i have absolutely no idea what is happening in this chapter, it's a mess
This chapter is heavy on feelings and uses art creatively to convey them. But here is my version of what happened:
Okay, so last chapter, MC concluded that the logical course of action would be to fall back and call for reinforcements. Because it's not mere bandits anymore.
The princess was quite sad about it, and the leader of her bodyguards called her knowledge of politics and figured out that if they do that logical thing, both the princess and the bodyguards would lose their jobs. and that would suck.
And so, the leader of the bodyguards applied some harsh words to the peasants, and convinced them to become a militia and fight together with the bodyguards and the MC' troops.
With that, she managed to persuade the princess and the MC to fight.
With that, leader of MC's troops was impressed by her enough to recommend MC to marry her. MC did not agree to that, because even if her social status is good enough, she is too much of a brute for his liking.
Honor is for idiots. In war all that matters is who wins. Winners right the history books, not graceful losers.
Let me tell you something. For people on top, winning matters.
But for common soldiers like those bodyguards, what matters is looking good in front of your bosses. They aren't going into history books either way, but their wallets and titles depend on getting achievements. Even if it means many people have to die.
It kind of makes the gender swap pointless if everthing is the the same but gender reversed.
Gender swap is a major source of comic relief for this manga. Having women behave like men is entertaining for us, readers.