The Sended's

Chapter 60: Fortune Favors The Bold

They moved quickly, how not when the large rocks were continuously cast towards them?

"Let's stop the bombardment,"

And let's see the show from here, like watching a big screen themed action, medieval, and war so one, but more realistic of course

"Ryuu.... Are the three of us really okay just looking up here?" Ask Maou

"No problem, precisely in this way then I can be more clearly see the situation and the condition of the battle,"

The biggest difference in Old World games with the real world is of course the point of view or POV. In the game, players can move their cameras to observe the entire battlefield, where there is something like that in the real world, right?

It might be possible to use magic, but for now I don't think so

"Even if you say so, can you observe what's going on in the forest there?" Tanya Kyouka was referring to another battle that should be taking place within the forest

About that I'll explain. I sent Percival along with a thousand soldiers into the forest after the traps and defenses were made there, I firmly believed that they could withstand the enemy's heavy cavalry with everything we had put in the forest

And it seems like my plan worked.

"Where's our heavy cavalry unit? They should've circled the woods and been here ten minutes ago even if someone came in the way,"

"On that General.... We have lost contact with them since then" replied the top military officer near me

Losing contact what does it mean? Damn, if this continues then instead of minimizing the victim but instead multiply it. I also did not expect that Ruby's army could be so formidable despite losing the terrain

Our cavalry also cannot move freely here, what a well-prepared stage, our grand plans so forced to retreat

But I still have other plans, Plan B that I should never have used

My father always said to respect your enemies by exerting all abilities when fighting them, but even with my experience I still underestimated my enemies? All right, now let's get everything out

"Reverse, give the order to retreat,"

Waw! They backed off apparently, quite unexpectedly because it was faster than I thought. But sooner then better, we will start the chase immediately and attack when they build the camp

But for now let's open the bottle of drinks that are kept well and feast on this victory

"It looks like the road to Edelfield is now wide open, doesn't it Ryuu?" Kyouka

"Haha, that might be true" I replied

"Ryuu, Sir Percival has already confirmed the total victory within the forest," Maou said after a soldier reported to him

"That's all thanks to your hard work building barricades and deadly traps that helped them, Maou," Kyouka said

Maou, behind her mask was blushed in embarrassment.

But....

I think it's true, if you think about it, it doesn't feel right. They retreated too quickly, even if it was a trap then it would fail because I had no intention of chasing them now however....

What exactly is this bad feeling? I think I've experienced this somewhere.

The voice of the soldiers down there cheering made me look back at them, looking satisfied and happy for this victory. Or is it just me? Cih, it feels disgusting to have this feeling, paranoid

Dictators in human history almost all have this kind of feeling, it's what disgusts me. I'm not a dictator, I'm just a little disciplined general

Waita minute..... From the hill it seemed like I saw something

that's.... Huh uh?! Damnit damnit! I was wrong this time

"Maou! You'd better prepare all the scorpios you have left right now,"

"What's Ryuu? Why are you so panicked?" Ask Kyouka

"Ughh! There was no time to explain, refill the entire artillery as well!" My orders are for the artillery unit

What's?! How could there be so many cavalry units? Waita minute..... If you think about it, the number of those who had just I don't think up to ten thousand, I miscalculated apparently. The enemy general intended to split his troops in half here and make a move like this? It was a bold act but it worked

First forward against, then back off and make the opponent happy, after that forward again with full force that makes our expectations fall from maximum height

The high morale will make the troops more disciplined and obedient to my orders, but there is still a way to bring them down. And what they use is one of the quickest ways.

