Chapter 100. Since ancient times, the hawk has been the medicine against aggression (2) You are not wrong.
As long as they have carefully prepared for war, they still have plenty of energy to keep pushing.
“Let's replenish the consumed troops and materials again.”
“The question is what to do next.”
“That’s what you mean. I have something I would like to suggest.”
Adran continued speaking while maintaining a calm attitude toward the two commanders.
Despite being in the position of the lord of a small country, the two of them kept their mouths shut and waited for his proposal.
“…a proposal? What kind of plan do you have?”
“First of all, it seems like the correct answer is to stop the Northeastern Front for a while.”
However, what came out of Adran's mouth was not a ploy to push back, but a retreat plan.
“Sir Adran! What nonsense is that!”
Duke Elgizen jumped up from the spot and screamed, unable to hide his absurdity.
Even if you don't do it now, if you press hard again, stop attacking and defeat the military?
I couldn't quite understand it.
“I don’t understand a little either.”
Kelbian maintained his composure, but that didn't mean he accepted his offer.
He expressed his intention not to admit it quietly.
“You mean retreating doesn’t seem like the right answer to you?”
“Of course!”
“If you look at it coldly, it will also be related to fraud.”
Even if it wasn't so, the soldiers and knights in the field suffered a painful blow from Ernesia Kingdom's counterattack.
But what if he had to retreat after being beaten?
In that case, there is no guarantee that the morale once broken will be restored.
There will even be quite a few opposing opinions.
“Then, are you going to keep making senseless consumption like this?”
Ardran asked indifferently.
Currently, each commander in the northeastern front is struggling desperately to reclaim the fort and then take it back.
“If you retreat, the Ernesia Kingdom army will only be given a chance to rest.”
“No, they must be relaxed enough already.”
Adran shook his head, glanced at the stack of reports, and pointed to the map spread out on the table.
“It is effective to keep pushing on the southern front. But in the Northeast, things are different.”
“…Is it a terrain difference?”
Unlike the southern front, the northeastern front has rough terrain around the fortress.
Therefore, since it is easy to defend, he must have entrusted command to the relatively inexperienced first prince.
“Rather than that, I see the current method of their military as the problem.”
“method?”
“In the south, both armies are currently gnawing at each other, but in the northeast, our armies are currently unable to break through the Ernesia Kingdom's defense.”
In particular, the defense of the northeastern front became more solid.
When it became known that the method used by an army led by one lord was effective, other lords' armies began to imitate similarly.
‘The problem is about the guy who devised the defense...
From the reports, we already know that the lord is Arell Ernesia.
It must have been a false report, but the question came first.
Was it really invented by that kid named Arell?
A boy of an age who would never have been on a battlefield before?
too unrealistic
It bothered me a little, but I couldn't think about it one by one now.
Anyway, thanks to the thorough defense, it is difficult to inflict any damage even if you attack with the current allies.
However, if we only focus on breaking down the defense, the counterattacks of the cavalry while we are distracted are annoying.
If you rub it with ambiguous force, only this side will be consumed.
That's why Adran judged that it was right to retreat and prepare countermeasures rather than meaninglessly abandoning troops.
“Wouldn’t it be a good idea to blindly consume soldiers?”
“Umm… Umm…”
Kelbian shut his mouth as if he couldn’t think of anything to refute.
However, the Duke of Elgizen still had an air of not being convinced.
“Those soldiers’ defensive lines! Let the knights and wizards take it down!”
He proudly asserted that.
Unlike Kelbian, who is an active knight, and Adran, who is famous for various achievements in his own country, Elgizen has relatively little experience in warfare.
Even since he was not from a military rank, his understanding of knights and wizards seemed to be slightly out of sync.
Therefore, it seems that they only think that it is enough to push through the articles.
‘...It's too simple.'
Adran muttered his feelings to himself.
Do you know what almighty tools of war knights and wizards are?
Knights are human after all, and even wizards have a limit on the amount of mana they possess.
If it was one of his subordinates who said something like this, he would have grabbed him by the collar and threw it on the spot.
But the opponent is the representative of the allies.
At least I'll take a good look at Tyler.
“That's also not good enough.”
Are the knights in the field stupid?
Of course, I tried to pierce the enemy's defense directly.
“It will be difficult for even the knights on the front line to win.”
“...You mean the third master.”
though they didn't believe it.
Having read the current report, I have no choice but to admit it even if I don't like it.
At least they are not blind enough to commit the foolish act of turning a blind eye to reality.
“I never thought that the princess of the kingdom of Ernesia would reach that level...
I thought it was an exaggerated rumor.
However, it was only after the knights of their own country were cut in half by Cania Ernesia that they had no choice but to accept it.
“The knights on the Northeastern Front right now won’t be able to beat the Sword Master.”
Currently, among the knights on the front line, those who can compete with the master class are all deployed to the southern front.
