The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Chapter 116: Battle against time

The next day, the army gave up on their surprise attack and came at us with a frontal assault.

For their commanders, that is certainly a wise plan.

Divided their force into four, they have surrounded us and pushed their attack at all four gates.

With that, our force will have to spread even thinner despite us having a clear disadvantage in numberor it was supposed to.

However, the result is different.

UOOOOOOOOOO!!

GET THE HELL DOWN!!

The knights and soldiers of Gers are defending against their attack with high morale.

Arrows and rocks are raining down on the imperial army.

We are on the defending side but its more like we are on the offensive.

There are many reasons for this.

Their strategy was seen through, the loss of a thousand elite soldiers, the fire attack yesterday, and the appearance of the mysterious strategist who orchestrated that attack.

These created rumors that rise the vigilance and anxiety inside the imperial soldiers.

There might be some kind of trap near the gate, or if they use fire something might happen.

Such vigilance and anxiety dulled their judgment.

BREACH THAT GATE!

Yes, sir!

Acknowledging the commanders order, the soldiers move to the front.

However, the moment they saw the gate.

The image of the burned soldiers who were carried into their camp yesterday flicker in their minds. Instead of moving directly to the gate, they choose to go at it from the side.

However, such unnecessary action causes the soldiers to become prey to the raining arrows.

That being the case, even if they had to split up their force to cover all four gates, they are still elite soldiers fighting against conscripted commoners. Theres no reason for them to lose.

The cause of the current situation is basically from Gers.

They never missed the opening shown by the confused soldiers and strictly followed the command of their commander. They continue exhibiting an outstanding ability to focus on the situation and continue to take the best course of action.

The quality they showed makes all wonder which side is the well-trained soldiers.

Continuing to be attacked by such opponents, their casualties continued to increase at each of the gates, realizing that there was no prospect of breaking through any of the gates, the acting commander Letts eventually ordered a temporary withdrawal.

Is the enemy soldiers a monster or something!?

Letts hit the table and yelled in his commanding tent.

The feeling of wanting to yell the same thing is shared among the commanders gathered inside

They were the commanders who led the attack on each of the gates who did everything in their power to breach the city but still faced a crushing defeat. They have lost both their precious time and soldiers.

They were doing great halfway there but it all went south afterward.

All because of a single man.

Its as if they were using magic.the enemy soldiers are too different from the ones we fought yesterday.

Ive never heard of any magic that can turn amateur soldiers into elites.I can understand that they gained confidence from their victory yesterday and their morale increased but their changes today are completely ridiculous

Reading the flow of the wind and turning a mere fire into a dragon breathfear is spreading among our soldiers because of such rumors.

Letts bites down his lips at the words of the commanders.

Their original plan was to immediately occupy the city and push forward but in reality, he lost many of his soldiers and they havent moved even a single step.

The person from the Simmel house who prepared the sniper for him has gone silent so it is impossible to stir things up from the inside. There is almost no plan left available to Letts.

If he cant break through Gers, Gordons plan will be ruined and Letts himself will be in danger. Even if their general got assassinated, the Emperor doesnt wish for war. Since he has already opened attacks on them, there will surely be some kind of punishment waiting for him.

Moreover, the power structure inside Gordons faction will change.

Letts has many things hanging on the line here thats why he immediately made the decision.

Call Sonia..we need a strategist of our own to combat theirs.

Can we really trust that half-elf?

She might corner us even further sir!

That wont happen. As long as we have the hostages, Sonia has no choice but to obey us.

But..

Enough.I have already decided. Just bring her to me.

Following Lettss command, a soldier left to call Sonia.

After a while, Sonia entered the tent with a dissatisfied expression on her face.

You called me?

Our enemy has a strategist. We need you to come up with a countermeasure against him.

I think I have already submitted one though?

We cant afford to have a battle of endurance here!

Before the battle began, Sonia proposed to surround the city to weaken their enemy.

Still, for Gordons plan, they have to breach the city within a few days so they didnt adopt her plan.

However, for Sonia, that was a far better plan.

We lost a thousand men on the first day and another thousand today, no? We only have eight thousand men left. I can already see the result if we decide to continue our assault like this. Your plan already failed when we failed the surprise attack yesterday. Our enemy has already united and they are defending the city with high morale. I wouldnt attack such an enemy.

We have to keep attacking! If you call yourself a strategist then come up with a plan! Dont you care what will happen to the hostages!?

no matter what you say, my answer wont change. If you want to reach your goal, you have to breach Gers on the first day. The second way is to siege the city and dont give them the chance to unite. From the start, I intend to give you as much cooperation as I can.

