Because he is related to King Gilbed, he was selected as the supreme commander of King Gilbed's country because he is very trusted by King Gilbed.

　The man thinks.
　I see, indeed, Bartolo Pompeius is strong.
　No matter how much we attack him, he will surely cut us back and we will be badly injured.

　What's scary is that they are finally evenly matched with twice as many troops as we are.
　If we had an equal number of troops, we would have been defeated for sure.

　Bartolo Pompeius, the most powerful general in the Kingdom of Romalia.
　The King of Romalia's sword is not a household name.

　.... but...

　'Reinforcements from King Fardham's country are coming, too. And it's only a matter of time before General Tonino of King Domorgal's country defeats King Romalia and avalanches into the Kingdom of Romalia. We've won, haven't we?

　Like strangling them with cotton, we will tighten up the Kingdom of Romalia little by little.
　A prolonged war is inevitable, but we'll certainly win.

　''It looks like the fall of the Romarian Commonwealth will come sooner than that, but the greatest gains will have to come from us, King Gilbed's country. King Gilbed must be given the land he deserves.

　The man thinks of the land of rewards after victory.
　The Kingdom of Romalia is a very rich country.
　Economically, and the land itself.

　It's an exciting time.

　"Oh, my God!　Sir!

　As the man was lost in fantasy, a message suddenly came running in.
　The man frowns.

　''Totally ... what, you didn't even ask permission to enter.
　I'm sorry, too.

　Denrei calmed his breathing as he apologized and said.

　''Oh, a large army of sixty thousand suddenly appeared on the outskirts of the royal capital! King Gilbet wants you to return ASAP!
　What the hell...

　The man's eyes widened.
　And after thinking for a moment...

　Well, no way!　I'm screwed!!!!






　'I didn't think it would work out this well,'
　Absolutely.
　The Kingdom of Romalia depends on our work. We must give it everything we've got.

　Ron, Rosward and Gram smiled together as they looked at the royal capital of King Gilbed's country.

　Ron is 40,000 heavily armed infantry.
　Gram is 10,000, mainly archers and other light infantry, and the engineers and Transportation Corps.
　And Rosward is 10,000 cavalry, with the Alva Cavalry and the Kingsguard Cavalry as the main force.

　In total, he led a large force of 60,000 troops.

　The general commander is Ron, and Gram and Rosward are his second in command.

　The reason the three of them were able to raid the capital of King Gilbed's country with ease was because they came through the Romarian Forest.
　After sailing out of the royal capital with Bartolo and Almus, they entered the forest to replace the joining of the alliance forces.
　Then straight on, they passed through the forest and at once invaded the territory of King Gilbed's country.

　Normally, a large army would not be able to pass through the forest.
　........However, the Romarian forest had already passed through the road bit by bit.

　It was all for this moment.

　''As I recall, the Royal Capital's defensive force was two thousand?
　Well, that is, if the information about the sorcerer in hiding is correct.

　Seo-yeon replies to Ron's question with one eye closed.

　''But it's a big city wall. It's no less than the capital city of Lossies.......can you drop it?''

　Lulu looks anxiously at her husband, Gram.　
　Gram smiled belligerently.

　'Both Lord Bartolo and Alexios said there is no castle that won't fall. Well, they can. What, we're outnumbered ten to one.
　'Well, my cavalry doesn't count, since they're useless in siege battles.
　Don't jinx it.

　Leah taps Rosward on the head, lightly.
　While So-young and Lulu are out on the battlefield, there's no way she, Rosward's wife, can't not be there.
　So, secretly, Leah had been practicing her cavalry shooting. Now she has the approval of the Alvans.

　That's why this was her first time participating in the event.

　''Well, let's divide up the roles. I'm sure you'll be able to find the right one. I want you to chase away the enemies who are entering the castle and prevent people from going in and out of the castle. If the enemy can't be dealt with by cavalry alone, we'll assign me and Gram's infantry to him.
　'Yes, yes, sir. General.

