Blood Dragon

The evening sun shrouded the hillside.The harsh winter has long since ended, and the temperature is getting warmer day by day.Unknowingly blown by the spring breeze, the flowers, plants and trees on the entire land have sprouted new buds, and the surrounding area presents a light green color full of vitality.

However, compared with the human camp that is full of vitality and people come and go, this camp is dead silent, with no sound, no traces of human activities, and no peripheral military facilities built by normal military camps, such as fences, External defense measures such as trenches, horse refusals, and parapets.The main reason why it is said that this is a military camp is the silent sentinels passing by in groups from time to time.From a distance, these silent sentinels could be seen wearing rusted armor and holding shimmering weapons in their hands.

But even this kind of guard who kept moving around revealed a kind of inexplicable lifelessness.

At the highest point of the hillside, there is a medium-sized tent, with a flag flying beside the tent, with a red dragon pattern on the flag.In Sylvania, no one can mistake this pattern.This is the blood dragon banner of the vampire Ashrufat.

At this moment, he and his undead army are stationed here.Not far away is the valley that connects Sylvania and Ryan's native land.This road in the middle of the valley has now become the forefront of the war.The Undead Legion and Ryan's armies are currently stationed in two sections of this valley, facing each other four days away, preparing for this unavoidable war.

In the middle of this tent, a small meeting was taking place at this moment.There were actually only two people present, Ashuruffat and Eric.

For Ashrufat, this was a helpless result.In fact, he also hopes to gather a group of capable men here to make suggestions and express opinions for the current situation.But in fact, among all his subordinates, maybe Eric is the only one who has strategic vision and military literacy.Because he used to be a general.Those black mages almost all have uniqueness and keen judgment in tactics, especially in small-scale battles.But almost none of them have large-scale wars, especially the combat experience of tens of thousands of troops, let alone the ability to observe the war situation.

Both of them were flipping through the information gathered from various places.

"The situation is very bad." This is Eric's conclusion after reading various letters, reports and analysis. "Ryan people not only have the upper hand in quality, but also in quantity."

The war with the Bin tribe some time ago can be said to be the best touchstone of the undead army's combat power.Generally speaking, the fighting power of the undead army is weaker than that of the human army.There are two very important points. The first is that undead creatures are good at melee combat, but lack the ability to attack from a long range, so they are easy to be killed by heavy firepower before fighting.The second is that although undead creatures do not know how to be afraid and retreat at all, it is precisely because of this that they do not know how to avoid danger.This makes them always easy casualties on the battlefield.Especially when the battle situation is unfavorable, undead creatures will ignore the enemy's advantage and rush directly to die, instead of choosing to retreat temporarily to avoid the enemy's edge and look for opportunities to fight back like normal humans.Without the support of magic, it would be difficult for the undead legion to compete head-on with the well-equipped human army.

"It seems that the situation is so bad." Ashuruffat replied.

"Duke, what do you think? Or, where do you think your chances of victory are?" Eric turned his attention to the map laid out on the table. "You can't let them go through the valley. If you go through the valley...then you're giving up your only advantage."

"Yes." Ashuruffat agreed. "If they arrive here... on a battlefield where the army can be fully deployed, they will have a great advantage. Their army is equipped with blast cannons. I heard that this kind of cannon...can fire a dozen or even several rounds at a time. Ten rounds of shells...a blast cannon can even directly destroy a medium-sized phalanx."

"I've heard of it too, but it seems to be rumored that this weapon is not very stable, and it's easy to explode..." Eric pondered. "If you let me say it, you can only choose to set up the battlefield in the valley, that is, along the main road. Otherwise, you have no chance of victory. Once they pass through Sylvania, set up a battle formation on the field, even if it is one An idiot commanding an army can win. He just needs to know how to order his cannons—whether they are blasters or not—to fire with long-range troops such as musketeers and archers!"

Eric reiterated his point of view. "Only this valley... the narrow terrain prevents superior troops from deploying, and the crowded formation prevents soldiers from alternating front and back... so you have a chance."

Erik unknowingly uses the word "you", making Ashrufat realize that the old soldier doesn't actually see him as someone "on his side".In fact, of course, Eric had agreed to play for him.Now if Eric falls into the hands of the church, he will never be able to escape the crime of "betraying humanity and taking refuge in vampires".

