Teisou Gyakuten Sekai no Doutei Henkyou Ryoushu Kishi - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - An Incompetent Leader

[CulR]

This is the greatest gender swap/role swap story of all time. The author isn't even trying to make it funny... they are just swapping roles super well:

This is the historical equivalent of not letting the lady see how the boys behave in chat. In our world, Faust is supposed to be the only female knight with somewhat high nobility relatively speaking. And the prince leading the charge would try to accommodate her. Our MC being totally aware of these differences but still conditioned by our world has to make himself behave as a lady. And to the readers eyes it's ten times funnier when he is a big burly man. This is peak gender writing here.

 

[Trippersigs22]

What the hell? we are getting legit world building, politics, and actual stakes, on my blue balling manga about a virgin knight surrounded by big booba?

No. lol. You got the absolute bare minimum of a story lol.

 

[Lanfear]

Brutal

 

[Wazouille]

Thank you very very much for the TL ! Can't wait to catch up with the LN

 

[BananowyJE]

I really liked the mood switch from happy dick song into pillaged village and then 2nd Princess breaking under the pressure/stress and even imagining Faust getting raped.
I think that the art looked a little different to the previous chapters tho'

 

[jhs_reika]

37 vs 100? Don't worry. He just need to don his Berserker Armor and it'd need to be 1 vs 100 for the enemy to have a chance.

Huh? What? Wrong manga?

 

[GryphusOne]

Even if they had similar fighting skills theyre being outnumbered by a bit more than double.

37 vs 100 are absolutely dogshit odds

They might have a chance, if we apply the rule-of-thumb that you need a minimum of 3:1 advantage over a defending force to have a chance at beating them. If they can somehow force the bandits into attacking them in a well-fortified position, it might be possible.

MC has crossbows and his soldiers seem to be seasoned veterans. The royal guards are probably at least competent to have their titles, and are probably melee-focused if we go by their stereotype. They match the 3:1 ratio more or less. It would be wild if the author is actually going for this.

 

[theshet]

I feel badly for the little girl, but not fully because the reasoning behind the mom and sisters actions isn't to come at her but to really just take big Papi faust for themselves lol

 

[Thoshy]

Oooh, nice dramatic chapter with actual story!

Poor girl is too kind to let her idiot Knights die for her, but she'll be returning to the capital in shame.

 

[paela69]

Even if they had similar fighting skills theyre being outnumbered by a bit more than double.

37 vs 100 are absolutely dogshit odds

Role-reversed Guts and his thick, meaty plot armor: "I like those odds"

 

[SunSun]

They might have a chance, if we apply the rule-of-thumb that you need a minimum of 3:1 advantage over a defending force to have a chance at beating them. If they can somehow force the bandits into attacking them in a well-fortified position, it might be possible.

Except as stated they're in pursuit of the bandits, since they're basically rebel knights now and are trying to escape to the enemy nation. The rebel noble is going to prioritize going to Wallendorf over chasing after some third rate group and potentially allow an actual armed force from the capital reach them.

There's only 1 or 2 scenarios that I can personally think of that would change their minds.

MC has crossbows and his soldiers seem to be seasoned veterans. The royal guards are probably at least competent to have their titles, and are probably melee-focused if we go by their stereotype. They match the 3:1 ratio more or less. It would be wild if the author is actually going for this.

Faust's immediate suggestion was to retreat. He's a war hero and he thinks it's suicidal.

Faust's troops number only 20. He probably didn't bring an even split of crossbows to spears so say he has 6-8 crossbows and 12-14 spearwomen. That's still not enough to even hold a fortified position against at least 100 enemies. Crossbows are cheap and effective but they still take time to reload and taking down an armored knight isn't guaranteed.

Finally they'd need time to setup a fortified position. Obstacles, walls, any traps and pits would take time to dig out and build. After they'd built it THEN they'd need some way to bait an enemy who's intent on escaping into attacking them.

So the 2 ways I can think of for how this will play out:

One is to use Valerie and Faust as bait; bringing the 2nd Princess and warrior who slew Wallendorf's general would be a major bargaining chip for the rebels. But that's dangerous as fuck and there's a high chance that either Valerie or Faust would get captured before they could bait the enemy into an ambush. Plus it'd require some troops be building the fortified area and hopefully in time, and the remaining accompanying Valerie and Faust to make it look more convincing.

