For several days, I had conversations with Prytanis.
I feel as if I were a teacher.
The march stopped.
It seemed that Charles had ordered a halt to the march.
I got out of the carriage and saw Dorius’ castle.
It was too far away to see the details, but the fire had already been extinguished.
Some of the surrounding beastmen’s villages also seemed to have been burned down.
Prytanis was standing next to me, looking at the castle with a grim gaze.
“It looks like it has been burned down. It is hard to tell without looking inside the town. The fire in the beastmen residences… it wasn’t caused by spreading. It looks like they set it on fire to prevent the beastmen from attacking them when they were escaping.”
They have been very kind to leave us with the task at hand.
I returned to the carriage, knowing that I would have to wait until I was sure it was safe.
After a while, a messenger arrived.
“I have something to report! Representatives of the local population have come and offered to surrender to us.”
Prytanis and I nodded at each other silently and got off the carriage.
“Tell Sir Rossi that I am coming to him with Prytanis.”
I was offered a horse, but I declined and decided to walk.
To be honest, horseback riding is not really my forte…
I’ll let Prytanis ride and go ahead of me.
I’ll have him do the bare minimum of awareness before I get there.
While walking with another escort, I check on the troops.
The situation is still a bit tense.
They are a bit fatigued.
Even though a few days of rest will alleviate the fatigue, we are in enemy territory.
We can’t take it too easy.
Thinking about the guidelines for the future, I found Prytanis and headed there.
Seeing me, Prytanis came up to me.
“Lord Alfred, my father seems to have escaped with only humans. All the surrounding beastmen have offered to follow Lord Alfred.”
“I’m willing to accept that. But didn’t the beastmen burglarize the place?”
Prytanis chuckled.
Something happened in the past.
“Before, my father deliberately pretended to open the town. The beastmen tried to steal, but of course, they failed. As a result, the whole family was killed. So they were too scared to go in. It seems that when Lord Alfred’s army came this close, they finally realized that the town was deserted. Even if they tried to rob them, they wouldn’t make it in time.”
Prytanis shrugged his shoulders.
I chuckled and nodded.
“The question is, what’s left of the burned down town… A map of the area you control would be a big help.”
“If it’s a map, it’s there if my room is still burning. I couldn’t live in the palace because I was so estranged from it. Fortunately, we have a mansion outside the palace.”
Charles came this way, looking for me.
“My lord, may I have the town surveyed?”
“Yeah, it’s just… the well is probably poisoned. Even if there is food left, please be careful to make sure it is not poisoned. Also, I would like to check if Prytanis’ mansion is still there, so please assign an escort to him as well.”
“Yes, sir. Shall the army stay here?”
“Aside from the outside of the town, the standby location is at Sir Rossi’s discretion.”
It is not safe to enter the town yet.
Worst case scenario, if the beastmen rise up en masse and surround the town, the damage would be horrendous.
I said we would accept the situation, but it’s not like I trust them.
Even if they had a plan, they would strike out.
That’s the way to deal with it.
This time, because of the immigration issue, Oracio is also accompanying us.
That Oracio came to me.
“My lord, are you sure you want to deal with them as we discussed earlier?”
“Yes. We will disperse them by existing groups. We will use them as labor to help convert the fort into a town and to lay the roads. Perhaps we will need labor separately. If so, we will follow up with instructions. As for food, we will wait for Sir Rossi’s investigation. If the beastmen are starving, please share the food we have with them.”
Oracio nodded silently and headed for the beastmen with his men from the Ministry of Immigration.
This is good for the time being.
The question is where Dorius fled to.
The reason I came out this time is to officially end the fight.
Now that he has made his move, I will finish him off properly.
Now that we have accepted the beastmen, we must finish the fight with Dorius’ side or we will be left with a bomb inside.
However, I have no intention of attacking them by force.
I am even considering a long-term siege by building a castle in front of the enemy’s castle.
It’s a form similar to Mori Motonari’s attack on Amago.
It will be a long war, but in this case, it is inevitable.
We’ll also have the group of engineers officially start work.
I don’t think Dorius will attack and suddenly start planning cities.
Building a second capital in a different location.
It is too far from Ravenna to rule the interior.
This place cannot be a strategic point.
It’s a place with a lot of resentment.
The beasts who surrendered would be able to switch relatively easily to a new town.
I hope Prytanis map is still there… if not, we’ll have to look into it.
Either way, the place where the big river was that the teacher found when he came here.
That place is good.
I’d like to connect the current capital with a canal.
I only have fun when I’m thinking about this.
I don’t like the idea, but we have to finish the battle first.