　At Ron's words, Rosward replied with a laugh.
　Ron frowned.

　'What?'
　'No, brother you used to command like this when His Majesty wasn't here. And you were fighting with me.
　I didn't think I'd be a general then.

　Ron cowered his shoulders.
　Then he looked at Gram.

　'Me and Gram will have a siege. I'll place heavy infantry at each gate and we'll attack. You'll be covering us.
　Yeah, I know. All the siege weapons are taken apart and carried around. Hammer, slingshot, large crossbow, siege towers, ladders. We have everything we need. And I have some excellent engineers.

　For this occasion, he had hidden parts of siege weapons in various parts of the Romarian forest beforehand.
　They recovered them on the way to the march.
　Even if the siege weapons were disassembled, they were too heavy to carry around, but....

　If it's a short distance, it can do just fine.
　Besides, it is a Transportation Corps for that purpose.

　"Now we'll begin the second operation aka 'Operation Beheading'. The deadline is one week. Let's go!
　""Oh, oh, oh, oh!"

　And so began the siege that would decide the fate of the Kingdom of Romalia and the Kingdom of Gilbet.





　 I thought we were strangely outnumbered........

　King Gilbed held his head in his hands.
　Through the window, I can see the Romalian army deployed on the city walls.

　Groceria, the royal capital of King Gilbed's country, has a total of four gates in the east-west and north-south directions.
　Among them, it is the north and west gates that have a large number of soldiers from the Kingdom of Romalia attached to them.
　In the east and south, only a small number of soldiers stake out the east and south gates.

　From this, it was clear that the Romarian kingdom was aiming for a short battle.

　In a siege, if you want to attack with force in a short period of time, it would be better to concentrate your attackers to narrow down their targets and concentrate their forces rather than to surround you poorly.

　And this choice is the right one.　
　Grosseria has only two thousand troops. If that's the case, it would be quicker to take advantage of the difference in troop strength and concentrate our forces on them.

　However, just because the eastern gate and the northern gate are thin, it doesn't mean that supplies and people can't come and go.
　Even though it's a small number, a thousand troops are fortifying the area around the gates, and even farther away, ten thousand cavalry are dispersing to keep an eye on the groceria.

　And in the sky, the excellent Romarian Kingdom's sorcerer's hawks were dancing above, blocking out information.
　This doesn't give us any information at all about the outside.
　It was unfortunate that they were able to send relief to King Fardham's country and their own generals in the south before they were surrounded.

　''I'm sure that if we can hold out for a week, help will come to us. Don't worry, we'll win. This is our chance. After all, we have the main force of the Romalian kingdom in our stomachs.

　King Gilbed told himself desperately to beat back his fears.





　Three days passed since then.
　Arrows rained down on Gloscelia, and then again and again the great stones hit and shook the walls of the city.
　The Romalians rushed the walls with siege towers and ladders, and the gates were violently smashed with hammering.

　Still, it is still the royal capital of a country.
　Groceria was holding on for dear life.

　'What do you think, Ron, Gram?
　Tough. It's not even close.
　Rocks don't tend to hit in the same place. Gunpowder also needs to be in a somewhat enclosed area to be effective. If you just hit the wall, it will spread. It's very difficult.

　Ron and Gram answered Rosward's question.
　The situation is not good. However, it's still three days.

　It's no wonder the castle doesn't fall in three days.

　Well, the gunpowder, the hammer, the stone thrower, the big crossbow, the siege tower, the ladder, all of them are not our main mission. It's just an aid to the cause. That's about it.

　Gram said calmly.
　'The operation is going on without a problem now.

　'So, how's Rosward?'
　'Nothing unusual?　A soldier from one of the neighbourhood's great families came up to me about a thousand times, but I lightly kicked him off.

　Three times Roseward has already borne the enemy and scattered them.
　Defeating 10,000 cavalrymen is still impossible without a reasonable force.

