Chapter 187: Consequence of Arrogance (2) (1/2)

Chapter 187: Consequence of Arrogance (2)

Siegfried, who had couard forces of the Imperial Army, took his men back to their baseIt had defensive lines prepared in advance as he had ordered

“We will greet the Ifried personally dispatched his troops and carefully looked over the situation If it all went as he had planned, then this battle would be the last fight in the Valence Kingdom It was only natural that he paid close attention to it

The main army of the Empire had finally arrived

“Huh… so that’s the bastard’s base?”

Duke Sebastian couldn’t help but ad to the map, there should have been a small hill with a river behind it At first, he had wondered why the enemy had set up their camp here Since there was a river behind them, it would be difficult to retreat and even if there was a slight elevation that the hill ive the at it, the situation was completely different

The Republic had built the perfect fortress on the s similar to a h watchtoere built here and there to provide a view that would overlook the entire hill And when he looked closely, Duke Sebastian realized that the hill was taller than he had heard It was more believable to say it was a small mountain instead

“So he used the terrain perfectly and made a fortress What do you think, Marquis Catel?”

Duke Sebastian called over Marquis Catel to ask for his opinion Although Duke Sebastian did not listen to his advice, he now admitted that Marquis Catel was far more capable than the officers under his command Marquis Catel stood in front of Duke Sebastian as he carefully observed the enemy’s fortress

“It is a perfect mountain fortress, sir”

“So it’s not just a fortress, but it’s a mountain fortress?”

“Yes, sir If you think about it, Siegfried was originally from the Hildes Republic and their specialty is mountain warfare”

“I’ve heard ru?”

“When the Republic still had three countries, their unit was the hardest andThere were times e lost three times, and sometimes even five times as many men e encountered the that if we entered that fortress, no, thatfor us?”

“Yes, sir That’s probably why the walls aren’t sturdy and why they made a fortress instead That isn’t meant to protect, but it’s a trap meant to lure and push us”

“I see”

Duke Sebastian nodded

“Let’s carefully try a couple things first”

At the coe

Their first attee weapons and destroy the mountain maze itself But they couldn’t even try

“Fire!”

Bang!

With a harsh sound, the Republican’s catapult flew first and struck a large boulder

Twang!

On top of that, arrows flew nonstop from the watchtowers in the distance and the power behind the arroere out of the ordinary

“Guh… My… My arm!”

“dah!”

Eventually, the soldiers who had been using the siege weapons becaets of the Republicans and had to retreat without being able to attack properly

“So it’s i us”

“Yes, Duke Sebastian Because of their altitude, the enee weapons with that kind of an aiineered froe weapons”

“And that powerful arroould be from the special crossbow from the Kobrook Republic”

“Yes, sir It seeht them from a distance, sir”

“It can’t be helped Then shall we try fighting them head-on?”

And at Duke Sebastian’s order, approxian to move They divided into units of thousands and headed for the fortress in different directions Since there were five entrances into thein different reconnaissance units to each to see which of the entrances was the weakest and the erous He had sent them with the order to not take unnecessary risks and withdraw if it seeerous

A fewfroht’s broken out, sir”

“I don’t expect there to be an immediate result The priority is for them to return with inforan to wait calht be a heartless decision, but there were times where it was necessary to see huht even if they weren’t able to break through theas they returned with a bit of inforroup would be able to use that inforet further into the fortress

‘I will most definitely attack you’

However…

Two hours later

Duke Sebastian’s expression turned hard

“Siegfried, you bastard”

His expression was grihest top of the mountain fortress with clenched teeth He had waited two hours In that time period, the noise within the fortress had completely disappearedHowever, the problem was that no one had returned He had heartlessly sent in 5,000that the casualties would be great But he had never thought they would all be wiped out without being able to bring back any infor 10,000, no, 20,000 at the lead And the Knights will go with the moves to carry out Duke Sebastian’s order, however, Marquis Catel stepped forward and stopped the in troops bit by bit is exactly what the enemy wants us to do”

“Then what should we do?”

“If we really attacked the fortress that the bastard Siegfried prepared, then ould have to send in all the troops without reserve And you and I will have to be at the front and open a way for them”