Chapter 99: A King and his General (12)
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Mounted archers, retreat!
Margrave Rosenberg was able to receive the report from the frontline relatively quickly. The imperial army has numerous liaison officers between the subunits and the main units. Thanks to this, the imperial army is able to coordinate closely between units.
“Has the Demon Lord army begun their counterattack?”
“No, Your Excellency. They are using a small group to defeat the mounted archers one unit at a time.”
The officer answered stiffly. It wasn’t only Margrave Fritz Rosenberg who was present in the tent. The first heir to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, Crown Prince Rudolf Habsburg, General Mikhail Kolovrate, General John Kutuzov, and Mercenary Captain Ferdinand Wallenstein―the highest commanders of the imperial army were also present.
These individuals were like glittering stars to the liaison officer. The officer had to report the retreat of their allies to these individuals. ……They might get upset at the officer’s awful report and, as an example, the crown prince might begin to kick the liaison officer. He will then have to live his life with the title of ‘the one who got stepped on by His Highness the Crown Prince’. This would basically mean the officer would have no chance of succeeding in life. The liaison officer despised the mounted archers that lost to the monsters and, most of all, he cursed the fact that he was the one who had to report this…….
“Did I not tell you, Earl?!”
Crown Prince Rudolf spoke in a loud voice.