The Strongest Dull Prince’s Secret Battle for the Throne

Chapter 345: Confusion on the Battlefield

Chapter 345: Confusion on the Battlefield

The battlefield fell into chaos.

Henrick had about 20,000 troops surrounding the castle.

Leonard personally launched a surprise attack on them with 5,000 cavalries.

Henricks army which partied with alcohol on the eve of the battle thought that they would be the ones who will launch the attack so they could not respond to the surprise attack at all.

Their front easily collapsed and they could not put up any organized resistance.

In addition, 5,000 reinforcements from the Northern Nobles led by Char blitzed into Henricks armys right flank.

The soldiers who misunderstood Chars preemptive lightning strike to be the doing of Duke Lowenstein are in a panic.

To top it off, the withdrawal of their commander further plunged them into chaos.

The generals who were trying to rebuild their forces on various fronts can do nothing but curse at such foolishness.

Still, they command their subordinates and continue to fight. After all, if they lose here, there is nothing left for them but to be treated as a criminal.

Getting defeated here is the worst development given that they just went out of their way to get William away from the frontline.

Among those generals, the generals on the left-wing side try to put together a unit to flank Leo since they are least affected by the confusion of Leos attack at the center of their formation.

As the people at the headquarters retreated, it became necessary for Leo and his men to plunge deeper into their army.

Therefore, it was possible for them to flank him from the left-wing.

The decision to abandon the headquarters was made only by the generals there and it was not a strategy to lure Leo deeper inside at all.

However, to Chars group that doesnt know about their circumstances, this appeared like some kind of strategy to them.

His Highness Leonards unit at the center is in danger!

So they only pretend to retreat to lure His Highness in!?

Lars also saw it as the enemys tactic.

In fact, such a tactic is not uncommon at all.

If they can not quickly settle this, the surprise attack unit itself will be the one who ends up surrounded.

However, Char disagreed.

This was an arbitrary decision. If this was really a strategy then they should have done it better.

But

Moreover, it seems that His Highness came prepared. We will keep pursuing the enemy commander.

Char said so while looking up at the sky.

The enemy unit from the left-wing tried to flank Leos unit.

However, the Dragon Knights descended down to attack them.

The enemys intention is obvious from the sky.

Marquis Greisners Dragon Knights were not so naive to allow them to do that.

And there is another reason.

There was another unit that is actively protecting Leos group.

Good grief..I think that his reliance on my guessing ability is too reckless though.

His Highness mustve placed that much trust in Vinfried-sama, no?

As Vin sighed on top of his horse, Lynfia does a follow-up for Leo.

Vin who had been entrusted with the branch castle led his 1,000 elite troops out of the castle when he read that Leo was planning to go on an offensive.

The reason that his arrival was a little delayed was not that he couldnt prepare the troops in time but because he was getting rid of the enemy soldiers who were heading for the castle and watch out for those that may try to flank Leo from behind.

And sure enough, a unit from the enemys left wing was trying to flank him.

Do you think that their retreat was a trick?

I cant say. Henrick may be mediocre among the princes but he is still an Adler. I dont doubt that he is capable of such a strategy. If he is calm enough to do that, that is.

You are saying that he is panicking?

Even if he was appointed as the commander, he is a prince that knows little about the battlefield you know? He just received a surprise attack when he was about to launch a full-scale assault. Moreover, Leo is leading the charge himself. Once he notices that his life is in danger, he will surely get scared.

Then it was an on-spot decision? It seems that the enemy also has some decent generals isnt it.

Even if there are, it is just a matter of stopping them though. A wise general would obey Gordon and rely on the Dragon Prince from the start. A good general would never give Henrick the command after all.

After the enemy units movement was stopped by the Dragon Knights, Vin ordered his men to attack them with arrows.

Even if you charge a 1,000 men unit at the enemy, they will only be engaged in a melee.

For a unit that has to pay attention to the sky, raining them down with arrows should be enough to confuse them.

Going that far is plenty enough.

UOOOOOOO!!?? Arrows! They are shooting at us!

Damn it! Watch out for the Dragon Knights!

Vin gazed at the Dragon Knights who are running through the sky.

There is no White Flying Dragon among them.

That Leohe already read that the enemys commander would choose to retreat huh?

Vinfried-sama. The enemy is heading toward the castle.

Too few. They wont be able to take the castle with that many. It seems like Leo got some preparations in place too.

Vin glanced at the castle and immediately averted his eyes away from it.

Above the castle wall.

The Knights of the 6th Imperial Knights Corp are flying at low altitudes.

They are repelling the enemy troops that are approaching the castle by barraging them with their magic wands.

If they concentrated their firepower, a small group of enemies shouldnt be able to get close to the castle.

The one who can make a decision to launch a large-scale assault is no longer present. The enemy generals have no choice but to command their units individually. In other words, they have no way to cooperate.

Such sporadic attacks cannot change the situation for them.

We are going to keep harassing them like this. Lynfia, Im giving you a hundred men. Find and defeat their generals.

10 would be enough. I would stand out less that way too.

Thats a great help.

While shrugging his shoulders, Vin kept issuing instructions to his men.

His plan is to attack the enemies that are recovering and prolong this chaos as much as possible.

Separating herself from Vins unit, Lynfia took her men and cut into the enemys camp.

She sewn through the confused and fleeing soldiers and cut down their commanding officers. if she keeps this up, she will eventually reach their generals.

The result was mostly decided already.

The Dragon Knights were watching Leos unit from the sky from the beginning.

If the enemy made any movement, they were ordered to intercept them.

However, there was one Dragon Knight who received a different instruction.

Not knowing that, the enemys high command withdrew toward the mountains.

Henrick decided to go through the mountains and retreat to the city located behind it.

Henrick knew Leo well. He is a man who will go through with it once he sets his mind on something.

He will never make a half-hearted attack.

As long as his aim is the commander, he will use every method at his disposal to get to Henrick.

Henricks brain is desperately working on a way to ensure his safety.

The reason why he rushed into the mountains was that Leos unit was a cavalry unit.

Cavalry can not exhibit their full power in places other than flat plain.

Also, the mountainous area is perfect for setting up an ambush.

This will make Leo feel wary of ambush and discourage the pursuit.

Henricks army has greater numbers and the confusion will not last forever.

Leo will eventually have to retire once the generals on the scene recover and become able to organize the army again.

Henricks plan was to run away until then.

The idea behind it wasnt wrong. In fact, Vin is doing everything he can to prolong the chaos and Leo instructed the Dragon Knights to intercept the enemys movements for that very reason.

However, that wasnt the only move Leo made.

While he took actions to prolong the confusion, he also took steps to guarantee that everything will be over swiftly.

Haa Haaa! Run! Just Run!

Henrick runs through the mountains while rushing his own escorts.

He already got separated from Gied but that wasnt important to Henrick right now.

The important thing is his life.

Thats why Henrick continued to run. However, the escorts that were running beside him were struck down by a lightning strike from above.

He knew.

Leo had used his strongest trump card to corner him.

Its the White Dragon Knight!!!!!!!

Intercept! Intercept!!

Impossible! This guy!? Hes coming at us while sewing between the trees! UOOOAHHHHH!!

It was Finn who flew down at them from the sky.

While avoiding the trees, Finn continued to attack Henricks group.

Being occupied by the thought of escaping, Henricks group couldnt put up much resistance at all.