216 – Attack of Fort Falcon (2)
Anyone who has served in the military agrees, but it is always a burden to see someone who has risen to another star.
Especially, as the number of stars on the hat increases one by one, the burden that can be given doubles.
By the way, if the king, who is higher than the commander with four stars, personally shoveled the core of military life together with the soldiers… ?
You will be able to see for yourself a rare appearance that is impossible to see normally.
“Stand upright, you idiot baron! Are you trying to brag to the whole kingdom that you and your troops are stronger than His Highness? Did you say that the only break during work for the past week was mealtime?”
“Ha, but… Doesn’t Your Highness hold a shovel and personally work with the soldiers? I did the same. It’s unfair, Your Excellency Count Balt… “
“No, you son of a b*tch! What if the soldiers get exhausted and die or get injured while working in violation of the instruction to work for 50 minutes and rest for 10 minutes… You didn’t mean to f*ck me, did you? Do you think I will be directly reprimanded by His Highness if I search for at least 10 people?”
A rare scene in which a count with a status similar to that of a three-star lieutenant general would directly immerse His Excellency, a two-star baron.
To be precise, they are called into the temporary barracks made for work, but if you do it in a barrack with no soundproofing, the sound leaks out.
Some of the soldiers who saw it seemed to be in shock at a situation they could not normally encounter.
To add a little bit of exaggeration, to hear a sound reminiscent of the sight of a baron who can even drop a bird flying in the sky with three coughs… It must have been unimaginable…
“His Excellency Baron Shepard is normally a good person, but… Falling behind in promotion to Viscount Vienna… “
“Whew, considering that His Excellency Baron Shepard’s troops were half-dead because they couldn’t even rest except to eat and sleep… Don’t make dumplings there. The Count is someone who really cares about soldiers.”
“At least, it’s fortunate that the Count knows now and steps forward.
That scene was also seen by me, who happened to be among the resting soldiers during the 10-minute break.
From the point of view of the soldiers, Baron Shepard is the one to kill, but from my point of view, I don’t think the Baron is guilty of death.
I just didn’t want to fall behind his colleague, Viscount Bin, so I broke the guidelines and made him work even during breaks that were supposed to be given every hour.
On top of that, the pressure of the fact that His Majesty, who is a 5-star star, is directly watching it, so it’s a level that can be taken into consideration.
So Balt must have tried to solve the problem and cover it up by cutting it in moderation on his own line. However, non-combat losses may occur if you do not observe the break time during such manual labor.
That’s why I couldn’t cover it up like that, so I sighed and went in through the tent of the temporary barracks where they were in question.
After seeing that, Balt immediately prepared to rave, saying, ‘Some idiot can’t even read the atmosphere and come in?’, But when he saw my face, he froze.
Meanwhile, Baron Shepard stretched out on his stomach… His expression worsened, as if he had grasped the reality that his fate would become more complicated.
“Baron Shepard, stand up.”
When Shepard heard that, he immediately got up and tried to bow to me, but he stopped it and whispered quietly in my ear.
“It is a situation that can be discussed up to the deprivation of the title due to non-compliance with military orders, but considering the fact that he had no intention of treason and that he was out of loyalty towards me, I will lower his sentence.”
“Thank you… “
“Instead, you will have to shovel with me until this project is finished. Also, the details of what happened will be known to the entire army.”
No matter how strong I am, I have never been deprived of my title because of this problem.
So if I don’t step in, Shepard will be forced to feign illness in a field hospital until the end of this war, and will be ordered by a court-martial to retire for illness and mistakes he made after the battle.
After that, it will be finished to the extent that the heir of the family or a close relative inherits the title.
To add a little bit of exaggeration, in an age where honor is taken care of even at the cost of one’s life, if something humiliating like this happens, the family is half ruined.
However, if it were known how I worked so passionately that I was warned and shoveled next to me, I would end up being held back in society for about two months after the war.
No, if you play an active part in the war, that can be packaged well.
“Thank you, Your Highness.”
“And the troops under the command of Count Balt and Baron Shepard are to be temporarily led by the commander of the 1st Regiment. Also, that unit will grant all members of the unit, including the baron, a day of rest today. Those who say they are not feeling well will be sent to check on duty.”
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Even in the midst of that, some commanders of Falcon Castle continued to dig up and suggested the possibility of knocking down the walls.
However, Count Farius and most of the nobles have been reducing their troops over a long period of time, seeing as they unfailingly give bullet holes to the soldiers who stick their faces above the castle wall with guns that cannot measure the shooting distance. Judged it to be
In addition, it was thought that it would be impossible to weaken the ground to such an extent that the walls collapsed by destroying the support inside the tunnel by digging a hole in the ground and setting fire to the cave.
