Academy Genius Commander

79 – Elimination of Thoner tribe (8)

In a normal combat situation, a full-fledged fight begins after exchanging words that slander and demean the opponent.

It’s not a surprise attack anyway, it’s a head-on confrontation, so I shouted to the enemy in a loud voice, ‘I’m here.’ There is nothing wrong with telling you this.

It is because it gives comfort to the soldiers who are uncomfortable killing people who believe in the same Deus religion by giving them the justification that they are bastards who must be killed.

To be precise, it was to instill the idea that it was for the sake of the Empire and Deus that I aimed my spear at them and killed them, to secure legitimacy in the minds of the soldiers who would start fighting and commit murder from now on.

However, because no one in the empire sees the pagan barbarian from the north as the same person, no, because they see them as trash worse than cockroaches that often appear in their homes.

I’ve heard that no soldier ever regrets killing a barbarian.

Because those barbarians are heretics, murderers, rapists, and kidnappers.

Just lightly explaining how harmful they are once again will be sufficient mental armament before battle.

So I spoke in a very calm but serious voice.

“Attention to the 24th Regiment. From now on, we will kill those murderers and ugly cultists on behalf of Deus, to do what he wants.”

Although it’s a bit absurd for me to speak as if I’m a priest, as I rarely believe in Deus due to the influence of living in Korea.

If a few words can help raise morale, it is my duty as a commander to be willing to mention that name a thousand times.

“Don’t hesitate to kill them. They have already kidnapped and killed thousands of our people at will, and they are worse than trash who don’t hesitate to use them as toys. They are uglier than cockroaches, worse than corpse-eating crows, and meaner than jackals.”

According to the testimonies of the captives, when they plundered villages, they said that they were bored, so they took children, tortured and killed them in front of their parents.

Among the women of the Empire who were held captive in the villages of the Chuik tribe, there were several who were completely distraught from the shock of being raped.

What’s even more terrifying is that men, women, and children of all ages and even the children of the barbarians watched with enjoyment as they did such atrocious things.

“Those barbarians are harmful. They are the ones who shouldn’t exist in this world. We annihilate them here and bring justice to them. more.”

When I said that, everyone in the unit responded loudly, and I checked the armed status of our unit once again.

In order to survive as much as possible from their barrage of arrows, the chain armor was given to even the lowest-ranking soldiers by robbing the regiment’s warehouse.

For the soldiers fighting at the vanguard of each unit, they hauled in extra supplies and somehow gave them plate breastplates, helmets, and shields coated with thick iron to block arrows.

If you are armed to this extent, honestly, you are armed thickly and heavily to the level of giving up on fast maneuvering at all.

It would be foolish for the armies of agrarian peoples to be lightly armed to keep pace with those who use anti-peasant nomadic cavalry tactics.

Because no matter how much you fly and crawl, you can’t catch up.

So it’s best to arm yourself heavily enough to break their bones in one hit.

“Forward the army. Slaughter the barbarians.”

So I commanded, and the regiment’s buglers and flag-bearers signaled and we slowly moved forward.

An army of barbarians began to enter my eyes near the vanguard.

As expected, the foot soldiers in the center seemed to be wearing armor made roughly of leather at most, as the only thing that glittered from a few hundred meters away was the blade of the spear.

The foot soldiers were trudging along without even forming a proper formation, as if they had brought real dogs or cows just to fill the numbers.

Was it because among our soldiers who saw it, the archers hadn’t come into sight yet?

“Look at that stupid thing. Wasn’t it better than that when we were recruits?”

“Wow, look at the feet that don’t fit even from afar. They are very poor bastards.”

“In the grass, there are infantry holding spears and gathering, but they move crookedly. It’s spectacle. Those bastards have to come to 10,000 before they can compete with us, right?”

I learned that the value of infantry was just like that of the infantry of the early middle ages, when the serfs living in the village were roughly recruited.

Since knights play an important role in war anyway, the money to train 10 foot soldiers is enough to keep one knight.

