I win!

　King Zordias cuts down a Romalian soldier and declares on a high note.
　The soldiers behind him howled in response, and the morale of the Zordias army rose to its highest point.

　It was then.

　Suddenly, a fence appeared in front of me.
　The wooden, sharp-tipped fence greeted the Zordias army at an angle of about seventy-five degrees.

　(I see, so the fence was prepared beforehand and pulled with a rope? ........But where's the rope?)

　King Zordias stares at the fence.
　He cannot see the ropes. It looks as if he is magically standing up to it alone.

　But the rope was actually there.
　King Zoldias just can't see it.

　An invisible thread.

　A secret weapon newly introduced by the Romalian military.
　And the manner in which it was made it should go without saying.

　(Well, whatever it is, it's still a fence.)

　Don't give in!　We have to destroy the fence and move on!

　King Zoldias smashes through the fence with his sword and advances over the fence.
　Seeing this, the Zordias soldiers also cut through the fence and do not slow down their advance.

　But.........
　He proceeded to slash the fence. Such dexterity is only possible for soldiers of previous battles.

　Most of the soldiers were pushed by the soldiers behind and skewered on fence stakes.

　However, wooden fences are not very durable.
　Using the skewered soldiers as a cushion, the pressure would cause the soldiers to break through the fence.

　........But once the movement has weakened.
　It was not Alexios who missed it.

　(Hmm?　What is it?　(That spear)

　King Zordias followed the throwing spear that passed over him with his eyes.
　If it was a normal throwing spear, he wouldn't be bothered and wouldn't be looking up on the battlefield in the first place.

　The fact that King Zoldias was able to look up and notice the spear is probably a wild intuition left in humans.

　The spear was clearly different from a common spear.
　There was something cylindrical attached to the tip.

　And that spear pierced the soldiers in the rear of King Zoldias........

　The fire was blown.
　Immediately afterwards, smoke and sound struck the Zordias army.

　''Whoa!　What, what happened?
　A spear has exploded!
　'My ears, my ears hurt!

　It's an explosive spear.
　It is the trump card of the Romalian army.

　Of course, King Zoldias and his generals knew about the Bomb Spear.
　And the soldiers had been taught about its power.
　But.........

　How many Zordias have seen the phenomenon of an explosion, to begin with?
　No, I don't think so. You don't experience this kind of blast and noise in your everyday life.

　"Shit, I thought they'd never use it. "Shit, they don't use it here and now they're going to use it here don't mess with me!　Victory is at hand!

　Such words of King Zordias are also drowned out by the sound of the explosion.

　The real value of the explosive spear is not its ability to kill or injure, either.
　Its smoke and sound.
　Even if it's temporary, one can't help but stop at that smoke and sound.

　And.........

　Now, let's launch our counterattack. Our disguised retreat is over. Charge!

　At Alexios' command, the Romarian army attacked Zordias' army.
　The Romarian soldiers attack the Zordias soldiers, who remain confused, as if to relieve their exasperation.

　Zordias' army, which had reached the summit of the mountain, was pushed back again.
　But King Zoldias is not going to stop there for free either.

　'Push back!

　Seeing King Zordias fighting in the lead, the Zordian soldiers all come to themselves and begin to fight.
　The battle lines stalemate.

　'Go!　Go!

　King Zordias raised his voice, but Zordias's army was slow to advance.

　'Getting angry takes a lot of energy. If you march up a hill without sleep, while angry, and let your anger get the better of you, it's natural to get tired. Once you startle them and blow away their anger and make them aware of their fatigue, the magic of anger is broken.

　Alexios laughs in amusement.
　Then he raises his hand to signal.

　'For the last time. Send a hand flag signal to Lord Gram Calpurnius.

　The messenger soldier who received the order waved a bright red flag and signaled to Gram.




　''Haha, it's finally our turn. Let's go! Let's hit them in the side. All for Your Majesty!

　The ambush troops that had been dispersed in the forest to the east began to move in unison.
　With Gram on his horse at the top, three companies of four hundred and eighty infantry, assembled in a cone-shaped formation, were bitten by Zordias' army from diagonally behind.






　Time goes back a bit.........

　The plan is simple. 'The plan is simple: cavalry on the left flank, infantry in the centre and on the right flank, and the right flank on the hill. And the right flank is positioned on a hill. The right flank is used as the pivot, and the left flank and center slowly rotate to bring it into a semi-siege. If there's a caveat, it's that the center is a little less footholdable.　We can't get too far from the hill, so we'll have to fight uphill. But this is the same for the enemy.

　On top of the hill, they can use their ground advantage to defend in smaller numbers.
　Because of this, Alexios' tactic is to reinforce the center and push the enemy center into the ground.

