I Will Be The Crowned King

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"Yes, they are here."

Under the dim kerosene lamp, there was a map of vast land spread out on the luggage box. Several white and black chess pieces were piled up in a mess, and almost all of them were concentrated near Aiden.

"According to the results reported by Arthur Herreid, the enemy who landed set up a beachhead camp in the salted village on the border of Aiden, and turned the entire fishing village into a heavily guarded fortress with a force of at least 10,000. People up and down."

The calm-faced deputy commander of the expeditionary force, Bernard, stood up, took out five black "soldiers" from the iron box next to the map, and stacked them on the map at the "salted village" location.

"Not only that, but he also found a fleet on the sea level... Considering that Clovis could not go around half the world, for this 'secondary war' to travel thousands of miles, he transferred the Beigang Fleet to Hantu. Come on, it can basically be assumed that what he saw is the 'former' Empire's vast soil fleet."

When the word "front" was mentioned, all the knights and staff members present instinctively trembled, lowered their heads, and carefully looked at the figure sitting on the main seat from the corner of their eyes.

Everyone knows how high Commander-in-Chief Caspar Herrede has high hopes for this fleet—especially after discovering that the original plan was a complete pile of rubbish, asking at least three times almost every day, "I where is the fleet?"

And now the fleet that has been "missing" for a long time has finally appeared, but...

"continue."

The gloomy-faced old man rested his elbows on the armrest and rested his chin in his hands, staring at the map so hard that he couldn't see what his mood was at the moment.

"As ordered."

Deputy Commander Bernard nodded slightly, and by the way replaced the white "knights" representing the fleet on the coastline of the map with black ones:

"Considering that our fleet has been captured, the whereabouts of Commander Tasien are currently unknown, and it is very likely that he has been captured by the enemy. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that the Hantu army already knows our logistical reserves, troop formation and early strategic deployment."

"Of course, what I'm saying is only possible for the time being." Bernard added:

"Please keep in mind that Commander Tasien is an extremely excellent imperial knight and a talented person with outstanding ability. He is loyal and unswerving to His Majesty and the Empire - so until there is definite evidence, no one is allowed to Doubt his loyalty, have you heard clearly?!"

"understand!"

Although all of them disagreed in their hearts, everyone present expressed their belief that Lord Tasien would definitely be loyal to the empire and would never be able to survive.

"I don't care if that old **** of Tasien dies or not, anyway, he has never accomplished anything in his life, and it is cheaper for him to die!"

The irritable Kasper snorted coldly and said with disgust on his face: "It's because he is too incompetent that I refuse to hand over the advance army to him - although Lawrence is also a stinky and hard old **** who likes to hold his trash son. , but also much stronger than him, continue!"

"...As ordered."

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Bernard continued to explain: "In addition to the fleet and the Han soil army of about 10,000 people, this army that landed in the salted village also includes the one that was killed by Claude Franco. Watt's 'hired' Clovis army."

After speaking, he took out three silver cufflinks from his jacket pocket after a slight pause, and placed them with the five black chess pieces.

"As for the name of this unit, the Hantu prisoners we captured had very confusing names for them, and there were all kinds of different names; for the convenience of marking, we temporarily called them the 'Gray Shirts' - because it was alleged that The biggest feature of this army is that from the commander to the ordinary soldiers, they all wear gray military uniforms."

Before the words fell, the knights present showed mocking smiles.

Although the accuracy of rifles and artillery after the 75th year of the saint's calendar has gradually improved, resulting in the gradual abandonment of many overly conspicuous military uniforms and armor references, the gray military uniform...

Except for the beggar-like "levies" of the Clovis, which regular army would wear this?

"That's right, this is a levy." Bernard couldn't help but cocked the corners of his mouth, and then said sternly:

"However, in terms of strength and equipment, they are in no way inferior to any Clovis regular army - although the news about them is very confusing, but based on the principle of predicting the enemy's leniency, it can be tentatively determined that they have at least one infantry division. Scale, five line infantry regiments, one cavalry battalion and one artillery battalion."

"Cooperating with the rest of the Hantu army, the enemy army that landed in the salted village was about 15,000 to 25,000 troops, and it could be called a 'great military exploit'... It took only one day to conquer the heavy army. The Iron Bell Fort guarded."

"And according to rumors, it was this army that conquered Eagle Horn City before, and wiped out the most elite guards of Iser Elf outside the city, and even the commander of the army was captured by him..."

While speaking, Bernard's gaze involuntarily looked towards the end of the map table, looking for a slender figure with a blond hair and a single ponytail.

But unfortunately, there was only an empty chair at the end of the seat, and a flash of disappointment flashed in Bernard's eyes.

Not just tonight, he seems to have been out of the military conference for a long time.

As for Louis Bernard, Bernard originally planned to take the opportunity to make fun of him and take revenge for his plan to be denied by Caspar Hered when he climbed to the top of the tower. Now it seems that this kid is still very interesting...

"So please don't underestimate them - of course, there are only five thousand of them, and unless the number can be doubled, it is not enough to completely reverse the situation; but if it is a threat, it is another matter."

Bernard pointed to the location of the barren stone castle on the map, and several white chess pieces were surrounded on three sides by a large pile of black chess pieces: "The enemy has landed from the salted village, whether we attack the barren stone castle or return to the top of the tower, the five thousand Human's 'grey shirt army' can threaten our rear and flanks, and cooperate with the vast army to block our retreat."

"So...it's a swarm of flies?"

Casper grinned suddenly, revealing a hideous smile.

"What you described is very appropriate." Bernard nodded, affirming the commander's evaluation:

"As an enemy, this group of Clovis is not worth mentioning at all, their thin firepower and ridiculous lines... Unless they are defending the strong city, we are sure that the field encounter under any circumstances will be within four hours. annihilate it."

