Chapter 96 – Balkan Civil War (Conclusion)
Balkan Civil War (Finish)
In a battle of infantry that was fought between strength and strength, Prinz’s army, which boasted excellent unity, gained the upper hand, and Henry’s Imperial Army began to gradually fall back.
Viscount Toys, who was watching the battle unfold from the watchtower, ran to Prinz.
“Your Majesty. The war is going very smoothly. We will deploy the knights and cavalry here to ensure a clear conclusion.”
“You are the commander-in-chief. There is no need to report to me. You can move his troops as you see fit.”
“I will definitely offer victory to Your Majesty!”
Viscount Toys, thrilled by the Crown Prince’s trust, ran back to the watchtower and gave his orders.
“Give the order to the knights to march!! Divide the cavalry into two and attack the left and right sides! The enemy’s formation must be broken!”
As soon as Viscount Toys’ order was given, the horn of march sounded and knights on horseback and 4,000 cavalry began to stir the battlefield.
“Knights, break through the enemy and head towards the enemy’s main camp! The title of count and territory will be given to whoever captures the enemy’s leader, Heinrich!!”
In response to the huge reward offered by the commander-in-chief, the knights drove their horses harshly and attacked Prince Lee’s army.
The moment the knights rushed in at breakneck speed and were about to hit Heinrich’s army, thousands of arrows flew out and attacked the charging knights.
However, the plate armor the knights wore bounced off the arrows, and although some horses fell and knights who were hit by arrows through gaps in their armor fell off their horses, the knights did not stop charging.
“Charge!! For His Majesty the Crown Prince!!”
“For the Balkans!!”
Heinrich’s army also resisted the knights with long spears, but the rush of barded horses and plate armored knights could not be stopped with long spears.
Kwaang!
A huge shock occurred, and the soldiers hit by Prinz’s knights flew into the sky, and the battle line collapsed with a single charge.
And as the knights continued to penetrate through the gap and the battle line became disorganized, the infantry of Prinz’s army also dug into the gap and began to massacre.
“Keep pushing!! Don’t give them time to recover!!”
“Don’t miss the opportunity!! Shield soldiers dig into the enemy and build a new battle line! Spear soldiers, look for an opening, so the shield soldiers can dig in!!”
Due to the infantry’s struggle, several dozen knights finally broke through the enemy lines without much damage and took a moment to catch their horses’ breath in order to storm into Heinrich’s army’s main camp.
The cavalry that dug into the left and right sides of Heinrich’s army also achieved similar results, so in the end, Heinrich’s army was pushed back and was driven to the brink of being drowned in the Lake of the Spirits.
Prinz Jinyoung
HahaToys Master!! Good job! Isn’t it going perfectly according to your plan?”
With the battle going so smoothly, Prinz came out to the watchtower where Toys was, looked at the battle, and praised his gun barrel.
“It’s strange… It’s so smooth…”
However, despite the crown prince’s praise, Viscount Toys just watched the battlefield in a daze.
“Hmm? Didn’t it go according to your plan? Aren’t our troops making an overwhelming push? If we continue like this, we’ll be able to capture Heinrich in no time, right?”
“The enemy allowed the breakthrough much easier than expected. And most of the visible enemies are mercenaries, and the enemy’s knights and cavalry are not visible. The reason I sent out the knights was to figure out how the enemy’s cavalry would respond, but this…”
Haha, don’t worry too much. Heinrich seems to be conserving too much of his strength. He’s a bad guy when it comes to military strategy, so he doesn’t know how to use the cards he has.”
“Then that’s okay, but…”
Viscount Toys continued to watch the war situation with unknown anxiety, but the Prinz army pushed back Heinrich’s army more and more fiercely, and relief began to form in his heart.
Heinrich camp.
Heinrich, Count Dietrich, and a woman deeply robed were watching the battle unfold.
Even as he watched his soldiers being completely pushed back, Henry was drinking very leisurely, and so was Count Dietrich.
“Wow, the taste of alcohol is nice. I think it’s about time, right?”
“Yes, Your Majesty. We will begin a counterattack now.”
