Rebirth in a Ruined Nation! The Life of a New Strategist Starting From Now - Chapter 90

Zetta Great War (5) – The Cause

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Translator: Nisarah

Editor: Nisarah

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“That means they dispatched 40.000 soldiers to attack us!? That’s impossible!” 

The shocked voice of one of the 4th Division’s captains echoed throughout the room. No one could keep their calm after hearing that Gorber dispatched 40.000 soldiers to Rudek. 

“But Gorber’s entire army should be around 50.000 soldiers! Or did the spy in Gorber send us false information!?” another captain exclaimed. 

“That’s impossible. That number was something that our leader in the capital had come up with after compiling many information from the spies sent to Gorber. It should be accurate,” Sazabi denied the captain’s allegation. 

“But that means Gorber sent 40.000 soldiers from the 50.000 soldiers they had! Are they insane!?” 

“Is it possible that 10.000 or 20.000 of the 40.000 soldiers are reinforcement from another country!?” 

“That’s also not likely. If another country sent such a large army to the Gorber Kingdom, there should be a report from our spies,” Sazabi said. 

If they suffered a major defeat in this battle, there was even a possibility that their entire kingdom could collapse. It was natural for everyone to be surprised. 

But they were not insane. Snow would fall soon. Once the snow fell, it would be difficult for us to pursue them when they retreated. Depending on how heavy the snow would fall, pursuing their retreating army might even become dangerous for us. 

In my past life, even though both Gorber and Rudek suffered heavy casualties, the winner of the Zetta Great War remained undecided because a heavy snowfall started in the middle of the war. 

Gorber knew that snow would fall soon, that was why they sent the majority of their military force to invade us. It was still a quite outrageous plan though. 

Their target was this Kitsar Fortress. If Gorber was able to take over Kitsar Fortress, they would gain advantage over us in the future. 

Gorber must have wanted to take over either Kitsar Fortress or the strategic Lieze Fortress, or possibly both. 

….Ah, so that was why. 

In the past, the 6th Division lost the Battle of Hakusha, causing the 6th Division to be confined in the Lieze Fortress. ‘Being confined’ meant that the 6th Division had the Gorber army constantly attacking them.

Even though now the 6th Division won the Battle of Hakusha, the Gorber army didn’t suffer any significant losses. 

‘Gorber soldiers who were occupied with attacking 6th Division in the Lieze Fortress in my past life were sent here now’ . If I thought of it like that, their ridiculous number of soldiers made sense. 

To think my attempt to change history ended up creating the current crisis, it was quite ironic. But I still think my decision at that time was right. So currently, I have no other choice but to think of a way to get out of the current crisis. 

“I don’t know what Gorber’s aim is, but now the 10th Division will have no other choice but to protect the Schwaba Fortress so we can’t expect reinforcement from both the 2nd and the 10th Division. What should we do?” 

Boltras-sama asked with a deep frown. 

No matter how good the 4th Division’s defensive capability was, it would be difficult for them to push back an army three times of their size. After all, siege was an effective strategy only when the besieged side could expect a reinforcement. 

In the past, it was precisely because they knew the reinforcement from the 10th Division would come that the 4th Division successfully defended this fortress against 30.000 soldiers for several days. 

I didn’t know how Rays-sama would move, but the Schwaba Fortress in the south was small. If the 10th Division didn’t defend Schwaba Fortress, the fortress would fall in no time. 

If the Schwaba Fortress fell, 10.000 Gorber soldiers would flood into Rudek’s territory. I think Rays-sama would have no other choice but to defend Schwaba Fortress. 

We couldn’t expect reinforcement from the 10th Division. 

“How about we ask for reinforcement from other divisions?” 

“From which divisions? And even if we do that, they won’t make it in time.”

“How about making the 7th Division in Lieze Fortress invade southern Gorber?” 

“No, that’s a dangerous move. What if this was a trap? In addition, the time needed for our message to reach them then for them to invade Gorber is too long.” 

Various opinions could be heard from the captains, and problems were identified on each opinion that was brought to the table. 

“How about asking Lifrea Holy Kingdom for reinforcement? Their border is close!” another captain suggested. 

Unfortunately, that would be impossible.

It wasn’t because Lifrea was targeting Rudek. It was because of the diplomatic relationship between Lifrea and Gorber. 

Originally, Gorber was a country with a relatively friendly relationship with all their neighbors. They had a somewhat loose alliance with their neighbors

Gorber wasn’t a powerful country, so they used to be a fairly neutral country. For better or worse, they were an unremarkable country. 

But then, when the Empire started to invade us and we were focused on fighting the Empire, Gorber suddenly declared a war on us. 

Rudek was caught off guard and in the end, Gorber managed to take over Kitsar Fortress. 

So Rudek made the decision to send the 1st Division led by Lucifal. Rudek chose to temporarily abandon the defense of the capital to chase away the Gorber army.

It was a success. The 1st Division successfully took back the Kitsar Fortress and chased away the Gorber army. 

It was this victory that earned Lucifal the title of ‘The Two Swords of Rudek Kingdom’ alongside Rays-sama. 

Unlike us, Gorber and the Lifrea Holy Kingdom still have a friendly relationship. 

Lifrea Holy Kingdom has always said that they would not spare any effort in helping us to drive the Empire back, but they wanted to keep a peaceful relationship with Gorber Kingdom. 

It was questionable if we could call that kind of country an allied country, but currently, Rudek was besieged from both sides so we had no other choice but to make an alliance with Lifrea. 

“What do you think, Roa-dono?” 

Wickharlt’s voice pulled me back from my thoughts and everyone turned their attention to me. 

“We have to think of a way to survive for three…no, for four days,” I answered. 

“Four days~? Can we expect reinforcement in four days~?” Hogg-san asked on behalf of everyone. 

Well, a very powerful ‘General Winter’ will bring us its ‘snow fairy’ for our reinforcement. 

“There would be a heavy snowfall in four days, so the enemy will have no other choice but to retreat.”

Everyone was stunned by my words. 

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T/N: I posted the wrong chapter yesterday. It’s fixed now. Sorry!

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