I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy

EP.451

One month later, Elan Vital Castle, the capital of the Francois Republic.

“Your Excellency the Marshal. “We are now at Elan Vittal Castle, the capital of the Francois Republic.”

After hearing those words, I looked around at the huge castle in front of me.

Even though it is 2-3 km away, the high and huge castle wall is clearly visible, and there are numerous houses and wide fields surrounding it.

It was a very peaceful scene, unlike the capital of a country that had fought countless civil wars and was constantly harassed by the armies of the United Kingdom.

I guess I’m getting older now, but looking at this peaceful scene makes me feel warm.

“It’s a nice sight to see. So, if possible, we should not burn this place down, but rather advise them to surrender with kind words and make them open the gates.”

When I said that, Friedrich gave me a puzzled look.

“Wasn’t it time to set an example for the people of the François Republic, just as he did when he struck down the Grand Duchy of Warsaw? “If we set an example to other castles within the republic, they will all surrender in line to survive, so in the long run, it will be a way to reduce the sacrifice of our troops.”

What if I capture Elang Vital Castle and kill everyone inside?

As Friedrich said, my cruel actions will catch on to the Francois people and spread widely.

Thanks to this, people and soldiers in other castles will open the castle gates on their own to avoid their families being massacred.

But this is something that one person knows and the other does not.

‘Friedrich made a big contribution last time by opening a big hole in the formation of the Francois Republic division with one platoon and killing the division commander… but it’s still not enough.’

I took off Friedrich’s military cap and patted his head.

“Friedrich, if necessary, I will not hesitate at all to exterminate not only the soldiers in the castle but also their family. Because he was at such an age, he massacred numerous nobles and citizens in Polsky Castle.”

I took a deep breath and continued speaking.

“But I don’t want to engage in unnecessary battles and slaughter. Look over there.”

Neither Frederick nor I have telescopes, but from what I could see, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were already lined up on the castle walls.

The appearance was quite majestic on the outside, so it had the effect of making this place look like a huge, impregnable castle… but

that’s something only people who don’t know about war would think…

‘From my perspective as a war expert, it is nothing. ‘It’s sloppy.’

I pointed to the castle wall in front of us.

“I don’t know who it is up there, but… take a closer look at all those soldiers. “Aren’t you having trouble even standing still?”

“Yes sir. “When I look at the soldiers on the wall, I see that they are not standing in an orderly manner, but are moving around in a restless manner.”

“If we see them, they will also see that we are leading one corps (three divisions). If their commander wants to live a little longer, he will control the soldiers on the wall and make it look plausible to prevent us from attacking recklessly…”

Friedrich nodded as if he had realized everything.

“According to what you said, you are saying that even ‘minimum control’ is impossible over their army right now.”

“That’s correct, Friedrich.”

The military, which cannot be controlled at a minimum, from then on becomes just a group of gangsters or a gathering of idiots.

This is a truth proven by thousands of years of war history.

Then, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was next to him, joined the conversation by tapping Friedrich on the shoulder.

“I’m a little bit too, Friedrich.”

“Your Majesty the Crown Prince, no matter how hard the fight is over and the tension is relieved, this is a battlefield. “Position and rank…”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Lieutenant Friedrich. And don’t feel bad for interfering like this. “His Majesty the Emperor gave me instructions to ‘accept the Generalissimo’s golden teachings whenever I have time.’”

… It’s hard to teach even my own son during the war, but to add to that the crown prince as well.

I wanted to say no, but the soldier instinct that was engraved in my bones blocked my dissatisfaction.

As Frederick said, the United Kingdom army was repulsed and the Francois Republic army virtually collapsed in the air, so now only the ‘relatively’ minor fighting was left, requiring only the remnants to be wiped out.

“Very well, Your Majesty. Then I taught you this before, right? How can an army with low morale be defeated? “Is this a massacre or can we just advise you to surrender?”

The crown prince thought about my words for a moment and then answered.

“After overhearing the conversation so far, I see that you are planning to issue a recommendation to surrender and take control of Elan Vital Castle.”

I couldn’t help but scratch my head at those words.

‘Why on earth is a man called the Crown Prince eavesdropping on the conversation between me and Friedrich?’

“That is correct. So what method do you think you will use?”

“… Are you planning to use Lina to recommend surrender?”

A smile came to my face because you guessed the outline of the plan I had in mind.

“That is correct. However, that alone is not enough to win their hearts. I plan to borrow some help from the Marshal of the United Kingdom, Sir George, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the Vision. “Can you help me?”

“Your Majesty told you to help the Grand Marshal in whatever he does. You said it would absolutely be beneficial to the empire, so what’s the problem? “Of course I will help.”

Then I gave an order to the adjutant behind me.

“Please attend Marshal George and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Marshal of the United Kingdom. “I will advise them to surrender.”

“Yes, Excellency Marshal.”

“We will be in front of the castle gate in 20 minutes, so prepare accordingly.”

After saying that, I changed into the Reich Marshal’s livery instead of my armor.

