I really don’t understand

“Bah, it’s just luck that he caught the Emperor’s eye, what’s so great about it!”

He thought the same.

“Without our Blue Lion’s platform, this guy wouldn’t even be able to get close to His Majesty, what’s there to be so smug about!”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Without the adults adopting him, he wouldn’t even know where he’d be living, probably in some slum!”

That was true.

So, he was very grateful to that person and also really liked the people here.

Even if the people here didn’t like him at all.

But as long as…

“You don’t have to pay attention to what those guys say, no matter where you are, you’ll always be my son!”

That’s right.

As long as that person was willing to accept him, that was enough.

Everything else didn’t matter.

“Although the Emperor has you leading a squadron for this battle, don’t panic.

You’re just there to assist us and the main army, to get some merit, don’t feel any pressure…

How about this, I’ll arrange you on the rear flank, and you won’t have any offensive duties. If the situation is unfavorable, just run.”

He didn’t care at all.

As long as that person could be happy and safe, that was enough.

However…

“It’s not good, the main force has been defeated!”

“The enemy is surrounding us!”

“Our commander ran! The deputy commander also died in battle! Ahhhhh, what to do?”

“Where are the commanders of the other knight orders? What orders did Lord Arnos issue? What should we do now?”

“What to do?”

“Run!”

He hadn’t intended to run.

But he quickly realized that he couldn’t escape.

The enemy were all cavalry; their mobility was too strong.

People were trampling on each other, and the formation had completely collapsed.

Leaving your back to the enemy in this situation was no different than being a black sheep waiting to be slaughtered.

Most importantly, that person was the commander-in-chief, and that person’s main force was still…

He couldn’t leave.

Attack, charge towards the enemy’s pursuing stragglers.

He gave this order.

He wanted to attract the enemy’s attention as much as possible, to relieve the pressure on the main force.

In order not to lose out on mobility against the enemy, he had all the infantry form a square formation, holding spears and shields, and hold their ground. He would then move towards the main force depending on the situation.

He only brought weak soldiers and gathered all the scattered weak soldiers.

“What kind of thing are you, daring to order me…”

“Kid, what are you doing? No, wait, don’t take my horse!”

Anyone who disobeyed orders at this time, he abandoned them decisively, only bringing along those who were willing to follow him.

At first, he only had a squadron of weak soldiers.

After he defeated the enemy once, there were already more than a thousand people beside him from various different knight orders, and the enemy began to notice him.

But the pressure on the main force was still there, and he realized one thing: if they were defeated here, the rear would be in danger.

But he had observed before; the enemy’s rear wasn’t very empty either.

In other words, the enemy’s rear also wasn’t very empty.

He was afraid for the safety of the rear… the enemy had no reason not to be afraid.

He decided to kill his way to the enemy’s rear, forcing the enemy to fall back and defend.

He gave such a crazy order,

Some people didn’t dare to follow him in his madness,

But many people stayed.

Looking at the faith in the eyes of these people, and their courage to stand with him to the end.

He vowed to bring these people home safely.

Then—

“General Leonardo Pienne, you have truly accomplished an immortal feat this time!”

“For so many years, the northern barbarians have been defeated for the first time!”

This was truly a resounding victory!

Was this a resounding victory?

He didn’t think so.

He had only killed a few thousand people, and there were many old, weak, women and children in the rear of the camp; he basically didn’t dare to engage the enemy’s main force.

He got the enemy to the point where they couldn’t help but send the troops guarding the royal court; perhaps they had lost their heads, and their formations were all a mess.

He saw an opportunity, took the initiative to attack, and luckily killed the enemy’s general, destroying that troop, and that’s how he earned the rare military merits.

Compared to this, the main force had nearly one hundred thousand casualties… the battle losses of both sides were so great; it could be said to be a crushing defeat.

Most importantly, many of the soldiers who had followed him north couldn’t come back.

While busy covering his loss.

But he understood that in order to appease the low morale, to boost the confidence of the people, and to shut the mouths of those noble ministers who opposed the northern expedition, it was necessary to personally praise him.

But this wasn’t what he cared about.

He only wanted to know about that person’s situation.

“Lord Arnos? He’s fine.”

He breathed a sigh of relief.

But immediately he became uneasy.

It had been said that he should run if he encountered an unfavorable situation.

In the end, he had gone on the offensive instead, and had even broken into the enemy’s rear.

That person should be very angry and worried about himself, right?

He was truly unworthy as a son.

But considering that he couldn’t let the other party worry, he immediately went to see that person.

Then—

“You performed very well. These days, when His Majesty mentioned you, he was so happy.”

It was different from what he had imagined; that person was very happy.

“You don’t know, His Majesty plans to exceptionally promote you to Marquis, and not those superficial border Earls, but a Marquis that no one has obtained since the founding military god. This…”

Now, everyone is singing your praises, saying that you are a rare military genius in a century.

But he didn’t know why; he always felt that that person, was more than happy…

And even a bit… suspicious.

Apart from this, there was nothing like concern, worry… and pride.

Tianluoli and Sheen set off early for the classroom.

On the way, many people were already preparing their harassment of Tianluoli for today.

“We must take her down today!”

“Don’t worry, the first class is military tactics, and Professor Aymeler is a fan of Leonardo’s, he will definitely take action!”

“That’s really something to look forward to.”

Everyone was very confident.

Although the Royal Academy said on the surface that men and women were equal, and girls could take all subjects.

But in reality, the ratio of formal male and female students in the school was eight to two.

Adding the transfer students, it barely reached seven to three.

And the origins of the girls in the advanced class were even that they were transferred from the Magic Academy.

And their purpose for coming here was more to learn etiquette and social skills, so that they could better assist their husbands in the future.

And in the academy, there were no girls who would get involved with subjects like military tactics…

In their opinion, Tianluoli, with her golden short hair, which looked adorable and pretty no matter how you looked at it, was at most only good at magic crafts and potionology.

And she knew military tactics?

“That’s absolutely impossible!”

Although it would be a dishonorable victory, they would definitely be able to strike at the Crown Prince’s arrogance this time.

(These guys, they’ll be begging for it in a while.)

Seeing this, Sheen couldn’t help but secretly laugh in his heart.

Based on the level of Tianluoli’s guidance of the Black Dragon Knight Order’s exercises back then, and the army reform plan she later participated in… it was obvious that she knew military strategy.

And she was very outstanding.

And — Sheen had already skipped the military tactics class and was studying the opponents in the next few classes.

However…

“Your Majesty, can you give me some pointers later?”

Tianluoli was unusually arrogant.