97 – Civil War – 8
The dust produced by hundreds of heavy cavalry all at once.
The dust began to obscure my vision.
“Musketeers, listen!”
Hundreds of musketeers stood at attention and waited for Leonia’s orders.
“Load!”
The musketeers put bullets into the barrel, added gunpowder, and began compacting the gunpowder. And then he lit the fireworks.
“Aim!”
Hundreds of musketeers simultaneously aimed their guns at the enemy.
“Wait!”
The Hwaseong burned down. But none of the musketeers fired their guns. Because they had been practicing for over a year, not a single person made a mistake.
“Wait a little longer!”
The enemy has not come close yet. Because of the dust, the enemy could not be seen clearly. If you shoot now, it will be in vain. And the eyes of the enemy’s warhorse began to appear. The war horses that appeared from the dust were riding with great momentum, carrying knights in shining armor. And at that moment…
“Fire!”
Kwakwakwang. Thunder struck. The knights who were running at the forefront fell all at once, and their horses began to stumble in fright. The charging knights were embarrassed and tried to control their horses, but the horses, startled by the loud noise, did not calm down easily. And at that moment when the enemies panicked, the princess gave an order.
“Pikemen forward! Protect the musketeers!”
At that moment, the musketeers all fell back and the pikemen stepped forward. The enemy began to panic at that perfect shift.
And in the midst of the panicked enemies, the crown prince shouted.
“Why are you so embarrassed! At best, it’s just a wooden stick that breathes fire! Push with numbers! “The enemy is only a handful!”
At the prince’s shout, the knights calmed their horses and began to charge again.
“All forces, charge!”
At the crown prince’s command, an overwhelming number of infantrymen began charging towards the enemies. The ground literally shook. A tremendous sound was heard due to the overwhelming number of 16,000 combined with the fact that the sound was echoed due to the nature of the forest being blocked on all sides by trees. Some people were overwhelmed by this sound, but others were not. The princess’s soldiers had gone through systematic training for over a year and had built up their courage, so no matter what happened, they would not be shaken.
A loud sound was heard from all directions. The loud sound echoed through the forest until no other sounds were heard. The vanguard of our army and the vanguard of the enemy collided. Spear and spear collided.
The princess’s soldiers each held out their long spears and continued to stab and strike them. There was a soldier who put away his long spear and tried to rush forward with his shield in front of him. The soldier was hit by a polearm blow to all four limbs at the same time, and he collapsed with blood spurting from his entire body.
As the shield soldiers who were at the forefront of trying to clear the path died, soldiers carrying halberts and spearmen stepped forward. Those carrying the same weapons stepped forward and tried to remove the enemy’s weapons…
“Ugh!”
“Ugh!”
The length of the weapon was different. They also collapsed after being struck by long spears in places that their armor and helmets could not cover, such as their necks and faces.
The meaningless standoff continued for a while. The enemies tried to keep pushing, but the more they did, the more the mountain of corpses piled up.
“Eight! What are you doing! There are only a few enemies! Moreover, all you have to do is kill Princess Leonia! “What on earth are you messing with?”
The crown prince shouted like that and stepped forward holding his bow. The crown prince aimed a long bow from his horse. The bow the crown prince was aiming at was large and had high tension. It was very difficult to even shoot such a bow from the ground, but the crown prince’s subordinates were all amazed when they saw him aim it from a horse. And…
-Shhh!
The bow shot by the crown prince accurately hit the neck of one of the spearmen and knocked the spearman down. The Leonian soldiers quickly removed the dead soldier and replaced him with a new one, but the crown prince continued to fire his arrow several times.
-Shhh!
Tap! Widely! Widely! Arrows continued to hit the pikemen’s necks. After shooting the arrow several times in succession, the crown prince’s arm muscles could not hold up, so he handed the bow to his subordinate. However, the gap created by the crown prince became an opportunity for the prince’s army.
“The enemy has an opening!”
“Dig into the gap!”
Soldiers digging into the gap where the long spear soldiers were dead. The pikemen in the rear row hurried to the front line, but it was already too late. The enemies continued to push in, and our troops began to shake from their tremendous momentum.
“After all, they are a minority. Simple things can be done by pushing the numbers.”
The crown prince wiped his sweat and smiled satisfied. The enemy used strange tactics to hold out well with only 2,500 soldiers, but even so, it was only a small number. The crown prince believed that they would be victorious over time.
The crown prince took out a pocket watch. Fifteen minutes have passed since the battle started. At this rate, it seemed like we could annihilate the enemy before an hour had passed.
“Wait, 15 minutes?”
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15 Minutes had passed, and not even a trace of the enemy’s ambush was visible. Princess Leonia must have hidden her ambushes, and those ambushers should have arrived by now. Why on earth can’t I see the ambushers?
And at that moment…
-Kwakwakwauk!!!
A thunder rumbled from somewhere. At the same time, dozens of soldiers fell all at once.
