146 Episode 146: First Southern Conquest

"The comrades! The King's edict was issued !!!! I want to crush the stupid Christians!"

Bartolo declared it to the soldiers.

The soldiers cheer.

His eyes glistened, and he was full of motivation.

"It seems that there is a culture of law and strikes in the streets. But it doesn't matter to us !!"

"It seems so!!"

"It has nothing to do with us!"

Soldiers go with Bartolo.

They have been training with Bartolo for the past six months.

I never thought about the legal culture, and I did not participate in strike meetings.

It was kept outside the bed net.

At the heart is training, and fighting.

"Now, show them our power. Let's go!"

"" "Ooo !!!!"

Thus Bartolo went south.

And about two days have passed since then.

"Oh! Rosward !!!! He / she caught up well. Actually, I was worried because there was no cavalry!"

"My brother ... I received an order from His Majesty. I'm going to join General Bartolo ahead of time ... Well, can I get away?"

Rosward turns his arm over his shoulder and desperately turns away from Bartolo.

Bartolo is always a drinker.

In addition, I am not drunk.

Bartolo was originally a man with very small personal space.

Well, you can think you're drunk from birth.

"By the way, is the Equus cavalry coming?"

"No, His Majesty does not intend to use the power of another country to suppress the civil war."

"Haha, that's a good decision. After all, the Equus are looting people's territory on their own. They're not accumulating when they are rampaged in the country."

There is friendship between the Equus chief, Muzio, and King Almus of Rosais, between which there is a solid trust.

However, vassals like Bartolo have no trust.

In the first place, a king who cannot rule the civil war without using the power of another country cannot be called a king.

Inviting another country to civil war is a very dangerous act.

Almus probably knows that well.

"Three hundred cavalry, three thousand infantry ... but the enemy's strength ..."

"Well, maybe around 8,000 to 15,000. The population of the revolting Christian cities is about 20,000 to 30,000. It's a war of independence, and will all men fight with weapons? That's about it, given the reinforcements from the Greek cities. "

They are about three times more enemies.

Rosward looked anxious.

However, Bartolo hit the Rosward's back many times with pleasure.

"What a strong enemy is worth it. Even if you can't gather more than 10,000 in the first place. You only have to destroy each one."

That's why Bartolo moved without waiting for reinforcements.

Smash before the rebels unite.

Quick action was essential for that.

"Her Excellency Bartolo! I found an enemy shadow ahead! The number seems to be around 4,000"

Bartolo smiled after being contacted by the scouts.

Smile of victory.

"Vilgar. You can go right, I go left."

"Hey, I understand, Captain .... By the way, our army is something different."

Former Germaniman slave and deputy secretary of Rosward.

Vilgar asked Rosward what he had been worried about.

Vilgar knows the weapons of the Rossais army: a round shield and a long spear.

Now build the phalanx and fight.

But the heavy infantry corps, led by Bartolo, had a completely different armament.

A large rectangular shield that covers the whole body.

And a short sword.

Can you really fight with such an armament?

"Well ... that person was full and ok."

"Is that true? Isn't that Gudenden? He just drunk with alcohol ..."

"That's always the case. He's not just a drunk. He's a good drunk. Okay, maybe, surely ..."

Gradually, Rosword also becomes worried.

But Bartolo is the commander.

"I'm a rabbit! Believe me, General Bartolo!"

"Hey, I'll do my best."

After such an exchange, the two arrived immediately.

The enemy was in the form of a typical phalanx, a dense combination of spears and round shields.

It can be said that it is a walking fortress.

From the sky, you can see that the left and right sides are thickened.

It may be Bartolo's hatching.

On each side there are two hundred and a total of four hundred cavalry.

On the other hand, the Rossais led by Bartolo had a completely different formation.

One hundred corps combining ten corps consisting of about eight people, a total of 80 people.

Two hundred and fifty six hundred companies, combining these, are used as a basic unit.

This is divided into three parts: front row, middle row, and rear row. There was a certain distance between companies.

Six hundred light infantry were deployed before the front row.

There are three hundred cavalry on each side, one hundred and fifty people.

The Losais cavalry seems to be fewer than the rebels.

"What do you want? Shogun"

"First, let the enemy cavalry out of the battlefield"

The general, who leads the rebels, responds to his aide with a beard.

