Episode 460 Military Gathering (3)
Ray grinned as if muttering at Knight Commander Ronel’s opinion.
“Three days later. I don’t know what you’re thinking about fighting a battle when the soldiers aren’t even ready.”
“…What do you mean, saint?”
Ronel asked, frowning a little, as if he was nervous.
“Think about it. Although they are exhausted, they are still the army of the Black Room. It’s a tiger with healthy claws. It means that Celia’s forces are not an opponent that can be recklessly bumped into.”
“I know that, but… we are not looking for a one-off battle, not an all-out effort. Besides, if we occupy a terrain that is advantageous to us and fight, we will surely be crowned with victory. Isn’t that a simple tactic indeed?”
It’s astounding to say ‘you don’t know such a simple thing’.
“In my eyes, it just looks like they’re trying to fight as quickly as possible.”
When the head of the Knights Ronell, who had been stabbed inwardly, cleared his throat without hiding his discomfort, Count Ryan intervened.
“Don’t fight. The Holy Son must have just wanted to tell us not to rush, but to do it slowly.”
“Hmm. I know that. But if you don’t hurry, you don’t know what the forces of the black room will do. If it’s an army that has to be stopped anyway, wouldn’t it be better to stop it before something big happens to the kingdom?”
At first glance, his words were persuasive enough.
That’s why most nobles sided with him.
“That’s right, Marquis. How can I be comfortable when the enemy is right in front of me?”
“The people will also tremble with anxiety. We must drive out the evil forces as soon as possible.”
Knight Commander Ronell received the support of hardliners.
Ray wiped his hands.
“Do whatever you want. It would be nice to send troops after three days, but it would be dangerous because they were not properly prepared. Can you take responsibility?”
He had no intention of stopping the dispatch that was due three days later.
He was just accusing Knight Commander Ronell to induce the question of whether he could take responsibility.
Captain Ronell just laughed once and shook his head.
“I will take responsibility and lead you to victory. So, saint, please get out of this small battle.”
The Marquis was never in a position where he could say anything to the saint.
However, what I can say is that it is thanks to the position of ‘commander’ given by the king.
Ray slowly stood up from his seat.
“I was going to do that anyway.”
Leaving behind the king’s regretful gaze, he said as he left the meeting room.
“I hope you keep what you said.”
* * *
Time passed in an instant.
As if preparing for a large-scale war rather than a small war, Knight Commander Ronel led a huge number of troops.
Two days passed, then three days.
The condition of the soldiers was not bad, but it was not good either.
The training schedule was moved forward due to the news of the sudden war, and the fatigue accumulated in the body is considerable.
Having to lead the creaking body into battle, the soldiers’ faces were already filled with anxiety.
who is the opponent
In terms of the strength of each soldier, he is above the empire.
There is no choice but to be anxious because there is no preparation for fighting such a place.
advancing towards the border.
One soldier sighed and said.
“I don’t know what you are thinking. Little black and white. No matter how small the battle is, why don’t you know that a lot of soldiers have to die to drive them out.”
Troop loss is the decline of national power.
And now, this small war (small war) was a ignorant damage to the extent that it was no different from hitting a rock with an egg.
No, it is not an exaggeration to say that there are only losses.
Even if you regain the security of your borders, if your national power declines, you will have to prepare for aggression from neighboring kingdoms again.
In addition, if he was defeated in the small battle, he might have to deal with the attack of the black room.
For the formal reason, the first attack was to become their own kingdom.
The soldier on the other side took the horse.
“Why not? Besides, look at the number of troops heading to the border. Where do you see this as a small war? It looks like you’re doing it right.”
“I don’t know if you’re just hitting the grass to scare the snake.”
The dissatisfaction of the soldiers was natural.
I did not even receive a good notice and went to the army.
His physical condition was too tired to be suitable for war, and he was even mentally exhausted from a series of hard training.
In the meantime, the battle on the border, which I heard was a small battle, turned into a battle so big that 3,000 soldiers were mobilized, so of course morale fell.
The Ten Seal encouraged the soldiers with drooping shoulders.
“Don’t feel too bad about it. It is something to be proud of because it is to protect the kingdom.”
“Chief of the decathlon, thinking like that makes me feel good, but who the hell knows about the dog deaths we’re about to face?”
“…”
The Ten Seals were speechless.
Knights don’t know, but soldiers don’t have the ability to take care of mana.
Therefore, it is used as a shield or hand-to-hand combat, and death on the battlefield is almost a given.
It is even more unavoidable now that you have to stand in the forefront and drive out the enemy.
dog death.
At those words, the soldiers’ shoulders drooped even more.
