episode_0045
by fnovelpiaWhen Bernardis led his soldiers to the northern wall and joined Walter, the tide at the northern gate began to decline. The Letless Army, which had been pushed back at first, was boosted in morale by the appearance of Bernardis and began a counterattack.
But Leona never backed down. Even though they lost the knights on the front lines due to Bernardis’ overwhelming force, they continued to deploy knights and soldiers endlessly.
This wasn’t because I believed Leona would win against Bernardis. Rather, Leona knew full well that she would not be able to breach the northern wall.
Nevertheless, the reason why Leona did not step down was very simple.
‘Bernadis concentrated his soldiers in the north. The defense of the main gate must have been weakened that much.’
As long as Leona attacked the north, Bernardis had no choice but to continue to stay here, and he had a deep belief that Franz Mayer would break through the main gate in the meantime.
And Leona’s prediction came true.
“All army, charge!”
When the opportunity came, Franz Mayer did not miss it and attacked the main gate wall by pushing forward as quickly and strongly as possible.
Below, our musketeers were firing at the archers to reduce their numbers, and knights came down from the siege tower and pushed back the defenders of the castle wall.
As the number of archers on the castle walls decreased due to concentrated attacks by siege towers and musketeers, battering rams began to push in and hit the gates.
-Quaang!
A loud sound, as if something exploded, echoed through the castle gate. It was the sound of the tip of a battering ram hitting the castle gate.
“Stop the battering ram! Shoot the fiery arrow!”
The Letless family’s soldiers tried their best to block the battering ram, but Krusenstein’s musketeers did not let them.
Fiery arrows flew through the sky and bullets tore through the air. The enemy’s archers focused on the battering rams, and our musketeers focused on the enemy’s archers. Meanwhile, the knights were climbing the castle walls in siege towers.
Fire arrows raining down endlessly. Eventually, the leather surrounding the battering ram caught fire.
The soldiers who were pushing the battering ram inside the roof of the battering ram were frightened by the spreading fire, abandoned the battering ram and ran away, and in the end, the battering ram rolled downhill and disappeared somewhere.
“I did it! The battering ram is gone… ”
One soldier tried to shout, but then stopped. The soldier’s eyes turned somewhere. I followed that gaze and there…
“Left foot! Left foot! Left foot!”
At the officer’s command, a new battering ram was advancing and approaching the castle gate.
A battering ram that was completely undamaged. The battering ram soon stuck in front of the castle gate and began to destroy it…
-Kwazijic!
Soon the gate began to collapse.
“Wow!!!”
The soldiers began to shout and flock to the gate like a swarm of ants. Now that the castle gate was broken, it was out of control. Thousands of soldiers broke into the castle gates. Of course, there was a second line of defense, but it was only a matter of time before it was breached.
“Send a messenger to your lord. The castle gate collapsed.”
“Yes.”
The knight under his command lowered his head and soon rode away. As a result, the win rate for this battle has increased significantly.
“Win. You can win.”
As expected, Lucille’s strategy could not have been wrong. This battle would be crowned with Krusenstein’s victory, and the original history of Krusenstein’s defeat would also change.
Meanwhile on the north side of the city wall.
Lady Leona burst into laughter after receiving the message of the destruction of the castle gate.
“Hahaha! As expected, Franz Mayer’s strategy was real!”
In reality, it was Lucille’s ploy, but externally it was seen as Franz’s ploy, so the knights around nodded.
“The main gate of the castle has been broken down! In just a little while, victory will be ours! Keep attacking!”
Bernardis was still rampaging on the castle walls, but Leona tirelessly continued to deploy soldiers. The soldiers also gained morale when they heard that the castle’s main gate had been broken down.
At this point, Bernardis also had no choice but to catch his breath. Even though Bernardis is a monster with an overwhelming stat of 100, it does not mean that he never gets tired.
“Heo-eok, heo-eok… ”
Bernardis is slowly getting tired. To demonstrate overwhelming destructive power on the battlefield, Bernardis used a gigantic Halbert that was larger than his own body. If he wielded such a thing all the time, no matter how monster he was, he would get tired.
Walter was also next to Bernardis and helped him, but that did not mean he could share his stamina with Bernardis.
Leona shouted as Bernardis’ movements became noticeably slower.
“Clemens! Now is the time!”
“Yes!”
