220 – All-out war in Alas (3)
The road near the Elaine Imperial army camp in Payne Village, Countess of Alas.
Nashott, who entered the intelligence unit and became a major and formally a noble, is currently playing a war merchant with 40 agents under his command.
No, not only will he forge the name of the upper tier inside the Elline Empire so that the enemies will not suspect it, but he will also act as a real warlord until right before the mission.
As many as 4 wagons, food, various weapons, miscellaneous goods to be sold to the Elline Imperial Army, as well as a clown to provide entertainment… They will be fooled too.
The time of execution of the operation will depend on when you meet the bastard who entered the family of Count Ferius as an attendant, but today or late tomorrow night.
As we were lost in thought, a guard stopped us as we tried to enter the camp.
“Stop! Identify yourself!”
“This is the mine at the top of Pallas. I want to quickly get a seat in a good place. Can you help me?”
Saying that, I handed a pouch containing several silver coins to the tallest-looking soldier among the guys guarding the gate here.
He opened the pouch I gave him and said with a slightly apologetic expression.
“I thought it was a demon, unfortunately, but there was an order to strengthen the inspection. I’m sorry.”
Hearing that, the fledglings around me looked at me as if they were worried that I might get caught while checking my luggage…
Judged based on experience so far. That guard son must have said something like that thinking he could get more money. If it wasn’t for that, he wouldn’t have done anything to open the bag of silver coins when the checks had been tightened.
I bent over more this time, rubbed my hands together, and pulled out a small pouch.
“No, this fellow! There was an order to intensify the inspection, but how can you pay for it and come in on your own! This… “
He got mad at me and acted like he was going to cut me down, but when he said that, he didn’t draw the knife right away…
“Senior, this is a pocket full of my sincerity. There are gold coins sometimes inside the silver coins, so you must be having a hard time with this, so buy some meat after your shift is over. Since everyone is working so hard for the Elaine Empire, we’ve come this far to contribute even a little bit. “
And as if my intuition was right, the guard told us with a bright smile.
“Ha, I can’t make trouble for a merchant who is loyal to the Elaine Empire like you. Let it pass quickly, and there will soon be a war here, so the higher ups are sensitive, so be extra careful.”
“Thank you, old man.”
“Although I am a soldier and you are a merchant, isn’t loyalty to the Empire the same? So, we are helping each other.”
In our kingdom, corrupt officials and soldiers who often visit internal inspections say things like that, and you hear these words here too.
Is this the same thing everywhere you go…
Thanks to that, I was able to enter the inside without going through unnecessary inspections, but I feel bad because I feel like I’m seeing corrupt guys again who I can’t even remember how many I sent.
But if the operation succeeds, you don’t have to worry about it because you’re a bastard who will run away due to a failure of vigilance. You’d better eat meat to your heart’s content before running out of money.
“Guys, let’s go in and get a good seat first.”
And to meet the servants of Count Farius… We should settle down near where Count Farius is…
“I’m going to end the aesthetic street! Don’t you know that our business starts from sundown? Pull the cart and run!!”
**
After passing through the first inspection, I was able to quickly enter the interior without being inspected separately.
Then they were greased with gold coins to keep the plan from failing because they were caught by the internal magistrate.
Before receiving the gold coins, he was the one who gave orders to search the secret places of my crew and me…
After counting the gold coins in the pocket, he kindly helped me with the work to the extent that I wondered if it was the same person.
There have been reports that the salary of administrators of the Eline Empire is poor compared to knights with a similar status, but a guy with a reputation for being treated as a knight is like that…
Well, thanks to that, we didn’t have to go through the risk of being censored for the luggage we carried in the cart, so it’s good for us.
And according to the information obtained through an insider, we settled down near Count Farius’s barracks and started a business.
As a unit commander, I don’t have to participate, but the other guys have to do business that they haven’t done before, so I wondered if I’d do well…
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“Oops, soldiers… It must be hard, but how about pork with a glass of beer? Schweinhaksen is fine today.”
“Nothing. Ah yes I believe. However, I was surprised to hear that you alone defeated three soldiers from the Kingdom of Creutel.”
I had a knack for flattering people, probably because most of the guys under my command were thugs from the slums.
No, from the outside, it looks like a merchant who has been doing business in the capital for quite some time.
Once you return to the capital, you can use these guys to supervise city merchants. Houghton child… The grudge that almost turned me into a madman who targeted Ella at Blue Fort… I will pay you back until I die.
Then I heard someone calling me from behind.
“I am Bear Hood, the servant of the Eagle, a knight of Count Farius. His Excellency the Count wants to see your clown perform. Can you prepare well by tonight?”
