episode_0016

Lee Si-hyeon felt puzzled. In the formation he had set up, the sworn troops were clearly placed near the center. This is because the plan was to invest flexibly based on the situation.

But even though I looked everywhere, I couldn’t see any sworn soldiers. I had the knights look around the formation, and they found that they were playing dice deep in the rear.

“What the fuck! What happens if the strongest guys in the North don’t fight and play?”

The meaning of existence of elite soldiers comes from fighting. What good is an elite soldier if he doesn’t go into battle? Wouldn’t it be just a decorative sword?

“Do you want to give it a try? ”

Lee Si-hyeon was able to realize it soon. The truth is that this is Might’s revenge on himself. And behind him will be Deputy Commander Bernitz.

“How should I do this… ”

Close your eyes and think calmly. There was only one option in this situation. If there is only one choice, it is better to act quickly. Lee Si-hyeon immediately shouted.

“Tell this to the 1st Infantry Regiment! Retreat slowly and draw the enemy inward, while at the same time spreading your formation as thin and wide as possible to gain an advantage in a firefight with the enemy!”

“Sir, Commander! Then you will be easily pierced by the enemy’s charge!”

“According to information I secretly obtained, the enemy has a small percentage of shock cavalry and a high percentage of light cavalry. There is a high probability that they will try to drag us into their territory. So, if we don’t attack them first and only respond with a firefight, they will destroy themselves.”

Of course, this is not information that I obtained in secret. It is nothing more than a reasonable inference drawn from various situations. However, lying that the information was obtained secretly would increase the credibility of subordinates.

“Oh, I understand!”

The knight shouted and immediately called a messenger and wrote an order and sent it. That’s right. Anyway, it is impossible to persuade the pledged soldiers now. In that case, there was no choice but to do something with the remaining soldiers.

—–

30 minutes later.

The battle was in full swing.

“The enemy’s light cavalry is shooting arrows at the soldiers in the center! What should I do?”

“Respond with the same firefight, but tell them not to rush out just because the enemy looks weak. Also, tell the 5th and 6th regiments in the rear ranks to replenish the center.”

Ten minutes after giving the order, a messenger came running again.

“The 5th Regiment in the rear row moved to replenish the center! However, it is said that the 6th Regiment is currently unable to listen to orders due to unavoidable circumstances.”

The unavoidable circumstances are a mess. The second-in-command probably told you not to listen to my orders. Damn it, then we’ll treat the 6th Regiment as if it doesn’t exist and just throw it away and fight. Since it only takes up space, it would be better not to have it at all.

“Then tell the 4th Regiment to replenish it instead.”

“Yes!”

And again tens of minutes later.

“The enemy’s heavy cavalry is charging towards the left wing! The regimental commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment is requesting reinforcements! Commander! Please give orders!”

“There are no reinforcements. Because this is just a fake in the first place. What appears to be heavy cavalry is only about a few hundred at the front, and the rest are probably light cavalry. The intention is probably to leave some of our soldiers to the left wing and attack that side by taking advantage of the gap between the center and right wing. Tell them to endure it on their own.”

The reason this has to be a fake in the first place is because the enemy does not have a large number of heavy cavalry that can penetrate the friendly infantry line. The reason why we can be sure that the enemy army does not have many heavy cavalry can be seen in the number of the enemy army. If Rekjit is mobilized with purpose, 100,000 people is a ridiculously large tribe. It makes no sense for such a tribe to invade the empire with only 20,000 people. Perhaps it was just that the local commander took advantage of the momentum and came down to the empire while sending out an army to resolve the civil war between the tribesmen. And there was no way that so many heavy cavalry, the main force of Rekjit, could be given to such an army. And after a few tens of minutes.

“The commander was right! The enemy army that invaded our left wing only pretended to attack and immediately retreated! The battle on the left wing is won! Would you like to chase down a retreating enemy?”

