novelraw Chapter 130 : Chapter 130
Chapter 130 : Chapter 130
Chapter : 130
While I was in the middle of fighting the rebel forces in the inner castle, another arrangement I had prepared began to move.
It was the Arhen Mountains Subjugation Force led by Sir Biden.
-NEEEIGH!
Sir Biden had entrusted the infantry to Captain Konrad and was rapidly descending from the mountains with the elf knights.
"On the day the elf knights join the subjugation force, gather them and return quickly to the territory. You can leave the infantry to Captain Konrad."
I had already instructed Biden on this matter early on.
He was puzzled by my words, which prophesied as if the rebellion would happen on that day, but Biden was a knight.
A typical knight who obeys orders rather than having complex thoughts.
Thanks to that, Biden formed a unit immediately as soon as the elf knights arrived at the camp without any confusion and headed for the territory.
-WAAAAAA-!
-It's a rebellion-!
-Kill the bastards.
And Biden and the elf knights who arrived there were all surprised.
A rebellion had really occurred just as the Margrave of Bellua said.
"Indeed! His Excellency the Margrave is divine-!"
"Why else would he be called the Performer of Miracles? He must have received a prophecy about this too."
"Hmm hmm. Right, that's right."
"Anyway, arrogant bastards. How dare they commit treason-! Sir Biden! Give us the order."
However, amazing was amazing, and now was the time to bring down the iron mace on those arrogant bastards. The knights who grasped the situation shouted in anger all at once.
At their words, Biden nodded and ordered.
"Break through the city gate as is! The destination is the inner castle. Save the Lord!"
"Uh-ha-ha-ha! For honor!"
"KYAAAAAA! Giddy up! Giddy up!"
As soon as Biden's order fell, the elf knights drove their horses all at once and ran toward the city gate.
"Hu, huh! It's elf knights!"
"The Margrave's army has returned!"
"Close the gate-! Quickly, you bastard."
Seeing that, the rebels hurriedly closed the city gate, but the elf knights didn't care.
They got off their horses and began to climb up the high castle wall with long strides wearing that heavy armor.
"?!"
"Cr, crazy bastards are climbing the wall!"
"Block them! We have to block them!"
Indeed, they were like barbarians crazy about battle.
The elves were originally a race that lived in harsh cold, considering death in battle a blessing.
For them, such a rough battle was something they did as easily as eating.
-ARGHHH!
-CRUNCH!
"Die!"
"These dirty rebel bastards!"
However, before they could even block them, the elf knights had already climbed up the wall.
They were exuding angry rage and sweeping away the rebels who occupied the city gate.
And a short while later.
-RUMBLE!
-THUD!
The heavily closed city gate began to open with a loud noise.
The elf knights had captured the city gate.
"Good! Strike all the way to the inner castle like this! Let's go save the Lord!"
"Giddy up!"
* * *
The battle in the inner castle was fierce.
"Don't break the formation!"
"Don't get disordered. Focus until the end."
Countless corpses were already piled up in the passage. But the enemy truly had no end in sight.
It seemed we had killed hundreds, but there were still hundreds more.
Moreover, as the knights whom the feudal nobles had cherished charged a moment ago, part of the phalanx shook.
A dizzying situation where the phalanx itself almost collapsed!
Whenever that happened, Magician Agpiel would salvage the situation with vine magic, or if there was no other way, I stepped forward myself.
Just like now.
-CRUNCH!
Just now, I turned the head of a knight who rushed in into pulp.
He was someone who rushed in with great momentum while mentioning his family name, but that was all.
He seemed to trust the defensive power of his sturdy helmet in his own way, but it was a futile act.
Just because it was a helmet tempered with iron didn't mean it could block a sword imbued with my immense strength.
"Ugh.... What a monster!"
Thanks to that, the surrounding knights looked at me in horror. It was a gaze as if watching some hideous beast.
"It won't work like this! Let's rush in all at once!"
Where did the chivalry they cried out go? A knight shouted without knowing shame. Once one person broke the ice, the knights gathered and attacked me very naturally.
-CLANG CLANG!
-CLANG! CLANG!
Swords flew from all directions.
I quickly parried them and stepped back. Of course, I could have defeated them all if I just fought back, but I had no intention of doing so.
'Why should I?'
Would I be crazy enough to fight surrounded on all sides? As I retreated to the back, soldiers immediately filled that spot.
The sharp wall of pikes stood densely again.
"Margrave! Will you act so cowardly?"
"If you know honor, come out and...!"
Seeing that, the rebel knights burst into anger.
Of course, it was nonsense that wouldn't work even a bit.
"Honor? Bastards who know honor deal with me alone in a group?"
"Kuh, khem...!"
"Indeed, if you knew honor, you wouldn't have participated in a rebellion."
"Eek!!"
At my mocking words, a knight got very angry, but rather, thanks to that, he became good prey.
-SWISH!
-CRUNCH!
As he showed an opening, I rushed in like lightning and smashed the bastard.
"This despicable Margrave!"
"How can you fight like this!"
The knights ran wild and got angry, but the more they did, the more they had to become cold corpses under my blade.
