The Sended's

Chapter 51: One Small Step for the Great Journey of Ours

"It turns out it's true that their defense is worse than I thought" I said after taking a closer look

"Anybody can make mistakes, ah! Looks a little too high...?"

What the Maou meant was the siege tower, I don't see any problems with that. Isn't it perfect? Or is Maou a very perfectionist?

"Don't make a fuss myself, I'm getting nervous" Kyouka said in front of us

"Eh?! Don't you often face crowds like this?" Much

"But I'm a civilian! Not thousands of soldiers who have been very eager to finish off the civilians in this city!"

Oh so he's worried about it, though, he may be thinking of giving a short speech on the protection of the rights to be received to each individual who is not in the military or who is included but has given up (Unarmed)..... so reads one of the articles in Ruby law in this field

"You don't need to think about it, Kyouka. No one here would dare to violate that chapter,"

"Why are you so sure....?" He looked at me as if he was underestimating disbelief

"Of course it's because they're very disciplined, professional warriors,"

I may have said this before but the discipline I mean is to follow my orders well, yes.

If I command them to go forward then do it, if I command to keep the line then do it, if I command to retreat and re-form the line behind then do it well

Trust me I won't give stupid orders like letting them be surrounded and killed, but if that's part of the plan then just apologize.....

The point is just follow my orders then they will live, violate it then they will die, whether it is by the hands of the enemy or by my hands indirectly

"Teacher! Today has arrived! The day we've been waiting for a long time, to avenge us for the Ladenvield that once enslaved us and our other brothers. I see you all have a spirit that cannot be measured even by the word high, that is a good thing

But remember this! We take revenge on Ladenvield himself, we will destroy and destroy the kingdom of Ladenvield, but not by killing their people! Remember that well! Pointing your anger at Ladenvield itself, not at the people who don't understand anything!"

The feeling was that he said that he was nervous, but to say it smoothly and with perfect intonation was not an easy thing..... His talent is indeed

"Yes!!" The spirit of this army is growing

In addition to the five towers, we have a staircase to climb the Ladenvield wall. We use dozens of stairs side by side with all five towers to get to the top of the wall in large numbers at once at one time

Ummm...... The number of enemies is about 800? They are spread on three sides so each consider it 250 and the middle side 300, they have poor quality weapons and equipment, also they are trained using outdated doctrine

With only the walls as their advantage then roughly..... I thought that if we could break through this gate, they would either immediately lose or retreat into the fortified palace within the city

"Bring that door down!" exclaim me

All the soldiers near me immediately looked at me with a puzzled expression, I don't know why either

"Fuck, Ryuu.... We are not making a battering ram" Maou said

"H-huh? How could you miss it?" Much

"No, it's not that, I have something better,"

Eh?

The soldiers took out the thing that Maou instructed as the "Gate Destroyer" but Kyouka and I certainly knew what it was....

they put some wooden boxes in front of the gate exactly, then put security behind it. Why use safety? Because it's nothing but a bomb

"Bombs?!" Ask Kyouka

"More precisely it is just gunpowder that when it explodes will give a much stronger thump than a battering ram" Maou explained

"Mesiu.... are you sure it's not too early?" Much

"I'm sure gunpowder has been used for a long time by the Chinese for other purposes such as making fireworks, right?"

The different functions..... But in the late medieval era also gunpowder began to be used for cannons and breakers like this anyway, and the one who mastered the use of cannons in that era I believe is the Ottoman Empire.

Still I guess it's about two hundred to three hundred years since this time....

"I don't think you should use gunpowder for the military's sake next, then,"

"Well as you please" replied Maou

The reason I don't want to be too quick for military technology to develop is about that doctrine, about how they train with new weapons, new formations, new ways of thinking as well

They were used just to chase the enemy, that was the theory, but there were still some cases of cavalry being used to attack tight enemy formations, for it is only by looking at them that an undisciplined enemy will be afraid and leave the ranks, when leaving this is what a cavalry raid becomes so effective.

The explosion destroyed the gate and bounced far back, but the gate hinge still looks intact even though it is damaged. It could be thought how much sound was produced, the entire people involved in this siege must have heard it

"Cavalry, come in and comb the city" I ordered

Hundreds of mounted units were crashing in through the still-smoking gate, passing through some of the soldiers of Ladenvield who were still sprawled by the impact, but they did not die

Actually gunpowder alone is not very dangerous, it only gives a boost with a certain strength. It becomes a danger when something is pushed and something hits someone

In many cases, bullets.

"Victory!" Percival's voice on the wall led the army there

Oh it seems that the enemies who are there are also starting to retreat because they realize that their position is no longer an advantage, it is wise action if.....

If they had a place to retreat, but with in the comb the town of Ladenvield by cavalry, they also placed a blockade on the streets that the enemy might use to retreat, and well.... The cavalry force consists of Kyouka's personal guards, they can deal with enemies with a sum of four times that of them

"Leave the tower, their walls have been conquered! Just go through the gate because it was also destroyed!"

"Good!"

Now thousands of Ruby soldiers flocked through the already unguarded Ladenvield gates, capturing the remaining enemy soldiers, killing those who intend to fight back

I along with Kyouka and Maou also followed along with the other Kyouka guards, finally one of the many human kingdoms conquered by us, it's a pretty good feeling let me say...

"One out of a hundred probably," I said

"It's quite exhausting, will it always be this way?" Ask Kyouka

"I'm sure not, because as time goes by you will use more modern weapons, right, Ryuu? What do you think?" Ask Maou

"I think the first one is the hardest one,"

But the war here is not finished, even though all the enemy soldiers have been captured or killed before they managed to retreat into the castle, there are still enemies in the castle that have anticipated it

They closed the gates of the castle once more and again left their citizens begging in front of the castle door, I see the citizens of this city are still afraid of us so desperate to go in there

Well....

"Kyouka, that's your part, right? Then Maou, can you count the number of casualties?"

"Good,"

"Sure,"

While I was, I went out of town again to order the pot to be moved into the city, why? I want to shower their castle with stones if they don't want to give up.

We put the panjanik and put them in front of the castle and filled them with the rocks

It seems that Kyouka managed to persuade the citizens to go to the Eastern camp to meet the other citizens, and Maou still counted the casualties

And well. I think if we ask for a meeting then they will think that if we hesitate, they should ask us for another meeting, and this time they should bow properly

But since they didn't even raise the white flag, then I guess it's quite diplomacy

"Ryuu, the number of deaths on our side is 213, of which about 500 are injured, all of whom have received the best treatment. We captured 400 enemy soldiers, while enemy casualties are still being counted" Maou explained

"Okay, thanks, Ah! Then do we have oil?"

"You want to shoot fire into that castle?" He knows what I want

"Well, I think it's gonna be great,"

"Alright, I think I brought it in case,"

That night the sky of Ladenvield was once again filled with stone bullets thrown using our pot, but the difference was now that the stone was wrapped in a cloth covered with oil and burned

On sight, it would look like a meteor with its fast-moving fire tail hitting the Ladenvield building inside their castle, smashing and burning it and the people inside.

Our troops are mobilizing to drive anyone who dares to get out of the fortress, capturing those who are already helpless

With this then the war against Ladenvield is over I think, only later how do we hold back the wave of rejection, it's Kyouka's job.