episode_0064

A man staring at a map.

He is the commander-in-chief of the opposing principality army.

After the Battle of Fort Huntington, he led the army to the vicinity of Wynn, leading the army with numerous major achievements, and only then did the army of the Grand Duchy stop him and confront him.

“Hmm… If I win once, just once…”

Contrary to his hopeful thoughts, the reality is not easy.

In each small-scale skirmish, the Grand Duchy’s outstanding commanders failed to deal with the skirmishes appropriately and inflict significant damage.

The cavalry he sent was surprised by the enemy and suffered damage, so he was unable to properly hit the enemy.

However, this is not the worst situation.

This is because Merry, a powerful knight against the enemy, is not in Wynn.

‘The current Princess Mary will not be on good terms with the current Archduke.’

The news that the Archduke had engaged Princess Mary to the commoner Agrippa was like a hot potato to the entire empire.

Princess Mary is the remaining heir to the childless Archduke and his rival.

‘He is the archduke’s best friend, but considering that he got engaged to Agrippa, a commoner, it would be difficult to say that the relationship between the two is good.’

The commander-in-chief smiles, thinking that if he was really on good terms with his sister, he would have gotten her engaged to a prestigious family.

‘I heard that Princess Mary has not been seen in the Grand Duchy for some time now.’

They have been deploying many spies to their archenemy, the Grand Duchy, for a long time.

According to the information they sent, Princess Mary is currently not in Wynn.

Considering the information that everyone consistently left Wynn at night, it can be said to be certain.

“Commander!”

The commander answers as he sees the adjutant hurriedly entering the barracks.

“What’s going on?”

“This is intelligence that the enemies have come out of Win!”

The commander says this while looking at the map.

“Where are you heading?”

So the commander thinks with joy.

Because the commander has no intention of fighting a siege in Yuan.

‘To throw away the advantageous position on your own… how lucky is this?’

A siege requires a great sacrifice on the attackers, so I smile at the situation that the commander does not hesitate to ask for.

‘The fact that we are surrounding Wynn itself will be a huge wound to their pride.’

It would be difficult for the proud Ryan family to easily accept that the lords who had always suffered from them would come together and lay siege to the capital.

“Well… I saw that it was heading west, so it looks like it might be turning with us.”

“Rotation…?”

At those words, the adjutant points his finger at Win on the map.

“West from here… ”

The hand moves to the Franciscan cloister.

There is a sea to the north and a rugged mountain range to the south, which is like a gateway that must be passed to reach Win.

“Probably heading here.”

At those words, the commander rubs his chin and falls into thought.

If the numerical difference has widened significantly, but the qualitative difference gives the opponent an advantage.

‘Hmm… rotating is not a good idea.’

If the supply line extends from the enemy’s territory and the fortress is taken over, the supply may be cut off and you may become isolated.

‘Would it be better to send the troops back? or not…’

The commander looked at the map for a long time.

He, who was as motionless as a stone, opens his mouth and speaks.

“The entire army… Pass through the Franciscan Corridor as soon as possible.”

I decide to pass through the corridor and turn on the plain before the enemies arrive.

***

“Whoaam!”

When I was sleeping last night. Did you have bad posture?

My shoulders and back were a little sore, so I massaged them and looked at the report in front of me.

“In the end, I bought a large amount of call options from the United Kingdom…”

By selling a large amount of put options on the bonds of the opposing principality forces, they succeeded in purchasing a large amount of cash and using it to purchase a large amount of call options on the principality’s bonds.

“Now we need to win.”

Up until now, the enemies had moved cautiously, so I was able to buy more time than I thought.

Thanks to this, I purchased more contracts than my target, so it can be seen as a benefit.

“Ah… That’s right. I should send a letter to Ioanes.”

It is a big problem that he, who was formally an ally, supported the forces of the opposing principality.

Previously, we were unable to issue a warning due to lack of clear evidence, but we have recently discovered circumstances in which money was flowing from Nicaea and Epirus to opposing principalities in the form of bonds.

I feel like I want to use double profanity, but now is not the time.

“Let’s write appropriately.”

So I take out a piece of white paper and write a letter to Ioanes.

-Sreuk…Sreuk…Sreuk…

When I’ve finished writing the letter, I put it in an envelope and seal it with my seal.

“Whoa… I still have a lot of work, but there will be more after the war, right?”

