Blood Dragon

"You're right." Ashrufat replied. "If it were you, I wouldn't make such a stupid plan... But fortunately, it is not you who command Ryan's main force, but Leto."

"Prince Leto does not have military experience, but commanding the army is not done by him alone. Even the supreme commander needs to listen to the opinions of his subordinates to make decisions. An inexperienced general may not necessarily..."

"No, he will!" Ashuruffat replied.In a sense, it was fortunate that Baylor was leading the Rangers.

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Robin stood on the highest point of the city, the wind blew his face and brought up his sideburn hair.A few strands of hair stuck to his face, making him feel itchy but very comfortable. <Under the blowing of the wind, the fields and forests were all dyed green, full of vitality.

"Robin, what are you looking at?" Baylor came from behind.During this period of time, Belleel was seriously preparing for the defense of Menor, patrolling the city walls at least twice a day.Fortunately, Meno City was not a big city in the first place, and there were actually a batch of ready-made weapons and equipment in the city, which enabled Beler to organize a tight defense force with 3000 troops on hand.If the vampire tried to use the superior force to attack the Rangers, he would be surprised to find that the walnut was much harder to chew than expected.

"Lord Belair, I'm thinking. I wonder what measures the vampire will take." Robin said excitedly.In the current situation, anyone can see that Ryan's army is already winning.

"Hehe, Robin. The key is not what measures he takes, but what preparations we make." Baylor replied with a smile. "Has the magician delivered my letter?"

"Yes, my lord general. However, you are a little too wordy. The same thing does not need to be repeated over and over again. Although Your Highness Leto..." Robin said, suddenly he found that there is a There are soldiers on duty, so shut up quickly.After all, these soldiers are all from Ryan, so it's not a good thing to say something wrong.

"Although His Highness Leto lacks military experience?" Belleer shrugged and replied with an indifferent attitude, not caring at all whether the Ryan soldiers heard him or not. "Providing correct advice to the general is what I should do as a deputy general."

"But..." Baylor's reminders were too many.In fact, in the past few days, it was the third time that Belleux used magic to send a message to Leto.Although the specific wording is different each time, the essence is the same thing - to remind Leto that they already have an absolute advantage. At this moment, we must avoid a decisive battle with vampires, but use strategic advantages to compress the activity space of vampires a little bit, and take advantage of them. It really translates into victory.Of course, it would be best to send a few thousand more troops over to reinforce Beryl, so as to further ensure the advantage.

Robin could understand Belleur's feelings in writing to Leto—after all, everyone knew that Prince Leto had no military experience.But I am puzzled by the frequent writing of letters.

"But what? Robin?"

"If His Royal Highness Leto listens to your opinion, then one letter is enough. If he ignores your opinion, no matter how many letters you write, it will be useless." Robin replied. "That's what you taught me in the past."

"You don't understand yet," Belleer replied.Robin felt that when Belleel spoke, the expression on his face seemed to be smiling, and it was a mocking smile. "But soon you'll understand."

"The vampires don't seem to be attacking us?" Robin paused and changed the subject.

"Of course, if he came to attack us, he would really die. If it was Ashurfat, he would never do such a stupid thing."

"Then why are you trying so hard to strengthen your defenses..." Robin pouted, but didn't say this.

"Actually, I did this just in case. After all, no matter how smart people are, they will sometimes be stupid." Baylor seemed to have read the question in Robin's mind. "Right now, it's an extremely dangerous environment for Ashrufat. On the one hand, he has been attacked back and forth, and on the other hand, he has been betrayed. Under high pressure, perhaps his mind will become confused."

Baylor was talking about Maynor.Previously, it took only two or three days for the Rangers to completely control most of the villages on the Menor land.This is not so much a threat of force, as it is that people welcome the arrival of Ryan's regular army.Baylor quickly solved the most urgent food and fodder problem, and got the capital to stick to Meno City.

In fact, it is really strange to say.Everyone knew that the Meno region was originally where vampires started.It is said that all the villages turned to the side of the vampire and accepted the protection of the vampire.It was with the support of the Meno region that the vampires finally grew in power and captured the entire Sylvania in one fell swoop.However, it was the area that most supported vampires at the beginning, but now it abandoned its loyalty to vampires like a pair of broken shoes, and turned to fully support the coming Ryan regular army.If it is understandable for those officials who were loyal to the original lord but were forced to serve the vampires to open the city gate, then dozens of villages in the entire land defected to Belel, providing him with manpower and material support. People can't figure it out.

"Robin, are you wondering why the people in this place support us so easily and provide us with fodder and corresponding supplies?" Belleel asked, seeing through Robin's doubts at a glance.Robin nodded.

