Episode 106. defeat
“The enemy is gathering cavalry. The location is the plains to the southwest. They seem to want to fight hard.”
“Let’s scold it!”
“Let’s let the smashing go!”
Southern 4th star.
The commanders of the suppression force shouted.
“I’m thinking of giving them one round as they please. Still, the possibility of a trap cannot be ruled out. I think it’s not a matter to be decided on my own, so I’ll leave it to the vote. Those who think that they should mobilize the entire army to attack are huge.”
Hands popped up all over the place.
Of the dogs, there was only one person who did not raise his hand.
A strange guy who doesn’t even take off his helmet even when he’s fully armed.
It was the commander of the Holy Knights, Pellain.
“It’s as if it’s already been decided by a majority, but…
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At the commander-in-chief’s words, Pellain’s attention was focused.
He took a deep breath and spoke.
It was a low voice.
“I think it’s too early to start a spin again.”
“Too early? Why?”
“We have won too many battles. As a result, the number of prisoners in the four castles alone has already exceeded 10,000. The construction speed of the camps is slower than the capture of prisoners, so it is said that they are currently mobilizing stadiums and zoos to accommodate them. I know. If you mobilize the entire army at a time like this, and then a problem breaks out in the camp, the 4th Castle can be taken from the inside as it is.”
“Are you trying to say that you can’t even manage prisoners properly!”
“What kind of bald-headed commoners!”
“Calm down. That was a reasonable statement.”
As the arrows of condemnation began to pour, the commander-in-chief slammed the desk to silence everyone.
It seemed that there were many people who were dissatisfied with the fact that the commander of the Knights Templar, who is a commoner and small in size, is the commander and attends meetings with voting rights.
“That’s why you entrust the management to the mages and mercenaries. In addition to physical management, barriers were also mobilized. Even if the suppression forces vacate the 4 castles, there will be no accident that they will be captured in an instant.”
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At that sound, Pellin did not say anything.
Apparently, Pellin was the only one who didn’t trust the mages and mercenaries.
Are you going to transfer the management of so many prisoners to mercenaries?
It was difficult to comprehend, but he decided to stay still because if he held on to it, even the commander-in-chief, who had protected him, would turn his back.
“Aside from the prisoner issue, did you notice any possibility that the enemy might have dug a trap?”
In the eyes of Pellin, it was a trap with a high probability.
His intuition, having seen countless battles from afar, was shouting like that.
There is a lowland in the back of the plain, isn’t it?
The recent heavy rains would have left the lowlands completely muddy.
If the enemy was lured in mud and surrounded with infantry, we lost our mobility and had no choice but to fight at a disadvantage.
However, if I had pointed out this, everyone would have said that I could just get out of the mud before entering the mud.
It had already been decided.
I didn’t want to leave only a bad image because I was mumbling about it.
“There is not.”
“Okay. Then, I will issue a gathering order for the entire army. I will dispatch the troops soon and prepare a charge formation. I will conduct a night attack.”
“Yes.”
The commanders got up busily and ran out of the conference room.
Pellaine also walked out and went straight to the inn the Holy Knights had been serving as their military camp.
“It’s a dispatch. Let’s all be heavily armed and lead our war horses out.”
At Pellain’s command, the young-faced soldiers began to move in unison.
They had just taken off the boy’s t-shirt.
Most of them are from orphans, and have been trained by Pellain and vice-captain Taylor.
Everyone was very worried because it was their first actual battle, but despite their concerns, everyone was following along well without a single hard-nosed person.
The Holy Knights were deployed to the rear in every battle, but they were still performing quite well.
In particular, the Holy Knights used to have an edge in hand-to-hand combat, which other knights had difficulty with.
“Are you fighting on the plains over there? There’s a lowland behind you, so you’re likely to be lured and besieged…”
“The Commander-in-Chief will also know. But just in case, if you ever enter the lowlands, place the horses outside so they can be evacuated immediately.”
“Yes. I will.”
It wasn’t that I didn’t trust the commander-in-chief.
It was just a defense in case something happened.
There was nothing wrong with being careful.
Soon, fully armed knights lined up and exited the gates.
It was an orderly movement through several battles, but in the eyes of Pellain, it was still not as good as the movement of the rebel light cavalry.
Why the hell doesn’t the enemy heavily arm cavalry with that level of training?
The Duke of Lorraine, who can raise tens of thousands of soldiers, spares investment in such a key force…?
It was hard to even think of that.
“Advance! Pyeongbo!”
Commander-in-Chief’s orders spread through each commander.
Soon, a formation of about a thousand knights began to move slowly while maintaining their form intact.
The goal is a small hill beyond the plain.
Thanks to the bright moonlight, I could already see the rebel spear rising above the hill.
As soon as they saw it, both Pellain and the commander-in-chief had an intuition.
The enemy was not yet fully in the defensive position.
Those gigantic spears looked intimidating at first glance, but were practically useless if not in sufficient numbers.
“charge!”
A firm and brief order was issued.
