Chapter 120
Translator: Makisima from wangmamaread
Proofreader: Edelane
It cost two days to reform the army .
In view of the complicated command system, the time we spent was still within an acceptable range .
“So, what is General Curiu doing now?”
“According to our scouts, he seemed to be holed up in a city which is a day away from here . ”
Holed up in a city…
It is difficult for us to beat enemies who are holed up in the city .
It’s July now, soon, autumn will approach in three months . At that time, we need to prepare for winter camping .
Obviously, it’s very dangerous to start a military action in such a cold winter . We’d better choose a place which has sufficient food for winter camping .
Winter weather will weaken the soldiers .
In general, compared with merit, there were more risks for a winter military action . Therefore, most of the army would like to choose a temporary truce . That means, we need to remove the remaining enemies in three or four months . It is a huge pressure for our army that was formed by farmers .
Rozel would seldom care about this since most of them are a horde society .
“Maybe we don’t need to care too much about this . ”
Hearing my soliloquy, Bartolo shook his head and said .
“Why?”
“Very simple, Rozel spent 30,000 men here, which also means that the rest of its borderland will face huge pressure from other countries . Don’t forget that, aside from us, Rozel also has many other enemies such as Gilberd, Falderm, the Adernians of North Adernia Peninsula, the Southeast of Gallia, Germanis and so on . ”
“I see……”
It is difficult for those great powers to guard their extensive borders .
“You mean, General Curiu is aiming for a decisive battle?”
“Probably . ”
A decisive battle .
But as far as the amount of army is concerned, we are still at a disadvantage .
Since we have more cavalry, it is better for us to have a mobile warfare .
But General knew it too .
“Another question is, what is the hairy monster? Anyone has a picture?”
“Yes, I have asked one who is good at painting to do it .
Bartolo told a messenger to take the picture here .
It’s a good picture .
The picture was circulated to all members, including me, Muzio, Alexios, Ron, Julia, Tetra, and the rest of the nobility .
Is it…?
“It is a mammoth . ”–Almus
“Elephant . ”–Melia
“It is an elephant . ”–Alexios
Alexios, Melia, and me answered at the same time .
Alexios felt a little bit surprised .
“Do you know the elephant, King Rosyth?”
“Well, I have heard about it . Is it found in Papua?”–Almus
“Yes . Just that, the elephants there aren’t hairy like that . There is a kind of elephant called Marimi that is usually used in construction and war . ”
En, mammoth…
In the language of Tatar, mammoth means, the monster that lived in the earth .
But it seems the name is inconsistent for what adernians called .
“Well, good . Just call it the Kenaga elephant . Alexios, tell me how to deal with the elephants and how to use it . ”–Almus
Alexios nodded and explained .
“There are mainly two uses of the elephants . First is used to charge and break the enemies’ formation . Elephants are huge, it is frightening for those unfamiliar with it . Besides, although it has a giant body, they run fast, which brings a very huge destructive power in the battlefields . If you are trampled, it would be hard to survive . On the other hand, Nothing could break up a line of infantry or send horses into a panic faster than a charging pack of pachyderms . Believe me, they are far more scary than cavalry . ”
Bartolo had a painful realization about that .
Second?
“Second is to use the elephant as a shield . There is a specific smell produced by elephants . Horses dislike that smell . Because of that, if the elephant is put at the side of the army . It would be an efficient shield against a cavalry’s flank attack . However, whether General Curui would use this method is known to him only . So far as I know, he doesn’t like to use the same tactic many times . ”
“All right”–Almus
General Curiu is an excellent commander . Although at first he looked like one who only does well in open battle .
After the war in the capital, I changed my opinion and regard him as an intellectual commander who is at the same level as Bartolo and Alexios .
“But it is hard to deal with the smell . Our cavalry can’t do a side attack . ”
Muzio frowned . Stop the rival with heavy infantry and cavalry attack from flank and rear .
It’s the fundamental strategy of both our Rosyth Kingdom and Exxonian .
But we can’t use it to fight with the elephants .
“For our traditional strategy, enemies’ flank is protected by elephants, on the contrary, our stretched formation will be easily destroyed . ”–Alexios
“In other words, we have to deal with the elephant first . ”–Alexios
But how can we deal with it?
Indeed, in Skipio, they laid out the heavy infantry and threw the spears to stab the elephants to death .
In another war in Diadkoy, they successfully used thick chains to stop the elephants from moving .
However, rather than charging, our enemies will probably use the elephants as mobile shields .
“Roswald, can our cavalry use the explosive spears?”–Almus
“No problem . I have trained them on that . ”
Well, that’s okay .
Next…
“How about the enemies’ slave troops?”–Almus
“I will deal with it . ”–Julia
Julia answered .
“I heard that the scorers of our enemy’s sorcerers aren’t outstanding, right? . So, I will try to solve their curse . No guarantee, but certainly there will be results . ”–Julia
“Oh, our enemies will face the oldest but strongest sorcerer in the world . ”–Tetra
Tetra…it is impolite to call her “the oldest sorcerer”, women are very sensitive to their age . Moreover, Julia still looked young .
Anyway, this will solve the problem of the slave troops .
”Next is how to weaken the strange impact force of General Curiu…”
While drinking the wine, Bartolo muttered .
Stop drinking the wine during the meeting!
“Did General Curiu have any divine blessing? For strengthening body ability . ”–Almus
“That’s right . I have done the investigation with senrigan . From what I can see, he can give the divine blessing of mania and charm to his soldiers,which will make them valorous in warfare . ”–Soyon
Enn, that would be bad .
“Almus-sama, you are powerful . “
What happened Lulu . Talking about me all of a sudden .
”You had killed the bears by throwing spears . ”
Soyon nodded too .
I remembered it happened during the arrival of the refugees .
I nearly forgot it…
……
“That is, I take responsibility for Curiu?”–Almus
“The only one who can stop him is you, Almus-sama . ”
Everyone stared at me . Ok, I know . I will try to deal with General Curiu . Anyway, Bartolo can replace me to take the lead, it is no problem if I don’t fight in the frontline .
But I have no fighting experience…
This was only their wishful thinking .
However, it is the same with General Curiu .
After all, it is hard to imagine that the commander of an army will fight in the frontline .
“But I have no confidence in fighting alone . ”–Almus
“Don’t forget me . ”–Gram
“I will support you too . No problem . Everything will go well!”–Ron
Ron and Gram stood . Indeed, the two who are under my divine blessing will become even stronger than me .
“So do I . I won’t let my friend die . ”
Muzio smiled . He also has a Divine Blessing .
He can control the wind perfectly .
I will take responsibility for Curiu . Ron would protect my flank . Muzio and Gram would protect my rear with arrows . Well, it’s a good formation . We indeed have the chance .
“Put the guards in the center and lay our elites in the frontline . So we can gradually resolve the impact of Curiu’s army and…”
Bartolo covered his fist with a palm .
I got it immediately .
It‘s “surround and annihilate” .
“OK, everyone go back and prepare . Tetra, don’t forget to check the explosive spears . ”
“Got it, Almus . ” –Tetra
It’s time to put an end to this war .
It looks like the decisive battle would be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow…
“General Curiu, it seems that you have never failed, unfortunately, so have I .
I am the son of a Warlord . I have every bit of confidence in our success!”–Almus
The decisive battle is approaching .
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