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Inside Albrecht’s military camp. Albrecht was discussing strategies of war with his subjects.

Inside the military camp, there were some who supported the war and others who opposed it.

The representative figure among the opponents was Krauss, Albrecht’s strategist. He saw that the current situation was not at all favorable.

“Your Majesty, there are 140,000 friendly troops and 190,000 enemy troops. Moreover, the enemy army is staging a sit-in protest. Even if you destroy the first fortress guarded by Franz Mayer, you will not be able to attack the second fortress guarded by Leona von Krusenstein because the damage will have accumulated by then. There is a 0% chance of winning this war!”

That was Krause’s concern. A lot of territory has already been taken over. I felt satisfied and could go back. But Albrecht is being greedy. An opportunity finally arrived, and they were about to destroy the Krusenstein family.

What was even worse was the way the vassals looked at Kraus. The vassals were looking at Krauss with eyes asking if he would dare to express his opinion to Albrecht about the war. Krause found this atmosphere absurd. These people truly believed that Albrecht was God. Of course, because of that, there was a point where their combat power increased as they risked their lives to fight, but even so, there was no separate group of fanatics.

“Calm down, Krause.”

Albrecht said with a relaxed expression. Krause felt sick to his stomach. Why fight a war that doesn’t work? Are they going to attack 190,000 out of 140,000, and that too at the enemy’s main base? It was just frustrating.

“Did you say there was a 0% chance of winning the war?”

“Yes.”

“I think it’s a little different. This war is half and half.”

“Half and half?”

“Okay, everyone, take a good look.”

Krause laid the map on the floor. And placed a flag on top of it.

“The blue flag is our friend and the red flag is our enemy. The blue flag is now in front of Franz Mayer’s fortress. We will be able to attack the fortress tomorrow.”

“Of course.”

It probably wouldn’t be difficult to attack the fortress where Franz Mayer was holding out. This is because it was not a properly built fortress, but a temporary fortress made of wood.

“The mountain castle is easy to attack, and Kou Dragan Castle is difficult to attack.”

“That’s right.”

“So, our military.”

Krause raised the blue flag and moved it.

“Do not attack the mountain fortress and move straight to the main castle.”

“Yes? Are you talking about mobile warfare?”

Mobile warfare. This refers to a tactic that ignores the enemy’s fortifications in front and goes straight to the enemy’s main base. It is quite dangerous as the supply line is cut off, but it is suitable for short-term decisive battles.

“But Your Highness! There’s no way the enemy didn’t think about mobile warfare! The two castles are designed to help each other in preparation for mobile warfare! Mobile warfare is not effective in these situations!”

“Movement is also different if you start quickly.”

“What kind of point is that…? What do you mean?”

Krause barely restrained himself from swearing.

“Listen carefully. I will now explain the operation.”

“… ”

“So, first, move to Kou Dragan Castle, Krusenstein’s stronghold… ”

Albrecht began explaining the operation in detail to the soldiers.

And when Krause heard that, his heart began to waver.

‘It’s a fairly plausible operation. This might be successful… ‘

He had been persuaded by Albrecht’s strategy.

‘Will the Lord of the Army take this man’s side again…? ‘

Until now, Albrecht had not lost a single battle. Attention was being paid to whether Albrecht, who had a genius fighting talent, would succeed this time too.

—–

The next day, Albrecht ran straight to Koudragan Castle.

However, it was a march at an unprecedented speed. The distance between Franz Mayer’s Fortress and Kodragan Castle is about 60 km. The 60 km were covered in one day.

At last night’s military conference, Albrecht said: ‘Movement warfare is different if you do it quickly.’

And that was absolutely true. Albrecht’s maneuver warfare was truly a work of art. Albrecht’s soldiers were accustomed to fighting through long battles, and many of them had good physical strength.

Despite covering 60 kilometers, 120,000 troops remained. Only 20,000 people deserted.

At this, Franz Mayer’s subordinates all began to panic.

“The enemy is targeting your base! If things continue like this, Leona is in danger! We need to go and help right now!”

The defense force of Kou Dragan Castle is 100,000. And Albrecht’s troops numbered 120,000.

Since they were only 20,000 apart and even had an outstanding castle called Kou Dragan, it was normal to feel at ease.

However, the opponent is the ‘god of war’ Albrecht and his soldiers. Since it must have had tremendous fighting power, it was thought that the base might fall.

According to common sense, it would have been normal for our troops to march as hard as Albrecht and go to help Leona.

But for some reason, Franz Mayer did not help Leona.

“Lord Mayer! We need to help Leona right now! Why are you confined to the castle?”

He was a cavalry commander named Albert Magnus. He was a long-time vassal who had served Kruzenstein even before Leona took over the throne, and in this battle, he was leading 8,000 of his retinue soldiers and participating in Mayer’s army.

Albert Magnus had previously been defeated by Franz Mayer when the Krusenstein and Setia families were still fighting, so he did not have very good feelings towards Franz Mayer.

“You will find out soon enough. I am the person in charge here. Please follow my orders.”

“Lord Mayer! The enemy is turning his back on our allies! This is a great opportunity!”

Magnus was anxious. Clemens is an appendix. Even though it was inevitable that I would be defeated by him, it would hurt my pride to be defeated by Hakon and Garcia as well. Moreover, the situation is not much different from Haakon or Garcia. I thought that if I made a good effort here, I might be able to surpass Garcia. That’s why Magnus rebelled against Mayer.

