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Tyr’s Army
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<Warden Army Western Route Assault Division>
Tyr’s Unit: About 3500
Mia’s Adventurer Unit: About 500
“Tyr-sama! About half a day’s distance from here, Baron’s unit of about 2000 is waiting.” (Urt)
“Understood.” (Tyr)
It had been a while since the war, so all the members sent by the Order from Urt were mobilized to gather information. After gathering the information, it was written on the map, and the situation could be understood from an almost “God’s-eye view,” as if they were overseeing everything. Once the information was organized, Tyr quickly gave orders to Hal. Hal was the deputy commander of Tyr’s unit.
“Hal, we’ll split into two groups. Take 500 men, enter the mountains, and circle around behind the enemy to wait. We will launch a surprise attack at night, so make sure to flank them.” (Tyr)
“Understood.” (Hal)
“Do not attack with the intention of destroying the enemy. Once we have flanked them at night, that will crush their will to fight. We win without fighting. We’ll be in continuous battles with the nobles, so we must minimize casualties.” (Tyr)
“Yes.” (Hal)
This time, the battles would be continuous with the nobles. Therefore, they must defeat the enemy without causing unnecessary casualties. To win without casualties, they could not simply fight without thought. They must think carefully about how to win in advance.
After Hal left with 500 soldiers, Tyr called for Mia.
“Mia.” (Tyr)
“Yes, yes! I’m over here.” (Mia)
Mia participated with her adventurers. Since she wasn’t used to combat, she would be assigned a task in rear support and diversion, not at the front lines.
“Take your adventurers and hide on the opposite side of the mountain from Hal. The enemy flanked by Hal and me will definitely flee that way. Set fire to the mountain to block their retreat when they do.” (Tyr)
“Understood! The adventurers in my unit are all brave and skilled elites! I’ll be sure to show you excellent results.” (Mia)
“I’m counting on you.” (Tyr)
While the adventurers might be amateurs in battle, their skills in mountain trekking and undetected movement were likely superior to those of soldiers. It shouldn’t be difficult for them to sneak around and move to the back of the mountain without being noticed by the enemy.
After Mia departed, Tyr waited a while and then slowly began moving the main force. After allowing the soldiers a rest, Tyr and Urt secretly descended the mountain. They carefully moved to a position where they could clearly see the enemy’s camp. Although the voices of the enemy soldiers couldn’t be heard, they were close enough to distinguish their faces.
“That’s the enemy, huh?” (Tyr)
“Yes, about 2000 of them.” (Urt)
The enemy was stationed in an area surrounded by mountains on three sides. It was a place hard to attack and hard to escape from. Just that fact alone showed that the noble’s military ability was nonexistent.
The enemy likely set up camp without much thought, just trying to prevent any incursions into their territory. However, from their perspective, Tyr was on the mountain ahead, Hal was on the right, and Mia had completed her position behind them on the left, leaving the enemy surrounded, except for a narrow gorge.
“It seems like Hal and Mia are almost in position.” (Tyr)
As the sun began to set, the surroundings gradually grew darker. By now, Hal and Mia would have completed their preparations.
“Alright, listen up. We’re going to move out slowly, making as much noise as possible. The objective is to confuse the enemy and crush their will to fight. We want to avoid a fight and minimize our own casualties. Be sure not to act recklessly.” (Tyr)
After thoroughly discussing how they would fight this time, they began to move to the foot of the mountain. Walking along the mountain path in complete darkness was very dangerous, so they moved cautiously, watching their step.
Despite the Warden army being right in front of the enemy camp, the enemy hadn’t noticed their presence yet. The lookout soldiers didn’t even seem to be looking in their direction; they were facing away, chatting.
“Alright, let’s go. Charge!” (Tyr)
“Waaahhh!!” (Soldiers)
At Tyr’s signal, the soldiers charged out at once. They deliberately made a lot of noise and banged gongs to draw attention. The enemy was thrown into chaos by the sudden appearance of the Warden army from the mountain.
“Enemy attack!!!” (??)
The one shouting wasn’t the lookout, but a Warden army soldier. Even though they had notified the enemy, the enemy’s formation was slow to recover. They must have been overly careless and unprepared. In the darkness, the enemy soldiers couldn’t see well, and chaos broke out with soldiers fighting each other. Meanwhile, the Warden soldiers began breaking the stables, letting the horses loose, and setting fire to the camp, further escalating the enemy’s confusion.
“Hey! The camp’s on fire! Stop fighting each other!” (??)
Was the one desperately running around on horseback one of the enemy’s nobles? The commander was trying hard to organize the troops, but the confusion showed no signs of stopping.
“G-General!” (??)
“What is it!” (??)
“We are surrounded!” (??)
With the main force’s charge, Hal and Mia’s separate units had set fire to the mountain.
Realizing that they were surrounded, the enemy lost their will to fight.
“This is bad! If we don’t retreat now, we’ll be completely surrounded…!” (??)
“General! Your orders!” (??)
“…It’s no use. We’ll retreat before it’s too late.” (??)
Thus, Tyr achieved an easy victory over the nobles in their first battle in a very short time.
“Wow, what an incredible victory. We drove off the enemy without even crossing swords. We suffered almost no casualties, while the enemy had soldiers killing each other and others being trampled by their comrades while fleeing. This is a complete victory, isn’t it?” (Mia)
The next morning, Mia happily said this while gathering useful things such as maps and food from the burned wreckage.
“Yeah. Mia and Hal’s diversion worked perfectly. It was a flawless battle.” (Tyr)
Because the enemy had no military ability, they had won easily.
They hadn’t even taken measures against a night attack.
“Tyr-sama. We’ve received a request for help from the Baron here, and the neighboring Viscount and Count are gathering soldiers.” (Urt)
While the top brass of Tyr’s army was talking happily, Urt brought a new report.
“Tyr-sama. We should take advantage of the enemy’s lack of preparation and strike quickly.” (Urt)
Upon hearing Urt’s report, Hal immediately responded.
“That’s right! The enemy won’t be able to keep up with our Warden army’s mobility! We adventurers will work hard to follow the main force without falling behind!” (Hal)
Mia also seemed eager.
“Right. Let’s get started with preparations for the next battle with the nobles.” (Tyr)
The fight against the nobles had only just begun. From now on, Tyr will face a series of battles against the nobles.
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