Flight of The Harpy's Heart

Chapter xx: The Inazuma

Several months ago, on the Lapinwood. North of Stormsteps Mountain.

On the same drizzling rain day, Maeda recalled the Inazuma samurai clan mutiny against Lord Borran Grant of House Boffrant, the Commander in Chief of the Regalyon regular army. Lord Borran was known for his ruthless and cunning strategies and tactics, he commanded the regular army directly to vanquish the Leverett Revolt of the rabbit folks that had already been going on for the last decade.

They had been given orders to massacre or cleanse the surrendered beastfolks, otherwise known as the rabbit people. The act was in response to their rebellion against Regalyon's empire of Men.

it was known as the Battle of the Fence and also the infamous mutiny of the Inazuma samurais. an event that shook the world of mercenaries and sellswords where the employee rebelled against their employer due to the code of conduct breach.

Where everyone turned blind eyes when soldiers and mercenaries committed atrocities, but this time it's not. The Inazuma clan was openly against such acts.

No one would held accountable for anything soldiers or mercenaries did on the battlefield. Everything would be swept under the rug and the victor would write the history. And yet, the samurai had their standards high, just like the Jinns.

While the Jinns might disagree and still follow orders because they are not one whole army, the samurais were one banner, they are not some disguised warrior in another man's banner. They would prefer to kill themselves than to do any atrocities that tarnished themselves.

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The Leverette Revolt happened in the Lapinwood, the heart of the rebellion of the rabbit folks.

The Rabbit People Rebellion had its roots in years of discontent and mistreatment suffered by the rabbit folk, who were considered second-class citizens in the Regalyon Empire. The rebellion was sparked by a particularly egregious practice imposed by the empire's lords: the forced provision of bunny girls.

Two thousand Regalyon regular army and three hundred Inazuma samurais against a few dozen of rabbit people.

Ten years of suppressing their rebellion but to no avail, and now Lord Borran was to take care of the matter into his own hands.

Now, the empire got the rabbit folks in a pinch.

The rabbit rebels used guerilla tactics and lord Boran employed a scorched earth strategy, a literal strategy of setting ablaze the entire forest of Lapinwood and the hills where the rabbit folks may reside, in order to flush out the rabbit rebels.

The empire already implemented the encircling blockade around the forest. They kept closing in day by day and now is the final moment of truth.

both used strategy from a book known as The Art of Guerilla and Anti-Guerilla Tactics written by Sudrima, a Yewa general from the Naga-ri archipelago who fought against the Compagnie of Emmer Thalassia Colonial Government eighty-five years ago.

They succeeded in declaring their independence and vanquished a few guerilla rebellions backed by the Emmer Thalassia just after the establishment of the Naga-ri United Kingdoms.

The book was well-known for the people who fought against larger forces and for the larger forces who fought against resistance.

The resistance such as the rabbit folks, employed guerilla tactics such as; hit and run, digging a network of tunnels, sabotage

for the established force they employed encirclement, and set up posts every few distances to reduce the moving area activity of the resistance.

Yet, Lord Borran made a few tweaks to the strategy. He ordered the forest to be set ablaze, creating a wall of fire that would surround the Rabbit Rebels. The roaring flames devoured the trees, transforming the once serene forest into a nightmarish inferno. Boran's intent was clear: he aimed to trap the rebels within the burning forest, leaving them with no escape route.