Blood Dragon

"As for...he...he...is busy...reading the casualties...not free...to take care of this kind of business..." the black magician explained. "Take away...you want to...take...everyone...everyone else..."

"What about the others?" Damon stared at each other.

"I don't... know..." the Black Mage replied. "But...wouldn't...kill them...at most...just as slaves..."

In fact, even if it is a war between humans, the fate of those who become captives is quite miserable.The ideal situation is to be temporarily imprisoned and released after the war is over-but this kind of good luck is completely rare, and only those noble prisoners from wealthy families who can pay the ransom can enjoy it (no ransom or release Humans are far too rare).In this case, the nobles waited to pay the ransom in exchange for freedom, and if the common people did not have a country to pay the ransom on their behalf, they had to wait to be slaughtered.

However, in some cases, captives will be sent to mines, farms, etc. as slave labor.If the captives included a large number of old and weak women and children, they would be trafficked in batches.However, due to the many restrictions of private slavery, these unfortunate people also have a good chance of gaining freedom again in the days to come.

This fate is much better than Damon thought.

"Don't...look at me like that...actually...I'm the same as the Scarlet Duke..." the black mage continued. "I always...remember...I'm from the Bin Clan...the Scarlet Duke...the same..."

"The same?"

"The Scarlet Duke...also...always remember...he was still a human...when he was..." Although the voice of the black magician was intermittent, there was another meaning in his words.

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"The loss is really heavy!" Ashuruffat said to himself with a wry smile.

Now he has grasped all the losses.Although in the final decisive battle, because of Damon, they took advantage of the big advantage at the beginning of the battle, but immediately after the battle, all the long-range in the main force of the Bin tribe lost their effect.In the ensuing battle, the barren grave guards and skeleton warriors were able to form a pincer attack on the central yang troops of the Bin tribe, and finally with the support of magic, they completely defeated the Bin tribe.

But throughout the war, from the beginning of the war to the end, the total force he lost was very considerable.Although some losses can be made up from the destroyed undead army through black magic, many undead creatures have been chopped up and smashed and cannot be used again.Especially those banshees-the banshees played a very important role in the harassment battle with the Bin tribe, but the banshees were also wiped out in these suicidal night raids.

Things like dire wolves, banshees, and corpse carts were not originally his, but were brought to him by those black mages.These units are useful, but extremely difficult to replenish.Taking a banshee as an example, summoning a banshee requires several weeks of preparation by a black magician to complete the relevant magic rituals and summon these souls who cannot enter the underworld from the gap between the two worlds.The same goes for dire wolves, each of which takes a considerable amount of time to craft.Although Carrie has improved these technologies, the improvement in efficiency is still limited.This means that without a year or two, he cannot replace the losses of this war.Not to mention those wights and ghouls.

The ancient tombs that Sylvania could loot had already been visited by him or his subordinates, and every corpse that was destroyed would be one less.Most of the ghouls were also attracted by him. Even if there were still some lurking in the depths of the jungle, they were limited in number and had nothing to do with the overall situation.

But his most dangerous enemy is not the Bin tribe, but the Ryan people.From this point of view, even a victory in this war with the Bin clan would be a failure.

The only problem now was...he didn't know when the Ryans would attack, how many troops to send, and who to appoint as general.But Ashurfat knew that as long as the troops sent by the Ryan people were not inferior to the Bin tribe, and the commander didn't do anything stupid, it would be difficult for him to win.Because in this war, he not only lost a large part of his troops, but also showed his trump card.Now anyone knows the path where the dragon used to be.As long as the Ryan people fight steadily and steadily, he will have no chance of winning.

War is sometimes as simple as that. Using one's own advantages to consume the enemy a little bit seems clumsy, but in fact it is invulnerable.It's like a fighter in the ring.In hand-to-hand combat, if one side is heavy but moves slowly, it will slowly approach the opponent and endure the opponent's constant light blows in an attempt to drive the opponent into a corner and win with one blow.This method seems stupid, silly and unattractive, but the actual combat results have proved that opponents with smaller bodies and more flexible bodies are almost unable to fight against this "stupid and stupid" tactic.

Thomas has also said before that as long as the opponent's strength is more than five times that of the opponent, and the logistics can be guaranteed, then advancing slowly and fighting head-on is a sure win.

The sound of footsteps from outside interrupted his train of thought. He didn't move at all, but he could still clearly feel someone walking into the tent from outside.

