The total strength of the anti-pagan crusade is ......

　Lemurian infantry 13,000.
　Lemurian cavalry 500,000.
　Fullerling infantry 400,000.
　Fullerling cavalry 200,000.

　The total strength of the army was 240,000.


　In contrast, the total army strength of the Kingdom of Fars was ......

　Infantry 1,850,000.
　Cavalry 95000.
　Total: 280,000.


　This large army, totaling over 500,000 men, was formed as follows.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　










Hmmm, ...... is the chain of command still effectively divided?

　King Ludwig I judged so when he saw the formation of the pagan crusaders.
　This is the first time I've ever seen such a thing.
　The Lemurian and Fulling armies have fundamentally different armaments and organizational structures.

　It is extremely difficult to operate these two armies in a mixed manner.
　Therefore, Hercule I and Ludwig I may have decided to operate in a very simple and straightforward manner by dividing the chain of command into two.

　The Fullerling army constitutes the right flank, while the Lemurian army constitutes the center to left flank. ......
　This is not a single army, but rather two armies in a line.

　Probably both Hercule I and Ludwig I are trying to keep in sync as best they can, but a tripod of two untrained men is not going to succeed.

　They will certainly fall out of step with each other.
　Therefore, ......

The weak point of the Crusade is on the right flank of the Lemurian (・・・・) army.

　The border between the Lemurian and Fulling armies.
　The right wing of the Lemurian army is the weak point of the Crusaders.

　The right flank of the Lemurian army is the weak point of the Crusaders.

The Crusaders must know that .......

　Therefore, the Crusaders should either make up for this weakness in some way or use ......
　The Crusaders must have some means of compensating for this weakness, or they must be devising a strategy to take advantage of it.

"Well, good. We are outnumbered and outgunned. We should be able to deal with ...... whatever the enemy has in store for us.

　It is the Crusaders who must be desperate for wisdom.
　Sasan VIII should just watch them struggle.





...... It's a safe formation, as expected.

　Hercule muttered to himself as he looked at the formation of the army of the Fals.
　He and King Ludwig I had many discussions about how to defeat the enemy by utilizing different command systems.
　They are proud of the fact that they were able to come up with the best plan. ......

　But the odds were not good.

　This is because, no matter what measures Hercule and Ludwig I devise, Sasan VIII is sure to set up a formation that can respond to them.

　In fact, the formation that Sasan VIII had set up was long and wide, and he had prepared enough reserve troops in the hinterland. ......
　It was a textbook arrangement that allowed neither encirclement nor breakthrough.

　It is most troubling when an opponent with a greater number of troops does this.

I'm sure they've seen through our weaknesses.

　A crusade sounds good, but ......
　In effect, the Lemurian and Fullerling armies are just side by side.

　Therefore, the right wing of the Lemurian army, the part commanded by Karolina, is the Achilles' heel of this crusade.
　This is where the Fahls will undoubtedly aim.

　However, because of ......, Hercule and Ludwig I were able to plan their strategy.
　Because they had a certain trust and confidence that Sasan VIII would target this Achilles heel, they were able to devise tactics to take advantage of it.

All we have to do is throw the ...... ball.




　The signal for the battle was given by Cecilia, the nominal commander-in-chief of the crusade.

"Take up the holy cross!

　The Holy Cross.
　The Holy Cross, the cross that was used to crucify the Son of God, is enshrined in the Holy Land.

　It was brought here to boost the morale of the crusaders.

"God is with us. God is with us. God is with us! God be with us. God be with us!

　The morale of the Crusaders rose dramatically.
　But the morale of the Pharisees is not defeated.

"God be with us!　Victory to us!　God bless us! God bless us!　Victory to us!

　The morale of both sides gradually rose. ......
　At the height of the excitement, the battle began.

　The first to attack was the Fulling's army, which made up the right wing of the Crusaders.



"Come on!　Let's show our bravery to the Lemurians and to the infidels!
"'Oooooohhh!

　At the command of King Ludwig I, a total of 60000 troops are set in motion.
　This is led by Laurent, Bradamante, and Astolfo.

　As expected of the seven heroes.
　Their movements were very well coordinated.

　When Sasan VIII saw the movements of the Fullerling army, he did not seem particularly upset and muttered.

...... It's still a diagonal formation.

　As expected, Fullerling's troops were able to get away with it. ......
　As expected, Fulling's troops began their assault, tilting their flanks diagonally.

"Coward leading the left flank, relay to Darius, take it in.

　At Sassan VIII's order, the Farrus army also began to move.










"Hmm, not so easy to pull off, is it?

　King Ludwig I smiled grimly.
　Flurrying's army was quickly caught and stopped by the left flank of Fahls' army.

　Laurent and Coward, Bradamante Astolfo and Darius entered the battle.

Well, that's as far as it goes. Now, as per the original plan, ...... I will only consider destroying the left flank of the Foulds army and leave the rest to His Majesty Hercule.

　With that, King Ludwig I drew his sword and jumped into the middle of the battle.




The next time, let me go first. ...... Phallus, right flank. Cyrus, Smerdis forces, begin your attack!

　At Sasan VIII's command, the right wing of the Phallus army began to move.
　In response to this, ......

Lemuria's left wing, Alicia, Edmond and Stephan. Suppress the movement of the Phallus army.

　On Hercule's orders, the left wing of the Phallus army also began to move.
　Thus, ......







　A large gap was created between the left wing of the Lemurian army and the center.
　Sasan VIII was momentarily confused by this.

"...... is that an invitation?

　The gap was too blatant.
　But ...... there was no way he could not exploit it.

　Of course, you don't want to go charging in here without a plan.

"Carly, send in the elephant squadron!
"On it.

　Carly Marr's war elephant troops began to move.
　Although their numbers were slightly reduced from the previous battle, their fighting ability was still strong.

　Straight away, the war elephants led by Carly and the light infantry that followed them charged into the center of the Lemurian army.

　In line with this, ......

"Center, Shaheen's army. Charge!

　At the same time, the center, led by General Shaheen, moved forward.
　And continued: ......

"Communicate to Helena on the left flank. Charge into the gap between the Lemurian forces!

　This series of offensives by Sasan VIII led to the ......







　The center of the Lemurian army will be unable to move if it is attacked by the war elephants led by Kali and the central army of Fars led by Shaheen.
　With the center and left flank held back by the Pharaohs, the Crusaders would be threatened in the rear if Helena's 10000 cavalry passed through the gap.

　......, but this is exactly what Hercule had in mind.

"Oskar, Galfis, Sonia. As expected, move to attack.
"Ha!

　The movement was much faster than Sasan VIII had expected.
　The infantry of the Lemurian army moved smoothly, leaning heavily in a flank formation to intercept the Phallus army.

　More at ......

"General Darios. You're in good hands.
I'm on it.

　The Lemurian reserves, led by General Darios, step forward.






"How ...... did you expect us to respond to this move? ...... As I suspected, this was to be expected.

　Sasan VIII let out a sigh of admiration at the acrobatic movements of the Lemurian infantry.
　The Lemurian army quickly responded to the movements of the Phallus army and even attempted to encircle one wing of the left flank of the central army.

　However, there was still a hint of reserve in Sasan VIII's expression.
　This was because he still had a lot of reserve troops on hand.

　Hercule also knew that the battle was currently going in favor of the Farrus army.
　Therefore, both of them muttered together.


The battle is just beginning.