episode_0029

“Your Highness, there is still a lot left until the operation. Starting from here… ”

“Oh, is that so? How much is left?”

“Operation is in 62 days.”

Then the crown prince’s expression suddenly changed.

“There’s still less than 2 months left!”

“Yes? Yes, but… ”

“What am I supposed to do here for two months! Isn’t it a place where there are no women or things to do?”

The commander of the Southern District Army looked at the crown prince with an expression as if he was saying something obvious. This is a local area. The local military was a facility created to guard the border. There’s no way there’s anything to do, right?

“1 week.”

“Yes?”

“I’ll give it one week. Please complete all preparations within one week.”

At those words, Edelfeld, commander of the Southern District Army, felt his heart sink.

“Your Majesty! That is impossible! How can you prepare for the movement of 30,000 troops in one week? Preparing for war isn’t just about moving soldiers! Only when various materials such as weapons, armor, arrows, clothing, food, and various consumables are prepared can the army be moved! Being a military person is not something that only works with the mind!”

“Shut up! You’re so good at rationalizing your incompetence! If I can’t prepare within a week, I will tell my father that someone else will be the commander of the Southern Army!”

Edelfelt’s heart was pounding. I don’t think my head will be blown off by a single word from the crown prince. But there was no doubt that it would have a negative impact on his career.

‘This crazy guy… ‘

One week. It’s a week. How can you prepare for a siege with 30,000 soldiers in just one week?

‘Damn… ‘

Edelfelt instinctively realized this. This is a trap. A trap that will ruin your career. It seemed like it was caught dirty.

—–

1 hour later. Edelfeld was shouting at his subordinates.

“So, I’m asking if there’s any way to prepare it within a week!”

“Your Excellency! As you well know, preparations for war take time. I am sorry, but I think there is no way to prepare for a siege with 30,000 troops in one week… ”

“That’s not what I want to hear! His Majesty the Crown Prince said that it must be done within a week! If we don’t finish the preparations within a week, neither my head nor your head will be left, so just know that!”

The executives were just dumbfounded. The original 3-month schedule was shortened to 2 months because the crown prince was coming. That was a huge reduction, so does it make sense to shorten it to a week? Isn’t this physically impossible?

It takes time to move an army. If it is a defensive war, the time taken will be significantly reduced, but if it is an offensive war, that is, an expedition, it will inevitably take time to prepare because a huge amount of transport units are needed. However, the crown prince had never been to war, so he had no idea about that. And the commander of the local army was also under the influence of the crown prince and was being manipulated to his heart’s content.

“It would have been good if the commander had been honest in stopping it… ”

The executives thought. It would have been good if the commander had held his ground, but the commander was also being swayed by the crown prince. That was something I felt regretful about.

The executives were so stressed out that they couldn’t sleep for a week to prepare, but the result was…

“It was impossible.”

“It was impossible?”

“No matter how much you think about it, it was impossible to prepare supplies for the movement of 30,000 troops in one week.”

“… ”

Sreung. Edelfeld, commander of the Southern Army, quietly took out his sword. I was planning to use the failure of my subordinates as an excuse to cut them down. He then took their heads and used the head of the person in charge to appease the crown prince. That was the operation of Edelfeld, Commander of the Southern Defense Forces. but…

“Wait! It’s not a complete failure!”

“What do you mean?”

“We have prepared enough supplies to move about 10,000 troops. This was the limit. Anything more than this was simply impossible.”

10,000 troops.

It is only one-third of the original size.

At this level, it was not even clear whether it would be possible to eradicate the pirates or not.

‘Should we give up fighting pirates?’ ‘

No, if that happens, the crown prince will go on a rampage. Edelfelt was not confident in calming down the rampaging prince. Wasn’t it said that he was a strong man recognized by the sword masters who served as leaders of the imperial family?

‘Do we have no choice but to proceed with only 1 person? ‘

If you play with 10,000, it will probably be difficult to win. The number of enemies is 10,000. They tried to push it out with an overwhelming number of three times, but if it were to be 10,000 to 10,000, it would literally be a century ago. It becomes impossible to guarantee victory or defeat.

‘Oh, yes!’

