Episode 71: Offense is the best defense. (2)
“Everyone, follow me!”
With that shout, Giselle’s figure disappeared.
“Gyaaaah! Master! You must be crazy!”
“Come, follow Confucius!”
Belinda let out a sharp scream. Gillian, who had been watching the situation closely, gave an order and ran out.
“Hahahaha! Are you seriously crazy? That’s not normal!”
Kaor drew his sword and ran out excitedly.
The mercenaries followed along without even knowing what was going on.
They were not given time to think or worry.
I was just following the leader as I had been trained to do.
They weren’t the only ones confused.
Zwalter and Randolph opened their mouths wide, forgetting they were fighting.
Then, he saw Jiselle and the mercenaries moving around in a hurry and shouted urgently.
“Giselle! Come back! Just block the wall! What are you doing!”
“Your Highness! Stop! Come back! Come back! You crazy bastard!”
Where in the world would you find a crazy guy who goes out and charges in the middle of a siege!
Of course, the enemies were also bewildered by Jiselle’s antics.
Count Thamos turned to Victor and asked.
“Hey… … the gate suddenly opened? What are those guys in black armor?”
“… … .”
Victor couldn’t say a word and just blinked.
I never imagined that the vastly inferior Ferdium army would open the gate and jump out first.
There’s even a hole on one side of the wall.
There was no such tactic in the military science that Victor had studied.
“What is it? What is the plan? Did I miss something? Why did I come out? Why is he doing that?”
Victor muttered to himself, dumbfounded.
Even the commander was taken aback by the unexpected turn of events that defied common sense.
Of course, the soldiers could not respond immediately.
“uh?”
A soldier who had almost reached the walls of Ferdium felt something flying towards him.
I looked up at the sky and saw a black shadow falling down, blocking the sun.
A person holding a huge weapon.
That was the last thing the soldier saw.
Kwaaaaang!
“Eww!”
Soldiers flew in all directions.
“Hoooooooo… … .”
It was Giselle who jumped into the midst of the enemy while wielding a giant two-handed axe.
As he exhaled, red smoke billowed out from between the slits in his helmet.
Soon, mercenaries began to rush into the battlefield, following Giselle.
Armed with heavy weapons, they swung their weapons as soon as they saw the enemy before their eyes.
I didn’t even have time to think about what the situation was or what the operation was.
Crunch! Crunch!
“Eww!”
“What the heck, these guys!”
“Where did that suddenly come from!”
In war, soldiers are very tense and only move towards the objectives they are ordered to achieve.
Not only can you not move around freely, but even if you try to move, you can’t see your surroundings properly.
But when Jiselle and the mercenaries suddenly barged in, the soldiers fell into confusion.
Boom! Boom!
“Kwaaah!”
The mercenaries were rather confused as they watched their enemies fall in vain.
“What? Why are these guys so weak? Should we just fight here?”
“Shut up and stay alert! If you let go of the captain, we’ll all die!”
The mercenaries began to feel pleasure at the sight of their enemies being swept away.
Everyone’s bodies became hotter and hotter, led by the heat of Giselle who took the lead.
“Your Majesty! Next order! Even the mercenaries don’t understand the situation!”
Gillian shouted loudly after destroying all the enemies around him.
Jiselle quickly scanned the battlefield and drew a long finger.
“Kaor, take half of your men and make a retreat route around the breached wall. You just have to hold out until I return.”
“That’s easy! Let’s go, you guys!”
Choaaaak!
The mercenaries led by Kaor pushed back the enemies and quickly created a wall of shields.
Jiselle’s head quickly moved again as she checked the heat of the shield.
What he was targeting was the siege tower.
“The rest of you, follow me! I’m going to the siege tower!”
Jiselle shouted loudly and ran out holding a double axe.
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“Your Majesty, what on earth are you thinking!”
“Let’s discuss that later, for now, just follow Confucius!”
Belinda, Gillian, and the remaining shield-bearing mercenaries followed Giselle.
In particular, the mercenaries from the Demon Forest gritted their teeth and chased after them like madmen.
They know because they have experienced it.
That if you do exactly as the young captain says, your chances of survival will be higher.
If you think and then move, you will be late. You must follow the movement as soon as it happens.
“Move quickly! We’re chasing the captain! Do as you’re told to survive! Don’t think, just move! Just do as you’ve been trained!”
As one of them urged them on loudly, the rest of the mercenaries followed suit as if possessed by something.
“Break through!”
Kwaaaaang!
Jiselle advanced, breaking through the ranks of confused enemies.
The mercenaries also pushed back the remaining enemies with their shields in the forefront.
Although not as effective as a cavalry charge, the sudden attack was quite effective.
While both the enemy and the allies were confused, Jiselle and the mercenaries arrived near the entrance to the siege tower.
“Block this place! Shield!”
Clank! Clank! Clank!
The mercenaries surrounded the entrance to the siege tower, raising their shields in two tiers.
The enemy archers, who came to their senses late, ignored the previous order and changed the direction of their arrows.
But it was of no use to the mercenaries who had already formed up and raised their shields.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Jiselle, who confirmed that the mercenaries were in formation, shouted again.
“Walls! Cover our troops!”
The enemy archers’ attack target has changed, so the castle walls have some leeway.
The one fighting on this wall was Randolph.
Although he was momentarily taken aback by Giselle’s unexpected actions, he quickly came to his senses based on his experience on the battlefield.
Randolph shouted hoarsely as soon as he saw the battlefield situation that had changed in an instant.
“Shoot! Target the enemy archers and shoot!”
All the soldiers on the wall who had been standing there in a daze stood up and started shooting arrows.
