64 – Episode 64
A man staring at a map.
He is the commander-in-chief of the opposing principality army.
After the Battle of Fort Huntington, he led the army to the vicinity of Wynn, making numerous major achievements, and only then did the army of the Grand Duchy stop him and confront him.
“Hmm… If I win once, just once…”
Contrary to his hopeful thoughts, the reality is not easy.
In each small-scale skirmish, the Grand Duchy’s outstanding commanders failed to deal with the skirmishes appropriately and inflict significant damage.
The cavalry he sent was surprised by the enemy and suffered damage, so he was unable to properly hit the enemy.
But that’s not the worst situation.
This is because there is no Merry in Wynn, who is a powerful knight against the enemy.
‘The current Princess Mary will not be on good terms with the current Grand Duke.’
The news that the Grand Duke had engaged Princess Mary to the commoner Agrippa was like a hot potato to the entire empire.
Princess Mary is the remaining heir to the childless Archduke and his rival.
‘He is the Archduke’s best friend, but considering that he got engaged to Agrippa, a commoner, it would be difficult to say that their relationship is good.’
The Commander-in-Chief smiles, thinking that if he were really on good terms with his younger sister, he would have gotten her engaged to a prestigious family.
‘I heard that Princess Mary has not been seen in the Grand Duchy for some time.’
They have been deploying many spies to their archenemy, the Grand Duchy, for a long time.
According to the information they sent, Princess Mary is currently not in Wynn.
Given the information that everyone consistently left Wynn at night, it can be said to be certain.
“Commander!”
The commander answers as he sees the adjutant hurriedly entering the barracks.
“What’s going on?”
“This is intelligence that the enemy has come out of Win!”
With those words, the commander speaks while looking at the map.
“Where are we headed?”
Thoughts the commander with such joy.
Because the commander has no intention of fighting a siege in Yuan.
‘To throw away the advantageous position on your own… How lucky is this?’
Warring a siege means forcing a huge sacrifice on the attackers, so I smile at the situation that the commander does not hesitate to ask for.
‘The fact that we are surrounding Wynn itself will be a huge wound to their pride.’
It would be difficult for the proud Ryan family to easily accept that the lords who had always suffered from them would come together and lay siege to the capital.
“Well… I see that it’s heading west, so I guess it’s going to turn with us.”
“Rotation…?”
With those words, the adjutant points his finger at Win on the map.
“West from here…”
The hand moves to the Franciscan Corridor.
There is a sea to the north and a rugged mountain range to the south, which is like a gateway you must pass through to get to Win.
“I think they’re probably heading here.”
At those words, the commander touches his chin and falls into thought.
If the numerical difference has widened significantly, but the qualitative difference gives the opponent an advantage.
‘Hmm… rotating is not a good idea.’
If the supply line extends from the enemy’s territory and the fortress is taken over, the supply may be cut off and you may be isolated.
‘Would it be better to send the troops back? Or not…’
The commander looked at the map for a long time.
He, who was as motionless as a stone, opens his mouth and speaks.
“The entire army… Will pass through the Franciscan Corridor as quickly as possible.”
I decide to pass through the corridor and turn on the plain before the enemies arrive.
***
“Whoaaam!”
When I was sleeping yesterday. Did you have bad posture?
My shoulders and back were a little sore, so I massaged them and looked at the report in front of me.
“In the end, I bought a large amount of call options in the United Kingdom…”
By selling a large amount of put options on the bonds of the anti-Duchy forces, they succeeded in purchasing a large amount of cash and using it to purchase a large amount of call options for the Grand Duchy.
“Now we need to win.”
Up to now, the enemies have moved cautiously, so we have been able to gain more time than expected.
Thanks to this, we purchased more contracts than the target, so it can be seen as a benefit.
“Ah… That’s right. “I have to send a letter to Ioanes.”
It is a big problem that he, who was formally an ally, supported the forces of the opposing principality.
Previously, we were unable to issue a warning due to lack of clear evidence, but we have recently discovered circumstances in which money was flowing to opposing principalities in the form of bonds from Nicaea and Epirus.
I would like to use double insults, but now is not the time.
“Let’s write a letter appropriately.”
I took out a piece of white paper and wrote a letter to Ioanes.
-Sreuk…Sreuk…Sreuk…
When I’ve finished writing the letter, I put it in an envelope and seal it with my seal.
