Chapter 185: Crisis of the Imperial Army (3) (2/2)

“Gahh…”

The battle was full of blood and the sounds of theThe third defense barrier wasn’t just a wooden fence but it was dotted with angled spikes that stopped the charging cavalry In addition, there were knee-deep pits dug here and there that were particularly dangerous to the cavalry If it were huer a bit, but if a running horse fell in, its leg would break and it would collapse And if the cavalry fell apart, then the rest of the battle line would also fall apart In the end, their assault poeaker than Count Boris had expected and once they hit the third line of defense, they began to suffer considerable dauh…”

For the unstoppable wave hit a boulder and crashed But the Eh men that they could continue to crash upon that boulder until it broke apart

“Attack! Attack the live the Andrews Eeainst the third line of defense In turn, the Republicans fought back just as hard

“Endure it!”

“Endure just a bit longer! We will be victorious!”

“Show theritted their teeth and endured the I onto one ray of hope While ordinary soldiers were told in detail, they were all told one thing

[If the third line of defense can hold on for just one hour, in this battle]

That was Siegfried’s pledge to his soldiers

His ritted their teeth as they fought And just as the Efried’s plan finally started

“WAHH!! All those Republican bastards are dea… Guh!”

Just as one of the I as he ran around, he suddenly fell He had been shot in the back That soldier looked back as if he couldn’t believe what had happened Then…

“Close the entrance! Block the ene, the Republicans had encircled the Imperial soldiers

“Count Boris! The enemy has appeared in the back!”

“What? Fro are they?”

“That… that’s not yet known, sir”

“Quickly find out! Hurry!”

Count Boris clenched his jaw It had already annoyed hi on, but now, enemies had appeared in the back?

‘It can’t be an encirclee forward? But how did they expect that?’

Count Boris felt a chill running down his spine

‘Behind us is the road we used Even if they planned to ambush us from a distance, it won’t be a lot of thehts by being optiht to him…

“The eneht…”

The enemies wouldn’t be effective if they tried to attack Count Boris and his men from the back There may be some sacrifices, but the officers in the back would be able to deal with the enemies

“Give the commander who’s at the very end command of 5,000 troops! Tell hiiven the instruction, Count Boris believed that would be enough However, a ht in a completely different report

“Count Boris! The troops in the back were annihilated”

“What?”

“Who was the commander?”

“It was Lord Piel, sir”

Piel was a knight that Count Boris knew very well He was an Expert knight with Interainst the enemy?

“What happened to Piel hile combat, sir”

“What?”

Just how many times would he have to say, ‘What?’ But that was how shocked and confused Count Boris was His jaw tightened as he spoke to the er

“Who killed Piel?”

“Ufried, sir”

At those words, it see broke in his brain

“You should have told me that first, you idiotic fried stood at the front and led 1,000 men to attack the rear of the Imperial Army Since there was no need for hih when he was fully exhibiting the strength of a Master

“Guh…”

“D… dah!”

However, it wasn’t only Siegfried as terrifying The ones following hiroup out of all the Ghosts Unless it was absolutely necessary, they never left Siegfried’s side and once they drank the elixir, the Iainst them

“My Lord, the enee forward, sir?”

Ghost Leader 2 asked for Siegfried’s option, however, Siegfried shook his head

“No, we stay where we are right now We will make the enemy make the worst decision possible for thefried attacked the back of the Imperial Army, but he did not move forward All this was for his plan Count Boris believed he had read his enefried, however… that was an absurd illusion

Frofried were on different levels as a strategist Count Boris had learned about fighting wars fro the enefried expected fried didn’t just predict the enemy’s actions, but he caused them to act This could be seen if you looked back at the war between the two of theed battles that would double as training for his recruits Then, he caused Count Boris to re that Count Boris had little experience fighting on an actual battlefield and that he had only studied about wars frofried had induced Count Boris to recall that miracle

With constant reconnaissance, he had quickly heard that his ene a pit as preparation He had prepared not a double line of defense, but a triple line of defense for the enefried staffed the third line of defense with a combination of elite soldiers and the recruits, ere not as green as before, to stop the enemy while he took 1,000 men to attack the enenificant blow to the Empire All of this had happened because he induced Count Boris to act this way Likea puppet, he caused all of Count Boris’s actions through a fried’s final move

What would Count Boris do now that he realized that Siegfried himself had appeared at their backs? What would he do at a ti to break through but the enemy’s commander-in-chief had appeared at his back?

‘He must really want my head’

From the Empire's point of view, the outcofried’s head or not There was no way soreedy for war achievenore such a bait

‘Now, pick Pick the worst possible decision you couldthat…

“All knights and soldiers will follow me! We will capture the enemy’s cohts and soldiers and turned to charge towards the back He didn’t realize that this was the worst possible decision that Siegfried had been hoping for