Krezenstein’s vanguard, Clemens, led his knights and began to charge towards Bernardis.
Clemens climbed the siege tower and rushed towards Bernardis. Bernardis, as always, tried to swing Halbert and blow away Clemens…
-Quaang!
Clemens’ spear blocked Bernardis’ Halbert. Clemens was pushed to a close point, but barely survived Bernardis’ blow.
“Hehe, it’s light!”
Clemens barely survives and is bluffing. Bernardis looked at Clemens like that and criticized him in an irritated voice.
“You just watched from afar until I got tired, and now you’re attacking me?”
“That’s called strategy, kid.”
Although Bernardis was much larger, he was born in 535 in the imperial calendar. He was 20 years old and the same age as Lucille.
“You’re so young you haven’t lost yet, right? I won’t show you the bitter taste of defeat, kid.”
“The reason I have never lost is not because I am young, but because I am strong!”
“You’ll find out from now on!”
Bernardis’ Halbert and Clemens’ spears began to clash. If Bernardis had been in perfect condition, he would have easily defeated Clemens, but Bernardis was so exhausted that he was unable to easily defeat Clemens and was held captive.
Meanwhile, soldiers continued to climb the walls. Before we knew it, the walls of the castle, which had been filled with the Letlis army, began to disappear and be filled with the Krusenstein army.
Leona also stepped forward holding a spear and was cutting down enemies on the front line.
Of course, Leona did not have the power of Bernardis or Clemens, but the fact that the monarch himself fought on the front line raised the soldiers’ morale.
Slowly, an atmosphere of victory begins to prevail.
What added the nail to the favorable atmosphere was a sound coming from beyond.
“Charge!”
“Wow!!!”
The Krusenstein Army suddenly began to appear from behind the Letlis Army.
This happened because Franz Mayer occupied the main gate of the castle and all the main facilities of the castle!
The Letlis army was instantly surrounded from front and back.
“Lord, lord! The enemy is coming from behind too!”
A man named Victor, a servant of Walter, spoke while covered in blood. He had already been hit by arrows in various places.
“Damn it, was the front door broken…? !”
The front door had been breached because Bernardis had left it empty.
But you couldn’t blame Bernardis for that. If Bernardis had not cleared the main gate, the northern wall would have already been breached.
“In the end, was it a battle that could not be won from the beginning? ”
At first, the enemy dispersed his troops in four directions, so he was able to successfully block them.
But it was different now. There was no way to win from the beginning in this operation, which focused troops only on the main and north gates.
“Even if you kill, you will not be intimidated. Krusenstein. It’s really strong.”
Anyone could think of the strategy of a diversionary operation. However, what decided the victory or defeat of this battle was that Krusenstein’s army itself was extremely strong.
If the only difference was the amount of soldiers, we might have been able to stop it somehow. Because there is Bernardis in Letless County. But what really made the difference wasn’t the amount of soldiers. It was Jill.
“Victor.”
“Yes, my lord.”
“Raise the white flag.”
“Master!”
“command. Raise the white flag. If things continue like this, everyone will die. If there is any regret in life now, shouldn’t we just save the innocent soldiers?”
“Master… ”
Soon a white flag was raised, and drums sounded, signaling the end of the war.
One by one, the fighting soldiers began to stop. Krusenstein’s soldiers began to capture key figures of Letlis’s army one by one.
Bernardis was embarrassed. I have never experienced defeat in my life. That’s why I didn’t know what to do.
“Didn’t I say it shows the bitter taste of defeat, kid? Hehe… ”
Clemens said breathlessly. Bernardis was a monster. Even though he was exhausted, he consistently dominated Clemens.
However, it was Clemens who won in the end. No, it was Krusenstein.
“Even though our troops were defeated, I was not defeated by you.”
“I never said I would win?”
“That’s… !”
That was correct. Clemens never said anything like that. After thinking about it carefully, it turned out that it wasn’t wrong, so Bernardis belatedly realized it and nodded.
Soon, all the officials and important figures of the Letlis family were captured and brought in. The knights of the Letlis family were taken prisoner, their weapons were taken away, and the soldiers were expelled from the castle.
Leona, with enemy blood on her cheek, approached Walter von Letlis.
“It’s been a while, friend.”
“… ”
Walter quietly lowered his head and said nothing. The leader had nothing to say.
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