Volume 7 Chapter 9 (1/2)
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Chapter Nine: Rout
It was the tenth day of the Advent Festival, and everything looked like usual
Thanks to the continuous snow, the town turned into a world of silver
A group of two Tristain soldiers was patrolling in town, and currently one soldier called to the other,
“Hey, aren’t they fro unit?”
“Indeed But what are they doing here?”
One of the patrolling colleagues group was standing in front of the inn and doing so in an surreptitious manner
“Hey!” one called out However, there was no answer They just kept on working silently
“Isn’t that a bag of gunpowder?”
One unpoere placed there
Rossa’s patrolling unit soldiers were carrying bags to the inn
“Hey! It’s a hotel not a warehouse Navarre’s unit soldiers are staying in there It’s too dangerous to bring such easily explosive things inside”
He approached and tapped soldier's shoulder But the face that turned around shocked hi souard raised his spear
“Hey! Put the bag down! Put”
At that moment, another soldier pulled out a pistol frouard down
Another guard tried to run away, screaer, thrown by the first soldier, sank into his back The guard fell doith a thump
Then they silently returned back to placing bags into the hotel
Then a nited with a flint
After a few seconds, with a huge, exploding sound, the inn and all resident soldiers were bloay
Located in the city's prime block, on the second floor of the inn coalition, the Allied Force's leaders were discussing the future strategy of the invasion
“The truce will end tooods ht”
Chief of the General Staff Wi at the parchment on the table
“It will be on ti the truce Albion would try a surprise attack…”
“You think the other side does not have the same problems? They needed to buy time because enemy preparations were not complete That’s why they settled for the truce so easily…”
Marquis Handenburg said gloolare De Poitiers stepped between the two As the main coenerals’ conflicts
But then… soainst the door
“Who? We are in a military council,” said Wimpffen
“A delivery fro”
The delivered goods were a gorgeous punnet where the royal arms had been carved A letter with the Finance Minister’s stamp was attached to it The ed He started to read the letter voraciously After reading, De Poitiers muttered cheerfully
“How generous of the treasurer!”
De Poitiers with his digit opened the box top Wi as lying in the box, both of their eyes popped wide
“Ooooooooooh! A field marshal’s cane!”
Indeed, it was a splendid field olden royal fa at his own reflection on it, De Poiters gave a joyful cry
“Norulations to pass ‘This cane is reminder of the successful victories under your coratulation note froh the war has not ended yet, the Allied Forces had a successive string of victories now The enemy army shut itself up in the capital and will not co a final victory was only a matter of time The last decisive battle and it is said, and confirnature, that I will command with the field marshal cane”
“Congratulations, Your Excellency” Handenburg and Wimpffen shook hands with him
“Well… with all what has been said it is all in et too careless now, no carelessness!”
De Poitiers said, but could not hide a wide grin on his face
Booom! Boom!
At that moment sounds of loud explosions resounded behind the
“What’s happening?”
With a suspicious expression on his face, De Poitiers approached the , still gripping the field marshal cane
The as facing the plaza There soldiers ran around pointing fingers at so He noticed emblems on their capes
“Aren’t they from the La shi+en unit?”
This was the eastern block, while these patrolling units were responsible for the western side of the town Why were they here? Moreover, ere they fully armed…
Marquis Handenburg stepped next to De Poitiers as well
“They ave an order to march…”
Then they both looked at each other…
Soldiers turned their guns ai at the
And then a sudden volley came
The last thing that De Poitiers saas a sight of the fieldit into small pieces
Frozen fro, who stood by the , fall He could not understand as happening
The next moment officers jumped into the room
“Revolt! Revolt started!”
“Revolt?”
“Rossa’s unit, La shi+en’s unit and part of Germania’s army stationed in town's Sai district caused the revolt! Their clashes with our arerous to stay here!”
Then the officers saw shattered pieces ofand the bodies of De Poitiers and Marquis Handenburg lying on the floor, and stood upright in front of Wimpffen
“Y-your orders, Supreme Commander!“
The breakdown of the Allied Forces stationed in Saxe-Gotha happened fast
Commanders were surprised by the sudden revolt Or maybe one should say that the cause of the revolt hat made them confused More so, because there were no reports about discontent rus from soldiers, nor disorders
It’s as if revolt really started fro
Soldiers were at a loss as well Coht and celebrated victories together until the other day now attacked them with lifeless expressions and weapons in hands
“Shoot!”
Even if the coer, bowmen could not shoot the arrows, spearmen could not throw spears
“…We c-cannot shoot, sir!”
“No! You idiots! Revolts are part of the ene’s army!”
Though the co expressionless soldiers… he saw a commander in their front lines and shook his head
“Marco! It’syour wand at us?!”
The only ansas a bullet It hit the ground at his feet, and the commander ordered to retreat
“damn! Retreat! Retreat now!”
“W-where to retreat?”
“As if I know! Retreat anyway!”
