Episode 323 Clash between Devon and Celia (1)
Devon’s forces rushed fiercely.
They cross the border lightly and run in a straight line towards the wall.
“Kill all of Celia’s children!”
“Show me what it means to go against Devon!”
“Wow!”
Seeing them flocking with a shout that shook the earth, the Cheoninjang, who had been lying in ambush in the mountains, raises his hand.
“Now! Shoot!”
With those words, the archers rose up.
Temporarily release the bow string that was pulled taut.
Tap-! widely-!
Wedge-!
Hundreds of arrows were aimed at the vanguard of the Devon Kingdom.
A rain of arrows suddenly fell from the mountain, and they panicked.
I thought I would definitely do Mercury, but I didn’t know that I would hide behind the mountains and shoot arrows.
Thanks to the unexpected attack, dozens of soldiers who were running forward were knocked down.
“Aagh!”
“Every ambush! Avoid everyone!”
As the front line collapsed, the commander on horseback gave an order, striking the arrows.
“Besiege the ambush archers! Prevent them from returning to the castle!”
Devon’s soldiers came to their senses and hurriedly climbed the mountain range.
However, Celia, who prepared for all situations in advance, acted quickly.
Celia’s soldiers had entered the castle before they had even climbed halfway up the mountain range.
Then, a full-fledged Mercury composition took place.
A bloody battle broke out between Devon’s soldiers climbing the wall and Celia, who stopped them.
While everyone was busy moving, Ray was just relaxed.
“Hey, there’s a ladder hanging next to you. Are you going to leave it as it is?”
As if it were someone else’s fight, throw a few words of instruction from the side.
The ten seals could not reply because they were sweating profusely.
If you let go of the tension even a little bit, Devon’s soldiers climb over the wall.
In addition, the magic corps below were overusing magic to break down the castle gate.
At a time like this, there was no time to argue with such a bob bug.
Ray, who was walking around and looking around the soldiers, slipped away somewhere.
It didn’t help anyway, so it didn’t change anything even if that one person escaped.
Or rather, the soldiers stopped hearing his voice so they could concentrate.
Kwaaaang—!
A large piece of magic exploded into the castle gate.
No matter how strong the castle gate was made with the help of magic stones, it could not withstand such magic indefinitely.
Looking down at the situation, Cheonbujang burned his stomach.
“There is a limit to holding out. One day the gates will be broken.”
There’s no way it will break tomorrow, but it has to last for at least a week.
His pride could not tolerate retreating after only holding out for a few days.
“I have no face to see Your Majesty.”
It is Devon who led the magic corps.
No matter how much they defend themselves against the wall, they can’t help but be at a disadvantage overall.
On one side the centurions shouted.
“Shoot your bow! Don’t let your hands rest even for a second!”
“yes!”
“yes!”
Even so, the archers seemed to catch fire in their hands.
Even from a distance, the difference in numbers seems to be 3,000.
It is said that there are more than 1,000 people in the vanguard and 6,000 people who follow.
Thanks to that, I was able to shoot arrows at random without aiming at a specific target, but when there were many Devon soldiers climbing over the wall, I was only anxious.
‘Can I really survive?’ A disbelief crept up in their heads.
It was no different for the commanders.
It’s a force that’s almost twice as big.
If it had been an all-out war, it would have been swept away immediately.
It was only thanks to the walls and gates that I was able to hold on until now.
Little by little, the fear of death began to appear on the faces of the proud Celia soldiers.
* * *
After half a day, the battle was over.
For Mercury, which is separated from the wall, the morale and stamina of the soldiers are important.
If you continue to fight for more than this, you will only get tired.
Even Devon had no desire to lose soldiers unnecessarily.
At first, the morale of the Celia soldiers, who had been fighting to the death, crumbled after half a day.
A shadow fell on their faces as they sat and rested against the wall.
“…we will surely die.”
“I didn’t come to a place like this…”
No matter how many arrows I blow, the Devon’s soldiers don’t give up.
At that, the ten chiefs encouraged the soldiers.
“do not worry. Reinforcements will come soon.”
“It is still the first day. Don’t give up on life just like this. Aren’t there families waiting for you?”
The words “family” cheered the soldiers up a little.
Most of the soldiers brought to the battlefield have families to support them.
They knew very well how the family would change when they fell apart.
They made up their minds and stuffed hard bread that was hard to chew into their mouths.
I wonder if this was military rations, but it was good to eat as I chewed it while mixing saliva.
It even tastes delicious, probably because it was eaten after a hard battle.
As they ate their meal in heavy silence, Ray stepped over.
The eyes of the soldiers looking at the dirty robes were not good.
One of the ten chiefs assigned under him frowned.
“What kind of face did the person who didn’t even show his face on the battlefield come with?”
It was clear hostility.
It was the same with the centenarians and millennium chiefs around them, so no one stopped the declination of the ten chiefs.
“I came looking for someone.”
“If you’re going to do something like this, stop immediately. It will run just fine without you.”
