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The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 60

The Extra Strategist’s Royal Road Chapter 60

As I came out after finishing the meeting, Bannings approached me excitedly.

“Hey, Ars! Is it true? I heard you got promoted five ranks!”

“That’s right. I’m now apparently an infantry battalion commander.”

“Really! Infantry battalion commander is incredibly high. They say it takes at least 10 years to get there unless you’re from a high noble family.”

“Is that so?”

“That’s right! Did you know it takes even 30 years for common soldiers to reach that level?”

Basically, cadets from noble families start at junior officer positions. As a result, being promoted five ranks put me in quite a high position.

Bannings lamented enviously. “Sigh…! I wonder if a big man will fall off their horse and roll my way too.”

“Then you might get a chance soon.”

“A chance?”

“Look over there.”

A key officer was explaining to the other officers about the military expedition.

After observing this for a moment, Bannings’ face turned pale.

“W-what? An expedition? You mean a full-scale war with all troops…?”

“Well, try to seize your opportunity.”

“W-wait! Ars, I had something else to tell you.”

“…?”

“It’s about Dorofei. Seems he wants to thank you. Visit him when you have time.”

“Alright. I’ll make sure to visit later.”

I decided to just let it go, since I probably wouldn’t bother visiting anyway due to laziness.

When I returned to the barracks, I could meet my new unit.

General Dunan must have been somewhat considerate, as the newly joined members were faces I knew.

“Tch, to think I’d end up under your command.”

It was Felix, the infantry captain who had helped in the Foldick battle where Wade first made his name. He had joined my unit, leading about 1,000 heavy infantry.

And next to him was a female officer named Stina, who I heard was Ferge’s classmate and lover.

“Nice to meet you, so you’re Ars. I’ve heard a lot about you from Ferge and Julia. Julia’s words, that once you see him you’ll never forget weren’t exaggerated. I almost found myself staring blankly for a moment.”

“Yeah…”

Having a female officer in a combat unit is very rare, so I must have failed to manage my expression for a moment.

Stina says with a bitter smile. “Don’t think it’s strange. I’m just in charge of commanding the domain troops I brought for this war. Usually, I work as a training officer for female cadets. So I intend to leave the actual combat command to Ferge.”

“I see. Welcome.”

The number of soldiers she brought was 3,000.

Considering Stina’s family was of baronial rank, it was quite a large number. After all, we had only brought 500 private soldiers.

Soldiers entering our camp and organizing their equipment.

This was the moment my unit’s number became 5,000.

“Brother Ferge, could you set up the basic command structure? I don’t think the soldiers will listen to me nicely.”

Rumors had already spread in the camp that I was a cadet who got promoted by mistake.

Ferge nodded, but let out a deep sigh. “It took me 5 years to rise from a regular officer to an infantry platoon leader… And in a week, you became an infantry battalion commander…”

He seems to feel dejected.

While Ferge was organizing the unit, Gaspar, who had been sent for reconnaissance towards the Elon Plains, returned.

I had sent him to the adjacent battlefield since sending scouts towards the Tunkai formation might cause unnecessary confusion.

“How are the Elon Plains?”

“There’s an eerie atmosphere. It’s understandable since Kaien and Zemuto are facing off. However, it doesn’t seem like a battle will break out immediately. They seem to be watching this side too.”

“Are they trying to decide their course of action based on the result of the battle here?”

“Probably. But why is it so noisy here? Don’t tell me we’re marching out?”

“That’s exactly it.”

After explaining the situation, Gaspar made a sour face.

“Hmm. I don’t like this at all.”

“What do you mean?”

“This distinctive lure tactic. It’s a method often used by thieves. They kidnap a hostage to make the opponent hasty, and through that, lead them into a trap.”

“You think so too. But there’s no way we’d fall into a trap so easily.”

“Ahah, don’t underestimate thieves. They might be ignorant of military tactics, but they’re better than anyone at making the opponent flustered.”

“Hmm…. Gaspar. Please keep watching the Elon Plains side.”

“Leave it to me.”

There was a possibility of facing a major crisis if Svenner’s side formed a guerilla unit to suddenly support Tunkai.

‘They called him the evil brain Zemuto, right?’

In the game, only his name was known. He was a character who hadn’t shown any notable activities.

