I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With chapter 73

73 – Tercio – 1

After the allies fired their muskets, Isabel tried to charge the infantry. But Charles immediately stopped Isabelle.

“Mr. Isabel.”

Isabel asked back as if she was puzzled by Carol’s action of raising her hand to stop Isabel.

“Why are you doing this?”

“I had a good idea. “Can I come up with a plan?”

Isabelle was just puzzled.

“Now? “The enemy is right in front of us.”

“It is not too late. “If only now.”

“Then tell me.”

Charles explained his operation for a while. Isabelle was impressed after hearing the explanation.

“How could you think like that…” !”

Isabel was impressed, but in fact, Charles’s operation was not an original operation designed by Charles himself. It was simply taken from the siege and annihilation of the Carthaginian army in the history of warfare on Earth.

In any case, Isabelle began commanding according to the plan designed by Charles.

“Soldiers with shields go forward! “Soldiers with spears and long swords, fall back!”

It was a somewhat strange command whose intention was unknown, but the soldiers began to quietly do as he was told. Although they were not elite soldiers, they did not move smoothly, but soon the line-up was completed and the shield soldiers came forward.

“Shield soldiers, use your shield to push back the enemy!”

“Yes?”

“Just push?”

The officers were puzzled. Push the enemy? Why on earth did you give this order? Enemies do not die when pushed. Even if you fall, it’s over once you get back up.

“I also risked my life here! This is an order, so follow it quietly!”

Under Isabel’s somewhat coercive orders, the officers had no choice but to convey the contents to his soldiers. The idea was not to kill the enemy, just push them.

That’s how the battle began. The friendly forces rushed towards the enemy with shield soldiers at the forefront. The enemies were somewhat defenseless. This is because the formation was disorganized as they suddenly turned forward while dealing with the enemy behind them.

Because of this, there are archers in the front line and infantry in the back line. Therefore, the initial fight went easily.

Our army’s shield soldiers continued to push back the enemy’s archers, who were somewhat poorly armed, using their shields. The enemy archers were pushed back.

“What, what! “Why are the front line guys being pushed back!”

“Don’t push! “It’s narrow in here!”

The enemies shouted in panic, but there was nothing they could do. What can you do when the enemy pushes you?

Meanwhile, Manfred, the mercenary leader of the Crudian mountaineer mercenary group who was fighting with his sword drawn, also felt the enemy’s lines trembling. The enemies on the other side were being pushed back.

At that moment, Manfred shouted.

“After all, Charles is a genius!”

Are you a genius? The mercenaries were puzzled when they heard the shout, but Manfred could not hide his admiration. Charles had come up with a more efficient strategy than anyone else in the current situation.

And Manfred, who read Charles’ intention in an instant, also gave an order.

“Pikemen, forward! Form a pike wall and keep pushing back the enemy! There is no need to kill it! It is enough to create less space for the enemy to stand!”

The pikemen were a bit puzzled by the order, but as the Crudia mountaineer mercenaries were elite soldiers, they did not question the commander’s order and immediately followed it.

“Since Charles’ army responded favorably to our operation, we must also respond favorably to Charles’s operation!”

In front, the shield soldiers were pushing back the archers with their shields. Behind, the long spearmen formed a square with long spears nearly 5 meters long and pushed back the soldiers, reducing their range of movement.

And before long, even standing space began to run out. The archers who were pushed back push the infantry on the same side, knocking them backwards. A fallen soldier pushes another soldier, causing him to fall again. Like dominoes, George’s soldiers began to fall.

“The enemy has fallen! “Stab!”

“Behind the pikemen! Halberd soldier forward! The enemy’s ranks have collapsed! “Harvest season has come!”

Isabel and Manfred shouted at the same time. Isabel’s army drew their swords in front and began stabbing the fallen enemies, while Mannfred’s halberd soldiers stabbed and eliminated the fallen enemies in the rear ranks.

Charles could not bear to watch that scene. He had been through many battles so far, but he had never seen such a one-sided and cruel battle.

