Chapter 137 – Turning Georg Fields – Part 1
-Thud! Thud! Thud!
The drums are ringing.
A large number of people gathered on the wall outside the city and cheered.
An army of soldiers and knights gathered under the command of a benevolent lord.
It was a majestic march that everyone could not help but fall into a frenzy.
A huge carriage at the front.
I got on top of the huge wagon.
“Quaaaaa
“Long live the lord! Long live Müller!”
“May the protection of the sun god be with you!”
Petals and Cheers. This time I was in a situation where I received directly what I had felt from Franz before. I looked around Müller slowly.
Seeing the commoners screaming at me gives me a new feeling.
It’s not just them. From now on, soldiers, mercenaries and knights heading to the battlefield.
Seeing them, I cried.
“With the lineage of the golden lion, he has now come down to this earth in the name of the sun.”
A golden lion symbolizing victory, prosperity and success.
Now that I have opened my eyes to the sun, my symbol is the sun.
“Look.”
Point to the sun
“As long as there is that sun that shines forever.”
Eternity. The sun that will burn forever.
Near-infinite lifespan. Can humans in this world know that?
I don’t know either.
So be it forever
“The light will not go out.”
Light emanates
Just light.
Light, not flame, radiates from my whole body and eventually becomes a small sun.
“Go out. My soldiers.”
-Thud! Thud! Thud!
Troops move under my command.
The destination is Georg Basin. Hundreds of troops began to move like gigantic creatures.
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A de facto declaration of war.
After that we reviewed the operation.
-Charrrr!
Intellectuals, who can be called staff, unfolded maps created as a result of frequent exploration and reconnaissance.
“The precision of the map created this time is really amazing.”
A map drawn in such detail that even they admired it. Previously, a technique using a camera made of magic stones was used. It’s not a photograph, but the map drawn based on the recording using the camera like that, including the contour lines, hired adventurers from the place where they came from nearby to figure out the weather.
I looked at the small basin drawn on the map. A basin surrounded by small mountains. It is right next to the waterway flowing from the Great Mountains.
“This is Georg Basin.”
“Yeah. It’s close to the Great Mountain Range, but not the Great Mountain Range. There is no rejection response.”
“You mean ordinary mountains?”
“Yeah.”
It is said that Mount Gulan is at the end of the Great Mountain Range, and its influence is small, but where the strange condition of the Great Mountain Range applies, the mountains surrounding the Georg Basin are just close to the Great Mountain Range and nothing special.
“Actually, local scouts also said they couldn’t find anything unusual.”
“What about monsters?”
“There are small groups, but not very large ones. It is said that there are periodic subjugations in Aslan as well.”
“But. Because they are also the food line.”
Ruler.
The war begins now.
As I said before, nobility close to nuclear power does not directly step forward.
If the nobles step forward directly, the foot soldiers’ squares will be blown away by the noble’s gesture, and the knights will not be able to stop the continued attacks even if they block the nobles’ attacks several times.
If the opponent was a noble first, the story would be different.
“Will Baron Aslan exercise his powers himself?”
“There are possibilities. But not that big.”
The number of direct and collateral descendants of the Aslan family is relatively small.
If they do, the outcome of the war will definitely lean toward Aslan, and I can’t guarantee it either. Maybe I should call Triana right away.
However, in our opinion, the odds of that happening are low.
“The Aslan estate is small, but it has many things. Farming land, which is rare in the south, is small, and most of them benefit greatly from trade, so the Georg Basin is not a big land.”
“Even if they all went out there, I’m not sure we would be able to win.”
“Yeah. There we have Triana and Irina. They should be concerned about the assumption that they might come, now that they have information about them under control.”
Hmm.
“But you must be quite upset over the letter I sent you?”
“Yeah. So we should have some expectations. But you just have to be vigilant.”
Even as I say that, the eyes that look at me are full of trust.
You mean you have to step in yourself in case of emergency?
I am determined.
If the opponent is a noble, I must also risk my life to fight. During the large-scale monster ‘Gourmet’, I didn’t think it was practically dangerous because I only had to be careful of predation, which took time to develop.
