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‘I did my best.’
But in war, such words were mere excuses. In fact, doing your best in an unwinnable battle was an act that only resulted in greater meaningless damage. Sometimes, one had to know when to give up.
“This way, Your Majesty.”
A knight, after cutting down an approaching barbarian warrior, turned around to see Emperor Yanchinus dressed like an ordinary soldier.
‘We were ambushed in the worst possible situation.’
Yanchinus accepted his defeat knowing that stubbornness never turned an unwinnable battle into a victory. While there was no strategy that could bring victory, admitting defeat opened up new possibilities.
The knights, wearing the emperor’s cloak, scattered in all directions and drew away the barbarians who blindly chased after the emperor to give the real Yanchinus a chance to escape.
“Basha’s unit is distracting them,” the knight muttered as he saw the sun banner fluttering in the distance.
“They must have come all this way because they want to capture me. There is no reason to let this defeat discourage us. In fact, if I can get away, we would be the real winners in this exchange.”
Yanchinus shrugged his shoulders and left the battlefield, blending into the retreating Imperial Army.
“We will rendezvous at Hamel.”
The emperor’s words spread throughout the Imperial Army without fail even in such a dire situation, showing how strong the military command structure was. The Imperial Army split into dozens of units,...
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