Blood Dragon

"Fifty, not 5000?" Finally, someone who didn't laugh asked the officer who provided the information.

"Fifty people, but I heard that they are all gunners." The man continued.The laughter stopped immediately.

"Fifty gunners... so how many cannons?" someone asked.Because of the weapon support from the Ryan people before, the number of cannons of the Bin tribe is quite considerable.In the final battle, all the cannons fell into the hands of the vampires intact.

"That's the problem. The vampire asked the Bin tribe to send fifty gunners, but they didn't carry cannons."

"Interesting..." Leto whispered to himself. "A gunner without a cannon... what do vampires want?"

"His Royal Highness, in my opinion, this should be due to the rumors we arranged before." An aide said.

"Oh? Why?" Leto looked at the other party with great interest.

"As we all know, the operation of cannons is actually relatively complicated, and it is completely different from muskets. It only takes half a day for a person to master the usage of muskets, and it takes at least half a year of training to cultivate a qualified gunner .It is very difficult for an untrained novice to even aim the gun on target."

That's right.Although Leto himself had never actually operated a cannon, he knew that the elevation angle of the cannon muzzle was adjusted by beating a wedge-shaped piece of wood with a hammer.Let alone other things, there is a lot of knowledge in this matter alone, a little improper force, or even uneven force will be too much.It is difficult for an unskilled gunner to adjust the muzzle to shoot long-distance targets.For an unskilled gunner, let alone an enemy army, even a large and fixed target such as a city wall is difficult to hit.

"So, this incident can be understood as the vampire taking away all the skilled gunners of the Bin Clan in order to weaken the Bin Clan's combat power and prevent the Bin Clan from rebelling at a critical moment. In other words, this incident is part of our rumor strategy An important achievement. The vampires are indeed worried about the Hama rebellion. So in future battles, we don't have to worry about the Hama army secretly ambush in the undead army."

After listening to this analysis, everyone nodded in agreement.The illogicality of bringing a gunner without a cannon can only be explained in this way.

This topic is over, and everyone will immediately start discussing other more realistic issues.

"Your Highness, building a 'Lonely Peak' is effective, but I'm worried... Vampires may find our cannons and use troops like bats or ghosts to launch an assault. We must place a small group of melee troops to protect the cannons, and at the same time Equipped with a magician..."

"It doesn't matter, our troops are abundant, and we have a lot of leeway to deal with this problem." Leto replied a little impatiently.He could feel now that his plan to fight in Purple Stone had quite a few opponents.Many people, especially those older officers, almost agreed that it was the most correct choice to follow Beler's advice, choose to defend and avoid war, and send reinforcements to support Beler.Fortunately, he directly used the commander-in-chief's authority to order to retreat to Zise Stone, otherwise, if a military meeting was held in the normal way to seek opinions, I don't know how long it would take to argue.As for the purple stone decisive battle, enough people also opposed it. They all thought that the battlefield was too small, and it would be unfavorable to force the entire army to fight.

"The battlefield is too narrow, which is not conducive to the actions of knights." Another person made an opinion.The cavalry needs more space than the infantry, and it is difficult for the cavalry to give full play to their combat power if they are fighting in the purple stone.

"That's true, but both sides are equal, so it's not a disadvantage. Don't vampires also have cavalry? These cavalry are also difficult to display their combat effectiveness." Leto reluctantly replied.

"But..." That person originally wanted to say that the number of vampire black knights was not only small, but they could dismount and fight on foot at any time.And it would be a disadvantage to let the knights dismount and fight.Without war horses, knights would not be able to exert their powerful charging power, and their combat effectiveness would be at least halved.But looking at Leto's face, he swallowed those words back.

"Your Highness, our formation is too tight. Once a certain army collapses, a chain reaction will occur, and other nearby troops will fall into chaos." Another person objected.

"It's the tight formation that keeps them from collapsing," Leto replied.His impatience showed not only in his expression, but also in his voice. "The soldiers have no room to retreat. And I won't give the vampires time to line up. I plan to let the musketeer knights take the initiative to harass the vampires forward."

"My lord, since the vampires approached our army to fight this time, we don't need to fight on a battlefield as small as Zise Stone. We might as well retreat all the way, exit the valley and find a plain where we can fully deploy our army..."

Exiting this valley as the main road, then finding a suitable battlefield is no longer a problem.But the vampire is very likely to give up the pursuit, and Leto's plan to seek a decisive battle is completely in vain.

"This is already a battlefield big enough to accommodate our entire army, why look for another one?" Leto rejected the request straightforwardly. "Let's discuss how to make full use of our army's opportunity to set up the battlefield in advance. And once we leave this valley, the vampires have the ability... Regardless of everything else, go straight to our homeland. If that happens, you can afford it Is this responsibility?!"

He stared sternly at the guy who gave his opinion, and finally made the other party silent.

