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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 148

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 148

The armies of the West are stirring.

“They’re coming. Sound the battle preparation order!”

“Yes sir!”

Buuuuu!!

The sound of horns echoes through the mountains.

At the same time, our army began battle preparations from the encirclement in all four directions.

‘They’ll try to break through at one point.’

The likely directions are the north, where the terrain is lower, or the west.

I climbed up on the earthen wall to the south to observe the overall movement of the enemy.

“As expected, it’s the north. All troops! Respond as planned!”

The enemy army concentrates its forces to the north.

Our army adjusted its center of gravity to the north accordingly.

Their agility was no less than that of any elite unit.

This was due to the outstanding abilities of the commanding officers, but above all, it was because the soldiers had shaken off their tension through the operations of the past few days.

You could say their fear of war had disappeared.

Still, morale wasn’t noticeably high.

The soldiers were not yet fully aware of the fact that the enemy was suffering from an epidemic.

This was to prevent information from leaking out if it became widely known.

The separate units outside believe that their main force is holding firm like an iron fortress. This is because we cut off their carrier pigeons using Juras’s special forces unit and instead spread false information.

So the separate units outside probably have no idea that their main force is in this situation.

“Break through! If we break through and form ranks, we can surely win!”

The enemy tried to break through the stockade set up as an encirclement, but it took time.

Meanwhile, reinforcements arrive from the east and west.

“Fire!”

Pipiping!

Arrows fired from both flanks. The enemy forces, which had not yet entered the mountainous area, were fully exposed to the arrows.

The enemy forces trying to escape by breaking through the northern stockade were having their feet tied and suffering cumulative damage.

Moreover, they couldn’t even properly break through the stockade.

“How can this stockade be so sturdy…!”

“Argh!”

Olaf and Jurgen, father and son who were commanding the north, were pushing back the enemy while defending the stockade with excellent leadership.

After about 2 hours of attacking like this, the enemy army hurriedly began to retreat. They judged that if they wasted more time, they would be attacked from both sides by the armies approaching from the east and west.

The number of their troops had already been reduced to 45,000.

“It’s over.”

It was big that we managed to block this.

The opponent no longer had the strength to break through.

A desperate war situation.

Tetora had fallen into a state of panic.

“Why did it turn out like this!”

Tetora didn’t know where she had gone wrong. Why on earth had the war situation turned out like this?

Her mistakes were largely two.

The first was letting Ars do whatever he wanted to do.

Tetora was arrogant, thinking that no matter what, the fortress she built could not be captured, and left Ars to do whatever he wanted.

If it had been Sophia or Juras, who knew well the fearfulness of Ars, they would never have done that.

The second was the connection with the separate units outside.

This also has to do with arrogance.

Tetora insisted that the main force would never fall, and ordered them not to worry about the main force unless enemy reinforcements came.

It was a measure to prevent them from being swayed by false information, but in the current situation, that measure had become a hindrance.

“My, My Lady.”

“What!”

To Tetora, who reacted nervously, the soldier swallowed and said.

“A prisoner has arrived from the enemy camp. It seems the prisoner has a letter tied to them that appears to be from the enemy commander.”

“What…!?”

A letter sent by Ars.

Tetora, filled with anger, didn’t want to read the letter, but on the other hand, she was also very curious about what Ars was trying to tell her.

With trembling hands, she unfolded the letter.

Its contents didn’t deviate much from her expectations.

[To the fool of a general.]

The letter that started like that was filled with subtle sentences designed to anger the recipient and blatant mockery wrapped in difficult words.

To summarize the content, it was like this:

[What can you do besides massacring civilians? Are you a thief or a general? Oh, come to think of it, you said you were Klaus Forkner, the bandit teacher. Ah, now I understand lol]

At the end, without even packaging it, it was written like this:

[You’re no match for me. You’re beneath my feet, you piece of trash.]

Trash. To call her trash.

To use that term she had used to mock and disrespect Zeck Wilter against her!

“Aaaaargh──!”

Tetora screamed and tore the letter to shreds.

“Wade! Wade──!!”

How dare he inflict such humiliation on her.

On her, who had only walked the path of victory!

“I’ll kill you! I’ll definitely tear you to pieces!”

Tetora knew that she hadn’t given her all in this war. She had unconsciously looked down on her opponent and been arrogant.

She swore that this would never happen again.

She would crush them with all her might and kill Ars. She was burning with the desire for revenge.

Still, she acknowledged that this battle had become irreversible.

At this rate, the number of combat-incapable personnel due to the epidemic will continue to increase. If that number grows larger, the enemy might attack this fortress and capture her.

If captured, execution was certain. She had to avoid that at all costs.

Somehow, she had to escape and take revenge on Ars.

And the time when the possibility of escape was highest was now. The fewer troops, the lower the chances of escape.

Tetora made a quick decision.

With her head bowed low, she said in a voice filled with resentment.

“Prepare the entire army for escape.”

Preparations for escape, not battle.

She decides to slip out of this place during the night.

* * *

“El-Laine!”

Sophia urgently pulled back the curtain of my tent and entered. I, who had been lying on the bed with my head on Eo’s lap, sighed and got up.

“The enemy is trying to escape, right?”

“How…!”

“Because that’s all they can do now. Sophia, you command the south.”

“Understood!”

I wonder if the enemy commander has regained her senses to some extent.

If they had continued to hold out, they could have inflicted some damage on our army, but the enemy army would surely have been annihilated.

In that case, it would have been difficult for the enemy commander, Tetora Anistri, to survive.

After all, we are surrounding them from all directions.

However, if they attempt to escape through the field, they can avoid complete annihilation. If they do it well, about 10,000 might be able to slip away. The chances of Tetora Anistri surviving also increase.

