Meanwhile, twelve days ago.
　Six days after Hercule had crossed the desert.

　Iason received word that Carmine had been defeated.

　"That's absurd. ......

　The book fell from Iason's hand.
　He looked stunned for a while, ...... and muttered.

　"Are you sure you've crossed the desert?

　It was only here that Iason realized that it was true that the Lemurian army had crossed the desert in earnest.
　He unrolled the map and pondered.

　(If it were possible, I'd go for reinforcements, but ...... it's nearly 700 kilometers from Azdavia to Teripol. It's not practical. ......)

　It will take at least a month to get there.
　To begin with, ...... Iason is now facing the Lemurian army. There is no way that Iason can go for reinforcements.

　So we'll have to send the Terriportanian garrison to them.

　The Teriportanian garrison is about 500 strong.
　There are about 500 Teryportanian defenders, and there are about 200 Balbals currently attacking Teriportania.

　There is room to spare in terms of numbers.

　(According to the information, the Lemurian army is about 30000. (According to our information, the Lemurian army is about 30000. If we can allocate 30000 from the Terriportanian defenders to go to them, ......)

　And then Iason realized.

　No, ...... there's a Lemurian army at sea.

　The strength of the Lemurian army at sea is not known in detail, but it is ......
　Taking into account the number of Lemurian troops that have crossed the desert, the number of Lemurian troops that Iason is facing now, and the total number of standing troops in the Lemurian army, we can estimate the number to be around ...... 200-30000.

　If we allocate 30000 troops from the Teriportanian garrison, 20000 to 30000 Lemurian troops will come ashore from the thinly-manned port.

　Master Iason, the Teryportanian garrison would like you to send reinforcements. ......
　"No. Tell them not to send reinforcements, but to prepare for the enemy at sea.

　Iason said.
　And think.

　"The garrison of Chellda has plenty of room. They'll get reinforcements from there. It may take some time, but it should also tell them that the Terriportanian garrison has no room to spare. (...... I'll ask His Majesty to send reinforcements, just in case.

　Iason will be furious with the beast for not going to help his friends! Iason is trying to think of a way to appease the Warbeast generals who will be furious with him for not going to help their friends. ......
　He took a pen and wrote a letter, which he sent to Cerda City on a fast horse.

　The letter took about four days to make it past the city of Teripol and onto the main road between Cerda and Teripol. ......
　There, it was caught by Nia and never reached Chelda City.


　By the way, ......
　Iason's prediction was partly correct, and it should be noted that Hercule's second plan included a plan to land Stephan at a port in the Teriportanian region if the Teriportanian garrison came to reinforce him.

　

　Ten days later.
　Sixteen days after Hercule had crossed the desert.

　Iason received new information.
　It was that the Lemurian army had surrounded the city of Tëripol from land and sea, and had launched an all-out attack. ......

　The information was from three days ago: ......
　The Lemurian army actually attacked the city of Teripol on the thirteenth day after Hercule had crossed the desert.

　"Heck, we should have sent reinforcements .......

　Should we have dispatched about three hundred troops from the Teriportanian garrison as reinforcements?
　Iason regretted the choice he had made ten days ago.
　But ......

　(No, it would have taken 20 days to get the Teriportanian garrison to head there in the first place. ......)

　The Teriportanian garrison is dispersed at various ports and important points.
　Gathering them together and sending them towards the city of Teripol would take twenty days.

　If we move the deployment poorly, the Lemurian army will still land from the ports that have become inadequate. ......
　The Barbarians who are currently raiding Terriportania may slip through the cracks in the defenses and join the Lemurian army.

　Iason reminded himself that he had made the right choice.

　(In the first place,......, this strategy has failed from the moment the Lemurian army crossed the desert,......?

　Iason let out a sigh.
　Crossing the great desert is insane.

　The unexpected actions of the Emperor of Lemuria had upended the strategy of the Kingdom of Cerda.

　All countermeasures have been put on the back burner.

　The next best thing you can do now is ...... not to panic and not to move your army too far.

