95 – Be wise as a serpent and pure as a dove
The news brought by Lare.
Upon hearing the news that General Nelson was coming here after driving out the navy of the Kingdom of Franz, the mood of the imperial army, which had been gripped by despair in many ways, began to change significantly.
‘I never thought I would hear Nelson’s name so warmly in my life… ‘
In this difficult situation in many ways, the news that the enemy had been defeated and reinforcements were coming was like a sweet rain in a drought.
“I am truly fortunate, General.”
“Yes. In some cases, we considered attempting a desperate fight, but this will give us a little more freedom.”
If neither of these were possible, the only way left was to lead the imperial troops inside the castle and engage in a head-on confrontation before they died of thirst.
If you do well in the process, you may be able to achieve victory over the rebels and the Franz Kingdom army, but the imperial army will inevitably suffer enormous damage whether it wins or loses.
In that case, it will not be easy in many ways to carry out the original plan of driving out the enemies and pushing back the rebels at once as initially planned.
As a result, General Cornwells had no choice but to worry about many things in carrying out an all-out war, but if General Nelson arrived here with his warship, the story would be different then.
Not only was General Nelson’s own combat power at a formidable level, but more than anything, if his warships fully loaded with guns arrived and fired supporting artillery fire, they would be able to subdue them without much damage.
The result of gaining new hope.
Rather than going overboard and engaging in an all-out war right away, the imperial army decided to wait, even if it was inconvenient.
“According to them, General Nelson will arrive here in two days. Because of that, the rebels were busy preparing for this incident.”
“I guess so. And we, too, must prepare accordingly from now on. When General Nelson arrives, be fully prepared for battle at exactly the right time.”
“I understand, General.”
“I will follow your orders.”
*
York Tower remains as quiet as a rat.
Even though the waterway was cut off and the soldiers were probably on the verge of collapsing from exhaustion, I saw them not making any movement.
She…
General Franklin spoke in a quiet voice to the man next to him.
“If you look at it this way… You are also a very bad person. “He is a messenger from God. For someone who only occasionally hears the story, it is quite scary.”
“Isn’t it also in the Bible? When doing something, you must be wise as a snake and pure as a dove. “You have noble goals, but you need to be cunning in executing them.”
“What… That’s true too, but… “Anyway, I really didn’t know you could use a prisoner like that.”
“No matter how loud we try to deceive them, wouldn’t we be able to get a single word from a general in the imperial army? Anyway… “Now that the enemy is moving as planned, let’s prepare too.”
“Okay. “Now we have to see the end of this terrible war.”
With those words, Franklin begins to move inside the camp with Cromwell.
At that time.
“Ah… and..”
She stopped in her tracks and turned around again to look at Cromwell.
“? “General?”
“… “
Unlike before, her face was flushed red.
Seeing this, Cromwell expressed doubts, and General Franklin cautiously opened his mouth in a slightly trembling voice.
“This… After this war is over. Next time, be prepared.”
“Resolution… If you say… ?”
Cromwell suddenly remembers one fact from her words and his face begins to blush as well.
Towards him, General Franklin turned his gaze and said, unable to bear his shame.
“That… I… That’s what I said before. Our decision… Soul… this… If this battle ends with victory, we will get married. “I hope you don’t forget.”
General Franklin speaks with a trembling voice and at the same time a voice that shows deep anticipation.
Cromwell answered this cautiously with a still flushed expression.
“Yes… Okay… Yes. “General.”
*
“Ugh… “
“Wow… omg… “
“Water…. The water… “
An imperial soldier is lying asleep on the floor, complaining of thirst in a muttering voice.
Now, three days after the water supply was cut off, the soldiers struggled to find water in any way possible, but with little success.
No matter how hard we tried to dig wells and get water, it was impossible to find enough drinking water for a large army of 40,000 people.
Above all, a person can survive for 3 days without drinking water, but this is only the minimum condition necessary for survival.
Sufficient hydration was essential in a situation ahead of a battle, but this was impossible in the current situation.
If the attack had been launched a little earlier, the damage would have been less, but this was unavoidable in order to match the timing of the attack with the naval forces that were expected to arrive soon.
As I looked around at the soldiers whose fighting power was decreasing by the minute.
General Cornwalls could not help but feel a burning sensation in his stomach.
