episode_0164

-Percussion.

I can hear Debian leaving.

“Aaagh! How could I be crazy, crazy?”

I feel ashamed at the thought that I was drunk and forgot my cool with him recently and was being friendly with him.

“No! A married couple can do that much, right?”

I try hard to think that way, but regardless, I can’t help but feel ashamed.

I’ve never seen him drunk before.

I feel foolish thinking that I only won once.

It reminds me of what I said in a tongue-in-cheek tone last night, asking if I was upset…

-Hot…

My face suddenly becomes hot.

and…

-Pang pang!

The thought of showing a disheveled appearance in front of him made my face heat up, so I moved my feet and kicked the awkward bed.

It was crazy… it was crazy.

“Ha… I’m annoyed.”

From now on, when you drink alcohol, you should drink it in moderation.

So I get up and head to the bathroom.

***

Agrippa and Mary head to Adria with 70,000 troops.

A cavalry running from afar, kicking up dust.

He runs in front of Agrippa and stops.

“Commander, this is a big deal. There is news that a large army from Babylon has joined Thessalonica and dispatched troops.”

Agrippa’s face looks a little surprised at those words.

“Wow… things got messed up. So, how much did they say it would be?”

“I think it will be around 90,000 to 100,000.”

‘90,000 to 100,000… they have more troops than us. Even so, it would have been better to have a water-based battle. Savinelli is ignoring me?’

There were several requests for Devian to capture Savinelli as much as possible and send him to Roman.

‘They say he is a very valuable talent. ‘You don’t know the topic.’

Because Debian was so interested, Agrippa investigated Sabinelli’s whereabouts.

I admit that he is a high-level commander, but I do not think that he is superior to me.

“What? You rushed out without even knowing the topic?”

Just as Agrippa was thinking about how to play a trick on Savinelli, Mary spoke in annoyance.

“Why are you crawling out of the castle without even knowing the topic?”

Seeing Mary fuming and expressing her anger, Agrippa thinks that he should comfort her first.

“Hold on, you just have to win well, right?”

Mary sighs and says those words.

“Is that guy really talented? Where are you fooling around without knowing anything?”

Agrippa agrees with those words.

War is completely about numbers.

I think a true master is someone who wins 100 out of 100 battles through standard and stable fighting.

A general who wins 100 easy-to-win battles is more highly regarded in the Grand Duchy of France than a general who fights and wins 100 difficult-to-win battles.

It can be said that the trick of war is to win in advance and then fight.

‘We’ll just have to wait and see. Debian praised it so I have to be careful.’

Agrippa thought to himself and comforted Mary.

“It’s okay. Because there are many enemies, but we are conceited. Just crush it firmly. And let’s camp around here.”

***

The imperial faction members are gathered in the room.

However, there is only a gloomy atmosphere, as if the gathering was not for social gathering.

Of course, in order to save the imperial faction, I will deliver this ridiculous secret treaty to my lord. There is a lot of criticism coming from the home country.

“Damn… My lord says if I don’t bring him good news right away, he’ll hang me!”

“My lord also made me sign a piece of paper and sent me a letter asking if I wanted to die. We need to proceed with the bitch hunt quickly.”

Enrique speaks to those anxious people.

“We are doing our best to prepare right now. I guess… Ioanes failed last time, so I’m fully prepared.”

The last assassination attempt on the imperial palace.

Although the Archduke was injured at that time, the Emperor survived.

Looking back at the circumstances of the assassination at the time, it was an assassination attempt that Ioanes had prepared for a long time, but it failed, so they had no choice but to be more prepared.

Failure is difficult to tolerate.

Both Enrique and Luis have prepared various assassination plans, but as of now, it is not easy to enter the imperial palace, much less infiltrate the gold area.

Currently, we are trying every possible way to find a gap in the emperor’s security, but I don’t think it will be easy.

“Hmm… How about using the improvement formula?”

At that time, a member of the National Assembly opened his mouth, and Lewis asked as if he was curious.

“Rep. Yohan. Are you using an improvement formula?”

An old man in his 60s.

John answers.

“After the triumphal ceremony, a banquet will be held at the imperial palace. As far as I know, many nobles will gather at that time, so as far as I know, many servants will be needed. At that time, poison was put into the emperor’s drinking cup.”

Enrique asks what John said.

“But as far as I know, when the imperial palace selects servants. I understand they are checking your identity. They must have become stricter after the last assassination attempt. Moreover, no matter how many banquets are held, it is absurd to say that more people are always selected.”

Yohan grins at those words.

“Isn’t that something you just have to submit documents anyway? If you live in Bairen City, where identity manipulation is easy, there won’t be any problem. And it’s a waste of money… Considering the previous triumphal ceremony, they will most likely select new servants. It is difficult to decorate such a large banquet hall with the existing attendants, and with so many people gathered, it is difficult to handle it with the existing number of people.”

Louis asks a question as he speaks as if he has participated in a previous triumphal banquet.

