Chapter 103 – The Shaking Balkan Empire (1)
The Balkan Empire Shaky (1)
Emperor Henry mobilized the western corps of the empire to recapture Streve and fight against the Tesseito army that had invaded the Plain of Zenon, but it did not achieve any significant results.
Count Radan, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army appointed by Henry, briefly retreated the 1st and 2nd corps, collected the remnants of the 5th corps that suffered a crushing defeat at Streve, and then brought in the 6th and 7th corps on the central front and organized a large army to attack all at once. Poured out.
But the results weren’t very good. This was largely due to the fact that they were unable to defeat Duke Thiruen, the commander-in-chief of Tesseito, even though his masters, Viscount Amin and Count Kashu, attacked together in the beginning.
Originally, Count Kasch was the second-strongest master in the empire after Liechtenauer, but since the chronic illness that was the cause of this recuperation was not completely cured, Mana was not free to assist, and even in a joint attack with Viscount Amin, he was pushed out by Duke Thiruen. It brought about results.
Even though it was a 2-1 fight, the soldiers cowered when their country’s master was pushed back, which ultimately resulted in the imperial army being defeated in the first battle.
Of course, Tesseito’s army used its special cavalry to chase and push the Balkan Empire army, but since the imperial army was an imperial army, they strictly maintained discipline and the retreating imperial army suffered quite a lot of damage and had to give up the chase. .
In the end, the imperial army retreated slightly and formed a camp, the front line became fixed, and as it became difficult to harvest wheat in the Zenon Plain during the harvest season, a red signal was sent to the food supply of the Balkan Empire.
Although the territory occupied was not large, the Duke of Tiruen, satisfied with the results of the blow to the empire’s food situation, began to slowly but completely consolidate his territory into their own.
While Henry was digging in the west, Juno’s territory continued to develop.
Under Yuno’s instructions, the troll Azin moved the base of the troll tribe he led to the border of Yuno’s territory, and faithfully performed the role of a mercenary guarding the border while receiving food supplies from Yuno.
At first, there were some members of the tribe who were against the idea of becoming subordinates to humans, whom they regarded as insignificant, but as a stable life became possible due to a stable food supply and a safe place to live, the females were able to give birth to more babies and the babies were able to grow up safely. Other trolls also began to gradually express satisfaction with the coexistence with humans.
Ah-jin led the troll unit across the entrance to the monster mountain range, killing all the monsters that could pose a threat. His subordinates, perhaps influenced by Ah-jin, directly killed small and medium-sized monsters, while the large monsters that could pose a threat were taken by the rangers. They gradually merged into coexistence with humans, including hunting together with other animals.
The rangers also had no complaints because they were able to eliminate monsters without danger thanks to the troll unit’s activities, and when they occasionally had alcohol, they shared it with the trolls, and they gradually became closer.
But not only good things happened to the Rangers.
“Hmm… Now that we have more troops… I guess we can toughen up on those guys according to His Majesty’s orders.”
William, who noticed that the rangers’ lives had become more relaxed, began to train the rangers much more harshly than Myer trained his troops.
Naturally, there were a lot of voices expressing dissatisfaction at first, but when they were physically outclassed by the general guards of Chiese Castle whom Mayer had sent to be their trainers, the rangers, whose pride was hurt, faithfully continued the harsh training under William’s guidance.
Thanks to the activities of the Rangers and Troll mercenaries who became stronger, the lands spanning the Monster Mountain Range were freed from the threat of monsters, and the mild climate, advanced farming methods, and Rachel’s further improvement of the seeds provided by the Elves resulted in abundant harvests.
As food became plentiful, thousands of refugees from the civil war and Tesseito’s invasion flowed into Yuno’s territory, and among them, young people who could not find jobs volunteered for Yuno’s army.
“Your Majesty! 500 young people volunteered for this recruitment”
Upon hearing Mayer’s report, Yuno felt his head hurt.
Currently, the number of soldiers in Juno’s domain has already exceeded 2,000, and including the number of rangers and Cordelia’s cavalry, the number is quite large at 2,700, so supplying weapons to the soldiers was now a problem.
