194 Episode 2 The Second Battle of Teripol City (1/2)

'Well, we've managed to unify command, haven't we?'

Carmine muttered.

Initially, Carmine and the commanders sent from the Terriportanian region had a great deal of trouble, but ...... somehow Carmine managed to take overall command, and all the commanders agreed to listen to Carmine's orders.

The first barrier was overcome.

The first barrier was overcome. ”Our rations will last ...... a month at best. We have to take it back, even if it costs us some.

The defeat of Carmine and the rest of the Teripol Liberation Army meant that the city of Teripol had fallen completely into the hands of the Lemurian Empire.

This means that the region of Teriportania will become the territory of the Lemurian Empire.

If the city of Teripol falls, the soldiers defending Teriportania and the soldiers led by Iason defending Azdavia will be isolated among the enemy, and they will have no choice but to fall back to the Lemurian Empire.

The Teriportania region is an important breadbasket for the Kingdom of Chellda.

The loss of this region would greatly diminish the national power of the Kingdom of Chelda.

We must win this war at all costs.

We will deploy 50,000 troops each at the West Gate, South Gate, and East Gate. We will attack day and night in waves for 30 days. ...... Even the Lemurian army will not be able to withstand this.

The Lemurian army will probably flee to the sea. ......

But it doesn't matter.

Anyway, as long as we can regain this strategically important city of Teripol, the war situation will change.

”All troops!　Commence march!

Carmine gave the order.

A gong sounded, and all at once, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Cerda began to attack Teripol City.

Thus began the Second Siege of Teripol.

It was the forty-first day after the desert crossing.

”Oh!　That's a lot of ...... troops.

Nia shouted in admiration as she saw the enemy army slowly approaching the city walls.

It's not often that you see an army of fifteen hundred men.

The Kingdom of Chellda is a big country, isn't it? It's as if they've been an enemy of the Lemurian Empire all this time.

In the Western World, the Kingdom of Chelda is the second largest country after the Lemurian Empire.

Since it controls the northern part of the rich southern continent, its agricultural production capacity is very high.

It also has a powerful navy and a thriving maritime trade.

It also has a powerful army of warbeasts.

Even if we deduct the fact that this is only a defensive war within its own territory, a country that can gather 15,000 troops can't be a great power.

”Well, the Lemurian Empire has mobilized 100,000 troops on several occasions during the time of the previous emperor...

Oskar muttered.

If the Kingdom of Cerda is a great power that can mobilize an army of more than 100,000 in a defensive war, then the Lemurian Empire is a superpower that can mobilize an army of more than 100,000 in a war of aggression.

You mean like the siege of Rosa Island?

Yes, I did. Well, I wasn't even born then. ......

Oscar said sincerely.

In other wars against the Kingdom of Bulgaron, the Kingdom of Phars, and the Kingdom of Cerda, the previous emperor Hadrian had mobilized an army of over 10,000 troops and had been defeated at every turn.

It is not a matter of the number being large enough.

Maybe ...... this moment will be decisive for the fall of that great kingdom, the Kingdom of Cerda.

Jebe muttered with deep emotion.

And ...... Oscar, Nia, and Jebe, from the top of the city walls, were looking forward to that moment, the moment when the fall of the great kingdom of Chelda would be decisive.

For the soldiers of the Kingdom of Chelda, it was a sudden and unexpected event.

They had ducked through the hail of arrows fired by the Lemurian army, shields raised, and the spearhead troops were approaching the castle walls, about to climb up the ladders, when it happened.

There was a tremendous roar.

Only then did the soldiers of the Kingdom of Chellda turn their heads in unison.

What the soldiers saw was a strange sight.

The ground was cracking and flames were spewing out from it.

It was as if the cracks in the ground had reached hell, and the flames of hell were pouring out onto the ground.

The cracks in the ground and the flames surrounded the circular city of Teripol, as if drawing a circle from the city walls at regular intervals.

The cracks and flames radiated out from the walls of the city of Teripol into the circle.

It might be easier to imagine a wheel, with spokes extending from the center to the circle.

It was such an event that the soldiers stopped in their tracks.

Then a heavy rain of ...... arrows rained down.

At the same time that the soldiers of the Kingdom of Chelda were in chaos, the gates of the West, South and East Gates were opened.

From there, the Lemurian army led by Nia, Jebe, and Oscar appeared and attacked ......

The Lemurian army, led by Nia, Jebe and Oskar, attacked the forces of Chelda.

I'm surprised ...... what kind of magic was that?

When Masinissa saw the sudden cracks in the ground and the flames, she asked Stefan.

Stephan shook his head.

”It's not magic, Masinissa. It's a civil engineering technique.

Stephan then began to explain.

But it's not really a trick.

What we've done is the exact same tunneling strategy that Hercule used to take down the city of Tëripol.

Not the siege side, but the siege side.

And the difference is that the enemy soldiers' footholds are broken down, not the city walls.

In other words, holes are dug radially from the walls of the city of Teripol, and then in a circle around the walls, supported by wooden foundations, and covered with earth from above.

And when the Cherda Kingdom army attacked, they set fire to the foundations and destroyed the ground.

That's all they did.

I see, ......, but that must have been a lot of work.

”Well, I had a month to do it.

Stephan smiled.

Not only did he have the time, but he also had the labor to spare.

All infantry units in the Lemurian Empire were trained to do civil engineering work.

Stephan had three legions, or about three hundred and sixty men, at his disposal.

Stefan also mobilized prisoners of war and citizens of the city of Teripol.