‘I completely lost.’

Antras was distressed. He realized that he had been tricked by the enemy’s intent from the beginning. He had fallen into the trap of thinking with a strategist’s common sense and believed that by having a river at their backs, the Lester Kingdom was giving up on retreating and would fight tooth and nail. He never even considered that the enemy might choose to retreat. 

As a result, he had completely lost the enemy. Suddenly in the same position as a dog chasing a chicken,[1] Antras began to analyze the situation and quickly predicted the enemy’s purpose. 

‘If I were the Lester Kingdom, then I’d…’

Antras spoke firmly.

“We can’t let the enemy go like this.”

The others looked like they were in agreement. Currently, the Empire had concentrated its forces with its sights set on the Lester Kingdom. Of course, the Empire had set some of their forces aside in case the Republic counterattacked but if they lost the Lester Kingdom here, then they would have sustained damages for nothing with only failure to show.

The Imperial Army was massive. As large as it was, it consumed an equally large amount of supplies every time they moved. If they lost the Lester Kingdom here, then the...