About a week has passed since the siege on Groceria, the royal capital of King Gilbed's country, began.
　The walls of the city have begun to crumble in places after being attacked repeatedly by stone throwers and great crossbows.
　And the garrison was beginning to be exhausted by the onslaught of the Romalian army.

　But even so, Groceria hadn't fallen.

　''Hmmm, tasteless.''

　Ron muttered.
　As you can imagine, when it takes more than a week, there are problems.

　First and foremost is the decline in morale.
　A siege is stressful for the person being attacked, but it's also stressful for the person doing it.
　Attacks on the perpetually immovable walls have no end in sight, and morale drops little by little.

　Secondly, there is the issue of food for the troops.
　The basic principle of food in war is to procure food locally.
　Whether it is looted, requisitioned, purchased, or supported by local forces is irrelevant.

　The same is true of the Kingdom of Romalia, which has a dedicated logistics unit.
　No matter how much emphasis is placed on logistics, it has to rely to some extent on local procurement.

　But usually this is not so much of a problem, because the army is constantly on the move.　
　This is because the army is constantly on the move.

　It's certainly a pity that a rural village or town is in need of food from the military, and in some cases it's a time of earning, but it's over in an instant.

　Hence, it's not much of a problem.
　But in a siege, it's a different story.

　In a siege, it is necessary to stay in the same place for a long time.
　Inevitably, they would be dependent on the surrounding villages and towns for food.

　If this was for one or two days, there was no problem, but if it was for two weeks, it would be too much.
　But if you're not a good soldier, you can't get enough food.

　Fortunately, the supply line through the Romarian forest continues, so they are not in as much trouble as they would be if they were to forcibly loot the forest.
　But it would only be a matter of time.

　'Ron, good news. We've got a check.

　Gram walked into the camp with a happy look on his face.
　Ron's face lit up when he heard that.

　'Really!
　'Yeah. I had two of them ready to go, just in case, but it was all for naught. So that's why I can attack you from two directions.

　Then Ron grinned.

　'So let's move on to the general strike as soon as Rosward arrives, shall we?
　Yeah, we're almost done with the second mission.






　Has the Romany Army changed its mind?

　King Gilbed frowned as he watched the movement of the Romarian army from the top of the tower.
　The cavalry that had been scattered throughout the city began to move to the center of the walls, and the Romarian soldiers that should have been attached to the north and west gates began to move partly to the south and east gates.

　It's as if they don't want to miss their prey.

　

　Up until now, the Romarian army hadn't gone all out, constantly attacking in waves.
　This is because an all-out attack on a city that is not weak would be too costly.

　However, the Romarian army is beginning to move to a general attack.

　'Fool, this city will not fall yet. On the contrary, we will strike a great blow.

　King Gilbed grinned.
　Then he gave the order for all soldiers to intercept.

　And.........

　Bah!

　I heard such an explosion coming from the ground.
　And then I hear something crumbling.

　'Hey, what was that sound?'
　'T-That's terrible. The north and west walls of the city have collapsed!

　King Gilbed's eyes widened.





　'Good!'　
　Yay!
　Yeah!

　Ron, Rosward and Gram exchanged high fives.
　Seeing these three husbands, So Yeon, Leah and Lulu also looked at each other happily.

　The tactic the three of them adopted was called Operation Tunnel, a type of siege tactic.
　Digging tunnels in the ground, digging through to the bottom of the city walls and then destroying their foundations is a tactic that is easy to put into words but difficult to execute.

　Only the Cilician nations, the Roselle Kingdom Army led by General Kryu, or the Romarian Kingdom Army have the technical capability to do this.
　The Kingdom of Romalia is originally a country that is known for mining rock salt.

　Therefore, there was no shortage of engineers who could dig tunnels.

　There is one way to prevent this tunneling operation: the opposing tunnel.

　A bottle of water is placed in the tunnel and the water vibrates to locate the tunnel and the defenders dig out the tunnel and destroy the attacker's tunnel.

　Firstly, the tunnels are difficult to locate, and secondly, is there a specialist engineer who happens to be in the castle?　This is why the rival tunnels are so difficult to dig.

　However, Gram had dug two tunnels, taking into account the possibility that the opposing tunnels might be dug.

　They hadn't expected to be attacked by the castle, and since there were no engineers capable of digging counter-mines, it was a painful loss.

　''Well, let's give a report and recommendation before the attack.

　Ron has sent messengers with horses to King Gilbed's country.　
　The terms of surrender were....

　The alliance between King Fardham's country and Domorgal's country was broken.
　Declaring war on both countries.
　Abdication of King Gilbeth
　-Gilbet King's country's royalty to study in Rosais, the capital of the Kingdom of Romalia.
　All the lands under direct control of King Gilbet's kingdom, except for the area around the capital, are ceded.
　All of the great families allied with the Gilbet king are disbanded. And asks them to surrender.
　A lump sum payment of five hundred tarangs and five hundred tarangs of compensation for ten years for a total of one thousand tarangs.

