128 – Battle of Waine Plains (1)

Whether you’re making a game, drawing a picture, or preparing for a test, you need to be fully prepared to succeed when a particular opportunity presents itself.

When making a game, good developers and story writers are required, and when drawing a picture, good tools and environments, and the skills that have been accumulated so far are required.

These must be prepared in advance to be able to draw good games and beautiful pictures.

In war, or at least in a small-scale battle, good results cannot be obtained without thorough preparation.

So, in order to win the war against Akiel, I prepared everything to take away their power.

Now, what I have to do is to use all the elements I have prepared so far to produce the maximum result.

Before I could announce the strategy, the nobles under my command started arguing with each other raising their voices.

“Baroness Loren, you can only give me 10,000 gold coins as a budget for the march to Architel? Is that what you mean?”

“If you don’t use that bastard’s main reward merchants, 10,000 copies will be enough, Your Excellency.”

“Baron Frost, no matter how… Shouldn’t the 1st Infantry Regiment be given plate armor?”

“The Man at Arms guys are more in a hurry, because they ride horses, so their legs are exposed a lot. That’s why there are more guys who hurt their legs… ”

Resources are limited, and the holes for money or resources to go out are limitless and endless.

Therefore, it is a very natural phenomenon for everyone to fight over their own bowl of food anywhere in the world, but I don’t think it’s a bit strange to fight with money and armor supported even in front of me.

So I got down from my chair and opened my mouth to mediate their quarrel.

“First of all, as Baron Lauren said, the budget for this march is 10,000 gold coins. In addition, 1000 sets of newly made plate armor are supplied to the 1st Infantry Regiment. However, the Man at Arms under Frost will be given iron leggings later. What do you think?”

“We, the 1st Infantry Regiment, agree.”

“They all have at least half armor anyway… It’s enough if you just give me the gaiter.”

“Unfortunately, the soldiers will agree. I think 10,000 copies is enough.”

After calming the arguing between my vassals, I pointed to the map of the southern part of the Earl of Creutel and the Duchy of Akitel hanging near my seat and said,

“As you all know, Duke Akitel first declared war on us… The expected place where we will fight is the plains of Waine in the northern part of the Duchy of Akitel.”

“If it’s the plains of Waine… There are no villages around, so it is not easy to get supplies… I don’t understand why the other side designated this place.”

At that, I said with a bitter smile.

“Duke Architel is the person most chosen by the French when it comes to commanding knights. And the plains of Waine are open in all directions, so it’s a good place to manage knights. So even if there is a little bit of supply, I will go to the place where I can maximize the attack power of the knights and fight.”

So now, fighting where the enemy wants is doing good for the other side, right?

Then you may think that you have to do your best to lure the enemy to a disadvantageous place, but…

No matter how much war is an act to gnaw away and annihilate the other’s power.

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Just as a game cannot start without mutual consent, so a war can only begin where one agrees…

Unless I have the strength or ability to deliberately call my opponent into a real, ridiculously disadvantageous position and push the game start button, I’d rather not try that tactic.

“Then let me first talk about the plan I made. We go first from Kreutel down to the plains of Waine at Akitel, and we spread rumors of infighting. The content is that Irina treats Ella, who gave birth to her first son, as if she were a maid, and because of this, the faction was divided into a faction that opposes Irina and a faction that supports Irina, who is still a concubine.”

In fact, in many aristocratic families, there are many cases where the concubine is jealous that the child, especially the son, is better than the head.

Furthermore, it is very common to retaliate in this way in order to completely obliterate the concubine’s political position…

It is not uncommon for husbands who are fed up with it to stay away from their wives altogether, and it sounds like a reasonable story that political factions may arise as a result of this.

“But, Ciel. Aren’t you only 26 now? But who would believe me if I told you that factions were already divided over the right of succession to the heir?”

At that, I replied with a smile.

“A guy with common sense wouldn’t believe anyone. However, as these rumors continue to spread, the duke will surely think this way. ‘Seeing rumors of a faction split from Ciel von Kreuttel, there must be some discord between the vassals.’ If that happens, we will begin to assume and establish our discord, to a greater or lesser degree, even when planning the strategy.”

“Duke Architel is a wise man, but if you plan a strategy based on such a premise… As a variable, in order to save Balt, Frost next to him is from a different faction, so I will roughly save him… Even if you think like this, you will be able to find a loophole on us.”

“Yes, because you are caught in an unexpected tight bond, and even if you miss the timing to hit the enemy, you can cause great damage.”

Everyone nodded their heads to see how much they agreed with this statement.

“Certainly, even if these rumors spread, they will surely mistakenly think that the unity between us is weak.”

“Yes, even if you don’t bite the bait of the successor issue… I think the information that unity has weakened is credible.”

And I looked at them and said with a doubtful smile.

“Also, in this war, our troops do not march on foot within the County of Creutel. All troops will all ride the Wagenburg and go as fast as possible to the nearest town on the plain of Weine.”

Everyone didn’t say anything, as if they didn’t understand the concept that was different from the march they were thinking of.

“And after resting in the village and replenishing our stamina, we enter the battlefield on the promised day.”

“Your Excellency, that Frost thinks, if you’re going to go like that… There seems to be no need to mobilize thousands of carts and move troops all at once. Especially, if you take the wagon like that… Doesn’t that all become a burden on the battlefield? And even grain in the hay for the horses… ”

First of all, it takes 2 horses to pull a wagon with 30 soldiers, so if I want to bring 20,000 troops, I need to pull 1,200 horses.

Also, since two horses must eat at least two men’s worth of grain, or even more hay, they must be pulled by a wagon to carry them, greatly increasing the consumption of goods.

In addition, there is no way to use the cart when fighting on the battlefield, so it becomes a nuisance that only takes up space.

“right. So after arriving in the village, I will use the cart to supply various food and weapons. After that, I plan to move to the battlefield on foot. Then, it won’t get in the way on the battlefield. Also, there are two more important reasons for marching soldiers on carts.”

“You mean two?”

“First, to force the rapid march to prevent us from occupying and fortifying a good place first, by giving the enemy a deliberately high pace of march in the middle. And the second is for the purpose of preoccupying more information and good places by having the reconnaissance unit go ahead while pretending to give all soldiers a break by landing in the village.”

The reason why this is possible is because, first of all, in this era, if there is a battlefield and time agreed upon at the time of the declaration of war, then there is a culture of meeting and fighting at the promised time and place.

When fighting Maxburg, we only agreed on the time, but only the location was stable, so such a messy fight was possible.

Anyway, if we promised to meet someone at 10 o’clock, just as we prepare and think that the other person will arrive at that time, there is a high possibility that Duke Architel will think so and start the march.

However, I suddenly leaked the information in the middle and said, ‘The war will start at the promised time, but the fortification of the battlefield will start two weeks earlier.’ To say this… ?

The opponent will surely try hard to catch up with the time I prepare on the battlefield.

Of course, fatigue will be relieved during rest, but during the rapid march, numerous deserters occur.

Also, the other side, seeing that we didn’t arrive as a result of the rapid march, will be careless that our knowledge of the terrain is less than their own.

You can also create a decisive opportunity to beat the enemy by aiming for that gap.

When I explained it to some extent, everyone nodded in agreement.

And I looked at them and said

“We also have a secret weapon. Let’s go see it together.”