9 – Stand out – 4
When I washed my face and came out, Glacia was waiting for me.
“let’s go.”
After saying that, I headed back to the test site, and Glacia said this.
“Were you hiding your power?”
“Yes? no.”
He said that, but Glacia didn’t believe it. The third princess was also Mozala, and I felt like I was becoming a strong person up to the inside of Glacia.
When I came back, the tournament was still going on. Soon it was my turn. The opponent in the second round was a guy with decent skills and a B-rank potential for leadership. As a playable character that users can play directly, he was a skilled player who could aim for the semifinals if the bracket was good.
But unfortunately, he met me only in the second round, and he robbed me of his soul and couldn’t get up for a while in an OTL position. He returned to his senses only after being supported by his motives. I looked at his back with pity.
Rounds 3 and 4 weren’t too difficult. I camped in the mountains, as always, and the enemy either died trying to cut off supply lines and not finding a supply unit, or charging up the mountain and dying.
And the long-awaited 5th round. I finally got stuck with a named character. Yuria Russell. He was an escort knight for the princess and a talent to become an outstanding general. Yuria Russell was never an easy opponent. It was because he was a person who would later become a duke commanding an army of tens of thousands. But that is the ‘future’ Yuria Russell who has grown as she grows. If it was YuRia now, I also had a chance. No, it could be seen as an advantage.
Before the battle with Yuria started, Yuria said.
“Until now, I have only encountered easy opponents. But it won’t be easy from now on.”
YuRia’s expression when she said that was burning with a sense of competition. To be honest, it was somewhat expected. If the princess suffered from the ‘talent disease’, where she couldn’t stop looking at useful talent, Yuria Russell suffered from the doggie disease, which only wanted her owner to look after her. If the princess paid attention to a talented person other than herself, she would be jealous of that talented person. Although there is such a side, knowing that Yuria is not a particularly bad person, I just smiled and nodded my head and made a gesture that I knew.
The mock battle has begun. Yuria’s roster consisted of 30% light cavalry, 10% heavy cavalry, and the rest infantry and archers. Unless it’s a nomadic army, it’s not often that you put so many light cavalry. I was able to notice Yuria Russell’s strategy just by looking at the roster.
‘As expected, it came out in a standard way.’
It was an operation to secure light cavalry, which had the fastest movement speed among all types of soldiers that could be used in mock battles, and penetrate into the rear of the allies.
I barely held back the urge to clap. As expected, Yuria was the smartest, unlike her opponents so far. It is impossible to break through my formation in a head-to-head confrontation. Since it was a formation that put everything on defense, aiming at the enemy’s rear came to a pretty good line.
But there was something YuRia didn’t know. It was that I was the authority on the ‘modified Dufflin tactic’. I didn’t mean to back off so easily.
Meanwhile, Yuria Russell was waiting for Charles. Charles, who has won four consecutive victories using the same tactics. Is that the only tactic you know how to use? Or is it rather arrogant? Either way, Yuria didn’t like Charles.
It is the teaching of strategy that any tactician should never lose the initiative on the battlefield and drive forward. However, Charles climbed the mountain and forced the opponent to move first. Is this a strategy that does not fit the basics of strategy and is close to that of an apostle? To Yuria, who had learned standard tactics from a teacher from a prestigious family named Dian, Charles only seemed to use despicable methods.
However, he thought that it was his turn to lower the mace to those who had been winning victories in such a sadistic way. It’s a tactic that’s thoroughly close to precision.
Therefore, the tactic that Yuria Russell brought out was the woodpecker tactic. In a situation where the main forces of the allies and the main forces of the enemy were facing each other, it was an operation to send a detachment of the allies behind the enemy to defeat the supply unit, and furthermore, to encircle the enemy from the front and back to annihilate them.
The tactic was inspired by the fact that woodpeckers hit the back of a tree to shock it and then wait for insects to come out from the other side!
There wouldn’t be many good tactics against an enemy who camped on a mountain and waited for thousands of years for the enemy to come in. Yuria Russell thought so, but she couldn’t imagine Charles’ thoughts at all.
Meanwhile, Charles was predicting what kind of tactics YuRia would use. Yuria Russell knew nothing about Charles, but Charles knew Yuria Russell. Do you know? Personally, it was one of the characters I liked and played several times. Yuria Russell was an attractive person in terms of personality and ability. Most of the nobles who knew her didn’t like her, but they all trusted her. Of course, it’s a bit ugly now because of jealousy.
