Chapter 31 (1/2)

The Girl Who Ate Death Chapter 31

While the Liberation Aranization was going on in Royal Capital Blanca

Cutting to the chase, it started with Barbora, who had suffered defeat at the Battle of Bertusburg and lost Cannan

The personnel reassign the military into disorder, but Farzam firmly stifled the opposition

Since it proved difficult to placate Barbora, who called for a final, all-in resistance, just throw him away, Farzam decided

Borbon, who had put up a “good fight” at the previous battle, was inaugurated as the commandant of the First Army as Barbora’s successor

This urehead Also, Octavio, as in the middle of his trial for war crimes, was freed from house confinement and recklessly instated as his assistant

He was informed of Farzam’s intentions and well understood his own purpose: his role was to observe Borbon and make sure he never made an offensive

The dissenters like Barbora were reorganized into positions with no real power, and the weakening of the military proceeded favorably at Farzam’s hands

The urgent requests for reinforcements from Cyrus and Sayeh were disthened, and no soldiers were sent out, under the pretense of reorganization

The season was early summer Exactly a year had passed since the Liberation Ar at Salvador Fortress

Altura began the final step to liberate the Royal Capital: the capture of Cyrus and Sayeh

Diener and Fynn were given 50,000 to capture Cyrus Fortress, and 70,000 lead by Behrouz were mobilized to capture Sayeh

The Liberation Arh Canaan’s road without any difficulties, and they advanced while taking over the surrounding cities

The garrison stationed in castles surrendered without a fight, and in truth they joined the Liberation Army While showered by cheers from the people, the officers and men of the Liberation Army flooded into the Royal Capital Area

Without anything that could even be called resistance, the Liberation Army successfully surrounded completely both fortresses

A request for surrender reached General Yalder defending Sayeh with 10,000 soldiers via a letter tied to an arrow

—-“I guarantee the lives of the garrison if you surrender Iates and thron your swords”

Exasperated, Yalder had rejected it Negotiations for surrender broke down before they had even begun

Froan the siege

Yalder ascended the ra e

“Don’t let the towers approach! Pour oil on those guys sticking to the gates and shoot them with fire arrows!”

“Sir-!”

“Sayeh is a hty fortress! Show them that we can defend even if they send 100,000!”

The approaching siege toere vehemently pelted by projectiles from catapults installed on the castle walls and destroyed, and those atte ra oil

In the mountainous area of Sayeh, the Liberation Army’s catapults were hindered

“Archers aiate! Fire-!”

“Die-!”

The Liberation Ar shi+elds, could withstand attacks from atop the ramparts, but they couldn’t deal with the fire

Poor soldiers fired upon by fire arrorithed like ates

Sida for the enemy’s tunnel warfare The soil on their north side eak, and it was theunder the castle walls

He predicted their route beforehand and constructed water-filled moats there in advance, ready to hinder the eneh, the water would rush onto the except drown inside the tunnels

“The enemy will definitely plot a surprise attack The concentrated attack on the front gate is to deceive our eyesTheir real target is our rear”

Sida ether with the soldiers

His moats would bear fruit three days later As Sida forth their tunnels, and he succeeded in ineers

“Yo Sidamo At this rate, if reinforcements fro Sayeh The h”

“Sir- The soldiers are doing well As of now, the siege force have not gotten close at all”

Like Yalder had said, thethemselves in the castle, Yalder had told only those who had the resolve to stay

The soldiers re were the defeated soldiers of the Third and Fourth Armies, as well as those who had ht to the end with Yalder

Sayeh was a fortress carefully planned to be held by 10,000 ion of steepside

“Barbora will probably finish reorganizing the Army Corps soon While they conduct this attack, they’ll have to start being vigilant for an attack from the Royal Capital Then it’ll be our turn to strike”

When Barbora had appointed Yalder as the defense co reinforcements”

These tho had a bitter relationshi+p let their past grudges be like water under the bridge–they exchanged a firain They could understand each other, ironically, because now they were both generals who had suffered defeat

“Though our supplies h to hold out until the First Army arrives”

