67 March To Another's War (9)

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The army of the Bridget Kingdom, which had been advancing vigorously, had their mouths open in astonishment.

That's how famous Errante was in Bridget.

Julius walked over as if it was no big deal and pulled out from the ground.

"Your commander is dead. If you still want to fight, come at me. I'll take you!" <Julius >

Julius said and jumped into the middle of the enemy.

Not more than 200 of the 1,000 iron cavalrymen were left standing.

Their numbers began to dwindle rapidly as Julius launched a barrage of 94 martial force attacks.

"Fihatri, what are you doing!? The enemy is in chaos, now!" <Julius >

Fihatri, who was just watching the scene in amazement, came to his senses at Julius's shout and gave the order to his soldiers.

"Attack immediately. The enemy is in disarray, we have the advantage. All units, charge!" <Fihatri >

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" <Lunan Army>

Confident in Julius's power level, the Lunan soldiers rushed toward the enemy.

"...we should go too. This is our capital. We can't just leave it to the reinforcements!" <Princess Yurasia>

Although her body was exhausted, Yurasia joined the battle.

The approximately 10,000 soldiers who had marched into the royal capital were panicked and confused.

"Fall back. Damn it, the captain's dead. We have to retreat!" <Deputy Commander>

Bridget, deputy commander, remembering the basic military law of retreating in such a chaotic situation, shouted.

However, this sent word of Errante's death to the soldiers in the rear, and the Royal Army of Bridget became even more confused.

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Zeff led the archers and cavalry out of the west gate and moved to the south gate.

He then asked Viscount Joren, a subordinate of Count Fihatri, who had come with him.

"What the hell is the Crane Wing Formation?" <Zeff >

"Crane and wing formation? It means to form a semi-circular formation with wings spread out against the south gate!"

All he knew about Zeff was that he was Julius's vassal, so he couldn't help but reply that way.

"I don't know what's going on here. Just set up that formation!" <Zeff >

"It's not difficult. It's one of the easiest formation methods." <Viscount Joren>

Viscount Joren replied and gave orders to the soldiers.

"Good. We will now shower the enemy army with arrows as they attempt to leave the city!" <Zeff >

"What? Will an enemy with the power to bring down the capital come out soon?" <Viscount Joren>

Joren's question was answered by Zeff, who showed a slight pretense of thinking.

"Well, you know. I just do what I'm told." <Zeff >

Even if it is an order to die, Zeff held his sword in hand with that thought.

After a while, surprisingly enough, the Bridget Kingdom army really started to attempt leaving the capital.

It was for this very reason that Julius had sent every last archer in his reinforcements here.

"The enemy is really coming out!" <Viscount Joren>

Viscount Joren exclaimed with a look of disbelief.

"Then we must fire the arrows." <Zeff >

At the same time as Zeff's signal, a large number of arrows rained down on the Bridget Kingdom army coming out of the castle gate.

"I'm not sure what to do. Arrows!" <Bridget Soldiers>

The Royal Army of Bridget could not turn back at the sight of the arrows.

It would have been better for them to fight inside the city but the officers, confused by the loss of their commander, ordered them to retreat at once.

They were urging people to retreat quickly but when they came out there was a storm of arrows waiting for them, trapped between a pincer force, unable to escape down the side streets as they'd all been blocked off by Julius's men.

"When you're done shooting arrows, stay in formation. Cut down the enemies running towards you. Don't let them escape!" <Zeff >

Zeff took the lead and drew his sword as he said this, the war demon appeared.

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The capital had turned meat grinder as the main street was turned into a sea of blood and flesh.

I had no choice; this war would drag on endlessly if I let the 20,000 remaining soldiers leave.

I needed to take advantage of this opportunity to shorten the war.

Although my troops were undertrained, if I could throw the enemy into chaos and then block their way out, I would have an advantage.

In the central square, we were able to block their retreat by using the castle walls.

But if I had killed Errante outside the castle, the enemy army would have fled to the vast plains, the difference was huge.

Besides, the most important thing in this battle was Roserun's morale, which was still 90.

The princess who had thrown herself in front of the soldiers to fight, as long as she was alive, this morale would be maintained.

Letting Yurasia fight the enemy alone was a painful measure but her sacrifice was priceless because it resulted in the destruction of the enemy.

"This is indeed another country's war. But if Roserun loses, then the next battlefield will be the southern territory of Lunan. What kind of place is the southern territory of Lunan? Yes, that's where your homes are. If you win here, the battlefield will not be extended to Lunan, so this war is also your war. If you do as I say, you will have great glory with few casualties! And the day we win the war and march into the land of Bridget His Majesty will reward you greatly. You'll have so much money that you won't have to farm and live in great hardship!" <Julius >

Reinforcements that are coming to another country's war need something, and that's motivation.

That's why this moment, when I showed my power and won a great victory, was the perfect opportunity to raise the morale of the reinforcements.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!" <Lunan Army>

As I finished, the call of reinforcements rang out.

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[Lunan Kingdom Army]

[Morale is now 80]

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Some enemy generals are probably even stronger.

If there are two or more A-class generals [Crush] alone will not be enough to win.

This is where the strategic battle will come into play.

Fortunately, Yurasia's struggles gave the soldiers enough morale and now I can put my strategy to use.