**

Near the castle walls of Elanvital.

When I arrived, the soldiers on the walls welcomed me very warmly.

They didn’t throw dirt or rotten eggs, but they did throw all kinds of swear words and shameful slurs like crazy.

“You trash gay bastard! “Are you Peter Yeager, having anal sex with Satan?”

“He deserves to be excommunicated and even Satan in Hell would be horrified!”

“Give me back my child, you motherless and fatherless bastard!”

The Crown Prince and Crown Prince Rain’s faces crumpled due to the harsh swearing.

“His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It is an honor as a commander to receive harsh criticism from the enemy on the battlefield. “Think about it the other way around. The only thing they can do now is insult ‘me’, so isn’t that why their words become so harsh?”

Story of parents with excommunication anal sex.

These are two insults that you wouldn’t normally say, but in this situation, they are like the highest compliment.

So I ignored it all and spoke loudly.

“I am Duke Peter Jaeger, the Grand Marshal of the Reich Imperial Army whom you hate so much.”

Then suddenly the surroundings became quiet.

“I came here today not to kill you, but to liberate you.”

The commander dressed in splendid armor on the castle wall answered.

“What kind of sound does that sound like, a lion eating grass!”

“Rather than saying 100 words, I’ll show you one word of evidence.”

At the same time as I said that, I raised my hand and signaled.

A rumbling sound began to spread from the castle walls.

“That guy is a trash enemy that even the United Kingdom can burn to death with fire…”

“Seeing the United Kingdom’s Marshal flag (a huge flag symbolizing the enemy) waving over there, I think that’s it?”

“Why on earth is this guy who is the Grand Marshal of the Reich Empire…”

I cut off their conversation midway.

“The person I have personally invited here is Marshal George of the United Kingdom. “The reason I brought this person here is to clarify why the Reich Empire raised an army.”

“What kind of freezing nonsense is this? “What lies are you trying to deceive us with?”

“People of the Francois Republic. “I, Peter Jaeger, swear as the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Army, that our Imperial Army merely followed the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince Lina, no, His Royal Highness the Princess of the Café House of the Francois Empire, to liberate you.”

Of course, that order was an instruction that my friends who received my instructions used a good method to obtain at a time when ‘His Highness the Crown Prince’ was not the Crown Prince’s wife.

Oh, by the way, those friends had previously committed a serious crime at the level of treason, which was punishable by death, and later they had their heads cut off for lese majeste for threatening His Highness the Crown Prince. However, they

followed my instructions well, so guilt by association applies to their innocent families. We took action to prevent this from happening.

“And following that order, I annihilated the Francois Republic army and defeated all the invaders from the United Kingdom. In addition, after the war was over, food was provided to the innocent soldiers of the Francois Republic so that they would not starve to death.”

The commander of the castle above gritted his teeth, but some of the soldiers agreed.

“… The imperial army gave us food after the war ended.”

“After eating that, I got a small sack of wheat and gave it to my family, and they really liked it.”

“I guess an empire that provides food is better than the Francois Republic…?”

The commander may want to kill those who are complaining right now…

but that is none of my business. And at this moment, Lina Vision stepped forward.

“This is the order of Lina von Café, princess of the Café Imperial House of the Francois Empire and Crown Princess of the Reich Empire. Open the door and surrender. And Francois people, go back to your daily life!”

Everyone could not hide their expressions of surprise at the term ‘daily life’.

“A life of sowing seeds in the spring and praying for a good harvest, enduring the heat while weeding in the summer, rejoicing in warehouses full of grain in the fall, and looking forward to next year’s harvest with family inside the house in the winter. Let’s go back to that life. And for that, all you have to do is open the gate and return to the bottom of the empire. “The choice is yours.”

After saying that, Crown Prince Rain immediately stepped behind me.

I took turns with her and continued talking immediately.

“If you do not surrender, I intend to repeat the tragedy at Polski Castle in Warsaw. In other words, you and your entire family will die in that castle and become an ‘example of those who rebelled against the empire.’ I’ll give you the next 2 hours. Will you return to your peaceful daily life, or will you die in this castle with the dignitaries of the Francois Republic? “Choose freely.”

After pronouncing the sentence, I returned to the camp with a loud trumpet sound.

If it’s ten, if it’s a hundred, if it’s a hundred, I’ll surrender… so this will be fine.

If they don’t surrender, we’ll have to fight, but that will never happen.

And when I returned two hours later, the sight I saw was the commander’s head hanging on a pole and the castle walls open.

“… This is the end. “The rest of the castles will all be similar.”

Half a year later, I was informed that the entire François Republic had voluntarily surrendered to the Empire.

At that moment, I thought about how to cause a ‘large-scale civil war’ in the United Kingdom and unleash a hateful behavior on them that would make even the British Empire shocked… but I

soon decided to stop.

Instead, he decided to send a personal letter to the emperor in the name of the Grand Marshal.

The title was… [Pax Reich], which meant the peace of the empire.

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