"Haha...it's very simple. Because vampires are no longer useful." Although Belle was laughing, there was a strong sense of coldness in his voice.

"The residents here were originally Ryan people. They turned to vampires because they were forced to live by the lord. Now that this problem has been solved, the lord—like Kasek or something—has been killed by the vampire. Never coming back. Then there's no use for vampires."

"But...but...even for the sake of gratitude..."

"Grateful? Haha... grateful... grateful!" Baylor laughed. "If that person is not a vampire, but a human being, it will be a bit troublesome for people to convince themselves to give up gratitude. They have to find an excuse to make themselves feel at ease. But since that person is a vampire, a legendary evil monster, even this There is no need to find any excuses. If there is any worry in their hearts, I am afraid they are only worried about the revenge of the vampires."

Belle's face twitched, and at that moment, Robin felt that his general became a little unreal. "Robin, you have to remember that all agreements, oaths, or covenants are used for betrayal. This is true for people and countries. The most reliable thing is only interests. Billo was so important, so I never had to worry about being betrayed."

Belle walked to the other side.Robin stood there stupidly, unable to recover for a long time.

While Robin was standing there in a daze, Leto received a letter from Baylor at a location quite far away from them.Leto was holding an informal meeting when the guard delivered the letter to him.His staff, confidants, several other lieutenants, and some more trusted mid-level officers were all present.

For Baylor's letter, Leto still pays more attention to it.He opened the letter and read it carefully before throwing it aside.Baylor sent three letters in a row, but the back and forth actually meant the same thing.Leto really didn't know Belle was such a long-winded person in the past.

"General Belair thinks," Leto said. "Vampires are likely to seek us for a decisive battle, in order to desperately survive."

"This is just the last dying struggle of the vampire." Someone said happily. "We will win this war."

After hearing this sentence, Leto didn't show any special joy on his face, on the contrary, he seemed a little sullen.

"What would happen if we fought vampires head-on?" Leto suddenly asked this question after a short silence.

"Defeating vampires is not a particularly big challenge for our army." A lieutenant replied.It was an old man with gray hair, but he was in good spirits. He was the kind of experienced veteran who could be seen at a glance.This time Leto went out to find some of the most outstanding generals to serve as lieutenants.

"However, victory is meaningless. You can only invest five thousand in the front line of the valley - no more than seven thousand at most. Winning such a medium-scale battle is not decisive. Failure will shake morale." The veteran explained. road. "I suggest to follow Lord Belle's advice."

Leto frowned, but he could only answer "Yeah." Then he waved his hand to signal the end of the meeting.Everyone else left, only a few of his trusted staff and officers stayed.

"Your Highness, I am afraid that this time, General Belleur has made the greatest contribution." An aide said.

"Yeah." Leto replied.This is already obvious at a glance, and for the sake of boosting morale, the whole army has already known the news, and no one can hide it even if they want to.

"Belyl really said he wanted a triumphal ceremony?" Leto suddenly asked an aide.Had Robin been there, he would probably have recognized this man as the one who had come to confer with Belleer.

"Your Highness, I swear that was the request made by General Beryl himself." The staff member replied.

The triumphal ceremony was originally only eligible for the main general.Considering Belleer's special circumstances, especially since he had achieved such a feat, it is not outrageous to ask for a triumphal ceremony.The king would most likely agree.However, if a triumphant ceremony is held for a lieutenant general, where will Leto, as the chief general, save face?Although it is said that the war was won, no one would think that it was Leto's credit, and it would only make him a laughingstock from now on.

"The triumphal ceremony..." Leto repeated.Now Baylor's brilliance has completely covered him as the leader, so much so that he feels that he doesn't have to be the leader at all.If I knew this earlier, why bother?Perhaps his choice of Baylor as the lieutenant was a mistake in itself—a mistake made by one-sided thinking.He only considered Baylor's ability and the benefits it brought, but he forgot that the more outstanding Baylor was, the more likely he would become an opponent competing for honor.

hateful!Such a result would happen!There is no suspense about victory, but this is not the victory Leto wants!

Worst of all, Leto finds himself unable to change all that.

"Your Highness, unless you defeat the vampire on the battlefield right now, I'm afraid...you won't get any special...rewards when you go back." The aide picked up the letter that Leto had thrown aside before, and slightly I took a look. "Also, I think General Beryl may be ambitious in this regard."

"What do you mean?"

"He wrote to you repeatedly... In fact, the content was the same, but he sent you three times in a row. Of course, what he said was not wrong - there is no doubt about it - but why did he repeatedly emphasize this matter? Or Is this matter important to him?"