234 – Before the Fall of the Elain Empire (5)
As the saying goes, birds that fly have wings, but those that fall do not.
The last majesty of the emperor of the Eline Empire was hitting the bottom like crazy even in his direct jurisdiction.
All I have done so far is mobilize 200,000 soldiers and provide food to his people who are starving to death.
The serfs of the Eline Empire have already abandoned the emperor they have served for hundreds of years and have sworn to serve me.
In addition, in the army of the Elaine Empire, which the emperor trusts, half of the counts, who can be said to be commanders, have betrayed the emperor and are in cahoots with me, and even the lowest soldiers are trying to sell the emperor to get their lives and small wealth.
When a lot of information comes in, the report that comes to me even includes the diet and exact amount of the Elaine Empire, so I’m done talking.
Since this is the situation, if you push through like this… It seems that everything will go smoothly as soon as the traitors open Elysium’s triple wall like an automatic door…
I sighed and said to his father, who was standing next to him.
“The door to the triple wall should open easily. However, if you enter the castle, both enemy and friendly soldiers will shed a lot of blood.”
Since the section in which the most deaths occur in siege warfare is the process of crossing the wall and opening the gate, if this part was omitted, the damage to the allies would be much less.
However, immediately after opening the gates, since a large number of troops cannot be sent in simultaneously through the gates, the allies will receive a huge pincer attack from the enemy in that section.
In order to occupy the castle, you will have to fight with the enemy’s soldiers or even with the conscripted citizens, so your allies will suffer great damage.
Of course, for every 10 untrained citizens of Elysium to die, one trained soldier dies, but as a commander, it is more regrettable to lose one of your allies than to take the lives of 100 enemy soldiers.
“But isn’t there a very sharp number?”
My father said so, but in fact I have a sharp edge.
“You may be accused of being a bit inhumane, but it’s not impossible. Father.”
At that moment, my father put on a puzzled expression, but soon he said with an expression that he would approve of anything I said.
“Isn’t everything good except for the story that he will slaughter the people of Elysium?”
“The method is simple. It’s bringing their morale to the ground. For him, it would be enough to inform the citizen soldiers inside of the horrors of war and the emperor’s hypocrisy.”
Hearing that, my father looked at me with eyes wondering what kind of terrible scheme this madman was concocting.
If other counts or vassals reacted like this, they’d ask, ‘Heh heh, try guessing.’
It’s not the right thing to hold the curiosity of the person who was my father before he was my subordinate for too long.
“Now the Emperor of Elaine is in the worst predicament he has ever experienced before. So, surely, among the citizens of Elaine Castle who can carry a spear and a shield, they will mobilize all men and women, young and old, and try to arm them and use them as a defensive force. The nobles who are not in liaison with us have no choice but to mobilize and incite the citizens more fervently to raise the morale of the citizens’ soldiers. If so, they’ll only be able to maintain morale at a level where they can barely stand with spears in their hands.”
“As you said, the morale of the citizen soldiers must be particularly low. But it won’t be easy to let people know the fear of the battlefield. No, if allies and enemies bleed at the same time, men and women of all ages will fall into madness on the battlefield and will fight against each other with evil, hating you and me for killing our neighbors.”
In normal hand-to-hand combat or shooting battles, I can kill the one who killed the comrade next to me with my own hands.
So, once driven by a vengeance and killing a person, the group is already reborn as a good soldier, both male and female.
“Why would they use such a method to raise their fighting spirit to do good to their enemies, at the cost of each other? Just aiming any available cannon into the walls and firing them would be enough to scare them.”
When you first see an iron block weighing more than several kilos each shot with a thunderous sound, even among the artillery cadets, there are often those who urinate.
Even though they knew that the muzzle had nothing to do with them.
So, what if the sound, smoke, and furthermore, the power of the gunshot, which flies as fast as a shotgun and destroys people and buildings, is revealed to those who are not prepared to become soldiers indiscriminately?
I wonder if my father thought similarly, he nodded his head and said.
