67 – Poitiers Family – 7
‘This is what happens in the end.’
To be honest, I knew in advance that Isabel would not give up her territory. She thought that although Isabel was cautious, she was by no means a coward, so she would definitely do whatever the situation allowed her to do.
‘Of course, there were variables in the middle… ‘
Thanks to Georges’ shenanigans, Isabelle’s heart hardened even more. The unity of her internal soldiers also became stronger.
‘2000 To 1200. If you’re on the plains, you can’t win even if you die, but if you’re next to a castle, it’s quite possible to hold on.’
Above all, there are 300 muskets here. And a volley of muskets exerts greater power in Mercury than in battle on the plains.
‘Everything is going well. But there are also some elements of anxiety.’
A little bit of anxiety. It was the fact that this battle did not exist in the original story.
‘Actually, up until now, it was like playing the game using cheat keys. Because I knew the entire original story of the game, I acted with full knowledge of the other party’s information and the future situation. But this battle is different.’
This battle was a battle that was not in the original story. In the original story, Isabel gives up her territory and tries to make a comeback by the princess’s side.
But it was different now. Thanks to the variable of Charles Jean Rochepol, we won the last battle easily, and the snowball rolled and Isabelle did not surrender. In other words, this battle happened because of Charles.
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‘I don’t know what will happen in the future. That is why we need to react more sensitively to information around us. ‘War is about not knowing what will happen.’
If you look at history, things that no one expected often happened on the battlefield. Charles hoped that luck would be on his side.
—–
The next day, the enemy led 2,000 soldiers and surrounded Oxenberg Castle.
The enemy general, Georges de Poitiers, stood at a close distance where arrows would not fly and shouted.
“Sister! The tide has already turned! Don’t put up pointless resistance, just surrender! “Out of respect for my family, I will spare your life!”
“Shut up! “I have nothing to say to this despicable group that sends diplomats and then stabs them in the back!”
“Are you upset about that incident? You are surprisingly narrow-minded! In order to win a war, there are times when you have to use strategies. Didn’t you learn from your father? “The successor’s name is crying!”
It was an interesting sound. It was true that to win the war, you had to use strategy. But that guy’s plan was extremely short-sighted and clumsy.
Sending diplomats to the enemy camp and attacking the enemy was the wrong thing to do. I wasn’t talking about the tactical part. I was talking about the diplomatic aspect.
Think about it. If an opponent sends a diplomat and attacks, who will trust the opponent and accept the diplomat during the next battle? In the end, the tactic of sending diplomats and attacking could briefly distract the opponent, but in the long run, it was a foolish strategy that lowered the trust of friendly forces and led to diplomatic isolation.
However, Isabel seemed to have forgotten those words and simply swore, snatched the gun from the musketeer next to her, and attempted to shoot Georges.
Georges had gotten a good taste of his musket the previous day, so when he saw Isabelle aiming her musket, he immediately started running away with his horse. That’s how the first negotiation ended.
—–
That night, the enemy began to attack our castle, led by a wizard. In [The Age of Gunpowder and Magic], Which is the original work of this world, the wizard is a unit that the user can individually control.
As the name itself suggests, the age of gunpowder and magic, the concept of this game was a game of competing to see which was stronger, a cannon or a wizard. In other words, a powerful wizard could exert as much power as a normal siege weapon.
All the magicians under Georges’ command were sent by the crown prince. Of course, officially he was ‘just a mercenary’. And the wizards sent by the world’s most powerful man were truly unrivaled.
“hehehe, I’ll make you regret locking yourself in the castle. “I will make you regret that it would have been better to fight on the plains!”
After finishing talking to himself, Georges shouted to the wizards.
“Attack!”
So the wizards chanted toward the castle. Our musketeers shot the wizards from afar, but because the range was narrow, they could not easily suppress the wizards.
Soon the wizards’ chants ended.
-Kwakwauk!
-Kwakwang!
A large burning stone flew into the castle wall. After several stones hit the castle wall, the summoned stones soon disappeared, but the wall they hit was already broken. And Georges shouted.
“Attack!”
Georges attacked the collapsed castle walls with hundreds of mercenaries. A ladder was caught on a collapsed part of the castle wall, and dozens of enemies began climbing the ladder. Isabel dispatched her soldiers to the area where the walls had collapsed. And Charles dispatched musketeers to the intact part of the castle wall.
