271 Food Facts for the Great Army

"Is that the army of the Memento family... That's a lot. Isn't there over 40,000 of them?

"I guess that is. Or the Mementos call it mobilizing 100,000 people."

"100,000? Exactly. That would be too good. Doesn't look like the size of an army that far."

"Of course, I suppose the Memento family is exaggerating to make a huge hustle and bustle of their forces. It's every army. Fontana should also publish more than real numbers"

"Really? Well, I did say we'd win. If they heard 100,000 troops were coming, they'd just want to run away."

"... By the way, does Master Ars know about your army's reputation?

"Huh? About the Barca army? Speaking of which, we've never done anything like hustle and bustle somewhere in the army."

"No, actually, it's well known about the reputation of the Barca army. As for the battle against the Arborest family earlier, Arborest's army was defeated by only Ars."

"Huh? Wait a minute. Why is that happening? Weren't there about 8,000 Arborest troops back then?

"... well, I know it's a tremendous thing, even for 8,000 people. But in order to make the strength of Master Ars widely known, the battle ahead is to have won 30,000 armies over their opponents."

"It's true, that means someone is intentionally passing on that kind of information, right? Who are you doing that to?"

"Master Lion, right? Lion von Graham, Als' brother-in-law, spreads the word. By the way, it's not just the midway battle with Arborest. All the battles that the Barca army has achieved so far, led by Lord Ars, have been published with a great deal of numbers."

"What are you doing, Lion? But right. It naturally makes sense that Lion would do that, doesn't it?

"Of course it is. Makes me think that Fontana has this guy. Because that alone works as a deterrent. Master Ars has been exterminated by one of the Keema cavalry members of the Urk family before. The nobles and knights who heard that information will naturally hesitate to attack."

"... is there such a rush? Well, okay. If that reduces the risk of being attacked, then some lies would be convenient."

It was a reconnaissance by the airship. I kept flying south.

And now he succeeded in capturing in sight the army of the Memento family that was his aim.

What a frivolous trip, I look at it from the top and think.

Well, that would happen if as many as 40,000 humans walked unscathed.

but apparently the Memento family claimed their army was about 100,000.

This is about thinking about making our battles look bigger by daring to exaggerate, as Payne said.

Besides, it's hard to actually look at the army at a glance and figure out the total number of troops right away.

Honestly, I had my doubts when they asked me if the figure of 40,000 of the information Fontana was also solid.

It also had the presence of accompanying members of the army.

Essentially, the larger the size of the army, the more problematic there is.

That's food.

Tens of thousands of people will need a considerable amount of food to swell their bellies.

but it's pretty harsh to think realistically about carrying it ourselves.

Loading food in a van connected to a servant beast is not going to be a big deal.

Instead, we will also need the bait of the servant beast for carrying the load, and we will need more food.

There is the easiest way to transport large quantities of food there.

That's a way to use a ship.

If you are a boat floating in water, you will have less effort to carry a large amount of luggage.

but there was no river so conveniently flowing towards Fontana.

So, how do you procure food, you get it on the way.

We need to buy food from noblemen and knights on the way, or from merchants and the like.

For this reason, people who do not belong to the army may also follow in the movement of the army.

Merchants and others with this food are not part of the army, but at first glance it is difficult to distinguish clearly who is a merchant or not.

I mean, it's hard to deny bringing up exaggerated numbers.

"After all, the food problem is huge when you look at the army that's actually moving like this. If we can't secure steady food, the army won't be able to move quickly."

"Right. Seriously, if we try to carry food so that soldiers don't starve, we'll have to hit nearly half of the army by land heavy units."

"Still, it would be easier if we fought nearby. Do you need ideas on how to create a position to secure food ahead of time to go on an expedition to a distance? That's hard."

"Heh heh, Master Kyle was also struggling with Master Ars entrusting him with the command of the Heavy Forces. It may not be enough to work as a battle, but I also think it will be a good study"

"Right. I want Kyle to have more commanders than samurai.... but that's it. I wonder if the Memento family, who is marching with all this effort and expense, will settle with the other two families in the talks of the Trinoble Alliance?

"... I honestly don't know. It must be a subtle place. As a Memento family, you might think it's quicker to beat Fontana here and secure the King's identity than to reconcile within the trinoble alliance."

"Right. Then let's delay the march a little longer and buy some time"

I also have my own territory and I have a constant army, so I know exactly how it costs money to move an army.

Will we keep the army so far mobilized and settle it in discussions and turn back?

Besides, the knights in the army may be craving a place to fight for hands-on.

It is possible that he will not retreat quietly.

With that in mind, I decided to take a little time to slow down the march of the Memento army.