March To Another's War (2)

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In the midst of the daily grief and confusion, good news arrived at the royal palace of Roserun for the first time in a long time.

Reinforcements were coming; King Yudante Roserun was overjoyed and unfolded the letter from Yurasia.

After reading a few lines, he shouted with joy.

"Rejoice! Reinforcements are coming from Lunan!"

Hearing this, the nobles began to buzz.

"Is that true?"

"Oh!"

However, the king's expression changed as he read the letter.

His expression lost its brightness.

"But....The number of reinforcements is....only 30,000...."

At those words, the air in the royal palace instantly froze.

Bellac, the general of the royal army, asked with a wrinkle between his brows.

"Your Majesty, I think you've got the wrong numbers. We can never win with such numbers. In the last war, Lunan used 100,000 troops to stop Visigoth's 70,000 troops. How in the world can we fight with 30,000 troops!?"

The king's words were no longer heard by the nobles.

The only thing that mattered to them was the number of reinforcements.

Even Duke Lucheek, who had proposed the request for reinforcements, shook his head, saying that it was a moot point.

This was the moment when the option of fleeing to a third country came to the minds of the nobles who remained in the royal capital believing in reinforcements.

Bellac left the palace with a frown on his face.

How could they fight with only 30,000 troops?

The Royal Army of Roserun was also in a state of disarray due to severe deserting, and there were only about 10,000 troops left.

10,000 troops with no will to fight and 30,000 reinforcements.

The enemy, on the other hand, had 60,000 elite soldiers.

Not only that, but they had also absorbed the territorial armies from all over Roserun that had surrendered and obtained slave soldiers to serve as meat shields.

With the addition of 20,000 slave soldiers to the existing army, the total army strength was over 80,000.

Bellac, who knew well the morale and training level of the Royal Army, concluded that it was a battle that could not be won.

However, his subordinate chief of staff, Kaiten, who was standing next to him, had a different idea.

"General! Even with 30,000 troops, with Count Aquitania here, we can somehow protect the capital."

"I'm not sure what to say, the number of soldiers is still the same!"

"But he's a general who has won a larger war..."

"That story is probably exaggerated, that's what rumours are all about. Besides, in the current situation, the terrain is not the same. We will have to fight on the plains in front of the royal capital. What kind of strategy do you have in mind?"

"Don't think like that. The lords who have already surrendered are also wrong. The country is in this situation because they only think about surrendering...We should change our minds and think about fighting seriously now!"

"Will you shut up? Don't talk to me as if you understand!"

Bellac was angered by Kaiten's words.

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I met up with the Lunan Royal Army in the southern territories.

The training level was 30, morale also 30, it was a terrible unit.

Two Counts, five Viscounts, and ten Barons were placed in command.

This was Ronen's intention, the Viscounts and Barons were local aristocrats who led the soldiers from their respective territories,

but the Counts were vassals sent by him.

In other words, he would monitor me.

For reinforcements, I called only Zeff.

My other vassals were probably busy with military training in the territory.

Since it was a war in another country Zineff alone was enough.

The problem was that the king had sent us only 30,000 reinforcements.

He explained that we would fight with 30,000 for now, and he would send more troops after us.

In other words, he wanted me to make something possible with 30,000 troops first, something like killing the king of Bridget.

Well, that's the king.

It's good that he sent 30,000 troops before he changed his mind.

Anyway, we arrived at the royal capital of Roserun without any hindrance.

I went straight to the palace and had an audience with the king.

He was still very young, about the age of a junior high school student.

"Your Majesty, I've brought reinforcements! This is Count Aquitania, general of the reinforcements."

I knelt down next to Yurasia, who introduced me.

"I see! So you're that Count Aquitania!"

"I don't know what you mean by that, but Count Aquitania is definitely me."

When I shook my head, the king asked again with an earnest look on his face.

"I know that there are 30,000 reinforcements from Lunan, but is it possible for more to be sent later?"

The nobles looked at me at the same time as the king asked that question.

They seemed to be dissatisfied with the number of soldiers.

Well, I admit it.

It is true that there are not many.

"This 30,000 is all I have."

"Oh no.....You can't stop the enemy with only 30,000 troops, can you?"

All the nobles nodded at the king's words then Yurasia shook her head.

"Your Majesty, even 30,000 is not an easy number to obtain. Besides, 30,000 troops are more than enough to fight. Don't worry I will definitely defend the capital in the name of Roserun!"

As if she couldn't take it anymore, Yurasia, who had been listening silently, shouted.

"I think I can fight well enough!"

It was a good argument, so I agreed with her but the nobles just sighed.

All of them already had a defeated look on their faces.