Academy Genius Commander - Chapter 451



451 – Pax Reich (1)

A month later, Elanvital 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.

A tall and huge castle wall that is clearly visible even though it is 2~3km away, as well as numerous houses and vast 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 my heart feel warm.

“It’s a nice sight to see, I really like it. So, if possible, we should not burn this place down, but rather advise them to surrender with kind words so that they can open the gate.”

When I said that, Friedrich looked puzzled.

“Wasn’t he setting an example for the people of the Francois Republic, just like 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 order to survive, so in the long run, it will be a way to reduce the sacrifice of our troops.”

What if I capture the castle of Elang Vital and kill all the people inside?

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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 slaughtered.

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

‘Frederick 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 stroked his head.

“Friedrich, if necessary, I will not hesitate at all to exterminate the soldiers in the castle as well as their families. Because he was at such an age, he massacred countless nobles, citizens, and people 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 just by looking at the walls, hundreds of thousands of soldiers were already lined up in a line.

It looked quite majestic on the outside, and had the effect of making this place look like a huge, impregnable castle…

That’s a thought that only those who don’t really know about war would think…

‘From my point of view as a war expert, this is completely sloppy.’

I pointed to the castle wall in front of us.

“I don’t know who it is up there, but… look closely at those countless 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 they see us, they will also see that we are leading one corps (three divisions). If their commander ‘wants to live even a little longer,’ he will try to control the soldiers on the walls and make it look plausible so that we can’t attack them carelessly…”

Friedrich nodded his head as if he realized everything.

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

“That’s correct, Friedrich.”

The military, which is unable to control the minimum, from then on becomes just a group of gangsters or a gathering of idiots.

This is a truth that has been 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 Highness the Crown Prince, no matter how hard the battle has ended and the tension has been 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, and 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 it a massacre, or can we advise them 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 over 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?”

You guessed the outline of the strategy I had in mind, which brought a smile to my face.

“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?”

“His Majesty told us 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.”

And I gave an order to the adjutant behind me.

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

“Yes, Excellency Marshal.”

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

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

**

Elan Vital Castle, near the castle walls.

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

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

“You trash homos*xual bastard! “Are you Peter Yeager, having anal s*x with Satan?”

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

“Give 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, His Highness Rain. 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?”

Excommunication, anal s*x, parents’ stories.

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 who would be worthy of being burned to death in the United Kingdom…”

“I think that’s what it looks like when I see the United Kingdom Marshal Flag (a huge flag symbolizing the Marshal) waving over there.”

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

I stopped their story midway.

“The person I have personally served 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 is an instruction that the friends who received my instructions used a good method to obtain them at a time when ‘His Majesty 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 were beheaded for lese majeste for threatening His Highness the Crown Prince.

Still, they followed my instructions carefully, so I took steps to prevent the guilt by association from being applied to innocent family members.

“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 ground his teeth, but some of the soldiers agreed with his words.

“……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.”

“Isn’t an empire that provides food better than the Francois Republic…?”

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

That’s none of my business, and at this moment, Her Majesty Lina came forward.

“This is the order of Lina von Café, princess of the Café Imperial family 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 expression of surprise at the term ‘daily life’.

“In the spring, we sow seeds and pray for a good harvest; in the summer, we endure the heat while weeding; in the fall, we rejoice in seeing warehouses full of grain; and in the winter, we stay at home with our families and look forward to next year when there will be a more abundant harvest. Life. 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.

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I took turns with her and continued speaking directly with her.

“If you do not surrender, I intend to repeat the tragedy of 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 that sentence, I returned to the camp with a loud trumpet sound.

I will surrender ten out of ten, and one hundred out of hundreds… So this will be fine.

If you 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.”

After half a year, I was informed that the entire Francois Republic had voluntarily surrendered to the Empire.

At that moment, I was wondering 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 freak out…

I decided to quit soon.

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

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