I Became a Bookkeeper the Monarchs Are Obsessed With

127 – Johannesburg Defense – 3

When the friendly forces occupied the Taspilia peninsula, Dian de Balboa was able to easily lead the battle.

She was a sword master, and when she took the lead, most of the enemy troops would not be able to hold on and would collapse in an instant.

But there was a being much stronger than Dian. That was Emilia von Kronor.

Emilia was a swordsman strong enough to defeat Dian de Balboa, and even though they were the same sword master, Emilia and Dian were on a different level. As proof…

“Form up in formation! “We are forming a long spear formation!”

The officers worked hard to encourage the pikemen, and the pikemen formed a formation and surrounded Emilia.

-Whoosh!

When Emilia swung her sword once, all the shafts of her long spear broke. Yes. In front of Emilia, her long spear was not a big problem.

And at the place where Emilia broke the pole of her polearm, the knights who followed her charged and began one-sidedly slaughtering the spearmen whose spears were broken.

“Emilia von Kronor, Duke of Rochepol, is massacring our army’s pikemen. What would you like to do?”

Isabel de Poitiers asked. And I answered.

“This was expected. “We already knew that we would be at a disadvantage in the early stages of the battle.”

“Then what is the order?”

“Continue to deploy soldiers from each family in turns. Although the enemy vanguard is extremely strong, only the vanguard is strong. The overall level of training of soldiers is superior to that of our allies. So, if we continue to engage in a war of attrition, the enemy’s vanguard will eventually run out of strength and retreat to replenish its lost strength. If you hold out like that a few times, the enemy will run out of supplies to hold out any longer. The point of this fight is not the exchange rate of soldiers. “It’s materials.”

“… All right. “I will convey this to each general.”

“Please tell this to each general. It is strictly forbidden to attack with only their own troops. “Don’t charge until the order comes, but take your time by sending your soldiers in one by one.”

“I understand.”

Meanwhile, Dian de Balboa, who saw Emilia in action, was itching to see her body. The wound on her stomach from a previous cut began to hurt. The more it happened, the more Dian de Balboa could not control himself. I wanted to relieve this anxiety right now. This was through charging towards the enemy. However…

“Duke Balboa, the Commander-in-Chief, ordered each family to deploy soldiers in turns. Individual assaults are strictly prohibited.”

“Why! “Aren’t our soldiers being slaughtered one-sidedly like that?”

“There is no time to explain. Because I have to go to the next general as well. What is certain is that the commander-in-chief strictly prohibited assault. “Never charge, just send your soldiers in one by one.”

“… !”

Dian felt hopeless. Until now, she had been very proud of the fact that she was the world’s strongest swordsman, and every time she heard her say that she was the world’s strongest, she felt like her childhood trauma was fading away. But now she has lost her name as the world’s strongest. To the person in front of me, Emilia von Kronor.

In addition, Charles Jean Rochepol was a disciple of Diane. Additionally, Dian was much higher in her military rank. Nevertheless, Diane couldn’t bear the fact that she was forbidden to attack according to Charles’ orders.

Isabelle de Poitiers conveyed the commander-in-chief’s intentions to other generals, and the generals deployed her soldiers one after another as ordered by the commander-in-chief, exhausting Emilia.

Then, a huge number of corpses piled up around Emilia, and the aura on Emilia’s sword began to fade as she gasped for breath.

“You’re tired, Emilia! “I will receive your benefits!”

At that moment, Dian suddenly shouted and started riding towards Emilia with some knights.

“No!”

Charles shouted, but his shouts were drowned out by the voices of countless people. Dian charged towards Emilia at will. This was something Charles strictly prohibited.

“Lord Dian… There must have been an order not to charge… “

“This is crazy! “You sprinkle ashes on the finished rice!”

After a while, Emilia would get tired and retreat. It occurred to Emilia to decide on her major.

Dian rode his horse at full speed and charged towards Emilia. The sword Dian swung from the horse and the sword Emilia swung from the ground clashed with each other. At that moment, Dian’s sword was broken by Emilia’s aura.