　''So, how is His Excellency Bartolo?
　So far, you've kept a single soldier on the ground. I'll take care of it, you know.
　How can you do so much with twice as many men? That's great, Lord Bartolo. We're barely outnumbered by ten to one.

　Ron cowered his shoulders.
　But it's inappropriate to compare the battle on the plains with a siege because they are different in the first place.

　''So, the problem is the reinforcements in King Fardham's country, though. What's going on with the fourth front?''

　Rosward asked Ron.
　'The information on the falcon flight is in Ron's hands, the general,' he said.

　He told me they made it just yesterday. 'I heard we got the guy off the ground just yesterday. 'By His Excellency Alexios,'





　About three days ago.
　It was about the same time that Ron and his friends arrived in Groceria, the capital of King Gilbed's country, at about the same time.

　King Fardham's country was in a state of chaos.
　Suddenly, a large fleet of ships flying the Gryphon flag raided the port and landed in the blink of an eye.

　The one leading the great fleet was Alexios.
　They kicked out King Fardham's meager, at best, navy that could defeat the pirates and took control of the sea in the blink of an eye.

　And then, with 20,000 troops from the Cilician League of Cities, they landed in King Fardham's country.

　After landing, Alexios addressed his soldiers like this.

　After landing, Alexios addressed the soldiers: "Gentlemen, our job is not to win, but not to lose. Our job, gentlemen, is not to win, but to not lose. If we're in a pinch, we can get in a boat and run. We have no reason to fight the people of the sea and the people of the land head on. We have no reason to fight the people of the sea or land. So why don't we take it easy and make sure we succeed.

　Because of his protection of Clarice, Alexios is very well liked by the Cilician people, despite being from Pofenia.
　And by nature, he is good at leading mercenaries, and he knows how to fight at sea.

　That's why he was given the great task of leading the habitual Cilician soldiers to take King Fardham's country by surprise.
　This is a job that only Alexios can do.

　''Well, now, shall we lure King Fardham in while looting at random?




　That's not very nice.

　King Fardham held his head in his hands.
　It was yesterday that he was on his way to King Gilbed's country to rescue him when he suddenly heard the attack of the federal army and immediately turned back.
　And today, when he went to the port that had been reported, he found it empty.

　Villages and cities around the harbor have been thoroughly looted, and the wealthy families that went out to intercept them have been defeated by surprise one after another.

　And then.....

　'King Fardham, it looks like the Federals have appeared on the coastline one day south of here.
　''Well we can't keep missing it, but if we don't, King Gilbed's country will...''

　But the role of the king is to protect the country.　
　If he couldn't protect his country, the great families would leave in a heartbeat.

　Even if he saved King Gilbed, it would be the end of the world if King Fardham's country died.

　"...forgive me, King Gilbed. I cannot, as king, leave that Alexios Cornelius alone.

　King Fardham clenched his fists tightly.
　He was completely done.

　A great general named Bartolo Pompeius, and the king himself, King Almus.
　I had always thought that the Romalian army led by these two men was the main force.

　However, the real main force was an elite unit led by three unnamed generals.

　

　I was completely outsmarted.

　Well it's going to be a little difficult to recover from this.

　King Fardham let out a deep sigh.





　Meanwhile, Almus at that time.

　Almus: "Hmmm, I don't have time for this.
　Raimondo: "You're not busy.
　Almus: "That Tonino guy, he doesn't come at you very often.
　Raimondo: "It's a fortress built by Lord Bartolo, you know.
　We both said, ""Huh........"

　Julia: "Why don't you take it a little more seriously?
　Tetra: "I should at least pretend to be busy, for one thing.
　Alms: "No I'm serious and I'm nervous too, okay?　You know, it's a monarch's job to leave it to his vassals.
　Julia said, "I mean, I don't have anything to do either. Can I step forward and join in the spellcasting war?
　Tetra: "Can I go shoot a fireball?
　Alms: "You won't be fancy if you die.
　Julia Tetra: ""Isn't it~"

　They all said, "Huh ... we're bored.