I want to attack right away, but there are unspoken rules in war.
The declaration of war is part of that. This cannot be ignored. If you ignore it, you will really be followed. Even if a territory other than Aslan attacked Muller by surprise, the royal family had no reason to stop it, and they could not be called cowardly.
So, didn’t we also dutifully declare war? The justification is close to forced, but I made it anyway.
“Where is the war?”
“It is plain.”
The staff pointed to two parts of the map.
“First, plains. Or a mountain.”
The route we are currently advancing on is plain. If you cross the mountain in front of it, you will immediately come to Georg’s Basin, and there is a city and a river inside it.
“The opponent has designated the plain.”
“Are you confident?”
Baron Aslan must have more troops. So we designated a plain, and we accepted it.
But I didn’t feel like I was pushed that far.
“The number of soldiers and knights must be the same.”
He was made a count, but had never previously had one, and Müller’s knights were reduced in number due to civil war.
There was a knight who followed him from the Franz estate, but after adding that, he judged that the troops were similar.
“If we break through and reach the Georg Basin, we can achieve our goal. The mountain is also a small mountain, so I don’t think there will be a big problem with getting over it.”
If you ask me if it is true to fight by designating a place, it is true.
It’s Youngjijeon.
If this is a fight between countries, a proper war begins after a declaration of war. If you capture a nobleman as a prisoner, there are many cases where he is released neatly. The nobles here are very savage.
However, if this is Yeongjijeon, there is a saying that it is not manners for people from the same country to do so.
Of course, there are cases where the entire clan is cut off if the war is lost, so there are many nobles who say that such honor is worthless, but that is a story in the latter half of the war.
We must win cleanly so that there will be no justification later.
What? Justification for Georg Basin?
I don’t know. Isn’t that a legitimate cause?
“What is at stake in this war is the ownership of Georg’s Basin. The entire Aslan estate that the lord wants is probably difficult.”
“I know. I kept provoking, but it didn’t work.”
Georg Basin, I half forcibly brought him to the Yeongjijeon, but it really doesn’t take much until after that.
Of course, you can continue the war as it is, but…
“It will be difficult. We will mediate in the capital as well as in the surroundings.”
“Georg is enough.”
Is it because I was forced to do it? Conflict continues with politics. No matter how much the country can handle ten hands with one hand, Franz and Borin also use their hands for this war, but they are determined and are making public opinion.
The moment I get my hands on the entire Aslan territory, I will have the greatest influence in this area.
From trade to food, they will be able to become self-sufficient, so they will absolutely want to stop it.
Still, the Georg Basin is sufficient.
As long as you get it, you can make a road even if you pierce a mountain. Being near the Great Mountains is a bit unsettling, but I can handle it.
It is enough to have the right to trade by using your personal connections with Princess Amelia.
Because this is what it says, it seems like there is a lot of gain if you win, but if you lose, you lose a lot.
It’s because you’re forcibly making a justification and fighting the territory.
“Then I will explain the strategy for turning the plains. Sir Giro.”
“Well. Then, my lord. I will explain this rotation.”
The staff, as well as the knights waiting quietly nearby, began to speak slowly.
Chloe and Isabelle listen quietly.
This kind of knowledge is also knowledge, but experience is also important. They are high in rank, but this time, as juniors, they show a quiet listening attitude.
“… It moves.”
“… Mmm. Doesn’t that sound like a lot of work?”
Rather, it is not the correct method.
No tricks whatsoever.
At my words, the middle-aged knight smiled and said.
“The naturally strong do not need complicated plans or cunning tactics.”
“Yes?”
“It’s a complex operation, and if it fails once, everything is ruined. The simpler the war, the better.”
Is it?
I looked around and everyone was nodding their heads.
Yes. I have no experience with this, so you guys are probably right.
“As long as there is the protection of the lord, we will not be defeated.”
A middle-aged knight with a grin.
I was worried because I was so confident in my words.
Trust what the experts say.
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