8 – Stand out – 3
Most students expected Andre to win one-sidedly. So did the professors. That’s why the evaluation of Charles was low.
Besides, Charles had more archers than infantry. I thought that thinking about winning with such a deformed organization was an overstatement.
“As expected, that person was incompetent.”
Yuria Russell was happy. The princess felt a sense of jealousy because she paid too much attention to the insignificant person. However…
“I don’t know yet.”
Only Princess Leonia had a glimmer of hope. The hope that Charles is indeed the author of [New Era Tactics] and has extraordinary tactical abilities.
At this, Yuria Russell felt a bit sad. As the left arm of the princess and an outstanding knight, he himself stood out in many areas. The academy’s grades have always been at the top.
Even so, the princess was not looking after herself. I felt a bit disappointed because I thought of him as just an escort and friend.
And regardless of Yuria Russell’s regretful feelings, the battle began.
“charge!!!”
The battle began with the shouts of Charles’ opponent, Andre Gomes. André Gomez’s heavily armored infantry and cavalry began to struggle up the mountain. Charles then began deploying soldiers.
Charles first divided the 60 archers into three units and placed them in a V shape on the left, center, and right sides. And as if connecting the archers of the three units, 20 foot soldiers were placed in the middle.
It felt like the archers, who accounted for 60 percent of the entire army, were arranged in a V shape, and the infantry was in the middle.
“Puha!”
Andre laughed at the formation of the enemy he had never seen before. The other academy professors who were watching through the monitors also looked at Charles’ formation in a curious way. only one…
-bang!
Only Princess Leonia slammed the table and stood up.
“majesty? why the hell… ”
“right.”
“What do you mean?”
“The author is the one who wrote the tactics of the new era!”
The battle was still going on while Yuria was making a puzzled expression.
Charles’ archers unilaterally shot and killed the enemy’s heavy cavalry and heavy infantry climbing the mountain, and Andrew swallowed the silence.
“If you climb this mountain… ”
Andre was preying on Charles. He thought that if his soldiers only succeeded in climbing the mountain, they would grind the enemy in an instant.
However, the actual situation was different from Andre’s expectations.
When Andrew’s soldiers went up the mountain, the number of remaining soldiers was between 60 and 70 percent.
That means 30 percent were blown away by the arrows!
But now that they have succeeded in climbing the mountain, all that remains is close combat. Andre, who believed that they would have an advantage in close combat with a large number of infantry and cavalry, immediately charged at the nearest enemy.
“Charge at the archers who jumped out like fools!”
Andre charged towards the pointy front part of the formation of archers protruding in a V shape.
Attack the nearest enemy. Even the enemy is not heavy infantry, but archers with relatively thin armor! Attacking them was a very natural choice as a tactician, but the problem was that the opponent was Charles.
In an instant, the archers, who were attacked by the entire army of the enemy, began to be pushed back.
In an instant, Andre was half-encircled from three sides except for the rear.
Andre’s soldiers began to decrease one-sidedly, and everyone watching this scene was shocked.
However, the only one who expected this situation was the princess.
“Charles sent out three archers and put two infantry units behind. That is a formation that can counter-attack from the flank of the attacking enemy, no matter which side of the protruding archers is attacked.”
Yuria Russell, who had been thinking about this for a while, asked as if it were difficult.
“So you’re saying we should have attacked the infantry, not the archers?”
“No, if I had deliberately attacked the infantry behind me, I would have been showered with arrows from three protruding archers.”
“Then is there no answer? What on earth did I have to do to destroy that strange formation?”
“The moment we decided to fight, defeat was already decided. The correct answer is not to fight, but to organize a detached unit to find and defeat the enemy’s supply unit. If only the supply unit is defeated, the enemy is in the mountains, so they will die in isolation without water or food. There is no other way to win.”
Of course, aiming for the supply line does not necessarily mean winning. That meant that at least there was a chance of winning. This is because if the enemy finds out that he organized a detached unit, the enemy may come down from the mountain and attack. In the end, it was such a formation that the difference between victory and defeat was how covertly the enemy maneuvered without revealing the enemy’s information and how successful it was in reconnaissance of the enemy’s maneuvers.
