Revolutionary Period – Everyone has a plan
Plain area southeast of Lumiere.
Warm spring sunlight was shining from the sky and illuminating the abundant barley fields, but the scene unfolding on the land was extremely desolate.
The 10,000-strong revolutionary army, which the revolutionary army had hastily conscripted through the national army, and the 8,000-strong royal army commanded by the Duke of Orléans and the Duke of Lorraine were approaching each other, covering the plain.
The cannons of both armies exploded in succession, and steel cannonballs flew toward each other’s camp.
However, the blows suffered by both sides were greatly different.
“Ugh!”
“Great cannon!”
The bullets fired by the Revolutionary Army’s artillery hit the troops in the front line with a threatening accuracy, and in the meantime, one cannon was hit by a shell and completely shattered, with fragments mercilessly hitting the surrounding artillerymen.
However, the cannonballs fired by the royal army fell too close or too far away to properly hit the revolutionary army.
The Duke of Lorraine ground his teeth at the sight.
“Why are you so pathetic when you’re shooting a cannon like that? Will you come to your senses if I personally strike down on you guys?”
“I am very sorry, Your Excellency the Duke. There is still an issue with the soldiers’ proficiency…”
“What a pathetic bunch!”
While the Duke of Lorraine was struggling in frustration, Balian, who was looking through a telescope at the enemy lines being hit by artillery fire from the revolutionary camp, whistled.
“It looks like they picked up the work of the Marquis de Lafayette and brought out a cannon, but I don’t know if those gentlemen have ever learned anything about ballistics. “These artillerymen are the friends I taught directly when I was traveling from city to city?”
“What do the nobles who treated cannons only as siege weapons know? It’s a huge castle wall, so you can shoot it roughly, but you won’t be able to train artillery enough to engage in a long-distance artillery battle in an instant. “I used a wizard who was easy and convenient to hire as long as I had the money.”
“yes? That’s why it’s fascinating. “I’d like to meet the Marquis de Lafayette at least once…”
Balian added, slowly lowering the telescope.
“To begin with, this country’s doctrines have become too outdated because of the famous knights.
Right now, in the east, there is a man who destroyed the army of the Germanic emperor with his new doctrines and became known as the Great King. “You can’t learn from that.”
“Don’t show such selfishness during battle, General.”
“Hahaha, the great king is a man worthy of respect. Oh, could you please sing it to me again?”
The adjutant who heard Balian’s words looked quite disgusted, but soon gave him his rank again as he wanted.
“Oh yeah. General. “Please concentrate.”
“General, General, good. Hahaha….”
Balian licked his lips while glaring at the king’s army approaching from the other side.
“It would be better if I ate a lot and rose to a higher position.”
Balian muttered like that, looked at the movement of cavalry on both wings of the enemy, and whistled.
“Hwiyu~ It looks like the noble knights have run out of patience. “Seeing as the Dukes of Orléans and Lorraine’s flags are not moving, I guess they don’t want to end up like the Duke of Brittany.”
“Shall I give orders to Morel’s troops, General?”
“It’s good that you are quick to notice. “What is your name, Lieutenant?”
“This is Werther. Alexandre Werther.”
“Okay, Werther. “If I succeed in life, I will use you as my advisor.”
“Let’s talk once we win, General.”
“Ahahaha! “I like you!”
–
As the soldiers advanced, the Duke of Orléans swallowed dryly as he watched his knights heading towards the left wing.
Because the King borrowed many of his knights and gave them to the Blue Knights, the knights and heavily armed cavalry are now very few remaining valuable forces.
On the other hand, the Duke of Lorraine’s knights and cavalry heading to the right far outnumber his troops at first glance.
The Duke of Orleans clicked his tongue and looked down at the enemy lines.
Although the enemy’s forces are larger than ours, our side has an overwhelming advantage in elite islands.
