The Imperial Army led by Great General Justice set out from Fort Hon to their destination of the enemy held stronghold of Fort Grengar.
They set out with Gaileo's army of 30,000 accompanying Great General Justice's core army of 190,000 men, giving them 220,000 men total. The Justice Army actually numbered over 300,000, but the rest of his troops were already set out to capture their own objectives.
When they arrived at Fort Grengar, they saw that it was an overgrown and dilapidated remnant of a once great fortress.
"How many men do they have defending the fort?" Gaileo asked.
"Our estimate is between 15- 20,000 men." Justice replied.
"Isn't our army of 220,000 a bit overkill then?" Gaileo asked.
"It's common practice to only besiege a walled settlement when you have an overwhelming advantage. That being said, you're right I could take this position with far less men." Justice replied.
"So why are we all attacking together? Isn't it more efficient to split up and conquer multiple targets at the same time?"
"Yes, that would usually be the case. But there are two reasons that I kept our forces together." Justice explained. "The first is that our next target will be one that I need our entire army to attack together. It wouldn't make sense to split up just to come back together. The other…."
As Justice was trying to speak the soldiers on the walls started to shout insults at him, and their commander came to the walls to speak with Justice.
"You Imperial dogs! You better get yourself off of our lands, or we'll skin you all alive!" Their commander spit out to Justice. The then went on to join his men in shouting abuse at Justice.
"These are the Chasi Tribe. They're known for being especially savage." Justice explained as he mostly ignored the man's shouting. "This is their land. If you can call it a land. The territory of the Chasi Tribe extends from here to about 100 yards away. Their Kingdom consists of just this one castle."
"I see." Gaileo said.
"If you Imperial dogs think that you can come here and take our castle then you have another thing coming!" The enemy commander shouted from the walls. "We will…"
"I'm willing to accept your surrender now, but this is the only time I will allow it." Justice interrupted.
"You are mistaken if you think that we will surrender to the likes of you, dog!"
"What is the status of your civilians?" Justice asked.
"What? They have all fled already. Why are you asking me that?"
"So to be clear, you will not be surrendering and the castle is not currently occupied by any civilians, is that correct?" Justice asked.
"Yes w-"
The commander tried to respond but Justice immediately snapped his fingers and the entire castle was engulfed in flames. He snapped his fingers again and the flames vanished. In an instant the castle was nothing but a patch a scorched earth.
"The other reason I wanted us to attack this castle together was so I could show you the true power of a Great General." Justice explained. "If you want to become Emperor, this is the power that you'll have to overcome."