The Sended's

Chapter 66: Quatrain of the Seven Steps

"Jin Force! Who dare to uphold the flag and weapons for Jin, your country! I am here to welcome and appreciate you in full for answering my call as General Jin, thank you," Shin said, saluting and bowing

"Here we will confront Ming, a disease in the Eastern Continent that intends to subjugate us all! I heard that the evil King Ming is now starting to get sick and the time will not be long, but what does it mean that before he died we were destroyed first?! I said we'd survive, longer than the abject life he's living! Here, in front of the Jin wall, we will together stop the Ming army once and for all!" Continue Shin

"Yes!!" All Jin soldiers were gathered

They numbered no less than 15,000 as I expected, a very sufficient number to head off 40,000 soldiers as we had the wall advantage and several other advantages

My point is the thousand Ruby soldiers and of course the weapons technology we carry, and it is nothing but potent with the distance and accuracy of the super-made Maou which can now be constructed without him

Since Maou and Kyouka are preparing for something else, they cannot be present here at this time.

"Is there anything you want to say, Miss Rune?" Ask Shin

I saw all the attention of the Jin warriors was on me, as if they were expecting something to come out of my mouth. But I don't have anything to say so I guess I'll explain who I am and what weapons I'm carrying.

I advanced to Shin's previous position, in front of the entire Jin army that was lined up neatly facing me.

"I am here under the command of the noble Queen Lofi of the Ruby Kingdom in charge of helping Lord Shin lead you all against the Ming army. One thing you need to know, I'm not crazy about respect, you can treat me like your own partner, but when it comes to fighting then I hope you can take my orders well,"

I proceeded to walk to one of the panjanik in front to demonstrate the weapon to them

"This is one of Ruby's finest works, Mr. Diablo. This thing can throw a rock the size of the one in front of this for a kilometer, it is from here to your farmland in front of the wall

Next one!

Crossbows, in contrast to arrows usually, crossbows have better distance and accuracy but because they are limited in number so most archers probably won't get them

These two are the weapons we used to fight to unite the island we live on, but here I think it will also be effective. But the biggest weapon is certainly the figure who uses it, it means you! I heard Ming's army is only a week away from here, during which time you will train with Ruby's army and watch what they do and what they do." Evidently

"All right!!"

This one week training began, my job here is to observe and occasionally jump in with Shin to do inspections

At times it seems that Shin is trying to learn many things, often he also asks me if there are things he does not know, he records all the things he sees and hears

"Then lady, about the potent bullet..."

"That's what I'm thinking, does Jin have a rock quarry that can supply us with rocks?" Much

"Eh? No, Jin is the kingdom of the trading city, maybe we can import from the neighboring kingdom but...."

"But?"

"But why don't we just ask the stone element sorcerer to make the bullet?" Uh...?

"I mean I guess they could at least create a stone ball this size right?"

Sometimes I forget that this is a magical world....

"Y-yeah! It's okay, is there a lot of magicians?" This time it was my turn to ask

"They are many, but few are strong enough here.... Ming should have also brought some sorcerers in their army,"

Ughhhh! That would be troublesome

The beans are boiled and produce broth

Which is still intact squeezed and taken sari

Is a bean tree as fuel under the furnace

They were all born with the same roots

This rhyme means that we all come from the same lineage as well, it makes us have to work hand in hand in difficult times such as when disaster comes at this time, when Ming invades us

However, if you look further, then actually this poem only explains how Miss Rune with her skills and knowledge managed to beat back the Ming army

How he uses all the things he can use to the maximum, like beans in the rhyme earlier.

They come.

From up here the view is different than being on the attacking side, I can see all the enemies going and let me tell you that it is a bit scary because of their numbers

The forces of Ladenvield and Edelfield must have felt the same way when we had the siege....

"Manjanik! Shoot it!"

The dozens of rocks in one wave floated and landed spectacularly among the enemies who advanced through the Jin farmland, they were surprised that there were rocks that floated towards them of course

But because artillery like manganese is not actually used for this kind of thing, they went ahead because they realized that it did not have much impact other than morale

Oho! And also actually do not have such a way of thinking, because morale is the most important thing in an army, it forms cohesion as long as you know... Do whatever it takes to raise morale, for example giving a varied ratio of food, holding a friendly match, or organizing a show.

By the way the Ming troops had already entered the crossbow distance

"Crossbows! Shoot it!"

Now let me see that the Ming army is near, most of them carrying spears called Ji which can be used to stab or slash like halbert, I think Ji is an iconic weapon with Chinese soldiers in this age

Then their armor, it was made of hundreds of pieces of steel named lamela armor or lamellar armour, but not all of them used the same armor. Some still use leather armor

But the two could barely hold the arrow from the crossbow, some of the soldiers were knocked down when the arrow was released.

"Ew! Shoot it!"

Since it was already at the usual arc distance, we shot everything we had. At least half of our stock of arrows I used on this first day, it was to drive away Ming before touching the wall

Of course they will not just leave, they will definitely set up camp behind that low hill, he said, near the river bordering Jin and a town called Guangdu in the North that is now under the Ming.

I saw the enemy slowly retreat and completely disappear from Jin farmland as the sun began to set, we made it through the first day.

At night, I set the position of manjanik after taking into account the possibility of which part of the wall is easy to climb, the reason will be known soon after the sun begins to rise later

Sure enough, when the day began to come, the scenery ahead there was the Ming troops who lined up neatly and.... Some tower besung.

The entire Jin warrior was puzzled to see that, Shin was no exception. He was confused and therefore he was worried because it seemed like Ming had a weapon that he did not know about

"Hey what is that?"

"Either but the size is higher than this wall,"

Said the Jin soldiers near me on the wall

"Mr Shin, you know what that is?" I asked to test it

"No, miss, I have never seen or heard of this giant thing, could it be Ming's new weapon?" A hoho? So the tower besung concept hasn't come here yet?

"Miss! Can we stop that?" Continue asking him

"Well, I'll see what I can do,"

They began to advance slowly, equalizing their speed with that slow-moving siege tower.

I wait until they get to the distance and position I want to go....

"Start!" My exclaim

Manjanik-panik that I positioned as straight as the siege tower that the enemy brought, then the distance was also calculated so.... The chances of missing it are very small

From this, it can be seen that one by one the towers were uprooted because it seems like they still lack experience in building it, hehe?

"N-Miss?"

"That may be a new concept here, but Ruby has long used such towers to climb the walls of cities or forts, we know the various weaknesses and advantages of the object" I explained to Shin

Perhaps out of surprise that their new secret weapon could be destroyed that easily, General Ming instantly withdrew his troops before even entering our crossbow firing range

And only as soon as the second day was over...

The third day started more calmly, but that doesn't mean they didn't attack.... They continued to attack, but just like on the first day, they now do not have a siege tower because it runs out of wood probably

They used a ladder to climb this wall, but we managed to drop it with a long stick. We slaughtered the enemy under the wall by shooting arrows, dousing oil and burning them, and dropping rocks

None of the Ming warriors made it to the top of the wall even until the sun went back down, they returned to their camp because of it, signalling the end of the third day of the siege.

Now that three days have passed, I think that our number of casualties should be counted, since I doubt that the enemy still has the courage to attack anyway....