Volume 2 - CH 44

Chapter 2-44. Side -Courselete Asure- Dissatisfaction and Doubts

The one who commands and deploys the soldiers.

It's me, the commander, Courselete Asure, has finally brought doubts and anxieties to the battlefield.

But that can't be said in front of the soldiers, they're just taking command and trying to take down their target, the castle.

(... what am I doing here)

That is the question I have now.

I left the messenger to someone who didn't know anything about horses, listened to the report, and sent troops as promised.

Why could my father easily believe what those people said?

This should be my elder brother’s duty, Rudd, the eldest son.

But, no matter what, anything that my father says is absolute.

I insisted that there would be no problem if I followed his order, but from what I remember, he hasn’t done anything as the crown prince.

Then, isn't he useless as the next king?

What I wanted to know is.

Why did this happen?

It all started after the rumors spread throughout the city.

It is a rumor that "The rebels have gained their strength to oppose us."

Since then, the people have become anxious and have begun to say that they should be able to live in peace in the royal family.

Certainly, the duty of the royal family is to protect the people and prosper the country.

That's why my father and Rudd anii-sama, who never listen, were left alone, and I always had a secret meeting with the second son, Baltic, to talk to each other.

The agenda that came up there was "Where did such a rumor flow?"

Finding the roots of rumors that have already spread is more difficult than finding coins that have fallen into a vast forest.

It's more like going looking for a coin that has sunk in the deep sea.

It has been decided that such a thing is impossible.

Yes, it's impossible.

That was the biggest problem.

No matter how hard we try, we can't find out where the rumor flowed.

Then I had to go see it with my own eyes if the rumor was true.

If this rumor is true, the name of the city or village that is about to betray will surely come to light.

Without this, this rumor would be baseless.

However, the name came out properly.

Zenki-Village.

This is the village where the onis live and established themselves as a self-sufficient country.

It is a very beautiful country with a large castle built around it.

I have never seen such a construction method.

However, because their race is oni, everyone is afraid of them, and the current situation is that there is no such thing as cultural exchange.

A country we know nothing about rebels.

They are not doing anything.

Of course, why did such a rumor flow when the other party did nothing?

In the first place, Zenki-village has no alliance with Garrot.

The rumored word "rebellion" seems a bit misused.

However, even if I pointed it out, it was said that this rumor is trusted and they just said that phrase as they pleased, so they didn’t really care after all.

It seems that Bart anii-sama was aware of that, and he seemed to be searching for something behind the scenes, but in the end he could not confirm the truth of the rumor.

Then, he went to persuade me as it was, and he prepared a soldier and came here.

I have been despised by the royal family as "a coward who thinks too much and cannot take a step forward."

He sent me as a general commander that this battle would improve myself.

I couldn't refuse at the order of my father, the king, and my brother.

I certainly often ponder things.

Let's admit it.

However, I am definitely not a coward.

Most of the things I'm thinking about are in the future.

Who should give the land, and how will it reach the people if this product is sold?

I only have a long time to look at the next thing, not just what is in front of me.

This time too.

I was thinking about what's going to happen all the time until I came here.

How to move the soldiers and how the other party will move.

I investigated the land around here and thought about how to attack the castle.

I can't get a map of the castle, so I used the Take Point method to sketch the scenery seen from the outside, and imagine the structure of the castle from the picture.

I came here while thinking about that ... but I have to do my best to fight.

This time I came during the night so that it would be a surprise attack ... Apparently it was out of control.

There are no people in the castle town already.

We left yesterday at noon.

Around noon, I received a report that the people of this country lived normally in a castle town, but ... I don't think they would be able to enter the castle in such a short period of time.

I have no idea how they do that.

The other party may be a tactician more than me.

I still have doubts, but ... I've come to the point where I think about it.

It can't be helped even if I think about it now.

Do as much as I can right now.

"Commander Asure! I would like to report! All the soldiers have been assigned!"

A captain ran to me and reported to me.

The force deployment is slower than expected.

The undulations of the land may be more severe than it seems.

Normally, when using a messenger, you should check the surrounding land ...

If someone who doesn't know the back and forth of any horse goes as the messenger, there is no way to do such a preliminary investigation.

He was a completely useless messenger ...

"OK, let's send a messenger."

"Do you want to use that messenger again?"

"Are you stupid? You can't let the messenger who was once refused be used many times. This time, I'll be the one who assigns it. If things are done in a peaceful manner, the war itself can be avoided. If the other party isn't willing to fight, we'll have to find this rumor from the ground again you know? Sigh, seriously."

I nominated two vassals and ran towards the castle, telling them to try to persuade them as messengers.

I can trust all the stories that this vassal brings back.

When I finally heard the story by myself, I was relieved and got off the horse and sat down.

Other soldiers bring drinks and towels, but now that we are on the battlefield, if I don't need to use the messenger, I can control the soldiers with one hand.

If the rumor was true, I wanted the second son, Bart anii-sama, to come here, but unfortunately he couldn't because he was sick.

I wanted to hear the stories from the  previous vassals and give their opinions, but ... I can't help relying on someone who has been refused once.

I have to survive in this war alone.

If I were to rout, I would be criticized by the royal family again, but I was originally told that I couldn't do it.

No matter what I say now, it doesn't matter because they never expected anything.

Zudon!

The dull sound of something heavy falling was nearby.

Somehow the soldiers hold their weapons towards the source of the sound.

The place was temporarily noisy, but it gradually became calm due to the call of the captain.

I also tried to approach the place to find out the cause of the sound, but the vassals stopped me from getting near the source.

Only these vassals are worried about me, who continues to not let me go because it may be dangerous.

Their way to reassure me is very nice, but I can't help but confirm it by myself.

I push the vassals away and approach the source.

When I approached, there was a small crater in the place, and someone was dead in the center.

There is a big hole in the middle of the corpse's chest, but everything else remains intact

They said he had broken bones and shed bloods, but he remained in his original form as a human being.

The dead person was familiar to me.

"......... Is it the last messenger?"

This person who volunteered for himself as a messenger, who doesn't know how to treat a horse.

I can't mistake this guy as anyone else.

But now it doesn't matter what happens to this guy.

What is important now is that this guy has flown so far.

"... Please notify all the units! Deploy the defense formation, the shield soldiers deploy to the front and center to prevent the stones falling from the sky, and the magician unit checks the destruction of the stones behind. Get moving! Hurry up! "

"""Yessir!"""

If this is the work of those onis, it means that they have the power to throw stones from inside the castle to this point.

The distance to this point is difficult not only with a bow but also with a catapult.

The soil at the point of impact is dented, so it is quite powerful.

Shield soldiers may not be able to handle the impact, but it's better than just plainly hit with it.

The soldiers rapidly moved to their position.

Furthermore, the technology to throw stones to this point beyond the castle town and beyond the fields ....

Did we make a mistake by turning the wrong opponent as our enemies?