No, it's a waste of time to discuss it like this!Leto suddenly realized that he didn't need to call this council because he was the general.Originally, this kind of meeting was to carry out the will of the general, and the subordinates supplemented the details of the specific combat plan, especially some things that the general had not considered thoroughly, rather than to question the combat plan itself.Now, the meeting is getting a little out of hand.

Sure enough, it was because of my lack of prestige and actual performance in the military that caused the general state of "dissatisfaction" among my subordinates.In addition, in order to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, they tried to find those outstanding middle and high-level officers, which further contributed to this unfavorable atmosphere.Having said that, one side is the chief general who has never had military experience, and the other side is a middle-level and high-level man who is familiar with the military and has great prestige among the soldiers. Under such circumstances, it is strange that the chief general's decision is not questioned.

Leto realized he couldn't go on like this, and he made up his mind right away.

"If you have no other opinions, you should immediately return to your respective troops." He looked at the others.If he continued the council of war, I'm afraid there will still be many people in it who will speak and make comments-of course, stupid opinions.These were the last things Leto needed right now.What he needed was a victory, a real victory at his own command.

"His Royal Highness," an old officer with gray hair who looked over sixty suddenly said at this moment. "In any case, please avoid this battle. The combat power of vampires may not be as bad as we expected. I was ordered to go on an expedition to Kalean..."

"But the battle between the vampires and the Bin tribe has already explained everything." This time it was not Leto who answered, but one of his staff.He directly interrupted the other party, "All of this is undeniable. And this situation is different from Kalean. You know, the entire Blood Knights are entrenched in Kalean, and their combat power cannot be ignored, but after all, this time Only the Scarlet Duke is alone."

"In any case, please don't underestimate the ferocity and cunning of the vampire! The battle with the Bin tribe did not necessarily require the full strength of the vampire. At that time, he already had an absolute advantage, and he had enough power to hide part of his combat power. So my next suggestion..."

"You mean..." Leto spoke this time, and his voice was not just impatient as before, but had been sublimated to a new level. "It took us more than a year to send countless spies, scouts, and repeated inquiries...all of these people were deceived by the vampires. The information they conveyed about the strength of the vampires was all false. All these people They are not as smart and wise as you...is that what you mean?"

"No, but..." The old officer never expected Leto to show such an attitude.

"The reason why we can infer the combat power of the vampire's undead army is based on the countless information that has been repeatedly confirmed, and the process of the battle between the vampire and the Bin tribe, and finally reached the conclusion. But what you said is Close your eyes and make a random guess. Am I right?" Leto's voice became slow and soft, but the murderous intent in his voice became stronger and stronger every word.

"Are you planning to disturb the morale of my army?" Everyone else present could see that something was wrong, and Leto's last sentence was a typical heart-breaking theory.

"What kind of crime is it to confuse the army with rumors?" Leto turned his head and asked a confidant beside him.

"Punish it as an enemy espionage. Death penalty!" The confidant replied immediately.

Because Leto spoke loudly just now, at this moment, the soldiers in charge of guarding outside the big tent have already entered, ready to wait for orders.These guards are Leto's personal guards. They are not only excellent in combat skills, but also loyal and reliable to him.

Leto immediately gestured to the guard.Several guards immediately rushed forward and grabbed the old man.The latter tried to fight back, but a guard struck him on the back of the neck with a powerful hand knife.The blow was so hard and heavy that the old officer immediately collapsed and was dragged out by the guards.

Things started in a hurry, and the others were completely unprepared, and could only watch everything happen.When everyone came back to their senses, they saw Leto standing in the middle of the big tent, with a lingering murderous intent on his face. <The warmth of the day turned into the severe cold of winter.

"Do you have any comments? If you have no comments, please go back to your respective armies and hurry up to set up the battlefield."

Now that it's like this, who dares to say anything.The meeting ended here, and everyone left the big tent anxiously and returned to their respective troops.Soon, the big tent was empty, only the last few Leto's cronies remained.

"How's the situation?" Leto's expression quickly returned to normal, and he asked a close aide beside him.This one just came back during the meeting just now.

"Your Highness, very good, Mr. Bernando is right."

"Oh, is there really such a path?" Leto narrowed his eyes, "Tell me about it in detail."

"Your Highness, here." The man came to the temporary purple stone map and pointed towards a place. "This is it. On the surface, it looks like a small forest. There is a natural path in the forest. But the end of the path faces a cliff that is difficult to climb, so on the surface it is just a worthless dead end. But in fact, this cliff can be climbed. Because there is a small gap on this cliff. This position is only about three people high, and you can climb up with a rope. Then you can pass between a rock wall After passing through the gap, there will be a mountain path leading to Mir City. I have personally confirmed this point."

"Okay, great." Leto replied happily.With this path, he got a chance to retreat just in case.Even if you lose the battle, you have a great chance of escaping.I don't know how those church guys know about this kind of thing.

A smile formed on the corner of his mouth.Now, everything is ready, just waiting for the vampire to come.