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Published at 5th of October 2023 07:16:32 AM


Chapter 86: # You clean up after yourself

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Devan was also staring at Perez with a blank look as if he was dying.

Perez was surprisingly calm.

“Your Highness. I apologize for your rudeness, Devan, and ask for your forgiveness. ”

Deep down, he bows to Leonhard. Devan wakes up to the sound.

“I have committed a mortal sin. ”

Perez, the prestigious general commander, did this, but he couldn't be more suspicious of knights or Leonhard.

“I'm sorry I couldn't stop him. ”

“The atmosphere seems to have been too shattered today. The Crown Prince's proposal will be met and decided within the 3rd Legion. ”

That day, the meeting ended with a stifling conclusion.

“Devan, come with me for a moment. ”

Due to Perez's quiet call, Devan had no choice but to follow behind him with severe punishment.

Perez, who brought Devan to his place, was not surprisingly angry.

“First of all, your behavior today was very reckless. ”

“I don't blame you. ”

“Phew……. ”

Perez sighs once and looks at Devan, then opens his mouth again.

“Do you know why I wrapped you in my body today? ”

“Actually, I'm not sure. ”

Devan was a commoner, and to say it, the First Prince Yurius had no great specialty but to look at him differently.

The situation just now was a situation that would have hurt Perez greatly. Why would he do such a thing with such a shy personality?

“First of all, Your Highness, please. But that wouldn't explain it, would it? ”

“ ……. ”

What Perez said again was really surprising.

“I just want to say thank you. You said what I wanted to say. But I couldn't help it. ”

“It's not fair. ”

“I've seen many talented and strong men like you in the military. But most of them didn't do so well. ”

Had it not been for Yurius' request, Devan's talent and Perez 'personality, Devan would have been beheaded this time. Perez is concerned about that.

“You think I'm usually shy, don't you? ”

“That is……. ”

“As you can see, I'm not a big fan of adventure. That's why I don't have a specialty for this age. Leading the most powerful empire on the continent. ”

“The erl is a good commander. ”

Devan actually thought Perez was basically an okay supervisor, even though he was sometimes frustrated. At least he didn't just think of the soldier as a tool for victory, like the two princes.

Perez smiled at Devan's sincere words.

“Actually, I don't think I have anything to advise you on. But I have something to tell you about virginity. ”

Devan had to talk to Perez and really reflect a lot. I thought he was quite shy, but he was surprisingly determined to make that choice.

“And I don't think I have a choice anymore, surrounding you! ”

Perez insists on sticking to Yurius this time. He didn't have a pile of stuff about Leonard Hart who came to the reinforcements all the time. With a civilian enclosed in front of him, it was already difficult to see the Grand Duke.

“What are you going to do now that you're in the same boat? I think the Emperor wants you to raise the ball.... ”

“ ……. ”

Devan seems to think for a moment. In fact, he had no idea why Yurius saw himself so well. His tactics were so dramatic that the Academy eventually had to submit and graduate.

Strangely, however, Yurius seemed only interested in those that no one else cared about. And now Perez probably won't ignore his opinions.

Devan, who was having second thoughts, finally speaks up.

“Actually, it's not a proven method, but I have a tactic I'd like to test. ”

“What is it? ”

* * *

In this Western Union civil war, there were four nations that rebelled against the Karban Empire.

Beyerin, the Duke and General Commander of the largest kingdom of Questin, was somewhat impatient at the moment.

“We must take down the capital of Carvan before further reinforcements from the Empire arrive. ”

Of course, the Reinforcements were already here. However, Leonhart ran quickly with only elite knights and a small number of troops, so they still hadn't noticed.

But Beyerin had no choice but to rush forward.

If we were to overthrow the capital and kill all the royal families, including the king, we would have no excuse to enter a country like the empire that was already destroyed.

His specialty was the sudden attack that devastated the Knights of Carban. Even with the help of the Imperium, defending the capital will never be easy.

The so-called Confederate forces of the four kingdoms marched day and night as they approached the capital.

“The Imperial Army is camped out in the Kale Forest and they want to face us? ”

“That's right.”

At the scout's words, Duke Beherin gives a curious look. The Kale Forest was an absolute advantageous terrain for his allies, as he knew.