Haha, it must be so sad that I can’t see your brother’s embarrassed expression. He must be excited right now and thinking about what to do with me. Haha,”
As Heinrich burst into laughter, Count Dietrich bowed deeply to the robed woman.
“Then please, Jennifer. I am fully prepared.”
“Good! Instead, I will keep what I promised. I will double the support budget for the Magic Tower, and I will assign 100 good-looking young children under the age of 15 to be my servants.”
“Don’t worry, Jennifer. The Emperor makes sure to reward those who help him.”
The identity of the woman wearing the robe was Imperial Tower Lord Jennifer, and she took off her robe and began to recite her spell while looking at the battlefield.
Then, the magic power in the air fluctuated, magic circles appeared here and there on the plain, and a huge fire began to rise from there.
“Send the knights to war!! Send a message to the Marquis of Deerwood, who was in charge of the cavalry, to go to war!! At the main camp, we must draw water from the lake and send it to the front lines.”
When Count Dietrich’s order was given, Henry’s army quickly prepared a counterattack according to his order.
“Hey~ How are you going to respond to my older brother?”
The smile on Heinrich’s lips grew deeper and deeper as he could see that the Emperor in front of him was embarrassed.
“It’s a painter!!”
“Request a wizard from the main base!!”
“Aaaaahhh the fire won’t go out!! Help me!!!”
The fire caused by Jennifer created a huge flame in the parched grassland and attacked the Emperor’s army.
Although it was only a short period of training, the Emperor’s army, which showed a majesty comparable to that of the Empire’s regular army, collapsed helplessly in front of the fire. In addition, the Emperor Lee’s army, which had the lake behind its back, attacked them with the supplied water, so the First Prince’s army suffered the double hardship of fire and the attack of the Emperor Lee’s army, and its battle line collapsed.
Naturally, Prinz’s command center, which was watching the war situation, was in an uproar.
Kwaang!
“Holy shit!! It’s a fire attack!! And that fire that our magicians can’t even respond to…”
“The only person who can implement that level of magic is Magic Tower Lord Jennifer!”
“The magic tower lord doesn’t have the authority to get involved in this battle, right? I was confirmed for that directly!! Damn it!! Heinrich! How did you trick the magic tower lord?”
While appeasing the enraged Prinz, Viscount Toys thought of a counterattack.
“No matter how much Jennifer may be, she won’t be able to keep up that level of fire. Once the military is bitten, if they counterattack again… Huh?”
But Prince Prinz’s ordeal was not over.
As soon as the fire died down, Heinrich’s knights appeared and attacked Prinz’s knights, who had suffered extensive damage from the fire. In addition, cavalry carrying the flag of Prince Lee’s army appeared from the rear and began to run towards Prinz’s main camp, so the word ‘defeat’ came to Viscount Toys’ mind.
“All armies!! Charge quickly! Cut off the head of the enemy’s leader, Prinz!!”
‘How dare you leave my daughter and play with that monster bitch!! I will not forgive you! Prinz!!’
The Marquis of Deerwood was regarded as a nobleman who had achieved success by marrying off his daughters without much ability, but his father-in-law’s anger towards his unfaithful son-in-law was terrifying.
Contrary to his carefree personality, the Marquis of Deerwood, who rode his horse roughly and stood at the forefront, personally held the standard and commanded the cavalry to attack the main headquarters of the Prinz army.
Looking at the completely collapsed army, Viscount Prinz and Toys looked at the battlefield map with empty eyes.
“Our main force is on the verge of destruction due to the enemy’s counterattack! Please give us instructions!!”
“The enemy cavalry has dug into the main camp!”
“… Your Majesty, God will lead his soldiers to stop you, so take refuge. Your Majesty must not fall here.”
“Your Majesty!! You must evacuate quickly!! Evacuate here with the Crown Princess! The cavalry will soon arrive here!”
Viscount Toys, who came to his senses after seeing the Marquis Seidlitz leading Prinz’s personal guards toward the battlefield, asked Prinz to evacuate.
“… Where on earth would a defeated leader take refuge? Whew~ Where does a son who can’t even avenge his father end up in the empire!”
