Blood Dragon

"Master General..." It took Robin a long time to recover. "You...why...did you do this?" If there is an origin to this incident, then it is that Beler accepted the king's entrustment to go to Sylvania to eliminate the vampires who started the rebellion.From this point of view, the interests of Baylor and Ryan are completely consistent.

"Tiberius and Ryan... aren't allies?" Suddenly, Robin remembered the words that Belleel said before, "All agreements, oaths, or covenants are for betrayal."At that time, he still couldn't figure out what Belleil meant when he said such inexplicable and angry words, but now he realized that when Belleel said this, he meant something.

After figuring this out, Robin immediately recalled the whole thing.Since when did Baylor's original intention change from "assisting Ryan" to the complete opposite?He understood right away.It must have been at that time...Before then, Lord Belleel really helped Ryan sincerely.But after that... the whole layout process...

"That's right, Robin, I have received a secret letter from the king." Belleel knew Robin very well, so he could clearly tell what his entourage was thinking from Robin's expression. "In the secret letter, let me weaken Ryan as much as possible."

"Why?!" Robin couldn't help blurting out.

"Of course it's because I went too far." Baylor sighed. "In the expedition to Caleian, most of the Seven Kingdoms were exhausted. Take our Tiberius as an example, it is still very difficult financially... I believe you know it. Not to mention other things, the issue of pensions for the fallen soldiers has still left us The Minister of Finance has a headache. The national debt is high, and the reduction of armaments is carried out every year. Within ten years, no, maybe 20 years, Tiberius will remain in this weak state, and this is also based on the absence of war. ...but wars don't stop happening just because we don't want them to happen...the same goes for other countries. But the Ryans did very little in Kalean because of the threat of the Sinclan. Now they have solved the threat of the Sinclan once and for all ...If Ryan can successfully defeat the vampire again, then...Ryan will become the undisputed number one power. Any country, after there is no threat from the inside, will look to the outside."

"Although we are an alliance...but the basis of the alliance and fairness is the balance of strength between the two sides. The alliance between the strong and the weak is the most unreliable thing in the world. When the Ryan people come to their senses, when they find that they already have the strongest When there is great power and the assistance of any allies is no longer needed, the covenant must be revised. From the standpoint of the Ryan people, this is a natural requirement, but from the standpoint of our country, this is a clear betrayal of the original covenant. The problem is that contracts between merchants can apply to the chamber of commerce for adjudication, while covenants between countries do not have any arbitrators. It is for this reason that we must not let the Ryans rise up."

These words were like a ray of light, instantly illuminating all the doubts in Robin's mind.Everything is solved.Why did Belleel deliberately overwhelm Leto in the meeting, why did Belleel propose to lead the Rangers himself instead of staying in a safer army, why did Belleel propose such a plan, and even why did he repeatedly give Leto Writing the same letter... all these things, these things seem to be unrelated but it is not in the habit of Bellel.

Is that so... It was the so-called "performance" at the beginning, which made full use of Leto's eagerness to make contributions... Treating him like a puppet, guiding him to dance with invisible silk threads.

Now, all merits and virtues are complete.If Leto loses, no one can blame Baylor.Among other things, Baylor's Ranger team alone will have enough witnesses and evidence to prove that everything is Leto's own fault.Baylor has done everything he should do as a lieutenant general, and even created an extremely favorable strategic situation in the end.The failure in the end--if it fails--is all because of Leto's greed and underestimation of the enemy, and it is all his fault.In a word, Baylor deserved his merits.

"But...but...the Scarlet Duke may not win."

This point has become a consensus in Ryan's army.There was a large-scale battle between the vampires and the Bin tribe before, so now the Ryan people are fully aware of the overall battle process and deduce this reality from it.During the battle at that time, the vampires deployed elite undead troops on the front line, and undead troops with weak combat power such as zombies on the second line.Even if one wing of the Bin Clan turned their backs during the war, these elite undead legions would still be unable to achieve a frontal breakthrough on the front of the Bin Clan with the support of magic.In the end, the vampires finally won by relying on the unlimited continuous combat capability of the undead legion and the tactics of the cavalry to detour behind the enemy.

At this moment, Robin can be sure that the number of the undead army (even counting those weak zombies) is comparable to that of Ryan's army.In terms of actual combat ability, it is far inferior.If fighting on a more suitable terrain, then the vampire has no certainty of victory.Although the courage and strength erupted in a desperate fight are worthy of awe, but a desperate fight does not mean victory.