She already suggested a solution. Right now she is saying that it was their fault for not adopting it. That being said, she knew full well that they would never adopt such a plan.

Even from Sonias perspective, their surprise attack has a high possibility of success.

Their enemy is an amateur. No, they were supposed to be. But it all changed because of just one strategist.

They have a strategist that cleverly unites their soldiers under their lord and comes up with a way to intercept our attack. Right now, Gers is no longer a city that we could easily crush. If we forcibly attack them now, we can expect to suffer a counterattack from them.

Theres no other way left for us but to forcibly attack them! Just come up with a good plan for us!

Being pressed by Letts, Sonia sighs.

They will face a huge loss if they attack the city without a siege weapon.

It would be a different story if they have a mage unit but such a unit wouldnt be accompanying the soldiers on a reconnaissance mission.

As far as she can think, there is no immediate way to effectively breach the city.

However, if she doesnt come up with some kind of countermeasure, she doesnt know what kind of fate will await the hostages.

Even so, if Gers falls, it will plunge the South and the Empire into an all-out war.

Sonia mulling over it for a while and raises a question.

How much time do we have left?

Probably two days. After that, the envoy should arrive at Duke Krugers territory.

Even if they manage to break through Gers, there would be no war if the enemys leader is already captured.

What the imperial army must fight against is not Gers but time.

Thus Sonia offers them a solution.

Then lets take one day off the offensive and build siege weapons.

Didnt I just tell you that we have no time!? Are you planning to stall us!? At the earliest, the envoy might arrive tomorrow you know!?

That is just one possibility. We have no choice but to bet against it. If we have that two days grace period then we will use it. Let me ask you back, are you still underestimating the enemy?

Letts stay silent.

Cutting down trees and making siege weapons. With that, she can buy more time and provide them with the possibility to breach Gers.

The only fault in this is that the imperial army might really be able to break through Gers but Sonia decided to trust in Gerss strategist.

Normally, if your enemy suddenly stopped attacking you for a day, you would let your guard down but a master at reading the flow of the situation like Grau, wouldnt make such a mistake. He must have some kind of plan in place against their move.

As long as Gers keeps this up, it is entirely possible for them to hold out for a few more days.

Sonia read Graus thinking and presented the plan with a fifty percent chance of success.

This can go either way.

This is the limit of what Sonia could do, and it is a plan that is worth a try for the imperial army.

Alright..then lets get started. Order the men to immediately build the siege weapons!

Letts gives his order.

Seeing him, Sonia left the tent and began to slowly walk away.

Her destination is the hill where Gulver was assassinated.

She climbs up the hill and looks at the state of Gers.

She doesnt know specifically why but they seem to be lively. Its the characteristic of a strong enemy.

If she has time she would be able to come up with a way to defeat them but time is something she doesnt have.

Thinking that, she realized. Before she knew it, she already thinking about how to defeat the enemys strategist.

I wonder what kind of person you are, Grau? A gentle one, or a ruthless one.

Sonia looks at Gers, asking the question that shouldnt be heard by anyone.

Then, a man came up on the wall of Gers.

He is covered from head to toes with a gray robe.

He looks in Sonias direction.

Then he gives her a bow.

When she was taken aback by his action, he raised a loud voice.

You sure are carefree enough to visit your enemy huh! Ms.Strategist! I heard the rumor of a half-elf strategist that outwitted the succession war candidates at the capital! I will look forward to seeing what you are going to do in this situation!

to even know about something like that, you are quite informative arent you!

Yeah, I know a lot of things! Your folks are being taken hostages right? Quite a hardship you are going through huh! I do feel sorry that you are not able to choose your own master!

!?

Sonia opened her eyes wide in surprise.

Seeing such Sonia, Grau lightly laughs. He then fixes his appearance and speaks again.

Just move with the hostages in mind! I dont mind even if you come at us with all your power! I will render your efforts to ashes!

I will take up on your offer then.

Hearing Grau, Sonia looks ahead.

That was a provocation.

Dont use the hostages as an excuse and give come at me with everything. I will win anyway.

If thats the case then I will get serious as well.

Thinking so, Sonia enters the command tent and brushes the soldier who was drawing up the plan for the siege weapons away.

Give me that. I will do it myself.

If he went as far as to provoke her then he must already have some kind of preparation in places.

She cant afford to go against him with some half-baked siege weapons.

Sonia does her best and draws up the plan for a siege weapon as Grau advised so that later Gordon cant say that she is uncooperative with him.