“Load!”
As Charles shouted to the musketeers, the musketeers began compacting gunpowder. Then, he put the bullet in as if covering chopped gunpowder and ignited the matchlock.
“Aim!”
Following Charles’ shout, the soldiers took aim at the enemies. And when Juan, who ran around the castle wall and checked the soldiers’ aiming status, told Charles that he was ready, Charles shouted.
“Fire!”
At the same time, colorful lights decorated the dark night.
-Kwakwakwauk!!!
A thunder-like sound echoed from all directions. Since the guns of this era used much more gunpowder for firing than modern times, the sound when the guns were fired was naturally very loud, so the enemies climbing the castle walls had no choice but to cover their ears.
“f*ck, f*ck…” “
“What are you talking about…?” !”
Some soldiers began to panic, but soon a large ball of fire struck the soldiers gathered at the top of the collapsed castle wall.
-Growl!
It was a fireball fired by a wizard. As our soldiers who were hit by the fireball screamed, the enemy began to cheer.
“Waaa!!!”
“Wizards are not limited to enemy forces! He’s on our side too! Let’s trust our wizards and go in!”
The soldiers, who still misunderstood Charles’s musketeers as wizards, shouted. And the enemy’s morale was so high that they climbed up the castle wall.
—–
The next day.
“Whoa…” “
The battle did not end until morning. Conclusion. It was a victory for our troops. In Mercury, the volley of musket fire boasted far more overwhelming performance than that of the bow, and even though the enemy wizard went out of his way and killed dozens of our soldiers, the enemy could not easily breach the castle walls.
The collapsed part of the castle wall was temporarily repaired by adding stones. Since it was a small castle, it didn’t take long to repair it.
The enemy’s casualties were approximately 300, while our troops’ casualties were approximately 100. The enemy army retreated with great damage, and our army ultimately won.
“Waaa!!!”
Our troops let out a shout of victory. Isabel also looked happy.
This victory was also a happy victory for Charles. Thanks to our mercenaries holding out in front, few of the skilled musketeers died. That means that the musketeers would be able to perform well in the next battle as well.
“With this momentum, I can endure no matter how many times I come.”
Isabel spoke to Charles, but at that moment…
-Quaaang!!!
A large explosion occurred on top of the castle wall and was not properly reported.
“Yes? Isabelle, what did you just say? “I couldn’t hear you clearly because of the explosion.”
“I think I can survive like this!”
But at that moment.
-Kwaaang!!!!!
A large explosion occurred once again.
“This is true. “They can’t even have a conversation properly.”
“That’s right. “As soon as I try to talk, an explosion occurs.”
The culprit of the explosion was an enemy wizard. The enemy wizard has been constantly using wizards to bombard the allies in order to reduce their morale. Since the bombardment was fired from outside the firing range of our musketeers, it was difficult for the musketeers to intercept.
But sending out soldiers to chase them is difficult because they are at a numerical disadvantage. As a result, he was forced to stay in the castle and be harassed by wizards all day.
“Mana potions are all money.”
Seeing that the wizards are being overworked like that, the crown prince must have given them a lot of support. But Charles wasn’t that afraid of them. In any case, they had requested reinforcements from the ‘Crudia Mountaineer Mercenaries’, and if reinforcements arrived, they would be able to surround the enemy front and back and easily win.
Charles was thinking that, but the next day.
“Sister! Still not willing to surrender? “If you run out of food, you will starve to death anyway, so why do you believe and be so arrogant?”
A few days later, Georges, strangely energetic, came around the castle walls once again and started wandering around. Charles felt puzzled.
“What is he? “Why do I feel so good after losing last time?”
Charles was looking at Georges with a puzzled expression, but soon he was able to understand what Georges believed and why he was so confident.
“Is it true that you are holding out in the castle because of this letter? If that’s the case, you’re in big trouble. Ha ha ha!”
Georges held out a letter. Isabelle did not remember seeing the letter, so she furrowed her eyebrows with a puzzled expression, but the next moment, Charles’ face began to turn white.
That’s because the letter Georges presented was a letter sent by Charles to the Crudian mountaineer mercenaries requesting reinforcements.