I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 65 Nighttime Charge
The day after the breakout plan was implemented,
Nighttime, 10 PM.

The moon was obscured by dark clouds, and the entire plain of Bourne Territory was shrouded in pitch blackness, where one could hardly see their own hand in front of their face.

In the darkness, reorganized battle groups moved stealthily under the cover of night, quietly arriving at their designated locations.

In the very center of this plain, in the only military camp lit up by a light source.

Suya stretched her shoulders, her gaze falling on a map marked with more than ten routes, her expression becoming slightly serious.

After eating, his injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Or rather, they weren't even injuries at all. Although they looked serious, for Suya's current physique, they were just like twisting a joint or getting some 'scales' dirty.

Meanwhile, Dagonet reported to him on the results of the reorganization:
"My king, as you instructed, the 27,000 soldiers have been divided into ten battle groups."
Of these, over 22,000 lightly armored infantrymen were divided into eight regiments and moved to the edge of the hilly area in a "tortoise formation."

"The Central Guard Regiment consists of three thousand of the most elite cavalry, while the remaining two thousand cavalry are divided into one thousand and distributed among various battle groups to serve as intelligence hubs."

"The last thousand cavalrymen were formed into separate units, and the most agile among them were selected. After removing their armor, they served as a reconnaissance force and were already stationed at sentry posts in the northwest and northeast corners."

Suya nodded and looked at the location of the light infantry regiment on the map.

Tortoise Formation
This is a dense formation used by the ancient Roman army, in which pikemen carrying shields advance at the front. It was generally used in siege warfare and urban warfare, and required a high level of training for the soldiers. Few countries other than ancient Rome used it. Even the Greek and Celtic infantry, which had a great influence on Rome, did not use the tortoise formation.

This is a formation that emerged under specific circumstances.

However, Sua didn't want his soldiers to attack the city, nor did he expect them to become more skilled than the Romans in less than half a day. Even the shields were hastily made during the day by Melly and her men dismantling carts and pasting tree bark on them.
Just to reduce the casualty rate during the breakout later, having a shield will at least save me from taking two hits.

Then, Suya quickly focused her attention on the positions of the two outposts in the northwest and northeast, and asked:
"Is everything ready?"

"Thanks to the fact that the Cornish manor owners and knights had retreated in a hurry, they did not take away supplies such as pine oil and tung oil, so there was plenty of them."

Suya nodded and smiled:
“Very good, then we can get them to act now.”

Dagni nodded, gestured to two guards behind him, and ordered them to relay the instructions.

The knightly order that Suya had just reorganized did not have the alchemical signal guns that the Macedonian legions used to transmit information, or rather, they used to have them, but there was no way to replenish them now, and it was not suitable to use that method now.

The messenger quickly left the tent, mounted the warhorse placed beside it, and sped off into the darkness.

Suya turned her gaze back to the map, but this time, she wasn't looking at her own plans; instead, she looked at three points marked within the Cornish region.

"So,"

He looked up at Lucan, Dagonet, and Meli, whose faces were illuminated by the dim candlelight, and behind them stood ten adjutants temporarily promoted from various battle groups.

"Let's review the battle situation again, and our next breakout route—"

Suya raised her hand and first pointed to three points on the map: the northeast corner, the northwest corner, and the southeast corner.
"To the northeast, Ptolemy of the Togus Legion, whose numbers are unknown, is leading his army from Sol to press forward and cut off our retreat."

"To the northwest, the army of the Conqueror King, led by the hero Philothas, numbering forty thousand, has already arrived in the territory of Bern after bypassing Mount Saint Maias from the Plantagenet Plain to the north."

"To the southeast is the narrow coastal corridor guarded by the hero Seleucus, which has 15,000 men, including a semi-organized Companion Cavalry Regiment of 4,500. This place is so narrow that we can only charge at each other. Once we are held back by the Macedonian phalanx, it will completely block our possibility of passing through here."

"The enemy's goal is to block both flanks, creating impenetrable passes, and then have the Conqueror's army advance relentlessly, compressing our operational space to the southwest until we choose to engage them or collapse completely!"

"This is a perfectly legitimate and open strategy!"

