43 – Meanwhile in the North – 5
Meanwhile, the leader of the rebels, Lachnar von Skane, was taken aback by the bad news.
“messenger! The army of Emilia von Cronor captures Gnaat Castle!”
“messenger! The army of Emilia von Cronor captures Lindorn Castle!”
“messenger! Emilia von Cronor’s army captures Morigg Castle! We are still moving forward!”
“What about Grand Duke Cronor? Is there any movement from Prince Cronor?”
“There is not!”
A hundred thoughts passed through Raknar’s mind in an instant. Why was Grand Duke Cronor not moving while Emilia was moving? Did the two powers form an alliance?
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No, Grand Duke Cronor and Emilia are blood relatives. In such a situation, since Emilia betrayed Archduke Cronor, it is normal for the two to become enemies more than one another. Grand Duke Cronor’s hatred for Emilia was much greater than his hatred for Raknar.
If so, why didn’t Chronor attack his enemy, Emilia?
In such a situation, one of the nobles would say:
“There are rumors that Archduke Charles von Cronor is addicted to opium.”
“opium?”
“I heard that a large amount of opium is flowing in due to the army of Grand Duke Cronor. At first, I thought that the soldiers were taking drugs, but seeing that they openly covet opium without hiding it more and more, it seems that the commander-level, or beyond that, the top-ranking officers are addicted to opium. It means that those who should stop opium are greedy for it.”
Raknar couldn’t help but be surprised. It’s okay for soldiers to take medicine, but the top level, who is supposed to prevent the soldiers from escaping, does medicine? So how the hell does the army work?
“ah! for a moment.”
Rachnar changed his gaze. Maybe it’s not ‘How does the military work?’ It was possible that the army was not returning at all.
Since Grand Duke Cronor and the command staff fell into drugs, they couldn’t make a normal decision, and if they weren’t stabbing Emilia in the back, the whole situation would have been understandable!
“then… Are you saying we have to fight Emilia-sama one-on-one?”
Although Raknar’s force is 10,000 and Emilia’s is 5,000, the morale of Emilia’s forces is soaring with successive victories. Can we really win in this situation?
Whether or not Raknar thought about it, Emilia continued to approach Rachnar.
Raknar had no choice but to muster his entire army to face Emilia.
—–
when the whole army is being mustered. Lachnar von Skane was thinking about his family.
150 years ago, the Skane family was the most powerful family in the North. It was originally the political system of the North that various families, starting with the Skane family, joined forces to govern the North.
However, after the rise of the Kronor family 150 years ago, the power of the Skone family has weakened significantly. Grand Duke Charles von Kronor quickly subjugated the various families that ruled the north and created the Grand Duchy of Kronor after his own family name.
That’s why Rachnar von Skane felt a sense of mission. Now, the reign of the Cronor family must end. We must bring down the Cronor family and create the world of Skane again.
And today’s fight was part of that plan. Rachnar von Skane, after crushing Emilia based on the overwhelming difference in forces close to twice, conquered Karl von Kronor to subdue the north, and again planned to create the world of Skane like 150 years ago.
Thinking so, Raknar opened his closed eyes and stood up. He drew an ax from his waist.
“The soldiers?”
“They are gathered outside.”
Raknar went outside. Nearly 10,000 soldiers were summoned from all over the place.
Raknar went up to the podium and shouted at the soldiers.
“Listen everyone!”
The buzzing soldiers became quiet for an instant.
“I have been rolling on the battlefield all my life! Sometimes he wielded an ax with common soldiers, sometimes he led an army with commanders! The reason I have dedicated my life to the battlefield is not for the sake of Grand Duke Cronor. It was for the whole North!”
It was a regular speech, but today’s speech was full of sincerity. Raknar has been fighting for the North, not Kronor.
“However, the Cronor family was out of luck. Carl von Cronor is the one who took the territory of the north and put it in danger with an unreasonable attack, and his daughter, Emilia von Cronor, is a traitor who betrayed her father. How could I leave the North to them? Because!”