　And when King Gilbeth saw that....

　You can't drink this kind of stuff!

　Then he pushed the messenger back against Ron to see if there was any room for negotiation.
　Ron, on the other hand....

　Good.

　The cavalry, led by Rosward, flowed into the city in single cavalry, followed by a heavy infantry unit.
　The city battle lasted for an hour and finally ended with the capture of King Gilbed by the Kingdom of Romalia.

　Thus, the Gryphon flag was fluttering in the capital of King Gilbed's country, Groceria.





　''Hmmm, this is a great country. Is it dangerous to stay any longer than this?''

　Alexios used Phalanx, Manipulus, and his cavalry as his masters to destroy 10,000 of King Fardham's country's troops, and then immediately retreated.

　It just so happened that the 10,000 happened to be isolated, so they were able to defeat them successfully, but that didn't mean it would work next time either.
　No, with the circle of encirclement currently shrinking a little bit, it was only a matter of time before our heads were closed.

　''Also, our troops' food is not good.

　As long as they are isolated in King Fardham's country, the only way to secure food for their troops is to loot and conscript.
　But wherever there is food to be had, King Fardham's army will be waiting for them.

　The food supply is dwindling.
　Also, the fact that they were isolated in enemy territory was affecting the morale of the soldiers.

　We can't fight any more.
　Just as Alexios was thinking this, a hawk arrived at his home.

　It was a hawk.

　''Mm-hmm, what, what.......I see.

　Alexios smiled when he received the delightful report he had received from Ron.
　Then he gathered the soldiers together and said

　'Rejoice, gentlemen!　The capital of King Gilbed's country, Groceria, has fallen!　Our part in this is over. We will withdraw immediately!
　''Oh!

　Thus Alexios left King Fardham's country in a ship and landed in King Gilbed's country to join Almus and his men.




　On the other hand, the general of Gilbed's kingdom heard the report of the fall of the king's capital and immediately began to make an account.
　In other words, should they continue to fight, surrender, or retreat?

　If we are to reward loyalty, we should fight.
　However, there are reports that King Gilbed, the man who should be rewarded for his loyalty, has been captured.

　As for the Dauphin, he's not even sure if he's dead or alive, captured or escaped.
　If that's the case, who will be the person to whom he should be rewarded for his loyalty - in other words, who will be the overlord of King Gilbed's kingdom?

　Three princes of King Gilbed's country are enclosed in the northern, southern and western parts of the country.
　Perhaps one of them will raise the anti-Romalian flag.
　Someone.
　The question is who.

　It's likely that a civil war will happen first before they fight the Kingdom of Romalia.
　If that happens, it won't be about the Kingdom of Romalia versus the Kingdom of Romalia.

　In the first place....
　What will happen to the army you are leading?

　Of the 60,000 troops, 20,000 are the king's children in the area directly under the king's control.
　The remaining forty thousand are the private armies of the great families, including those they brought with them.

　Now that the king is gone, how many of them will listen to him?
　I doubt it.

　However, I also owe a debt of gratitude to King Gilbed.
　I can't betray him, and even if he succeeds in turning over to me, I don't know how much the Kingdom of Romalia will trust me for betraying the king so easily, and I don't know how much they will use me.

　And then.........

　For once, we're out of here.

　Maybe the crown prince is still alive.
　If the Dauphin is still alive, he can still reel it in.

　And if we win, I'll be the hero of my country.

　''We'll have to fight for once. ''At a time like this, it's hard to be a powerful family man.

　The man sighed.


　Thus, the second operation was a success.
　The Romarian Federal Army moved on to the third operation, 'Division of Enemy Forces'.




　Meanwhile, Almus at that time.

　Almus: "Alright!　Ron and his men have dropped Gloscelia, the capital of King Gilbed's country!
　Raimondo: "I think we're going to win!
　Julia: "By the way, what did you two do?
　Tetra: "I don't feel like I'm winning at all.
　Alms: "We're not moving, you know. We
　Raimondo: "Our role is defense in the first place, and...
　Julia: "Well, the more time we have, the better.
　Tetra: "We're both weak in war.
　Almus: "Shut up. Besides, Bartolo is just strong. I can beat Aldo and others!
　Julia, "You can't compare it to that...
　Tetra: "When the shit is the comparison....
　Alms: "Raimondo, my wife tortures me, and I need you to scold me again.
　Raimondo: "I knew it was a bad idea to impregnate Miss Alice, didn't I? (Appropriate)
　Alms: "Speaking of which, Alice....
　Alice: "Yes, I'm here.
　Alms: "Where did it come down from?　You're really becoming a ninja these days.