We’re marching in the long rain, wondering if it’s going to be a dry spell.
But this march is not just a migration.
We will be moving relatively slowly as we lay out a simple road.
It is also meant to exert pressure.
However, as a basic policy of the military, supply is the top priority.
That is why priority is given to the construction of roads to facilitate resupply.
When I told this to Charles, I received his full agreement.
This was the one thing that convinced me that I had made the right choice.
There is a funny story in the army.
“I thought I was going to be a warrior, but I turned out to be a construction worker.”
It’s okay. It can be a post-retirement job option.
It’s my job to provide second career options.
If you spend your whole life in the military alone, you become dependent on the military.
When the military is disconnected from society, it’s a bad thing.
On the other hand, you can’t assimilate.
I want the military to be only one aspect of their life.
And a slow march does not conflict with this operation either.
This attack is not like the barbarians, who charges in like a storm and leave when they are done.
Soldiers respect slow and steady
That’s what Guo Jia said in the Three Kingdoms.
It is indeed a great saying.
It is not always right to move as fast as possible.
It is not always right to finish early.
It is a battle that considers the total cost in the future.
It is a great word when the strategy is to ignore supply lines and rely solely on local procurement.
Or when you attack your opponent’s weakest point with a blitzkrieg attack.
It is also right when the war leads to high expenses and a decline in national power.
Looting is nothing short of a bad idea when considering postwar handling.
Catching the enemy by surprise with a blitzkrieg attack does not apply in this case.
Dorius’ territory is an attractive frontier for me because of the lack of utilization of the people.
I envision a war while developing the area.
A book on the Art of War like Sun Tzu has a universality that will last for generations to come because of the principles it describes.
If reading the book was all it took to win a victory, then Zhao Zhuang could have won the war with his famous proverb, “Never discuss soldiers on paper”.
Capture them before they can escape and end the battle.
That is one way.
If we have no time to spare, we will try that.
But there is no need to do so against an opponent who is on the verge of internal collapse.
Rather, the priority this time is to avoid turning the beastmen under Dorius into enemies.
While I was thinking about this, a messenger came to the carriage.
“I have something to report! Smoke is rising in the direction of our destination!”
I knew it would happen.
I nodded and left a message for Charles.
“I understand. There will be no changes. That’s all I ask you to tell Sir Rossi.”
Prytanis seemed to be interested in my lack of reaction after the messenger returned.
“I guess everything is as it should be for you, Lord Alfred.”
Everything would be an exaggeration.
“It’s no big deal. When you’re backed into a corner, you only have two choices: run or fight. If the Prophet’s Faction had been in control, they would have fought. If not, they would have run away. That’s all there is to it.”
“I don’t understand your assessment of my father, Lord Alfred …… If he is wise or foolish.”
Prytanis is still young.
So he would simply divide it into black and white.
Humans are not that simple.
“Smart people don’t always do the right thing. People don’t live only with their heads. People who seem foolish are not always wrong.”
This is not a thing that can be easily explained by mouth.
The element of experience is important.
Prytanis must have had some doubts about my words.
He leaned forward a little.
“Then how were you able to read my father’s movements?”
Are you under the mistaken impression that the actions of stupid people are easy to read?
It’s the opposite, though.
In the first place, wise or foolish don’t have much to do with how I read.
“Can you read where a person would go on an empty plain?”
“That’s not an easy question to answer.”
“Then what if there were cliffs on either side?”
Prytanis seemed to get it.
“So you take away the choice …… It’s human supremacy, so you are limited in what you can do in the first place. And then you put pressure on them to reduce their options even further.”
“Dorius’ society by nature doesn’t have many options. If you lose the first battle, you are out of options. Especially if you have a fundamentalist authority group within you.”
Prytanis looked up at those words.
“I didn’t think we were that weak. I thought it would be a dangerous society in the future.”
Prytanis would have been confident in his own intelligence.
Here his self-esteem has been shaken by me, and he seems a little self-doubtful.
“You are right in your view. It’s just that my presence has brought that future at once.”
“How am I supposed to deal with something so unpredictable?”
Intelligence is not omnipotent, though.
I couldn’t help but laugh at the sheer, pure youthfulness of it.
“That would be impossible.”
Perhaps thinking he was being taken for a fool by my reply and laughter, Prytanis became puffed his cheeks.
I stop him with my hand.
“I don’t mean to make fun of Prytanis. I just felt that everyone goes through the same thing, and it feels a little funny.”
“Did you go through it too, Lord Alfred?”
It was before my reincarnation, though.
It’s just embarrassing to talk about it, so I shrug my shoulders.
“Before the river flooded, I could handle it with knowledge. After it floods, it will be too late. Once the problem starts rolling downhill, no amount of knowledge can stop it.”
My words seem to have Prytanis asking himself the same question.
That’s very funny.
The fact that he doesn’t perceive me as a fool here means he is talented.
Maybe it’s because he has the ability to do so.
It may seem the other way around, but the really competent ones don’t over-sensitively defend themselves.
Those whose self-esteem is inversely proportional to their abilities will put others down and defend their own pride by saying, “They are jealous of me”.
They truly believe this, and it is irredeemable.
It seems that the answer came from asking himself the question.
Prytanis looked at me.
“Is Lord Alfred dealing with problems that are likely to occur in the future at a time when they can be easily dealt with?”
“Yes. That’s why it doesn’t look like I’m doing much.”
Prytanis seemed greatly impressed.
He is nodding his head repeatedly.
“It seems that the demon’s wise man and Lord Alfred have different natures. He likes to solve big problems, after all. He boasted that this was his power. This makes me look forward to your confrontation more and more.”
It’s really easy if it’s somebody else’s problem.
