The Sended's

Chapter 59: Hence the Battle Start

Suddenly they just left? Leaving the border with this important village? That sounds absurd

"General, the villagers seem to confirm the information that we have from the spies, the enemy forces are now a little south near the river's headwaters,"

"All right, we're moving, right away,"

"General?" Did I not clearly give his orders?

"What's wrong?" Much

"That's...what should we do to the traitors in that village?" It means villagers

'Traitor' huh? I think it has become a word to call the people of Ladenvield, but now the meaning of the word is expanding to those who migrate out of Edelfield

Whether it was heading to Ruby, or to the other kingdoms in the Western Continent, they would be called traitors.

"The king's order is to conquer this island, if we slaughter them here then their other hatreds will soar. And even if we manage to conquer the entire island, but do you want to stay here to put down the rebellion?"

It is better not to trigger a rebellion early on, besides maintaining the image of Edelfield that was once damaged by a King in the past, it will also make it easier for those who manage this region later

"We'll move, send light cavalry to scout the enemy's location, tell it to come back if it knows it,"

"Okay, General!" He's leaving soon

When he left, another soldier came to report

"General!" He saluted

"Tell me your needs, soldier,"

"Good! Since we're leaving soon, that means we can save on logistics, General. But the further we go, the more expensive the logistics line will be, I have calculated the estimated amount needed" he gave the paper board he brought

I see it, I think this campaign is the most expensive than the previous Edelfield campaign, but because the King said to do anything for this so I don't think it's a problem with that amount

I signed and gave him the paper back

"Good job" I said, giving it

"Okay, General,"

It was time to go deeper into the Ladenvield region which is now Ruby's territory.

It's been a few hours since I sent Edelfield's light cavalry to scout the enemy, if it's really close then it should have been back since then

"General!" That.

He got here and I could see how messed up he looked

"Where are your other units? What the hell is going on?"

"Reporting General, when we reached a hill, our unit was attacked with hundreds of arrows floating from behind the hill. At first the commander wanted us to get to the top of the hill first to see the enemy force, but wave after wave of arrows continued to rain down on us, eroding our numbers to the remaining half of the previous number, General,"

The arrows.... I heard that Ruby used her potential to the fullest, Ruby's bow had more power and range than Laden's, and Laden's own was the standard quality that my troops also used

"Where is your unit?"

"It's not far from here, General, and from that place it's only half an hour to get to where we were attacked" he replied

We immediately moved towards where he said, and up until after about 20 minutes. Sure enough, after I counted I only got half the amount I sent

This place is also good enough to set up camp, because the enemy is ahead so I have to make camp here only

"Sir Hal's right?" Much

"Ready! Right, General," he's the commander of the cavalry unit

"Give me your report,"

"Ready! I've sent several spies who have all returned and given their reports, General. Here's the number of enemies and the terrain ahead" he gave me a paper board

After making a mistake with riding crashing wave after wave of Ruby's arrows, he wanted to fix it by giving a complete report right? It doesn't matter, but half is a big amount.

Let's see, behind the hill in front there is a lowland, but a little ahead there are other hills with the same height? The enemy camp is behind that hill. Then on the West side there is a river bordering Ruby forest

I guess I could use the forest to cover the twisting movements of the Edelfield cavalry, although most likely their General would have positioned a unit there just in case, but nothing could stop Edelfield's heavy cavalry, either, even Ladenvield's spears.

"They will definitely use the forest to cover the movements of their cavalry" I said to the two of them

Hm....

I heard from the soldiers of Ladenvield who joined my army this time the Edelfield cavalry was divided into two units, light units and heavy units. Light units are commonly used to perform fast movements such as pursuit, while heavy units are usually used to break up the front row

Light units can be overcome with their spears, but heavy units will be difficult....

"If the spear is not effective then their heavy unit cavalry must have full and thick armor, it will take years of practice to be able to do that" I said

"So do my bodyguards, but our numbers differ greatly" Kyouka said

That's right, because if not then I've already sent them to fight that heavy unit head on....

So let's just get it done.

Ruby Forest is a forest that has been growing for a very long time, it becomes very fertile and overgrown with many plants that cover the entire part of the forest. We did open the way to travel, but most of it is still covered by wild plants

That part of the forest is partly covered with wild plants, because it's the end of the forest so no one wants to live there. It would actually be difficult to pass through that forest with heavy cavalry, but it was not impossible

So then.... Why don't we just raise the level of difficulty to the maximum?

"Maou, can you tell me what artillery you're carrying?" Much

"I brought five balistas, five manganese in one day, then the new artillery scorpio, it was... I'm sure you already know, don't you?"

Scorpio, in short it is the artillery that throws spears. The mechanism is similar to a crossbow, but the size can be up to twice as large. Scorpio is actually more suitable to be called a sniper than artillery, because this object has a very high accuracy and strength

Such a thing was good to fight a war elephant with only its strength, and if it could fight a war elephant then penetrating a horse armor could also be. I planned to use it against the enemy cavalry from the very beginning

"How much Scorpio do you have?"

"I only brought six, but I added the repetitive bullet mechanism to them so I guess the power will decrease a bit," H-Huh?!

He said the bullet mechanism repeats?! You mean like Chu ko ni?!

The enemy is ahead, behind the hill. I've done all the preparations, now how the enemy moves

From there, let me explain what we saw.... First was the flag of Edelfield, dozens of flags appeared and slowly rose. Then we could see thousands of spearheads pointing upwards that kept rising like the flag

And only after these two things did we finally see the appearance of our enemy.

Thousands of Edelfield soldiers who had better weapons and equipment than Laden, better than us, moved to cover the hills ahead of them in their numbers

Cavalry were on the right and left sides, while most of their troops were still filled by infantry. But if I say so then it would seem they have a small comparison huh? This number of them is twice as many as us.

Their general was at the back, but not at the very back, he was in the middle of his line to make it easier to give orders. How do I know he's a general? How not...? Lookie! He gave orders to stop.

Before proceeding, I first explained my current situation and position. Me, Maou, and Kyouka were on top of the hill, while our troops I sent to the middle of the two hills, it meant that they were on the low ground between them. This may sound crazy because it provides an advantage to the enemy, but it is not

Actually the cavalry unit would be effective if used in a very large open field, for example in my first battle against Ladenvield. On such terrain their effectiveness will decrease

Don't believe the movies that show cavalry on the hill, just trust me.

With this kind of terrain the enemy would not dare to send their cavalry to attack our troops, in other words they would not have to put a spear force in front to stop the enemy cavalry, I replaced the front row with a shield

It would minimize casualties if the enemy wanted to try to raise their arrows, and they did exactly as I thought.

Hundreds of arrows were now drifting towards our troops down there, but they already knew what to do and immediately raised their shields

There are casualties, but only a few. But well if they continue to erode our numbers like this then my plan can be hamcur....

The time to avenge their attacks was many times more terrifying

We coated the rocks we were about to throw with oil, then burned them with torches, and of course threw them into the ranks of the enemy with our manganese and balistas

Kukuku, I won't be able to get used to the enemy's expression when the rocks drift towards them....

Look at their generals...... Whoa! Although he was a bit panicked yet he was still able to give orders quickly, I must appreciate that. Although the casualties had already fallen, of course, because the Maou had measured the exact distance beforehand

Uh the general looked at me, then ordered his entire army to advance to finish off my army down there

Hehe, although it sounds careless but actually this movement is not bad, because it is all they can do, not including retreat....

He knew that if they started fighting with our troops down there, the artillery behind me would never fire again, unless I didn't care about their lives, but was lucky that he was right.

And even if he's right, it's still in my plans