　''But ... won't the enemy, on the contrary, try to reinforce the left flank to destroy our right flank?　So if they take the top of the hill, we're going to be poked in the middle flank.

　Gram voiced his concern.
　There was no way the enemy was going to be quietly besieged either.

　Zordias and Romalia are almost equal in number. A slight difference in the placement of troops would swing the victory or defeat.

　''That's right. That's why we're going to use ambush troops. Gram Calpurnius-dono will be hiding in the west forest with three companies. Then, on my signal, I will have him strike the Zordias army in the gut from diagonally behind.

　If they attacked from two sides, from the flank and the front, it would be difficult for the Zordias army to take the hill.
　All that remains is for the left flank and the center to be surrounded in time for victory.

　''But can't you find them?''

　Gram asked anxiously.
　Bartolo doesn't use a lot of ambushes, so the Romalian army has no experience with ambushes.

　Naturally, neither does Gram.

　'It depends on the numbers, but with three companies it's hard to find them. As long as we divide into groups of eight, keep our distance and hide, we'll be fine. If you wear the green and brown-colored clothing we've prepared for you, smear some mud on your face, put some leaves on your body and bend down, you won't be as easy to find as you think.

　Alexios likes to use oddball tactics, such as ambush and surprise.
　He believes that if you have a chance, you should use it more and more.

　The risk is high, but the return on investment is also high.

　It's all right. Just do what I tell you and you will succeed.




　And as time goes on...

　Run!

　Gram gave the command while riding his horse to the front of the pack.
　This is because if we don't move to the flank attack quickly, the effect of the surprise attack will be lost.

　Therefore, there is no time to stop and form up.

　The Romalian army, advancing at a brisk pace, set up its formation as planned.
　Ten groups of eight men gathered together to form a centurion.
　Two hundred men assemble to form a company.

　And the companies line up in a triangle with Gram at the top.

　Like arrows, the three companies of four hundred and eighty men, led by Gram, do not lose their momentum and pierce the Zordias' gut.
　Gram swings his great sword, creating a small hole, which the Romarian army rushes into and widens the hole.

　Deeper and deeper, deeper and deeper.

　The sudden flanking attack cuts down the confused Zordias soldiers from one side to the other.

　King Zoldias somehow manages the confusion and tries to fight it off, but...
　Alexios is attacking from the front and won't allow this to happen.

　In the meantime........

　'My name is Rosward Fabius!　The enemy general, Lucius Papius, I have defeated him!

　The struggling Zordias cavalry was finally defeated when Rosward took out the enemy commander.
　The Romarian cavalry, having eliminated the obstacle, attacked the rear of Zordias's army center.
　This led to the collapse of the Zordias Army Center.
　They are caught up in the slow rotation of the Romarian army center.

　And.........

　In front to the right flank led by Alexios.
　To the left flank of the Romany army led by Rosward in the rear.
　The flank is surrounded by the Central Army led by Ron and three companies led by Gram.


　...this is as far as we can go.

　King Zordias said, and for some reason smiled.

　'I am King Zoldias!　If you can take on this me, I'll take on you!

　So shouted King Zoldias, and he charged at the Romarian army by himself.
　Following him, the great families of King Zoldias' country drew their own swords and leapt into the sea of the Romalian army.

　The chain of command was no longer in disarray, and the Zoldias army had lost its function as an army.

　But still.........
　The Zordias soldiers continued to fight.

　The battle lasted for three hours.

　The casualties of the Romalian army from this battle were 1,000.
　On the other hand, the Zoldiers lost 7,000 men out of 9,000 men.

　The soldiers who had succeeded in breaking through and escaped were pursued by every single one of them.

　They were wiped out, leaving 1,000 prisoners of war.

　A total of fifteen men, including King Zoldyas, from the powerful families of his kingdom were killed.

　The country of King Zoldias, which had lost 10,000 soldiers, or 10 percent of its population, and its powerful leaders across the board, was powerless to resist....

　Nine thousand men led by Alexios Cornelius and 30,000 men led by Bartolo Pompeius were allowed to invade the city.
　The royalty and vassals of King Zoldias' country, who remained in the royal palace for a short time, decided to surrender to Romalia.
　The former royalty were forced to move to Losais and were given a small house, a pension and freedom, although they were supervised by soldiers.

　Thus the kingdom of King Zoldias was destroyed.

　Domorgal, Fardham, Gilbed, Belvedil, Evil, Rosais (Romalia), and Zoldias.
　This was the moment when one of the seven Adelian kingdoms that once drove the flat-faced (Khalifa) people out of the Adelian peninsula was destroyed.

　King Fardham later said of this event: "The little boy (Almus)," he said.

　"The boy (Arumus) has shed his skin.