The Sended's

Chapter 49: Divide and Conquer

Oh he's awake

"Good morning, Diablo,"

"Was Ry-Rune?"

You do not need to wear the mask continuously..... But maybe it's his own uniqueness

"We just need ammunition" he said

"I've assigned some people to it,"

Now let's wait for Kyouka to wake up, I think even though Maou sleeps the morningest but Kyouka deserves a longer break. Because he's doing difficult things, even I think it's harder than me and Maou

While waiting, more and more warriors came to ignore this creation of the Maou. And he himself seems proud of it, even though he wears a mask I know how his face is.

Then came a soldier with another report

It was about the Ladenvields we evacuated last night, most of whom were following our directions, while some families still wanted to stay

Well it's not a problem anyway, but their houses will be destroyed so that this tower can reach the city wall, they can not save their objects like the others

"Thank you for the information, where did you put them?"

"They're at the Eastern camp, miss! Because there we have a tent reserve" he replied

"Good, please get back to your place, please,"

"Good!"

Was this barricade built overnight? Closing the city from the Mediterranean Sea to the Ceceri mountain, they could not possibly escape except by digging tunnels or flying.

"In your opinion, to cover the entire area of the wall we need how many towers? If of course given a distance of about two or three towers between one tower with another," Tanyaku

"One of these towers is 15 meters wide, if I count the length of their walls then we need 16 towers,"

Urgh..... 16 towers..... mean their overall wall length is about 1 KM? I don't know if I'm so bad at math

"Three more days we'll be able to meet that number, but how long do you think we're going to lay siege to them, Ryuu?" ask Maou

That question again....

"Honestly I don't know, I'm not the one who easily claims victory..... But in comparison, I'll tell you about it,

In this era, even with the use of siege towers and manjanik, the average length of the siege was 40 days. The longest siege I know of is Ceuta, 33 years."

"Ap-"

The siege of Ceuta, also known as the 30-year siege.....

The Sultan of Morocco finally managed to build his country on par with the Europeans in the West and the Ottoman Empire in the East, and well they decided to fight against Spain

Perhaps he intended to expel the West from his lands, so he invaded the Spanish territories of North Africa, Ceuta being one of them, it was the Spanish territory that was right at the entrance of the Mediterranean sea from the Strait of Gibraltar.

When the Moroccan general arrived there, he immediately conquered the surrounding area, but only to that extent. The Moroccan troops began to build buildings and enjoy the fruits of the land surrounding the city they conquered

At that time, Ceuta sent a request for assistance to Spain, which was immediately approved and sent Spanish and Portuguese troops to help Ceuta

Well but the Portuguese troops were immediately sent back to Portugal for fear of sparking a fire inside the city. Before Spain was united, Portugal actually had Ceuta.

In short, 33 years have passed and the Kingdom of Spain has not been as strong as before due to conflicts in other places and other fields, like the Spanish succession war when the King of Spain of the Habsburg Dynasty died and had no heir

At that time, the Bourbon Dynasty originating from France claimed the Spanish throne, as well as the Austrian Archduke who claimed the rightful heir because it was the Habsburg Dynasty like the previous King

War began between the Bourbon Dynasty and its allies against the Habsburg Dynasty and its allies. France and Spain-Bourbon fought the Holy Roman Empire in which Austria and Prussia were included, the United Kingdom, the Dutch Republic, Portugal, and Spain-Habsburg.

Although Spain continued to weaken due to the situation, and the British and Dutch Armaments blockaded Spanish cities so that there were no more reinforcements to Ceuta, then the British also provided a Spanish city for the Moroccan troops to send their logistics

Yes, even though all that happened, Ceuta survived the siege of Morocco.

It is said that during this siege, the previously dominant Ceuta culture to Portugal now became dominant to Spain, well 33 years anyway....

I'm not here to repeat that, but again no one knows so don't do anything stupid like claiming victory

"Good morning to you two,"

Kyouka finally woke up

"Good morning, Queen, did you sleep well last night?"

"Stop that, Ryuu. So how's the project going? Are you satisfied with Maou's work?" ask him

"I am satisfied, but...."

"But the important thing is that it's useful in the field, isn't it?" Maou

That's right, actually I don't care if he makes another design, which is important it's useful

"Y-yeah that....."

"Ryuu said an average of 40 days," replied Maou

"40 days?! That's too long, Ryuu..... Can you make it faster?"

"I'll try, but I don't promise ya,"

Hm? Uh! True too, the troops are still gathering to form a circle around us

"Mr Diablo here is what will explain the mechanics of this war machine, so listen to him carefully" I told them

"Alright, miss!"

"That's one of your duties isn't it, Mr Diablo?" much

"Good," he answered

"Then I will prepare, you should also prepare Ryuu, after the Maou is done with the explanation we will directly attack Ladenvield right?" kyouka

"You're right, all right,"

I did agree to get ready, but what do I need to prepare....

I put on ordinary clothes and took out an ordinary sword as well, then I immediately went from my tent to the front of the barricade made to protect our camp

There the whole Ruby army had marched on the besieged town of Ladenvield from three sides, just waiting for my orders

But I'm still waiting for Kyouka, or...?

"Percival," call me

"Yes, miss?"

"Send a hundred soldiers with big shields over there, tell them to advance slowly,"

"Well, miss, but if you may know what this movement is for?" Ask him

"Not more than a measurement of the enemy's power,"

"Good!"

Knowing the strength of the enemy is one of the considerable advantages, and sending a small amount of my troops is one way to go.

One hundred warriors advanced in a shield formation slowly according to my instructions, and Percival came back here after sending them. Well I won't let them die anyway, but maybe some of it's okay

Don't you?

"Crossbowman! Protect them!" My exclaim

I heard, Maou and Kyouka brought a lot of things from Ruby city to make it easier for me to conquer Ladenvield, 30,000 arrows was one of them.

Uh! Then actually Crossbow is not effective for a siege like this, because they are shot straight like a rifle, so it will be difficult to hit the enemy on the wall. It's a different story about Longbow

Hundreds of arrows were flown to the enemy who also did the same to the hundred or so soldiers I sent, only a few of them were hit by our arrows

Let's look at their power..... I attacked their front side directly, and at that time they were like concentrating their troops there, even though there were two other sides that had to be guarded

Oh? Do they want to do the tactic of separating and conquering? If so, it is foolish in such a situation

You see..... Our numbers are too large that is 5,000 soldiers while they cannot be more than a thousand, even if I divide my three troops like this and send them one by one, they will still be outnumbered

Though separating and conquering is a great tactic used when the enemy has more personnel but separate, it is true but unfortunately their number is less.

In other words, I think I've seen enough of it here....

"Return them" I commanded

We still use flags to communicate over long distances, that's enough

They retreated immediately but keeping their formation is one of the fruits of discipline in our army. Otherwise, they might panic and run away from the formation, and well the soldier who ran away from the formation is a despicable figure right?

"Say you'll wait for us?" It's Kyouka

"Sorry I can't stand it, but take it easy because it's not a total assault,"

"What about the tower and its tower, Ryuu? Do you want to be expelled now?" ask Maou

"Yes of course, take it out at once huh-"

"Miss! Their gates were opened, and there were some people coming out" Percival said

He was right, there were some people who came out of the city and they were heading straight here, but their clothes were not the clothes of a soldier

"Miss, your orders?"

"Let them, I think they'll offer you something" I replied

The messenger or the diplomat should not be hurt, but if mentally. So the question here is who can make him pessimistic? Ah.. that's me.