Ray didn’t blink an eye even at the bald head of the deuce.
He ignored the decathlon and walked past it, then pulled out a soldier who was eating well.
When Ray raised his hand on his shoulder, the small soldier was slammed to the ground.
Pieces of bread rolled across the dirt floor.
The soldier was taken aback by the sudden situation.
“Kek! Keck! Why are you doing this!”
One centurion could not stand his tyranny and stepped out.
“You really have a thick face! What is this! You can’t encourage soldiers who have fought hard on the battlefield until now, but you’re persecuting them! Are you still the commander!”
These are the ones who have been intensified by the war.
A bloody atmosphere unfolded as if they were going to draw their swords at any moment.
When the centurions and tens of chiefs soldiers were about to rob their seats and stand up.
Ray let out a bitter laugh.
“Instead of fighting hard on the battlefield, they were secretly procuring information behind the scenes. Did the Devon Kingdom send you?”
The audience paused at his shocking words.
Although it was only for an instant, the soldier also became surprised.
The soldier, who managed to calm his expression within one minute, spoke as if he was unfair.
“What kind of small is that! I was on the battlefield all day!”
But no one listened to him.
Because their eyes were focused, there was no one who couldn’t see the soldier’s reaction just now.
Ray didn’t stop there.
It strides forward and throws a few backwards.
“Aaaagh!”
“Please save me! I know nothing!”
There were eight soldiers who came out like that.
This time he turns to the centurion.
As the nervous centurions froze, Ray singled out three more.
“Three of this guy, this guy, and that guy. The sum is eleven. All of them leaked our military information.”
I picked it up without any hesitation.
The thousand chief asked with a suspicious look.
“…how can you believe what you said?”
So far, trust is a ray that has thrown all trust into the ground.
This reaction could be taken for granted.
Ray pulled out a piece of parchment from his bosom.
“This is the letter they were trying to send last night. I missed two, but got one safely. Open it and read it.”
The millennium accepted it.
After reading the article for a while, their troops and tactics are clearly trodden on.
In addition, it was very similar to the handwriting of Baekjangjang he knew.
It was more resentment than bitterness at the betrayal of Baekjangjang, who had been by his side for a long time.
Enraged, he gave the order.
“Put these bastards in jail right now! Don’t even give me a sip of water!”
“I see.”
As the situation became more and more strange, it was those who had been laughing at Ray that were now taken aback.
I thought he was a nerd who only knew how to idle around, but behind the scenes he was looking for people who had gone through the cracks.
The surprises continued.
Ray bowed his head to the millennium commander.
“Now that the ganja are gone, this is an opportunity. You have to move right away.”
“Moving… are you saying you’re going to hit them?”
“that’s right.”
The thousand chief doubted whether he was sane.
The numerical difference is almost twice as large.
Is that all? Devon, who even led the knights and magic corps, was literally like a moving fortress.
Both attack and defense are superior, so it is unlikely that they will be eaten easily even if they do a surprise attack.
He shook his head, as if it wasn’t worth thinking about.
“Capturing Ganja is commendable, but we cannot surrender our troops. Anything more than this would make Mercury impossible.”
Ray didn’t back down either.
“Your chance is now. If we miss this time, the only answer is to retreat from now on.”
At the confident words, the ceiling shook for a moment.
‘Maybe that’s true.’
I thought it would be a good idea to leave it to him when I saw the excellent mindset of deliberately showing indolence and deceiving the guardsmen and the military force of throwing soldiers away with one hand.
The Cheoninjang sighed and said,
“This is war. You can’t bet tomorrow on things you’re not sure about. Are you sure you can make good use of this opportunity?”
Ray smiled at him.
“I’m sure by now you’ll be drinking your toast and keeping your guard down. If you can’t catch drunk guys, you’ll have to hit the centurion.”
The answer was enough.
“I can command a thousand soldiers. I will add seven hundred of them. Together with the four hundred, the sum is eight hundred. Compared to them, it’s a small number, but I think it’s enough for a surprise attack…”
“I’ll bring you good news.”
If there are eight hundred people, it is full and overflowing.
In any case, Ray intended to stir them up to the fullest.
You must not win this battle.
This is because more enemies may come.
It maintains a moderately tight atmosphere, but sees an opportunity and reverses it in an instant.
That was the way to win while reducing the consumption of troops the most.
In his opinion, the winds of war do not end only with Devon and Celia.
It will probably spread out over the entire continent.
For the future, it was necessary to save their strength for public enemies.
Ray took off his mask while looking at the Ten Commanders under him.
His gray hair was disheveled, revealing mysterious blue eyes.
When his beautiful appearance was revealed, the audience froze in an instant.
In the middle, Ray put the commander’s cape on his shoulders, which he had never worn before.
The red cloak that symbolizes the kingdom of Celia swayed in the wind.
“Follow me. I will make each one of you a hero.”
It was the time when he led his troops directly to the battlefield.
