EP.163
Duke Christian von Switzerland, ruler of the Duchy of Switzerland, was in a very bad mood.
No, every day from the time I woke up in the field bed prepared in the barracks until I went to sleep at night, my frustration and anger boiled up like fire.
Duke Christian may seem to have an anger management disorder, but there was only one reason why he was uncomfortable 24 hours a day.
He often swore and shouted the name of the crazy person who was disturbing his mind.
“Ahh! Director Peter Yeager You filthy bastard, worse than this dog! “If I capture you, I will cut up and chew every single piece of flesh on your body!”
Usually, even if you curse like this on the battlefield, if you kill the opponent, you kill him. There are no crazy people who practice what they say.
If the Duke of Switzerland were to capture Major General Jaeger, he was seriously thinking of locking him in the duke’s castle prison and tearing off every single piece of his flesh.
However, the reality is that even though the Reich Imperial Army is in a good position to defend the Swiss army of about 100,000 for over a month with a small number of troops.
Since they had not yet been able to break through the unit commanded by Major General Yeager, which numbered just over 6,000 men, it was just a dream that could not yet be achieved.
However, Christian knew that the more anger he vented, the lower the morale of the entire army would fall.
“Phew, first of all, I’ve finished all the urgent work I have to do today. “I should patrol the camp, give some admonitions to be on high alert, and discuss future measures with the nobles.”
He got up from the chair in his barracks and went outside to inspect.
Outside, soldiers were gathering in groups of twos and threes to prepare a meal using the pots provided to each squad.
“Squad Leader Hans, what are you doing? “You have to tear up some flour and cheese jerky with water and eat it.”
“I feel sorry for you guys eating, so I’m going to bring some flat rocks from my barracks and bake some dough with flour and water on them.”
“As expected, the squad leader’s schedule is different.”
“Put it away and tell the others to stop rolling up the flour and eating it for no reason. “It’s much better to wrap cheese jerky in flour dough and eat it.”
The duke was so angry that he didn’t even think he was hungry, but he couldn’t ignore the proverb he heard among the mercenaries.
‘Mercenaries are always hungry, cold and hard. That’s why I’m always hungry.’
I don’t know who said it, but I smiled bitterly at the fact that even I, a duke who rules a country, could not be an exception to these words.
After completing his inspection, he walked on with the idea of having a late-night snack and a meeting with the nobles.
“Be alert up front. Because you never know when that damned Director Jaeger will attack. “The moment you miss it, it’s over.”
“I understand, Senior Sergeant Peter.”
“And don’t keep your posture so straight. We’re not even good guards guarding the gates of nobles’ mansions. “I just keep an eye on the front, and if I’m not lucky, I get caught after work and have a hard time.”
As Senior Sergeant Peter said, mercenaries did not recommend standing guard in an upright position no matter how urgent the situation was.
This is because holding a spear in one hand and not moving in an uncomfortable position that looks good was wasting more stamina than necessary.
So, according to principle, one had to stand guard with a well-angled posture, but no one was a commander or nobleman who forced this on the battlefield.
However, Duke Christian was currently swayed by complex emotions such as anger, fear, and anger towards the man named Major General Jaeger.
If I see even the slightest weakness, I have become a person who has no choice but to pay more attention to it than necessary and react excessively.
“You idiots! If you are soldiers of the proud Principality of Switzerland, how can you be so negligent in your guard? Then, how can you take responsibility if you don’t properly see the Reich Empire’s soldiers making a surprise attack!”
The senior soldier who heard those words had a strong feeling that this was not right, even if it was a duke’s words.
The original posture of standing guard is to fully erect your back, hold a spear in your right hand, and maintain a 15-degree angle with your arm fully extended.
No matter how important it is to be alert, even if you don’t maintain this posture, you can see everything as long as you keep your head straight.
Moreover, they were going to die from a hard time fighting that blood-crazy guy from sunrise until sunset again today…
So I felt like saying this was not right, but if I talked back to the duke, there was a risk that my head would fall off my shoulders.
