In fact, if you went by the history of his previous life, Charen Ape-Mane remained a foolhardy tyrant into old age. But he also had qualities that were crucial in a ruler: he respected and protected talented people, and was willing to take the blame for them. With Orson Blackfin's help, after ascending the throne, he brought the Kaitai Kingdom's power to its peak.
However, after Orson Blackfin died of overwork, King Charen lost his external brain and blundered into the Empire's internal power struggle. Then, after Brunhild emerged victorious, this mighty king and great protector of the Katai was discarded by the Empire like a dirty fur rug it had used up.
Of course, as the saying went, history had its own momentum, but that mainly applied to the changing times, not to individual struggles and fates.
In any case, on this timeline, Orson Blackfin, the greatest general in the Kaitai Kingdom's history, had fallen early in the Battle of West Tail three years ago. Charen Ape-Mane had lost his external brain in his youth. Who knew? Perhaps the shock had made him see the light and awaken early.
With some time to spare, Rozes asked curiously, "If you were in General Bonaparte's position, what would you do?"
In any other department, that could easily have been taken as a challenge to the two commanders. Fortunately, Yu Lian himself wasn't the sort to take offense.
Yu Lian pondered for a moment. "If it were that guy Venn, he'd probably wait until the enemy's Corona-class ships tried to pursue us and collided with each other, throwing them into confusion. Then he'd switch the fleet from retreating to closing in and launch an all-out attack."
Rozes nodded in agreement. Horatio Venn was a rich kid with a bad case of chuunibyou