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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 23

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 23

The army of Beckavia, having lost its focal point, began to collapse rapidly.

“Master, please take care of the officer over there who’s trying to regroup the army. Eo, lead the cavalry and keep cutting off the enemy’s retreat. That will isolate them and cut off their escape route.”

“Understood.”

“Yes, sir!”

The two rushed out leading the troops.

Yumir, wondering if there would be any orders for her too, lowered her tail obediently and waited, but there were no particular instructions for Yumir.

I raised the command baton and shouted. “The enemy’s commander-in-chief is dead! Push the enemy back!”

The opponent was in disarray and fleeing.

This was because there was no command structure to regain control of this situation.

Originally, Sophia Veron in the main camp should have handled the aftermath, but they were too preoccupied with Anton, who had pushed his way to the vicinity.

After conveying to Anton to retreat appropriately, I began to coldly deal with the remaining soldiers that Maxman had led.

The number of soldiers who died or were captured at this time alone reached 20,000, meaning Beckavia had suffered irreparable damage.

* * *

To understand why this war is called the Three Lions War, one must look at the founding backgrounds of Alvard, Crossing, and Beckavia. These three kingdoms shared a common root, the Duke of Malorn family of the Fensillon Empire.

The brothers of the Malorn family, with the fall of the Fensillon Empire, each established their own territories and created kingdoms, which became these three kingdoms.

At that time, they all decided to use the lion emblem, which was the symbol of the Malorn ducal family, as their national flags. This is why their war came to be called the Lion War.

The relationship between these three kingdoms, or more precisely, between the brothers who gained independence, was not very good.

Especially Crossing, which completely rejected the aristocratic system and established a republic, was practically a common enemy.

Therefore, whenever Crossing waged war, Alvard and Beckavia would always form an alliance to oppose them, and Crossing’s ambitions were repeatedly thwarted by this alliance.

However, this time, the situation was developing differently.

“Report! An engagement has occurred in Carrington! Karl Maxman has led out all his forces! Our army has engaged in combat!”

This news reached the military barracks of Juras.

Except for Juras, the other officers wore expressions that suggested they had been expecting this.

‘As expected, Maxman didn’t miss the opportunity and struck.’

‘Placing a mere mercenary as the commander of Carrington was clearly a mistake by the commander-in-chief.’

‘This time, we might have to retreat early.’

‘I hope our army’s casualties are minimal.’

On the other hand, Juras was excited like a child, saying the situation had become interesting.

And half a day later.

“Urgent news──!!”

A soldier, his face pale with shock, began to report.

This report stirred up the military barracks.

“Commander Wade brilliantly defeated the enemy! He obtained the head of the enemy commander Karl Maxman and killed or captured 30,000 enemy troops!”

Woooah!! Exclamations of amazement rang out.

“Im-impossible! He defeated Maxman!?”

“What about our army’s losses!? How much damage did we take?”

While inflicting 30,000 casualties on the enemy, Ars army suffered 15,000 casualties, including the wounded.

They had achieved nearly double the military results.

An unbelievable great victory.

“Heh, I knew he’d be able to do at least that much.” Juras raised the corner of his mouth in a smirk.

The officers were stealing glances at him with fearful eyes.

The eccentric decision to entrust command of 60,000 troops to a mercenary just because he won a chess match.

It had turned out exactly as he had boasted.

“Commander-in-chief. What do you plan to do now?” Kistler, the fifth general assisting Juras, Asked. “With that level of damage, the battle at Carrington is as good as over. The enemy will surely move to reinforce Carrington from other fronts. Shouldn’t we hold them back in those areas?”

“Hmm. That’s correct, but…”Juras paused as if waiting for something.

And an hour later.

“Commander-in-chief! A message from Commander Wade!”

The message contained Ars request regarding future movements.

“Ha, haha! Huahahahaha! Indeed, so that’s what you’re thinking. Very good!”

Having read the true intention of this request, Juras was delighted, saying Ars abilities were beyond his expectations.

Meanwhile, at the northwestern camp of the Alvard-Beckavia allied forces facing Juras.

The atmosphere in the military barracks receiving the same report was grim.

“That young brat…!!”

Gillias, who had been defeated by Ars before, was grinding his teeth in frustration.

The people from the Beckavia camp were pale and at a loss for what to do.

The military barracks were in an uproar that couldn’t be contained. Until.

Tap!

When the old man sitting at the head seat tapped his cane, it became quiet as if by magic.

“Calm down. Making such a fuss won’t solve anything.” The old man gazed at Gillias with sunken eyes. “Gillias, is this the mercenary with the ash-colored helmet you spoke of?”

“Yes, sir. It’s certainly that young brat.”

“When I heard you were defeated by a mere mercenary, I thought there must have been some element of chance, but it seems he possesses genuine skill.”

“If I face him again, I’m confident I can take his head. Master, please dispatch me to Carrington!”

“I’d like to if I could, but I doubt that cunning snake will just stand by and watch.”

As soon as he finished speaking, ding-dong-ding-dong! The bell signaling the enemy’s advance began to ring.

The cunning snake. The 80,000 troops led by Juras Pamilion were advancing.

