Reincarnated into a Game As the Hero's Friend-Chapter 229.1

Welner hid his reluctance to eat breakfast. The reluctance was not caused by the taste of the food, but by the strong perfume of his colleague who had remained at the fort, which had been taken from the Coltrezis House and used as a base for supplies.

“So they were really planning to make the easternmost fort (the one that is currently under the control of the First Division) a base for Farlitz’s army rather than for the Coltrezis House’ army?” (Welner)

“That situation was inevitable. As an isolated group within the country of a potential enemy, they inevitably want their forces to have a fortified place to take over in case something bad happens with their plans.” (Harfolk)

Welner tried not to let his frustration from enduring the smell of Count Harfolk’s perfume show on his face. He was trying to get used to the smell before eating his soup, so the smell wouldn’t affect the taste.

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Soon enough, after seemingly getting used to the smell, Welner finally sipped his soup even though he wasn’t in the mood to eat.

The Count was not a bad individual. He was a man with ability and good character, but he wore too strong a perfume around him. The smell was so strong that Welner even considered whether it may cause his nose to become dull.

Putting aside his doubts and dissatisfaction with the Count, Welner basically agreed with his judgment.

It would be difficult for anyone to lead an attack outside the fort with soldiers gathered from the peasants, so the fort itself was not much of a threat and Welner could leave his currently occupied fort intact when his army marches to its next target.

The most unpleasant situation for the Bain kingdom would be if Farlitz’s army somehow managed to bypass the normal routes to other territories and invade the royal capital directly.

Currently, there was a shortage of troops to defend Bain Kingdom’s royal capital, since both First and Second Knights were deployed this time, leaving the kingdom lacking the mobile fighting force to intercept such an attack if it did happen.

However, the Bain Kingdom army had deliberately abandoned the closest enemy fort to the area where the Farlitz Army’s camp was expected to be.

This situation made it difficult for the Farlitz Army to decide whether they should leave their current camp which was situated in forest to aim for the fort or stay and wait for the Kingdom’s supplies to pass through the nearby village so that they could intercept it as originally planned.

Knowing that they were already cut off from their home country, they probably feared having their supply and information taken away from them.

Another concern that Welner had was that if the Farlitz army was pressured too much, they might become violent and move around the country like Hannibal’s army, and aim to exhaust our supply lines.

This was also why Crown Prince Hubert did not attack them directly, but instead took steps to restrain his opponent.

“Indeed. And if they intend to target the supply lines, they will need a place to store the food and supplies after capturing their target. So there is a good chance that they will take over that fort.” (Welner)

(T/N: Welner asked the First Division army going east to leave a fort closest to where they thought the Farlitz army was hiding alone.)

“I think you are right. The enemy will also need food to fight.” (Harfolk)

From the point of view of Farlitz’s army, which had come as hidden reinforcements, there was no way they would loot the people from the territory of Coltrezis House, if they really had a connection with them. I doubt they would endure if they were cornered, but at least for a while they should manage with the food they have.

If they somehow managed to take hold of the Bain Kingdom’s food supply, they would be able to replenish their own supply and deal damage to the kingdom’s army. That was why it was tempting for them to target the supplies being transported.

“Is it part of the trap that you had the neighboring villages gather along the transportation route to serve as a labor force?” (Harfolk)

“Yes, because it is necessary to gather people to spread rumors.” (Welner)

From Welner’s perspective, who would be responsible for the next actual supply convoy, he was not inclined to chase around cavalrymen lying in the woods near that fort.

Considering the difficulty of searching through the forest in heavy armor, the damage that could be inflicted if the enemy ambushed them in the forest, and the risk of encountering unexpected monsters, it would be much easier to find a way to draw out the enemy side instead.