Volume 4 Chapter 27 (1/2)
Chapter 4 Episode 27
Editor : Starbuck11
Surrounded by rugged rocky mountains, a vast pocket of land spread in the middle
The Ushi+as basin was a relatively rich plain when compared to the majority of Zalda's territory that was mostly made of rocky mountains
While hboring countries, these kinds of greenery areas scattered in several places around the country arestaple food such as wheat
Although the Zalda Kingdoriculture, it can't rely solely on imports either
assuoods, it should never import staple foods from outside, because if it ever relies on this then it will have a very big weakness
Since, if a country i countries could easily intervene by threatening to stop the exports of such essential foods
It was no exaggeration to call Ushi+as basin the heart of the Zalda Kingdom
Thus, from the perspective of national defense this place could not be ignored
The Ushi+as basin was located a hundred kilodom The basin was also a traffic hub that people need to pass if they wanted to go to the south and west of the Zalda Kingdom
In this basin, due to the vast area, it was hard to perform a surprise attack
Thus unexpected situation was unlikely to happen
In such a place, a robust fort had been built on the east side of the basin, stuck in the middle of a valley
Being located in that situation, it was standing tall as if it was the Zalda Kingdouardian deity
The fort that had been developed by the Royal fa use of other forts located in the raphy, nable fortress indeed
Therefore, even after two months had passed, the 65,000 troops from Ortomea Empire could still not conquer the fort
Today as well, the Ortomea Empire soldiers rushed toward Ushi+as fort with much zeal
Everything was for victory
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”Everyone! This is a criticalthe forces from our three countries, even with Ortomea Empire as our enemy, ill not let them capture this fort! The current enemy supplies should be low and such condition should've caused their th and bestow those invaders with iron justice!”
”””Glory to the eastern three countries! Death to the Invaders!”””
When the beautiful general frodom, Eclatia Marienel, ended her speech, the soldiers cheered with or
They also raised their fist high towards the heaven
These soldiers placed their absolute trust in their coentle smile on her face
Even though Eclatia was fro was irrelevant right now
Although there were reinforce forts and also the Royal capital, it was because of Eclatia’s outstanding coainst the 65,000 enemy troops
”Prepare the bows ! The first line, draw your bow ! Second line and third line in standby ! They are going to bring the siege weapons out ! Let the arrows loose as soon as they enter the range Those on the rear, don't forget to prepare fire arrows ! Are the oils ready ?! Listen ! Do not let any soldiers survive ! Kill every single one of them !”
The coive their orders across the fort walls
The arrorapped in cloth are then soaked with oil
There were also iron pots filled with boiling oil raising some steam
If such oil was poured on the Ortomean soldiers that tried to climb the walls, their skins would melt After that, they will be baptized with fire arrows
No one can escape intact from such continuous attack
For the Ortoate of hell
”Don't you ever take a step back ! Rozeria Kingdom soldiers ! Let us show our value here !”
Elena yelled at the surrounding knights while letting loose the bow that was ai to close in
Of course, even if they have the advantage of geography, this battle was not an easy one
Their eneth
Having abundant human resources
The enemy performed a human wave attack
The pressure of such tactic was not light
Regardless of how high the walls protect them, in the end, it was the soldier's heart that decides everything
Elena encourages the troops desperately while shooting her arrow at an Ortoic arts
In a siege warfare, thewas to keep the morale of the soldiers up
The battle will end when the morale of the soldiers falls
The only way toenemy corpses
”Watch out for the battering ram!”
Warning shouts come from the watchtower
It was a si ram, a tree with a handle on its sides and the tip covered with iron but it was soate could fall because of such a thing
”Fire arrows ! Purge that thing !”
Under the quick co officer, oil was poured from above and the fire arrows squad rained their projectiles toward the battering ram
Apparently, the Ortomea Soldiers learned from their previous mistakes and covered themselves et clothes, but such small tricks won't prove much useful
And as everyone had expected, such measure was proven fruitless
(Nothe army is, if the situation only provided for a small number of tactics that can be chosen, then this will happen huh? Afterwards, everything depends on that child’s progress, and until that time comes I need to keep the morale up)
Elena's face was dyed red due to the evening sun, together with a dark s on her face
”It is about time for today’s attack to end”
A wo the front line
”Indeed The sun has already fallen, shortly after this, the ene happening that caused the General of the army to come out to the front line like this?”
Elena asked back while keeping a casual attitude
In response to Elena's question, Eclatia answered by shaking her head
”Nothing in particular It seeainst the ene via the mountain route”
”Well, it was natural, since he is a capable person”
Elena nodded her head confir such news as a matter of fact
Grahart Henschel is the head of Zalda Kingdouard, he was one of the best soldiers of the Zalda Kingdom
His capability as a coood, but as a cole battlefield, his capability and experience should be sufficient enough For him as born in this country, the Ortomea Empire should never be able to defeat him when it comes to mountainous warfare
It was the right choice to leave the defense of the Ushi+as fort to the ardo forts located in the mountainous area
Nonetheless, it was hard for Elena and Eclatia to ask Grahart to do such defensive job
And after a rough strategyhim a direct order to make Grahart take the job
The reason why Elena and Eclatia pushed such task to Grahart was that he was the one most familiar with the land
No less if the eneo around it
The morale of the soldiers would fall all at once if that was to happen
”For now, it seeed to win the 20 days schedule as planned”
While looking at the Orto, Eclatia said those words with a smile on her face
Although there was the possibility of a night assault, she had already prepared so for that
If the enemy decides to keep the assault, they will be met with a hard blow
”Indeed, that child should be able to do it”
In response to Eclatia's words, Elena turned her gaze toward the north
Waiting for the hand that will turn this war around to arrive
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”Saitou, even with your coh?”
Sardina's frustrated voice reverberated inside the tent
It was unusual for her to be this frustrated
Her expression was also terrible
Anxiety frorow dimmer
Her hair also lost its gloss
The dark circle around her eyes also showed the situation she was currently in
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Saitou lowered his head with a serious face
It was not Saitou's individual responsibility for the war to get prolonged like this
After all, it was Sardina who held the entire authority
Conversely, it was the responsibility of Sardina who have the highest command
Besides, Saitou was only a commander of some units
If one were to speak about responsibility, the one as most responsible was none other than Seria who just arrived for her new job, as Sardina's close aide, and the staff officers, not only her
But Saitou was not so was her responsibility
The ht noas to win the war
For Saitou understands that he should avoid reht cause Sardina's mind to become cloudy
However, despite Saitou's concerns, an annoying man opened his mouth
”Well well, that's not all of it Those guys, they dispersed their ar the defense on this fort When we tried to e in the mountains, they immediately pulled us in While at the same time with tens of thousands of troops, we still could not push back their defenses here”