The Sayeh Garrison wasn’t informed that Barbora had already been dismissed

Their faith that reinforcements would come, would surely never be answered

Both fortresses were only there to buy tidom It didn’t matter to him that they could only endure for a month

They were sacrificed pieces, but they, ere fighting and risking their lives on the brink, had no way of knowing

“Haha, I’reat soldiers so late in the war It’s an honor fighting together with them”

“Your Excellency, there will behereon The rebel army is not entirely unified If we can buy time here, an opportunity will present itself without fail”

“Uo all out! Colonel Schera’s probably struggling at Cyrus about now We can’t fall behind ha!”

Even after teeks, Sayeh showed no signs of falling at all

The Liberation Army coe towers had also sustained great daone unfavorably, and the casualties were increasing

Behrouz was a general skilled in field warfare, but he lacked experience in sieges He had strong leadershi+p, but he could only conduct sieges by the books: fill in the ate or raround allowed tunneling, build a tunnel underground and break into the castle

What should one do if none of them worked? The ansasn’t written in military texts

Behrouz had launched a fierce attack regardless of day or night, but that all-together backfired, creating athrough the soldiers, and

“……This is bad Yalder and the Kingdo pushed back ade toere destroyed; we can only force through the gates perhaps”

The soldiers atteh ladders were doused with boiling water or blazing oil, and they were dropping, dying

Was it really okay to let this continue? Behrouz anguished

“Your ExcellencyYou mustn’t be impatient I understand your enthusiasm to take down the castle quickly for the sake of the people, but the losses of soldiers will only increase at this rate It is also important to wait and watch”

Behrouz nodded at the Staff Officer’s words and ruotten too used to victorious battles, and he had begun to overestidom’s Army was entirely full of frail soldiers

The other officers and soldiers were sure to have the saroundless confidence that the eneht push

That they ought to liberate the Royal Capital as soon as possible, this idea had consumed him

“……How unlikeChief Staff Officer, thank you for your criticis a wait-and-see approach is best We’ve overcome many hardshi+ps to come here, what need is there to be impatient now of all tie towers, and only good things await us if we attack composedly”

“Sir, that is exactly right I will iements It will take time, but ill be able to confidently take down the fortress No eous the enemy General Yalder is, he cannot replenish his soldiers Starting tomorrow, let us surround and contain them with only arrows fired That will force the enemy to exhaustion”

“Umu Give the directive at once Especially in times like this, we mustn’t rush”

It was a bold decision to withdraw the plan for an all-out offensive despite having over seven times the enemy’s numbers He would inevitably be criticized for his incoeneral would have decided to capture the fortress though force

That he could accept his staff officer’s criticise the plan was one of Behrouz’s virtues

—-The Liberation Ar teeks into the siege

The force sent to besiege Cyrus, the Liberation Army cole arrow during these teeks

This hly surround Cyrus

Not just the engineers, even scouts were not an exception All officers andthis encircle, and fences to guard against horses stretched all around

Braziers brilliantly illuht raid whatsoever Patrols were frequently sent out with no slip in their surveillance of the enemy fortress

They requested surrender only once before the siege, and they didn’t plan to accept surrender at all afterwards The reason being that if they did, their food expenditure would increase, since they would need to imprison the soldiers

Diener’s plan of attack was plain and sioods as they could fro the fortress, they would guard against enemy escape

According to reports from spies, Cyrus lacked provisions This fortress only just built hadn’t been stocked with food How long they could hold out was up to the coe of defense

“Sir Diener, the encircleet out now”

“Ahh, everything is going well Noe just wait for time to pass”

“Good for us that General Larus is a careful erous ti our web”

Larus was a ht a prudent and calm battle, but at the same time that was a flaw

Since he was uneasy about his lack of soldiers, he forbade any combat until reinforcements from the Royal Capital came

During that time, the Liberation Arerent Barbora, he wouldn’t have idly let them scurry around

That didn’t ht to launch an attack, but the end result was that the fortress was completely blockaded

“The Kingdo an attack A cautious person would probably never amble like that”