Blood Holy Scripture: True Ancestor Charlotte de Castel
Chapter 384: -134- Begin the Battle!

Chapter 384: -134- Begin the Battle!

Charlotte’s words finally ignited the fighting spirit of the northern nobles completely.

For a moment, all the nobles were filled with combativeness, scrambling to claim the title of vanguard for the troops, each one eager to lead the charge into battle.

Charlotte somewhat failed to understand why these nobles were so interested in being the first to lead their men into combat.

Seeking to maintain her own image, she didn’t inquire further but quickly transferred command authority to Baron Angus, the Commander-in-Chief.

When it was time to make speeches, she gave speeches, and when it was time to boost morale, she boosted morale.

But when it actually came to fighting, Charlotte trusted Baron Angus, who had commanded many battles and was rich in experience, more than her own theoretical military musings.

Receiving his orders reverently, Baron Angus began directing the nobles, making preparations for battle.

Every noble in the tent had brought troops with them.

In fact, they were each a "officer" in the greater Castel army.

By giving them orders, it was akin to issuing commands to the entire Allied Forces.

While Baron Angus was issuing commands, Charlotte was not idle; instead, she listened attentively, secretly learning how Angus directed and maneuvered the troops.

It’s indeed better to leave professional matters to professionals, but as a feudal lord, Charlotte also believed she needed to strengthen her military literacy.

Not to become as battle-savvy as those warlike monarchs, but at the very least, to be knowledgeable in military affairs.

What surprised and intrigued Charlotte was that Baron Angus’s assignments for the nobles were rather simple.

The plan was for the full army to deploy and attack the enemy head-on.

He had issued many of his commands in advance, simplifying them crudely, and for the subsequent battle commands, he merely roughly instructed the nobles to act upon the sound of the horn.

Of course, that was the order for the northern nobles.

In reality, the most crucial part involved another location.

Before the battle began, Count Gaston would send an envoy to parley with the rebels, proposing a pincer attack on the great Castel army, luring the Legris Family’s main cavalry force hidden behind the campgrounds to battle.

Indeed, the Legris Family’s main cavalry force was not in the campgrounds but hidden behind.

This was information personally scouted and brought back by Sebastian.

Charlotte speculated that perhaps the rebels too were aware of "Count Gaston’s identity" and originally intended to launch a pincer attack on Castel together with the Tulip Army, which is why they hid the main cavalry.

After all, given the right timing, the Legris Family’s several thousand cavalry troops could easily, in coordination with Tulip’s standing army, crush the Noble Alliance Army of Castel.

Of course, that might be the rebels’ leader’s line of thinking.

On Charlotte’s side, the plan was that Castel’s full-army deployment at the start would just be a feint, not a genuine charge at the well-fortified camp of the rebels.

Once Tulip Count Domain’s army signals to trick the rebel cavalry into engagement, Tulip Count Domain’s forces will turn upon them, joining the Allied Forces to enclose them completely.

That would be the moment for the true, all-out assault.

During this process, Tulip Count Domain’s army would divide into two parts.

The cavalry would join forces with Castel’s cavalry, bearing Bold’s banners, acting as the Bold army that lures the rebel main force, and then suddenly turning to surprise the rebels during the battle.

Meanwhile, the infantry would remain hidden within the Allied Forces; once the rebel main force was encircled, they would activate the Magic Energy Formation and lead the Noble Alliance Army in a formal charge at the rebel camp.

Baron Angus had but one goal.

And that was to completely crush the main force of the rebels in one battle!

The battle plans were arranged swiftly, and evidently, Tulip Count Domain’s army was the most crucial element.

If the stratagem succeeded, the Allied Forces could defeat the rebel main force with minimal loss.

After all, it was an army of more than ten thousand strong, and after being so well-rested, Castel’s true enemy lay in the south; regarding the rebels... any loss that could be spared, should be spared.

After the orders were issued, the nobles dispersed, heading to their respective troops for preparation and mobilization.

The official commencement of the battle was set for the following morning; after the Allied Forces’ journey, they too needed to rest for the night.

And Count Gaston too, upon Charlotte’s covert signal, dispatched his eldest son Audis as the "envoy of Bold" to visit the rebel leader in their camp as dusk fell.

He would present the "battle plan" of Castel’s frontal assault and "discuss" the specific plan to encircle Castel alongside the rebels.

A blunt strategem, the key was whether the rebels would believe it.

Charlotte felt that the rebels would most likely believe it, but after Audis departed, she couldn’t help but feel a bit of unavoidable tension.

It couldn’t be helped; since Crossing, this was her first time participating in a war and even as a lord at that.

Even with all the preparations, she was confident in winning this battle to quell the rebellion, yet couldn’t shake off a certain nervousness.

Fortunately, Audis returned successfully after a little over three hours, bringing back a reassuring message—

The rebels had accepted the "Tulip Army’s" proposal.

After all, the rebels could hardly doubt Count Gaston’s stance because... who would’ve thought that a count, who had pledged loyalty to the new lord behind Bold, would suddenly side with Castel?