Chapter 93.1 (2/2)
It was common to have large battles every 10 years or so, but there has been no big battle on the last 40 years.
「What is the size of the army and their current position?」
If the adventurers are being forced to partic.i.p.ate, Soutinsu’s army is probably on the tens of thousands. Considering that the departure is in 3 days, Soutinsu’s army probably departed a few days ago. It takes about 8 days by carriage, or 15 days on foot to go from the capital to the border area. Sobyuuru’s3 army should depart an advance team tomorrow to prepare the defense line.
「The information we got says that Soutinsu’s army has about 60,000 troops and departed from the capital four days ago. Sobyuuru’s troops dispatched 3,000 as an advance group, together with the border defense, they should have about 8000 people for the defense.」4
60 thousand…! That’s almost the whole army! No, I don’t know the details of these days…
25… No, 26 years ago, 60,000 was about 80% of Soutinsu’s Army. I don’t know how much it grew, but I doubt it was much. In other words, they are departing with full strength while only leaving the bare minimum left, intending to end it all with a single decisive battle.
The kingdom troops are around 120000. If more soldiers are recruited, it could grow up to 200000. Considering the strength of each nation, a prolonged battle would be disadvantageous for Soutinsu. Since our borders are with friendly countries, we don’t need to keep many troops, but village and guards are still necessary. If you exclude those, it should be possible to move about… 70000 people? The kingdom has the advantage on the numbers, but we don’t know what will happen on the battlefield. It’s also possible they use forbidden techniques on it.
I thank Airi and head to the quest board.
There was a crowd of people in front of the board, as expected. The content of the convocation was there in one big parchment.
Contents are “The army of Soutinsu marches upon the kingdom of Sobyuuru. Adventurers are drafted to help on the border for an indefinite amount of time, until the case is settled. An appropriate compensation will be given according to the time spent there.“ There were other details on it, but it was similar to what Airi-san told me.
Part 2 comes soon~
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