The Sended's

Chapter 44: There's no Trick, Unless you Saw it

"I'm sorry servant, miss," oh.. It seems that of the five Ruby knights, Percival was the one who left the pride of a knight the fastest, huh?

That's a good thing for now, I need people who can follow my orders, not honorable knights

"Good, let's see if he can still grin later,"

Right now we are in the middle of the river in front of the Ruby forest, I think if we retreat further then the morale of this side army will be destroyed, lucky that we are standing in the river

Yep! That's one of the advantages of this river, actually the same as the weakness is to slow down the movement, this time I use it as my advantage

The movement of my troops and the enemy forces has been slowed down, this is the perfect time for the surprise

"Miss!"

Three enemy soldiers reached me, all three used spears and they would stab at me simultaneously. But why is Percival so hysterical?

I killed all three with one slash of my sword

Spear is the most effective weapon indeed, as I said before that an amateur can kill a master using a spear of three meters more, Both Nobunaga Oda and Alexander the Great can understand that well

But of course they must be coated again with tactics and strategies, if one-on-one then there is no possibility for amateur spear users to defeat sword masters

For me to ever destroy a single joint division, three spears is not a problem

"Did you forget I ever beat you, Sir Percival?"

"I-That's... Aye,"

Ahaha! But they tried a good thing, cutting off the snake head straight to end the battle. It was a pity that they only used spears....

I raised my sword high and exclaimed, "We won!"

The enemy soldiers laughed at this, some of them died because of it. On the other side of the soldier Ruby was silent with a strange face that seemed to say: Wow... is this guy serious?

But I'm serious.

"Wahaha! I can't believe Ruby has a madman leading their army,"

"Sir, I advise you to be careful,"

"Okay, I'll be careful,"

After I saw it again, it seemed like the enemy general was not as brilliant a general as I thought he was. But his subordinates who were beside him were the geniuses, from earlier he looked to the right, left, front, and back, he made sure that everything was in order

But everything's fine, like I said there's no trick here unless you see it....

"We will win, why don't you realize it? I'm sure your eyes are less observant.... Just look! You will be devastated by this battle" I continued

"Haha! Very good your spirit young lady, but the less observant one looks like you. Didn't you see your army has been pushed back to this river? Isn't that right, counselor?" Said the enemy general

"That's right, your winning chance right now is a big zero, you bring your troops against us on the open field without a tactic or strategy, I can see from how you put the line,"

Oh? Hmmm.... but if he fails to find the tactics I use then he is not the right person to be in the same position as me, he will be more useful to be an observer huh?

"I've seen it all! You don't play any tricks, you're just the wrong person in the wrong place! You shouldn't be leading an army like this! The battlefield is not a child's toy!" sniped the man

Wah-wah, he seems to be advising me..... or is humbling me huh?

"Calm down advisor, that's why we can win this battle so quickly" said General Ladenvield

"Are you sure about that, counselor? Isn't my self-confidence based on nothing you think?" Much

"Yes, I was amazed by that, I was able to observe the battlefield even more closely because of that, but the result was the same. You're just a person with very high courage, just like the other Ruby Knights,"

"Maybe you don't know, but you think how this word 'trick' is formed. Do you think if a 'trick' would be a 'trick' if it were known?

Try to look more closely, counselor. Because I didn't use a trick, because you failed to see it,"

Mhmm, it seems like the stage is finally about to begin

The observer looked down a little and thought about everything again from the beginning because of my words, how my line, our movements, their movements, and so on

"General! I was wrong! We're getting into the enemy's trap!"

Did he finally realize that? But it was too late, there was no way to save this army anymore

Yet....

I sped forward and immediately beheaded General Ladenvield who still did not know what his advisor was saying. His head was thrown into the air three meters high before finally falling and being carried away by the river currents and the battle

By the way the river water is now red because of the bloodshed we did there

"Now you can't back down,"

All I want is a total victory like Hannibal, I won't let any of them escape Ruby's sword

The next step in closing this battle and closing the still open part of the enemy side of the army, I ask for special assistance from someone who is none other than Queen Ruby, Lofi

A week ago when I was deliberating with Kyouka and Maou on how to conquer Ladenvield, I asked each of them one thing. Both are expecting their presence

For Kyouka, I want all the elite palace guards he leads as Ruby's first cavalry unit, then they will join my army here today.

