I knew it was going to be a two-way street........d*mn, it's a pain in the ass....

　General Clue stuck his tongue out.
　The two countries finally entered a state of war, sparked by a water dispute.

　

　One was the force that seemed to be the main force led by King Almus and Bartolo Pompeius.
　Twenty thousand cavalry and eighty thousand infantry.
　A total of 100,000 large troops.
　Apart from Bartolo Pompeius, the other generals identified were Ron, Gram, and King Muzio, the king of the Kingdom of Alva.

　This main army passes through the country of King Fardham........
　Straight on, they are coming northward.

　The other is Alexios Cornelius, a separate force led by Rosward.
　This one has two hundred ships, ten thousand cavalry and forty thousand infantry, for a total of fifty thousand.

　We know from the sea that they are sailing westward through the coastal waters of the peninsula.

　In other words.........
　The strategy of the Kingdom of Romalia is to use either Alexios or Bartolo to keep General Clieu at bay....

　In the meantime, the other one takes the main stronghold in Northern Adelnia.
　That's probably what it means.

　Or they may be aiming for annihilation by pincer attack.

　''The best thing to do is to destroy each one........ But.........

　The question is, from which side will we destroy them?
　If they were any slower they would be isolated among the enemy.

　The problem for Krue is that he can't take advantage of one of the greatest advantages of defensive warfare: the ground advantage.
　Because.........
　The reason for this is that there are many rebellions of the Adelnians in many places.

　In addition, the Roselle nobles of the Balthazar faction were also showing disquieting movements.

　''Then........it would be foolish to defend them.

　Crew made a decision.








　'As expected, I guess,'

　General Kryu has divided up his forces as well as ours.
　One of them was aimed at our main force and the other at Alexios.

　According to the report, the enemy force we're facing right now is 100,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry. So what we have headed towards Alexios is 50,000 infantry and 20,000 cavalry.

　Me and Bartolo are facing the main force led by General Clue.
　A total of 130,000.
　This one is 100,000, so the difference in their troop strength is 30,000.

　The troops I gave Alexios are 50,000, and there are probably 70,000 or so heading that way, so.......
　They are outnumbered in both directions.

　''Hmmm, I guess it was a poor idea to disperse our forces after all, wasn't it?
　'No, Your Majesty. Not really. There is a difference between troops and numbers. Alexios doesn't have General Kryu, that's enough for him. He can win this war.
　Well you've grown so close to me without me knowing it, haven't you?

　Bartolo and Alexios weren't that close to each other.
　But ... I don't know, but they seemed to be getting closer rapidly without knowing it.

　Well, it's better than being on bad terms, I guess.

　'I mean, if you look closely.......isn't that a war elephant?　I was hurt a long time ago....

　I'm in the company of the Roselle Royal Army.
　He pointed to the hairy creature.
　Yes, there are still mammoths surviving in this world.

　No, I don't know if they are really mammoths genetically.
　At any rate, the Kingdom of Roselle is a country that uses mammoths for warfare.

　''That's not much of a fighting force, we're outnumbered by cavalry in terms of mobility. As long as we deal with it calmly, we'll be fine.''
　"Well, it's true that this is an enemy I defeated once.

　However, I'm afraid of what I'm afraid of.

　"Well the problem is that this is the interior of our ally, King Fardham's country.
　Yeah, I'm here.
　Well you're welcome.

　Originally, we were going to fight inside the Kingdom of Rozelle.
　That way there would be less damage to the country and, more importantly, civil war among the Adelnians is frequent in the Rozelle Kingdom.

　
　As a result, a decisive battle had to be fought in King Fardam's country.

　''King Fardham, he was angry........''
　It's a fight I can't afford to lose.

　King Fardham's country hates the kingdom of Roselle.
　But I'm sure they hate our country just as much.

　Depending on which way the wind blows, he may switch sides.
　In fact, if we lose, there's a high probability he'll turn over.

　Rather than having our land overrun by General Kryu, it's more likely that the choice is to cut off the unreliable Romalia and flirt with Roselle.

　''Your Majesty, I'll ask you to follow the plan.
　Yeah, I know.








　The Romarian Federation placed 15,000 cavalry on the right wing and 5,000 cavalry on the left wing.
　Then they placed 70,000 heavy infantry in the center and 10,000 in reserve behind them.

　Bartolo led the center, Almus led the right wing cavalry, Ron led the left wing cavalry, and Gram led the reserve force in the rear.

　In contrast, the kingdom of Roselle, General Clieu, with fifteen thousand cavalry on the right wing and fifteen thousand on the left wing ... placed one hundred thousand infantry in the center, and twenty war elephants in the front row.
　He left both wings to his trusted generals, and then commanded the center himself.


　Thus..........
　The battle of Syene, which would have a major impact on the history of the next few thousand years, had begun.





　The first thing that started to happen was....
　It is the Romalian Federal Army.


　'All the troops!　Follow me!

　As soon as Alms shouted that, he charged diagonally to the right.
　As the king himself led the charge, morale was high.

　And.....

　Central, follow me!
　The left will follow!

　Bartolo and Ron also moved their troops diagonally to the right as they followed Almus.
　General Clue saw the movement....

　"...a slanting formation?　I'm not naive enough to let you be besieged so easily, are you?

　He immediately flies instructions to his own left wing.
　Fifteen thousand of Roselle's left wing charges at fifteen thousand of the Romarian right wing cavalry.


　''Hah!

　Almus swung his sword and struck down the Roselle cavalry who were attacking him.
　With Almus' efforts, the Romarian army initially pushed Roselle's army into the ground...

　Gradually they kill my momentum and stop me from moving completely.

　''Well ... so far, it's just the way it's supposed to be.

　Armus tore through the enemy soldiers....
　He smiled.




　Now, the next one to move to the offensive was General Clue.

　''Right wing cavalry.......Charge!

　Under General Clue's orders, fifteen thousand right wing cavalry of Roselle's army charged at five thousand left wing cavalry of the Romarian army.

　''d*mn.......as I thought the difference in numbers is huge!

　Ron struggles to fight back, but....
　The three-fold troop gap is hard to overturn.

　The left flank of the Romalian army was heavily pushed in.





　''Well that's the hidden gem. The War Elephant Squad!　Let the assault begin!

　At General Clue's direction the twenty war elephants roared and charged.
　Bartolo was the one to deal with this.

　'Deal with it calmly. Aim for the legs.''

　The Romarian infantry throws an explosive spear towards the feet of the war elephant.
　Since the target is large, it easily sticks into the foot.

　And.........
　It exploded.


　If the feet explode, even the elephant will fall down, as expected.
　Once it falls the rest is ours.


　''Do it!
　Not yet!
　Kill the monster!

　Spear after spear was thrust into the elephant....
　I would be like a hedgehog.

　The war elephant was neutralized in the blink of an eye.


　''As I thought........the degree of the war elephant is easily neutralized?
　No wonder ... it's a lot to take in.

　They were never face to face on the battlefield, but....
　No doubt, we were having a 'conversation'.