“Is this what the Battle of Kannae felt like?”

In fact, the operation Charles used was not one he had personally planned. In Earth’s history, it was simply his own version of the tactics used by Hannibal against the Roman army, arranged to suit the situation.

And in that battle, 50,000 Carthaginian troops formed a close formation and pushed the Roman army, which had no space, from all directions, killing more than 50,000 enemies against 80,000 Roman troops. It was virtually annihilated.

And due to Charles’s operation, a similar situation was unfolding here.

The enemy’s screams continued to be heard. The voices of those begging for their lives could be heard. The enemy soldiers, from the lowest soldiers to the commanders, were being killed one-sidedly, being hit here and there without even being able to fight properly. This was no longer a battle. It was a massacre.

Charles returned to the castle unable to bear to see the sight.

“Well, now you’ll win even without me… “

Thinking like that, Charles was drinking beer alone in the castle. Before long, Manfred and Isabelle came into the castle with smiles on their faces.

“Charles!”

Isabel immediately ran up to Charles and hugged him. Charles was about to grab Isabelle’s shoulders and pull her away, but she looked so happy that he left her alone.

“Friendly casualties, 74 people. There were 12 deaths, 28 serious injuries, and 34 minor injuries. Complete victory. “It is the perfect victory.”

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Isabel was shedding tears as she said that.

“We were able to protect the Poitiers family and Oxenberg. “I will no longer hand over the family name to a bastard like Georges.”

In reality, Charles was uncomfortable with the brutal battle. Still, it was true that it was better for the enemy to die than for our allies to die.

“I will definitely repay this favor!”

“The favor has been granted, so please pay the price properly.”

“Oh, by the way, I haven’t paid the bill yet. Do not worry. “I will make sure you don’t fall short.”

Isabel smiled broadly.

—–

Power negotiations began the next day.

Among the mercenary captains and nobles, there were many who were caught unable to escape the battlefield, and those who were captured had to provide a certain amount of gold coins to Isabel as a condition for their release.

And Isabel paid 5,000 ducats in installments as compensation for this battle, considering the gold coins she received and Charles’ performance. Of course, the situation in Oxenberg right after the battle was not good, so Isabel had to borrow money from her Floss Bank, pledging her fiefdom as collateral.

Whatever Isabel’s circumstances, Charles used the money to pay his soldiers. Then he was left with only 1500 ducats. It wasn’t a profitable business for Charles either financially.

However, it was a profitable business in other ways than just money. A great wind of change blew through Charles’ mercenary corps. Originally, Charles’s mercenary corps consisted of only 300 musketeers, but now it consisted of 500 pikemen and 200 regular infantry.

300 Were original soldiers, 200 were absorbed from Beth Aston’s soldiers, and the remaining 500 were Crudia mountaineer mercenaries.

“Charles, I spent a lot of money acquiring the mercenary group, so I guess I need to take on a new mission. What mission will you receive?”

“Suddenly, honorifics are awkward. “You are my friend’s father, so please feel free to call me that.”

“No. I tell you categorically that although your talent as a commander is great, I am ahead of you in terms of experience in running a mercenary group. And in a mercenary group, discipline is maintained only when public positions take precedence over personal relationships. So, Charles, please treat me poorly from now on.”

At Manfred’s words, Charles nodded his head as if he had no choice. Actually, if you think about it carefully, Manfred was right. It was true that discipline would be maintained only if public positions were prioritized over personal relationships.

“Um… If so, I’ll give it a try. But I haven’t taken on any missions for the time being. I want to focus on training even if I have to face a deficit. “Because there is no organic connection between muskets and pikemen yet.”

“If it is an organic connection… “

“Tercio. “Have you ever explained it to me yet?”

Charles began to explain to Manfred and his men the overall outline of the formation called Tersio. Originally, they were confidential, but now they were no longer outsiders. Since they will be Charles’ subordinates in the future, they must understand Tercio properly.