Now That I Have Become a Woman, I Am a Vtuber

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[Hit it!!]

[Smash it all!]

-Haha, this is chaos!

-Seriously channeling a general from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, lol!

The vanguard battle between Anna and Maho has begun.

Well, it’s not exactly one-on-one like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

It can be seen as a small-scale engagement, with each leading their troops into battle.

Maho’s unit looks incredibly aggressive at first glance.

Dressed in Greek-style armor that resembles a sleeveless tunic, topped off with a Spartan helmet.

It’s intriguing how they managed to gather so much armor to fit this theme.

In the middle of it all, Maho swings a spear that’s about the same height as her character, looking quite intimidating.

And then there’s Anna….

[Alright! Go!]

[Yes!]

Commanding from the back, her armor held tightly in place.

Well, that’s probably fine because….

[Push!]

[Wipe them out!]

Anna’s strength doesn’t come from herself but from the support of Anlyang and Munchu on either side.

Those two are simply amazing.

If you look now, they’re completely pushing forward by utilizing the quality difference of the armor.

Maho’s unit looks cool and romantic, but their practicality is considerably lacking.

When you go for a themed outfit, you need to pay the price!

In contrast, Anna is incredibly efficient.

Even now, she’s still wearing a sword with a missing blade at her waist.

It’s like she doesn’t expect to fight at all.

[Will Anna-senpai win?]

While watching the battle unfold, one of the juniors observing from the Horo-gwan asked.

Sure, the opponent has many leaders, but we also have quite a few troops I’ve absorbed.

Right now, there are quite a number of people looking down from the Horo-gwan, including me.

“If nothing unexpected happens, we should win.”

Just looking at the momentum since the battle started, it seems like Anna’s going to win.

A little surprising, though—could it be that Maho fights well?

[Hyaah!]

Seems she didn’t come out as the vanguard for no reason! She’s waving her long spear around and charging forward with impressive flair.

However.

[Block it!]

[Stab with the spear!]

Everyone is slowly getting used to this small-scale battle now.

Everyone’s gained experience, and it’s become difficult for individual strength to make a significant impact on the battlefield.

Moreover.

[Anna-san! I’ll support you!]

Anna’s subordinates, Anlyang and Munchu, are strong in their own right.

Seeing Maho act recklessly, they pull out their weapons and engage to restrain her.

…I like them.

If there’s a chance to have this content again, they would be the ones I’d want to recruit.

But more than that….

“Get ready for the defense soon.”

As the vanguard battle nears its end, I need to prepare mentally.

I had already sent a messenger down.

Having secured the initiative, it’s about time Anna should enter Horo-gwan.

[Yes!]

[We’ll send down the soldiers!]

Thus.

After Anna and her allies knocked Maho off her horse.

[Woooahhh!!!]

[We won!!]

With morale successfully boosted, Anna received my messenger and quickly entered the castle.

And afterward.

[Those vile scoundrels!]

[All troops, charge!]

[Conquer the castle!]

With the fierce words of the half-Miro alliance, who lost in the vanguard battle and had their pride crushed, the siege war of Horo-gwan officially began.

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In this map, there are no siege engines.

Simply put, there are so many players on the server, and with the abundance of equipment, implementing siege engines would cause errors.

So how do we penetrate the castle?

There are neither siege engines to break down doors nor ladders to scale the walls.

It’s very simple.

If there’s no door in the castle, that’s all!

What do I mean by that?

[Block it!!]

[Seal all entrances!]

We have to use people instead of doors, you see.

Big enough for a carriage to pass through, the shield soldiers are building a wall to take the place of doors.

And the opponents are trying to break through the entrance with heavily armored infantry in the front.

[Stab with the spears!]

[Fire the arrows!!]

Our forces are responding by stabbing from behind the shield soldiers and shooting arrows from the castle, but….

[Shoot from the wall!]

[Everyone, fire!]

The opponents are counterattacking with overwhelming numbers, and we’ve found ourselves under siege.

Shooting arrows from the top of the wall?

That means over three times the arrows are coming up at us.

Moreover, the Horo-gwan isn’t all that high, so there are quite a few soldiers falling while shooting arrows from the walls.

[The enemy’s response is too fierce…!]

While assessing the situation during the defense, one of my subordinates approached me quietly.

“Hmm… this is quite something.”

To be pushed like this from the start.

Is it really that sheer numbers can bully us?

Also, our troops aren’t even specialized in this sort of thing.

Most of our strategies revolve around clashing with equal forces or using overwhelming numbers to crush the opponents.

We lack experience in defending against overwhelming numbers.