One side of the enemy’s camp, caught off guard, was hit by arrows and fell in vain.
The shield bearers desperately tried to protect the archers, but the path to the siege tower had already been taken.
“I’ll go to the siege tower alone! Everyone, hold on until I get there! Belinda, Gillian and I will help the mercenaries!”
“What did you say, Master?”
“Confucius! No!”
Belinda and Gillian tried to stop Giselle, but she was too busy fighting the enemy to even respond properly.
The place Jiselle was heading to was dangerous because there were soldiers inside the tower and soldiers trying to enter the tower gathered there.
I want to go to a place like that alone right now.
“Don’t worry about this!”
Jiselle emphasized again and headed towards the siege tower where the enemies were gathered alone.
Viktor ground his teeth as he looked at the battlefield that had been destroyed in an instant.
The beautifully laid out board was turned into a mess because of some crazy guys.
“Did you just bring out the elites from the castle gate?”
I never imagined that something like this would suddenly pop up during a siege.
The battlefield was a mess. Thousands of soldiers were clashing against the walls, and screams were heard incessantly.
It was not easy to see the whole picture in a situation so chaotic that you wouldn’t even notice if an ally right next to you died.
“In this situation, you are trying to read my mind and catch me off guard?”
No matter how superior your military force is, you can’t completely avoid death once you go to war. If you overdo it, the damage will be that much greater.
I was going to save my troops for a day or so and wait for an opening. Even though the supply line was cut off, I thought that would be enough for Perdium.
If you use the siege tower first, you can minimize the damage to your allies while weakening the enemy’s strength.
And when their small force got tired, they planned to push forward with a large force.
That is, the battle up until now was a procedure to gauge the enemy’s strength.
In a situation where victory was a given, they did not want to fight a war that would result in losses.
I thought that even if the other person noticed my intention, he wouldn’t be able to move.
Most of Ferdium’s army was crowded against the walls on both sides, and they were unable to properly deploy their troops against the breached walls.
“No, it’s not over yet. Disperse the forces at the gate to weaken them further, and then launch a full-scale attack… … .”
Victor’s strategy was close to classic.
It was a castle without a moat or towers. There weren’t even any crude traps in front of the gates, but he checked everything in advance so as not to suffer even the slightest loss.
Once you’ve drained your enemies of their strength using siege towers, they won’t be able to block the important gates anymore.
It was the perfect way to minimize the damage to our allies.
He was confident even as the soldiers climbed the hole in the wall.
Just as they were about to move their troops, Jiselle and the mercenaries barged in.
“But why are you moving now of all times? Are you really saying that you were looking for that moment?”
It was a movement that surpassed the speed of thought, targeting the gap in thought, that brief moment.
In the midst of all that chaos and danger, the enemy read Victor’s thoughts, figured out the flow of the battlefield, and seized his one and only opportunity.
Opening the gates and coming out in the face of this overwhelming force.
The enemy is probably a mindless idiot or… … .
It would be a beast that displays a fearsome hunting instinct.
“Profit, the gate! The gate!”
Victor opened his eyes wide and looked at the situation.
But the gate was soon closed again.
Should we just push through everything like this?
‘No, no. The damage will be great if this continues. I have no choice but to push myself.’
His head started to roll quickly.
One side of the friendly forces had already been attacked from the flank and collapsed in an instant.
“That’s incredible speed. Did you just blindly run out there, relying on that fighting power?”
If a siege tower falls, there will be damage, but the troops tied to the tower can be diverted to another direction.
Although it was an unexpected turn of events, it was not important enough to change the outcome of the war.
“Send more knights and troops towards the left siege tower! Quickly recapture the siege tower first! Siege tower soldiers, turn around and strike the enemy from behind!”
Those guys in black armor looked quite capable, so it seemed like we’d need to deploy knights to secure the siege tower.
The formation has collapsed and the ranks have broken, but there are still troops left under the siege tower, so they will be able to surround the enemy general.
Twenty knights and additional troops moved to the left siege tower.
“If we push them back, we’ll run out of troops, so let’s attack the gates at the same time! Move the rams and ladders forward! Prepare to advance!”
At Victor’s command, the soldiers began to change ranks.
The troops waiting to enter the siege tower also noticed something strange and turned around.
“What is that kid?”
A knight looked at Jiselle, who was approaching alone, with a look of bewilderment.
Ddddd.
The double-edged axe that Giselle was holding was quite large and had a fairly long handle.
He was approaching the siege tower, dragging it on the ground with one hand.
“Are you coming to block the back alone now?”
The knight turned around with a distorted smile.
The enemies who had cut off the path to the siege tower were busy blocking the friendly forces in front.
In addition to the soldiers inside the siege tower, there were over a hundred soldiers waiting here.
Since the back of the head is empty, a siege attack is possible right away if you rush in from this side.
“Don’t worry about the people who were going up, just keep going up! The rest of you, just attack the enemy from behind!”
As the knight in command shouted loudly, all the troops waiting turned around.
It is unknown who would dare to take on this force alone, but as far as the knight knows, there is no one as strong as him in Ferdium.
‘He’s probably just being a guest.’
It would have been over if I had killed them all in one breath and even killed those guys who were stupidly blocking the road.
“Chat!”
The knight, emitting mana, jumped up and quickly closed the distance with Giselle.
It was at that moment that the knight approached Giselle and was about to swing his sword.
Jiselle’s axe struck the ground in a large semicircle.
Boom!
Bam!
The troops following the knight stopped walking for a moment.
The body of the knight ahead was neatly split in half.
Between the two pieces of the corpse split open on either side, a demon wearing a black helmet was emitting red light from its eyes.