‘There’s no way a person of such caliber wouldn’t have significance, so it’s highly likely he was involved in the updated story.’

He’s a figure comparable to that Juras guy. There’s no way he’s just an extra.

I had a hunch that he must have taken some measures in this Galarn mountain region as well.

***

Meanwhile, Tunkai’s battle formation facing the Calliper army.

The commander, Klaus Forkner, was trembling.

“What did you just say? Not only did you fail to kidnap the target, but Calehan is dead!? There’s no one in the enemy formation who could kill Calehan except Dunan! Did Dunan appear there or something!”

“Well… Vice Commander Calehan fell from his horse and was killed by an enemy soldier…”

“You call that an explanation? Calehan killed by a mere soldier!”

“But it’s the truth!”

“Shut up!”

Thwack! Klaus kicks the reporting soldier in the head. Wearing hard military boots, the soldier rolls his eyes back and faints.

“Damn it! This ruins the plan!”

He had intended to provoke the Calliper army into attacking with this one move. He was planning to drive the nail in by kidnapping the enemy general’s son.

If Calliper chooses to sit still at this point, Tunkai will have sacrificed their cavalry for nothing.

“Damn it all!”

Unable to contain his anger, Klaus throws himself into a heavy chair. At that moment, laughter erupts from beside him.

“Hahaha, where has that boastful attitude gone, Klaus? The one where you said you’d show a different side of yourself?”

It was a middle-aged man in exotic attire.

Behind him stood a man with a fierce expression in similar clothing, whom all the soldiers in the tent, except for Klaus, were watching fearfully.

“It’s too early to conclude that the operation has failed, Lord Grandis.”

“Hmm, then there was no need to express your anger by striking your subordinate, was there?”

“That’s…”

Inwardly, Klaus was spewing curses.

‘Damn those Svenner bastards. Of all things, to bring in people from the Western nations…’

These were people from the Western immigrant tribes newly accepted as allies by the Svenner Kingdom.

Klaus, who was originally from that region, had known this man called Grandis for some time.

As the relationship between a punitive force and a bandit.

Klaus had a history of being defeated by Grandis and driven out to the kingdom.

“If you’d like, I could help. What do you think is the reason the Evil Brain secretly dispatched me here?”

“I appreciate the offer, but I’ll have to decline.”

Although Klaus had been defeated in the past, he never thought he was inferior to this man.

‘Putting on air when you’re nothing but a shell… Fortunately, it seems the real powers from the West haven’t come to the forefront yet.’

If they appeared, Klaus would be in a difficult position. After all, he was a traitor to the Western tribes.

That’s why he was gritting his teeth, determined to lead this war to victory at all costs.

‘If the cavalry’s decoy operation fails, I’ll just switch to a more vicious method.’

Just like that woman who taught him warfare and is now one of the leaders of the Western tribes.

‘I need to change the strategy.’

But at that moment, “Boss! The enemy is charging out!”

“Is that true!?”

“It’s true!”

“They’re really charging out, you say? Alright, boys, move out!”

Dunan, you fool. Dunan, you fool! Klaus jubilantly sent the signal to begin the operation he had been preparing for.

As soon as dawn broke, Callipers’ army began marching with 65,000 troops.

They crushed the watchtower located in the neutral zone as their first target.

Woooah!!

As if there had been something pent up in this cursed watchtower, when it collapsed, the soldiers cheered spontaneously without anyone telling them to.

General Gaitz grinned seeing this. “General. It seems to have boosted morale nicely.”

“Indeed, just as you said.”

Starting with the destruction of the watchtower, the Calliper army began to fully infiltrate the enemy lines.

Their target was the formation located at the very end of Tunkai’s six main camps.

If they attacked from the end, the enemy would be drawn out like a string of sausages and defeated one by one.

“General. The enemy is in sight.”

“Good, it’s time for payback! Follow me!”

Dunan personally led the vanguard, commanding an elite force of 10,000.

“Hyaaah!”

Crack! His amazing strength bisects three enemy soldiers in one blow.

Although he didn’t appear in the game, if he had, he would have been rated with a strength of 95. He was a fierce warrior stronger than Eonia and Yumir, on par with Ilya.

He is a brilliant general, especially when he is in a combat situation like this.

He is a general who could read the flow of the battlefield with an animal-like instinct, which is why Dunan was soon able to sense an ominous feeling.

