The Dorius side’s forces will be almost completely destroyed.
Should we stop at this point, or attack and crush them all at once?
Information is important, but it is also necessary to take a gamble when the game is on the line.
I told the two secretaries that I was going out for a while and went outside.
The heat had subsided considerably, and a breeze was blowing.
Feeling some heat, I headed for a place to think about something important.
I headed for the war dead monument adjacent to the cemetery.
I sit down near the monument and look up at it.
Why here….
In Sun Tzu’s book, it is said that when you plan an important event, you should hold a council in front of the ancestral mausoleum.
He said that we should make decisions that we are not ashamed of to our ancestors and future generations.
There is no ancestral mausoleum of the Skala family here.
Even if there were, I wanted to think about it in front of those who lost their lives in the battle.
If we attacked now, we would almost certainly win.
But there is also the possibility that they will be trapped and the damage to us will be needlessly great.
Dorius would also threaten the people to tighten up the inner circle.
If we lose, he will kill us all or make us all slaves.
It would be a joke to clash with a dead soldier.
In fact, since they were cornered, they easily took my lead.
Furthermore, the people on Dorius’ side are not only nervous about us.
They may be frightened of the beastmen outside their town.
The conditions are there for them to despair and become dead soldiers.
It is not only the possibility of fighting dead soldiers.
If we attack, there is a good chance that the beastmen will switch sides.
But there is also the possibility that they will make a false turnover there.
To the people on Dorius’ side, the beastmen are nothing more than pawns.
And the beastmen have a habit of obedience that has been ingrained in them for many years.
It is possible that they will jump at a blank check for better treatment in the future.
It may sound strange, but they would rather choose the stability of the status quo, even if it is unfavorable, than a complete change in the social system.
Rather than being freed from slavery, they choose to become slaves of a higher order.
Such examples are possible.
If you calculate based on simple profit and loss or logic, you will lose your footing.
Dorius naturally assumes that I will attack.
The best way to deal with this is to make the beastmen surrender under false pretenses and betray him.
If the surrender of the beastmen under false pretenses succeeds, the results will be great.
At the very least, it will buy time and make it easier to tighten the inner circle.
If we fail, the only thing we lose is the beastmen.
We can’t continue the attack because we will consider the beastmen around us as enemies.
When we calculate the risks involved in an attack, we are crossing thin ice.
The moment we get careless, we’ll drown.
I’m no thrill seeker, so this thrill is hard to stomach.
But what if nothing is done on Dorius’ side?
The surrounding tribes don’t care about us.
If that’s the case, they won’t react well to our advances.
If we do, there is a possibility that Dorius will attack from behind.
Of course, they would be keeping an eye on the surrounding tribes.
Because we can’t afford it, we need to monitor what’s going on around us.
Dorius is now completely losing momentum.
They will want any small result they can get to turn the tide.
Therefore, even if there is no direct effect, there is merit in attacking other tribes.
I will deliberately leak information to the familiar and manipulate Dorius.
I’m sure he heard me talk when Prytanis was there.
I ignored it before, and this is the result.
And the possibility of being used, even if he don’t like it, will be on his mind.
I will be collaborating with other tribes to launch an attack.
He will have doubts about this information.
In fact, it is a perfect opportunity for other tribes to attack Dorius.
Still, there is no movement.
As a result, they will assume it is false.
If we launch an attack from Dorius, we will drive the other tribes back to our side.
If that happens, the situation is hopeless.
If they attack, it will be after our contact.
They will feel that their livelihood is threatened because of our contact.
That makes cooperation with us less likely.
The tribes that are not attacked will increasingly try to maintain their neutrality.
Even with Dorius, they have remained unmoved until now.
In other words, they think they are safe as long as they remain neutral.
Furthermore, since they are not interested in what is going on outside, they may not even know that Dorius’ side is defeated.
Dorius’ side might attack and then forcefully add them to his fold.
Although the human forces are drastically reduced, the number of beastmen under his command is large.
And they could be used to attack anyone but us.
Is it better to avoid contact with other tribes?
Let them attack us on purpose, save the other tribe and add them to our group.
At first glance, it seems like a good idea…
If it is discovered, it will only invite suspicion and increase uncertainty.
Even if we try to cheat afterwards, it will take a lot of extra effort and we will not be able to see any results.
The benefits of taking that risk and bringing in another tribe are unclear.
We don’t even know how useful they are.
It cannot be included in the force immediately after it is added to the group.
This is also difficult to recruit.
In the end, we will have to rely on the other hand.
I am tempted to settle for a blitz attack to escape this tension.
But the sight of the monument calms my impatient mind.
No… I don’t want more names to be inscribed as a result of my blunt decision.
The other side has a larger population.
It is easy to be under the illusion that we keep winning, but ours is not a military-oriented system, so we have fewer forces.
We are conscious of switching from establishment to defense in the future.
Therefore, we cannot easily increase the number of soldiers.
In any case, I have decided on the move to take.
The question is how this move will change the situation.
Should I consult with Prytanis?
As I was pondering my objective, I felt a presence other than that of my escort.
I looked toward the presence, and there was Kriemhild.
She saw me sitting down, bowed, and came over to me.
“What are you doing here, Lord Alfred?”
