Chapter 61: With Love from the Tower
War was approaching. Even the citizens living in the capital seemed to have sensed this even if they didn’t have much access to information. The capital was in chaos according to the reports. Security had deteriorated due to the mercenaries coming to the capital. Bars had become lively, but many citizens closed their doors tightly out of fear.
Some even concluded that the capital would become a battlefield and were trying to escape, and aristocrats were among those trying to escape.
Lord Warung was known for being a skilled warrior. His troops totalled 20,000. They were heading straight north toward the capital, and another piece of information came in that caused people to accelerate their plans to escape.
The surviving members of Marquis L’Mitedeau’s House had raised an army… Fabio had succeeded in raising his army and was now approaching from the east of the capital with 5,000 people at his command.
… I think that’s too many people, but I haven’t received any reports about whether it’s too much or not.
On the other hand, the punitive force that was gathering in the capital numbered 50,000 in total… but their actual numbers are unknown because the mercenaries say they have more people than they actually have.
Mercenaries are considered ‘dependable’ if they have more people in their group and they are paid more, so they say they have more people than they actually have. If they get caught stating that they have more people than they actually have then they will be charged… but there wasn’t any time to investigate all the mercenary groups.
I heard that Count Chamneaux, Matthieu le Chaplier was chosen as the general of the ‘Defeat Duke Warung army’. The Chancellor will formally delegate the command of the army to him, and he will leave the capital.
Why is the person who is commanding the army to defeat Lord Warung not the Chancellor or the Chief of the Ministry of Ceremonies? Well, because they’re not generals.