"But you don't have the energy to deal with this path." Eric didn't realize what Ashuruffat was thinking, and he frowned. "Last time you passed this small road to win, but this time... this is your door... If I were from Ryan, then I would definitely... pick an elite ranger and start from this small road Attack, go straight to the depths of Sylvania. You must allocate a sufficient force to defend this area! Separating this ranger has almost no effect on my combat power. And you allocate this defensive force , but it can cause a significant attenuation of strength."

"I'm not worried about that." Ashuruffat replied. "In fact, that's exactly what I want them to do."

Eric was slightly surprised by his confident tone.

"You have deployed a force in the middle of the road, and plan to attack head-on?" Eric asked. "You have two choices, either deploy a huge army, but this will greatly weaken your frontal troops. Or you have to prepare a fast and mobile elite army, but in this way... the frontal battlefield becomes a battle again. Serious problem." He shook his head, impossible.It's a stupid idea.The undead army lacks qualified commanders, and all black mages do not have the ability to command tens of thousands of undead creatures at once.If the vampire wanted him to come, he wouldn't command such a strange army.

"I plan to direct it myself!" Ashuruffat replied.

"Then the frontal battlefield..."

"Take care!" Ashuruffat replied. "My idea is very simple, relying on Mimilu!"

"Mimilu?" Now Eric already knew the existence of Mimilu, and even deduced that Ashuruffat was able to drive straight in with a bunch of green-skinned mobs, largely relying on the "half-beast" help.

"This path is rough, and some places are difficult to walk." Aishuruffat explained. "If the army goes this way...it will take about six days, and it will take four days at the fastest. When they get out of the path, they must stop and rectify, and then set off for the nearest city. When they reach the city of Menor, they will need an additional Three to five days. In other words, they need a total of ten days!"

Eric didn't answer.Ten days is almost the same.Eric walked that path and knew how bad it was. Ten days was a conservative calculation.

"If I set off from here, leave behind the slow-moving troops, and lead the cavalry to march around the clock, it will take about seven days to reach the city of Meno." Ashuruffat continued. "In other words, as long as I get the news, I can stop them under the city of Meno. I am very confident in this battle, because in order to go this way, the Rangers must abandon heavy equipment such as cannons, and the number of them must not be too large. "

"Then launch an attack in front of the enemy..."

"Resist every step of the way, just block them. I will return in time." Aishuruffat knew that he still had a trick, which was to use the transmission system in the dark castle.After he annihilates the Rangers, he can return to the frontal battlefield in a very short time.

"I understand." The mountainous area between Sylvania and Ryan's mainland is an extremely difficult obstacle for almost any existence that relies on legs to walk, but it does not include the half-beast race. "if only……"

"Mimilu can monitor this small road. If you say one or two pedestrian spies, even Mimilu can't detect it. But if you want to talk about an army composed of thousands of people, Mimilu will definitely not be mistaken." Ai Xiu Rufat said. "The Rangers will cross the path safely and arrive at the city of Menor, and then I will wait for them there!"

He thought about the whole plan again, and chuckled.There should be no problem, he is very confident in Mimilu's ability.There is no gap in time for the opponent to take advantage of... Although this victory cannot change the balance of strength between the two sides, it is definitely a blow to the enemy.The Ryan people will be more cautious and careful, that is to say, they will spend more time, which greatly increases the possibility of dragging the war into summer.

That should be it... He looked up to the outside of the tent.Although he couldn't see it, he knew that Mimilu must be guarding among the mountains at this moment, at the top of a mountain that was too steep for humans to climb, overlooking the movement of the entire valley.

……

"Hey, it's so boring..." Mimilu squatted on the top of a mountain, yawning out of boredom.At her feet was a mountain like a pinnacle.If humans want to climb such a mountain, they must undergo special training and be equipped with corresponding equipment.But for Mimilu, climbing up this place is no different from walking up a flight of steps.

She hid the strange thing Ashuruffat had given her in a small hole nearby.Her task is very simple, as long as she sees an enemy, she can use that strange thing to notify the master.

But at present, it seems that those people have no intention of going this way.Mimilu blew wind here for two days, but found nothing except bugs flying around.It must be said that there are more bugs in the mountains than in the castle - the castle has no such damn gadgets at all.

Hey, it's all those guys' fault for putting a bunch of noose traps in the camp.Mimilu immediately understood that the other party was on guard, and then Ashuruffat sent her to monitor the mountain.

It is impossible for a human army to march at night in such a mountainous area.It will be dark, and Mimilu will be able to go to bed soon.

Mimilu's cat-like ears moved suddenly, because she heard something that she shouldn't have heard in the mountains—it was the neighing of a horse.Although the voice was very weak, Mimilu was sure that she was not mistaken.