Soldiers were not provided with any weapons or armor, so those who went out as infantry carried life tools such as pitchforks, hoes, or wooden clubs as weapons and wore three layers of cloth clothes.

Their role was practically enough to carry supplies and match the number assortment, so it was said that it did not matter too much if some died.

“All units on alert! Those who stand in the vanguard must hold their shields firmly, and all bow their heads and only look at their feet!”

“This is the command of the regiment commander. Don’t raise your head to try to block the arrows.”

“Infantry, protect the crossbowmen and wizards as much as possible!”

This time, dust was seen rising 300 to 400 meters ahead, before which hundreds of horsemen with bows appeared running.

The foot soldiers I just saw were walking crookedly, unable to even keep pace with each other.

The cavalry archers rode in single column in undisturbed posture, as if they were boasting that they were highly elite combatants, just like the knights of the early Middle Ages.

As if they were one body, without any shaking, quickly.

“Attention solidarity!”

After saying that, the commanders of each level quickly repeated the order to pay attention.

“The momentum of the enemy archers is very sharp and powerful. But, as you have just seen, there are only a handful of archers at most, and the rest are idiots worse than idiots looking for their mother’s milk in boot camp.”

The problem is that if those few guys grind their teeth and shoot arrows to kill the advancing friendly soldiers one by one, our soldiers may lose their sanity.

Then, even one of the units couldn’t hold out and took a solo action, trying to chase them at will or acting strangely.

It is said that the more and more such movements, the more the enemy archers hold swords in both hands and carry out a one-sided slaughter by going back and forth between the collapsed infantry formations.

“As you may have heard several times already, we will definitely win as long as there are no idiots who get hit by their arrows and turn their heads and charge. Therefore, officers, noncommissioned officers, and soldiers who act arbitrarily without the permission of each battalion commander will be beheaded regardless of the reason.”

However, since they are cavalry archers who value agility, their armament is limited, so if the infantry lowers their spears and maintains a square, it will be difficult for them to penetrate, let alone break through.

Therefore, as I just said, if only soldiers or units acting at will are well controlled, we, who have maintained the best armed condition, will not be able to let go and be defeated.

“If you do as I say, I will give you all the opportunity to lead a better life, just as I did in Czechia and Visochia. Everyone, don’t panic at their arrow attacks and just hold on. Then the crossbowmen and wizards will kill them.”

No matter how fast they are, since this is a place full of mud, it will take a huge limit to use the unique marksmanship of barbarians targeting infantry, which is mainly used by archers.

Because they form a thin and long formation from the vanguard to the rearmost rear, coming with the momentum as if they were going to charge at us.

When the arrow reaches the distance, it shoots an arrow and goes back to the back, spinning around like a cartwheel to attack.

If you use this tactic even on flat ground, the horse’s stamina is consumed a lot, but in a place full of mud, the horse’s speed will inevitably drop and the stamina will be consumed tremendously.

Their horses will get tired sooner than usual.

By the time we feel that the central army, the main force of the enemy, has become somewhat closer to us.

The men leading the enemy archers shouted with great shouts and, as expected, tried to attack the flanks of our regiment.

“Crossbowmen and wizards, prepare to strike back at any time! And when they attack, shoot arrows and magic and immediately hide behind the shield of the shieldman next to you! Those who move slowly die! Shield Soldiers keep holding their shields and moving forward. Even if you are attacked, never stop and maintain this speed!”

When my order was relayed to the entire regiment, I heard the sound of arrows cutting through the sky.

“They are like dogs. Ahh.”

“I told you not to look up, you idiot Brooks! Everyone except the crossbowmen and wizards bow their heads!”

“Trust the armor you guys are wearing! f*cking that kind of thing should be right, but it won’t break unless you have a lot of luck! Don’t even think of stupid things to stop watching!”

At the same time, the battalions on both sides shouted loudly.

“Shoot the arrow! They will search first, but we will search first. Let’s try it!”