At this point, Suya paused, then said in a deep voice:

"But it is also a line of defense that we cannot break through head-on no matter what!"

Upon hearing this, Dagonit clenched his sweaty hands, stared intently at Suya, and took a deep breath.

"but--"

At that moment, Suya raised her hand and slammed it onto the map.

His palm covered the Torgus Legion on his right and the Conqueror King's army on his left. A confident smile appeared on his face as he spoke loudly:

"Next, we will toy with these three legions all night long!"

"Let's fight cavalry against cavalry and show them what a British knight is like!"

"What is the pinnacle of mobile warfare!"

"We will break the enemy's encirclement and carve out a way for our soldiers to survive!"

Having said that, Suya raised his head, his cold, sharp gaze sweeping across the faces of the knights before him.
He unfurled his banner and placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Royal Guard Knights—" "Move out!"

#
The day after the breakout plan was implemented,
At night, 11:30.

the other side,
They were moved to the Conqueror's army stationed on the northwest side of the Bern territory.
Inside the central army camp,
A Macedonian scout hurried through the various military tents and arrived at the central command tent.

He flung open the tent flap and rushed inside, kneeling before the senior general at the head of the camp, urgently reporting:
"General, we've detected the movements of King Uther's routed army—"

"They've appeared on the southern flank of Togus's army!"

"Based on the number and range of torches, the number is nearly 20,000."

Inside the central command tent, the lights were as bright as day.

Seated from bottom to top were centurions of the combined arms battalion of the phalanx legion, commanders of the engineering corps, phalanx general Parmenion, and Philottas, commander of the companion cavalry in the camp.

Despite Parmanuel sitting in the first seat, the scout reporting the message was intentionally or unintentionally directed at Philottas, the short-haired man with purple hair who looked exceptionally heroic, to his left.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this news, Philotas couldn't help but smile slightly, revealing an arrogant smile that suggested he had everything under control.

"Have these rats finally shown their faces?"

He looked at the scout red knight and asked carefully, "Are you sure the number is close to twenty thousand?"

"Twenty thousand men—that's practically the last force they can muster. Are they going to fight to the death?"

“Choosing Ptolemy was expected. After all, there was no way to break through the position where Seleucus and I were stationed. As long as we broke through Ptolemy’s defenses and bypassed Sol, we would still have a chance to escape from West Saxony to Mercia, even though that would only lead to our death.”

Philotas narrowed his eyes and chuckled.
He looked at his father, who was seated at the head of the table, and began to speak:

"General, please allow me to lead the Companion Cavalry into battle. Although most of the cavalry are with my brother, and we only have three Ira right now, it's enough for us to unleash the 'Hammer and Anvil System'—"

"We'll wear them down here completely!"

Parmanuel stared at his son, his gaze scrutinizing, his deep-set old face exuding a calm and unfathomable aura.
"hold on."

Philotas frowned in confusion: "Waiting for what?"

Parmanuel closed his eyes and said calmly, "Wait twenty minutes."

Philotas looked puzzled, but since it was his father's opinion, he suppressed his urge to go to the battlefield for the time being.

Twenty minutes later,
Another scout rushed in from outside the tent, kneeling on one knee to report to Philotas:
"General, we have also discovered the movements of King Uther's routed army—"

"Another 20,000 men have appeared in front of our army!"

"Judging from the direction they're heading, it seems...it seems..."

Philotas was taken aback, wondering where these 20,000 people had come from.

He immediately demanded:

"What does it seem to be?"

Tanma Chi lowered his head deeply and reported in a deep voice, "They might be trying to create a false impression and launch a night attack on our camp!"

"A scout heard the thunderous sound of horses' hooves ten kilometers outside the military camp!"

And until this point,
Parmanuel opened his eyes, walked straight past Philotas, and looked at a cavalry commander sitting next to Philotas as his second-in-command, and said in a deep voice:
"Go ahead, take your men and keep watch on the flank of the legion. Once you spot the British cavalry regiment, immediately send someone back to report their movements."

then,

Parmenion looked at the centurions of the phalanxes sitting in the military tent.
"Centurion, go and mobilize the legions to implement a defensive strategy."

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