I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy Chapter 110

EP.110

The knights, including Colonel Charles, realized that they had fallen into a trap and were thinking this in their hearts.

‘There’s no need for anything, give me an order to retreat, or at least an order to reorganize!’

However, Major General Pompadour, who led the 10,000 troops of the Francois Republic, did not give the order to retreat even while watching the situation… he could not.

This is because, unlike Colonel Charles’s view, the major general watching from afar is suffering some damage from the archers.

This is because it seemed possible to launch a meaningful attack on the right wing of the imperial army to some extent.

‘Colonel Charles and the knights will be sacrificed, but the Reich’s right wing will not be able to survive if it encounters 400 knights. So, if we attack at that time…’

If that happens, it is as obvious as seeing fire that Francois’s army, with its overwhelming numerical superiority, will win.

While the two commanders had completely different thoughts, hundreds of arrows and magic fired from the imperial army rushed towards the left side of the 400 knights led by Colonel Charles.

As a result, the knights, who had been charging confidently in shining silver armor while being hit by arrows from archers just a few seconds ago, stopped.

“f*ck, f*ck!! “Help me, mom!!”

“This is hell, I’m done. “If I end up fighting for a country that has been kicked out of office and end up dying like a dog, I will end up in hell, right?”

“My body! My body is so hot! Water water!”

Even though the wedge formation was broken, the magicians and crossbowmen of the Reich Empire fired as many arrows and magic as possible to kill as many enemies as possible.

The rain of arrows and magic quickly reduced the number of Francois knights.

So, it was expected that the infantry of the Reich Empire would come to the forefront here, but contrary to expectations, 300 knights led by Lieutenant Colonel Werner rushed out from the left of the right wing of the Imperial Army.

The lieutenant colonel shouted in a loud voice while holding his lance tightly.

“They are ugly bastards who plunder the innocent serfs of the Reich Empire, force them to sit on the streets, and serve idiots who were even fired! Crush them with your words and skewer them with your lance!”

Then, 300 knights of the Imperial Army pushed hard towards the right side of the Republic Knights.

Enemies struck by the enormous momentum and weight of the war horse were either blown into the sky or pinned to the ground, unable to recover due to serious injuries, or died instantly from the impact of falling from the horse.

The knights hit by the lance escaped being pierced or stabbed to death thanks to their armor, but flew towards their comrades who were riding nearby horses.

Most of the knights who flew away survived because their companions acted as buffers, but when they collided and fell to the ground, their companions who were crushed died instantly or became paralyzed from shock.

“François’ knights are so cruel! He’s trying to survive even if he has to use his colleagues as a rug! “He is truly a model knight!”

Under normal circumstances, the knights of the Reich Empire would have broken away and charged again with secondary weapons such as swords or maces.

Following Brigadier General Jaeger’s instructions, everyone left, reorganized, and was waiting when one of the brigade’s staff members approached and said.

“Brigadier General, this is your chance to annihilate 400 knights of the Francois Republic. “If we charge right-wing infantry right now and capture or kill them all.”

The brigadier general agreed with the intention of what he said, but given the current war situation, he did not know when and where the enemy would attack.

And the knights of the Francois Republic are now on the verge of annihilation because they are the most combative and well-armed soldiers in the republic.

If the infantry goes in to attack and an engagement breaks out, there is a possibility that the engagement may be prolonged, even if the imperial army does not suffer major losses.

Moreover, later, the captain of the Francois Republic would lead the remaining infantry and attempt an all-out war.

I thought it was a somewhat hasty decision to start consuming infantry from now on.

“It’s as if they have already been wiped out. Send a signal for the archers and knights to retreat for a while and resupply with arrows and lances. Also, send the crossbow arrows that we have left as spare supplies to the right wing.”

With those words, the staff repeated the order and gave an order to some soldiers belonging to the center of the brigade.

“Send a signal to the archers and knights with flags and trumpets and tell them to resupply arrows and lances and wait. Lieutenant Humphrey, have your platoon deliver three carts of arrows to the crossbow battalion on the right!”

“Yes, I understand!”

“Every minute is urgent. Every second is urgent. “You don’t know which direction the enemy will attack from.”

So the archers and knights quickly returned to the main camp in the center, and the soldiers of the central army handed them water containing salt.

“Isn’t it a pity that we had to kill all those damn bastards?”

“But we only lost a few people. “Are there any injuries?”

“There are four seriously wounded in the cavalry and cavalry units combined. “I can’t even count how many enemy knights have died.”

Brigadier General Yeager listened to their words and did not show it because he was in the middle of a battle.

As I clenched my fists, I was happy that there were fewer casualties than I thought.

‘If possible, if the Francois attack our left or right wing again, we can repel them with the same strategy. That can’t be possible.’

In this way, Colonel Charles of the Francois Republic retreated with only 150 knights, and Division Commander Pompadour gave the order after using his wits as much as he could.

“Have the decent knights under Colonel Charles get off their horses. Then, put them at the forefront and charge an infantry regiment into the enemy’s left wing! Then, when the attack makes progress, the entire army will advance together and destroy the enemy brigade!”

With those words, his adjutant relayed the order again.

“All right! Among the knights under Colonel Charles, those who can move will dismount from their horses and stand at the vanguard of the infantry regiment to support close combat! “This time, we will defeat only 4,000 piglets!”

When the knights who heard that sound got off their horses, sighing as if they had no choice.

Noisy sounds of soldiers could be heard from all over the camp of the Francois Republic Army.

“Those barbarians on f*cking horses have appeared!”

“Save me…”

“Ack!”

To Francois’ soldiers, who never thought that the archers of the Reich Empire, who were fewer in number than themselves, would follow their camp and attack first.

The archers continued to circle while shooting arrows, and the officers who saw this gave the best instructions they could before the orders from their captain arrived.

“Archers and crossbowmen, fire back in the direction they are coming from! Just shoot if you can!”

“Stop standing around like a fool and pick up your shield! “It’s okay because we’re not directly fighting the enemy right now!”

“If you want to live, never go outside the camp. “If you go out, you’ll die!!”

However, when they saw some of the soldiers freely extending and shortening the distance and shooting arrows at a speed that they could not keep up with, they were unable to hold back their fear and ran out.

Those guys were soon killed by archers.

“You bastards, the size of the Reich Empire!”

“Let’s fight fair and square. “Does it make sense to ride a horse and shoot arrows?”

And some people started muttering as if they had completely given up on everything.

“Deus has abandoned our Francois Republic. Otherwise, how could there be barbarians riding horses and shooting arrows in the imperial army?”

Division Commander Pompadour, who heard the sound, drew his sword and cut down one of the soldiers who made a sound of despair.

“Brave soldiers of the Francois Republic, we will never lose! We will definitely win and prove that it was they who blindsided the Holy Father! So don’t say nonsense that only cowards would say! “As for the archers, crossbowmen, and wizards, shoot them in the direction they appear to be passing by and kill them!”

Thus, under Pompadour’s orders, the Francois Republic gradually began to return to normal.

When the counterattack was ready to some extent, Major Anastasia, who was in command of the archer cavalry, gave an order.

“Don’t be greedy anymore and go back! If you hesitate for no reason, you will end up like an archer from the Töner tribe who got hit by an arrow from the brigadier general! “Let’s have fun again later and now we’re heading back!”

At those words, the archers quickly turned around, swept the main camp and military camp of Francois’s army wild and fled.

Pompadour, who thought this situation could no longer be tolerated, gave an angry order.

“All troops advance! The entire army is advancing to kill the damn Reich Empire! “We will crush them with an overwhelming number of 10,000!”

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