“sorry! Please forgive me!”
“Don’t be complacent! The moment you become complacent and try to deviate even a little from the norm, you will be destroyed by the Reichs led by that damn Jaeger! “Are you trying to relax when being on guard and fighting to the death is not enough?”
“…… sorry.”
“If I say sorry, after the war is over, if I say sorry, Director Jaeger, that son of a bitch, will die! Are you still a mercenary from Switzerland? “Why don’t you give up your mercenary status and just wear a skirt?”
A soldier named Peter was directly attacked by the Duke for as long as 30 minutes, and Christian warned him on his way back.
“Yes, he belongs to Baron Evian. “I understand. There’s a meeting coming up soon, and when I see his face, I’ll clearly tell him that Senior Sergeant Peter is neglecting his guard!”
The duke wanted to check the alert status of other units, but the strategy meeting was more important, so he turned around.
And on his way to the command barracks, he received a report from a spy who had succeeded in secretly sending him to the Reich army.
‘Director Jaeger and his soldiers are hunting down spies like crazy, so we can’t find out their size or detailed information. Instead, what is certain is that the Crown Prince has already fled, and the entire Reich Imperial Army will flee the day after tomorrow.’
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Command barracks for the army of the Principality of Switzerland.
Many of the Duke of Switzerland’s vassals waited quietly for him to open his mouth, and the Duke spoke as if he could not waste time.
“I’ll start with the main point: the crown prince ran away. And it is said that the Reich Imperial Army will run away from Richen Hill the day after tomorrow.”
At those words, the nobles’ faces were filled with worry.
Because in this war, the Duchy of Switzerland conscripted soldiers that reached the limit.
No matter what happened, I had to catch the crown prince and receive a huge amount of the empire’s rich territory.
The fact that our top strategic goal has escaped means that we have declared that we have fallen into a situation in which we can absolutely not win from a tactical perspective, but strategically.
Moreover, the shock to the duke and other nobles was even greater because they had been under the illusion that the crown prince was guarding the rear with that damn Jaeger until the end.
And the reason for that mistake was well-founded.
Judging by common sense, there is no way a 26-year-old young master general, a viscount and major general of the empire, would be in the vanguard unless it was to protect the crown prince.
Also, in the imperial army camp, there were always flags symbolizing the imperial prince.
“So, we will launch an all-out attack over two days and cut off the head of that damn son of a bitch, Major General Jaeger, who somehow invaded our Principality of Switzerland. In addition, not a single Reich soldier over there can be sent back alive.”
The nobles who heard those words resented the duke in their hearts, but did not say it out loud.
Because, as the Duke said, out of the 100,000 Swiss, 10,000 were killed and 6,000 were seriously injured, so the madman had to be killed first.
“Make sure you prepare thoroughly. “We cannot risk the honor of the Swiss mercenaries and send Major General Jaeger alive.”
After saying that and everyone was about to leave, the Duke caught Baron Evian.
“There’s a guy named Peter among the senior soldiers under your command, and that damn bastard is roughly on guard. “Just know.”
The duke was so angry with Director Jaeger that he committed a crazy act of repaying even the slightest mistake with great anger.
The next day, a shocking report came to the Duke of Switzerland.
“Your Excellency the Duke, we’re in big trouble! The camp where the Reich Army is stationed is on fire! “The fire is so strong that we can’t chase it without putting it out!”
After hearing those words, the duke went outside and sat down upon seeing the burning Reich army camp with a devastated expression.
And then I couldn’t say anything, so I just sighed and said ‘Ah ah…’.
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And at this time, Major General Yeager had somehow managed to get all of the soldiers except the dead soldiers on horses and was moving very quickly.
Thanks to this, we are taking the injured person with us, but we are moving at nearly twice the normal marching speed.
Swiss soldiers were given cruel orders to catch them at any cost.
“Run at the risk of death and cut off Director Jaeger’s head! “If we don’t kill that guy, there will be no future in Switzerland!”
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