There were no detailed instructions.
The cavalry, however, maintained their formation and accelerated to full speed, first gradually increasing their speed to a trot, then to a canter.
The whole formation was moving like a single organism.
“Enemy cavalry! Retreat!”
The enemy was in confusion as he hadn’t expected the charge.
Enemy cavalry would mount any horse they could get and run away without order.
The spearmen could not even find the will to resist.
As soon as the cavalry climbed the hill, the spearmen immediately surrendered.
“Send a signal to the castle guard. Bind them and bring them to the 4th star. We even pursue the enemy cavalry.”
“Commander. Beyond that is the lowlands.”
“I know. It catches up when the enemy loses mobility. Even if it comes back attacking, we can win because we are heavily armed.”
There was no hesitation.
Even though they were called light cavalry, they could not leave the cavalry with considerable utility in such a flat battlefield.
Up until now, I have always retreated well every time, but this time was different.
The commander-in-chief judged it to be a golden opportunity to destroy the enemy’s cavalry force at once.
“Chase! Charge while maintaining formation! Prepare for a counterattack!”
The cavalry was charging over the hill and into the lowlands.
The landscape with only green grass had suddenly turned into a curved land with rocks dotted around it.
The formation was broken every minute while avoiding the large rock in the middle.
An ominous aura came over.
And it was felt by everyone in the cavalry.
“Everyone caught up.”
Enemy cavalry was visible.
When they reached the mud, they could not ride any more and got off.
“Hippo! Chase the enemy!”
“Wow!”
The knights jumped off their horses at once.
They say they prefer riding battles, but even if they don’t ride on horses, the knights were like a fortress that walked one by one.
“Ahhhh…”
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The shouts of the knights advancing through the mud increased and then subsided.
forest beyond the lowlands.
His head was protruding out of the bush.
Armed with axes and clubs, they were animal-eared beasts.
“Damn it. I got it right.”
All sides were enemies.
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Just a quick glance at it was enough to at least overwhelm this force.
All of a sudden, the enemies had entered the rear and narrowed the siege.
“Put it to one side so the warhorse cannot be touched. It’s a hand-to-hand battle.”
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The knights drew their swords apart from each other.
Then, he faced the growling beasts as if they were about to run to bite them at any moment.
The time they faced each other from less than 10 meters away was getting longer and longer.
It was a moment when the commander-in-chief thought about whether he should try to break through from this side first.
Beep profit!
“Waa!!!”
The sound of a horn was heard, and the enemy rushed in, filling the room with shouts.
All eyes were filled with dark beasts.
None of the guys I’ve ever dealt with have been busy prostrate in fear.
There were only those who jumped in drooling as if they had gone mad.
The knights’ arms were trembling in fear that had never been experienced before.
“Don’t be afraid! They’re just crazy assholes!”
The shouts of the commander-in-chief resounded through the roars of them.
At that moment, the two teams collided.
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“Ha ha ha… ha ha ha ha….”
perch.
Taylor’s sword slid down and there was a dull sound.
The back of the enemy’s head, which should have had a clean section, was completely crushed.
“Huh….”
Taylor raised the sword and let out a sigh.
It was after the sword’s teeth went out completely and lost its cutting power.
Taylor threw the sword away.
Then he pulled out a one-handed sword from the scabbard.
“Aww!”
“Damn it!”
A piercing shock was transmitted to the back of the head.
I almost fell over immediately, but somehow managed to avoid falling by putting my foot in the mud.
Taylor, who left behind as it was-
“Die!”
“Ugh. f*ck.”
He thrust the tip of his sword into the neck of the man who rushed like crazy.
Even so, he was still pounding the helmet with his fist to see if it was not over yet.
Because it was too close, he couldn’t pull out the sword he had inserted.
Taylor pulled a dagger from his waist and shoved it into his mouth.
“Turn it off… big….”
“Die. Please. Die.”
It was only then that his spirit had cooled down a bit.
Taylor turned it over and sat down on it, shoving a long dagger into his face.
By the time his face had become so mangled and unrecognizable, it had drooped and became immobile.
“aah!”
“Damn it!”
But that didn’t end there.
There was a Beastman who jumped straight from behind.
With his quick reflexes, he thrust the dagger into his forehead, but he couldn’t pull it out because it was pierced too deep.
Immediately I saw the others rushing in swarms.
“Uhhhh
Inside the helmet filled with hot steam.
Taylor sighed and stood up.
He lost his long sword, arming sword, and dagger, but it didn’t matter.
Bare hands were enough.
wow! puck!
“Keek! Kek!”
“Kae-gaeng!”
The beasts rushed at random, but it was impossible to break through the flawless armor and injure Taylor.
Taylor, taking care not to grab his leg, put his fists on the faces of each one to subdue them.
Every time the iron armor was swung once, blood splattered in the air with a shrill sound.
“f*ck!”
Kwajik!
“die!”
Aww!
“Peck!”
thud!
The face of the last prisoner was crushed.
