Mysterious Job Called Oda Nobunaga - 144
Viscount Kark’s side of the former royalist faction, which had been holding out against the conquering army in a siege for a long time and had achieved sufficient results, recently began to attack the conquering army.
This means that there must have been a reason to change the strategy.
Since the Seongseo army was not rapidly reinforced, the reason should be sought from the side of the siege.
The reason is, of course, the worsening of the food situation.
In fact, the report from Lappa includes such stories as that the soldiers who came to attack took away the rations of the Conqueror’s army or attacked their loading platforms. Of course, an attack on rations itself would be a blow to the enemy even if they were not starving, but it is almost certain if there is a report that the bandit army was very skinny.
“Your Majesty has done a regrettable thing. If we had not been more determined to move, the enemy might have been heard. However, because they were too weak, the enemy’s attack worked as it was. In this situation, the soldiers, who had no energy to attack, became frightened of the enemy. It was impossible to continue the campaign.”
That’s where I come in.
“Thank you for weakening the enemy just enough. With this, we can win the battle if we just let them continue their siege. We don’t have to worry about our hinterland being attacked by the enemy, so we won’t have to worry about food for the time being.
Raviara knows that this battle will be an easy one, and she is very unconcerned about it.
“It’s true that we can win the battle with a siege alone. But that would not make a good impression. If anything, I’d like to take the castle by force. For that reason, it would be better to have the enemy come out, but, well, that’s something we have to deal with, so let’s just hope they come out.
“Let’s leave a car loaded with rations as a decoy.”
Kerala advised him to do so. I quickly adopted it.
I immediately adopted it.
Three days later, Viscount Karku of Force Molesey’s army attacked from the main castle in large numbers.
The movements of the soldiers gave a rough idea of their nutritional condition. It is not a good thing.
“The men are generally lightly armed,” he said.
Raviara, who has good eyesight, can see them clearly from a distance.
“I guess they can’t wear heavy armors, because they will pull out as soon as they attack. The lack of cavalry is probably because they ate the horses.
“Well then, let’s go. Archers ready!
Under the command of Laviala, the archers take up positions near the rations.
Then the enemy attacks.
The enemy soldiers are shot and fall one after another by the continuous fire of the archers.
This is a reckless attack to begin with. If we are on the defensive, there is nothing to worry about. The reason why the Seongseo army was defeated is because they immediately got frightened and showed their backs. Even if the enemy is weak, if they turn their backs, there is no way they can win.
Our attack was a work in progress. We would spray arrows at those who approached us and kill them.
Eventually, the momentum of the assault slowed down. Finally, they became good targets. We would have been more efficient if we had used guns, but we didn’t need them.
“You are very weak. They are zombies.
Raviara said as she shot and killed an enemy herself. Almost no one can escape the bow and arrow of Raviara, the archer. But there is no need to aim at anything. There are no decent generals on the enemy side.
“It would be more merciful to kill them than to let them turn into zombies while they are still alive. Well, let’s attack! SS-3, are you ready?”
Already the Red Bear Squadron Olks, the White Eagle Squadron Rayon, and the Black Dog Squadron Dorborg are preparing to go into action.
A loud voice was heard, “Attack! I commanded.
Our archers are inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy forces, and they are swallowing them up. The power of a charge can give strength to a weak army, but once they are stalled by our bows and arrows, all that is left is a collection of frail, deadly slaves.
At once, the city was overrun. Almost all the enemy forces that had come out were destroyed.
But this is not the end of the attack. In fact, I would say it has begun.
Some of the enemy are fleeing back into the main castle.
Among them are the Black Dog Unit under the leadership of Dorborg.
These men are experts at making holes in forts and castles. They think of every possible way to do it.
Our forces attack the enemy’s main castle.
In the middle of the attack, fire breaks out of the enemy’s castle and the gates are opened.
It seems that the Black Dogs have done their job well. In this way, the Dorborg have repeatedly plundered and pillaged many fortified cities. This knowledge can naturally be used to take down castles on the battlefield.
All we have to do now is send our army there.
Thanks to the special ability of my profession [Guidepost of the Supreme King], my trustworthiness and concentration have doubled, and my offensive and defensive abilities have been boosted by 30%.
Do it thoroughly. I must make my strength known to the former royalists and to those who have fled back to King’s Landing.
The game was won easily.
The news came not long after that Viscount Kark had captured Viscount Force Molesey alive.
Mistletoe in wolf form came right in front of me and quickly changed his appearance back to that of a war wolf and told me about it. I had told him in advance not to take him out right away this time.
“All right. Let them torture him for the time being and make him give up everything he knows.
We do not yet know the detailed plans of the former royalists. The sooner we hear it from the front guard, the better.
“Yes, sir. I’ll get them to talk as soon as I can find a way to get through to the trumpet.
“Please. I’ll take the other fortress. Well, it won’t be long now.
With the fall of the main castle, more and more people surrendered or deserted from the other forts, and the work of pacification took place roughly within a day of the engagement.
It was an uneventful battle.
However, we had no intention of fighting a hard battle in such a place.
Now we can move further west. We will continue to conquer the west.
All I have to do is to destroy the former royalists.