“It can’t be helped.”

Tap! The old man made his decision, striking his cane.

He urgently dispatched 10,000 of Beckavia’s allied forces that were with the army to Carrington.

As a result, he had to face the opponent with 70,000 troops, 10,000 fewer than Juras’s forces, but he was confident he could hold out even if the opponent was Juras.

He was that kind of person.

Kaien of the Annals.

A founding contributor of the Alvard Kingdom and a great general of the Fensillon Empire, he was a living legend known as the master of all strategists.

* * *

The war situation was becoming urgent.

I was preparing the next move while synthesizing reports from other battlefields.

“That Juras bastard. Even though I only sent fragmentary information, he moves as if he’s reading everything.”

I had sent such a message expecting this, but it felt strange that he really understood everything. It felt like we were looking at the same scene.

“Ars, what are you going to do now? In two days, the enemy’s reinforcements will reach this area.”

“That’s right.”

“Don’t you think it would be right to deal with the enemy before that?”

The Beckavia army, reduced to 35,000 in number, had retreated greatly to the rear and was holding its position.

Now that they seemed to have come to their senses, they had solidified their defensive posture, taking advantage of the best terrain possible.

Their intention was to somehow hold out until the reinforcements of 10,000 arrived.

“Master, have you heard this saying? Above tactics is strategy, and strategy falls to ingenious schemes. And those schemes are thwarted by inspired tactics.”

“That’s the first time I’ve heard that.”

“Simply put, it’s like rock-paper-scissors.”

“What’s this rock-paper-scissors thing?”

“I guess I need to explain that from the beginning.”

Tactics, strategy, schemes.

These three are in a relationship like rock-paper-scissors.

Tactics, in other words, it is difficult for mercenaries to overcome the wall of strategy.

The current situation is a good example.

What the Beckavia army is doing now is strategy.

They are holding their position while taking advantage of good terrain. They’re trying to endure no matter what.

They’ve made a strategic choice.

“There’s only one thing we can do against such an opponent now.”

It’s to use our numerical advantage to break the enemy’s defense with tactical movements.

“Well, it’s not that I’m not confident we can win that way, but we’d have to accept a great deal of damage. Because we got lost at rock-paper-scissors.”

“Hmm… I suppose that’s true.”

“So I’ve decided to use a scheme to break down that strategy this time.”

“What scheme are you planning to use?”

“Haha, it’s a simple scheme. Just watch.”

About two days until the enemy reinforcements arrive.

The next morning, I gave one instruction to the soldiers.

“Today we will hold a feast! I won’t release the alcohol, but you can eat as much meat and food as you like!”

I decided to butcher the livestock I had procured from a nearby city right after the first victory and serve it to the soldiers.

The soldiers, who had expected to immediately pursue the enemy and engage in battle, started enjoying the feast, wondering what kind of windfall this was.

And I approached the soldiers who were preparing hundreds of animals and gave one more instruction.

“Would you please not throw away the intestines but put them in the prepared carts?”

“Pardon? The intestines? What are you going to use them for…”

“Well, they can be used for various things. For example, those intestines can be quite tasty if washed well and roasted or boiled?”

“Well, I suppose we could if there was absolutely nothing else to eat.”[1]

“Anyway, please collect them well.”

“Understood.”

The soldiers continued enjoying the feast.

***

Since the preparations were as good as finished with this, I decided to probe the enemy side out of boredom.

I decided to hand over Karl Maxman’s body along with a letter.

In the Beckavia camp, which had set up a defensive position.

Sophia Veron’s eyes widened as she saw the cart coming from the enemy camp.

A cart delivered by a prisoner who had been captured in the enemy camp.

“Th-that is…!”

McCauley Coon, the 4th general and Maxman’s disciple, rushed to the cart.

“General!!”

Maxman’s body was lying peacefully on the straw loaded on the cart.

Even his severed head had been sewn back on by an undertaker.

‘What on earth is this about?’

Sophia couldn’t help but doubt the true intention.

Instead of desecrating Maxman’s body, they properly prepared it and sent it back?

While Sophia was puzzled by this incomprehensible action, she read the letter sent to her and began to tremble.

A letter sent by Ars to Sophia.

[Sophia Veron. I send my praise for your admirable military strategy.]

The letter that began like this was full of advice wrapped in difficult words.

The fact that they came out to attack first despite being in a defensive position, without taking advantage of the terrain.

The fact that they brought Maxman, their main force, too far forward.

The fact that she, the general of the army, lost control, and so on. It was filled with serious advice.

The content of the letter was very serious and good, but it was obvious how Sophia would interpret it.

The content of the letter she felt could be summed up in one word.

[What a mess. Lol]

A malicious mockery.

She found it hard to contain her anger.

“I’ll make you regret that choice…!”

She decided to take advantage of the rash sending of the body. Sophia immediately prepared a grand funeral for Maxman.

She decided to use it to raise the morale of the soldiers and officers.

Maxman’s body was being cremated on the altar.

The Beckavia soldiers steel their resolve for a fight to death as they watched this.

 

Footnotes:

1] In medieval times, intestines were rarely used for food.


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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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    thanks

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