“The air suddenly changed…?”

The air on this battlefield had not changed, but suddenly an ominous current began to emanate from the surroundings of the Calliper army, enveloping the battlefield.

Dunan quickly returned to where General Gaitz was to confirm the situation.

Gaitz was greatly flustered. “How on earth did they manage such an ambush…!”

Ten ambush units were surrounding the Calliper army from all directions, tightening their grip.

“Wasn’t the main force supposed to be just six units!?”

In other words, including this location, the Tunkai army’s formation actually consisted of eleven units.

Gaitz was shocked that the initial intelligence was wrong, and trembled at how swiftly and simultaneously the enemy had approached.

“General! The enemy is approaching from all sides at once!”

The strategy of ten-sided ambush. It was a famous ambush tactic said to have been used by Hán Xin of the Han Dynasty and Zheng Yu of the Wei Dynasty.

It’s a tactic to annihilate the enemy in one fell swoop by striking from all directions with ten units.

“Impressive.” Dunan praised this agile ambush strategy.

Unlike General Gaitz, he had never underestimated Klaus from the beginning.

‘To think they could pull off such a flawless ambush. The rumors that he rivals the Ten Heroes despite being a thief weren’t exaggerated after all. However…!’

This was precisely the battle situation Dunan wanted.

“Don’t panic! Everyone, get into formation and intercept the enemy!”

The Calliper army was preparing to repel the encircling enemy by concentrating their strength in the center.

Although surrounded, the Calliper army had superior numbers.

Moreover, this forested terrain made it difficult for the encircling forces to gain an advantage.

If they could hold out by concentrating their strength, the Calliper side had a good chance of prevailing.

‘Now it’s my time. I’ll crush you, Klaus Forkner…!’

Dunan in the chaotic battle.

He was confident he could lead this tumultuous situation to victory.

That’s why he had insisted on proceeding even when Ars suggested staying put due to concerns about the enemy’s ambush tactics.

In the end, Dunan too had made a choice to lead the war to victory, but…

“Hah! Idiot.” Klaus smiled wickedly and gave a signal. “Now…! Do it!”

Then, an unexpected event occurred at the center of the Calliper army.

Swish! Tunkai soldiers who had been hiding in pre-dug tunnels appeared stealthily and used prepared incendiary devices to set fires simultaneously.

“What…!?”

A great fire rose from the center of the formation.

This split mountainous area was basically a humid area, and it was spring when trees and branches held a lot of moisture in their leaves, so it wasn’t a season for fires to spread quickly. However, the dried flower petals accumulated on the ground acted as instant kindling, starting to spread the fire.

“G-General! A fire…!”

“…!”

Dunan was left speechless.

A fire breaks out in the center of the formation.

This completely foiled Dunan’s plan to concentrate the army’s strength and repel the enemy’s ambush.

‘Was I dancing in the palm of his hand all along…?’

To have prepared such a meticulous strategy meant they knew everything, where the attack would come from, and at what timing.

“Argh! Quickly extinguish the fire!” Gaitz ordered to put out the fire in Dunan’s stead, but as the fire climbed up the trees and began to burn the branches and leaves, extinguishing it became impossible.

“This is the end, Callipers darlings. I’ll annihilate you all!”

There was no way out for the Calliper army, completely surrounded by the ten-sided ambush tactic.

Fire was raging in the center, and they were surrounded on the outside.

Klaus was about to proceed with the annihilation operation when suddenly, a cracking sound in his logic came from the rear.

“…What’s that?”

Commotion was rising on the northern battlefield.

Soon, a subordinate approached and shouted.

“Boss! Deputy Chief Jagartan’s unit has been defeated! They’ve been broken through!”

“What did you say!?”

For the ambush encirclement to be broken so quickly?

Now it was Klaus’s turn to be at a loss for words. “No, this can’t be! An escape route shouldn’t open so quickly! Block that area immediately!”

Klaus tried to dispatch forces from both sides of the ambush to plug the hole, but even those reinforcements were routed by Ars’ unit.

A large hole was torn in the ten-sided ambush strategy.


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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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  1. Jay Crowler says:

    Once again Ars’s unit has to do all the hard work.

  2. Lora says:

    When you have to carry your teammates ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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