99 Episode 99: Good Advance III




 There are fields of wheat that were beautiful (...) all around.
 Now it was all reaped and the fields were trampled by ten thousand soldiers.


 The United Rosais Equus Carlo and Aldo's army and the Aldo's army were each in position about two kilometers away.

 The first to move was Aldo.
 After Aldo let his soldiers take a minimal amount of rest, he quickly set out to close in on the allied forces.

 The Allied troops also went into battle to intercept Aldo.

 The two sides beat their drums and formed up little by little.
 Both sides have large armies of over 10,000, so it will take some time for them to set up their formations.



 ''What is this formation?''
 Aldo tilted his head at the picture of the enemy's formation given to him by the sorcerer.

 The shields held by the heavily armed infantry covered half of the body of the soldier to his left. 
 Because they protected each other with their shields, the heavily armed infantry were invincible and strong as long as the formation was not broken.

 But such a heavily armed infantry corps has a weakness like Siegfried's back.
 That is the right flank.

 Naturally, there is no shield to protect the soldier on the right side of the rightmost soldier.
 Therefore, it is common sense to place elites on the right flank to prevent it from being broken.

 Aldo also learned that.

 But the enemy had laid out the exact opposite formation.
 The enemy has placed a force on the left side that could be called excessive. All of the tiger's cavalry are also on the left.


 

 Aldo's men are also heavily armed infantry. Each side's weak point is the right side.
 In order to exploit that weakness, it's easy to imagine a strategy of daring to concentrate forces on the left side.

 "But that leaves the right flank of the target vulnerable.
 In other words, it's going to be a battle to see who can break the right side first.

 'What do we do now? O king.
 We'll keep going. Our formation is almost complete, right? That can't change now. You will fly your hawks at all times and watch the movement of the formation from above. You will not ride if provoked by the enemy sorcerer. And contact the cavalrymen posted on the left flank. This war depends on the good work of all of you.

 A decisive battle for the position of King Domorgal was about to take place.







 The war in Adelunia began with an attack of light infantry and cavalry.
 The first to move in was the left wing of the Allied cavalry.

 The Allied cavalry numbered six hundred and Aldo's cavalry numbered two hundred.
 Moreover, four hundred of the six hundred Allied cavalry were born cavalry, Equus cavalry.

 In the blink of an eye, the six hundred of the Allied troops pushed the two hundred of Aldo's troops into the field.

 But Aldo had plenty of time to spare.

 ''While our right wing cavalry is receiving the enemy's left wing cavalry, our left wing cavalry is going around the enemy's right wing. The enemy has no cavalry on the right. The sooner our flank attack is decided the better.

 



 'General Tonino! The enemy cavalry is approaching!
 'It took longer than I expected. I guess it's a good thing the right flank is lagging behind the rest. This battle will depend on whether we can receive this cavalry or not................................Contact light infantry. Commence spear throwing!

 As Bartolo gave the command, the sound of drums immediately echoed across the battlefield.
 At the same time, an explosion sounded.



 ''What is it? What happened!
 'Shit! The horses got out of control....oh my!

 Suddenly, the sound of explosions, flames and smoke startled the horses and they began to flail about.

 The Aldo horsemen stopped moving completely.
 Some of the horses shake off their masters and run away, while others flee at full speed while dragging their masters away.

 The reason cavalrymen are so powerful lies in their mobility and ability to charge.
 There is no reason to be afraid of horsemen who have stopped.

 ''Kill them!

 The light infantry and the heavily armed infantry, led by Tonino, attacked the cavalry.
 It took several men to surround them and kill the cavalry one by one.

 ''It's absolutely brilliant. This weapon of explosive spear can't we just lose one of them?

 Tonino sighed when he saw the light infantry of King Rosais' country.




 Just as Tonino was fighting off the Aldo cavalry, the Allied cavalry also defeated the Aldo cavalry.
 The Allied cavalry, with the momentum of defeating the Aldo cavalry, charged the flank of Aldo's right flank.

 At about the same time, the Allied heavy infantry collided head-on with Aldo's right flank.

 Aldo's right flank was sandwiched between Allied cavalry and heavy infantry.
 Naturally, the right flank was manned by elite soldiers. But no matter how elite they were, if they were sandwiched between the front and right flank, there would be no room for error.


