Chapter 752 – #96. Jinhaesol (56)
Tack-Tack-Tack-
How many weeks has it been since orders were given to stand by with camps built?
The commanders and commanders looked at the current situation where the soldiers were wasting supplies meaninglessly.
They themselves were being informed of the situation in their home country through another window.
“Civil war broke out, I don’t know why His Majesty keeps telling me to wait here.”
“We have to go back. What’s the use of war when the country is turned upside down?”
“Are you rejecting His Majesty’s orders and retreating? Even if we go back, His Majesty won’t let us live!”
“It will be a meaningful death rather than waiting pointlessly here and being killed by an enemy country. If we wait here like this, will the empire stand still?”
Either starve to death after using up all the supplies, or be killed by the soldiers sent by the Empire.
It must have been one of the two.
“At least the soldiers can live if they go back.”
The commanders hoped that they would make a choice that would save countless soldiers even if they died due to the responsibility of the retreat.
However, the commander, who had more than one life to take responsibility for, could not easily make a choice even at the urging of his subordinate commanders.
“I’ll think about it some more.”
The commander could not make a final decision and issued a congratulatory order.
“Aaaaa!!!”
“It’s a surprise!!! It’s a surprise!!!!”
At that time! There was a great commotion outside.
Kwaaaaang!!!!
The commanders sensed the ground-shaking sound of explosions and screams, as well as the bloody screams of their allies announcing the surprise attack.
‘The Empire has moved!’
While the commander could not make a decision and was wasting time, the Empire moved first.
“M-It must be blocked. It must be blocked!”
The commander urgently exclaimed.
The commanders hurriedly moved outside to wake up the allied soldiers who were confused and confused.
The first thing the commanders saw after coming out of the tent was a pile of burning fireballs falling on their formation.
Coo!!!!
Kwaaaaang!!!!!
Aaaaa!!!
Help me!!!!
Aww!!! Aagh!!!
Kill!! Kill them all!!!
Wow!!!!
The number of enemy soldiers protruding through the bushes was beyond expectations.
‘It’s clear that he decided to catch and kill us all unconditionally!’
Is it right to fight back or to order a retreat?
The commanders were trying hard to make formations while carefully reading the soldiers.
However, it was not easy to make formations by distinguishing friendly and enemy forces on the already chaotic battlefield.
The commander checked the battlefield and felt defeat.
If you continued to fight like this, the damage would only increase.
“Retreat, retreat!! Retreat!!!!”
“Retreat!!!!!!!!!!”
“Retreat!!!!!!”
The soldiers who heard the commander’s order shouted retreat.
The morale that had already fallen to the worst had even been properly attacked by the enemy forces.
Even if they continued to confront each other, victory was impossible.
It was time to run away to survive.
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“I went over there. Keep chasing me!!”
‘Shit!!’
I covered my mouth and held my breath as much as I could.
As the army scattered, the commander faced an unexpected crisis.
There were far more enemy soldiers pursuing him than those following him, so he had no choice but to hide as much as possible and try to remain undetected.
After a crisis, the commander led his men on the run again.
Brisket-!
“Omg!”
“100 million?!”
But was it bad luck?
In the midst of running away, I met the enemy exactly head-on.
“Uh, uh uh! Hey, the enemy! Hey, here it is… Kkeuk!”
Chew!
The commander cut the enemy soldier’s throat with his sword before he could shout.
However, the voice of the enemy soldier was already heard by another soldier nearby.
“Found!”
“Hey there!! I have to catch it!”
“Commander! Shoot!!!”
Shu Shu Shuk! Shu Shu Shuk!!
In an instant, arrows rained down on the commander and soldiers.
His soldiers were becoming a living shield for the commander to escape.
“Kuk, damn it!!!”
“I have to run! Ah!”
When the commander died, the lives of his soldiers died as well.
Stepping on the sacrifice of the soldiers, the commander ran desperately.
But.
“Sir baaal!!!!”
The moment he saw the enemy knights and soldiers standing tall in front of the road they were fleeing from, the commander couldn’t stand the swear words.
After coolly spitting out swear words, he asked the enemy knight in despair.
“Ha…Were you driven in like a rat?”
“Even before the surprise attack, everyone had already prepared for the escape route.”
“You were totally thinking of killing us.”
“Even if we lose the fallen soldiers, we will never let the commander and commander go.”
The commander tightly closed his eyes.
He tried to rebel, but he didn’t change anything.
“I will surrender.”
“It’s probably because he’s the commander, so he handled it well. Be good at judging the situation. Don’t be rough.”
“Yes!”
‘What the hell is God going to do with the Geos Empire…’
Even though he hesitated in the first place, he could have saved many lives.