The Dorius side’s forces will be almost completely destroyed.
Should we stop at this point, or attack and crush them all at once?
Information is important, but it is also necessary to take a gamble when the game is on the line.
I told the two secretaries that I was going out for a while and went outside.
The heat had subsided considerably, and a breeze was blowing.
Feeling some heat, I headed for a place to think about something important.
I headed for the war dead monument adjacent to the cemetery.
I sit down near the monument and look up at it.
Why here….
In Sun Tzu’s book, it is said that when you plan an important event, you should hold a council in front of the ancestral mausoleum.
He said that we should make decisions that we are not ashamed of to our ancestors and future generations.
There is no ancestral mausoleum of the Skala family here.
Even if there were, I wanted to think about it in front of those who lost their lives in the battle.
If we attacked now, we would almost certainly win.
But there is also the possibility that they will be trapped and the damage to us will be needlessly great.
Dorius would also threaten the people to tighten up the inner circle.
If we lose, he will kill us all or make us all slaves.
It would be a joke to clash with a dead soldier.
In fact, since they were cornered, they easily took my lead.
Furthermore, the people on Dorius’ side are not only nervous about us.
They may be frightened of the beastmen outside their town.
The conditions are there for them to despair and become dead soldiers.
It is not only the possibility of fighting dead soldiers.
If we attack, there is a good chance that the beastmen will switch sides.
But there is also the possibility that they will make a false turnover there.
To the people on Dorius’ side, the beastmen are nothing more than pawns.
And the beastmen have a habit of obedience that has been ingrained in them for many years.
It is possible that they will jump at a blank check for better treatment in the future.
It may sound strange, but they would rather choose the stability of the status quo, even if it is unfavorable, than a complete change in the social system.
Rather than being freed from slavery, they choose to become slaves of a higher order.
Such examples are possible.
If you calculate based on simple profit and loss or logic, you will lose your footing.
Dorius naturally assumes that I will attack.
The best way to deal with this is to make the beastmen surrender under false pretenses and betray him.
If the surrender of the beastmen under false pretenses succeeds, the results will be great.
At the very least, it will buy time and make it easier to tighten the inner circle.
If we fail, the only thing we lose is the beastmen.
We can’t continue the attack because we will consider the beastmen around us as enemies.
When we calculate the risks involved in an attack, we are crossing thin ice.
The moment we get careless, we’ll drown.
I’m no thrill seeker, so this thrill is hard to stomach.
But what if nothing is done on Dorius’ side?
The surrounding tribes don’t care about us.
If that’s the case, they won’t react well to our advances.
If we do, there is a possibility that Dorius will attack from behind.
Of course, they would be keeping an eye on the surrounding tribes.
Because we can’t afford it, we need to monitor what’s going on around us.
Dorius is now completely losing momentum.
They will want any small result they can get to turn the tide.
Therefore, even if there is no direct effect, there is merit in attacking other tribes.
I will deliberately leak information to the familiar and manipulate Dorius.
I’m sure he heard me talk when Prytanis was there.
I ignored it before, and this is the result.
And the possibility of being used, even if he don’t like it, will be on his mind.
I will be collaborating with other tribes to launch an attack.
He will have doubts about this information.
In fact, it is a perfect opportunity for other tribes to attack Dorius.
Still, there is no movement.
As a result, they will assume it is false.
If we launch an attack from Dorius, we will drive the other tribes back to our side.
If that happens, the situation is hopeless.
If they attack, it will be after our contact.
They will feel that their livelihood is threatened because of our contact.
That makes cooperation with us less likely.
The tribes that are not attacked will increasingly try to maintain their neutrality.
Even with Dorius, they have remained unmoved until now.
In other words, they think they are safe as long as they remain neutral.
Furthermore, since they are not interested in what is going on outside, they may not even know that Dorius’ side is defeated.
Dorius’ side might attack and then forcefully add them to his fold.
Although the human forces are drastically reduced, the number of beastmen under his command is large.
And they could be used to attack anyone but us.
Is it better to avoid contact with other tribes?
Let them attack us on purpose, save the other tribe and add them to our group.
At first glance, it seems like a good idea…
If it is discovered, it will only invite suspicion and increase uncertainty.
Even if we try to cheat afterwards, it will take a lot of extra effort and we will not be able to see any results.
The benefits of taking that risk and bringing in another tribe are unclear.
We don’t even know how useful they are.
It cannot be included in the force immediately after it is added to the group.
This is also difficult to recruit.
In the end, we will have to rely on the other hand.
I am tempted to settle for a blitz attack to escape this tension.
But the sight of the monument calms my impatient mind.
No… I don’t want more names to be inscribed as a result of my blunt decision.
The other side has a larger population.
It is easy to be under the illusion that we keep winning, but ours is not a military-oriented system, so we have fewer forces.
We are conscious of switching from establishment to defense in the future.
Therefore, we cannot easily increase the number of soldiers.
In any case, I have decided on the move to take.
The question is how this move will change the situation.
Should I consult with Prytanis?
As I was pondering my objective, I felt a presence other than that of my escort.
I looked toward the presence, and there was Kriemhild.
She saw me sitting down, bowed, and came over to me.
“What are you doing here, Lord Alfred?”