 The right flank of Aldo's army was completely destroyed.

 

 Blue Allied Forces
  Red Aldo's Army
 Square Infantry
 Triangle Cavalry
 Diamond-shaped Light Infantry (Bombastic Spear)

 Hey! Don't run away! Fight to the end!

 Aldo raises his voice.
 But the heavy infantry, who have been flanked and their formation has been broken, have not stopped fleeing.

 ''Aldo-sama! Please flee. Our formation has already been broken! Quickly while we can hold them off!
 Okay, okay. Shit!

 Aldo kicks his horse in the gut and tries to break away from the battlefield.
 Already, Aldo's army is in total disarray. There is no formation, no command, no nothing.

 If this were a commander with some experience, a quick retreat would be possible, but it's unfair to ask young Aldo to do that.
 All he can do is just survive.


 ''You're Prince Aldo, aren't you? I'll take that life.
 'Hey! Why are there cavalry here!

 Aldo looks around.
 Before he knows it, the soldiers who were supposed to be fleeing to the north have started fleeing to the south.

 There is one conclusion to be drawn. The cavalry has gone around them, and they have been caught in a pincer.

 This means that Aldo's army was sandwiched between the heavy infantry in front and to the right and the cavalry in the rear.




 'Shit, shit, shit! Why, why, why!

 Aldo desperately kicks his horse in the gut and tries to escape.
 Spears, stones and arrows attacked Aldo in such a way.

 ''Totally ... it can't be helped.

 The next moment, all the projectiles were tangled in a white net and crashed to the ground.
 It was Alice.

 'Master Aldo. Please flee to the east first. It's still safe over there. If you don't do it quickly, the enemy heavy infantry will go around you to the east, and you will be completely surrounded.
 'Ah, Alice you did well! I'm going to feed you more when I get home!

 Aldo heads east at full speed.
 The Confederate cavalry tries to chase after Aldo, but the next moment his horse falls in a heap.

 He was caught in Alice's thread.

 They can't pursue Aldo unless they kill Alice.
 The Allied cavalry, judging that, surround Alice.

 Before I knew it, there was only Alice and the Allied cavalrymen left in the place.


 You're quite a loyal slave, aren't you? Were you being treated well?
 'No way. Prince Aldo wouldn't hold a dirty spider like me. Well why did I help him?

 The answer is simple. I'm afraid of Aldo.
 This is not a matter of logic. It's a mental problem.

 As long as Aldo is alive, as long as the collar is attached to Alice's neck, Alice must protect Aldo.
 If she doesn't, she will be beaten. In order to avoid being beaten, she must listen to Aldo.

 That's the kind of strong compulsion I have.


 'Well, fine. Get out of my way. Die!

 The cavalry attacked Alice at once. Spears, swords, and arrows attack Alice.
 But, however, Alice fends off all the attacks with a metallic sound.

 A thin knife is held in both of Alice's hands.

 ''Shit! You're not bad at all!

 The cavalrymen fired their spears at Alice in unison.
 But the spear wasn't at Alice's body, but deep into the ground.

 ''Up?!''

 Alice had leapt high into the air just as the spear stabbed her.
 But this was a bad move. Escaping upwards would save her temporarily, but she would soon be trapped by gravity and fall.
 They would be waiting for you at the point of the fall and you would end up being speared to death.

 Well ... normally.

 Alice threw her knife at the soldiers waiting at her fall site.
 Even the quintessential cavalrymen couldn't react to the knives flying at breakneck speed and fell from their horses in a flurry.

 Alice landed on the ground and immediately jumped on the horse that had lost its master.

 She then forcefully turns the horse's head to the east and then kicks the horse hard in the stomach.
 Alice has no experience of riding a horse. You have to learn how to ride a horse.

 "You've bought yourself enough time. If this is how you die it will have to be done.

 Alice muttered as she clung to her horse.





 The prisoners of the Aldo army in this war were seven thousand.
 The death toll reached more than seven thousand. Of these, the number of soldiers who were thought to have been trampled to death by their allies was two thousand.

 The few remaining soldiers had scattered and fled, and Aldo had only one hundred soldiers left in his possession.


 The death toll of the allied forces was fifty-three. The number of wounded was eighty.


 This is truly a battle result that can be called a great victory.
 Thus, the wind of the civil war swept over Carlo.