Episode 354: Chicken game (2)
A week since I met Sanchez.
As Roman Dmitry prepared for the war against Valhalla, he thought about the situation after the northern front had already been defeated.
“After destroying the front-line defense positions on the northern front. The enemies have two options. The first is to send an army to stop us, and the second is to deal with Duke Vieto’s rebels before us. Since the number of rebels is not small, it is highly likely that they will try to focus on just one. If we choose the latter, they will certainly use elements like the Kronos Empire to prevent us from doing anything more. At that time we will target three places: Luenos, Portbell and Santino.”
“… … It’s reckless. While we deal with those three places, Duke Vieto’s rebellion will be put to rest.”
“It is the right opinion. But what if we could capture those three places within a week?”
From the North to the capital of Valhalla.
It was far away.
Horseback riding was the shortest distance, but even considering the actual marching time, it had to take at least a month.
That is why the products of magical civilization are praised.
After Santino, there is a warp point like Cronus’ Cortas, and if it is taken, Valhalla has no choice but to respond.
Open the gate using the coordinates of the warp point.
You could attack the capital of Valhalla right away, you could call Dmitri’s reinforcements to Valhalla, or if you were willing to risk losing your cause, you could go over to Hernad and help Duke Vieto’s rebel army.
blast furnace.
It was an area they could not give up.
The moment Santino falls, they will definitely send troops to the warp gate to stop it.
And the time was set to one week.
It would take at least a week for the emperor’s army to move to Hernad and capture it, so if Santino was captured before Hernad fell, the atmosphere could be ruined.
The problem was that the week was very tight.
Roman Dmitry said he would easily capture three territories in a row, but in reality, he had to spend more than half of his time just moving through the three territories.
One a day at the latest.
It had to be taken down quickly.
Even so, since time was running out, Roman Dmitry suggested a way to occupy the three territories.
“We will first move our troops to the vicinity of Ruenos. If a camp is formed there at a certain distance, the Valhalla Empire will have to focus less on the defense of the other two territories as they focus on the sight of Dmitri’s army. At this time, we plan to infiltrate Portbell, the second territory, and destroy it.”
“… … It’s too dangerous. Since the campaign at Rascal, both empires have been extremely wary of small guerrilla operations. “They must have been prepared for that.”
This time it was Chris again.
That was a correct point.
Work at Rascal.
It shocked people.
In response to the fact that he entered Rascal alone and massacred 10,000 troops, the two empires hostile to Dmitri mobilized their outstanding minds to study ways to stop it.
You can’t suffer the same thing over and over again.
If you infiltrated hastily, there was a very high chance that you would end up in danger due to the trap they had prepared in advance.
Roman Dmitry saw a man.
“Lucas. Have you finished preparing to attack Port Bell?”
In those words.
Lucas laughed.
“Yes, I am ready.”
from then.
Roman Dmitry’s plan was accelerated.
* * *
The day Valhalla attempted assassination.
Roman Dmitry defined Valhalla as the enemy.
Anticipating that a war with them would break out at any moment, he gave several orders to Lucas.
one of them.
It was to plant a spy.
“Valhalla is in disarray right now. In the process of trying to assassinate me, there is a conflict with those who speak of the fundamentals of Valhalla, so use this confusion to deploy as many people as possible from the Intelligence Guild. The more diverse the roles of informants, the better. People from general occupations who can incite people, combat occupations who can influence the enemy’s operations in times of emergency, etc. “We will spare no effort in supporting you, so make sure you handle it properly.”
“All right.”
The operation proceeded steadily.
When the Duke of Vieto declared a rebellion.
The people who supported their argument were members of Haomun.
Those who were watching the Emperor of Valhalla encouraged him to raise his voice.
and.
It was the same during Ares’ challenge.
He dragged people to prevent the Valhalla Empire from making foolish moves, and after defeating Cesar, he fought alongside the people who were venting their anger.
You are right, the Emperor of Valhalla is wrong, this cannot be done, you must follow Duke Vieto.
By order of Roman Dmitry, the situation was intentionally created.
Past life.
people said
Didn’t Baek Jung-hyuk, the Heavenly Demon, rise to that position through overwhelming power?
To some extent, this is correct.
If he had not had strength, he would not have been able to achieve the feat of conquering Wulin, but if his political skills had declined in the process of surviving at the lowest point of life, he would not have been able to endure in the first place.
That is not a cowardly act.
