167 – Deception, and the Thirty-Six Precepts (5)
Before dawn the next morning.
Barracks exclusively for the Dukes of Switzerland near Dolphino Castle.
Christian von Duke of Switzerland could not sleep and could not control his anger, so he tore his head with both hands and cried out.
“Peter Yeager!!! Even if you kill him alive by pulling out all his internal organs and turning them into sausages, he won’t mind! f*ck! f*ck!! f*ck!!!”
Shouting like that, he threw all the things in his barracks to the ground and let out a yell that was close to a scream.
If someone who doesn’t know you looks from the outside, you might think that a truly lost person is being quarantined.
It cannot be said that it is necessarily wrong, because he is currently in a state of half-lost consciousness due to the harsh reality that has faced him.
“And you damned prince! Would a bastard who claims to be the commander of a large army leave his men behind and be the first to run away? Cowardly bastard, dirty bastard. You’re such a piece of trash that you’ll eat pig sh*t! I prepared for two or three years to catch you!! Why!!”
In the duke’s eyes, the crown prince was a cowardly scumbag who could not have been killed by being splashed in excrement, but from a strategic point of view.
The Crown Prince’s flight as soon as he was isolated by the Swiss army was an exquisite response to prevent the worst-case scenario.
In addition, pouring all kinds of curses at the enemy commander on the battlefield means that the stronger the curse, the more praise you give to the enemy.
The more he disparages the crown prince, the more he praises him.
“Besides, what kind of bastard is that bastard who barely managed to protect himself and run away? Pay 50,000 gold as compensation?! “You damn pagan bastard who will end up in hell…”
On Richen Hill, the guy got scared and ran away like a puppy with its tail wagging.
Do you think of him proudly handing over money when he returned to his house?
The Duke of Switzerland’s anger, which had calmed down, began to heat up again.
So, he let out his anger by trampling on the innocent dirt floor, and gradually regained his senses, as befits a duke who runs a country called Switzerland.
Eventually, he returned to his field bed, buried his face in his pillow, and spoke as if muttering quietly.
“But I don’t think he really wants to fight us. If he was really going to fight, he would have come in with his head down to make us let our guard down a little. Even if that wasn’t the case, he wouldn’t have gone as far as saying nonsense about attacking the Swiss army.”
As the Duke said, under normal circumstances, if the Reich Crown Prince’s intention to attack Switzerland was real.
It would be much more advantageous to catch them off guard rather than giving them time to prepare by saying that they are ready to start a war at any time.
So even the nobles of Switzerland, who were suspicious of the Duke’s words even though he was now making bread with flour, unanimously agreed that the Crown Prince had no intention of starting a war.
“But just in case, that guy might come out to attack. For now, we should let the soldiers rest as much as possible and get out of here as soon as the day after tomorrow. “Anyway, I lost this war…”
When the duke acknowledged his reality and began to think about just throwing it all away and committing suicide, a loud roar was heard from outside the barracks.
“You Swiss bastards who are no bigger than dogs, die! “Avenge the 7th Division!”
“They are little more than dogs and pigs who dared to invade the land of the empire. Leave no one alive! “Knock off his head and kill him!”
“Only death suits the bandits who invaded the Reich Empire. Let’s kill him!”
Hearing those words, the Duke’s brain quickly turned and came to the following conclusion.
‘f*ck it, we are finished.’
And at that moment, the duke’s barracks suddenly opened and a messenger ran in and spoke in a loud voice.
“The Crown Prince of the Reich Empire made a surprise attack with 50,000 troops. Your Excellency, you must flee now! “It’s dangerous here!”
When Duke Christian von of Switzerland heard those words, he felt as if something had snapped in his head.
So he hit himself hard on the cheek.
Of course, everything that happened was real, so only the cheek where I got hit felt a tingling pain.
From afar, you could hear the sound of your own soldiers dying, the smell of blood from the dead soldiers reached you inside the barracks and irritated your nose, and through the slightly open barracks door, you could see the darkness of the Swiss camp killing friendly troops as you walked around the Swiss camp. Reich soldiers bathed in dawn light came into view.
From the Reich Imperial Army’s point of view, it was an exhilarating battlefield where they killed those who harassed them, but for the Duke of Switzerland and his legions, this place has now become hell.
