episode_0024

“Ugh! Negotiations failed! The Dorok army will attack our allies!”

A tent where northern military officers gathered. Count Barmont was naturally putting his all into acting.

“I barely survived the Dorok Kingdom army trying to cut off my head! Despicable barbarian tribes!”

Count Barmont explained for a while how bad the Dorok Kingdom army was, and then even criticized their dining manners and home education, before he seemed satisfied and began to leave the military camp. Lee Si-hyeon, who was waiting outside when Count Barmont left, spoke quietly.

“You are good at acting.”

“For nobles, hiding their true feelings is a basic skill. By the way, are you satisfied with this?”

“Yes. You did a great job.”

Negotiations were successful. However, Count Barmont blatantly lied in the tent where the executives were gathered, saying that he had failed. There is one reason. It was to catch the deputy commander’s faction.

Isn’t there a saying that if you want to deceive your enemy, you must first deceive your allies? Except for Captain Chloe and Ensign Mario, all allies knew that the current negotiations had failed. The plan was to use this fact to hunt down the traitor inside and put an end to it.

Lee Si-hyeon handed over the bag of gold coins to Count Barmont. 100 gold coins. It’s not a lot of money, enough to buy a decent house in the capital, and change the life of a count, but it’s not a bad amount to receive for one act.

“I got what I deserved, so I guess I’ll just have to go. Just one thing to say, be careful.”

“Are you cautious?”

“The reason your superiors consider you important is because you are a commander in your 20s. They are choosing you because they are confident that if you raise them well, you will become a counterpart to the person their superiors are worried about even after they retire due to old age. However, if you are defeated in a place like this, your superiors will abandon you and choose Deputy Commander Bernitz.”

“… ”

indeed. The story goes that I am a card that can be discarded at any time.

“Brestmire, the only options you have are your superiors, but your superiors have many options. So don’t lose.”

I think I understand why they say this. This is Count Barmont’s own support. However, as with most nobles, the problem is that the cheering method is a bit unlucky. I bowed my head slightly in greeting and then left. Count Barmont smiled slightly.

—–

The Dorok Kingdom army continued to move south from top to bottom. Of course, it wasn’t really my intention to fight. Nevertheless, the intention to continue moving south was simple. This is because we asked them to go south through Count Barmont.

We have one request for the Dorok Kingdom army. [Pretend to fight with us.] It was an unimaginable request, but the Dorok Kingdom army would not be able to refuse that request. This is because the commanders of the three major regional armies promised to provide military supplies to the Kingdom of Dorok through Count Barmont.

Originally, this should have been dismissed as a traitor or rebellion. If you get caught, it doesn’t end with just taking off your clothes. However, through this, we were able to guess how desperate they were to prevent this rebellion.

In any case, all prerequisites were met. The Dorok Kingdom army will pretend to fight against our allies, and the only ones who know about it are Captain Chloe, Second Lieutenant Mario, and me. There are only three people.

Now all that remained was how to trap Captain Mait and Deputy Commander Bernitz. The day of decisive battle was approaching.

—–

And then on November 17th. The Northern Army moving north and the Dorok Army moving south met in an unnamed field.

As always, the Dorok Army was in close formation to see how the enemy would come out, and the Northern Army prepared for battle by dividing its soldiers into two rows, the front and rear rows.

In the front line were the soldiers of the commander’s faction who had been active in the previous battle, and in the back line were the neutral faction or the deputy commander’s faction. In a way, this was natural, because it was a natural decision for the commander to have the faction that was more favorable to the commander go to the battle line where there would be more opportunities to make an impact.

And Bernitz thought to take advantage of that. He and his faction were returned to the rear ranks. However, the rear row was not always bad. For example…

‘If the front line betrays, the back line can just stab the front line and it’s over, but if the back line betrays, there is no answer for the front line.’

When the line betrays, the traitors become sandwiched between the enemy and allies. However, if the rear ranks betray, the betrayed ally becomes stuck in the middle of the enemy and traitors like a sandwich. Therefore, the back row could be seen as the safest place.