“What’s our troop situation?”

[So far, the damage isn’t drastic… but if we continue in this attrition warfare, it’ll be a big loss for us.]

“…That’s true.”

Even if we lose the same soldiers, the ratio differs, making it hard to endure.

In battle, numbers are indeed everything.

“Then let’s withdraw to the Luoyang Castle, minus the minimum defensive troops.”

[Understood!]

At least the good thing is that we have Luoyang to fall back to.

The entrance to Luoyang Castle is narrow, and its walls are higher, making it easier to defend.

“Anna, sis.”

[Yes?]

After giving orders to my aides, I called out to Anna.

Ever since she won the vanguard battle, she was strutting about, but now, seeing the troubled situation, her shoulders sagged again.

“I just had the juniors do it, but you’re responsible for setting up the defense in Luoyang Castle.”

[Miro, what about you?]

I planned to entrust Anna with the construction of the defense line.

I might get things done easily, but I have my own work to do.

“I’m just going to cause a little chaos with a separate unit.”

Now, while Loa leads the new Miro group, I still have the original Miro troops who’ve survived until now.

From the very first battle, they’ve gained immense experience.

The Loa group may be elite, but this has been a truly small elite unit.

“Is everyone ready?”

[Yes!!]

[I will follow your orders!!]

The original Miro troops I’ve led are, in some ways, similar to Maho’s troops.

They’ve adjusted their armor to fit the theme.

If Maho’s troops aligned with Greek hoplite armor, then…

*Clang.*

“All troops, prepare.”

Our unit’s defensive gear would be full plate armor.

I climbed onto my hard-won red horse, wearing my personal helmet, and performed a simple check.

As this happened.

[We’re being pushed!]

[Support here!]

[Everyone, shoot arrows without holding back!]

I could hear the sound of our soldiers being pushed back from the Horo-gwan, where we retained the minimum defensive unit.

Listening to that sound, I raised my personal spear high.

“Let’s go.”

[Woooah!!!]

[Let’s go!]

[Bloodshed! Charge!]

-Oh my gosh.

-It’s been a while since I took the front line!

-If you die, it’s all over, right?

“Am I going to die?”

If I were going to die here, I would have already bitten the dust long ago.

I pointed my spear that I had raised high towards the fleeing enemy soldiers starting to retreat from the Horo-gwan.

“Charge!”

[Uwaaaah!!!]

Thud-thud-thud-thud–!!

With the ground trembling, we dashed towards the Horo-gwan with the cavalry.

[Cavalry is coming!]

[The, the banner! It’s the Miro banner!]

[The enemy commander! Miro is here!]

Charging proudly with the banner, it looks like the enemies who just breached the Horo-gwan are surprised.

However.

They should have built a defense wall instead of being shocked.

“Breakthrough!”

Boom!!

As fully armed cavalry slammed into the enemy soldiers, they could not withstand the impact and were sent flying.

“I’ll take down the commanders first!”

Thud!

As I sent one soldier flying with my spear, I looked around.

This charge is meant to buy time until our forces can build their defensive line, but since I’m already in, I think I’ll take out a commander or two on my way!

“Follow me!”

Right then, I spotted a banner nearby that had just entered the Horo-gwan.

I led the cavalry straight at it.

[The enemies are coming!]

[Set up the wall!]

As befitting the soldiers around the banner, they raised their shields to form a wall as we charged.

There were about twenty of them.

Roughly equal in number to our cavalry.

However.

“Breakthrough!”

Even if the numbers were equal or even less, we pride ourselves on being the best cavalry in the continent.

Though they set the wall up pretty tightly, we charged unhesitatingly.

Boom-!!

We smashed through the shields and broke the wall apart.

“Ha!”

[W-what?!]

After breaking through, I could see the shocked enemy commander looking up at me in disbelief.

“I’ve taken out the enemy commander!”

Swish-!

With one swift motion, I struck the enemy commander down cleanly.

Whoosh.

Quickly, I readjusted my grip on my spear and swung at the banner held by the crumbling commander.

Snap-!

The banner shattered.

Ideally, I’d want to take it and absorb their forces, but—

There’s no time for that now!

I need to smash it before someone else gets a hold of it.

“I’m coming again!”

-Haha, lol.

-This is like Dong Zhuo or Lu Bu, haha!

-Really flying around, lol!

After that.

Before the main force of the enemy could fully enter the Horo-gwan.

[Uwaaaaaaaah!!]

[Haeil’s down!]

[Chase that one!]

After taking down two more enemy banners with my separate unit, I finally returned to Luoyang Castle.