“Why on earth are you doing that! Are you also frightened by the name Lord Myer?”

“That’s not it.”

“If that’s not the case, you’re probably waiting for Leona to be defeated by Albrecht, right?”

That means. A story about an attempt to achieve independence.

There was a suspicion that he had a traitor. If Franz Mayer had a strong personality, it wouldn’t be surprising if he cut off Magnus’ head right now. Nevertheless, Franz Mayer remained calm.

“I swear to heaven, I have no other thoughts. Please trust me this time.”

“… Damn it!”

Magnus threw his helmet on the floor and disappeared. The day seemed to pass just like that. But that night.

“Sir Franz Mayer became a coward after becoming a cripple! In this battle, we will step forward and save our master!”

“Wow!!!”

Magnus and several high officials, who disobeyed Franz Mayer’s orders, took action.

It was said without orders from superiors.

“Kou Dragan Castle must be in the midst of a war right now! Let’s attack the rear of Albrecht’s army right now to save our lord and make a major difference!”

Magnus, the cavalry commander, stood up. It was an arbitrary protest, but since the opponent was Franz Mayer, not Leona, the officers were more unruly. Firstly, Franz Mayer was a new power faction based on the Torgenberg faction, and they were an old power faction centered around Clemens.

The second reason was because I knew that Franz Mayer had a somewhat soft personality, so I knew that he would not be killed even if he disobeyed orders.

Even Franz Mayer would have nothing to say if he just gave credit. In fact, he will be praised for having a better strategy than Franz Mayer. In that case, the armed faction centered on Clemens will suppress the Torgenberg faction centered on Franz Mayer, and Magnus will also be made a hero within the faction. If you do well, you might end up in charge of the local army. That’s what I thought.

The result was a total of 30,000 bottles. Although it was somewhat insufficient for Albrecht’s 120,000, it was sufficient as a separate unit to strike the back of the enemy in battle.

And the moment when 30,000 soldiers were dispatched.

It was torn apart without a trace. This was said to Johannes von Albrecht, who was waiting on the road outside the castle.

“Boo, he must be fighting in Kou Dragan Castle. How on earth could you be in a place like this? ?”

Magnus, who was running away, said to himself. Franz Mayer was watching the situation inside the castle, receiving reports from spies. Franz Mayer sighed heavily.

“So, I told you not to go out.”

On that day, Magnus was attacked by Johannes von Albrecht’s 120,000 soldiers and barely managed to escape alive with only four or five men.

Until the battle was over, Magnus had no idea what was going on.

However, Franz Meyermann was able to understand Johannes von Albrecht’s strategy.

‘To be honest, I wasn’t sure I would use this operation. ‘Albrecht is a genius, a man of no where to go.’

I didn’t think it would be strange for Albrecht to use any strategy. However, it was not completely unexpected.

‘But, it was one of several operations I expected. I wasn’t sure, but I had a guess.’

From his memories on Earth, Franz Mayer knew all of the strategies and tactics used by Albrecht from his birth until his death. It was a personal virtue. Just as Franz Mayer was a fan of Leona von Krusenstein, he was also a fan of Albrecht, who had the greatest leadership ability in the world.

‘If you think about it, it’s a simple thing. The enemy headed to Kou Dragan, the ally’s stronghold. And, I came back without doing anything.’

The reason for acting like that was simple. It was ‘deliberately showing his back’.

Pretend to show your back to make the enemy rush at you, then immediately turn around and counterattack. That was Albrecht’s tactic.

‘In the end, it was rock, paper, scissors. If the enemy turns his horse around and attacks when the allies come out of the castle, the allies will be defeated. If the enemies really attack the allies’ base when the allies come out of the castle, then the allies will win.’

It wasn’t that Albrecht had a very bad fight. Albrecht also had a chance to win.

Of course, since the friendly army had more supplies, time, and troops, the probability of winning would have been greater, but since Albrecht had never lost a battle before, he firmly believed that God would help him this time too.

‘It looks like the military god didn’t help us this time. Otherwise, was our god stronger?’

Mayer thought about it and laughed at the absurdity of it all. It was funny because he, who thought he was rational, was looking for God.

Franz Mayer’s subordinates who saw this felt a chill down their spines. They themselves were debating whether to join Lord Magnus or not, but did not participate for fear of punishment for protesting. In addition to anticipating all of this, Franz Mayer had the leisure to laugh at the deaths of those who had rebelled against him. In fact, Franz Mayer was laughing for a different reason.

And Albrecht, who swept away 30,000 bottles, finally realized. He meant that defeat would come to him too.

There were no more soldiers. The troops were also exhausted. I couldn’t fight anymore.

Meanwhile, the enemy’s base and fortress were both intact. The stamina of my subordinates is well stocked and the supplies are overwhelmingly plentiful, so I cannot dare to drop them.

Albrecht immediately returned to his home base with his troops, and the battle ended in victory for Krusenstein’s army.

But after the battle.

Strange rumors began to spread within Krusenstein’s territory.

The rumor was that Franz Mayer deliberately did not help Kruzenstein because he wanted him to be defeated.

I didn’t know where and who spread the rumor, but as Albert and other military officers who participated in Albert’s alliance confirmed the rumor in order to hide their own mistakes, the rumor grew rapidly.

Franz Mayer’s greatest crisis came not from war but from politics.