I will be crowned king

Oak Town…

The moment he heard the name of this place, Anson's eyes flashed with uneasiness.

Not only him, but the atmosphere in the entire camp became uncomfortable.

Oak Town is not a very special city. It is not even a "city". It is just an ordinary town with regular markets, taverns and caravans often landing for a rest; there are no clean streets, no tall buildings, and it is shabby. It won’t make tourists feel nostalgic about this place.

But in this small town, there is a train platform just built by the Kingdom Railway. All supplies and army replacements must be transported by steam trains. It is also an important logistics base for the Thunder Castle levy force.

If something unexpected happens in Oak Town, the levied troops in the siege position will face disaster!

The messenger, who was covered in sweat and still breathing heavily, was looking at people from all corners of the camp, from different angles and with different emotions. He stood innocently at the door of the camp.

This extremely oppressive silence lasted for nearly half a minute. Roman, who was silent, suddenly stood up, stepped forward and took the extremely heavy letter from the messenger's hand, bypassing everyone and walked directly to Ludwig's side.

The relieved messenger fled the camp as fast as he could in his life.

"General..."

"Read it." Ludwig's face remained unchanged, his voice was a little low.

After hesitating for a moment, Roman silently returned to his position and took a deep breath: "The scouts came to report that a large number of Imperial cavalry were found in the south of Oak Town..."

"Louder!" Ludwig growled.

"The scouts came to report that a small number of imperial cavalry were found in the south of Oak Town. There are signs of frequent activity from our position to the supply line of Oak Town!" Roman lowered his head and said solemnly:

"In the north, two guard towers were attacked by the enemy. We mobilized two companies of private soldiers to recapture the guard towers, but they were all looted and no one on the defenders was spared!"

"Under the supervision of the brigadier general's order, our army quickly established a number of defense fortifications outside Oak Town, demolished some abandoned houses and consolidated the original walls, and distributed hand grenades to patrolling soldiers for use against enemy forces. Prompt warning of cavalry raids.”

"After being attacked twice, our scouts have found the approximate location of the Imperial Army's camp through the enemy's retreat route and whereabouts; therefore, we applied to the Brigadier General to approve our army's actions and launched an encirclement and suppression offensive against the Imperial Cavalry to eliminate the hidden dangers. In the bud!”

The loud voice echoed on the sand table, and Ludwig nodded slightly.

Although two outposts were destroyed, at least they were recaptured quickly, and the commander of the infantry regiment stationed in Oak Town did not forget to ask for instructions before taking action - the situation was much better than he imagined.

"Help me draft a recovery and tell him that I understand the situation, but do not agree with his encirclement and suppression of the Imperial Cavalry." After thinking for a moment, Ludwig looked at Roman:

"You leave immediately tomorrow, lead the Grenadier Regiment to replace him, and use the shortest possible time to destroy this group of imperial scum!"

"yes!"

Roman who shouted in response stood motionless, looking closely at Ludwig.

Anson, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, faintly noticed something was wrong from the expressions of the two of them.

"Everyone, get out, immediately - no one is allowed in until I make a decision!"

With that said, the stern-faced Ludwig raised his hand to stop Anson who was about to get up: "You and Roman stay."

An Sen, who looked a little stunned, stood there for a while, then sat back down.

A few minutes later, only three people were left in the quiet camp.

Ludwig slowly turned his head and looked at Roman, as if using all his strength:

"Say it."

"The content just now... is actually the information from three days ago." Roman spoke slowly, and there was a little uneasiness in his originally cold eyes:

"The real situation is that the infantry regiment stationed in Oak Town has been completely wiped out by the imperial cavalry, and the warehouses in the town have been burned and looted by the enemy. The civilian casualties are not heavy, but the order of the entire town has been completely destroyed."

"Well, is there anything else?"

Ludwig looked calm.

