Chapter 57 – The Hildes Republic (1)
“It’s a night raid!”
Though the army of the First Prince was having difficulties in capturing Fortress Baikal, they had nevertheless exclusively been the ones on the offensive until now. Naturally, the commanders began to let their guard down, and the soldiers showed gaps on guard duty due to their fatigue.
A detachment of the Second Prince’s army exploited this lapse in judgment to attack them.
“Burn it all to the ground!”
“Pay back all we have endured tenfold!”
“Uooooooooh!!”
Surprised by this sudden night ambush, the royalist troops began to suffer significant damage. If there was a silver lining, it was that there weren't a lot of enemies and that the attacked site’s assigned commander was a capable man.
“Do not be flustered!”
The commander in charge of this site was a knight by the name of Saimon, who now personally drew his sword to enter combat with the enemy. He valiantly commanded the men and raised the troops’ morale.