“It breaks through fast. If we can defeat the Imperial army this time, taking down the capital will be a dead end! ”

* * *

On the other hand, the day before the western coalition forces came, the council called an emergency meeting again.

“This place can take advantage of the terrain enough to fend off enemy raids! ”

“ ……!? ”

All the chiefs look at him with a look of what Devan had eaten wrong. It was generally the topography that should have favored the Centipede.

“Hey, Devan. I know you're talented, but it doesn't make sense to go head-to-head in Kale Forest. ”

As you said, the Kale Forest is the narrowest way into the capital of the Karban Kingdom.

The narrow road that runs through the forest is so narrow that it leaves only room for the Hundred Soldiers to fight. If the number of articles was pushed and hit head-to-head, the result was obvious. However, Devan did not bend his claim.

There, Earl Perez, a commander, also did not oppose Devan's thoughts.

“You know I'm from the Karban Kingdom. It's June! It's rainy season in Carvan. ”

Devan starts describing his operation in a powerful tone.

* * *

Beyerin looks at the herpes of the 3rd legion with a curious look at the distance that can finally identify the enemy troops.

You got a bowman in front of you? ’

Oddly enough, the Empire Army has deployed archers on both wings of the lead. The problem is that due to the nature of the archers who cannot wear thick armor, there is no way to stop the charge of horses.

Although he had a slightly distressed mind, beherin was a member of the Hundred War Age within the Western Union. There's no reason for him to lose, is there?

“Charge!”

“Hee-hee-hee!”

Knights lead the way, and heavily armored men follow. This was the tactic of the orthodox white war.

Beyerin believed that following this law, his forces could overwhelmingly crush the enemy camp.

“Fire the arrows! Stop the charge!”

Idiot!

There are numerous arrows raining down on the Empire Army's side. But Beyerin looked at it as if it were petty.

"You want to stop the Knights with arrows in this narrow terrain?" ’

Of course, even the heavily armed cavalry and the Knights dealing with the Force are dangerous if they are constantly exposed to the cost of arrows. But isn't this a narrow, straight passageway? I was able to narrow the streets in no time.

However, the prediction began to go wrong from the beginning.

“Hee-hee-hee!”

“Huff!”

Suddenly, the Knights' horses rushing from the front started to drink the knights in a frenzy. A shout erupts among the knights.

“Caltrop! Look out, everyone! ”

Caltrop is an iron barrier that is sprinkled on the ground to prevent horseback riding.

Beyerin is slightly embarrassed, but soon his expression settles.

"What a tactic. ’

Knights can't be hurt that much just by falling. It should slow down the pace a bit, but if he could stop the charge that much, he would have considered this.

Of course, there were knights who were injured when they fell from the horse or were impaired by arrows in between, but as he expected, many knights began to rush to the archer at a terrifying speed, no matter how far they fell from the horse.

‘Slowing down is a success. ’

Devan smiles in contrition. Now the next obstacle will catch the enemy's ankle.

It was raining on the rainy season, and the land became muddy!

Chop, chop!

“Damn the mud. ”

The knights from the horses start grunting and rushing toward the mud that rises to their knees. In other words, it takes little stamina to cross a land that is so dense by human height.

There, the Imperial archers' gunfire is constantly pounding on their armor. The cavalry behind them has lost their horses, and casualties continue to ensnare.

“Damn archers, we're almost there! ”

However, it was the sturdy binders that Devan had pre-installed that welcomed the knights who had approached the archers.

“Archers, stand back and keep firing! Knights, protect the archers! ”

The archers have lost their defensive strength, but there are many who are weak and light. There, Devan has stationed knights and heavily armed infantry behind the barracks to help the archers retreat.

The Western Union, on the other hand, has stormed ahead of heavily armored cavalry or infantry troops for the Hundred Soldiers. However, I couldn't move properly in the mud with such heavy armor.

If the knights had defeated the archers quickly, it wouldn't matter if they had slowed down a bit, but Devan cleverly focused on protecting the archers instead of spending them on charging.

An Imperial archer who moves between pre-installed wooden joints in an orderly retreat and pours arrows! Enemies that can't move properly in the mud!