“Baron Kimberly. What happened to the supply of weapons through Sister Diane’s alchemist merchant?”
“There is no news yet… It seems that the neighboring fiefdom, the County of Greim, has declared its support for Heinrich… And has blocked the supply of weapons coming this way.”
“Hwiyu~ Mayer took a reasonable physical strength test, recruited about 300 people, and sent the rest away… Our territory is all good, but there are no mines…”
“But then the remaining 200 people will starve without jobs… It will be even more troublesome if we leave them alone and start a riot or turn into criminals.”
As Baron Kimberly asked cautiously, Juno held his head.
“But that doesn’t mean we can’t increase the number of soldiers without any weapons, right? What kind of budget do we need to come up with? How are we supposed to train those 300 people when we don’t even have weapons to give them right now? You know that those 300 people also need to be given spare weapons, right?”
Yuno thought that the three of them would not be able to come up with an answer if they put their heads together, so they called Rachel, Diane, and Hiria and started discussing.
Although Rachel didn’t know, she had to call Diane and Leah to discuss it, and then spend quality time with them, so Yuno was reluctant to call her older sister and her sister-in-law, who were becoming more and more lustful these days, but there was nothing they could do in the current situation.
“This is the current situation… Is there no way? Is there anything that can create jobs in the agricultural sector that Hiria’s sister-in-law is in charge of…”
“Hmm… It’s difficult~ If I suddenly get a request like this… My shoulders have been so stiff lately that I can’t turn my head~ If you promise to take the time to give me a message later~ I might remember.”〈 Br〉
When Hiria asked for a massage with a seductive expression, Yuno smiled bitterly and agreed to her request.
“Hohoho. First, I think we can accommodate about 50 people. We are maintaining irrigation facilities to bring in some water from the Fairy Lake, but since we are short on manpower, let’s put them in there.”
“Thank you, sister-in-law.”
“What can we do with this much between us? Can’t you forget to give me a massage after the meeting?”
“Ah… I understand. Don’t worry. Then what should we do with the 150 people… Sister Diane. Do you need manpower for the commercial department you are entrusted with?”
“Well, I’d like my little brother to give me a massage too… Is that possible?”
“Oh, okay!! I can do it with my sister-in-law. So what are you going to do?”
“We needed a sales person who could promote the coffee truck on Polygal Island. But this job probably requires sales experience and a bit of good sense, right? Of course, we also need a warehouse manager and a Yeongyeop assistant… So we’ll conduct interviews and select them. Roughly, we can handle about 60 people, with 20 people each.”
“Okay! Thank you”
Diane also showed off her condescension, opening her mouth at an angle that was invisible to others and twirling her tongue seductively, enticing Juno.
Seeing her older sister like that made Yuno’s dick tense up, but she barely held back and then turned her target to Rachel.
“Rachel. Thank you for always helping our territory like this… But perhaps I can borrow your wisdom this time?”
“Hohoho, in a way, I am grateful that they trusted me, the princess of an enemy country, with such an important task. As I am currently not paying taxes to the imperial palace… There is no problem financially with the fiefdom. So, the remaining 90 How about using all of our people to carry out a large-scale construction project?”
“Huh? If it’s a large-scale construction project…?”
When Yuno looked confused, Rachel brought her map with a beautiful smile.
“Currently, the only territory connected to our territory is the County of Grime, which is connected by a bridge over the Fairy River. However, this bridge is so narrow that only one carriage can pass through, so distribution of logistics is difficult, and troops come and go. It’s inconvenient to do”
“Hmm, that’s okay. What if we build two or three more bridges…?”
“We will be able to bring in large quantities of weapons to avoid Heinrich’s surveillance, and the troops will be able to advance more freely. And one day…”
The three women’s fingers on the map drew a line from the military training center in the territory to Greim territory, and then drew the line all the way to Adria, the capital of the empire.
And as she looked at the women’s hands drawn on her map, Yuno’s heart, which had always been pounding with lust, began to pound with ambition she had never felt before in her life.
