I AM THE KING

CHAPTER 24. THE BATTLE OF TA UNEXPECTED [4]

'This bastard again?'

'What now?'

The adjutants who were sitting around turned their heads to look at one place.

"I'm sorry to bother you while you're resting."

Roan lowered his head and approached them.

Gale, who removed his thirst, smiled faintly and nodded.

"really. What's going on?"

"There's something I want to tell you."

Hearing those words, Gale put down her water bag and sat down properly.

The aides also began to gather.

'true. Let's listen to what he's saying now.'

Fierce strength appeared in the eyes of the aides.

Roan stood firm and looked into Gale's eyes fixedly.

It was grand but not arrogant.

“We must go to save the three forces that chose to attack.”

“Mm.”

'Looks like he's sure those three troops are in danger.'

He slowly turned around to look at Roan's eyes.

Eyes that did not tremble at least.

'First of all, he defied the charges by saying that there would be more monsters there.'

If that was true, the three forces that chose to attack were like rabbits in a tiger cave.

Then, Kennis's voice sounded.

“Saying that we have to save those three troops means they are in danger, right?”

"It's so thick."

An answer without hesitation.

"How can you be so sure?"

It was an urgent question to answer, but he did not speak as if he was ignoring it as before.

'Since there's something he's shown us, I can't just ignore it.'

When he first said that they had to break through the ogre army, he thought that it was a crazy thing.

'But as he said, there were no monsters behind them.'

Although they lost 200 soldiers and more, but many more survived.

Not a bad result considering they fell in an almost perfect ambush.

That meant Roan's decision was by no means a bluff.

'Being arrogant is one thing, and skill is another.'

He did not like that a greenhorn ignored orders and ranks and acted alone.

But his action was not a bluff but a real skill, he could not just ignore it.

He realized what he had to do.

Kennis, who roamed the battlefield for many years as an aide to the Rose Army, was such a soldier.

Roan took a deep breath.

“We got rid of the ogres, orcs, and goblins that were chasing us. Then, where are those people going?”

His fingers pointed north.

“They will catch three teams. Because that's his main strength.”

“Mm.”

Kennis and the other aides sighed in amazement.

'It is true that they do not look like they are chasing us ferociously.'

'At some point, they've fallen back.'

'It looks like they're back in the Int forest.'

Then, Gale's voice sounded.

"good. Let's consider that everything you say is true. Even so, our strength is only 600. What will many of these soldiers do? I think it would be better to go back to our camp immediately and ask for help. ”

Hearing those words, many aides nodded.

Roan shook his head with a frozen expression.

"In the meantime, three armies will be annihilated."

“Mm.”

Gale shut his mouth.

Then, one of the adjutants who was in the back said those scowling words.

“Although so, we cannot die with them.”

Saving three troops in this situation would be tantamount to suicide.

Roan smiled faintly and shook his head.

"I have a method."

Ian's strategy was later referred to as the Genius Strategist.

He looked at Gale and asked carefully.

“Can I see military map.”

"Military map?"

Gale wondered for a moment and made an eye gesture to the Lecturer.

The lecturer slightly nodded and took out a large paper scroll from his chest.

Gosh darn.

The rolled-up piece of paper opened and the map presented itself.

'I was expecting it, but it's messier than I thought.'

Roan let out a small breath.

It was a shame to call the map to the thing in front of him.

'I have to wait another 10 years for the detailed map of the kingdom to come out.'

And of course, it's also one of Ian Philips' works.

Roan held back his regret and pointed to one side of the map with his fingertips.

“This is our current location. And………"

The finger gets a little higher.

The three troops that chose to attack will be around here. They might receive a monster attack.”

His finger came down again.

Gale and the adjutant listening to the explanation all nodded.

Because they also knew very well about Prely River.

'And especially now because of spring, it was so shallow that it only reached the thighs of adult men.'

Roan looked at Gale and his aides and continued to say.

“We have to do a ponding tactic.”

At that moment, everyone frowned.

"Flooding?"

On the words that asked back, there were many doubts.

'He wants to use the ploy on the Prely River now?'

'Looks like he's not sane.'

The faces of unbelievers.

But Roan's face was still confident.

His finger pointed at the Prely River and followed to the right.

Point.

The fingertips stopped.

“This place has the answer.”

*****

Dudududu.

Horse steps that shook the earth.

Roan hit the horse and took a deep breath.

'The reason Ian Phillips is amazing is not just because he makes incredible tactics.'

There were many reasons why Ian was referred to as the outstanding Genius Strategist, but the biggest reason was because he knew the importance of information better than anyone else.

He ran an information organization in Bilas Kingdom for the first time.

'Before that, you gave money to the information guild or the thief guild. That's all.'

Ian picked up and analyzed even the slightest bit of information that no one else noticed.

Therefore, he can gather a large amount of information better than anyone else and with this information, he makes the most effective and efficient strategy.

'That was also the same for the Int Forest Battle.'

Ian focused on information that was unknown to anyone analyzing Int's forest battle, or even if they knew that they were not holding it at all.

'Temporary shelter.'

Farmers in the Pedian Plain made a temporary reservoir on the Prely River as winter ended.

They collect water if they lack water in the spring, when they start annual farming.

Therefore every spring, the Prely River is really shallow compared to its width.

"We're blowing up that reservoir."

That's what Ian thought and the tactics Roan would do.

Roan hit the horse and looked to the west.

The place where the temporary reservoir is.

'Now, the members of the army may have also reached it.'

The Rose Army is currently divided into two.

The main force led by Gale went to a temporary reservoir to blow up the bank.

And Kennis and Roan led 300 soldiers and ran towards the three armies.

'It would be bad if our allies were also swept away by the inundation tactics.'

Roan calmly gripped the reins.

"Ajudan Kennis."

"Huh?"

Kennis, who was running in front, looked back.

Roan pointed to the earth with his finger.

"We should leave some archers here."

Hearing those words, Kennis nodded and gestured a hand.

One of the soldiers left the line and protected the place.

Roan left the archer at times while running west.

As they ran non-stop and were about to pass through a hill.

Cheng! Chechnya! Cheng!

Metal clashes could be heard.

"Kill!"

“Do not retreat!”

"If you do, we'll die!"

Continued with screaming.

At that moment, Roan's face wrinkled.

'How?'

A face she couldn't believe.

Roan quickly hit the horse's belly and lowered his posture.

The horse ran like a feather and stood at the top.

He looked at the battlefield with his eyes.

"How are the three armies here?"

An unexpected situation.

Then, Kennis approached him and asked.

“According to your guess, shouldn't our allies be across the river? But……"

The three troops had already crossed the river and were pushed south.

Roan bit his lower lip.

'It's different.'

Originally, the three allied forces had to fight monsters in the northern part of the river.

The unexpected battle again.

'This is certainly different. But…..'

Roan glared at the battlefield with sharp eyes.

His head was spinning so fast that sounds could be heard.