“No, no… f*ck, this can’t be happening! “This can’t be happening!”
He shouted in a loud voice as if denying the terrible reality, but no one tried to comfort him because the situation was already so urgent.
“Attend His Excellency the Duke! We must return to Switzerland with His Excellency the Duke! “f*cking bastards, hurry up!”
“If Your Excellency dies here or gets caught, it’s over for us! “It’s over!”
“Even if we have to drag the Duke along, we must quickly send him to Zurich, the capital of the duchy!”
Meanwhile, the nobles of the principality went out to fight against the Reich Imperial Army with swords and spears without proper armor.
“Die! Damn Reich bastards! It won’t be so easy to cut off my head!”
“Even if 20 of you guys come at me, they can’t beat me!”
“Brave soldiers of Switzerland, follow me, Baron Ain! Let us fight and die with honor! “Let’s not run away cowardly!”
Those who went out to fight like that were forced to give up their lives in order to protect the honor, family, and property of the nation of Switzerland.
No one seemed willing to risk their lives for the Duke of Switzerland, who made numerous mistakes in this battle.
The duke has now learned that fact.
I was devastated that my position had almost fallen to the ground…But bad things tend to happen one after another.
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“This is the flag of the Imperial Army’s 7th Division! “Major Jaeger is fighting with us!”
“This is Director Jaeger! “The warden is cutting down the evil invaders himself!”
“Long live the Reich Empire! Long live Division Commander Jaeger! Long live His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!!”
There was news that Major General Peter Jaeger, whom the Swiss army hated so much, was standing at the vanguard of the Reich army, brutally cutting down his soldiers to death.
Switzerland soldiers all recalled the nightmare of fighting against the Sword Master on Richen Hill, or rather, a monster that had surpassed the human realm.
A monster that never rested for a single day for over a month, always standing at the forefront with a small number of troops, and personally cutting down more than 10 allies in one fight.
Yet, he was the one who never got tired and leisurely swung his sword as if making fun of himself.
The spirit and cruel venom of the soldiers of the 7th Division who united around that monster and fought without sparing their lives.
All of those elements were imprinted with great fear in the memories of the Swiss soldiers, even in their souls.
“f*ck, f*ck! I’m a mercenary and all, but I’m running away! I’d rather fight with my bare body against the enemy knight, Nari. “If I fight with Director Jaeger again, I won’t be a human bastard.”
“Mom! Mom! f*ck, why does that monster show up again? After cutting up hundreds of people on Richen Hill for a month, it’s time to look after them. “You bastard who has no conscience or morals!”
“……f*ck, if I had known this would happen, I would have just deserted. “Why is Director Yeager there?”
And the soldiers began to ignore the control of the nobles.
So, at first, the nobles tried to control it by cutting down and killing the fleeing soldiers in order to somehow maintain the line and force the duke to retreat.
As they saw that control was not working and the number was increasing, they felt that everything was already over and despaired.
“Damn Duke! Damn Major Jaeger!”
“Attend His Excellency the Duke! “We must get you to Zurich at all costs!”
“We lost this war. So, at least save your life!”
The nobles informed the exhausted soldiers that they had already been defeated and ordered them to flee to preserve their lives as much as possible…
In front, knights are running towards them with lances pointed at them, and from behind, infantry led by Major General Jaeger is attacking them in a pincer attack.
“f*ck, it’s easier said than done! “f*cking noble bastards!”
“Shut up and run away! “As long as you go into that f*cking forest, no one will chase you!”
“…… Is this war?”
In the early morning of this day, countless Swiss soldiers were slaughtered by the imperial army.
Meanwhile, the Duke of Switzerland, the commander-in-chief of the Swiss army, somehow managed to safely return to Zurich with the escort of his soldiers.
Switzerland lost a total of about 44,000 soldiers out of 100,000 soldiers mobilized as a defensive force.
If this happens, strategically it will be a draw between the Empire and Switzerland.
If analyzed from a tactical level, it was a landslide victory for the empire.
So, despite the fact that the Crown Prince had a history of failing to detect double agents during expeditions and putting the entire army in danger, he was able to maintain his position to some extent.