The key to Hannibal's victory at Cannae was actually because he won the number in the cavalry, he had 10,000 warriors riding against an enemy numbering about 8,000

The Carthage cavalry repulsed the Roman cavalry and chased them until they had completely escaped the battlefield and had no chance to return, only to return after which they returned to close the Roman line

Siege a total of 90,000 soldiers using 60,000 soldiers, that sounds unreasonable for the troops with smaller numbers besieging the troops with large numbers right?

Well sometimes there's that kind of thing that happens.

"For Ruby!" kyouka

My troops cheered for his presence on the battlefield, in an instant their morale became very high beyond the enemy troops, especially when they found out their General already had no head

I won't let the momentum Kyouka gave me go to waste, so I just directly ordered the entire army to form a long spear line and Crossbow in front

Enemy troops do not want to advance to the spear that is directed to them, they tend to look for other paths like horses that do not want to hit a line that is too close

Too bad because this time there is no other way, the only way is to go back and try to fight 100 units of Ruby royal guard which is certainly better than my 500 experienced soldiers here

Just imagine, against my elite forces they failed to push back our right and left sides, especially against Kyouka's army?

"Your orders, miss?"

"Shoot,"

Because the enemy will not advance, we will take the first step. Again we killed many of them using only crossbows, the weapons were very effective especially when fighting enemies with minimal protection such as Ladenvield.

Because this battle has gone the way I want and there seems to be no more obstacles, so let's see how the enemy forces really are

Ladenvield was seen using more spear units than any other unit, they had no cavalry units, and their equipment was worse than Ruby's, although the difference was not far

That means they understand how their main enemy is fighting Edelfield

Ladenvield wears a lot of spear units because Edelfield has a lot of cavalry, it will be very effective against them but against us it will bring a much different result

But about their equipment.... I can't give a definitive answer to that, even though they have a lot of mountain metal mines in their area beyond Edelfield, but their equipment is still like that

There was most likely an internal matter, such as the monopoly lord of a mine, or perhaps even their greedy King

For certain

"How.... How could my calculations be wrong? So Ladenvield will lose against a nation of slaves like you? No, I don't accept this, I don't accept this!"

This guy is still alive apparently, and he has a deep hatred for us somehow

His face that was very confident even when he shouted, is now very chaotic because of failure huh?

"Hey boy, are you willing to give up and join us?" bargained

It is rather a pity if the talent of the observer is left. Ruby needs a lot of smart people to be able to compete with other nations, including other races as well

"With you? That nation of slaves? Don't make me laugh,"

Hahh, what a pity, but I will not humble myself by pleading.

"Sir Percival, he has a knight soul, I hope you can end his life with honor too" I gave that one to Percival

People with high pride must die with people with the same principles

"Good, miss,"

Percival grabbed the sword from the bottom of the river near us, while I stayed away a little. He then threw it which was pierced on the ground in front of the man whom I did not even know his name, I called him an observer

Percival moved back and forth slowly with his sword on his shoulder, which meant he was alert and appreciative of the duel

"Take the sword, fight me, and gain your honor" said Percival

At first he just silently looked at Percival, then he reached out his hand intending to take the sword but still hesitated. Then he was right to hold his sword, but it seems his best work is just an observer....

He objected even to pulling the sword from the ground

Although it was finally pulled, the observer was still holding the sword in a trembling weight, it was only natural that one had never raised a sword before.... was he really that proud of his ability to observe him so as not to learn anything else?

"I'm starting,"

"Well onward are you a slave!"

Percival advanced quickly, he raised his sword high and swung it vertically

The bystander had already tried to hold him back by raising his sword as well, well, but as expected of Ruby's best knight, Percival pushed his defenses easily until it was useless and cut the observer in half vertically

One attack is it? He really gave the observer the honor without playing him