332 – I can’t believe it, even if it’s the same alliance (2)
From noble mtl dot com
A month later, the Milan Allied Forces border post.
Antonio and Gerald were chatting while guarding the front lines.
“f*ck, why do we have to wake up so early in the morning after sleeping so well and stand guard outside with a window in our hands? “Honestly, shouldn’t those damn mercenaries stand in our place?”
“I admit that. Unless we cut down every part of the enemy in war, we are essentially slaves who are served for free. Even if they are low-level mercenaries, they receive 1 gold per month. “I was so jealous that my stomach hurt.”
“Ha, but they are bastards who have to pay for everything, including food and equipment, with their own money. What you actually hold in your hand is probably around 4 silver?”
“4 Silver is not the name of anyone’s dog, and that money is equivalent to two months’ salary.”
While we were chatting like that, Lieutenant Colonel Hermit and others from Division 5 approached the guard post.
They were not wearing the imperial army’s distinctive black uniforms or uniform armor, but rather different types of armor.
Some of them were dressed in extravagant clothes that were more typical of mercenaries, so from the outside, they looked like a mercenary unit wandering around late at night.
Instead of blowing whistles to signal alert, the two guards pointed their spears and shouted.
“Stop, stop. Cheese!”
Lieutenant Colonel Hermit already knew today’s written language and answer words through a spy who entered the Milanese Allied Forces, so he answered with a nonchalant expression.
“Octopus.”
“Confirmed. “Where do you belong?”
“I am Rfsky, the leader of the Blackbeard mercenaries. He just went on a night reconnaissance mission and is about to return. “Open the door.”
The militia and the mercenary corps did not have the authority to give orders to each other, but the mercenary corps leader was, if we were to be specific, a higher-ranking person than a company commander.
He, who had been cursing the mercenaries just now, also responded with his military spirit up.
“Loyalty, confirmed. “Thank you for your hard work.”
“Yes, it’s been a lot of hard work.”
From the time Lieutenant Colonel Hermit infiltrated the Blackbeard mercenary group by disguising himself as the leader, he acted comfortably as if he had been part of the Milanese Allied Forces even before this war began.
Because the salary as a mercenary is paid after the war is over, he acted naturally, providing food and drink at his own expense and even using prostitutes run by war merchants.
While he was infiltrated, spies and assassins sent by the Veneta Alliance were often caught and executed in the military camp square.
The Blackbeard mercenaries were able to carry out infiltration missions from within without ever being suspected.
Of course, Lieutenant Colonel Hermit and Division 5 were capable, but it would have been difficult if an incompetent man named Giuseppe had not messed with mercenary management.
Because the system was so messed up, as soon as I presented an appropriate gift and an alibi to the person in charge, they made me a mercenary badge saying I belonged here.
Lieutenant Colonel Hermit chuckled and muttered.
“If that bastard Giuseppe was even half as capable as Captain Jaeger, we would all have already lost our heads. “It’s so easy to infiltrate with just one pass through the password and one purchase.”
After infiltrating, all the members of Division 5, who were carrying out their respective duties while enjoying the freedom of mercenaries who would not be touched in anything other than following the minimum orders, gathered together.
After coming here, the guys who drank alcohol like a mayfly and often visited prostitutes had a very serious look on their faces.
The reason is that there was a report that Giuseppe and a suspicious person were finally seen meeting.
“Sergeant Dalton, is that true? Giuseppe brought an unidentified person into the barracks?”
“Yes, I pretended to be lost and passed by Captain Giuseppe’s barracks. A noble-looking man quietly entered his barracks with him. “He seemed anxious as he kept looking around.”
In any era, unless you are a very skilled spy, you will inevitably show signs of caution when carrying out your mission in secret.
This is a phenomenon that occurs when people instinctively become cautious because a slight mistake can cost their life.
To the eyes of experienced intelligence officers, even if they only show signs of such behavior, they can see the true nature of it at the level of looking into the mind with a little bit of exaggeration.
Lieutenant Colonel Hermit and other members of Division 5 also had the same thought after hearing Dalton’s report.
‘Judging from my years of experience, that bastard is a very suspicious guy.’
Since everyone agreed, Lieutenant Colonel Hermit smiled brightly and gave the order.