Immediately a gong formed, and rebel cavalry jumped out.

The Rosaith cavalry led by Rosward intercepts this.

As expected, the cavalry should be called guards, and the Rosais cavalry was tied to the enemy even though the number was smaller than the enemy.

But their purpose is not to destroy the Rossais cavalry.

To get out of the battlefield.

As the recruit cavalry grew, the Losaith cavalry moved away from the battlefield.

"Shit, I'm being guided ..."

Rosward strikes his tongue while defeating the enemy.

However, the best is to fight evenly against the enemies who are superior in number.

"Now, the stage is set. All troops assault! Break through the center of the enemy!"

The rebel phalanx groaned and charged the Rosais.

"Hmm, you're doing research, it's like mimicking General Cryu."

Bartolo muttered while drinking.

For now, the same trend as the previous battle has continued.

If it weren't, the Rossais would be defeated.

If it was the same as before.

"Exactly. It seems that the same way seems to work twice. It's really unpleasant."

Bartolo threw away the empty bottle.

"Instruct light infantry, front row and middle row heavy infantry.

The trumpet rang and the light and heavy infantry began throwing the spears they were holding.

A spear falls on the rebels like rain.

The rebels lifted the round shield in the sky and stopped the spear.

"It's so heavy and useless !!"

The spear pierced into the circular shield bends and hangs down on the ground, preventing it from falling out.

Throw out the unusable round shields one after another to the ground.

Soldiers who have lost the shield lose security and stand up.

No wonder the defense that covered half of the body has disappeared.

But the fight continues.

At the same time as the light infantry who had finished throwing the spear descended backwards, the two sides clashed.

"Don't worry about the spear. Hit the body and rush!"

With the support of the centurions, the heavy-armed infantry of the Rosaith Army turned to rebels, relying on shields, as trained.

Immediately, a melee situation occurs.

"I can't hit the spear with this.

The rebel centurion screamed and fell to the ground.

She is bleeding from her neck.

He was killed by a young Rosais heavy infantry man in his late teens.

The result is a dagger.

Spears and spears are far more reachable than spears.

But it doesn't matter once you're thin.

Rather, in a melee situation, daggers that are easy to handle are more advantageous.

"I guess it's just training."

Bartolo begins to drink new sake with good mood.

This is the tactic created by Bartolo.

Enlarge shields to prevent enemy attacks.

Then stab a dagger at the enemy's body, which appears to protrude from the shield.

Over time, both sides begin to feel tired.

No wonder.

He holds heavy weapons in both hands and fights for life and death.

"Replace with front row and middle row"

The trumpet is blown.

The front row of the Rosaith army descends quickly, and the back row fills the hole.

Soon the Losaiths began pushing the rebels.

The rebels face the enemies who are in good health.

One of the characteristics of Bartolo's new tactics is the ability to quickly replace troops.

Phalanx in a dense formation is difficult to replace troops.

As soon as the soldiers fall, their formation collapses.

Therefore we have to fight until we die.

If they fall, they will be crushed by allies.

However, with the new tactics, there is a large space between the companies, which allows the line to change quickly.

If you determine that your soldiers are exhausted, you can immediately replace them with healthy ones.

The front row of the Rossais army is recruits from the late teens to the twenties.

The middle row is made up of thirties veterans.

The veteran soldiers, watching the newcomers in the front row with a feeling of shaking, were very excited by the turn around and began to push the enemy vigorously.

"General Bartolo, there are units that are a little too high ..."

"Well, isn't that good? Momentum is important."

Bartolo then instructs the winged infantry to squeeze both sides of the phalanx little by little.

It is a trick that can be done because it is a new tactic with excellent mobility.

Gradually, Phalanx begins to collapse.

When this happens, the rebels are pushed, crushed and crushed by allies.

There were many soldiers who fled their weapons and fled.

The rest is left to collapse.

"Put in the back row. Follow me."

Older soldiers in the back row are deployed.

They are armed with relatively light shields and short spears.

I can't beat young people.

Because of this feeling, the veterans attacked on the back of the rebels, like a lion released from a cage.

Rebels: about 1,000 dead, about 500 injured, about 1,500 fugitives

The Rossais Army: about 130 dead and 300 wounded

Thus, the Losaiths had a great victory.