Vol 14 Chapter 261 (1/2)

Corps of Iron Pipes

… The Beim invasion force of close to three hundred thousand before the

There were nobles exceeding Baron Class joining in, and generals and knight brigade chiefs sent frouard joined in on the

And as expected, the ’s topic of discussion concentrated on Redant Fortress If they avoided breaching it, thein a fragmented number to put out casualties, they wanted to breach the fortress and proceed straight to Bei

Dragged into it with his force of five thousand, Blois listened to the discussions, as he thought over this time’s march on Beim

(Now then, the main members are almost all folks that worshi+p Celes, and the uards, eh?)

Royal Guard It was soathered in Centralle from those that yearned for her, and stuck a name on It’s not as if they had any particular job, and they merely tried to stay by her side While they fell short of the handsoroup that was as if they were grouped from the make of their faces

A them, Breid was the one with actual achievements, so he was considered the leader

He had participated in suppressing a nus, and with those merits, they didn’t have any particular complaints No, even if they did, no one voiced the Celes had decided

However, that Breid was now leading thirty thousandin the invasion of Bei of Celes’ royal guard, it was quite a large force within the current Bahnseim

As Breid put out more opinions than necessary at the conference, Blois was disconcerted

“I believe it best we have another force cross the mountains, and circle around back for a pincer attack”

If a pincer was possible, someone would have said that from the start

(It’s because that’s i the to say Even if we did traverse those mountains, just how much casualties would come out… and just how much time do you think that would take?)

Lacking in experience leading a unit, and Breid was the type to put hirace if he had the ability to back it up, but unfortunately, the problem lay in his lack of it

The other generals and knight chiefs and Lords upon hearing his opinion

“A wonderful proposition But we have not the equipment to scale mountains Even if ished to volunteer for the task, we are insufficient”

“I a us with enough training to accomplish such a feat? As expected of Centralle’s elites”

“Then why not Breid-dono cross the mountains and circle around back? The rest of us will be attacking head on as planned, mind you”

Being handled so lightly, Breid’s expression changed He directed a glare around

(With the numbers we have, if we clash head on, we’ll win quite plainly Or rather, Breid-dono see a bit It’s quite hard for a sh so many Does he understand that…)

Generally, battles were of numbers At times, there were existences that could overturn a difference in number, and such existences eak to underhanded th of their power, they couldn’t help but find conceit most of the time

Breid hit the table to gather everyone’s eyes

“Very well Centralle’s elite force shall circle around the back for you You all need only put out your mountains of casualties as you fixate on your frontal assault!”

Blois looked at Breid, as he touched a hand to his chin

(I heard he had achievements in the Gryphon extermination, but does that mean the commander was a talented one? I believe they had a co… but by ruht, that boy of the Walt House was involved)

The force that acco down a Gryphon There was a time when that had caused a bit of a panic at the palace

Even now, Blois could reated it again But by the iven, it couldn’t help but see in ability

(It’s not like hisspecial No, by the docuht, but…)

With Lyle conceding the achieveht h evaluation

(This is ht)

Blois thought, as he listened in on the continuation of the conference…

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… Fortress Redant

In it, adventurers and soldiers of Bei volunteer soldiers from its residents- afifty thousand had gathered

The reinforced fortress had reduced the three layers of walls it once had to two But they were th and function had been sufficiently enhanced

To continue e fifty thousand would be difficult, buy even so, it was more than possible temporarily

And Beim seemed relieved at the number of soldiers at the fortress

“The fortress has grown stronger than before, with er force of monsters before We’ll be the victors this time”

“If there’s anything to be frustrated over, it’s that the previous situation was so harsh that even if in here, it would be hard to get any evaluation, I guess?”

“Reinforce from the city Once we turn Bahnseiht it would be nice if they concentrated more on this point rather than the city”

The volunteer soldiers equipped armaments made by Beim’s craftsmen However, by those craftsmen… the various stores put to work, their outfits were all over the place, and their weapons weren’t uniform

They gave off the i of mercenaries

Observing them was Rauno, dressed in equipuard was too lax, and their soldiers lacked tension or consistency, so he was easily able to slip inside

As he sat atop a wooden crate, he drank with unfaathered information

“H in from Bahnseim?”

To Rauno’s surprise, one of the soldier’s ale-reddened face turned, and made fun of him

“You don’t even know soot mercs on their side Friends, and the ones with debt to Bei on info For that army of Bahnseim, it’ll all be over once they flee before the miracle of Redant Fortress!”

The miracle of Redant Fortress… It was the heroic tale of Lyle annihilating an army of several hundreds of thousands of monsters, spread and embellished by minstrels

Rauno sent a glance around toso movements

(… They’re considerably in for it It ets breached faster than expected With that Bahnseiet to lay the groundwork to such an extent)

Froathered infor infiltrated the fortress, Rauno was set to gather infor to South Beim

(Their equipment is in order, but their at just as Lyle’s party anticipated)

Even Beim had soldiers But it’s not as if they had a chance for proper training The volunteer soldiers were the sorts that had only ever gone out to the surrounding villages and defeated monsters

Even if their equipment was nice, the contents were low in quality