MTL - I Will Be The Crowned King-Chapter 29 bad news

Oak Town...

The moment he heard the name of this place, An Sen's eyes flashed with a trace of unease.

It's not just him, the atmosphere in the entire camp has become not quite right.

Oak Town is not a special city, not even a "city". It's just an ordinary town with regular markets, taverns, and often caravans. There are no clean streets, no towering buildings, and shabby buildings. It will not let tourists have any nostalgia here.

However, in this small town, there is a train platform just built by the Kingdom Railway. All materials and army replenishment must be transported by steam trains. It is also an important logistics base for the levy of Thunder Fort.

If there is an accident in Oak Town, the levies on the siege position will usher in a disaster!

The messenger, who was covered in sweat and was still panting, was looking at him from all corners of the tent, with different angles and emotions. It was an innocent person standing at the tent door.

This extremely oppressive silence lasted for nearly half a minute. Roman, who was silent, suddenly got up, stepped forward and took the extremely heavy letter from the messenger, bypassing everyone and walking directly to Ludwig's side.

The relieved messenger escaped from the camp at the fastest speed in his life.

"General..."

"Read." Ludwig's face remained unchanged, his voice was a little low.

Roman, who hesitated for a while, silently returned to his position and took a deep breath: "The scout came to report that a large number of imperial cavalry were found in the south of Oak Town..."

"Louder!" Ludwig growled.

"The scout came to report that a small number of imperial cavalry were found in the southern part of Oak Town, and there are traces of frequent activities along the supply line from our position to Oak Town!" Roman, who lowered his head, said solemnly:

"In the north, two outposts were raided by the enemy. We mobilized two companies of soldiers to retake the outposts, but they were all looted, and none of the defenders were spared!"

"Under the urging of the brigadier general, our army quickly established a number of fortifications on the periphery of Oak Town, demolished some abandoned houses to consolidate the original protective wall, and distributed grenades to the patrolling soldiers to use against the enemy. Cavalry raids were warned in time."

"After being raided twice, our army scouts have found the approximate location of the imperial army camp through the enemy's retreat route and traces of whereabouts; therefore, they applied to the brigadier general to approve our army's actions, launched an encirclement and suppression offensive against the imperial cavalry, and eliminated hidden dangers. in the bud!"

The loud voice echoed on the sand table, and Ludwig nodded slightly.

Although two outposts were destroyed, they were at least quickly recaptured, and the commander of the infantry regiment stationed in Oak Town did not forget to ask for instructions before the action - the situation was much better than he imagined.

"Help me draft the restoration and tell him that I already understand the situation, but I don't agree with his encirclement and suppression of the imperial cavalry." After thinking for a while, Ludwig looked at Roman:

"You leave immediately tomorrow, lead a grenadier regiment to replace him, and use the shortest time to exterminate this group of imperial scum!"

"Yes!"

Roman, who shouted in response, stood motionless on the spot, looking closely at Ludwig.

An Sen, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, faintly sensed something was wrong from the expressions of the two of them.

"Everyone goes out, immediately - no one is allowed in until I make a decision!"

With that said, Ludwig with a grim face raised his hand to stop Anson who was about to get up: "You stay with Roman."

An Sen, with a somewhat stunned expression, froze in place, and then sat back to his original position.

A few minutes later, there were only three figures left in the quiet tent.

Turning his head slowly, Ludwig looked at Roman, as if using all his strength:

"Tell me."

"The content just now... is actually the information from three days ago." Roman said slowly, and there was some uneasiness in the originally stern eyes:

"The real situation is that the infantry regiment stationed in Oak Town has been completely wiped out by the imperial cavalry, and the warehouses in the town have been burned and looted by the enemy; civilian casualties are not heavy, but the order of the entire town has been completely destroyed."

"Well, is there any more?"

Ludwig looked calm.

"...The train platform was destroyed by the enemy." Roman hesitated for a moment:

"According to the situation described in the letter, it will take at least ten days to repair it."

"Well, what about that infantry regiment... Did they leave the garrison without waiting for my order?"

"It looks like he was lured out of the city by the enemy, and then surrounded and wiped out. There are no survivors."

"What about the captain?"

"Missing, probably dead."

"Where's the person who sent the message?"

"In the field hospital, I sent two grenadiers to look after him."

"Ah, very good."

Ludwig, who seemed to be thinking, nodded and stood up calmly.

Then he kicked the sand table with one foot!

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the sand table fell to the ground.

The anger that was desperately suppressed for a long time broke out at this moment.

It's over, it's over.

He worked hard and fought hard for the chance of survival, but now it's all ruined in the hands of a scum who doesn't obey orders!

An icy chill crept up Ludwig's back, and he was so angry that he now knew very well what would happen once the news reached the ears of the officers and soldiers.

Unrest, rout, mutiny... Lost supply lines and logistics, even lost sources of support, demoralized troops, what will happen next is not surprising!

What should I do, what should I do? !

"Uh……"

In the dead tent, An Sen, who was sitting in his seat awkwardly, raised his right hand: "Excuse me, can I say something?"

"speak!"

The dumbfounded Ludwig glared at Anson with an expression like he was going to eat people.

"Okay." Carefully looking at Roman, who looked like a hound, and a brigadier general who looked like a flashing rifle, Anson took a deep breath and said tentatively:

"General, do you think the current situation is desperate?"

Ludwig sneered as if mocking himself.

"Just talk, you don't need to be sarcastic there." Ludwig, who stood up straight again, looked down at Anson sitting in the chair coldly:

"Is the situation desperate - you didn't hear Roman's words, are you still acting stupid here? We have completely lost logistics and all support!"

"That's right, we lost logistics and all support." Anson nodded, looking up at Ludwig calmly:

"But we still have a few thousand soldiers, solid positions, plenty of ammunition, and barely enough logistics to hold on..."

"Five days."

Roman on the side suddenly said, "If you save money, you can last for at least another five days."

"Five more days... In other words, there are still five full days for us to capture Thundercastle." Ansen, who kicked the chair away with one foot, stood up and looked at Ludwig:

"To sum up, General, I don't think the situation has reached the point of complete despair~www.novelbuddy.com~ everything is still planned."

"In the plan?"

The sneering Ludwig's expression froze, and then he looked at Anson seriously: "You mean... you have a way to capture Thundercastle within five days?"

"No." Anson shook his head:

"But I have a way to make it possible to win the Thunder Castle within five days."

Ludwig, who was stunned, was instantly annoyed:

"What's the difference?!"

"It's a big difference, General." Anson took a half step back, lest Ludwig, who had kicked over the sand table, wanted to kick himself: "Can you listen to me finish?"

"speak!"

"There are two things we need to do immediately - first, to ensure that the army will not mutiny; second, to find a way to get the information in Thundercastle as soon as possible." An Sen, who was thinking quickly, tried to appease the other party as much as possible. :

"The most important must be the first, which Lieutenant Colonel Romain has done very well; we must not let the soldiers know about Oaktown, but we must not let them know nothing; once the logistics reserves are bottomed out and there are no reinforcements , the fool knows what happened!"

"So my suggestion is: let the news of the attack on the supply line spread out, and at the same time let your trusted officer stabilize the situation in Oak Town, and then send people to communicate with the rear."

"The soldiers knew what happened and didn't despair, and even if they wanted to flee, there were invisible imperial cavalry outside their positions. Running away privately was almost like courting death, but it was safer to stay on the ground."

Having said that, Ludwig finally calmed down:

"What about the second one?"

Anson smiled confidently:

"The second... I have to talk to Louis Bernard before I can give you an answer."