Setting the situation to one’s advantage was an ability that a commander must have.
blast furnace.
It was prepared from the beginning.
As Santino was the last gateway, security was so tight that soldiers could not infiltrate it, but the situation was different at Port Bell.
When the sun sets and it gets dark.
As some of the soldiers went to bed, the informants who had infiltrated Valhalla under Dmitry’s orders some time ago began to move secretly.
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“Already shift… … “Oops.”
Deep.
It was an instant.
Since it was a familiar face to the same soldier, the guards showed a happy face, but were suddenly shocked.
The operation was quick.
As many as a dozen informants moved quickly, overpowered the guards around the gate, and immediately manipulated the gate.
The squeak, the sound of the chains moving, was silenced with a silence scroll.
By the time the other soldiers noticed, it was too late.
When they saw the gate moving, they hurriedly sounded an alarm, but by then the gate had already fallen over the moat.
thud.
Rumbling.
Beyond the gates.
I saw soldiers rushing in.
A warning sound brightened the night in Port Bell, and an urgent attempt was made to solve the problem at the gate.
But already.
widely.
“Kill them all.”
Led by Roman Dmitry, Dmitri’s elite entered the castle.
* * *
Weeeeeeenn-
“It’s the enemy!”
“The enemy has appeared!”
There was an uproar.
The soldiers who had fallen into a deep sleep came out in a hurry and looked at the surrounding situation with alert faces.
Hwareuk.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The surrounding area was engulfed in flames.
In the sweltering heat, Roman Dmitry suddenly appeared and was slaughtering Portvel’s soldiers.
Wow.
“Kaaak!”
“Save me!”
It was a hell of abuse.
In a situation where just avoiding the scorching heat was daunting, the soldiers were helpless against Roman Dmitry’s overwhelming force.
Even for the knights of Portbell, the situation was no different.
They rushed towards Roman Dmitri with an aura, but without fail, the corpse with its limbs cut off was lying around on the floor.
Commander of Port Bell.
Baron Portbell shouted with a pale, exhausted face.
“Activate the magic system! Don’t panic! “The enemy is only a small minority!”
[rain shower]
[Rain Shower]
[Rain Shower]
Magic circles were activated from all directions.
Rain shower.
It was an excellent magic for firefighting abilities.
In the Rascal incident, it was discovered that the flames used by Roman Dmitri were not easily extinguished, and the Valhalla Empire planted powerful magical powers in the fortress.
It definitely worked.
No matter how powerful the fire was, it was not omnipotent, and magic specialized for firefighting showed the effect of subsiding the flames.
Same way.
It didn’t happen the same way.
Those who had Dmitry as enemies studied the variables created by Roman Dmitry and prepared countermeasures.
Passssssss-
The lights went out.
if it goes like this.
It was a very unfavorable situation for Dmitry.
Even if Roman Dmitry was there, his numbers were small, and as many as 30,000 troops were stationed at Port Vell.
It was different from the massacre of 10,000 troops at Rascal.
In the process of dealing with the troops that were seething everywhere, even Dmitry’s elite were bound to suffer damage.
but.
“… … “This is crazy.”
“How are we supposed to stop that monster?!”
A monster that exists before your eyes.
I was not confident that I could stop Roman Dmitry with hundreds or thousands of casualties.
Port Bell’s soldiers swung their weapons with faces filled with fear at the overwhelming force of slaughtering each and every foot that rushed at them.
It was then.
Roman Dmitry took a step back, unlike usual.
That moment.
Quang!
Crumbling.
Far away.
A huge explosion occurred on the castle wall.
While Roman Dmitry drew the attention of his enemies by creating flames, Dmitry’s elite took out the guards and planted magic bombs on the castle walls.
Usually, castle walls had different strengths on the inside and outside.
The outer castle wall, through which enemies penetrate, is protected by powerful magic defenses, but the inside has not been installed so thoroughly as magic defenses, assuming what would happen after it has already been breached.
for that reason.
Kwarung.
Crumbling.
The castle wall collapsed.
With the walls of Portvel collapsing on all sides, Roman Dmitry raised his voice.
“Soldiers of Valhalla, listen! “If you remain in Port Bell even after the walls fall.”
I cut down the enemy that followed me.
The blood splattered everywhere caught people’s attention.
“Next time, you will meet me once again here, unprotected by the walls.”
Enemy defenses.
I expected it.
Roman Dmitry, who realized the identity of Rain Shower, set the purpose of the small-scale guerrilla operation differently from before.