“Whoa… I still have a lot of work to do, but after the war, there will be more, right?”
Once the war is over, the war is over. My head hurts already at the thought of all the work coming.
***
After a few days, the commander-in-chief, who was marching ahead of the opposing principality troops that had come out of the corridor, frowned and muttered to himself as he looked at the skirmishers running from afar.
“It came sooner than I thought.”
Seeing them returning just a few hours after being sent away, the Commander-in-Chief feels this intuitively.
The enemy is close…
-Hey!
When the horse neighed harshly and stopped, the skirmisher dismounted and reported to the commander.
“Here’s a report. “Now the enemy is encamped only about 15km away.”
At those words, the commander nods his head as if he knew that would happen.
“Yes, I already expected it. “Tell all adjutants that we will rest here today.”
The commander unfolds the tent and looks around the surrounding terrain, deep in thought.
‘Hmm… We are ahead of the wizards, soldiers and knights. Now it’s turning. ‘Are you saying the enemy commander is a fool?’
The enemy commander was a commoner named Agrippa.
He graduated from the military academy at the top of his class, but he is just 23 years old and has started to lose his fur.
‘Is it because you have no actual war experience? ‘It’s so clumsy.’
He is someone who came up from the bottom, so he has seen many times how a momentary mistake can lead to a huge defeat.
However, the enemy leader is capable but inexperienced, and is a brat who got this far only through personal connections and flattery.
“I heard this Grand Duke is really a kid…”
The commander-in-chief chosen by the young archduke.
The commander heard that there are many great generals in the Grand Duchy.
‘Just looking at the general named Martin who fought at Fort Huntington before, didn’t he successfully launch a dramatic counterattack and retreat in the face of defeat?’
The commander feels that if a general named Martin had been in command of the Grand Duchy, he would not have been able to enter here so easily.
‘Looking at the commanders who predicted the movement route of the cavalry I sent and made a surprise attack, it is clear that there are many excellent generals and commanders in the Grand Duchy… How could they make a brat who knows nothing like that their commander?’
Although he is now a member of the opposing principality, the commander himself attended military school and gained respect for past archdukes.
They are always arrogant and strong.
The great princes of the past who possessed physical abilities that surpassed those of humans were the ones who wrote numerous myths during war.
Even Valorant was the best knight in the empire and an outstanding general.
But what about this Grand Duke?
The commander thinks that the emperor, who is said to be the most beautiful woman in the empire, is just a fool who is stuck in the imperial palace without coming to the Grand Duchy and leading her soldiers, surrounded by skirts.
‘This Archduke is a child who knows nothing.’
Even though her younger sister, Princess Mary, is her political enemy, the Commander believes that she should not be insulted by making her betrothed to a commoner.
If Princess Mary thought she was leading a charge with her knights, she would be in quite a bit of trouble.
But fortunately, Princess Mary escaped from Wynn not long ago, and now only a superficial Grand Duchy with tens of thousands of soldiers and a young man with no war experience as the commander-in-chief remains.
‘But I won’t let down my guard. ‘I will completely… thoroughly destroy you.’
The great achievements of the Ryan family.
If he destroyed that achievement, he might have left his name in history.
‘So… I can’t show disgrace.’
Thinking like that, I look at the map and plan out the troop deployment for tomorrow.
‘Balance must be maintained and offense and defense transitions must be quick.’
To thoroughly destroy the enemy…
‘There is a sea in the west, so if you move your cavalry, there is only one direction to move to the east.’
The enemy knights and cavalry will attack from the east, so the commander deploys spearmen and cavalry on this side.
‘If you destroy the enemy’s cavalry, you will immediately hit the enemy’s rear.’
And a small number of cavalry and infantry deployed behind the central infantry.
‘And in order to deal with urgent situations, cavalry and infantry are placed in reserve to protect the center.’
And place the magic units behind it.
‘We are superior in the number of wizards… So we constantly attack with minimal defensive magic and powerful magic attacks.’
“Hmm…”
It’s fortunate that there is an ocean in the west, but…
Just in case, we should assign spearmen to the magic unit.
‘If even a small number of the enemy’s cavalry attacks the magic unit, it could be a fatal blow to the magicians who have little melee attack.’
In this way, a formation of about 300 mercenaries is formed to guard the area near the wizard.
“This would be the most standard formation.”
So the commander expects a rotation tomorrow.