From Leonia’s point of view, who hates losing the initiative on the battlefield, she didn’t want to learn such tactics in the future because she didn’t like it, but Leonia was more attracted to Charles because of that. This is because you can use tactics that you can’t use yourself.
Seeing the battle just now, the princess was convinced. Seeing that he can come up with such a tactic and use it beyond just thinking about it, the author of [Tactics of the New Era] says that Charles is right. This mock battle was the moment when the princess decided to recruit Charles.
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Meanwhile, Charles was smiling with satisfaction. The tactic of encamping on a mountain or hill, inducing an enemy charge, and then destroying it with archers was a tactic that England succeeded in defeating France three times in the Hundred Years War. That’s why some people call it the Dufflin tactic. My tactic was slightly modified from that Dufflin tactic, so the name ‘modified Dufflin tactic’ would be appropriate.
However, there was a different name on the Internet.
“I call it the Nigawa tactic.”
It’s not Japanese. Since I don’t intend to go out, it’s called the [Nigawa tactic] in the sense of asking you to come in first. For reference, if you use this type of formation in online matching, you will be scolded for saying, “You make the game dirty.” Although that wouldn’t happen at Arcadia Academy.
In any case, Charles, who won the first round comfortably with a suitable trick, smiled refreshingly while watching Andre’s angry expression, and then prepared for the next fight.
The third princess, Leonia, and her left arm, Yuria Russell, won consecutively in tournaments. In fact, it was natural for the two to win consecutively. Aside from the leadership stat being much higher than the others, it was because the two of them were already nobles with their own domains and enlisted men and had already been to the battlefield several times.
There is a huge difference between those who have experienced the battlefield and those who have not. Leonia and Yuria Russell would not be defeated under any circumstances.
What does that mean? Due to the nature of the test called a tournament, you have to stick with everyone who has won and come up. That meant that Charles had to stick with both Yuria Russell and Princess Leonia.
Charles felt his head hurt. Even so, these are tacticians who belong to the top ranks in the world, but can they win?
But even so, I started to feel good. I thought it was an opportunity to figure out how much of my commanding ability I had honed through the game.
Thinking so, Charles headed to the bathroom to wipe off the cold sweat he had been nervous about during the first exam.
When Charles left, Glacia Erenberg followed.
However, on the way to the bathroom, someone called Charles.
“Charles Jean Rochepole.”
Charles was familiar with the subject of the voice.
“majesty.”
Leonia von Arcadia, the main character of the game and the third princess of the Arcadia Empire, and her left arm, Yuria Russell, stood behind her.
When Charles greeted him in accordance with the manner, the princess accepted the greeting with a slight bow.
“Are you planning to win this mock match?”
Me, Glacia Ehrenberg, and Yuria Russell were all startled by the princess’s sudden words. Everyone except the princess was surprised.
“Yes? what is that… ”
“Did you think I wouldn’t notice? Haven’t you been hiding your skills until now?”
what kind of novelty is that? I’ve never hidden my skills.
I was puzzled at first, but after thinking about it for a while, I understood why she was thinking that way. Charles Jean Rochepole has been an extremely incompetent human being so far. It was to the point where I got failing grades in all subjects.
However, swordsmanship and magic are still rubbish, but they are showing good looks in other parts, so they are ‘misunderstanding’ that they have been hiding their talents for some reason.
“Politics, diplomacy. I got an almost perfect score. You got a failing grade on the last exam, shamelessly. Besides, judging from the battle situation in the first round, there is no doubt that they will achieve good results in mock battles as well. How far will you show in this test? Are you thinking of winning over me? Or are you going to stop on the right line?”
“… ”
“I’m thinking of taking off the pretense. If so, I won’t bother asking. But I will tell you one thing.”
When I lowered my head to show that I was listening to her, she continued.
“You can rest assured. Even if you bring out all the power you’ve been hiding, I’ll break it. I will tell you that there is a sky above the sky.”
After saying that, the princess left while waving her white cloak. You have so much charisma Come to think of it, I think my favorite character in the game was Princess Leonia.