We’re marching in the long rain, wondering if it’s going to be a dry spell.
But this march is not just a migration.
We will be moving relatively slowly as we lay out a simple road.
It is also meant to exert pressure.
However, as a basic policy of the military, supply is the top priority.
That is why priority is given to the construction of roads to facilitate resupply.
When I told this to Charles, I received his full agreement.
This was the one thing that convinced me that I had made the right choice.
There is a funny story in the army.
“I thought I was going to be a warrior, but I turned out to be a construction worker.”
It’s okay. It can be a post-retirement job option.
It’s my job to provide second career options.
If you spend your whole life in the military alone, you become dependent on the military.
When the military is disconnected from society, it’s a bad thing.
On the other hand, you can’t assimilate.
I want the military to be only one aspect of their life.
And a slow march does not conflict with this operation either.
This attack is not like the barbarians, who charges in like a storm and leave when they are done.
Soldiers respect slow and steady
That’s what Guo Jia said in the Three Kingdoms.
It is indeed a great saying.
It is not always right to move as fast as possible.
It is not always right to finish early.
It is a battle that considers the total cost in the future.
It is a great word when the strategy is to ignore supply lines and rely solely on local procurement.
Or when you attack your opponent’s weakest point with a blitzkrieg attack.
It is also right when the war leads to high expenses and a decline in national power.
Looting is nothing short of a bad idea when considering postwar handling.
Catching the enemy by surprise with a blitzkrieg attack does not apply in this case.
Dorius’ territory is an attractive frontier for me because of the lack of utilization of the people.
I envision a war while developing the area.
A book on the Art of War like Sun Tzu has a universality that will last for generations to come because of the principles it describes.
If reading the book was all it took to win a victory, then Zhao Zhuang could have won the war with his famous proverb, “Never discuss soldiers on paper”.
Capture them before they can escape and end the battle.
That is one way.
If we have no time to spare, we will try that.
But there is no need to do so against an opponent who is on the verge of internal collapse.
Rather, the priority this time is to avoid turning the beastmen under Dorius into enemies.
While I was thinking about this, a messenger came to the carriage.
“I have something to report! Smoke is rising in the direction of our destination!”
I knew it would happen.
I nodded and left a message for Charles.
“I understand. There will be no changes. That’s all I ask you to tell Sir Rossi.”
Prytanis seemed to be interested in my lack of reaction after the messenger returned.
“I guess everything is as it should be for you, Lord Alfred.”
Everything would be an exaggeration.
“It’s no big deal. When you’re backed into a corner, you only have two choices: run or fight. If the Prophet’s Faction had been in control, they would have fought. If not, they would have run away. That’s all there is to it.”
“I don’t understand your assessment of my father, Lord Alfred …… If he is wise or foolish.”
Prytanis is still young.
So he would simply divide it into black and white.
Humans are not that simple.
“Smart people don’t always do the right thing. People don’t live only with their heads. People who seem foolish are not always wrong.”
This is not a thing that can be easily explained by mouth.
The element of experience is important.
Prytanis must have had some doubts about my words.
He leaned forward a little.
“Then how were you able to read my father’s movements?”
Are you under the mistaken impression that the actions of stupid people are easy to read?
It’s the opposite, though.
In the first place, wise or foolish don’t have much to do with how I read.
“Can you read where a person would go on an empty plain?”
“That’s not an easy question to answer.”
“Then what if there were cliffs on either side?”
Prytanis seemed to get it.
“So you take away the choice …… It’s human supremacy, so you are limited in what you can do in the first place. And then you put pressure on them to reduce their options even further.”
“Dorius’ society by nature doesn’t have many options. If you lose the first battle, you are out of options. Especially if you have a fundamentalist authority group within you.”
Prytanis looked up at those words.
“I didn’t think we were that weak. I thought it would be a dangerous society in the future.”
Prytanis would have been confident in his own intelligence.
Here his self-esteem has been shaken by me, and he seems a little self-doubtful.
“You are right in your view. It’s just that my presence has brought that future at once.”
“How am I supposed to deal with something so unpredictable?”
Intelligence is not omnipotent, though.
I couldn’t help but laugh at the sheer, pure youthfulness of it.
“That would be impossible.”
Perhaps thinking he was being taken for a fool by my reply and laughter, Prytanis became puffed his cheeks.
I stop him with my hand.
“I don’t mean to make fun of Prytanis. I just felt that everyone goes through the same thing, and it feels a little funny.”
“Did you go through it too, Lord Alfred?”
It was before my reincarnation, though.
It’s just embarrassing to talk about it, so I shrug my shoulders.
“Before the river flooded, I could handle it with knowledge. After it floods, it will be too late. Once the problem starts rolling downhill, no amount of knowledge can stop it.”
My words seem to have Prytanis asking himself the same question.
That’s very funny.
The fact that he doesn’t perceive me as a fool here means he is talented.
Maybe it’s because he has the ability to do so.
It may seem the other way around, but the really competent ones don’t over-sensitively defend themselves.
Those whose self-esteem is inversely proportional to their abilities will put others down and defend their own pride by saying, “They are jealous of me”.
They truly believe this, and it is irredeemable.
It seems that the answer came from asking himself the question.
Prytanis looked at me.
“Is Lord Alfred dealing with problems that are likely to occur in the future at a time when they can be easily dealt with?”
“Yes. That’s why it doesn’t look like I’m doing much.”
Prytanis seemed greatly impressed.
He is nodding his head repeatedly.
“It seems that the demon’s wise man and Lord Alfred have different natures. He likes to solve big problems, after all. He boasted that this was his power. This makes me look forward to your confrontation more and more.”
It’s really easy if it’s somebody else’s problem.