For several days, I had conversations with Prytanis.
I feel as if I were a teacher.
The march stopped.
It seemed that Charles had ordered a halt to the march.
I got out of the carriage and saw Dorius’ castle.
It was too far away to see the details, but the fire had already been extinguished.
Some of the surrounding beastmen’s villages also seemed to have been burned down.
Prytanis was standing next to me, looking at the castle with a grim gaze.
“It looks like it has been burned down. It is hard to tell without looking inside the town. The fire in the beastmen residences… it wasn’t caused by spreading. It looks like they set it on fire to prevent the beastmen from attacking them when they were escaping.”
They have been very kind to leave us with the task at hand.
I returned to the carriage, knowing that I would have to wait until I was sure it was safe.
After a while, a messenger arrived.
“I have something to report! Representatives of the local population have come and offered to surrender to us.”
Prytanis and I nodded at each other silently and got off the carriage.
“Tell Sir Rossi that I am coming to him with Prytanis.”
I was offered a horse, but I declined and decided to walk.
To be honest, horseback riding is not really my forte…
I’ll let Prytanis ride and go ahead of me.
I’ll have him do the bare minimum of awareness before I get there.
While walking with another escort, I check on the troops.
The situation is still a bit tense.
They are a bit fatigued.
Even though a few days of rest will alleviate the fatigue, we are in enemy territory.
We can’t take it too easy.
Thinking about the guidelines for the future, I found Prytanis and headed there.
Seeing me, Prytanis came up to me.
“Lord Alfred, my father seems to have escaped with only humans. All the surrounding beastmen have offered to follow Lord Alfred.”
“I’m willing to accept that. But didn’t the beastmen burglarize the place?”
Prytanis chuckled.
Something happened in the past.
“Before, my father deliberately pretended to open the town. The beastmen tried to steal, but of course, they failed. As a result, the whole family was killed. So they were too scared to go in. It seems that when Lord Alfred’s army came this close, they finally realized that the town was deserted. Even if they tried to rob them, they wouldn’t make it in time.”
Prytanis shrugged his shoulders.
I chuckled and nodded.
“The question is, what’s left of the burned down town… A map of the area you control would be a big help.”
“If it’s a map, it’s there if my room is still burning. I couldn’t live in the palace because I was so estranged from it. Fortunately, we have a mansion outside the palace.”
Charles came this way, looking for me.
“My lord, may I have the town surveyed?”
“Yeah, it’s just… the well is probably poisoned. Even if there is food left, please be careful to make sure it is not poisoned. Also, I would like to check if Prytanis’ mansion is still there, so please assign an escort to him as well.”
“Yes, sir. Shall the army stay here?”
“Aside from the outside of the town, the standby location is at Sir Rossi’s discretion.”
It is not safe to enter the town yet.
Worst case scenario, if the beastmen rise up en masse and surround the town, the damage would be horrendous.
I said we would accept the situation, but it’s not like I trust them.
Even if they had a plan, they would strike out.
That’s the way to deal with it.
This time, because of the immigration issue, Oracio is also accompanying us.
That Oracio came to me.
“My lord, are you sure you want to deal with them as we discussed earlier?”
“Yes. We will disperse them by existing groups. We will use them as labor to help convert the fort into a town and to lay the roads. Perhaps we will need labor separately. If so, we will follow up with instructions. As for food, we will wait for Sir Rossi’s investigation. If the beastmen are starving, please share the food we have with them.”
Oracio nodded silently and headed for the beastmen with his men from the Ministry of Immigration.
This is good for the time being.
The question is where Dorius fled to.
The reason I came out this time is to officially end the fight.
Now that he has made his move, I will finish him off properly.
Now that we have accepted the beastmen, we must finish the fight with Dorius’ side or we will be left with a bomb inside.
However, I have no intention of attacking them by force.
I am even considering a long-term siege by building a castle in front of the enemy’s castle.
It’s a form similar to Mori Motonari’s attack on Amago.
It will be a long war, but in this case, it is inevitable.
We’ll also have the group of engineers officially start work.
I don’t think Dorius will attack and suddenly start planning cities.
Building a second capital in a different location.
It is too far from Ravenna to rule the interior.
This place cannot be a strategic point.
It’s a place with a lot of resentment.
The beasts who surrendered would be able to switch relatively easily to a new town.
I hope Prytanis map is still there… if not, we’ll have to look into it.
Either way, the place where the big river was that the teacher found when he came here.
That place is good.
I’d like to connect the current capital with a canal.
I only have fun when I’m thinking about this.
I don’t like the idea, but we have to finish the battle first.