“Me and Sergeant Dalton, Lieutenant Manstein, Captain Hund, and Captain Kaltz will move to the area around the captain’s barracks at the current time and chase him. “If we do not return by midnight today, Major Rheinbach will return to the Imperial Army with the remaining personnel of Division 5.”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Then each person moves according to orders, ideal.”
The members of Division 5 dispersed as if nothing had happened, and Lieutenant Colonel Hermit, as the leader of an elite intelligence unit, disguised himself in order to approach those guarding Captain Giuseppe without being suspicious.
If there was a high-ranking person wandering around drunk, he tried to assassinate that person and change into the military uniform he was wearing.
In any era or military, there is a tendency to distinguish people by the military uniforms they wear and their rank insignia, so even if you walk around the barracks where the captain stays.
No one suspected them of wearing the expensive armor worn by nobles.
After about an hour or two, a man came out of Giuseppe’s barracks, and Sergeant Dalton gave a hand signal.
‘That bastard is the guy who said he was suspicious.’
As soon as they confirmed the signal, the 5th division members chased after him, and when the suspicious person tried to look around for the last time before running away on his horse, which was tied up in a remote location.
Colonel Hermit went behind him, put a gag in his mouth, lightly slashed the skin on both of his ankles with a dagger, held the dagger close to his neck, and asked,
“Would you mind telling me honestly what you discussed with our friend, Captain Giuseppe? “Otherwise, I think I’m going to get a little sick.”
The suspicious person who heard those words shook his head in denial, and Colonel Hermit sighed and gave his signal as if there was nothing he could do.
“I don’t know who it is, but let’s see if it doesn’t get rich no matter what.”
Sergeant Dalton tied the limbs of a man who looked like a spy at first glance and stuck a needle between his claws.
Because he was wearing a gag, he couldn’t scream, but the desperate sounds that came out through it only gave an idea of how severe the pain was.
“Eup, eup! Town!”
Hermit stretched all 10 of his fingers, and as a result, the suspicious guy suffered a disaster where needles got stuck in all 10 of his toenails.
Because of the pain, the movements that had been struggling just now disappeared, and the only sound coming out of the gag was the sound of heavy breathing.
Normally, any decent spy would open their mouth on their own if they did this, and a civilian would urinate at the mere thought of having a needle stuck between their toenails.
Lieutenant Colonel Hermit, who knew this well, smiled and said, thinking that he had achieved one thing.
“Take off your clothes and search through them. “Seeing that this guy doesn’t show any signs of anger after doing this, he seems like he has some class.”
When I started searching, soon a secret letter was discovered inside his clothes.
“This is a secret letter. Also, looking at the seal on his sword, it doesn’t seem like he’s from the Veneta Alliance. “He seems to be a noble from the Duchy of Philorence.”
“Huh, then didn’t we catch a live person? Moreover, if your Majesty’s in-laws are nobles from the principality, it would not be surprising if all 5 members were beheaded.”
If he had killed the good nobleman Phil Lawrence as he said, it could have cost everyone his head, but Lieutenant Colonel Hermit shook his head and denied it.
“Philolence and Milania have maintained an alliance for over hundreds of years. If we had had an honest conversation, we would have been escorted out by other knights. If you’ve done this, you’re ready to talk, so remove the gag. “Let’s get some information from him before we check through secret messages.”
After the gag was removed, the colonel continued to ask the man simple questions, and in the process, he was able to find out everything from his name to his purpose.
The nobleman’s role was to hand over the regent Philolence’s secret letter to Giuseppe and receive a response to it.
After opening the secret letter, Lieutenant Colonel Hermit and those belonging to Division 5 could not contain their astonishment.
Thanks to constant training, I didn’t do anything crazy or make a loud noise in a situation where I would have died if I was caught in enemy territory.
Sergeant Dalton, who made the biggest achievement this time, spoke as if he were representing everyone.
“Isn’t the bastard named Regent truly a bastard?”
“……. I admit it.”
And they immediately returned to Captain Peter Yeager with a secret letter.
As an aside, on this day, Captain Jaeger was so dumbfounded that he held the back of his neck and was advised by Charlotte to recuperate for a day.
The commander was not in good health, so the march was halted for a while, and there was no proper celebration after victory…
All the soldiers had fun and had fun throughout the day, but Captain Yeager had to march on foot the next day, unable to ride a horse due to mysterious back pain.