The night in the mountains is that deep.

“Check your comrades’ markers carefully! They will light your way in the field! Now, let’s go! Annihilate all the enemies! Don’t forgive those who massacred so many civilians!”

“Uwaaa!!”

Armies from all four directions march in unison. The target is the enemy force trying to escape through the eastern mountains.

“Break through the stockade! We must create an escape route!”

The enemy officers are shouting at the top of their lungs.

It’s the same as the daytime battle. They must break through the stockade to avoid being surrounded. Conversely, if they fail to break the stockade in time, they’ll be surrounded and annihilated.

Still, the situation was better than during the day. Due to the darkness, holes were created in several places.

As those holes appeared, the enemy began to flee disorderly through them.

To make matters worse, as our troops approached with battle cries, the enemy quickly lost their discipline.

It’s a night where even a step ahead is barely visible. The number of deserters taking advantage of this late night increased rapidly.

From then on, it could hardly be called a battle. It was just chasing after the scattered enemies.

Enemy soldiers surrendering emerged in droves, and many soldiers threw away their weapons and fled at full speed.

The force of 45,000 was retreating without accomplishing anything.

The damage our army received, including the battle that took place during the day, was only 6,000. We had defeated 60,000 enemy soldiers with a loss of 6,000.

“This battle is our army’s victory! All troops, raise your cheers!”

“Uoooo!!”

After confirming the victory, we searched for the enemy commander Tetora Anistri, but as it was indeed difficult to find her in this late night, I decided to regroup the army for now.

***

Tetora and her close officers escaping through the mountains.

“Impossible, impossible…!”

Tetora kept muttering like that.

Although she had accepted the defeat, the shock didn’t easily subside.

She had been overwhelmingly defeated in an equal 60,000 vs 60,000 battle.

But she thought it couldn’t be helped.

Manipulating the terrain to spread an endemic disease. How could one predict that?

Is this what they call being deceived right under your nose?

Tetora felt as if she was possessed by a ghost.

And Tetora couldn’t help but hallucinate that a ghost had really appeared before her eyes.

“Hello?”

A pureblood beast-person with a greatsword on his back. It was Gaspar. Beside him were Aggert and ten soldiers.

“H-How did you…!”

Tetora’s jaw dropped.

This doesn’t make sense. One unbelievable thing after another was happening.

That beast-person had pursued her as she fled. Let’s say that’s possible, it could happen.

But this isn’t the eastern mountains where many soldiers had escaped. It was the northern mountains.

For a sure escape, Tetora had made all the soldiers march east, and while the enemy’s attention was focused there, she fled north with only a small number of elite officers.

That had been read.

Gaspar’s answer to this was simple.

“Intuition. I thought a cunning one like you would surely throw out a bait. I didn’t expect the entire force to be the bait though. Kuhahaha!”

“Kuk!”

“Give up. Your life ends here!”

“Kuk, what are you doing! Attack! There aren’t many of them!”

Twenty officers drew their weapons and rushed at Gaspar.

Gaspar charged to meet them.

A battle of 20 vs 10. Tetora’s officers are also far stronger in martial arts than ordinary soldiers.

Even so, a close fight unfolded.

“Urarararat!”

While Aggert swung his sword to buy time, Gaspar dived towards Tetora.

Tetora’s survival instinct was excellent.

She showed her quick wit.

Noticing that Aggert was Gaspar’s closest aide, she shouted, “Focus on that kid!”

Thinking that Gaspar would then go to help Aggert instead of targeting her.

However, Gaspar was cool-headed.

“Do you think I’m that naive! If he dies, it can’t be helped!”

For Gaspar, other than Yumir and Ars, there was no one he had to protect. Even Aggert, who believed in and followed him as a teacher, was no exception.

“Uraah!”

“Kuk…!”

Tetora raised her sword to block the attack, but she was outgunned.

Her combat ability was at most 80. It wasn’t low, but she lacked practical experience. It wasn’t enough to handle Gaspar.

She managed to block Gaspar’s attack but fell from her horse, rolled on the ground, and crashed into a tree.

“Hmph, in this state, there’s no need to kill her.”

Gaspar intended to take Tetora prisoner and bring her to Ars.

But just before that.

“…!?”

Sniff! Sniff sniff!

Gaspar suddenly started sniffing, smelling the air.

Then he hurriedly backed away, putting distance between them.

As soon as he did, he appeared.

A beast-person with a sword in his left hand and a spear in his right.

“Guderian…!!”

“I’m sorry, Gaspar. Would you mind withdrawing from here?”

“Kuk! Why are you here!”

The sudden appearance of Guderian of the Three Sword Saints.

Gaspar felt his hair stand on end. He quickly retreated from Guderian’s range. He made his other companions, including Aggert, retreat as well.

He knew that if Guderian wanted, their lives would disappear in an instant.

Guderian, seeing this, says, “I’ve been watching this war all along.”

Disappointed by Tetora’s massacre of civilians, Guderian had left the army and watched the confrontation between Tetora and Ars.

His position was complicated.

Tetora is an ally, and Ars is his disciple’s disciple.

He decided to observe the situation, but if either of them was in great danger, he planned to help secretly. Just as he helped Tetora now, he intended to help if Ars was in danger of losing his life.

“So, would you mind withdrawing for now.”

“Tch! Can’t be helped.”

With Guderian’s intervention, there was no chance of winning. Gaspar decided to withdraw obediently.

And so, Tetora, having preserved her life, leaves the battlefield under Guderian’s escort.


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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road

Score 9.2
Status: Completed Type: Author: Released: 2022 Native Language: Korean
I ended up possessing Ars Elaine, a supporting character in the game. Struggling to prevent my death, I pave my way.

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