　The Teriportanian defenders are perfectly positioned.
　In fact, the Barbarians only ravaged the southern part of Teriportania, unable to penetrate deep into the country. ......
　And the Lemurian army has also given up on landing from the sea side.

　Unless we move this: ......
　The Lemurian army will not be able to make a move into the Teriportanian region unless this is moved.

　(Reinforcements will soon arrive from the Cerda defenders. (Reinforcements will arrive soon from Cerda's garrison.) If that happens, the Lemurian army, isolated among the enemy, will be finished. We shouldn't move here. We should hold the line.

　That was Iason's decision.
　He rejected the request from the Teriportanian defenders to send reinforcements to Teripol City, and ordered them to continue defending as before.

　Iason's choice was not the best one, but ......
　It was not a mistake.

　In a few days, the city of Teripol would fall.
　There was little point in sending reinforcements.

　If the Teriportanian garrison was still intact, it would be a wise decision, as it would prevent the Barbarians from traversing and crossing the Teriportanian region and joining up with the Lemurian forces in Teripol.

　But ......




　What's this all about?

　That night, a group of armed Warbeast commanders came to Iason's room.


　They all have grim expressions on their faces.

　"General Iason, I heard that you rejected the request of the Terriportanian garrison ...... and forbade General Carmine from sending reinforcements to Terripol City, is that true?

　It's true. Because ......

　When Iason was about to give his reasons, ......
　The commanders drew their swords and pointed them at Iason's face.

　"Whoa!　What the hell?

　"Cancel the order ...... to send the Teriportanian defenders to Teripol City!　Otherwise, we will remove you from office.

　I'm the one who's supposed to be guarding Azdavia.　I'm the commander of the Azdavian and Teryportanian garrisons, and your superior.　In the military, hierarchy is absolute. ......

　"Shut up, you inferior!

　The Warbeast commanders barked at Iason.
　The Warbeast commanders barked at Iason, killing him and shouting at him with terrible swordsmanship.

　"We have orders from the king. We will listen to your orders. ...... But we will not stand idly by and let you abandon our troops!　You traitor!

　"All right. ...... All right!　I'll listen to you, but I'm not going to stand by and watch you abandon your friends, you traitor! ......

　Iason complained, but rescinded the order he had issued a short time ago: ......
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　Further ......
　Ironically, it was the following night, seventeen days after the desert crossing, that Carmine and his warbeast nobles abandoned their soldiers and people and fled from Teripol City.


　It was three and a half days later that word of the fall of Teripol reached Iason.
　It was the twenty-first day after the desert crossing.

　Hahaha ...... What are these reinforcements for?

　When Iason heard of Carmine's escape and the fall of Teripol City, he laughed helplessly.





　It had been five days since Iason had given the order.
　That is, twenty-two days after the desert crossing.

　"Chief, there's something wrong with the Chelda Kingdom army.
　"...... They're probably on their way to Teripol City for reinforcements.

　The information about the fall of Teripol City reached Masinissa at .......
　It's been twenty days since Hercule crossed the desert.

　That means he got the information a day earlier than Iason did.

　What should we do?
　"We'll take advantage of the opportunity and head for Teripol City to join our friends and defend ...... Teripol City. That was my promise to the Emperor of Lemuria.

　Hercule asked Masinissa to do two things.

　The first is to keep the Teriportanian garrison pinned down in the Teriportanian region. One is to repeat the raid.

　The second was to join up with the Teriportanian garrison if they attempted to reinforce either Teripol or Azdavia.

　I have no intention of spilling blood for Lemuria, but ......

　At the moment, the Kingdom of Chelda, an enemy of Lemuria, is also an enemy of the Shue Yan clan.
　I have no intention of shedding blood for Lemuria, but I am willing to shed blood for the Kingdom of Chelda.

　"All for the sake of our future, ...... using Lemuria. Let's go, brethren.

　Masinissa turned her forces to the northwest, towards the city of Teripol.

　The Lemurian Empire and the Shuien Clan.
　Lemurian Emperor Hercule and Shuien Clan Chief Masinissa.


　Two very different countries, cultures, and languages. ......
　Both of them worked together and cooperated with each other much more than the king and his vassals of the Kingdom of Chelda.