Desperate Defense (3)

- - Visigoth POV - -

Ethan Randall, one of the ten Visigoth warlords, continued his march with a bored look on his face.

His second-in-command, Getan, also looked bored.

"It's not right to put a warlord in charge of a decoy unit instead of the main army." <Getan >

Randall did not respond to Getan's words.

On the contrary, he did not even stop him from speaking.

"More importantly, I heard the Lord of Aquitania is a deplorable fellow." <Randall >

"Yes, commander. According to our intelligence, the local army is nothing but trash." <Getan >

"Kkkkkkkkk. I wonder if the lord is having a little fun with his women right now, not knowing what's going on?" <Randall >

"I'm sure that's what he's doing." <Getan >

"I can't stand the thought of my spear being stained with the blood of such scum. It's the king's order, so it can't be helped....I'm going to destroy Aquintia as soon as possible. That should prove my greatness!" <Randall >

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- - Julius POV - -

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Battle Commence;

[Visigoth Kingdom Army: 12,241]

[Aquitania Provincial Army: 4914]

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I scanned the troop strength comparison through [Check Info].

If only they had followed my orders to the letter, they wouldn't have suffered so much damage.

And yet, the number of my troops had suddenly begun to decrease.

[Aquitania Provincial Army: 4,414 men]

Huh.

It was as I had feared.

There was no way that these people, who were nothing more than a bunch of idiots, would be able to follow my orders perfectly.

There was no way I could train them in just one day.

However, we were steadily inflicting damage.

The enemy's strength of over 15,000 men had decreased, that was for sure.

So, ... so far, so good.

I had planned for this to happen.

In fact, there was more to this ambush than reducing the enemy's numbers.

I don't know if it will work, but I had put the victory or defeat of the battle on that plan.

The moment the enemy's lead troops were stuck in a pit as they emerged from the mountains onto the plains, I would use a smoke signal and have all the soldiers to attack all at once.

This way, arrows would rain down on them and create a situation where the enemy soldiers could not easily escape the mountainous area.

In any case, it would be meaningless if we couldn't get a victory here.

There is no way you can fight in a siege when the enemy's entire army is completely assembled.

It's a fact that an untrained army with 20 morale can't hold up very well in a siege.

The best strategy, then, was to kill the enemy commander in a situation where the enemy's forces were dispersed.

I showed up in front of the pit with a legion of about 1,000 people, not including the 4,000 ambush soldiers.

Of course, I didn't intend to fight here.

Even though they had been caught in an ambush, the number of enemy troops was far too large to fight here.

What if the enemy commander appears away from the main force in this situation?

That would be the best thing to do.

The possibility of exterminating the enemy army and killing the commander would be greatly increased.

There is a difference in the degree of difficulty between killing a commander with 1,000 troops and killing a commander with 10,000 troops.

So I needed to lure the enemy commander.

As far as I knew, the one leading the decoy unit was one of the famous warlords in the Visigoth Kingdom.

The point is that he was famous.

The more famous a warlord is, the more proud he is.

He might be dissatisfied with the fact that he had been assigned to the decoy unit instead of the main unit.

It would be even more unforgivable for him to fail in such a situation.

In such a situation, being ambushed by an enemy force that he underestimated?

Normally, he would not be able to hide his indignation.

Rage can make you lose your reason.

This is especially true in battle.

Is there anyone who doesn't feel indignant after being ambushed?

Troops directly led by kings and dukes are an exception because of their large size, but for small units, the commander takes the lead, which is common sense in military law.

It was the enemy's cavalry that had fallen into the trap and I was sure that the commander was among them.

So I shouted out to the enemy troops who were positioning themselves in the pit.

"How dare you invade my land? Listen up, Visigoth's Army. You will be punished for your stupidity!" <Julius >

After shouting this from a short distance away, I looked for the commander's flag.

Underneath the flag, a lone man armed with unmistakable armour caught my eye.