"...The train platform was destroyed by the enemy." Roman hesitated:

"According to the situation described in the letter, it will take at least ten days to repair it."

"Well, what about that infantry regiment...did it leave the station without waiting for my order?"

"It seems that they were probably lured out of the city by the enemy and then surrounded and annihilated. There were no survivors."

"Where's the leader?"

"Missing, probably dead."

"Where is the person who sent the message?"

"I sent two grenadiers to look after him at the field hospital."

"Ah, very good."

Ludwig, who seemed to be deep in thought, nodded and stood up calmly.

Then he kicked the sand table violently!

"Boom!"

There was a loud noise, and the sand table suddenly fell to the ground.

The anger that had been suppressed for a long time completely exploded at this moment.

It's over, it's all over.

The slim chance of survival I had gained through all my hard work and hard work was now destroyed in the hands of a scumbag who disobeyed orders!

An icy chill ran down Ludwig's back, and he was so angry that he now knew exactly what would happen once the news reached the ears of the officers and soldiers.

Unrest, rout, mutiny... Having lost supply lines and logistics, and even lost sources of support, the morale of the army is low. It is not surprising what will happen next!

What should I do? What should I do? !

"Well……"

In the dead silence of the camp, Anson sat awkwardly in his seat and raised his right hand: "Excuse me, can I say something?"

"speak!"

Ludwig, who was astonished, stared at Anson with an expression as if he wanted to eat someone.

"Okay." Carefully looking at Roman, who looked like a hound, and the brigadier general, who looked like a firing rifle, Anson took a deep breath and tentatively said:

"General, do you think the current situation is hopeless?"

Ludwig sneered at himself.

"Speak as you say. There is no need to be sarcastic." Ludwig stood up straight again and coldly looked down at Anson who was sitting on the chair:

"Is the situation hopeless - didn't you hear what Roman said, or are you just pretending to be stupid here? We have completely lost our logistics and all support!"

"That's right, we lost our logistics and all support." Anson nodded and looked up at Ludwig calmly:

"But we still have several thousand soldiers, a solid position, plenty of ammunition, and barely enough logistics to hold on..."

"Five days."

Roman on the side suddenly said: "If we save money, we can last at least five more days."

"We can still hold on for five days... In other words, there are still five days for us to capture Thunder Castle." Anson, who bowed and kicked his chair away, stood up and looked level with Ludwig:

"To sum up, General, I don't think the situation has reached the point where it is completely hopeless. Everything is still under plan."

"Planned?"

The sneering Ludwig's expression froze, and then he looked at Anson seriously: "You mean... you have a way to capture Thunder Castle within five days?"

"No." Anson shook his head:

"But I have a way to make 'capture Thunder Castle within five days' possible."

Ludwig, who was stunned for a moment, was instantly angry:

"What difference does it make?!"

"There's a big difference, General." Anson took half a step back to prevent Ludwig from kicking him again after he kicked over the sandbox: "Can you please listen to what I have to say?"

"speak!"

"There are two things we need to do right now - first, to ensure that the army will not mutiny; second, to find a way to get the intelligence in Thunder Castle as soon as possible." Anson, who was thinking quickly, comforted the other party as much as possible. :

"The most important thing is definitely the first one. Lieutenant Colonel Roman did a good job in this regard; we must not let the soldiers know about Oak Town, but we cannot let them know nothing; once the logistics reserves are at the bottom and there are no reinforcements , even a fool knows what happened!"

"So my suggestion is: let the news of the attack on the supply line spread, and at the same time let your trusted officers stabilize the situation in Oak Town, and then send people to communicate with the rear."

"The soldiers know what is happening without despairing. Even if they want to escape, there are Imperial cavalry without a trace outside the position. Escaping privately is almost like seeking death. It is safer to stay on the position."

Having said this, Ludwig finally calmed down:

"What about the second one?"

Anson smiled confidently:

"Second... I have to talk to Louis Bernard first before I can give you the answer."