101 – Maxburg True Education (5)

The morning after the secret conversation with Baron Vladimir, a report came to me while I was sleeping.

“Your Excellency Count, the Duke of Maxburg has just arrived.”

“I see, where is he encamped?”

“We camped about an hour and a half from our location.”

“You worked hard, now sound the wake up trumpet.”

The soldier who reported to me bowed his head at the same time as he said that, and then withdrew.

Then I ordered the attendant in my room to put on my armor and ceremonial robe, and then went out the door.

As I was about to mount the horse, I began to hear a sound I had heard quite often.

Tta, tada, tadatta, tadatta !!! follow! follow! follow!

A few minutes after hearing this sound, all the soldiers rushed out of the barracks.

“Hey, hurry up! This is a battlefield!”

“Private Hans, I see!”

“If you are late for a roll call on the battlefield, whipping is standard, and if you are unlucky, you will be sentenced to death! If you want to keep your head on your shoulders as a group, run!”

“Where is our meeting place? Sergeant?”

“If you go 5 cells up here and 3 cells to the left, you are in front of the company commander’s barracks! run!!”

Even though the soldiers suddenly got up and came out without hesitation, none of the soldiers were equipped without forgetting the armor and weapons they needed to wear.

It is said that a well-trained unit can come out perfectly prepared even in unexpected situations, although in a way it is only a variable that advances the wake-up time…

Everyone can jump out in an instant without a hitch, and each of these seemingly trivial actions contains the sweat and effort of the soldiers.

A small difference like this will lead to victory.

And I ordered the messengers beside me.

“Deliver to all commanders above the battalion commander, all forces must gather on the Landel Plain, 5 kilometers in front of the west gate of Rotringen Castle.”

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Upon arriving at the Landel Plain, the camp of the Duke of Maxburg caught the eye of all the soldiers under my command.

Perhaps he was trying to show off his status, he hung the flag of the duke’s family in the center of the barracks, which could be seen from afar, and the other barracks were also quite clean compared to the barracks of other families.

If it was a decent army, seeing the barracks organized like this, the orderly appearance might be intimidating.

I wasn’t scared either, but I raised my evaluation of the Duke of Maxburg a bit higher.

And after a while, the Duke of Maxburg and his soldiers began to come out of the camp in an orderly manner.

The duke, who would stand in the forefront, had his family name and various pictures engraved in gold on the plate mail, and all the nobles who followed him were all wearing armor decorated with gold and various precious metals, although to varying degrees.

In addition, the soldiers of the vanguard that followed behind them were also wearing colorful clothes in dark primary colors, and their every step matched perfectly.

And they shouted loudly, stamping their feet across the river, before the duke stopped, as if to kill us.

“One, one, one! Long live His Highness, Duke of Maxburg! Long live Romania! Long live Deus God!!!”

“Long live Deus! Long live His Highness the Duke!”

“Death to the cowardly Kreutel!”

Then, shortly after, our noncommissioned officers shouted as if to answer.

“one two three four! Poke up and spear up! Aid! The slogan is Down with Maxburg!”

In response, the soldiers raised their spears, slammed them on the ground, and spoke.

“Down with Maxburg! Glory to the Count!”

After the check on the opponent was over, the Duke of Maxburg boldly stopped his horse at a distance where he could see my face and said,

“Ciel von Kreuttel! It’s not too late now, admit your faults, surrender, and bow down! If so, I will have mercy on you and protect your honor and family, risking the honor and prestige of the Maxburg family!”

No matter how much it is before the start of the war, we will specially forgive you, so kneel down on your own hahahaha Although it is customary to say things like this and break the morale of the enemy.

If His Highness, who has already been robbed of the eastern part of the metropolitan area by the troops of our territory, says such things to us, who have not suffered any damage…

“Your Highness, Duke of Maxburg! If you repent and surrender even now, we will not take even a piece of your field as your territory, especially in this war. So repent now and lead your soldiers to surrender! Your Highness is already out of luck!”

Having said this, even if we were to annihilate all of the enemy’s troops, we have no intention of not taking a single piece of territory.

And His Highness, our duke, got off his horse, took off his helmet, and said with a blushing face, as if he was angry that his territory had been stolen.

“I am a duke, so how could I respond so arrogantly! How dare you go against a noble Elector Count despite being a lowly baron! Even though they are from different countries, don’t you know the status and hierarchy that Deus decided for you!”

“Stop talking nonsense! After spending the whole night touching women’s breasts the day before Mass, do you not know a single word of the Bible because you dozed off? Deus said that a person would be judged according to what he did. By the way, it’s not because of what I did, but because of my status, you’re trying to suppress me.”

And I clapped my hands and took away a citizen caught trying to escape from downtown Lothringen and an officer caught smuggling and committing crimes in the Blue Fort.

Then, he thrust the knife very shallow into both of their shoulders and whispered.

“If you want to live, blow gently. Then I’ll let you live.”

“Are you sure?”

“Ciel von Kreutel, I swear on my name that I will definitely send you.”

And after a while, the officials and citizens hesitated for a while, and then the officials opened their mouths first.

