Hannoic War
Chess that changes everything (part 5)

"The enemy that can defeat you the most is your own stomach"

umar bin Khattab

Chess changes everything

In a muddy field and in the trees lay a flood of corpses with iron weapons.

Horses are victims here a troop crawling trying to run from the pursuit of death.

The soldier asked forgiveness from his enemy who only helped him for a moment

"Agod! I surrender! I give up!" said the soldier hysterically

After that his enemy pierced with a spear right in his heart to end his life forever.

In a camp of soldiers a fat man stood with armour staring at the old map moving one by one the pawns on the map.

"Young master, your father has arrived at the capital safely" said the knight, Wale entered the camp with his armour filled with mud and blood.

"Hm.he will indeed not need to be told, all I need to know is our next step" ,Said the fat man while continuing to stare at the map by walking around the table looking at the pawns on the map one by one.

"By the way Wale please stay away your armour is too dirty later can dirty this table and map" said the fat man.

"Ba.baik sir" said Wale, trying to get away from his desk.

"How much do we lose?" , said the fat man.

"Only 167 died my lord while 234 others were seriously injured and more than a thousand others were lightly injured or abrasive" ,said Wale an old-faced knight while opening his gloves put it on a basket filled with water which the servant would later take to clean.

"How many captives the enemy forces have taken" said the fat man as he shifted his chess position.

"Over the 1,000s my master or even 1,500s my master is more than that" Wale said.

"Quite a lot, you will go to Ballerius with 1,700 troops to take most of the captives" said the fat man.

"But my master is half of the army, you could be in danger if I left with only about 2,000 left behind, could the enemy forces attack your troops" Wale said worriedly about his master.

Then he approached his master.

"Let me execute the prisoner for your own good, my lord" Wale said.

"Foolish base, take it easy we have defeated 8,000 troops and slaughtered more than a few, you don't have to worry about me" said the fat man drinking wine.

Then the waiter walked over to pour his glassy wine.

"In addition, the captive is good to sell and exchange" said the fat man, drinking wine from his glass.

"Although I'm not sure that it can be exchanged for most of the troops we defeat are filled with peasants" said the fat man.

He then just sat back and drank some wine and opened a book to read.

Then the sound of horses from afar began to be heard and then a person riding a horse quickly approached the camp of the troops.

The wounded or not, turned his attention to the horseman.

"The mail carrier is coming!" shouted a soldier telling the entire camp.

"Oh there is a letter coming, what news is this?" said the fat man.

The fat man then walked out of his camp carrying a glass of wine in his hand while the horseman approached him.

"Lord Vesius of the Garius clan the son of the war and military minister Toran Garius I brought a letter directly from the center and the senate" ,Said the messenger riding a horse while pointing at a paper of the fat personality letter.

The fat man called Vesius then took the letter and then read it carefully.

After that, he closed the letter after it entered the camp.

"Wale, tell the whole army to be ready to disband the camp," said Vesius, taking an apple from the basket, "We retreat to Ballerius, and the servants help me clear the camp"

"What's the matter, my lord?" said Wale, approaching Vesius.

"My father ordered all the armies on various fronts to give the central army a minimum of 1,000 men to be given the mission of exterminating the bandits and I will give my father 3,000 men for it" ,Vesius said while drinking a few glasses of wine.

"My lord, we just won big and defeated an army 2 times our number, we can't just retreat because it can affect the morale of my master's army" Wale said.

"The republic is in chaos, bandits are everywhere while taxes are falling and farmers can rebel at any time" Vesius said, putting chess and other items on his desk in a leather bag ".A lot more important than winning this war"

Wale only looked at his master despite his doubts about his master's orders he kept obeying him.

"So? What are you waiting to go there organization of troops to retreat tomorrow" Vesius said.

"Alright sir according to your orders" said Wale, who then exited the camp.

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Filda and her father looked at the two people sitting next to each other at the table, a young blonde woman and Hanno sitting them playing chess to bet on debt.

Both Filda's father and Filda himself did not understand much about chess which was considered a noble game.

The sound of chess friction one by one in his place was heard and then the young woman was dumbfounded to realize that she could not move her chess anywhere.

Because he's been scouted by Hanno.

"You won" the young woman told Hanno.

"Yes, I won" Hanno said.

"Sir.I lost and Hanno won" said the young woman turned to Filda's father.

"Ummm...." ,Filda then with a happy face stood up after that jumping pleasure, "Hanno genius! Hanno is a genius! Huhahah! You sinful woman pay your debt! Bueeekk.." , ridiculed Filda with a childish happy face after which held both shoulders of Hanno wagging her.