"But as long as they exist, they will always pose a threat to our strategic plan to wipe out the vast army of the vast land - not to mention five thousand Clovis at the height of the battle, even five thousand... There is a potential to turn the tide of the war."

"I even doubt that even Arthur Herreid, who made a mistake by mistake, can come back unscathed and bring this news to us. It is also in the plan of this group of Clovis people."

………………

"So, I was actually used?"

Arthur Herrid's eyes widened, and he said with a sudden realization.

"I just said it's possible." Louis Bernard, who frowned slightly, looked a little helpless, and sighed softly:

"It's also possible that I think too much."

"It's more likely that this is the truth, but you don't want to admit it." Arthur stared straight at the young knight's face, and said in a very confident tone:

"Because you know him, you know Anson Bach best among us!"

"Yes."

Louis gave a self-deprecating smile: "If you can be called 'understanding' if you fail repeatedly."

"Of course, why not?!"

Arthur, who interrupted Louis' "self-mockery", stood up abruptly, his expression extremely excited.

"Louis, Louis Bernard, I really don't understand you, no... It should be said that I have never really understood you, this enviable and incompetent fellow!"

"envious?"

Louis was stunned, his best friend's gnashing expression reflected in his bewildered pupils.

He said... he... envied me?

A dignified member of the royal family—although his relationship with the present-day His Majesty is far away—a gifted person who inherited the power of the bloodline of the "Dragon Knight", the imperial knight said that he... envy me?

"Yes, can't you?!" Arthur's eyes widened:

"My consciousness is... You have a brother who cares about you so much, a good sister, a gifted person, and an heir to the Duchy of Adelaide, who is either envied or worshipped, and has commanded tens of thousands of... elves The army of the elf, it is said that he is on good terms with the princess of the Elf Elf..."

"But apart from the first two, I don't want any of the rest."

Louis couldn't help raising his right hand and "added" in a low voice.

"Damn, is this the point?!" Arthur was a little hysterical:

"Put your hands back, and you won't be allowed to ask questions until I've finished!"

"But……"

"No but!"

"but……"

"Neither but! No, no! No—there—!!!!"

Excited Arthur trembled all over, and his heart-piercing screams seemed to be like a lion ready to bite.

Under his "compulsion", Louis finally chose to remain silent, and withdrew his hand obediently.

"I know... you must have experienced failures beyond my imagination, and I also know that Kroger Bernard's death must have touched you a lot." Arthur sighed:

"But what I really want to say is that the guy who has failed so many times, and has been defeated repeatedly, is now on the battlefield - what does that mean?"

"If you really give up completely, you can reject me at the moment; you are one of my few friends, and if you reject me, I will probably be very sad... but I will probably understand it eventually."

"The guy who could obviously reject me, has now become my deputy commander, and he has also become the planner of the expeditionary force's attack plan, making my brother-in-law Bernard a big shame."

"Tell me, is this what a guy who has completely accepted his fate and gave up his resistance will do?"

Putting both hands on Louis' shoulders, he asked expectantly.

Looking at the pair of eyes that were approaching his face, as if they were shining with some kind of brilliance, the young knight twitched his throat slightly: "Can I... answer?"

"Of course!"

Arthur, who leaned forward again, was very sure that the two were almost face to face.

"I...of course didn't give up."

"Hmm~!"

"Just scared."

"Uh-huh?"

"The battlefield... has never been a place to fight for glory. It's a place where a group of people struggled desperately and tried to survive." Louis' plain smile was reflected in Arthur's widened pupils:

"The knights may fantasize about getting honors and feats, flowers and praise... but when they actually step on the battlefield, they will understand that those are meaningless."

"In that hell, you don't need victory, flowers, praise, or the acknowledgment of your enemies, you need... to live, to live."

"If you're the commander above, you may be able to pursue more, but your soldiers only desire to live - no matter how much glory, wealth and victory is promised, in the face of life and death, they will always choose the former."

"You mean the soldiers of the Empire... are all cowards?"

"No, I mean I'm an incompetent commander." Louis raised the corners of his mouth slightly, chuckling self-deprecatingly:

"Even the most fundamental and minimal things can't guarantee them."

"But do you care about that?"

Arthur asked rhetorically, and gave the answer without waiting for him to speak: "You care so much about this! Because if you didn't care~www.readwn.com~ you wouldn't promise to come back-because you know I don't Having fought a war, and rashly running to the battlefield, except to bring myself and others to die, there is nothing I can do at all!"

"I need you, we need you, Louis!" Arthur's eyes widened:

"Only you know the guy named Anson Bach, and you've told me over and over how dangerous he really is - no one else can imagine it was him and not Ludwig Franz without you. The captured Eagle Point City completely wiped out the Guards of the Iser Elves!"

"We have to let other people know how dangerous this guy is!"

"No, no need."

Um?

Arthur stepped back in astonishment and looked at him puzzled.

"I mean... there is no need to worry about Ansen Bach anymore." Louis Bernard said flatly:

"It must be admitted that this guy is very powerful and can often do a lot of unexpected moves; but this does not mean that he is omnipotent and can really create miracles."

"He is just an ordinary mortal - if he was the one who commanded the Hantu army, or if the army in his hands was not five thousand, but ten thousand, the situation might be different."

"But it's a pity... or fortunately, the commander of the vast soil legion is Claude Francois, and the real main force of the southern legion is far away in the Elven Kingdom of Iser, and even if it comes over now, it is powerless to recover. ."

"The Hantu people may not lack wisdom, but they are seriously inexperienced, and they don't even know how huge the gap is between a real modern army and a 'pretend modern' army." Louis chuckled:

"They'll know right away."