“I was instructed by Her Highness, the Duke of Maxburg, to kidnap the nobles of Blueport and try to sell the ladies and noble ladies into slavery. I also tried to infiltrate there slowly and destroy the living grounds of Count Creutel and the citizens, but I was caught in the middle.”

Then, as if the citizens were already wrong, they squeezed their voices out.

“His Highness the Duke, and the nobles who are his servants… Lothringen is already on the verge of ruin. The garrison leader, Sir Rossell, is concentrating on defending the gates and walls for fear of the castle being occupied by serfs… Even some ladies and ladies were raped by serfs who turned into mobs. Of course, those guys have already been executed at the prison… It’s dangerous to go on like this! So please, destroy the enemy!”

If I hadn’t been in a situation where I had to provoke the enemy, I could have suffered a great loss because of this nobleman.

Because the citizens who were caught trying to escape risked their lives, and now the castle needs your help! If you say this, nobles and soldiers will unite under the cause of saving an isolated city.

The serfs united like that are strong enough to defeat heavily armed knights.

But apart from boosting the enemy’s morale, the remarks of one such spirited citizen can sometimes dampen the morale of our soldiers.

But killing them for demoralizing would have the opposite effect of only raising the enemy’s morale beyond what we need.

I can’t help it, but I’ll either kill it with Maxburg’s hands or collect it under me.

If you reap it under me, I’m sure you’ll be able to lower the enemy’s morale quite a bit.

I spoke in a slightly exaggerated voice with an expression that seemed to be deeply moved by the citizen’s remarks I called.

“What is your name?”

“This is Magdeburg, a lawyer from Lothringen.”

“great. Great, what a knightly look. You are a talent that is a waste to have under that Maxburg. Do you have any intention of working under me?”

“I don’t like it. Your Excellency is the marshal of our Maxburg Duchy.”

He is said to be a lawyer of a lower gentry rank than a knight, but he has one genuine spirit.

That’s why I felt a bit regretful, but if I had no choice but to become an enemy, I should get rid of it before it gets any bigger.

“It’s a pity, but we Count Creutel admired your courage. In a situation where death is near, and you don’t even have an obligation to give your allegiance, but you risk your own life to raise morale… Hey, I’ll give it to this person, so bring a nice horse, 70 gold coins, a sword of the highest quality, and a written oath.”

After a while, the attendant handed over all the items I said to him.

Then the man bowed his head slightly in gratitude to me, then rode towards the Duke of Maxburg.

He is crossing the border with great dignity, but that friend will be mistaken for a spy who received a lot of wealth and extreme treatment in front of his eyes and will be killed.

From anyone’s point of view, if the enemy treats them with kindness and sends them back, it’s like a spy who came back expecting a bigger reward than the reward.

When that citizen and the cadre went back to where Maxburg was, Maxburg shouted loudly.

“You bastard, Ciel von Kreuttel! No matter how much you are scum that killed your lord, how can you deceive the people of the territory by speaking lies as a nobleman!”

“Because all of that is true! majesty!!””

“Put away the bullshit! Even though I occupy the last place among the Elector Counts, how can I do such a dirty thing as the head of Maxburg, who has inherited the position of Grand Chief of Staff!”

“Is someone like the Grand Chamberlain entering our estate and kidnapping the ladies and young children?! Your Highness, it would have been better if you had just sent me a matchmaker because the women in our estate are beautiful. Then, I would have sent you a beauty worthy of your Excellency, even if not as good as Ella. Oh, of course, a beauty that suits His Excellency… In our estate, there are no ugly women who would be compatible with Your Highness.”

At that, our soldiers started laughing.

“I heard that people from the Maxburg family can drink with their chin protruding from it… How ugly can such a person be?”

“Ehehehehe, but isn’t it Your Highness the Duke? So, you have to say that you have a personality.”

“Uh huh, so-called. I should just say that it looks like a cow has been plowed and then fertilized. How savory and good.”

When Maxburg heard that, he thought the vase was out, threw his helmet on the ground, and said,

“Such arrogance!!!”

“Your Highness, I only respect nobles worthy of respect.”

“Since you look like a guy uglier than a pig, you must be a scumbag born out of love between men!”

The characteristic of a keyboard warrior is that when he has nothing to say, he only curses and blames other parents, right?

If you think like that, human nature is all the same, so there’s nothing to say.

So I uttered the words I had prepared to make the Duke frantically chase us whenever he saw us in anger.

“No, Your Highness the Duke, I’m sorry to see you use the term ‘trash bastards born from men loving each other,’ but it seems that Your Highness thinks that way because he was born that way. Don’t worry, we are all born with the love of our mothers and fathers. And if you really doubt our sincerity, God Deus will help those who think he is right on the battlefield.”

“… … .”

Then, I said while flicking the index and middle fingers of my right hand at a close distance where I could see the peacock’s eyes, nose, and mouth.

“Also, we have lived honestly in front of Deus. Therefore, Your Highness, who harasses us by releasing criminals, has a strong conviction that he will win even if he fights with only a wooden stick. So, let our knights get off their horses. If you do that much, won’t the traces of God’s work appear?”