In the ’s army
And… finally, a report froht scout
It said that Albion’s ht for the city of Saxe-Gotha
On the outskirts of the city's temporary headquarters, Wimpffen made a decision Obviously, as he was now the main commander of all operations
“We‘ll retreat to Rosais It‘s no use staying here”
And the order to retreat was given to the whole army under his command
The army that marched forward excited over the victory now returned as a defeated army, reduced to 30,000 people due to revolt All faces looked exhausted and the mood of despair floated around
General De Poitiers was a betrayer and organized the revolt, no, the general was killed, they all were ic and were made to kill - within the defeated army, the truth mixed with various rumors
However for co officers and soldiers such rumors helped to survive Only animal-like survival instinct whirled in the heads of men who ran away
The confusion becaer once it became clear that Albion’s main army joined the revolts in pursuit
Troops of Allied Forces positioned in thin and long groups retreated down the highway that lead to Rosais
A them, there were Louise and Saito too
With a sword over his shoulder, Saito called out to Louise as trudging next to hi of the Advent Festival when he returned to their rooh they hadn’t talked to each other for alnant words came out
“So where is this honor in war?”
Louise looked down
“Look around”
A group of officers rode pass the, “Out of the way! Out of the way!” Infantry units, surprised, stood by the side of the road Musketeer and spearh Everyone discarded their heavy weapons as they were escaping
“Now they don't think they can survive Yesterday they all were shouting 'Long live the king’s military victory! We have to win for the absolute justice to honor the fallen soldiers!', and now they're enraged at their own colleagues?”
“I hope Guiche and Rene are alright…”
Saito said looking distant
Saito woke up with the shouts “Revolt! Revolt!” He went to a teone All the er with an order to retreat came, they immediately left their weapons
Saito turned around Scarron, Jessica, Siesta and all the girls fro Fairies' inn followed after them
Why was there such an uproar and as the order given to retreat? He ran after Siesta and the other people from the inn followed him
“Sure I ae the people to escape abandoning hest honor”
Louise kept on trudging
“Do you understand nohere the true honor lies? Do you now understand thebehind teacher's words? They all did… they just wanted to live, that’s why they tried so hard to escape”
Saito rattled on with an aura of superiority Mostly because he felt too depressed to talk about anything else
“Disgrace”
Louise finally opened her mouth
“Disgrace? I like it that way The honor of victory! Justice! Made a lot of noise, but in the end nature showed the truth and made them honest”
The Allied Forces, including Wimpffen who arrived first at Rosais, asked for permission to return to their hoovernment prefecture that could not s the circuiven Explain the circureater detail”
Half the number of Allied Forces were killed or turned to the other side, De Poitiers was killed? The facts did not sound sane They seemed to doubt if it was a real report Was it not a fake report? Wiovern such a report would not believe it spontaneously and be able to grant permission to withdraw
The defeated ar in Rosais
Wiotiation with his own country
He insisted repeatedly that considering the way things were going, they were heading towards annihilation
With great effort he gained the permission to retreat… after a half day; a very valuable half day A half day that could be fatal for the Allied Forces
As the defeated aron knight scout Albion’sfaster than expected
The way things were going…
“At dawn tomorrow, the enemy's main army will burst into Rosais”
He looked at the map and asked his subordinate,
“How long it would take for an army to fully embark?”
The logistics staff answered
“Until the iant port facilities for shi+ps, on land, there can be only a limited number of soldiers at the same time“
Wimpffen orried When you think about it – he needed to start withdrawal preparations before they were permitted However, Wi by a war tribunal
“It is necessary to stop the enemy army’s pace first”
“40,000… No, with the revolts the nureater Where can we find an army to withstand it?”
In addition, the bombardment from the air would pull the withdrawal line to the fleet Besides, shi+p guns would not help to adjourn the ar
Moreover, in order to gain more time, soldiers, who ran away at full speed, lost all their heavy amour
Wiht
And… suddenly he had an idea
“…That’s right Let’s use ‘it’”
“It?”
“The trump card! The truer!”
The er came to Louise when she waited for the withdrawal embarkation in the tent
It was in the evening
“Me?”
The older soldier see embodiment of the whole Allied Forces – always in a hurry
“Miss Vallière! Commander Wimpffen calls!”
Only now Louise understood that General De Poitiers and Marquis Handenburg were killed The confusion within the Allied Forces was considerable
Louise went to face the co around He had a bad premonition
After taking the instructions, Louise cahostly white
”What’s wrong? What were the orders?”
Even though he asked, she did not answer
She looked straight ahead… and began walking towards the other end of Rosais But not towards the embarkation tent
She came to the temple on the side of the town… and received a horse from a horse keeper Then the horse keeper bowed to Louise who tried to ride away
Saito grabbed Louise's hand
“Hey! Where are you going?! It’s not safe to leave the city!”
“Let go”
Louisewas not right, Saito shouted at Louise
“Talk! What were the orders given to you?! Hey!”
Louise did not answer She just kept on biting her lips
With the other hand Saito took the order parchment fro he understood was a map
“I can’t read What is written here?”
Louise bit her lip again
“Talk! What is written here?!”
Derflinger, on his shoulder, read it instead of Louise
“Aaah, a backup Not very honorable”
“Backup?”
“Fufu, buying tiainst enemy army of 70,000 Wonderful, isn’t it?”
Saito turned pale He muttered blankly
“What?”