“By any chance, Rep. Yohan. Have you ever participated in a previous improvement ceremony?”

John says those words with a deep smile.

“If you work as a member of the National Assembly for a long time like me, you will see many things.”

Luis, Enrique, and other lawmakers nod their heads at those words.

“Good. First, we will make a detailed plan and let you know.”

“Hehe… That’s right.”

Those who talk in secret won’t even know about it.

This conversation is flowing into the intelligence department.

***

Savinelli urged his soldiers to march and arrived at the desired location at the appropriate time.

‘The imperial army will still arrive in a few days. The work must be finished before then.’

Thinking like that, I look at the map.

Hills on the left and the wide Adriatic Sea on the right.

Savinelli’s hand catches one of the horses on the right.

‘We are building a supply warehouse here.’

I place a horse with a sign indicating a supply depot on the very center of the hill and get lost in thought.

‘Even though it’s on a hill, it’s not a fortress, so enemies will feel like it’s worth a shot.’

Thinking like that, Savinelli’s hands move busily.

‘If your defenses are too lax, they’ll think it’s a trap.’

Arrange the soldiers like that and position them in front of them.

Leaving this distance creates a wall that will properly block moving enemies.

‘If you form your camp like this, the gap in the camp will be wide and you will be able to pass through the gap at night.’

Of course, Savinelli has no intention of ending this.

To conceal his intentions to some extent, he deploys spearmen in the second line.

‘If we build it like this, we can say we have formed a pretty solid defense.’

But there is a huge gap in this camp.

The gap between the 1st and 2nd lines is quite wide, so if you break through the 1st line and take a sharp detour to the left, you can rush into the supply depot.

‘This may seem like an appropriate arrangement, but a clever Agrippa would see this gap.’

With that thought in mind, I calmly look to see if my layout is wrong and get lost in thought.

As soon as the cavalry was about to attack the supply depot, the soldiers on the top and sides of the hill attacked the cavalry.

‘Hmm… it seems like it’s not enough.’

I know that Mary is in Agrippa’s army. That beastly Mary…

‘I guess we’ll have to pull back the second-line troops.’

Savinelli predicts that capturing her will bring enormous benefits.

‘The cavalry and spearmen should be stationed around here so that relief troops cannot be sent easily.’

If you move the cavalry between the first and second lines to prevent additional cavalry from being dispatched after a battle, there will no longer be a passage for the enemy to travel through.

‘Hmm… okay.’

Use the supply warehouse as bait to lure the enemy. A trap that can be seen as Savinelli’s talent.

‘The enemy will want to target their supplies. ‘It’s our lifeline.’

In fact, supplies collected from all over Adriatic.

If these burn…

Savinelli’s army could no longer be maintained and could no longer commandeer this much supplies.

Literally an all or nothing situation.

‘Anyway, if we don’t win big, we won’t be able to receive the support of the eastern nobles.’

The eastern nobles may be patriotic, but Sabinelli earnestly hopes that the eastern nobles will now stand up for the kingdom of Nicaea.

***

Agrippa and Mary, looking at the enemy’s deployment, are lost in thought, but Mary is the first to open her mouth as if she is dumbfounded.

“Is this really the guy your brother said was a talented person?”

Mary, who is an experienced cavalryman, looks at the deployment as if it is absurd.

The front is clearly blocked well, but the side is not very good.

Especially when looking at the left camp, it feels like leading cavalry to break through at night is not a task.

Additionally, if you go through the left side, you will find a supply warehouse.

If you shoot just a few fireballs there, it will cause enormous damage.

“Shall I stir it up tonight?”

At Mary’s words, Agrippa just stares at the map.

“Hmm…”

Mary says, looking at Agrippa lost in thought.

“Agripa?, I’m going to stir things up!”

Mary speaks loudly, and only then does Agrippa seem to come to his senses and speak.

“Huh? What?”

Mary frowns as if she is offended at Agrippa’s foolish appearance.

“No! Are you okay with robbing a supply warehouse?”

Agrippa smiles softly at Mary’s words.

“No, no, it’s bait at the supply warehouse over there.”

“Huh? Bait? I don’t understand? Didn’t I just make a mistake because I was a beginner?”

Mary asks Agrippa because she does not understand what he is saying.

“No. Savinelli commanded armies several times, albeit briefly. As far as I know, we have achieved quite a lot in battles large and small. There’s no way you could have formed a formation so sloppily, right?”

Agrippa has long seen Deviant esteem Savinelli highly.

-If a guy like that were to be a slave… no, I would have to work less overtime if he worked under me.

Debian has a very accurate eye for evaluating people.

I watched Savinelli closely.

“And Savinelli is a master at digging traps. They’re probably setting a trap using the supply warehouse as bait.”

Mary nods her head at those words.

“Then let’s say that’s the case and what are you going to do next?”

Agrippa nods at Mary’s words.

“The trap was set sloppily, so we have to take advantage of it.”