Seeing Prinz’s blank-eyed appearance as if he had given up on everything, Toys gritted his teeth and hit Prinz’s cheek with his fist.
Pow!!
“Now. You!! What is this?”
“Give me your clothes!!”
“Why… Why are you doing this?”
Printz’s weak strength could not stand up to Toys, and all of his outer clothes were taken off by Toys.
Toys then put on Prinz’s clothes and dressed him in soldier’s clothes.
“Your Majesty! You trusted God and gave me the position of Commander-in-Chief, but now that things have come to this, I think God has no choice but to repay you with his life… Count Zeon!! I ask for your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince!”
“Don’t worry, Commander-in-Chief!! I will have my trustworthy subordinates escort His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess!”
“Count Zeon?”
Haha, what will a father do while still alive who could not avenge his daughter? I will burn her last life here!”
“… I’m sorry, Count Zeon…”
“What are you two doing?! Let go of this!”
“Your Majesty the Crown Prince! We have prepared for you to go to the space-shifting magic circle. Go to Duke Windrage… That usurper must never be recognized as emperor. Please bring justice to this empire…”
Prinz was taken away by Count Zion’s men, where Yunas, also dressed as an ordinary soldier, was riding a horse.
“Yunas…”
‘Okay… If I die like this, Yunas… I have to live… I’ll have to take revenge on that guy Heinrich somehow!’
Will appeared again in Prinz’s eyes.
“I’m sorry! Toys! Zeon!!”
Prinz shouted loudly and left the battlefield with Yunas and headed to the space movement magic circle on the outskirts of the capital.
To prevent it from being noticed that Prinz had run away, several soldiers began escaping here and there to confuse Heinrich’s army, so Heinrich’s army did not particularly pay attention to the ordinary soldiers who were running away.
Once it was confirmed that the crown prince had escaped safely, Toys and Zeon, wearing the prince’s clothes instead, led the last troops and began the final charge.
Even though countless arrows flew, troops fell, and were stabbed and cut by spears and swords, Toys’ charge did not stop.
“Huh.? Huh? The main base has been breached! Your Majesty! Avoid!!”
Although only a dozen days remained, Viscount Toys and Count Zeon eventually succeeded in breaking through and reached Heinrich’s command post.
“That’s it! Prinz!!”
“The Emperor’s head is mine!!!”
Even as they looked at the enemy soldiers rushing toward them, Prinz’s sword did not stop. However, the difference in numbers was unavoidable, so all the soldiers were killed, and only Viscount Toys and Count Zeon remained, gasping for breath.
“It’s over, Your Majesty”
“Whew~ Is your brother that good at inaction? That’s unexpected?”
Heinrich, who had almost run away from the command center, breathed a sigh of relief and approached the two, who were barely out of breath.
“Kaaaaa!!”
Count Zion, who saw Prince Lee approaching, used his last strength to throw Toys, and Toys also swung his sword at Heinrich with the last strength left in his body.
“Die! Heinrich!!”
Chang!!
However, Toys’ last blow only cut off Heinrich’s forehead and was blocked by Count Dietrich’s sword, and he was quickly stabbed and subdued by the swords of the guards who came running.
“Kaaaaa!!”
“That guy… Is not my brother! Take off his helmet!”
At Heinrich’s command, Toys’ helmet was removed, and their expressions hardened when it was revealed that the enemy they had thought was Prinz was someone else.
“It was Viscount Toys. Where is your brother? The fact that you are wearing your clothes means that your brother ran away somewhere?”
“What kind of mouth are you teasing for Pae -ryun, who killed her father and coveted her brother’s status?”
“… I won’t open my mouth so easily. By torturing that guy, I will somehow find out my brother’s location…”
Squeak!!
Before Heinrich could finish speaking, the sword thrown by Count Zion pierced Toys’ neck, and Count Zion also committed suicide with the sword he had hidden in his arms.
“Aaaaah!! Prinz!!”
Since Henry knew full well that unless he killed Prinz, there was a possibility that a rebellion could break out somewhere in the empire, and that he could not be fully recognized as emperor, his anger reached the sky.