At that moment, a plan came to Edelfeld’s mind.

‘Let’s just pretend to fight moderately and then get out!’

They only pretended to fight moderately, and when the crown prince felt satisfied with the war game, he led the soldiers and retreated.

So, the day of departure.

“Hehe, hahaha!”

The crown prince laughed loudly in the center of hundreds of military ships carrying 10,000 soldiers.

“Do you like it that much?”

The crown prince answered Edelfeld’s question.

“Isn’t it obvious? It’s the day I write my name first in history.”

Edelfeld thought. That won’t happen. From the beginning, I had planned to just pretend to fight and then run away.

Edelfeld gathered the crown prince and several executives and briefed them in advance. The content of the briefing was to fight moderately and then run away. And after completing the real briefing in advance, the crown prince was brought in and the fake briefing was done again.

“Your Majesty, the outline of this operation is as follows. The content of the operation is to occupy the pirate island called Rhodes Island, use this island as a naval base in the future, and at the same time make pirate activities on this island impossible.”

“Ho, is this a pirate eradication? I like it.”

“Rhodes Island is the most infamous outpost among the pirate forces called the Ares Islands, and the pirates here are notorious for being the elite of the elite. Therefore, the empire’s merchant ships have been plundered by pirates here for decades, and it is estimated that if we take over this place, we will be able to create millions of ducats of value every year… ”

The crown prince couldn’t even understand half of Edelfeld’s briefing. This is because I was weak in history. However, I liked listening to the briefing because it made me feel like a soldier and in charge. The crown prince continued to nod his head in satisfaction, and Edelfeld continued his explanation. Meanwhile, we arrived at Pirate Island.

Pirate Island began to appear in the distance. When the crown prince saw the pirate island, his heart started pounding. The atmosphere on Pirate Island was scary. It was a real pirate island. It was a den of pirates living at the bottom of their lives. They were people who could not be seen in the imperial palace and were only heard about in the songs of bards. From now on, you can actually fight those people! Thinking like that, the crown prince couldn’t stop his heart pounding.

“Your Majesty, please listen carefully. Your Majesty can lead our soldiers nicely from behind the scenes. Our soldiers will see His Majesty’s majestic appearance and fight courageously… ”

However, the crown prince did not even listen to the explanation of Edelpelt, the commander of the Southern Army, and made a big jump from the ship towards the pirate island. He then drew his sword and started running towards the fortress built on the pirate island.

“All troops!!! Follow me!!!”

It was the number one line of dialogue that I definitely wanted to do someday. The crown prince had his wish fulfilled that day. But from Edelfeld’s perspective, it was a disaster.

“Ugh!!! Ahhh!!!”

The Southern District Commander screamed. The executives also saw it and didn’t know what to do.

“Commander! How do I do it? His Majesty the Crown Prince! His Majesty the Crown Prince rushed out!”

“What should I do? What should I do! Ship to the island quickly! All troops land on the island! Capturing His Highness the Crown Prince… No, follow His Highness the Crown Prince!”

Edelfeld thought. The plan was to just have the crown prince watch from behind and pretend to fight moderately, then run away once some of the soldiers were killed. But there was something he didn’t expect. That was how crazy the crown prince was.

The Crown Prince was truly a crazy person on a level that even Edelpelt, the Crown Prince’s associates, or even the Emperor could not have imagined, and at the Crown Prince’s sudden attack, the soldiers hurriedly began to follow him.

But it wasn’t just the allies who were taken aback by the charge.

“Captain! The Imperial army has arrived on the coast. What should I do?”

“Looking at the number of enemies, I didn’t come here to seriously discredit you. I guess we both reduced our troops accordingly. I’ll watch for about 2 hours and then carefully put the ship in. Bring a cannon and fire a few shots.”

“Yep!”

With that in mind, the cannons were being brought in, and the archers had not even been deployed…

“All troops! Follow me!”

After shouting like that, someone suddenly started jumping out of the boat. The pirates of the Ares Islands then hurriedly began deploying archers and placing infantry on the castle walls, but their timing was off due to the unexpected speed of the crown prince.

Everything was turning strangely due to the unexpected attack of a madman.