"So are you going to pay your debt?" said Filda's father, sitting in the chair staring at the young woman.

"Not with money" said the young woman.

"Well! What then shit!? " ,Talk Father Filda stood up with an angry face.

Hanno who was silent turned to the woman with a slightly surprised face.

"Well! Teach us what!? What do you want to teach!?" said Filda in annoyance.

"He's right, but what can you teach us? Even if you're royalty we don't need higher education" said Filda's father.

"Not for you, but only for Hanno." said the young woman.

"Well! Hanno! What are you going to do with my Hanno!" said Filda hugging Hanno tightly.

"She has the same potential as the other genius monsters out there." ' said the young woman standing up to her it seems she was more serious about teaching Hanno than paying her debt.

"Hey Hanno", call Filda's father to Hanno.

"Yes?" said Hanno in response to his call.

"You want to teach this man?" said Father Filda.

"Hm....Ehh.." , Hanno started to get confused.

"Hurry up!" cried Father Filda

"Wait a minute, what can you teach your lady?" Hanno asked politely

"There is no need to use the call of miss son, my name is Jean from the Berrau family, I am a noble and former senate" she said.

Filda's father grinned, he saw some sort of possibility from the woman who introduced herself as the noble.

"How do I know you're a former senator?" said Filda's father.

"I can bring you my Haralia medal, which is real if you can check it out for yourself" Jean said, making sure Father Filda "I can teach you to read books and writings and history and politics, son"

"So.I asked you a second time, son, do you want to be taught this man?" said Father Filda.

"I want to" Hanno said calmly.

"Good" ' the young woman said.

"We agree and your debt is paid, Mr. Jean, and you will teach him in this house while Hanno's own holiday is determined" said Father Filda as he walked to take the basket filled with his prey to prepare to slaughter his prey.

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While the borders of the Victa Republic and the Kingdom of Dalmatia are seen in a camp of dirty and muddy soldiers, many of his troops are seen to be suffering.

There were shouts from both wounded troops and troops who became mentally disturbed due to the war.

A woman in the clothes of a medical troop walking herself saw the suffering of various troops along the way.

He then patted one of the soldiers on the shoulder and asked the soldier "how many escaped from the camp today?" ' said the woman with a dirty and exhausted face

"Around 40s today buk" , Said the man while looking down respectfully.

Then the woman wearing the medical clothes left and continued walking.

The woman in medical clothes then entered a tent that has a more luxurious pattern than the entire tent in this soldier's camp.

The fine was a long white-haired man with armour sitting in a chair in front of a table while looking at a map.

His face was as calm as ice, while his eyes were silver colored eerie sharp as the eyes of a bear looking for its prey but sharper and more careful.

His hair was as white as silver, his muscles looked strong despite being covered in armour that was already dirty with blood and mud.

Beside him was a gallant male bodyguard with brownish hair.

A dressed woman entered the tent.

"When do we retreat Vespasian?" , The woman said to the white-haired man.

"Not yet" said the white-haired man named Vespasian calmly.

"What do you mean it's not time for Vespasian yet? We've been fighting in these mountains for over 2 months!" said the woman in anger.

"Be careful to speak, you are talking to the general of this army" ' said the bodyguard who guarded the brown-haired man as he prepared to draw a sword on his hips threatening the woman.

The woman was just calm and expressionless thinking that the sword was not a threat.

"Let him speak, Khasraw" Vespasian said

The bodyguard then simply fell silent and retreated away from the woman

"The morals of this army have been destroyed by fighting for too long and every day dozens of troops escape secretly from the camp, while executing the fleeing troops only aggravates the moral breakdown of the troops" ,The woman spoke to the white-haired man whom she called Vespasian.

But Vespasian seemed oblivious to what the woman said and still played putting chess on the map as long as the woman spoke.

"We must retreat Vespasian.." ,Tap the woman with a heavy tone trying to convince her.

Vespasian just put on a calm face and reacted as if nothing had happened.

Then came the sound of footsteps from far away and saw someone riding a horse approaching.

Then all the attention of the troops went to the person riding the horse.

"That's what I'm waiting for before we retreat" Vespasian said calmly as he walked out of the camp past the woman.

Vespasian came out, while his bodyguard came out of the camp as well as the woman followed from behind.

"Mr Vespasian of the Ohara clan the son of Horar Ohara, the former minister of diplomacy, I brought a letter directly from the center and the senate" said the man riding the horse, presenting the letter to Vespasian.

Vespasian simply took the letter and then opened it up after it read it quickly.

Then he closed the letter and pondered for a moment.

"We stand down" , said Vespasian while putting the letter in his pocket.