Chapter 126: Bane of the Northern Front (1) (1/2)
Chapter 126: Bane of the Northern Front (1)
The Northern Front
That was the first point of contact for the two sides in this war, and the arena where the fried brought the upper hand to their side through his superb deployment of troops and use of tactics
However, the Strabus Kingdom rounded up available support fro their two Masters, Dukes Ryan Catel and McCarthy O’Brian,to establish a delicate power balance
In all respects, it was already an extraordinary situation that the addition of two Masters and asof a power balance and nothing a their eneeous position was a sifried’s response was
Moreover, the Republics had also deployed the th to this theatre
In particular, the Hanovirtue Republic’s very own Master, General Francs, exuded the gravity of his presence Being one of the few Masters that the Republics retained – at least officially – his productive activities on the battlefield allowed thedom’s two Masters
This was the state of the battlefield when the coalition ardom’s allies were dispatched, led by Marquis Johannes after parting ith Milton
It was a total army of 60,000 troops, created from the combined reinforcements of four different nations Marquis Johannes was convinced that a force of this size was htrope of a battlefield; and in turn, thought that he would be valued and treated with the requisite level of respect when he joined the scene
But his way of thinking was the very epitome of a politician out of touch with reality It was the naïve conclusion of a politicking ame of numbers
Unless they were coht on the field did not acknowledge one no ht In particular, there was no more to be said about the commanders of the dom: rumored to be especially territorial and look unfavorably upon foreign supporters who tried to push the
As soon as the 60,000 soldiers under Marquis Johannes’ command arrived, they were divided and deployed to different locations according to the orders of the Northern Front’s command staff They were scattered due to concerns of insubordination if they were gathered in one place
Of course, Marquis Johannes tried to refuse this order – but the war staff forcefully discharged their will On the battlefield, there was no world in which the silver tongue of a politician would triumph over the orders of a commander
The other nobles of the coalition army who trusted Marquis Johannes and followed his lead raised their complaints to him, but the Northern Front’s staff paid them no heed as they carried on with the war The fact of the roup of freshht a rather large force
After so the authority of con reinforcements, the Strabus command staff commenced to squeeze every last drop of usability out of the coalition arnments and were placed in the very frontlines of conflict zones
The reinforcehly in the past, but this tidoiven his word in secret: treat the reinforcedom in a manner that is worthy of the substantial amount of support they provided; and handle the scraps sent as a hly as possible As such, the Northern Front’s war staff used the soldiers of the coalition army expendably without a hint of sympathy
After a month, the army of 60,000 shrunk to less than half
The commanders of the coalition army vehemently raised their objections with the Strabus corinder as they watched Yet the Strabus war cabinet waved off their co that sacrifice was a necessity of war; and the coalition army continued to be deployed to the thick of the action
The nobles leading the arer and exploded
“Where is your chief commander!?”
Marquis Johannes bellowed as he stordo in the senior seat down the ed man, who narrowed his eyes as he responded to the su me? Marquis Johannes”
Marquis Johannes widened his eyes in rage and roared
“I deh his words had sohed as he replied
“I am the in-chief of the Northern Front’s command, Count Grey Shenber”
“How dare a Count-”
“Are you to say that you did not know of the co while since you have joined this battlefield?”
“……”
Marquis Johannes’ face turned red as Count Shenber cut hi but a fool who knew nothing about this war
In truth, Marquis Johannes did not knoho Count Shenber was because the Strabus Kingdom’s command staff blatantly shunned his, and he only heard suer It was only a given that he did not know the in-chief’s name
Marquis Johannes felt humiliated, but clenched his teeth and continued
“I have come with a matter to discuss”
“As I’ed in so rudely without any business”
“Watch your words-”
“Be on with your matter I am a busy man”
Marquis Johannes and the nobles that accoe at the insult
Yet this was not their hon nation They did not have the luxury of acting as they wished
Count Shenber studied the expressions of Marquis Johannes and his company, and smirked They did not react to the humiliation they were under, but their eardless
‘What an absolute circus’
Fros, it see on the basis that he was a Marquis while Shenber was nothing htest
In the Strabus Kingdo warties provided by noble titles In fact, Count Shenber could punish a Marquis or even a Duke if he saw it fit as a commander-in-chief
Of course, such an occasion was rare as there were potentially substantial repercussions once a war ended and peacetime arrived However, it was a different story when the party concerned were nobles of a foreign nation – and not only that, but those ere officially targets of the king’s dislike Shenber wasto military law if they continued to buzz in his ear about their so-claimed true worth
On Marquis Johannes’ end, while he was not aware of this surrounding context e Shenber in such detail, he arned by his sharp intuition born froerous if I step out of line as I please His attitude is that of so”
Marquis Johannes followed his hunch as a politician and repressed his anger for now to speak as calmly as he could
“A report has reached ht with us have been cut down to less than half the original size”
“Indeed A shame”
At Count Shenber’s brazen response, the Marquis and his folloere once again hit with an upsetting pang of anger Johannes pressed on as their representative
“Our losses are too severe Yet how could our troops be deployed to the frontlines once again? Is this treatment not far too unfair?”
“The troops were deployed with careful and scrupulous deliberation Is that an issue?”
One of the nobles could not stand Count Shenber’s toying any longer
“Of course it is, is that not a given?!”
Count Dios barked up from his spot at the back
“And you are… as your na froet it soon”
“What did you just…”
“More i I cannot simply let slip… are you to say you dissent to the decisions of the co – I have serious grievances with your decisions!”