'Report, sir. In all, two companies, three hundred and twenty of which were unreturned, eighty-three of them. Casualties: 17. The damage was 100.
　Yes, thank you. Thank you, Master Ron Aemilius. I'm sorry to leave you in charge of such a dangerous mission.

　Alexios labored over Ron as he returned from the surprise attack.
　He didn't know how much damage he had done to his opponent.

　But no one would be woken up in the early hours of dawn by a surprise attack, and no one would be calm.
　The enemy soldiers must be sleep-deprived and angry.

　Alexios' aim is to destabilize the enemy soldiers' mental state.
　The enemy's losses from the surprise attack are only an aid.

　''I have much to learn. Alexios-dono. I understand the importance of terrain and information.''
　That's the least I could do. Well, we only used it this time because the terrain was just right for us. Normally, it doesn't work so well. Even I'm a great general.

　Alexios proudly puffed out his chest.　
　'If only he could fix his narcissistic personality, he'd be a good man,' Ron asked, thinking.

　'But what are you going to do after this?　Although the enemy has been reduced in numbers by surprise, it was originally 10,000, down to about 1,000 at best. We are ten thousand. Either way, wouldn't we be fighting in almost equal numbers?

　Yeah. That's why I'm walking in here. What? No need to worry about it. Rosward Fabius and Gram Calpurnius will be here in a few minutes. We'll outline our plan of attack.






　Hmm, favorable terrain is taken.

　King Zordias muttered as he looked at the formation of the Romarian army.

　There are four topographical elements that must be held in the plains near the village of Carano.

　One is the deep-water river in the west.
　The plains in the center.
　The small hills to the east.
　The forest to the east.

　It is the body of the hill and the central plain that can move an army properly.
　And even if you put these two together, it's barely enough space for an army of ten thousand troops to fit side by side.

　In other words, the mobility of the army would be greatly diminished.
　At the very least, they would not be able to move boldly.

　And the placement of the enemy........

　'About 2,000 cavalry on the left flank of the Romali army and about 5,000 central infantry on the plain. The right flank is about 3,000 infantry on the hill. 'I see, they intend to hold off our left flank on the hill while they turn the left flank and the center to the right to bring in a counter-siege. The west side is a forest, so there is no escape. It's practically a siege.

　I have to say it's brilliant.
　The topographical disadvantage would be impossible to reverse.

　But.....

　"The letters you scattered to drive me in here. It's a morale booster. Good. It's a simple matter. We'll take the hill before it's under siege.

　King Zordias' country is a mountainous nation.
　There is no one in line to climb a hill.

　"A bad turn of events turns into a good turn of events. I will show you how to win this war.

　King Zoldias gathered his generals into his tent.

　'I will now strike down Alexios Cornelius!　Gentlemen, take your anger out on them!
　"'Oh!


　Thus began the battle of Carano.






　The strategy set up by King Zordias was as follows.
　First, to stop the two thousand cavalry on the left flank of the Romarian army, he placed a thousand cavalry of the entire Zordias army on the right flank.
　Three thousand infantry in the center of the Romarian army to prevent the central five thousand from turning.
　And five thousand infantry on the left flank to take the hill guarded by three thousand on the right wing of the Romalian army.

　Holding out on the right flank and in the center, the left flank takes the hill.
　They continue to run down the hill all the way to the west and attack the enemy's left wing and center flank.

　The west side of the Romalian army is a deep river.

　There is no escape.

　We will break the enemy's encirclement and encircle them in reverse.
　That is King Zordias' plan.

　"Left flank, begin the assault!

　As the left flank, led by King Zoldiers himself, starts to move, the center and right flank start to move as if sent to it.
　It is a diagonal formation.
　The purpose is to delay the meeting between the outnumbered center and right wing and buy time for the left wing to take the hill.

　The morale of the Zordias army is very high, having been placed under economic blockade, mocked as monkeys and ridiculed and woken up unpleasantly at dawn.
　Originally, Zordias soldiers are the strongest soldiers in Adelunia.

　At the very least, they overwhelm Romalia when it comes to individual strength.
　It is led by King Zoldias himself.

　Naturally, they are strong.

　It is true that the Romarian army is gaining momentum by taking high ground and going down the hill.
　But.........

　The numbers are in our favor. And on the hill we are beaten!　Let's go!!!!

　The left wing of the Zordias Army and the right wing of the Romarian Army clash.
　At first the right wing of the Romarian Army pushes, taking the high ground, but little by little the left wing of the Zordias Army pushes up.

　Little by little, little by little...
　The Zordias and Romalian forces began to climb the hill.





　Meanwhile, the right flank and center of the Zordias army.
　This one was struggling, but was being pushed back a bit.

　The situation was especially bad for the cavalry on the right wing.
　Most of the cavalry of the Romalian army was reinforcements from the Alva Kingdom.

　Zordias cavalry and the born Alva cavalry, who were originally not strong cavalry themselves in the mountainous nation.
　The match is obvious.

　But even so, the Zoldias cavalry stood their ground.
　Because they have faith in their king.

　'My name is Lucius Papius!　There's no one who can beat me!

　The cavalry captain of the Zordias army rampages around with a large spear in his hand.
　One after another, he defeats the Alva cavalry.

　'That's enough. My name is Rosward Fabius. Captain of the Romalian Kingsguard and Captain of the Left Wing Cavalry!

　The spears of Rosward and Lucius intersect.
　To join them, to keep them out of the way, the cavalry of the Romalian army and the cavalry of Zordias' army around them in a fight to the death....




　Meanwhile, in the center.
　In the center, the battle situation here was beginning to tip in favor of Romalia.

　It was thanks to Ron's solid and sure command.
　Slowly and surely, the Romarian infantry pushed the Zordias infantry into the field with teamwork.

　'We're going to keep the pressure on slowly and turn around. The center right flank stops in place. Center center takes one step at the signal of the whistle. Center left flank takes two steps forward!

　The left wing side of the plane begins to turn around, little by little, around the center right wing....




　And on top of that crucial hill that will determine who wins or loses...
　The Zordias had already crossed the hillside and pushed the Romalian army to the top.

　'Go!　Let's shove it!　If only we could get to the top, we'd get a kick out of it!

　King Zoldias himself wields his sword and climbs the hill.
　The advance of the enraged Zordias army does not stop.





　Hmmm, well, well. You're as good as Zoldiath, aren't you? You are very good at climbing up hills. It was rude to call him a monkey.

　Alexios looked down on such a Zordias army from the top of the hill.
　The right wing of the Romarian army was led by the commander-in-chief, Alexios himself.

　'You are a master general. I'll admit that. You've brought us to this point against the odds. You've gone behind my back and tried to encircle me. ...But it's as I expected.

　Alexios had thought of about five patterns of how King Zoldias would plan his strategy.
　Of all of those patterns, King Zoldias chose the best one.

　King Zoldias is a great general.
　However, it was only within Alexios' possible range.

　'You are a master general just like me. That's why your thoughts are easy to read.''

　Alexios smiled.

　'I win.'

　At the same time Alexios declares victory, the leader of Zoldias' army stands at the top of the hill.
　King Zoldias, leading the charge, declared.

　''I've won!