I Became a Genius Commander at the Academy

Chapter 167: Trickery And The Thirty-Six Stratagems, Strategic Retreat (5)

Chapter 167: Trickery And The Thirty-Six Stratagems, Strategic Retreat (5)

Before dawn the next day.

Near Dolphino Castle, the Swiss Confederation armys Dukes private barracks.

Duke Christian von Swiss Confederation, unable to sleep and unable to contain his rising fury, screamed while clutching his head with both hands.

Peter Yaeger!!! Even if I pulled out all his guts alive and made them into sausages, it wouldnt be satisfying enough! Damn! Damn!! Damn!!!

Yelling like that, he threw all sorts of items inside his tent onto the floor, screaming almost like a wail.

To an outsider, it might seem as if a genuinely deranged person was being confined.

It wasnt entirely incorrect to think so, as the harsh reality he faced had left him half-mad.

And that damn Crown Prince! A commander of a great army who leaves his men behind and runs away first? Cowardly, filthy bastard. A piece of trash who should eat pig dung! Ive been preparing for 2, no, 3 years to catch you!! Why?!

To the Duke, the Crown Prince was a cowardly piece of trash who deserved to be fried in feces, but from a strategic point of view, the Crown Prince running away as soon as he was isolated by the Swiss army was a brilliant move to prevent the worst-case scenario.

Moreover, pouring all kinds of insults at the enemy commander on the battlefield meant that the stronger the expression of the insult, the more it praised the opponent.

Thus, the more he belittled the Crown Prince, the more it became equivalent to lavishing extreme praise.

Moreover, that damned bastard just barely saved his own neck and fled. What? Demanding 50,000 gold as compensation?! Such heathen trash destined for hellThe source of this content no/v(el)bi((n))

The one who fled like a scared puppy, tail between its legs, at Richten Hill.

Recalling the sight of him boldly demanding money upon returning to his own house.

The Duke of the Swiss Confederation felt his anger, which had been somewhat subsiding, flare up again.

Thus, he vented his anger by stomping on the innocent ground, and gradually, as befitting the Duke managing the nation of Switzerland, he regained his composure.

Eventually, he returned to his field bed, buried his face in the pillow, and murmured quietly.

However, he must not be planning to truly fight us. If he were, he would have come in humbly to lower our guard even slightly. At least he wouldnt have blatantly threatened to attack the Swiss military.

As the Duke said, in normal cases, if the Crown Prince of the Reich Empire truly intended to attack Switzerland, it would be much more advantageous to claim to be ready for war at any time rather than giving themselves time to prepare, to make them complacent.

Therefore, even the Swiss nobles, who would doubt if the Duke said he was making bread from flour, unanimously agreed that the Crown Prince had no intention of waging war now.

Still, theres a slim chance he might attack. For now, let the soldiers rest as much as possible, and we must leave this place by the day after tomorrow at the latest. Anyway, Ive lost this war

As the Duke acknowledged his reality and began to ponder giving up and committing suicide, a loud shout came from outside the tent.

Those worse than dogs, the scum of Switzerland, die! Avenge the 7th Division!

You dare to invade the empires land, worse than dogs and pigs. Dont spare a single one! Kill them by smashing their heads!

Only death befits the bandits who invaded the Reich Empire. Lets kill them!

The Swiss soldiers all recalled the nightmare of facing the swordmaster at Richten Hillno, just a monster that had transcended human limits.

A monster who, for more than a month, had not taken a single day off and had always stood at the forefront with a small force, personally killing more than ten comrades in a single fight.

And yet, he never seemed to tire, swinging his sword leisurely as if mocking them.

The spirit and desperate venom of the 7th Divisions soldiers, who had rallied around that monster and fought without regard for their lives.

All these elements were engraved as a tremendous fear in the memories and even the souls of the Swiss soldiers.

Damn, damn! Mercenary or whatever, Im running away! Id rather fight the enemy knights with my bare hands. If I fight Lieutenant General Yeager again, I wont be able to survive.

Mom! Mom! Damn, why does that monster appear again? After slaughtering hundreds at Richten Hill for a month, he shouldve just died off. That bastard knows neither conscience nor morality!

Damn, I shouldve just deserted if I knew this would happen. Why is Lieutenant General Yeager there?

And then, among the soldiers, instances of ignoring the nobles control began to appear.

At first, the nobles tried to maintain their formation and retreat from the Duke by killing the fleeing soldiers as a means of control.

Seeing that the control was not working and their numbers were increasing, they intuitively felt that everything was over and despaired.

Damn, the Duke! Damn Lieutenant General Yeager!

Escort His Grace! By any means necessary, we must escort him to Zurich!

We have lost this war. So, at least save your lives!

Thus, the nobles informed the exhausted soldiers that they had already lost, and ordered them to flee to preserve their lives as much as possible, but

Knights were charging at them with lances pointed ahead, and behind them, the infantry led by Lieutenant General Yeager was launching a joint attack.

Damn, easier said than done! Damn nobles!

Shut up and run! They say if we just get into that damn forest, they wont chase us!

Is this really war?

Thus, on this dawn, countless Swiss soldiers were slaughtered by the Imperial Army.

Meanwhile, the Duke of the Swiss Confederation, the supreme commander of the Swiss army, somehow returned safely to Zurich under the escort of his soldiers.

The Swiss Confederation lost about 44,000 soldiers out of the 100,000 mobilized as the defense force.

Strategically, this resulted in a draw between the Empire and the Swiss Confederation.

After tactically analyzing the situation, it was a decisive victory for the Empire.

Thus, despite the Crown Princes previous endangerment of the entire army due to his failure to identify a double agent during the campaign, he was able to maintain his position to a certain extent.