‘I’ll show you that it was your mistake to place us in the back line.’

Deputy Commander Bernitz was planning to bury Georges Brestmaier in this battle.

“Captain Might.”

“Yes.”

“You are well aware of the operation, right?”

Captain Might chuckled with bloodshot eyes.

“It is an operation in which pledge soldiers take advantage of the gap between the enemy and Georges Breastmire to engage in combat and secretly eliminate Georges Breastmire by wearing the enemy’s armor. Hehehe… ”

It was a laugh that not only Bernitz but also the subordinates of the Covenant Corps would find creepy. Captain Might felt like he had lost his mind after being severely disciplined and losing many of his subordinates.

And that moment.

-Wheeyuuuung.

Hyosi flew into the sky, announcing the start of the battle.

-Oooooh!

A horn sounded, signaling an assault.

Arrows from both armies began to fly, and factions of commanders in the front lines began to run to the sound of the assault trumpets.

“All troops! Charge!!!”

It was a voice coming from the commander’s faction. However, none of the soldiers of the deputy commander’s faction charged. This was because I had previously told them not to charge.

A situation where only the front line charges and the back line does not charge at all. Bernitz was overcome with joy that the operation was a success.

“Now! What to do! If you charge to the front lines, you will have to fight the enemy with a traitor behind you. If you charge towards a traitor behind you, you will have to fight with the enemy behind you! Are you a traitor? Are you an enemy? Which one will you choose?”

No matter which side you choose, you will be surrounded on both sides like a sandwich. I thought it was checkmate. however…

“All troops! Stop charging! Retreat to headquarters!”

Along with Georges Brestmaier’s order to retreat, the sound of drums signaling a retreat began to sound.

“What, what? If you give the retreat order now, will the enemy pursue you?”

However, the enemy did not pursue.

It was as if we had promised not to pursue him from the beginning.

—–

“Let go of this! Let go of this! This must be wrong! It’s a conspiracy!”

“Please be quiet and leave.”

Deputy Commander Bernitz was arrested by the knights and was being taken away. The charge was simple. It was treason.

The reason why it was a crime of treason and not rebellion is because the crime was so serious. In the last battle, it was a chase rather than a battle, and the scale of the protest was so large that it was possible to brush it off as just a confusion of orders between the commander and deputy commander, but this time was different. As soon as the battle began, the deputy commander gave the order not to charge. This was so that it could be conveyed to each and every soldier.

From soldier to officer, from officer to senior officer, we were able to obtain many testimonies that the subject of the order was the second-in-command, and the second-in-command was eventually arrested.

“It’s Captain Chloe’s plot! I have never committed treason!”

“That’s what I’ll tell the investigators. Our job is to arrest you. Go quickly.”

“Georges Brestmeier! You son of a bitch! What on earth did you do? Why didn’t the Dorok Kingdom army attack?”

The trick is simple. The commanders of the defense forces promised the Kingdom of Dorok to provide military supplies for an attack on the Eastern Army in return for not attacking the north, and in return for the military support, I asked the Kingdom of Dorok to pretend to fight.

If the Dorok Kingdom army had made up its mind, it could have chased down the retreating allies and annihilated about 10,000 of them, but the Dorok Kingdom army attacked the allies and turned away from all armies, and even military supply support was cancelled, so instead they fired a few arrows and headed west. , it was decided to choose a path that would foster good relations with the southern and central forces while also receiving support for military supplies. And thanks to that I…

“Georges Brestmaier!!! You son of a bitch! Georges Brestmaier!!!”

We were able to capture Deputy Commander Bernitz. Deputy Commander Bernitz will probably have his head cut off this time. The reason they refused the allied assault order from the beginning of the battle was not at the level of defiance of the commander, but an act of treason against the emperor’s army, which punished weightlifting.

I think we can finally sort out Bernitz this time. It seems that the eastern sector army, which is currently showing its strongest power, will be able to get one step closer to Biene Franz.