The result was obvious. The knights were capable of chasing the archers like evil, but the common troops who needed to be backed up began to collapse.

Armored soldiers who set out to fight the Hundred Soldiers couldn't keep beating the armor with their arrows, so they fell into the mud and became exhausted and couldn't march properly.

Beyerin realized that she had been completely beaten. If the Knights had destroyed the enemy camp as easily as they planned, none of this would have happened, but the opposition had no intention of confronting them from the start.

‘I don't know what kind of commander he is, but he's no ordinary fox. The Knights have completely destroyed common sense that only the Knights can stop them! ’

Beyerin was an old war veteran, so she realized how novel this idea was.

This was Devan Khalius' tactic that revolutionized the continent's military unification.

Until then, the heavily armored knights and cavalry charge on the continent was treated like an unmitigated disaster to regular foot soldiers.

Nevertheless, Devan proved that knights were never universal through the use of appropriate features and the use of arrows in a firefight.

Beginning with the integration of the Western Union in Yurius' former life, the continental war moved away from a white soldier with knights' strength and heavy armor, making the archer's firepower and proper herring more important.

“Fall back!"

Beyerin eventually had to decide to retreat with tears in her eyes. The knights were taken care of, but the cavalry and infantry following them took heavy damage in the arrowheads.

It's not even easy to retreat because of the crowd there.

“Earl Perez! It's a chance to turn the tide!”

Devan urgently asked Perez, the general commander, to step forward.

“Ah... I see. Archers, stand down!

Perez also looked at the battlefield with a silly look on his face and gave an urgent order. At the same time, cavalry members of the Empire who were waiting in the rear row of archers initiate a single charge.

“Rrrrgh!”

“Help me!! ”

The cavalry charge was catastrophic for soldiers who had already fallen into the mud and lost strength.

The western alliance began to collapse in an instant.

‘You're already wrong to preserve the lead troops. We need to preserve the knights and the troops behind us. ’

Beyerin bites his lip and has no choice but to retreat, abandoning the vanguard. Even the forces that retreated suffered heavy damage following the persistent pursuit of the Empire Army.

Devan sweeps his chest as he looks at the scene.

‘It was my first try, but I'm glad it worked out as you said. ’

He recalls a conversation he had with Yurius before he left the Imperial Capital.

“The reason I believe you is because the theory I saw before was very interesting. If you get the chance, give it a try."

Devan looks puzzled. In fact, the paper was a cause that prevented him from graduating from the Academy many times.

“You mean the paper on the firefight? ”

“Yes. I also went through the war thinking that knights were useful on the battlefield, but they were too dependent. ”

Yurius takes it seriously and starts explaining it to Devan. The knights who dealt with the Force were people after all. You are limited in stamina and can only get injured if you hit the right arrow.

‘I've felt it since I met you at the Academy, but I think you're reading my mind. ’

The two of them had an exciting discussion about the firefight before they broke up that day.

Yurius, of course, was ashamed of himself.

‘In fact, everything I said in my past life, Devan, I'm so sorry that you will develop...' ’

* * *

“The 3rd Legion single-handedly defeated the enemy's main force? ”

Leonhart asked again, struggling to manage his expression of trembling during the Kale Forest battle.

“So there's nothing for the reinforcements to do? ”

Perez bows his head again as if he was truly without mercy.

“Your Highness, it's not all that great. ”

“I was sent here for the Empire, so I'll do anything." The erl is a commander, so you are free to give orders regardless of whether I am the Crown Prince. ”

“That……. ”

Perez raised his head, saying that he was really embarrassed.

“The war is almost over, as you have defeated the main force of the real enemy. However, there were many remnants of the enemy. Moreover, since most of them are noble knights, it is very difficult to come out to guerrilla warfare. ”

“ ……. ”

Leonhart almost failed to manage his expression for a moment. because I understood what Perez meant.

“The knights you brought are elite, so I'm asking you... ”

‘So the war is over. You want me to clean up after you. ’

Leonhart has little to offer in this war.

But he has been sent as a reinforcement. Now I had to take care of a few small things and somehow raise the ratings, unless I had to defeat them.

After all, there was a slight deviation in the process, but as Urius expected, Leonhard made his way to the west, where he was forced to set up the ball and take care of all sorts of errands.




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