And the feudal vassals watching that.
"We are doomed...."
"We must retreat quickly."
"Right. Even now, if we withdraw and join Count Bozen...."
"What about Lady Juana?"
"Surely he wouldn't kill her? We should at least save ourselves first!"
They were busy arguing with each other. In front, soldiers were continuously dying, and the knights they took out as a trump card were blocked by the magician and me, so there was no answer.
But while they were dithering indecisively like that.
-WAAAAAA-!
-Slaughter every single rebel!
The golden time for them to escape had all ended.
The knights led by Biden had broken through the city gate from behind and stormed in before they knew it.
"Uh, uh?!"
"Enemy behind!"
"Knights! Elf knights have come."
Discovering that, the feudal vassals shouted hurriedly and tried to form a formation. But it was too late.
-Raise your spears!
-For honor-!
-Let's show a terrible end to the dirty traitors.
Biden and the elf knights, who rushed in like lightning, raised their spears and attacked the feudal vassals' rebel army.
-CRUNCH!
-CRACK! CRUNCH!
-ARGHHHH!
The immense mass carried by speed and weight rode the spear tips and crushed the frail flesh.
There was no body that could withstand the knights' lance charge.
Moreover, this place was near the narrow passage leading to the inner castle, adding insult to injury-!
There was no room to avoid this immense attack. Wasn't there even a dense pike phalanx in the front?
"S-Save me!"
"ARGHHHH!"
"Surrender. I will surrender!"
"We have to block them. Don't scatter!"
"Ah fuck! Don't talk nonsense. Scatter. If we bunch up, we all die!"
Thanks to that, the battlefield instantly turned into a hellscape of chaos. Attacked from front and back, they couldn't endure and collapsed quickly.
Soldiers fell helplessly, and it was no different for feudal nobles or knights.
"I, by the right of a noble.... Ack!"
As long as they participated in the rebellion, there was no custom to protect their noble status. Rather, the elf knights were beating the knights and feudal nobles to death more harshly.
Of course, I could have stopped them if I wanted to, but I didn't bother to step in.
'This turned out well. If they become vacant, I should reclaim them all.'
Since I intended to reclaim all the fiefs anyway, there was no value in keeping them alive any longer.
And as the battlefield was roughly cleared, Biden, covered in blood, approached me and shouted.
"Huff, huff! Lord, I am sorry. I am late."
"No. You came fast enough."
Really.
He moved much faster than the time I expected. Thanks to that, didn't we crush the rebellion of the feudal nobles much earlier?
"Where is Captain Konrad now?"
"Since he followed me down immediately, he must have arrived near the territory very soon. Lord."
"Is that so...."
I fell into thought for a moment.
If even Captain Konrad had arrived nearby, there was a need to slightly change the plan.
Originally, I intended to fight a defensive battle and repel Count Bozen if he retreated. But given the situation, things were different.
"Gather the soldiers immediately and prepare to move. And send someone to the inner castle to bring Juana and her brother João."
"Yes?"
"I have to go meet our pathetic and greedy neighbor."
I intended to crush Count Bozen miserably in a pitched battle.
* * *
"Finally, the opportunity has come!"
Count Bozen was triumphant.
Finally, the opportunity to finish off the Margrave of Bellua, who had been a thorn in his side, had come.
Full support from the King and the Duke of Bourgogne. And even the rebellion plan of the Margrave of Bellua's internal feudal vassals.
Facing troubles from within and without, it was clear that the Margrave of Bellua would collapse miserably.
So Count Bozen eagerly raised an army at his sister Juana's request.
"We will occupy the Margrave of Bellua like this! All forces advance."
1,000 heavy cavalrymen and 2,000 mercenaries that he was so proud of.
With this level of military strength, it was a powerful force enough to bring down a decent small kingdom. That's why everyone said it was too excessive and suggested reducing the army, but Count Bozen cut off those words with a single stroke.
"Foolish talk! Didn't you see the military merit of the Margrave of Bellua in the southern heretic subjugation!"
The military merit shown by the Margrave of Bellua in the southern heretic subjugation was hard to dare ignore.
How many cavalry units did he devour with just infantry?
It was the Margrave of Bellua who even brought down the cavalry of Count Steffen, the famous general of the Holy Empire.
Therefore, Count Bozen absolutely could not let his guard down.
"We cannot ignore him. The Margrave of Bellua is a formidable person."
"Hmm.... You are right. Count. We made a mistake. We apologize."
This time too, if there hadn't been the response of the feudal vassals and Juana from within the Margrave of Bellua's territory, he would never have stepped forward.
Therefore, the most important thing in this battle was how well the feudal vassals of the Margrave of Bellua caused trouble inside.
Hearing that the main force of the Margrave of Bellua was pulled out for the Arhen Mountains subjugation, it wouldn't be easily suppressed.
Therefore, Count Bozen entered the Margrave of Bellua's territory with high expectations.
But then.
"Aren't you ashamed, dirty neighbor Count Bozen!"
As soon as he went to the territory border, what greeted Count Bozen was not the army of feudal vassals but a tremendous large army of the Margrave of Bellua.
"????"