“Where are you? Where is it! “Liam, report quickly!”
“Well, that…” “
However, Liam de Bordeaux failed to report. Just as the crown prince could not know the enemy’s location, Liam also could not know.
“Unlike arrows, muskets do not have visible projectiles, making it difficult to determine the enemy’s location. Normally, you should know by the sound, but since we are in the forest, the sound also echoes, so it is hard to tell where the sound is coming from.”
Originally, it is normal for a gunshot heard from somewhere to be located immediately. Because a loud sound is heard. However, because of the dense forest, gunshots rang out several times, making it difficult to know where the enemy was. That moment.
-Kwakwakwaang!!!
Once again gunshots were heard and dozens of soldiers fell. The crown prince was embarrassed. Again, he had no idea where the enemy had fired. There were no gunshots or flames at all. Although the enemy was not visible, our troops were being hit one-sidedly.
“Scout! “What is the scout doing?”
“It seems that the forest is rough and the scouts are not able to pinpoint the enemy’s location.”
“Reveal the enemy’s location! “Find out at all costs!”
“Your Majesty, God has a number.”
“Tell me!”
“God will send scouts under his command to find out where the fallen soldiers fell and in what direction they fell, and from that, we will estimate the enemy’s location. And if you send soldiers there to chase the enemy away from the battlefield, the ambush problem will be resolved immediately.”
“What a trick! “Do it!”
Several more gunshots were heard and hundreds more soldiers died. And Liam’s scouts succeeded in revealing the enemy’s location.
“Your Majesty, when I looked at our troops, the soldiers on the right wing were dead. Based on the location of the dead soldiers and the direction in which they fell, it was determined that the enemy was in the forest to the west of our army. When scouts were sent there, it turned out that there were indeed about 2,000 musketeers hiding there. Our army has also sent 2,000 soldiers to chase them, and whether they win or lose, they will take the time, so all we have to do is kill Leonia in the meantime.”
“Well done Liam! “After all, you are my confidant!”
Liam felt joy at that moment. After all, there was no need for people like Charles Jean Rochepol or Luna von Ruybert. The crown prince’s cunning alone was sufficient. Liam de Bordeaux is also a great tactician who is no less than them. He succeeded in proving that. I thought so, but…
-Kwakwakwaang!!!
The gunshots, which should have stopped, began to ring out again somewhere.
“W-what is it? Didn’t you say that you sent soldiers to keep the enemy in check? Why do gunshots keep ringing out?”
“It is…” Oops.”
At that moment, Liam realized his grave mistake.
Leonian soldiers in the front, 2500.
2000 Musketeers to the west of our forces.
Enemy’s entire army, 6500.
Then aren’t there 2,000 people left? And those 2000 people…
“What is it? “Why did you keep your mouth shut!”
“Your Majesty, Soin made a wrong calculation. “There was another ambush.”
“You damn bastard!”
Prince Leonhard got off his horse and struck Liam. Several kicks were thrown towards the fallen Liam. However…
-Kwakwakwaang!!!
Meanwhile, the gunfire continued. The Crown Prince’s army was continuously decreasing due to enemies whose whereabouts they did not know, and with invisible bullets flying from unknown places, the Crown Prince’s main army was also unable to repel the Leonian army with peace of mind.
“Liam de Bordeaux! You will be dismissed from your position as my manager starting today! Let’s find out about other bookmakers! Get out now! “You incompetent bastard!”
“Your Highness! “Please just do that!”
However, the Crown Prince, ignoring Liam’s cries, asked another subordinate.
“Where is Dean de Balboa!”
“Awaiting orders from the rear.”
“Isn’t Dian the vanguard! Why on earth are you in the back… Oops.”
It was none other than the crown prince himself who dismissed Dian from the vanguard position. I just listened to what Liam said.
“Is it you again…?” !”
The Crown Prince glared at Liam with disdainful eyes and got on his horse again.
“Bring my spear!”
“Yes!”
“Your Highness! What on earth are you trying to do! You must not go out yourself! “It’s dangerous!”
“Shut up Liam! “I won’t listen to you anymore!”
The crown prince raised his spear and charged directly at his enemies.
“The reason the enemy army is so tenacious and unbreakable is because Leonia is fighting at the forefront! In that case, I will also fight at the vanguard and raise the morale of my troops!”
Of course, that wasn’t the only thing. The reason Leonia was holding out was because her high-level pikemen were forming a square and holding out. However, the crown prince, who did not know this, simply believed that he was holding on because of Leonia.
Meanwhile, while the crown prince was charging with a spear, there was a person hiding in the bushes pointing a gun.
“The author is the enemy who killed my brother. Phew… calm down. “I shoot like I trained.”
Yuria Russell, who was leading 2,000 ambushers, aimed at the crown prince who was charging towards his allies from the bushes. And…
-Taang!
Yuria’s bullet flew towards the crown prince.