"You're right, so it doesn't matter." Baylor chuckled. "This is the advantage of the 'third party'. It doesn't matter if Ryan's army loses or wins miserably... In a word, for me, the final result is nothing more than switching between 'best' and 'not bad' .Do you understand? This is the same as when the Bin tribes fought against the vampires. For the Ryan people, it is best for the vampires to win, but if the Bin tribes win-hehe, that is also very good. That's the thing, see Is it? Anyway, I stay in a safe place and just wait for the show slowly."

Saying this, Belleur laughed.Although in Robin's view, Belle's smile seemed a bit forced.

"Master General, you...actually...you don't want to do this, do you?" He asked tentatively.

"Robin..." Belleil sighed, he seemed to have lost the excitement and joy that victory was at his fingertips, and became depressed. "I once said that a general must give up and sacrifice everything for victory, including his own conscience and honor." He blew out the candles on the table and returned to the chair he was sitting on when Robin walked in, Hide yourself in darkness.

"Robin, now you know everything...it's getting late, go and have a good rest, let me be alone for a while..."

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"Everyone, this is the specific terrain of the purple stone." Leto pointed to the map, and for some reason, he felt an indescribable excitement.Even he himself couldn't tell whether the excitement was due to the upcoming victory and honor, or the upcoming battle itself. "This is the only open position in the entire valley...it is in the shape of a spindle. Our army will form an formation here, and the vampire will chase it all the way...he can only choose to form an formation here..."

This is a temporary map.But the mapping is very careful, and everyone can see some details of the battlefield from this picture.Of course, in fact, they have actually looked around the open land that will become the battlefield.

The open land was surrounded by mountains—the kind that even legions of the undead vampires could not pass through.Except for those flying ghosts and bat swarms, vampires can't make any surprises.But of the two, the number of the former is too small to pose a major threat, while the combat power of the latter is too weak, and it is more of a harassment than a battle.

"According to the relevant situation of the battle between the Undead Legion and the Bin Clan, and the results of sporadic battles between our army's forwards and the Undead Legion some time ago... It can be judged that our army has a great advantage over the Undead Legion. But the premise is that there must be a team suitable for the army. battlefield." An officer spoke. "But the purple stone is still too small to fully expand the army. Our long-range troops...especially the muskets and cannons...it is difficult to continue to exert firepower."

This is a fact.Even the purple stone is too small for Ryan's army with a total strength of [-].Melee and ranged units cannot be deployed in the normal way.Under normal circumstances, melee troops and long-range troops will be staggered, on the one hand to maintain long-range firepower, and on the other hand to ensure the safety of long-range troops.Sometimes, when the terrain is relatively narrow, the general will also prevent the long-range troops before the melee troops, so as to ensure that the enemy can be killed as much as possible before entering the melee.However, this formation must leave enough gaps between the melee phalanxes to ensure that the long-range troops can retreat in time.And purple stone can't even do the second point here.After Ryan's entire army is arrayed, it is likely that there will be no gaps to allow the first-line long-range troops to retreat quickly, leaving only a few gaps.

According to the experience on the battlefield.A good (not just qualified) musketeer could shoot twice before enemy cavalry or chariots approached; six times before enemy infantry approached.But in the case that there is not enough space for the friendly forces in the rear, in order to ensure the safe retreat of the first-line musketeers, I am afraid that they must retreat after shooting once or twice, which means that the long-range firepower is reduced by half for no reason.

"This is indeed a problem." Leto didn't take it seriously. "But there is another thing to consider... The vampires will arrive tomorrow, and we have one day to set up the battlefield." He looked around at his subordinates, this was a method he had painstakingly thought of. "During this period of time, we can build a mound behind the battlefield. We don't need to place musketeers on the front line. We only need to occupy the mound and commandeer, and the musketeers can continue to kill the enemy."

"As for the cannon... I have a better idea." Leto pointed to the left flank of the entire battlefield. "There is actually a lonely small slope here. It is very small, but it has no problem accommodating our cannons. The cannons can shoot condescendingly here."

"Your Highness, although there is a condescending advantage here, it is too far forward. Once the enemy charges with all its strength, it is very likely that our cannons will be knocked out shortly after the battle." Someone raised an objection.

"First pull the cannon up, and then dig out the soil around this small slope, then a natural solitary peak will be formed here. Our artillery can prepare ladders to go up, and the undead army can only look at it and sigh. In this way If so, our artillery can freely exert firepower without being threatened."

"By the way, Your Highness, there is the latest news from Sylvania. The vampires really ordered the Bin clan to send troops to help..."

If it was good news before, this news is bad.Leto frowned.That Baylor's proposal...is it really not very reliable?

"How many troops does the Bin tribe have?" Leto asked.

"I heard there were fifty of them."

All the generals in the tent looked at me and I looked at you, and several of Leto's cronies even started to laugh.