Madan no Ou to Vanadis - ep08

Things continue from Roland's surrender and it seem that he isn't going to join Tigre however he is going to support him in his own way. That he is going to leave his sword Durandal to prove that Tigre cause is just while he goes to seek an audience with the king to clear things up. Then as this is being done his men will return to the western front to continue protecting Brune from invaders. Although on Roland's return he falls into a trap set by Ganelon and Thenardier is outraged by what he has done. That to Ganelon what is done is done, and he doesn't care all that much since his terriorty in the west is safe but the same can't be said about Thenardier which is located in the south which is facing an invasion by Muozinellen.

Now with things turning away from Brune's civil war and refocusing on invasion from other nations. Tigre is face with more problem now that Mouzinellen is invading but Eleonora is leaving as well to give support to her fellow War Maiden Sasha which is in no condition to protect her own territory. This shrinks Tigre's already small army even smaller and it is with this force of 2,000 that he will have to fight off the enemy army that is 20,000 strong. Then there is the fact that he can't use all of 2,000 and leave his territory undefended. This leads to a lot of ambushing tatics on Tigre part since he has no hope of winning in a directed confrontation.

Although a direct confrontation does happen when Mouzinellen start killing off their Brune prisoners. However this confrontation happen in an ideal way which allows for Tigre to eliminate the enemy commander. Which destroys them enemy's formation which force them to retreat. Then as things turn out that the force that Tigre defeated wasn't even the main force. That the main army is 30,000 strong and add to that the the remaining forces that rejoin the their army and Tigre is looking at facing an enemy that is 40,000 strong. Things are even worse considering that Tigre's men are exhausted from the previous engaments. Although things are look up on his next encounter with them against a squad of 4,000 since Ludmil Lourie joins the fight. That it looks like that she will be join Tigre's forces for a time since this battle has nothing to do with her non involvement in the Brune civil war and Zhcted is potential threatened by Mouzinellen army as Brune is.