The militias that cities established on their own to defend themselves from plunder by nobles during the civil war are those who have received regular training and are armed with proper equipment, but such people make up less than half of the enemy forces.
The rest are, at best, conscripts who were conscripted in a hurry after the traitorous government came into power, gave them a little training, and then sent them out with old matchlocks or spears.
At least the Duke of Orléans thought so, and after much deliberation, he gave the order again.
“Tell the knights and cavalry to wait first.”
“yes? However, Your Excellency, the plan would have been for the left and right wings to attack simultaneously.”
“Can you trust the loyalty of the Duke of Lorraine? “If we waste our knights and cavalry here and the Duke of Lorraine changes his mind, who will help His Majesty the King?”
“Oh, I understand.”
The mere common interest of those who had until recently fought as enemies was straining their solidarity even in critical battles.
In the end, the moment the horn sounded, only the Duke of Lorraine’s knights and cavalry began to move to the flank.
As they were running through the plains next to the barley fields that had been sown in winter and were growing to their full potential, a gunshot rang out.
“Kaaak!”
“It’s an ambush! Protect yourself!”
Although the order has been given, the only thing the knights can protect with magic is the front.
As the light infantrymen who had been lying in ambush scattered throughout the barley fields rose up and fired from all directions, people were shot here and there and fell from their horses one after another.
“You bastards!”
When the enraged knight drew his sword and jumped into the barley field, the light infantry, which had been shooting hard, turned its back and started running.
“I’ll kill you!”
The knight followed him with great momentum, but felt a strong impact and fell from his horse, breaking his neck.
“Don’t chase after me! “They dug a trap in the barley field!”
A stake driven under a barley field and a rope tied tightly between them can surely trip a horse, even if the driver does not know it.
“Those damn bastards deliberately formed a formation to lead us into the barley field!”
While the knights were losing their senses due to the traps set up everywhere and the gunfire sporadically coming from all directions, the enemy cavalry even began to charge.
“Don’t jump into the barley field! “Fight against the enemy’s cavalry!”
Still, the Frangian knights and heavy cavalry showed their bravery and began to charge, but the charging cavalry turned their horses and ran away and started shooting with short-barreled guns.
“Those despicable bastards…Kuuck!”
As the knights and cavalry tried to chase down the fleeing enemy cavalry, chaos unfolded as light infantry that came out of the barley fields shot at their backs.
“What on earth is that son of a bitch, the Duke of Orleans, doing?”
“Enemies everywhere! What should I do!”
“Fuck it, chase it, ugh!”
The commanders of the kingdom’s army also stamped their feet and scolded the wizards and even tried to provide fire support with archers, but it had little effect on those who were not in close formation and were spread out and hiding in the barley fields.
In the end, the Duke of Orléans, who saw that the Duke of Lorraine’s knights were suffering miserably, ordered that all forces be preserved instead of dispatching knights and cavalry to help them.
“Ha ha ha ha ha! “It’s so easy to deal with idiots who just charge at you with their brains full of muscles that I’m almost yawning!”
Jerome Morel, who led the cavalry of the revolutionary army, burst out laughing as he watched the brave knights of the kingdom’s army die in a battle he had never seen before, without even having a chance to demonstrate their mighty power.
“Attack attack!”
The kingdom’s last hope was the properly armed infantry in the center.
“Aim – fire!”
However, as the new muskets of the revolutionary army’s line infantry lined up in a long line fired at the same time, the chain armor of the heavy infantry that tried to charge was cut through.
If the wizards had been deployed in the central power struggle, it would have been prevented to some extent, but while the nobles, who valued knights more than infantry, deployed wizards in vain, the powerful firepower of the salvo hit the royal army as it was.
A volley of gunfire shook the battlefield and as hundreds of comrades fell as they rushed toward the enemy lines, contrary to the expectations of the nobles, the soldiers of the King’s army, exhausted from the long civil war, immediately began to agitate.
“Charge! “They are nothing more than a militia!”