But Dian smiled meaningfully and took out the next sword from his waist.

“I prepared several swords for times like this. “It will be different than before, Emilia.”

“No. No matter how many times I try, you can’t beat me.”

“You learned swordsmanship well, but you didn’t learn humility! “I, who couldn’t teach you, will teach you the rest!”

Dian continued to charge at Emilia, and their swords began to become intricately intertwined. The knights under Dian fought against the knights under Emilia. In an instant, the elites of the two armies began to clash, and the soldiers began to cheer. But…

“What will you do? “Commander-in-chief.”

“Secure the exit route.”

If Dian loses, it will be really difficult. Dian has done many great things so far, and because of that, his soldiers have great trust in him.

If Dian falls, the morale of the allies will truly hit rock bottom. The delayed battle that was previously planned will no longer be successful.

“But if that happens, Dian…” “

That’s right. If that happens, Dean de Balboa may die.

But Charles coldly weighed his life on the scales. Is it the lives of Dian and his men, or the lives of the entire army?

If one side had to be sacrificed, there was only one answer. Kill Dian and his subordinates and save the entire army.

“Secure an escape route. “I take full responsibility for the decision.”

“… All right. All of Poitiers County! Secure a retreat route!”

The Poitiers army began to settle into several trenches dug between the temporary fortress and Johannesburg Castle. It was a trench dug in case of a retreat. If it weren’t for this, we would have suffered serious damage during the retreat. And…

“Heo-eok, heo-eok…” “

Dian was currently being greatly pushed back by Emilia. Dian had also made many achievements and had become much stronger, so he thought he would be able to beat Emilia. Moreover, Emilia had cut down many allies so far, so she was extremely exhausted.

But Emilia was much more stretched out than before. She had been as strong as the world’s strongest before, but now she was strong enough to surpass even that level.

“How on earth have you become stronger?” “

“Surrender. “I will treat you like a prisoner of war.”

“No, although I may be an incompetent general, I am not a cowardly general!”

After shouting that, Dian lunged towards Emilia with her sword raised upward. And the next moment…

-Whoosh!

Emilia’s sword cut Dian’s stomach. Charles couldn’t bear to watch the scene, so he turned his head. He couldn’t bear to see his teacher and colleague being cut by a sword.

And Charles, who confirmed Dian’s defeat, shouted.

“All troops! “Retreat!”

With those words, the sound of the drums began to change and all our soldiers began to retreat together.

The Chronor army led by Emilia chased after Dian to capture Charles, but gave up the chase after seeing the numerous trenches dug behind the temporary fortress.

“Are you saying you were prepared for this situation? After all, Charles Jean Rochepol is an outstanding general.”

If the enemy’s commander-in-chief had been Diane de Balboa or Salome de Jirón instead of Charles-Jean-Roche-Paul, he would have been confident of an instant victory.

However, Charles Jean Rochepol was prepared for all situations, so although he achieved victory, he could not annihilate the enemy.

When we arrived in Johannesburg and counted the remaining soldiers, there were about 18,000.

In the process of retreating, 6,000 of our soldiers were lost.

All that remained was to protect Johannesburg Castle.

Charles could not help but feel hopeless.

—–

The next day, Charles sent a letter to Emilia.

The question was whether Dean de Balboa was alive and whether he was willing to free him.

In response, what Emilia von Kronor sent was Dian’s remains.

Diane was dead, her body was carefully packed and placed in her coffin.

Charles could not bear to look at Diane in her shroud.

Someone fell down behind Charles. It was Juan de Balboa, Diane’s nephew.

Charles put his hand on Juan’s shoulder.

“Juan, stay strong. From now on, you are the head of the Balboa family.”

Dian had no children, and Juan was designated as Dian’s successor in the line of succession.

However, Juan could not make up his mind. He could only cry in sorrow as his legs gave out at the death of his aunt, whom he had always loved.

Meanwhile, the enemy army was surrounding Johannesburg Castle.

It seemed like it was going to be a cold winter.