“There’s a change in the enemy’s front line, sir.”

“Instead of the infantry carrying shields, they brought out long spearmen to place in the front, sir.”

Siegfried smiled as he listened to the messenger’s report.

“You’re telling me that they’re making changes where we can see what they’re doing instantly?”

“Yes, Sir, that’s correct. Their troops might not be well trained, Sir. They’re taking a long time to rearrange the soldiers.”

Siegfried looked out towards the enemy as he listened.

“Is the enemy commander someone who only learned about battles from a book with soldiers who lack training?”

They had probably switched tactics and placed long spearmen at the front as soon as they found out that Siegfried’s side had placed horsemen in the frontline. However, tactics were meaningless unless they were used accordingly to the situation. Siegfried’s troops had finished their preparations. He could attack at any moment, but they were still frantically changing their formation. If an enemy were to attack at such a time, what use was a tactic then? If you wanted to change the formation in such a hurry like that, then at the very least, the soldiers had to be very highly trained.

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