“Damn it! When is that guy Nelson coming? “They said it would arrive in two days, but there’s still no news!”
General Cornwells was wandering around on the castle walls, feeling so frustrated.
At that time…
“Now… General! “Look over there!”
“Huh?”
The urgent voice of a soldier holding a telescope.
In response, General Cornwalls took the telescope handed to him by the soldier and looked toward the horizon covered in darkness.
Immediately after that, the scene they began to see.
That is…
“! Oh…Is it finally here? A fleet led by Nelson?”
It was dark and there was quite a distance, so I couldn’t see clearly.
The countless dim lights clearly showed the appearance of a large fleet.
At this point, General Cornwalls could easily predict what it would mean for a warship of that size to come here.
And after a while, a speedboat quickly arrived here.
There, a soldier wearing an imperial uniform immediately delivered a piece of news.
“General, what is that?”
“This is a letter from Nelson. “We will fire artillery fire over the heads of the rebels right now, so we are asking you to advance immediately.”
“Finally!”
“Finally… “The opportunity has finally come!”
“To be honest, I was worried. “I wonder if all the soldiers will dry up and die like this.”
Nelson’s troops literally arrived at the last minute.
If she had been delayed a little longer, she should have attacked alone, but Cornwells and the generals could not help but feel deep relief and joy in many ways because she arrived as if on time.
“Then convey the order to the entire army. “We will begin the attack right now.”
“Yes! General!”
“Tonight, none of those bastards will return alive. Both the rebel army and the Franz Kingdom army will be reduced to ashes!”
General Cornwells’ declaration of great momentum.
Immediately after that, the imperial army began to prepare to pour out of York Tower, heavily armed.
The groundwork for a quick and perfect attack has already been completed over the past two days.
Even though it was late at night, the soldiers quickly stood by at their positions and prepared to charge when the signal was given.
General Cornwells gathered his soldiers and waited for the attack to begin.
When the eternity of time passed by in heavy silence…
-Kwagwagwagwang!
“!!”
“General! I guess it’s started!”
Loud gunfire and flashing fireworks coming from outside the castle.
Recognizing what it meant, General Cornwalls gave his command firmly.
“The time has finally come! Open the gate! “Attack the entire army!”
“Attack!”
At the same time as General Cornwalls ordered, the imperial army began pouring out through the wide open castle gate.
Their faces, which had been through hell for the past few days in extreme thirst, were filled with emotions bordering on madness.
Although his physical strength has dropped significantly, his poison has increased beyond that.
In this way, the imperial army quickly rushed forward and succeeded in approaching the camp of the rebel army and the Franz Kingdom army visible in front of them.
At this moment, the enemy’s camp is bursting with flames, possibly due to the shelling that is taking place on the coast.
As they jumped in there, the imperial army tried to swing their weapons straight at the enemies that would appear in front of them.
But…
“… Huh?”
“What… what? Why no one?”
The imperial army tried to launch an attack with all the pain and resentment it had suffered so far.
However,
At this moment, what they saw was neither the rebel army nor the Franz Kingdom army.
Just an empty barracks burning.
That was all,
As a result, the imperial soldiers felt embarrassed and were pushed back into the empty camp.
But then…
-Kwagwagwang!!!”
“Kwaaak!”
“?!?”
“What… what?”
Countless shells raining down on their heads.
Although they clearly decided to stop the attack once they entered the camp, the imperial army and the generals leading them began to have deep doubts as the shells were still pouring down like rain.
“Ah… “Why on earth are you still attacking?”
“Send a signal! Tell them to stop the attack immediately! “It’s us who are here now!”
The generals use magic to signal General Cornwell’s orders to stop.
However,
-Kwagwagwagwang!!!
“Kuhuheook!”
Instead of stopping their bombardment, the ships began to attack even harder.
From Noble mtl dot com
However,
At this moment, General Cornwalls and the British Imperial Army no longer had time to pay attention to these ‘friendly’ attacks.
The reason is…
“Attack!”
“Wipe out the dogs of Britain!”
Shouts began to be heard from all directions, cutting through the darkness.
Immediately after that, it finally began to be seen in the eyes of the British Imperial Army.
The rebels and the Franz Kingdom army rushing here, surrounding us from all sides…