However, sending them to the Northeast is also an unrealistic plan.
If left unchecked, there is a risk that even the southern front, which is currently at least in a tight balance, may stumble.
Therefore, the most rational option is to straighten up the troops.
“Wouldn’t it be nice to sacrifice the soldiers now?”
You won't be able to understand it if you just look at the theory.
So Adran tried to give the two of them a suitable excuse.
Considering the meaningless sacrifices of the soldiers, grit your teeth and fight off the offensive now.
I had no choice but to make such a decision, so I first suggested a line to step back in moderation.
It was he, not anyone else, who brought up the story first.
It is difficult to say the option of temporarily withdrawing, but it is easier to accept it if someone else brings it up first.
I am often familiar with the mannerisms of those with high self-esteem.
“I guess so. Lord Adran is right.”
In the end, both of them accepted a temporary retreat.
“What are you thinking about next?”
retreat is retreat
Unless you have to admit defeat, you have no choice but to fight to the end.
However, if the power that has already been consumed is adjusted, will the war situation turn to an advantage?
No one thinks so simply.
Adran kept his mouth shut for a while, seemed to be thinking about something, and eventually opened his mouth again.
“Shouldn’t this side also do their best?”
“All the power... means...
“The Ernesia Kingdom army also retreated once, but it is said that they gathered their strength and counterattacked.”
The current counterattack was possible thanks to the troops who somehow managed to hold out on the retreating front and the lords who mobilized all their forces.
Mentioning that, Adran insisted on a plan to drive Ernesia Kingdom back.
Retreat is just a move for the next.
What I really want to suggest at this point is the following.
“Then shouldn’t this side be driven in the same way?”
same way.
The two immediately understood what it meant.
The Ernesia Kingdom army fought back with all their might.
If so, isn't it time to step on it with all your might?
“This is also the time to issue an order to mobilize all forces.”
Now Adran was arguing that the Three Kingdoms Alliance should also mobilize the full force.
It was judged that at least three times the number of troops needed to break through that defense.
“It's not my taste, but if you want to break through that defense in a short period of time, it's effective to push through with force.”
“for a moment! for a moment! wait and see! Grand Duke Adran! That's easier said than done!”
Elgizen couldn't hide his embarrassment in a different way than before.
“That's right. Unlike your army, this one...
Kelbian was speechless.
The order to mobilize the entire army is not as easy as it sounds.
Adran is in the position to rule the Principality of Sefen, so there shouldn't be much difficulty in deciding on your own.
However, the position of the other two is that they are commanders who have been appointed by the king.
Even if you have the authority to run the current army, you don't have the discretion to scrape together the entire army.
“We must ask His Majesty's will.”
“I guess it's not an easy decision for us to make unless it's His Majesty's will.”
“I am not rushing. It's just a suggestion.”
In short, both of them told their respective kings about the current situation and asked for a doctor.
“I already know the wisdom of those two. I believe you won't object?”
Ughm”
Why did Adran's words sound like threats rather than the meaning of trust?
It was as if they were demanding that if you don't want to lose the war, do as your side judges.
“…Let me ask you a question.”
This is the limit of the current answers the two can take.
Now, the two will have to sweat to deliver such an offer to their home countries.
However, both of them were already anticipating the answers they would receive in their respective countries.
* * *
The weather is nice for the first time in a while.
The northeastern frontline is also a place where the temperature is quite chilly, but it is not a big deal compared to our Pahilia.
Right now I was lying on a board made of wooden planks in a moderately sunny place and passing the time appropriately.
Anyway, the temperature is meaningless to me who always carries a temperature control magic tool with me.
It's just because the weather is nice that I lie outside like this and take a nap.
Light makes people feel good.
And I get sleepy when the days are sunny.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... Boring.”
I yawned and yawned again today, looking at the sky without a single cloud.
‘Have you been quiet lately?'
After returning the front line to the border fort.
There were several battles between the Ernesia Kingdom and the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
The fortress that was taken away was recaptured, so even the Alliance of the Three Kingdoms would be quite upset.
They attacked with more ferocity than before.
It was a situation where I could not penetrate the defense of my side, which was holding camp at an important stronghold.
If I blocked it like that, the battle continued in a way that lords who were impatient to join the raid, including the best brother, harassed the forces of the Three Kingdoms Alliance.
As a result, both the Ernesia Kingdom Army and the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army are shedding blood fiercely at this point.
The good news is that our side has few casualties.
It is an achievement in which we assumed the defense and were careful to avoid possible casualties.
Even Kania-sister, who had few opportunities to play an active part in the frustrating battles that were unique to our army's defense, couldn't express her dissatisfaction.
At the very least, it's a little better to have less trouble getting rid of the corpses.
When it comes to war, it's best to be as comfortable as possible. cancer don't
“I'm really...for people to die...
it's too good weather.”
I blankly kept rolling my head, looked up at the sky, and muttered involuntarily.
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