The cheers of our troops down there were quickly extinguished, while the sounds of footsteps of horses and enemy infantry soldiers were now clearly heard, they closed the hill across with almost twice as many as before

"Ryu-Ryu?" Ask Kyouka beside me

"Yes, it's a difficult situation" I said

"But you guessed this, right?" Continue asking him

Ruby's soldiers, especially the rearguard consisting of new recruits and young Ladenvield volunteers, began to leave the ranks and ran here in fear, doing the most despicable thing for a soldier

As I said before, when someone runs away from a line, he not only saves his life, but he also kills all his colleagues

Normally I would punish those who fled violently, but for the time being if they ran then we would lose. So I have to do something to get them back in line, after all I don't know what the enemy is doing but it looks like they're sitting on a hill?

"Yuka! If the scorpion has been positioned, wait until the enemy starts moving and release all the shots both the scorpion and the artillery,"

"Well I understand, but why are you-Hey! Where are you going?!" Kyouka asked in a loud voice as I was already riding downstairs

"Of course to the front row!" Answer me

It seems like this time I managed to destroy their formation with just our numbers and cavalry, but only a portion, while the rest still stood firmly there especially the front row

Perhaps they were veterans of the previous Ladenvield war, while the ones who ran were new recruits. But whatever it is, their numbers continue to decrease as many of them escape

Even so, I still could not advance to attack them, because actually not all my troops on horseback were cavalry units

That's right, we have a lot of horses to pull the carriage and other necessities, we have a lot of spare saddles just in case because Ladenvield is bad terrain, but we have limited cavalry soldiers

Then not all horses are also trained to fight, it will slow down our movements. Finally after all that, we are still preparing the position to attack

"Teacher! Today Edelfield is taking great strides to conquer the entire island, to become a power that cannot be underestimated by any other dominant land in the Western Continent. Up ahead it is victory, take it from the Kingdom you call barbaric and uncivilized. For the King's sake, for Edelfield's sake, we'll win-"

"Gentlemen!" huh huh? A girl rode quickly from the opposite hill and exclaimed

His voice even sounded up to here, was it even possible to do so?

He stopped his horse in front of the fleeing Ruby warriors, and so the fleeing soldiers stopped and focused on him

"Gentlemen, I shouldn't ask someone to do more than what that person can do, but I'm still going to ask for this. Aren't we the Queen's people?" Ask the girl

"Yes..." Answer the soldier with a clean slit

"Who is on the Queen's mission?" Continue asking him

"Yes" this time they answered confidently

"Look at the enemy behind you, and then look at our Queen behind me, I see no fear between the two, if you retreat today then there may be no tomorrow. Aren't we the Queen's people?!"

"Yes!" Exclaim them

"Yes! Then turn around and lift your spear! we're fighting Edelfield with their horses,"

I heard that their general was a white unraveling girl with blood-red eyes, so this is the figure I heard it was. He was younger than I thought, but to be able to restore the morale of his army with just words then you could say he was a good general.

Putting that aside, now that he was with the soldiers who had run away and returned to Ruby's army, it seems that my plan failed again. But I will attack them no matter what

My army is finally ready to hit the enemy down there, I will end this battle soon

"Groan!"

The enemy horses started to advance straight towards here, but it seemed like they were quite slow. Therefore I can position all Ruby soldiers well here, and then I stand in front of them all

Looking at it from here, it feels very different than when I was on a hill.

They're coming

But before that....

As expected, our artillery rocks rained down on them, and not only that but the spears of the Scorpio also floated along with the rocks

Nicey! Maou

It would again reduce their numbers, especially with their speed of movement then it would really reduce a lot of their numbers

I was wondering why they were moving so slowly for the cavalry unit, but that's not a problem for now, especially since it's beneficial for me let's just consider it a good thing.

"Prepare for a clash!"

Our long spears were sent down, directed at the enemy who would soon strike our ranks

"Crossbows!"

From the sidelines of the line, soldiers holding crossbows shoot their arrows at the enemy and drop quite a lot of enemy cavalrymen.

There was a clash between the two armies, I myself directly slashed at some enemy soldiers in the first seconds, but the rest I would hold back and not make an attack if not attacked first.

I think I managed to prevent the worst, but still our situation still can't be said to be good.