At first glance, it sounds like Count Farius is calling a clown to relieve his boredom…
Now he’s cornered, and he’s out of his mind to watch the jester’s antics.
So with a high probability, that guy seems to be trying to see if I’m his ally…
So I said as if I was trying to figure out a pre-determined password.
“Then, let’s make a place as bright as the sun never sets tonight.”
As if my thoughts were correct, the guy who had been showing a high-handed attitude until just now started talking in a polite voice as if flipping his palm.
“I am Blanc, an agent belonging to the 3rd platoon of the intelligence unit. Are you Major Short?”
“Yes. So, where are the cannons and gunpowder?”
“As you can see from this map, 700 meters from here is a large warehouse and artillery barracks. It contains 12 cannons and gunpowder. The vigilance is strict, but since the emperor will hold a final banquet before arriving at Brightenfield tomorrow night, the overall vigilance will be eased a little.”
Even if the emperor of Elaine opened a banquet to welcome the arrival and encouraged the soldiers, there was no way to deal roughly with dangerous things like gunpowder that explode when fired.
So, considering the possibility of spies infiltrating, on the day of the banquet, security can be strengthened and more troops can be put into the powder magazine.
“Thanks for letting me know, Agent Blanc. Then we’ll go destroy their cannons tonight. You will continue to send information in the future.”
**
That night, the agents and I took the armor and weapons hidden under the wagon and quickly disguised ourselves as knights and soldiers of the Elaine Empire.
Perhaps it’s because they’ve done so many infiltrations, everyone, including me, was able to camouflage themselves perfectly enough to be shot by mistake if we ran into an ally in a war.
Thanks to that, we were able to get to the door of the warehouse guarded by artillery without much interference.
As we moved while maintaining a calm attitude among so many soldiers, we were able to arrive at a warehouse with cannons and gunpowder.
Then, as I and the soldiers approached, two soldiers wearing chain mail stopped me and said,
“Stop, stop. This is a place where only those with special permission can enter. Show me your permit.”
“I am the knight Heine Cloud, under the command of Count Alas. I left my permit, can you let me in?”
“No. Don’t you know? Go back and get your permit.”
After being rejected like this, the faces of the newcomers behind me started to turn white, like devastated people…
At times like this, if I mobilize the experience I’ve gained from going around internal discipline inspections and a knife that emits pure white light, I can break through right away.
And that…
“You bastard! You dare not trust me, the knight of Count Alas? Like a filthy, lowly serf… Who is your immediate supervisor?”
Hearing that, the soldier’s face went white even as he stopped me.
It seems that he is worried that I will meet his superior in person and scold him for correct training of his subordinates.
And I signaled to the two soldiers behind me as he and the other guards around him were shaking and shaking.
The two who grasped the meaning put gags on the mouths of the two people who were completely white and lost consciousness, and then gave them eternal rest.
After the two of them witnessed the ground fall, I gave orders to my agents.
“From now on, we will divide the unit into two. Lieutenant Houghton, you and the 1st and 2nd squads, spray gunpowder in the artillery barracks and oil the gunpowder stores. I lead the rest of my troops to the warehouse where the cannons are. Hurry up and run!”
At the same time, as I commanded, we split up and started running like crazy.
In the meantime, I encountered some artillerymen, but I quickly killed them before they shouted and summoned the other soldiers.
And after my unit entered the cannon’s warehouse, I ordered the soldiers to fill the cannon with gunpowder.
At the same time, he dug a hole in the ground with a shovel and put the cannon upside down there.
Then he inserted the long wick used for the matchlock he had brought earlier into the ignition port of the cannon, and lit it with a torch.
The wick is burning very slowly, but the moment the gunpowder is ignited, the surroundings will be devastated.
Also, the inside of the cannon is damaged, so it won’t be usable at all.
So I have to get out of here with Hutton as soon as possible before the gunpowder in the 12 cannons explodes.
While fleeing, one of the agents threw a lit torch into the gunpowder warehouse, which ignited, followed by an ear-shattering explosion, followed by a large column of fire, which scattered fragments of the warehouse in flames.
The gunpowder warehouse fire led to the barracks of the artillerymen and caused a small chain explosion and a fire in the barracks with the sprayed gunpowder. It was spectacle.
As if it matched the timing of the explosion of the gunpowder warehouse, there was a roar from the side of the cannon placed upside down.
The operation was a complete success.
In normal times, even after the success of the operation, I would have stayed behind to write a report for major evaluation, but now, while doing that, we all search together.
So, without looking back, I lowered my stance with the agents at insane speed and rode off into the darkness.
Wishing that the enemies fall into great confusion and the cannon is completely destroyed.