King Creutel, who was the commander of the enemy, said this after confirming the information obtained by the intelligence unit.
‘It’s stupid to prepare for every single variable, but it would have been difficult if I had been a little more careful!’
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With such a month’s work, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Creutel succeeded in digging a huge cave that led from the forest to the bottom of the castle wall with their king.
In the meantime, the soldiers of the Elaine Empire did not notice that a tunnel was being dug under their feet.
Someone will say that many historians did not discover this fact in the future because Count Farius and his commanders were incompetent…
Usually, when digging oysters, they dig all day and all night to dig as quickly as possible. During the quiet hours of the night, the water in the pot shakes or the vibrations in the ground are heard, and they are caught.
However, since we had relatively little time to fight, we divided our forces into combat teams and work teams, and the construction was carried out only during the day.
During that time, in order to distract the enemy, the fighting team mobilized their own Creutel-style matchlock guns, matchlock guns, and even bows to engage in fierce battles, so it is very difficult to figure out that something like digging is taking place in the ground. Was
It can be said that they are not incompetent, but in war there are no excuses.
Finally, Ciel von Kreutel, the commander-in-chief of the Kreutel Kingdom army, saw that all his soldiers had been deployed on the road leading to the castle and in the nearby forest, and gave orders.
“Light the gunpowder, all soldiers prepare for the shock.”
Once the order was given, the soldiers quickly hid behind large shields or trees.
Both the commanders and the defenders on the Falcon Wall felt strange at the sight, and a soldier exclaimed in an urgent voice.
“It’s a big deal! The water in the water jar is shaking wildly! The enemy is digging a tunnel under the castle wall!!”
As soon as he heard the only way to neutralize the wall, Count Farius said in amazement.
“Right now use a shovel and a pickaxe and catch and kill the cubs digging like rats!! Hurry!!!!”
As soon as the defenders of the Elaine Empire received the order, they quickly raised shovels and pickaxes and tried their best to respond.
Large trumpets and drums rang out from the army of the Kingdom of Croytel as if ridiculing their late response.
In the midst of the chaos of the soldiers carrying shovels and pickaxes, a loud ‘pop’ like thunder resounded simultaneously from the ground below and shook the earth’s axis.
At the same time, black smoke billowed along with the mound of earth, and about a quarter of the stone wall collapsed and sat down.
The massive explosion of gunpowder produced a lot of black smoke, so the soldiers on the wall were nowhere to be seen… Seeing as I couldn’t hear the screams of the people on top, they must have been crushed to death.
The garrison of the Elaine Empire, who watched the scene, sat down on the ground with expressions as if the sky had collapsed, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Creutel did not miss the opportunity.
“They are the underlings of the emperor of the Elaine Empire, who do not know grace! Kill them all!”
“His Highness of the King has declared that anyone who captures Count Farius will be granted a fief, regardless of rank or title!”
Soon after, thousands of bullets rained down on the soldiers who couldn’t move with a devastated expression on the remaining walls.
In a situation where they couldn’t see well because of the dust, the rain of lead bullets drove the Elaine soldiers, who had only believed in the walls and held out, into panic.
“Mom, Mom… help me!!!”
“Your Excellency Count Farriers! Save us! Please send me back home!!”
Earl Farriers also had to focus his attack and defense on that side, since part of the wall had collapsed, but he denied the disaster that had happened before his eyes.
“Ah… Creutel… Is he really a monster? Did God abandon me, who thought that the only thing left for me to do was to enjoy wealth and fame as a count?”
The knights of Elaine who heard his muttering seemed to think that everything was over, and went to the gap in the wall to fight with a desperate determination, or chose to flee to plan the future.
However, the castle is already surrounded in a circle by tens of thousands of soldiers.
“You bastard! Are you the one who hides behind the wall and only fires arrows in a mean way?”
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“One silver coin for each knight’s head! One silver coin!!”
Although they did not directly climb the castle walls, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Creutel, who suffered damage while fighting the enemy inside the castle, slaughtered the enemy in a state of rage.
And after about 30 minutes or an hour, a white flag was raised over the castle.
The month-long siege of Fort Falcon ended like this.
1500 Dead, 2100 wounded, 8,000 dead and deserters, 6,000 wounded, 16,000 prisoners.
The emperor of the Eline Empire, no one in the Eline Empire, was completely unexpected for the occupation speed and damage.
This time too, the Kingdom of Creutel won a complete victory.