Whether it be soldiers or civilians, the fear of dying is the same.
Why don’t you know that it’s a ten seal?
I have nothing to say, so I just shake my head.
At that moment, one of the soldiers in the last column quietly following opened his mouth.
“Don’t worry, this battle will end well.”
The eyes of the soldiers focused on him.
From the outside, it looked quite dubious with the cloth wrapped around the helmet and leaving only the eyes out.
However, looking at the blue eyes, it felt like being sucked into them for some reason, so the soldiers who met their eyes couldn’t take their eyes off them.
“How do you know that?”
One soldier asked, and he looked around with exaggerated gestures.
“Actually, I have some foreknowledge.”
It’s quite funny when you say something funny.
The Ten Seal and some of the soldiers burst into laughter.
“Will you use that foresight to see how this battle is going to turn out?”
“It would be nice if the person who would become my wife would also look after me. ha ha ha.”
Despite that funny sound, the young soldier just looked at it with clear eyes.
“There is no fighting like a battle. Because there will be people who have a different mind than the first time.”
Most took it as a joke, but some didn’t.
“Eating a different mind?” “What the hell does that mean?”
“Time will tell.”
talk and smile
As the pretty eyes curved nicely, even the viewers felt better.
Naturally, I fell in love with the young soldier.
By the time the Silian soldiers arrived near the border.
Finally, to reorganize the condition of the soldiers, they camped in the woods.
Normally, it was an open space that stood out enough to be threatened by monsters, but since there were a lot of people, the monsters didn’t rush at it.
New soldiers, often referred to as ‘youngest’, were in charge of meals.
He trims ingredients with clumsy hands and makes soup with crudely cut meat.
It is said that food prepared by others is delicious, but this is not the case.
It only contains meat, but the finely decomposed meat melted with the broth, and the ingredients were not fully cooked, allowing you to feel the natural taste in your mouth.
It is only natural that the complaints of senior soldiers are pouring out.
“Who made expensive ingredients like this?”
“What a fool! This is not soup, it is water!”
There was no way soldiers who had never done cooking would be able to make it well from the start.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that senior soldiers are good at cooking.
The only thing alive is the snout.
A soldier caught the attention of the senior soldiers at once at the cooking site, which is also called the new soldier’s discipline.
I stir-fry the ingredients first by turning an iron pot the size of my body and shaking it from side to side without difficulty. Stir-fry skillfully enough to not burn in oil, but not undercooked, and pour water straight away.
The oil that meets the water turns into smoke in an instant, giving off a strangely savory scent.
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Even if he was not a soldier, but a cook, he would believe it.
What else does it look like to cut meat?
A piece of meat cut into bite-sized pieces was wrapped in a pile of grass, and the outside was lightly smoked with the smoke from the soup.
Teouk-! Teouk-!
My hand moved on the cutting board, but the tip of the knife never hit the cutting board.
This is because if you hit it hard, the juices of the meat flow unnecessarily.
As soon as the prepared meat was added to the soup, the scent spread all around the soldiers.
Just looking at it makes me salivate.
The soldiers who were in the same group as him cheered.
“As expected, the youngest should have this taste.”
“Thank you. I will eat well.”
It was an instant to be recognized among the soldiers with just one dish.
Now, no one cared whether he was covering his face with a cloth or an iron plate.
Of course, it was only natural that the other maknaes were compared to him and cursed.
Ray, who hid from the eyes of others as a soldier, always looked around.
‘Why should I camp in the forest when I can stay in a castle on the border?’
It’s a simple thing if you think about it.
All that remains is for the Heukbang to move at the border.
Just in case, even the slightest doubt that remained in his heart, thinking, ‘What if the leader of the Knights Ronel is not a person in the dark room?’ disappeared.
There was absolutely nothing harsh about it now.
I was eating beef jerky with soup to forget even the feeling of hunger, when I heard the urgent voices of soldiers from beyond the forest.
“That’s the enemy!”
wet.
I could tell who was attacked without even looking at it.
After eating, the soldiers picked up their weapons.
His face is pale due to tension and anxiety.
It would probably be Celia’s sure defeat if they collided as they were.
The knights took the lead, buying time for the soldiers to prepare, and the centurion commanded.
However, the commander was nowhere to be seen.
The knights are also confused and look for the leader.
Searching for it is useless.
He would have already left.
From the beginning, he was a person who was attracted to the black room.
In order to effectively reduce Celia’s national power, they gathered as many troops as possible and set them into a trap.
To kill all three thousand soldiers and knights.
Watching the enemy forces swarming over the horizon, Ray slowly rose from his seat.
It was the moment when the commander of the battlefield changed.
