh, how did you lose? Can I get more details?”

“It is said that the identity of the enemy cavalry commander was Cordelia, the adoptive daughter of Count Le Delmo, and that while Count Mula was fighting with her, the rear guard was stabbed by the movement of the enemy cavalry and was defeated”

“Keuung! Looks like that bad habit came out again!! The habit of concentrating on the battle and losing track of the command of the troops!! Damn it!! So what about the remaining troops? Are you saying it is possible to continue the battle with remaining troops?”

“It is judged to be unreasonable to continue the battle because the horses are so damaged, and the remaining troops can only show movement to keep the enemy cavalry in check!”

After hearing the entire report from his staff, the Marquis Graze was troubled.

‘At least you don’t have to worry about cavalry charges since it keeps the enemy cavalry in check… but this is where the problem lies. Since our left wing has collapsed, the enemy will also charge all the troops that were concerned about that side, and the result is what it is now… In that case, it would be better to retreat…’

The Marquis of Grace, who thought about retreating for a moment, shook his head.

‘no. We, in our Kingdom of Tesseito, have Duke Tiruen! Let’s believe in Him!! If you keep holding on, He will give you victory!!’

“We can do it!! I believe in His Majesty the Duke of Tiruen!! If we hold out, we will hear victory from the right…!!”

Easy profit!!

The Marquis of Grace, who was encouraging his soldiers to fight against the pouring imperial army, swung his sword at the sound flying towards him, but stopped for a moment.

Tuk!!

Instead of cutting down the flying sword, he slightly bounced it away, and at the same time kicked away the small figure that was swinging its sword at him.

Wow!!

“Ouch, ouch… Miss… It hurts so bad! It didn’t work this time…”

“Hmm… Did you think that I would be fooled twice after being fooled once? By the way, you came all the way here… You must be prepared to leave your head behind, right?”

The Marquis Graze, who realized that the person swinging his sword at him was the commander of the imperial army that he had missed earlier, raised his sword towards him and exuded sword energy. but…

Kaaaang!!

His eyes widened as he saw his sword power blocked so easily, and he frowned at the sight of the knight standing in front of him.

“Hahahaha!! Even though I am a corps commander at a young age and am very confident, I am not the kind of person who would attack the master without thinking. Respected vice-captain. Then please. I have to command the soldiers then, so that’s it…”

Looking at Arnim’s hateful appearance, the Marquis Graze felt the urge to cut him down right away, but the fighting spirit radiating from the body of the knight standing in front of him did not give him that time.

“Looking at you… you are a formidable person. My name is Herald Evergeny Grazer, commander of the infantry of the Kingdom of Tesseito. May I ask your name?”

“My name is Georg Emilst von Amin. Although I am lacking, I am the vice-captain of the Great Balkan Empire Guard Knights”

The Marquis Graze smiled faintly at the name revealed by the other party, and there was tremendous tension on the battlefield.

Even though the soldiers were fighting fiercely, they began to quietly move their positions to avoid being caught up in the decisive battle between the masters.

*Christmas commemorative Isabella Santa illustration*