The role of a fortress comes from its walls.
However, if the castle wall collapses, even if Port Bell’s troops remain intact, they will not be able to maintain their position.
They have no choice but to retreat to Santino in the rear, thereby isolating Ruenos and easily eliminating one of the three objectives.
It was an attack that caught one off guard.
Viscount Ruenos.
Without knowing this, he sent a complacent report to the rear commanders that Dmitry seemed to have given up on the war.
And the next day.
“Dmitry is advancing!”
“Stop it!”
Third day.
Dmitry’s army drew its weapons against Ruenos.
* * *
three days ago.
Just as Dmitry had just collapsed the northern front, Duke Vieto received a series of developments.
“… … “It’s so incredible that all these crazy things have become reality.”
I was shocked.
This rebellion.
We trusted Roman Dmitry and proceeded.
But it wasn’t blind trust.
Think about it.
Roman Dmitry’s plan was to deal with Alvarez and Cesar through Ares and move the army directly to collapse the northern front.
The people of Valhalla had no choice but to doubt the first plan.
Ares is a famous person, so his skills are well known. It is clear that he is a genius in swordsmanship, but even defeating Alvarez, let alone Cesar, is a question mark.
There was no mention of the Northern Front.
It was thought that while the front line defense positions were being destroyed, the rebels occupying Hernad would be in danger.
As a result.
Roman Dmitry kept his word.
In addition to Ares’ victory, I received word that Roman Dmitri had captured the North a little while ago.
Sanchez said.
“Didn’t I tell you? Even when the Valhalla imperial family openly revealed their intention to assassinate him, Roman Dmitry was confident that he could return without any help. “When he said it was possible, he had that much confidence, and I believed that and said let’s proceed with the rebellion.”
He was a link of trust.
If Sánchez had not insisted, the rebels would not have made the decision to attack Hernad first.
first.
The dangerous hurdle has been passed.
Now that the Valhalla imperial family is in chaos, the role of the rebels is very important.
Duke Vieto said:
“There is only one way for us to overthrow the Imperial House of Valhalla. We must hold out as long as we can in Hernad and spread the word to the people about why we rebelled. The longer we hold on, the more we raise our voices, the more the people of Valhalla will think that this is their golden opportunity to set things right. Because of Roman Dmitry, the Valhalla imperial family will not be able to do its best to suppress the rebels. “If we can hold out here in Hernad for just 15 days, then even the people who were terrified will rise up and help us.”
they believed
The will of the people of Valhalla.
Currently, he does not dare to move due to the fear that his reputation as the Emperor of Valhalla gives him, but if the rebels show clear results, the flames of rebellion will spread throughout the region.
That was what the rebels were aiming for.
Therefore, if the rebel army collapsed in a few days, a miracle like an uprising could not be expected.
somehow.
I had to hold on.
Roman Dmitry had set the stage like this, and even after occupying an advantageous position, he could not collapse.
“Be sure to hold on. Full moon. “That is the starting point.”
* * *
Third day.
The day dawned.
When Roman Dmitry attacked Ruenos, the emperor’s army appeared beyond the walls of Hernad Castle.
“this.”
“… … “How are we supposed to stop that?”
The sight before your eyes.
Some swallow dry saliva.
Some people sighed.
It was spectacular.
At first glance, the emperor’s tightly packed troops seemed to number well over hundreds of thousands of troops.
Sanchez said in a desperate voice.
“It seems like the information was true. The Emperor of Valhalla really gave up on the North and sent an entire army of one million people to occupy Hernad. And looking at the appearance of the Royal Knights, the emperor’s direct army, it is clear that those classified as special forces were also mobilized.”
Among the many flags.
There was also a golden flag symbolizing the Royal Knight.
Chicken game.
The Valhalla Emperor chose a truly extreme choice.
Without sending any reinforcements to the north, they concentrated on capturing Hernad.
Duke Vieto looked beyond the castle walls.
“… … Emperor Valhalla. “You mean we can suppress the rebels before Dmitry creates a variable?”
opponent’s intention.
It was obvious.
I was angry and my pride was hurt.
but.
‘It is impossible to stop them for a long time with 200,000 troops.’
Quantitatively too.
Qualitatively too.
was overwhelmingly pushed back.
Really maybe.
The Duke of Vieto felt that he might not be able to last even a week, let alone the fifteen days he had thought.
like that.
The battle for the rebels’ fate has begun.
fantasy,
