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“It was 50 days ago where the frontlines were pushed back. Currently, we are losing ground every day as we defend this hill. So, do you have any ideas, Golan?”

 

“…Hmph. Ask an ogre for advice, and they’ll just tell you to charge in blindly. It’s a waste of time to ask them.”

Lobos continued to mock me. Well, I wasn’t going to ignore him.

 

“Well, it’s true. If my army charged into them and took down their base, the enemy would be forced to retreat.”

 

“Hmm. And why do you think that, Golan?”

Huh. How should I explain it? I knew the result, but it could fall either way depending on different factors.

 

“Our main base is on top of the hill, and so the enemy has split their army into three in order to take it down.”

“Indeed. And we have Lobos stationed in the center and the brothers, Iribo and Grubo on the left and right.”

 

So, they were brothers. It was rare to see goblin brothers who were both commanders.

Goblin brothers… Hmm, I shall call them the Gob-gob Brothers.

 

“The Gob-gob brothers contain the enemy with arrows and drive them back with spears if they get too close, so they are defenders. The center focuses on the offensive. In that case, it’s my army that determines the results of the battle.”

I heard a few gasps at ‘Gob-gob Brothers,’ but I ignored them.

 

“That’s pretty much what I’ve been explaining, yes.”

“Say we succeeded in taking the enemy’s base. They will be forced to retreat. As they have now lost their stronghold, they will have to strengthen their defenses. It will be harder for them to go on the offense. And so we can easily take their central attack force from behind. …Like this.”

 

The enemy’s central army would be attacked by Lobos and us.

Armies became fragile when attacked on both sides.

 

This was because if you have enemies on both sides and can’t receive any accurate information, you’ll start jumping at shadows.

It was difficult to maintain order when you had to fight with the fear of knowing that you could not retreat.

 

Especially when you were invading enemy territory. It would be a tragedy if you couldn’t run.

And once the central army fell, the rest was easy.

 

The enemy will have to focus on defending.

And going on the defensive on enemy territory was fatal.

 

In order to recover, they would have to fall back to somewhere safe.

In other words, we just needed to wait and the enemy would retreat.

 

I explained this, and Nehyor said, ‘Huh. You’re an ogre who can actually think.’ I suppose it was a compliment?

 

“But that is only if the bastard can actually make the enemy retreat and take their position. It’s been nearly 50 days since the battle started, and his army has yet to even reach the enemy base.”

 

That hurt.

We were just a group of meatheads. The wraiths had continued to slaughter us.

 

“That was because I wasn’t the commander. I could have done it in a day.”

 

“Hmph. You talk a big game.”

“Lobos, be quiet for a minute… Golan. Can you really do it?”

 

“Yes. I have only been here for 3 days, but I can see victory already. It won’t be a problem.”

“I see. Very well. …I hope that you won’t disappoint me.”

 

“Commander Nehyor. Are you going to take these jokes seriously?”

 

“I don’t know. But Golan says he can do it, so maybe he can? Besides, I’m curious about the other battlefield. If we can win, then we should win. What do you think? Lobos.”

“If that’s what you say, Commander Nehyor… I have no objection.”

 

“Then it’s decided! Golan. I’m counting on you!”

And like that, it was decided that I would take the enemy stronghold on the following day. The meeting was over.

 

Uh? Was I getting ahead of myself?

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