Chapter 258: The Blue Hydrangea of Farnese (3)
I’m not sure who it was, but I felt sympathy for the enemy general who had to face Laura.
Carrying out a night attack with cavalrymen. It sounded easy enough on paper, but, in reality, they were throwing out their most powerful troops all at once. Moreover, they were doing so immediately after the encirclement was completed.
A normal commander would’ve probably waited and kept an eye on the situation. Even if they’re surrounded, they could endure without any problem for at least half a year. Leaving the safety of the fortress to fight a massive army of monsters, however, wasn’t an easy task.
The commander concluded that they would just be wasting time if they decided to play the waiting game. The capital lacked the spare manpower to dispatch reinforcements to them. If anything, they had to aim for when the demons lowered their guards immediately after they finished their encirclement…….
That’s why the commander attacked after rallying the knights from the nearby cities.
Boldness, acute judgment, and negotiation skills, the commander didn’t lack in any of these. Laura described them accurately with a single word, ‘competent’. It was because they were competent that Laura knew they would undoubtedly carry out a surprise attack……. And that they would attempt a fire attack afterward.
“I don’t really get it, but I just have to get rid of each and every boat that approaches, right?”
Sitri wiped the cream off the side of her mouth.
“We can just use lizardmen and water elements to destroy all their oars.”