“Don’t back down! Those who back down die to me!”
As they reluctantly tried to charge again under the pressure of the sergeants and noble commanders, a shout came from the revolutionary army first.
“Gentlemen! To defeat the enemy, it takes courage in one and courage in two!”
The entire revolutionary army responded to the words that the young commander shouted as he raised his sword, quoting exactly what Governor Levery had said before the expedition.
“Have courage! If we get out of here, they will enslave us and our families again! For freedom!”
“Now for freedom!”
“Everyone’s on point! Now is the time to strike! Long live the revolution!”
“Long live the revolution! Waaaa!”
Even though they had been conscripted, the people who had tasted liberation after a long period of oppression were ordered to charge while singing songs of freedom and courage, and that became the momentum.
The knights they had trusted collapsed without being able to do anything, and the kingdom’s army had already been shaken by a volley of fire.
When those who were thought to be a ragtag group with only numerical superiority increased their momentum and charged, the kingdom’s army became agitated and began to rout without even being able to fight properly.
“What is that friend’s name?”
When Balian, who was looking at the scene through a telescope, asked, Werther flicked through the operational layout and answered.
“Nicolas Nera is a friend.”
Balian nodded and said, looking at the sight of Jerome’s cavalry, which had been playing with knights, pulling out its sword and pursuing the fleeing enemy soldiers.
“It’s over. “It’s boring, but hasn’t it ever been done more properly?”
–
County of Aquitaine on a dark night.
Sieyes, a man who had once stayed next to Bishop Richelieu at Lumière, reached out the window from his inn room.
Then, a dove with feathers as pitch black as the night and eyes as red as blood flew into his arms and
right into his arms.
Sieyes Halpas, who had retrieved his ‘globe’, chewed his fingers.
As a proud member of the Abyss Corporation ‘Pride’, he has been having very bad luck recently.
He also heard that the CEO of ‘Sloss’ was opposed to the proposal to provide additional loans to King Louis and encourage him to attack Lafayette, an uncertain element.
It is not that rare for a minority opinion to be expressed at a CEO meeting where the seven CEOs decide on Abyss Corporation’s policy.
However, it is not common for a minority opinion to ultimately turn out to be the right decision.
The seven companies of Abyss Corporation have established regulations to achieve the best results through thorough mutual cooperation once a policy is decided.
Interference with each company’s duties is never permitted, and this is monitored by ‘Pride’, which handles external strategy and internal management.
Therefore, it is rare for an agenda that most companies agree to fail.
However, contrary to Abyss Corporation’s expectations, King Louis was brutally defeated by Lafayette.
To avoid further losses, they forced King Louis to repay the loan balance, and the revolution broke out much faster than they had intended.
Thanks to this, Halfas, who had originally planned to move to the port of Brittany and return home, could not help but be embarrassed when he learned that the entire region of Brittany had been occupied by revolutionary forces.
It is said that the Frangians, who were enraged by the king’s dealings with the Abyss Corporation, destroyed the Abyss Corporation’s assets in Brittany and even plundered merchant ships.
This is an extremely rare and painful mistake for Abyss Corporation.
In particular, it was a chill down the spine of Halpas, who had been overseeing the business as a Franzian infiltrator for Pride.
“It is difficult to understand the irrational way of thinking of these barbaric people…”
It is easy to burn barbaric and irrational people and make them pay the price.
However, after the fall of Pandemonium, the Demon King’s kingdom that was once a public domain in the Central Continent, it took hundreds of years for the Abyss Corporation to establish a motto of pursuing coexistence with humans and to dilute their hostility.
After diluting the hostility, the Abyss Corporation has made remarkable progress by accumulating enormous wealth through monopoly trade linking the Central Continent, New World, and Old Continent. There is no reason to ruin their business through unnecessary use of force.
They say they are willing to threaten war only when threatening uncivilized people, but if the war agenda is actually brought up to the CEO’s meeting, it is certain that it will be unanimously dismissed.