When the war is over, the war is over. My head hurts already at the thought of all the work coming.

***

A few days later, the commander-in-chief, who is marching at the head of the opposing principality troops that have come out of the corridor, frowns and mutters to himself as he looks at the skirmishers running from afar.

“It arrived sooner than I thought.”

The commander-in-chief feels this intuitively as he sees them returning just a few hours after being sent away.

That the enemy is close…

-Hey!

When the horse stops, bellowing roughly, the scout dismounts and reports to the commander.

“ Here’s a report. Now the enemy is encamped only about 15km away.”

At those words, the commander nods as if he knew that would happen.

“Yes, I already expected it. Lieutenant: Tell the entire army, I will rest here today.”

As the commander unfolds the tent and looks around the surrounding terrain, he falls into deep thought.

‘Hmm… We are ahead of the wizards, soldiers and knights. Now it’s turning. ‘Are you saying the enemy commander is a fool?’

The enemy commander was a commoner named Agrippa.

Although he graduated from the military academy at the top of his class, he is just 23 years old and is starting to lose his fur.

‘Is it because you have no actual war experience? ‘It’s so clumsy.’

As someone who came up from the bottom, I have seen many times how a single mistake can lead to a huge defeat.

However, the enemy leader is capable but has no experience, and is a kid who got this far only through personal connections and flattery.

“They say this Grand Duke is really a kid…”

The commander-in-chief chosen by the young archduke.

The commander heard that there were many great generals in the Grand Duchy.

‘Just looking at the general named Martin who fought at Fort Huntington before, didn’t he successfully make a dramatic counterattack and retreat in the face of defeat?’

The commander feels that if a general named Martin had been in command of the Grand Duchy, they would not have been able to get here so easily.

‘Looking at the commanders who predicted the movement route of the cavalry I sent and made a surprise attack, it is clear that there are many excellent generals and commanders in the Grand Duchy… How could they make a brat who knows nothing like that their commander?’

Although he is now on the opposing side of the principality, the commander himself attended military school and gained respect for past archdukes.

They are always arrogant and strong.

Previous grand dukes who possessed physical abilities that surpassed those of humans were the ones who wrote numerous myths during war.

Even Valorant was the best knight in the empire and an outstanding general.

But what about this Grand Duke?

The commander thinks that the emperor, who is said to be the most beautiful woman in the empire, is surrounded by a wide skirt, does not come to the Grand Duchy, does not lead the soldiers, and is just confined to the imperial palace.

‘This Archduke is a kid who doesn’t know anything.’

Even if his younger sister, Princess Mary, is his political enemy, the commander believes that he should not insult her by having her become engaged to a commoner.

It would have been quite a pain to think that Princess Mary was leading a knight and charging.

But fortunately, Princess Mary escaped from Wynn not long ago, and now only a superficial Grand Duchy with tens of thousands of soldiers and a young man with no war experience as the commander-in-chief remains.

‘But I won’t let down my guard. ‘I will destroy you thoroughly… thoroughly.’

A great achievement by the Ryan family.

If he were to destroy that achievement, he might leave his name in history.

‘So… I can’t show disgrace.’

With that thought in mind, I look at the map and plan the troop deployment for tomorrow.

‘There must be balance and the offense and defense transition must be quick.’

In order to thoroughly destroy the enemy…

‘There is the sea to the west, so if you move your cavalry, there is only one direction to move to the east.’

The enemy knights and cavalry will attack from the east, so the commander deploys spearmen and cavalry on this side.

‘If you destroy the enemy’s cavalry, you will immediately hit the enemy’s rear.’

and cavalry and infantry deployed in small numbers behind the central infantry.

‘And to deal with urgent situations, we deploy cavalry and infantry in the reserve to protect the center.’

And place magic units behind them.

‘We are superior in the number of wizards… so we constantly attack with minimal defensive magic and powerful magic attacks.’

“Hmm…”

Fortunately, there is an ocean in the west, but…

Just in case, I’ll have to assign spearmen to the magic unit.

‘If even a small number of the enemy’s cavalry attacks the magic unit, it could be a fatal blow to the magicians who have almost no melee attacks.’

So, a formation of about 300 mercenaries was formed to guard the area near the wizard.

“This must be the most standard formation.”

So the commander expects a rotation tomorrow.