“No, that’s a decoy unit. There will be an enemy ambush where the decoy unit is chased. If you don’t pursue it, it’s like letting the enemy ambush you and do nothing, which is to your advantage. Tell them not to chase you.”

“Yes!”

The battle went exactly as the allies wanted. The enemy continued to shake the left and right wings, hoping that our formation would move, but our troops held on like a mountain and maintained balance. I could see what the enemy’s strategy was. That is the ‘Mangudai’ tactic that Mongolia frequently used in reality. It was a strategy that used light cavalry as the main force, sending a decoy unit to force them to retreat, and then luring the enemy deep into our formation to counter-surround it. The reason why we can know this is because the producer originally created the force called Lekhjit with the motif of the ‘Mongol Empire’. Therefore, Rekjit’s tactics resemble those of Mongolia.

Therefore, I never fell victim to their tactics. Because I knew their tactics very well. They needed two things to beat me. One was a commander of the same level as me, and the other two were soldiers older or stronger than me. They have neither of those two.

“To win a battle, you need two things. One is the quality of the commander and the other is the quality of the army. Since we are ahead in both cases, victory is almost certain.”

I was leisurely watching the battle ahead. The battle was going smoothly. It was different from the last close battle. This time it flowed as I intended from beginning to end. It was a moment when the knowledge in the game, the knowledge of history, and the military education I received after coming to this world were helpful. and…

“General! The enemy retreats! The entire army is retreating at once! Won’t you chase after me again?”

“No, I’m chasing you this time. Instead, the entire army must move forward in unison. The enemy’s ambush would be around 3,000 to 5,000 at most, and if our troops mobilized all their troops, they would never be attacked.”

“Yes! I’ll tell the messenger!”

And the moment when the order was delivered to the messenger through the knight, and the order was issued to the entire unit through the messenger.

“All troops! Move forward!”

The sound of drums rang out along with my command. The sound of the drums resonates to the beat of the soldiers’ steps, and the moment the drums sound, the soldiers must take their steps in unison. It definitely should have been that way…

-ridge! ridge! ridge!

When the drum sounded, only one-third of the soldiers were moving.

The remaining two-thirds were resisting my orders.

—–

It was a victory. Rekhjit’s army retreated without any strength. Considering that in the original history, the Northern Army was robbed of its soul by Rekjit’s 20,000 army and the North was plundered, this was a truly amazing result.

But at the same time, it was also the result of realizing reality. The gain in war is greater in the process of chasing the enemy after the battle is over than in the battle itself. This is because it is overwhelmingly easier to kill an enemy that does not resist than an enemy that resists.

Therefore, in order to properly inflict damage on the Rekjit army, the chase had to be carried out properly, but the moment they tried to chase, two-thirds of the entire army did not move, so even the remaining third noticed and stopped the advance.

In the end, our troops gave up the chase, and Rekjit was able to retreat safely without any significant damage. It was a painful loss for us. This was especially true for me.

“If I had only cut about 5,000 supply and demand, majoring would not have been a problem… ”

This battle was won under my command. So, if I had just cut down on supply and demand, it would have been possible to receive a great reward from the emperor and at the same time increase my faction.

But that ‘complete victory’ was thwarted. To Deputy Commander Bernitz. The moment I was about to give chase to the enemy, Bernitz put the brakes on the chase. He must have at least given an order to his faction’s officers not to follow the commander’s chase orders.

If one or two units had done that, they could have been punished for disobeying orders, but most of the units did this, and with Commander Bernitz behind them, it would not be easy to punish them. This time, I can see that it was me who suffered.

But it was by no means a bad situation.

“But a major is a major.”

Because the battle was won. And that too under my command. furthermore…

“Ensign Mario.”

When I called, Ensign Mario, who was waiting next to me, bowed his head.

“Did you complete the mission well?”

“Yes. Here is the report.”

I grinned at the report Lieutenant Mario gave me. This is because there was a detailed record of the soldiers who heard my orders and the soldiers who heard the deputy commander’s orders at critical moments.

This will be my killing part.