Because. I don’t entrust the north to those two.
“What I was thinking is going back 150 years. To the days when House Skane was stronger than House Cronor. To the days when various families, including the Skane family, ruled the North together!”
Of course, Rachnar also wanted a strong centralized state centered in Scania. But that is a story of the distant future. Right now, the idea was to seduce the various nobles with the feudal system as a bait, and once they seize power, purify the nobles and create a powerful centralized state centered on the Skane family.
Thinking so, Raknar shouted at the soldiers.
“There is no need for chaos in the north! Let’s go back to the peaceful past!”
“Waaa!!!”
The soldiers shouted, and Raknar took advantage of the high morale gap to lead the soldiers and lead the army toward Emilia.
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Emilia von Cronor’s forces advancing eastward, and Lachnar von Skone’s forces attempting to stop Emilia.
It was self-evident that the two forces would meet at some point. Raknar deployed his soldiers on the open plains. In fact, this was quite a strategic move, because when the number of allies was low, it was standard to deploy troops in an environment with many obstacles such as mountains, rivers, forests, or canyons, and to deploy troops on open plains without obstacles when the number of allies was high. to be.
Raknar chose a place to take advantage of the number of 10,000 with standard military management. It was a plain called Camar.
Emilia, who was not very good at strategy, but had a lot of combat experience, immediately noticed what Raknar was aiming for.
It must have been a strategy to select the terrain of a wide plain to maximize the number of people and surround allies.
As proof, Raknar stretched out his soldiers. It was a formation that was trying to be surrounded by anyone.
In response, Emilia’s secret agent Usami Arca spoke to Emilia.
“The terrain is too advantageous for the enemy. Let’s retreat once. It’s a strategic retreat. Since we have already taken a few castles, it might be a good idea to wait until we have a similar number to the enemy.”
Since Usami Arca had already taken the castle, he suggested a strategic retreat. However…
“All troops!”
Emilia exclaimed.
“Follow me!”
After saying that, he started to run toward the enemy with his short-lived horse.
Rachnar was taken aback at the moment. I thought the enemy would fall, but it was because only one man started to charge alone in the enemy camp.
Raknar exclaimed in bewilderment.
“arrow! Shoot the arrow!”
Only then did the archers step forward and shoot their arrows.
Emilia continued to run forward while slashing the arrows with her sword.
Meanwhile, Emilia’s military advance.
“Hey, crazy! what are you all doing! Follow Emilia-sama!”
“All-arms charge!”
“Everyone, charge!”
The soldiers had begun to follow Emilia, who had run out belatedly.
A situation where 10,000 Rachnar-gun and 5,000 Emilia-gun were flustered by Emilia von Chronor’s individual movements and reacted slowly.
In that situation, Emilia was alone in the enemy camp and slaughtering dozens of people.
“Stop! I mean block it! In front of the hippo knights (knights who do not ride horses)! Archers, get back right now!”
Raknar gave the order, but it was too late. That was also because Emilia was moving too fast.
Rachnar thought. At this rate, Emilia would stir up the camp at will, and if that happened, defeat would be obvious. then…
“sh*t! Bring me my axe! I will step out!”
After saying that, Raknar grabbed an ax and a shield and charged towards Emilia.
Although not as good as the sword master Emilia, Raknar was also an outstanding knight in the north. In terms of military strength alone, it was ranked third in the North.
That’s why I thought I would be able to stop Emilia for a while. And if you hold on to Emilia’s ankles for a moment, the allies will regroup in the meantime. That was the operation. Thinking so, Raknar rushed towards Emilia. And the next moment…
-Chaeeng!
Swords and axes collided with each other. The moment the first joint collided, Raknar’s body floated into the air. And I felt it in that first sum. The fact that Emilia was not a swordsman at a level that could be stopped.