After slamming the trembling skull again to ease it, Taylor got up.
His arm was not like his own.
My legs were shaking and my breath was tight, and it felt like my heart was about to explode at any moment.
I felt like throwing off this heavy and cumbersome armor.
But knowing that he would be killed by an arrow from somewhere, Taylor walked through the muddy mud and reached the edge of the lowlands.
“Damn it. It came out. It’s like a dog….”
When I looked back, the knights and the beasts were still in the mud, and they were having a melee battle.
It was outnumbered and even surrounded, but it was never a losing battle.
Because there were still no dead, and the beasts were being slaughtered.
Of course, while everyone was busy, Taylor didn’t desert because he wanted to rest.
It was because the general commander ordered to check the rear and come.
If it weren’t for that, he would have broken through the rear encirclement by beating more than 20 beasts alone.
When I got out of the mud, I liked the sound of the grass being trampled on.
It felt like I was flying when my footsteps became lighter.
Suppressing the urge to take off his helmet and breathe in the cool air, Taylor straightened his back.
At that moment, a feeling of weakness suddenly flooded my body.
“under.”
Enemy cavalry was visible.
Enemy cavalry filled the horizon.
It wasn’t the formation that was forced to stretch sideways to make it look like there were a lot of numbers.
I was watching from the lowlands, so I could clearly see the ten rows of enemy cavalry rushing down behind me.
“Damn it….”
But the biggest problem is, they weren’t light cavalry.
They weren’t the ones armed with javelins in leather clothes I’d always seen.
They were all heavy cavalry equipped with full-body silver armor.
At least five thousand heavy cavalry were charging at full speed.
The sound of the horse’s hooves was getting closer and closer, creating the illusion of an earthquake.
“Captain! No, Commander-in-Chief! It’s an emergency! We must retreat!!!”
Taylor staggered back and started running.
The enemy, the infantry, did not intend to destroy the siege.
It was simply wasting time.
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Beans… Beans…
The sound of iron resounded softly.
The wizard, who sat on the chair and turned the bookshelf, frowned and raised his head.
A one-eyed beast with wolf ears.
Darius, known as the deputy commander of the rebels, was beating the iron bars with a grim smile.
“Let’s be quiet. It’s time for everyone to sleep. Aren’t you giving your subordinates a sleeping ticket?”
“Magician. Have you thought about trading?”
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The wizard sighed deeply.
The deal was to secretly release the prisoners, including himself, in exchange for money.
He was so proud and arrogant that he was just respectful.
“Are the original beasts that straightforward? Can’t they express what they want in a detour? They have only that level of diplomatic power, so they get kicked out of the plains and end up in the great forest, huh?”
“I haven’t heard an answer yet.”
“Ha. Answer. I’ll do it. I’ll explain it to you in a way that even stupid you can understand. Mercenaries are a profession that earns trust. They are often accepted as money-loving people, but that’s a story before receiving a quest. After receiving it, we should be infinitely loyal to our clients. It’s not worth doing business for a day or two, so why would we betray our clients to get a little money from you guys…”
“Ten million Tyrion.”
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“If you don’t like 10 million tyrion in cash, we can prepare it with gold or silver of the same value.”
The wizard’s eyes widened.
10 million Tyrion?
That was enough money to quit the mercenary business and buy land and land.
It is a trustworthy, naval, and sufficient amount of money to throw away.
But the problem was the client.
If you hit the treacherous against the imperial family, retaliation will come back.
Ten million Tyrion was caught in the eye, but he had no choice but to give up.
“Oh, no. It’s a lie anyway. How do you guys prepare such an in-kind thing?”
“Magician Yangban. Since when has that been your position?”
“yes?”
“Take a good look around.”
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The wizard got up from his chair and looked around.
After all, the atmosphere was very chaotic.
The whole army just went out to destroy the enemy, but the soldiers each moved to the fortress and prepared a defensive posture.
“Communication magic has been received! Allies are in danger of siege and annihilation!”
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As if driving a wedge, a fellow mage rushed over to deliver the news and passed by.
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Just as the wizard was panicking, an annoying laughter was heard from behind.
“Uh-huh. Do you understand the situation now? If you release him for 10 million Tyrion, we guarantee safety.
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It wasn’t a deal.
It was a threat.
Will you receive 10 million tyrion and become a body chased by the imperial family forever?
Or do the prisoners rip off their limbs and die?
It was Lee Ji-sun’s problem.
No, it really wasn’t a problem.
Because the answer was so clear.
– Notifications from the cavalry! Five thousand enemy heavy cavalry are approaching! I just can’t stand it! We’re going to escape, so the 4th star should be ready to defend!
Upon receiving the direct communication magic and hearing the commander-in-chief’s voice, the wizard’s pupils shook violently.
The shadow of death was clearly casting his face.
“Well, the deal is… of course we have to keep…?”
“Huh. It’s a natural thing to say.”
Whilst loud noises are heard from all directions.
The trembling wizard’s hand approached the iron fence.