“There is no way to take revenge on the enemy, and it is only one-sided, so they will die like this, and they will be seized with a sense of helplessness and fear that they can do nothing.”
“I will write the rumors in the report there. These days, His Majesty Adolph locks himself in the castle and is said to have a crush on a woman named Eva Green. They say they look for it every night.”
At a time when the situation was so bad, rumors that the emperor fell in love with women and did not fight properly would work well, but the emperor suddenly became a real Hitler, he did not seek the empress or other women at night, only Eva Green. There have been reports that only her named is looking for her as if she were poisoned.
Since his name is Adolph, I wondered if he would do something like Hitler if he was cornered, but I never thought he would actually do something like Hitler.
Now, if a pistol is developed, wouldn’t it be the first time in another world to commit suicide using a pistol?
“What a mess. It would be good for His Majesty the Emperor to perish with even a little honor.”
Honor doesn’t suit Adolph, but the history of the empire called Elaine could be better.
“That’s right. Now that this has happened, you have to come to your senses, open the city gates, and make yourself kneel. If you don’t listen, the empire will end here.”
**
The day after the Kroytel Kingdom army arrived at Elysium, Ciel von Kreutel sent selected men from among his soldiers to the vicinity of the castle gate.
The chosen ones were unarmed except for the armor and the wooden loudspeakers he had made.
Looking at it this way, it may seem dangerous, but…
It didn’t look dangerous at all to Ciel.
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Because the emperor of Elaine was in a corner, there was no way he would kill the soldiers who were reciting the proclamation just to pretend to be relaxed.
The soldiers were already aware of this after being explained to them by their superiors.
The soldiers who went to recite the proclamation approached 100 meters from the wall and spoke into the loudspeaker.
“I will give you the final invitation to surrender from the benevolent Highness Ciel von Kreuttel of the Kingdom of Creutel. It’s not too late now, Adolphe de Elaine, the emperor of the Elaine Empire, hurry up and surrender! Then, I will guarantee the rule of the Elaine imperial family and give you the title of count!”
Although Ciel von Kreuttel wrote this proclamation, he had a firm conviction that old Adolf would not surrender according to the proclamation.
That would be the case too.
‘If you open the door and go out, do the emperor’s subordinate nobles intend to live alone? I’ll say that, even if it’s a water ghost operation.’
Because I was thinking like this.
After 5 minutes, the soldiers reading the proclamation held their stomachs and said, laughing.
“Your Majesty the Emperor has missed the chance of a lifetime by falling for a woman named Eva Green. I can’t help it, it’s a hot night instead… No, I have no choice but to send them when it is hot or when I can work hard and fight the soldiers.”
With that said, Ciel von Kreuttel ordered the artillery in the entire army.
“As soon as the soldiers reading the proclamation finish talking, fire cannonballs into the castle all day long. Artillerymen, if the durability of the cannon permits, fire at any time of the day or night.”
On the other hand, the knights of the empire who heard the proclamation began to refute loudly.
“His Majesty the Emperor never responds to words that are not worth refuting!”
“Didn’t you tell me that your mother is a dignified person who was chosen by Deus, no matter how much she is the emperor of the enemy country?”
“Isn’t Ciel, the traitor, saved a b*tch named Ella with his brain hanging from his waist?”
Everyone in the kingdom, including the gunners, was outraged by those words, but Kreutel took them rather willingly and spoke.
“It’s just nonsense from people who will search anyway, but you don’t have to worry about it. Everyone load their shells and wait.”
At the same time, a signal went up among the soldiers to refrain from attacking, except for the artillery.
The emperor of the empire felt a sense of wonder when he saw it.
‘Why don’t those madmen cross the walls or open the gates? Also, although I love Eva… Entering the fort… ‘
“Then, I give my last word to the poor citizens. If you don’t open the gates even now, His Majesty’s Mace will judge you! Remember, the mace has no eyes!”
At the same time, the soldiers reading the proclamation began to withdraw, and the cannon spewed iron cannonballs along with black smoke.