That’s why Charles, who clearly knew the tactics YuRia could think of, was licking his lips with anticipation as to how he would cook for YuRia.
“Is it better to thoroughly destroy it in order to be recognized by Yuria? Or should I take care of it moderately and win so that YuRia’s mentality doesn’t break?”
which way to go After thinking about it for a while, Charles made a decision.
“okay. Let’s crush it thoroughly.”
Having made that decision, Charles called in all the scouts he had sent out. Anyway, the enemy was 30% of the light cavalry, and the light cavalry was specialized in reconnaissance. In the reconnaissance battle, there was little chance that this side could win.
So, what we had to do was not to read the enemy’s movement, but to read the enemy’s psychology.
Surprised that the reconnaissance hadn’t taken place for a while, Yuria quickly came to a conclusion.
“You’re going to lock yourself in the mountains anyway, so you don’t even need scouting?”
Yuria, who arbitrarily judged Charles’ thoughts, felt disappointed in the character of Charles. And at the same time, he felt that this battle was his easy victory.
Yuria separated the light cavalry and heavy cavalry, which moved quickly, from the entire army to form a detached unit, and placed the main unit at a distance where the enemy could barely see it. This is because if the number of the main unit is discovered, the fact that the detached unit is circling in the rearguard will not be discovered.
When an enemy scout arrives, I will quickly subdue it with my own scout so that my strategy will not be seen. Yuria made such a promise, but the enemy did not send a scout. I just stayed still as if I was practicing silence in the mountains.
At that moment, it started to rain.
“Ouch, what!”
“Everyone come inside. There are monitors even indoors.”
The students, who had been watching the situation on outdoor monitors, quickly went indoors under the guidance of faculty members.
However, during the exam, Yuria and Charles suddenly became like rats in the rain. YuRia laughed out loud even though her whole body was getting wet.
“God help me.”
When it rains, visibility is reduced. The viewing distance is shortened. In other words, it becomes difficult for YuRia to find out the hidden unit. Thinking so, Yuria was just hoping that the detached unit would succeed in turning to the enemy’s rear, but…
One of the wooden dolls sent for reconnaissance ran hurriedly. The summoner who was controlling the wooden puppet said in an urgent voice.
“We found enemy shadows in front of our allies, the number is about 100!”
“yes?”
YuRia, dazed for a moment, couldn’t understand the meaning of those words.
“What does that mean? Enemies in front of allies?”
“It is as you say! There is an enemy in front of our allies!”
“On which street ahead?”
“1000 feet!”
1000 feet was about 300 meters. And in a fight between armies, the distance of 300 meters…
“Isn’t it right in front of you!”
As soon as the words were finished, the enemy’s shadow began to appear in the shower. The enemy had indeed led the entire army and approached right in front of the allies. At that moment, Yuria had one thought.
“why… ?”
Why did Charles, who had been pinned to the top of the mountain waiting for the enemy to approach, came down with his entire army? With what kind of change of heart?
Of course, Charles gave up the reconnaissance, but he acted with the ‘belief’ that if it was Yuria, he would have sent out a detached unit, but Yuria had no way of knowing this.
But there was something more urgent than that.
“At this rate, the battle begins! Give orders! is it antiwar? Is it a retreat?”
The summoner’s words brought Yuria to her senses. At this rate, the battle begins. will you run away? No, if you do, you will be caught and hit one-sidedly. If so, shall we fight? No, the number of enemies is 100 and the number of allies is 60. This is because the detached unit 40 was turned to the enemy’s rearguard.
“Damn it, neither one!”
It was checkmate. Yuria clicked her tongue as if she couldn’t help it and then shouted.
“Everyone, in battle formation! Kill the time somehow!”
100 to 60. It’s impossible to win, but it might be possible if it’s just wasting time. And if the detached troops successfully timed and turned to the rear attack the enemy’s rear, the situation would be reversed. Since most of the enemies were archers, they could win only by joining the detached corps with many cavalry. Thinking so, Yuria Russell shouted.
“Everyone, we will endure somehow!”
If it were a real battle, I would have drawn my sword and encouraged them to follow me, but that would be meaningless against a wooden doll. In addition, there was a rule that students should not directly cut down wooden dolls with swords in mock battles. If that happens, it’s a strategic tactic and there could be a guy who presses down with force.
Yuria Russell just suffered from pain and waited for the enemy to approach. And after a minute…
– Kwaaang!
– Wow!
The wooden puppets standing at the vanguard of both sides collided with each other.
Wait what? Monitors? As in magic ones right?