"Lord Duke." The voice was not particularly familiar, but Ashuruffat still remembered that the other party was called Zod.Of course, even if he couldn't remember the other person's name, Carrie would remind him in time.Carrie emphasized that knowing every subordinate and calling out their names is one of the most basic conditions for a qualified leader.As for this ability, Ashurfat is still training.

"What's the matter?" Ash Rufat asked.

"The plan you made is a bit difficult." Zod replied straightforwardly.Compared with other people, the members of the original rebel army were much less afraid of him, and dared to speak out to him instead of being obedient.

"Is it difficult to clean up the people of the Bin tribe in five days? They have no fighters."

"But there are too few of us." Zod explained the following difficulties.Originally, the Bin people were scattered on the plains near Mill City, living in tents or temporary wooden houses.Although Ashurfat had controlled various key points before and surrounded them, he hadn't specifically controlled them yet.These civilians are full of fear of vampires, trying every means to hide and escape.It was quite difficult to gather them and take them away in a short-handed situation.

It would be much easier if Ashurfate sent his undead army to deal with the civilians of the Bin tribe.But this is based on his intention to kill these civilians.Because the undead army is okay on the battlefield, but it is powerless to perform slightly more complicated things.After all, they are just a bunch of puppets.Even the corpse monster, which is the most flexible among them and even retains the martial arts in life, is the same.Carrie said that these long-dead warriors can recall some of their life, but these memories are also dim.Under the influence of black magic, all they know is that they must obey and fight for those who awaken them.In a word, they may be excellent soldiers who are tireless and do not know how to retreat, but they cannot execute complex orders like humans.

"Ask Damon and the others to help." Ashuruffat replied.

"They... are of the same race after all, so they will definitely not try their best."

"I don't need them to do it, but I believe they can pass the word on." Ashuruffat replied. "Tell those who hide and refuse to submit, five days... I gave them a chance to choose. They can choose to serve me alive or serve me dead!"

The apparent callousness of his words was enough to send shivers down the spine.While Zod backed out of the tent, the other ears who were eavesdropping outside the tent also quietly left.

"Master, that's all right." In her mind, Carrie said proudly. "You must regard 'rumours' as your weapon, it can effectively help you solve many problems."

"Is it really enough?" Ashuruffat asked.

"Well, it's that simple. Your words can be conveyed in this way, and spread across the plains in a few days. Of course, you can't really stick to such a strict time as 'five days'."

Ashrufa nodded.Time is running out, and he must clean up everything here as soon as possible.According to the plan he made, he will not continue to occupy Mill City and the Ryans for a "decisive battle outside the country", but will try to reduce the value of Mill City as an outpost as much as possible, and delay the advance of the Ryans. pace. <The season is here, almost summer in two months.In summer, on the one hand, torrential rains (especially in the rainy season) often occur, and on the other hand, the weather becomes hot.Both of these will effectively reduce the mobility and continuous combat capability of the human army, while the undead army is almost unaffected.Not to mention the large-scale epidemic diseases that are especially prone to appear in summer.

As long as the summer is delayed, the war is dragged on until autumn and winter.From head to toe, he will have more than half a year to restore his military strength, and by then he will be able to basically recover the losses from the war with the Bin tribe.

However, Ashuruffat vaguely felt a huge threat in his heart.The guy who met him once, named Beler—if that person was in command of the troops, then Ashurfat's little trick might not be effective at all.Fortunately, he knew that Belair was not a nobleman loyal to the Kingdom of Ryan.

Even in a country where St. Jean and Casillas are so close and the royal family is integrated, it was a very rare and remarkable event for St. Jean to send an excellent general like Thomas to the allies to command the army.In comparison, the relationship between Tiberius and Ryan is far worse. Why can't Belleer, who is a foreigner, be the coach?

"Belyl..." Ashuruffat muttered the name in a low voice.Neil has already gone to inquire about the news, and this matter is easy to find out, and there should be news in the near future.

But if it was really a coincidence or a coincidence, Belle really became the commander of Ryan's army... Ashuruffat forcefully drove this redundant thought out of his mind.He would rather not think about it.Or consider a more direct matter, how to deal with so many people in the Bin tribe.

To be honest, although Sylvania is sparsely populated, it will take a lot of thought to build such a place and realize the "divide and conquer" strategy planned by Carrie.

While Ashurfat was thinking about the problem, Belel sneezed firmly at a distance from him.

"Cheezy!...Who's talking about me?" Bellel rubbed his nose while opening a letter.This letter was not one of unknown origin, because the seal of King Tiberius was clearly stamped on the envelope.