The second scenario is the rebel/bandits haven't actually headed to the border yet and are somewhat close to the village.

Or maybe the author has some other thing planned out, I dunno I haven't read the LN or WN, so we'll see next month.

 

[K422R]

They might have a chance, if we apply the rule-of-thumb that you need a minimum of 3:1 advantage over a defending force to have a chance at beating them. If they can somehow force the bandits into attacking them in a well-fortified position, it might be possible.

MC has crossbows and his soldiers seem to be seasoned veterans. The royal guards are probably at least competent to have their titles, and are probably melee-focused if we go by their stereotype. They match the 3:1 ratio more or less. It would be wild if the author is actually going for this.

A sizeable portion of the opposing force consists of bandits, who will probably get routed when facing an unit of trained and coordinated fighters. The ousted noblewoman's clique is also somewhat preoccupied with trying to hurry over the border with loot, slaves and possibly some wounded slowing them down, meaning that they're probably not interested in responding to smaller threats with full force.

So yeah, if they're on the defending end, or have favorable terrain limiting the size of attacking force, then they might just do it.

 

[Eighty-six]

Man, I thought this was a great comedy and the serious tone seems completely out of place considering the premise. I hope they don't actually try to turn this into a serious drama cause the setting is too silly.

I'm of the opposite desire, but I'm pretty sure the author will thread the needle.

 

[phil777]

needs erotica tag though

Not yet.

Hrm, it also feels kinda exaggerated that the 2nd princess would be declared a failure in this case when things are clearly out of her control (and to which the capital received news of as they barely made it on site). Do they expect her to blindly throw herself to her death? =/ And lose soldiers in the process? Doesn't sound very wise.

 

[Kozan]

Supposed fanservice with badly-drawn boobs and bodies, followed by excellent depiction of winding a heavy crossbow using a crank and decent portrayal of medieval politics... Someone should tell the mangaka to remove the boobs and add more war and politics...

 

[GryphusOne]

Except as stated they're in pursuit of the bandits....

Just saying that their odds are not as crappy as you might think, if we apply the rule-of-thumb and assume that they can somehow manage to force the bandits into attacking them in a fortified position. Perhaps in an ambush, as you say. I'm not making assumptions as specific as how they would go about this, how their group is composed, how effective their weapons are in comparison, etc. In the end, that would just be speculation for the author to prove/disprove so we'll have to see on the next chapter indeed.

As @K422R said, they're also encumbered by their loot while presumably on the run, so there's that consideration too. But then again, we can only speculate and we'll have to see.

 

[BestBoy]

Man, I thought this was a great comedy and the serious tone seems completely out of place considering the premise. I hope they don't actually try to turn this into a serious drama cause the setting is too silly.

There are definitely several serious chapters coming up.

 

[XenoAshura]

shit finally hit the fan for these horny cocksuckers...
war is a bitch and she doesn't hold her punches.

 

[YoshMate1209]

Pg.19 looks like he's getting pegged.

 

[SunSun]

Just saying that their odds are not as crappy as you might think, if we apply the rule-of-thumb and assume that they can somehow manage to force the bandits into attacking them in a fortified position.

But when are they going to fortify a position when they're chasing a group that's main goal is escaping?

The fortified position you keep mentioning requires fortifications; walls, towers or at the minimum hard cover and obstacles against cavalry.

That takes time to build. Hours in fact, assuming there's easy access to materials. And now the bodyguards and Faust's house troops are tired from building fortifications and now have to fight a battle?

Perhaps in an ambush, as you say.

Not perhaps, they'd have to. You don't just full frontal assault a group that's three times your number unless you have a death wish.

I'm not making assumptions as specific as how they would go about this, how their group is composed, how effective their weapons are in comparison, etc. In the end, that would just be speculation for the author to prove/disprove so we'll have to see on the next chapter indeed.

And that's why the author had Faust, our MC, who has fought in bloody battles before, who understands their chances immediately say, "Please give the order for retreat."

As @K422R said, they're also encumbered by their loot while presumably on the run, so there's that consideration too. But then again, we can only speculate and we'll have to see.

Which would support them not attacking any fortified position anyway. So it'd still be a pursuit and the bandits would be defending, which means Valerie's group gets crushed.

And that loot includes boys/men from the village, which means hostages.

As I stated before the only way makes sense is the bandit and rebels are actually closer to the village than they think, or the rebels doubled back for some reason.