He couldn’t help but regret the past.
The commander bowed his head and looked pitifully at his weeping soldiers.
Their future will never be bright.
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“His Majesty!!! His Majesty!!!!!!!”
News of the devastating defeat of the army of the Geos Empire by the Empire became known rather late as the defeated troops returned to the Geos Empire.
“What, what? They’re all dead?”
Emperor Geos could not easily believe the news that all his troops had been forgotten for a while because of the civil war.
“They say they died or were taken prisoner. Defeated soldiers are somehow crossing the border, but they say it’s hard to find one in good shape.”
Bang!!
“Are you telling me to believe that now? Are you all dead? All of that many luggage troops?!”
Emperor Geos has been respected and adored by all people as a noble being since he was born.
No one wanted to touch her heart, and even the nobles who would interfere with her work would bow their heads in front of her and show her respect and admiration.
That is how she was born into the imperial family.
They didn’t know it was a failure.
Because he had always been successful, Emperor Geos could not easily accept the word of sudden defeat.
“Why? Why the hell?”
“Your majesty…”
“Why are my armies defeated? How could that be?”
The emperor thought of the aristocratic privates who had blended into his army.
They were the only ones who could pinpoint the cause of defeat in Emperor Geos’ head.
“It was obviously because of them. Even in the end, these things grab Jim by the ankles!”
The servants closed their eyes as they watched Emperor Geos understand the cause of his defeat.
There is no other reason for their defeat.
Because it was just incompetent.
The conflict between the commanders of the imperial faction and the aristocratic faction and a command structure that is not clearly defined.
From the demoralization caused by the news that a civil war had broken out in their home country to the irresponsible response of the emperor who told them to wait indefinitely.
Everything was contributing to the defeat, and this was a result of nothing special.
However, the nobles turned away from the truth and agreed with the emperor’s self-justification.
It was because he was concerned that the emperor, who once experienced the easy way while watching blood, would try to govern state affairs again with an easy way.
“Your Majesty, we cannot continue the war like this. Wouldn’t it be right to send an envoy to propose a truce?”
“Truce?! Did you know that Jim created this messenger just to call for a truce!!”
The emperor, who burst into irritation, sighed and breathed heavily.
The concubine who was sitting quietly next to her poured warm tea into a teacup and carefully pushed it in front of the emperor.
Seeing this, Emperor Geos straightened his distorted expression and took a sip of tea.
The scent of tea calmed the dizzy emperor’s heart.
“It was an army that was a waste to lose in vain…”
Losing reason and going wild won’t change reality.
A large army has already been lost to the Empire’s surprise attack.
Now was the time to think about how to fix this.
‘Maybe it worked out better. Aren’t there more than half of the soldiers from the aristocratic faction? Even if they returned, they were things that Jim would have to kill in the end.’
There was a reason why I couldn’t order them to return to the Geos Empire.
When in hostile countries, everyone is on one side, but when they return to the Geos Empire, they are bound to be divided.
In that case, it was right to leave it in the hostile country and use it to end the war.
Of course, while doing so, he was ambushed by the empire and lost everything.
“A proposal for an armistice is impossible in the first place. Jim has no intention of ending the war.”
“Your majesty! Now that we are fighting a civil war, it is unreasonable to go to war with the Empire!”
“Swarm? No, it’s not unreasonable at all! If all of you, who are now paying close attention to it, give out private soldiers, you can do two things.”
“That… !!”
The nobles were speechless in their absurdity as they saw the emperor proudly asking them to hand over their enlisted soldiers like those who had been entrusted with them.
In fact, it has been expected for a long time.
‘I knew I had no choice but to give it up someday… I didn’t expect to steal it this far.’
Why are you on the emperor’s side?
To protect one’s own
Although civil war broke out, the nobles were well aware of the emperor’s potential.
The family of meritorious subjects who lost their heads must have forgotten the overwhelming force and power of the imperial palace while living like kings in their own territories.
‘It is only a matter of time before the civil war ends. In the end, the emperor wins.’
An aristocrat’s dream to become a king by making his territory independent is nothing more than an unfulfilled dream.
That’s why they are nobles who have been working hard to end the civil war by standing on the emperor’s side.
It was possible enough if the emperor himself mobilized all the armed forces to end the civil war.
‘Emperor Geos’ greed has gone too far!’
‘Is His Majesty willing to endure both war and civil war!?’
‘Your Majesty is greedy. We will be the ones who fall victim to that greed.’
It was the right choice to at least try to fix one of the two and try to organize the other.
In their view, the war with the Empire was not urgent, and it was not urgent.
If it is truly for the country, it is the right order to settle the civil war.