I had no choice but to come to Aquitaine, which operates a trading company that goes to and from Abyss Corporation, but unlike Brittany, where Abyss Corporation had a fairly large stake, Aquitaine’s trading companies are under strict surveillance.
You can try smuggling, but if you get discovered, the work becomes tiring, and above all, as a proud demon, Halfas hates the idea of hiding miserably in a cramped ship without humans knowing.
Besides, it would be no good to return home empty-handed and meet the CEO of Pride.
According to Abyss Corporation’s regulations, they are not allowed to engage in hostile acts against each other, but even if that were not the case, he will be in a very bad situation as he has lost face at Pride, a company that is not on good terms with other companies because he is an internal monitor.
“Hmph, I just need to make another one. Yes, they are humans. “We are nothing more than chess pieces that we move around.”
In the end, since sneaking into Franzian society and sowing seeds was his specialty, Halfas decided to return with whatever results he could.
The next day, Halfas visited the count’s residence in Aquitaine.
It is easier to become a member of the Aquitaine merchant group than to commit the self-defeating and dangerous task of stowing away on a merchant ship in Aquitaine.
Since he is also an ally of Lafayette, which has recently emerged as an uncertain factor, there is no harm in doing the work below.
After waiting for a while, he was able to meet the young Count of Aquitaine face to face.
“I meet you, the noble Count of Aquitaine. “My name is wizard Emmanuel Sieyes.”
Christine Daquiten sat on a chair with her chin resting on her head, held up a verification tool to the B-class wizard ID card she had submitted, and then opened her mouth.
“Your ID is clear. “You want to work for the Aquitaine family as a wizard?”
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
Her strangely cloudy and deep black eyes looked at him keenly, but she was still a young human woman.
Halpas treated Christine with composure.
“Where did you work before?”
“I was at Lumière, Your Excellency. But as you know, due to the current unrest, they fled to the south…” “
Yes, it must have been difficult. But why Aquitaine? “We are not a family with strong military power, and we are wizards who would be treated as class B, but aren’t there better places?”
Halfas answered Christine’s question with a hollow smile.
“Due to the current situation in the Kingdom of Franzia, I am a bit reluctant to go to a place where there is a fierce battle…”
“Aha. So, you came to this place where wizards are valuable, with less risk and no need to worry about your salary being delayed?”
“Yes, Your Excellency.”
Christine stared at Halfas, but then nodded.
“good. The requested salary is not cheap, but it is not excessive and there seems to be no reason to refuse.
Welcome to Aquitaine, wizard Sieyes. If you talk to the Chamberlain, he will provide you with accommodation. “I just needed an escort tomorrow, so it worked out well.”
“Do you mean escort?”
“Yes, I’m planning to lead the caravan to the Marquis de Lafayette. There won’t be much risk, but I still have to pay the salary, right?”
“Is it okay, Your Excellency?”
Halfas was inwardly pleased and bowed his head to Christine.
Even though the plan went a bit wrong, the opportunity still comes.
Halfas He always had a plan.
If the right seeds are sown in Lafayette, which is already attracting attention as an uncertain factor, he will also have something to say to the CEO.
After Halfas left, making a fun plan.
Christine, who was left alone in the office, narrowed her eyes and looked at the door he left through, lost in thought.
A wizard’s ID card is basically a reliable and convenient ID card issued by the kingdom, and if you are a level B wizard, you are a wizard who is worthy of being treated wherever you go, even if you are not the best in the kingdom.
Therefore, it is not a status that can be roughly faked, and unlike A-class wizards who receive too much attention and are bound by that status, it is perfect for working comfortably.
Christine slowly opened the drawer and took out the book she had put in it.
Identity theory.
Christine, who had been turning the pages of a book that nobles would normally have no interest in or even loathe with her familiar hands, soon wrote a letter and tied it to Jeon Seo-gu’s feet and sent it flying.
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