"It seems there is a small trap." Beller looked at the city in the distance and made a low evaluation. Behind him was an entire army, with clear flags and neatly dressed. Not far from him were Leto, Prince of Ryan, and the head of the army this time.

It must be noted that although Leto did not have military experience, it does not mean that he knew nothing. Within the scope of the seven central countries, the custom of martial arts is still a powerful tradition. For a noble, military knowledge and skills are always essential. In Ryan, the more prominent family members come from, the more concerned about this matter. Some noble families even refuse to hand over the inheritance rights to a weak eldest son, but would rather choose among the second son or concubine son. So Leto only after a very short period of study, he initially mastered the dispatch and control of the army.

But no matter what, this time, his subordinates commanded a total of 80,000 troops. During the preparations for the troops, Berell helped a lot. If there were no experienced soldier like Berell to provide guidance, help or even manage, Leto would have to delay at least half a month, instead of arriving in Mir City as scheduled as it is now.

"A little trap?" Leto looked at the surrounding and distant cities. There were traces of war left everywhere, and the city of Mir in the distance was particularly bad - within the range of sight, you could see that the city wall was very damaged. And this was the kind of extent that the entire wall collapsed, so that it almost lost its defense ability.

It can be seen that it was the vampire war that used gunpowder to blow up the city wall after the end of the vampire war. In this way, Mir City could not be used as a safe and reliable front-line base.

"It's that." Belle pointed at the particularly conspicuous broken city wall. "A little trick." However, although he pointed it out so clearly, Leto seemed to not understand, but looked at the other person with a confused look on his face.

In Leto's view, although the walls of Mir City were damaged, the scouts in front had already found out the surrounding situation. The vampire's undead legion had been retreating for a long time, and there was no threat in the nearby area. The residents of the city also survived - of course, in order to "lent" this place to the Bin tribe, most of the residents in the city had long migrated away, that is, the original garrison troops of the city were retained to ensure that the Bin tribe would not cause any decisive damage to the city. Therefore, even if a massacre of vampires was experienced, there would be no special losses.

"It's time," explained Beller. "If you need to repair this level, it will take ten days and half a month, right? And it requires a lot of building materials and labor. It will cause a considerable burden on our army's logistics. Now, what the vampire lacks is time. He must be counting on dragging the war into the summer that is unfavorable to us, so that we will not be able to make a large-scale offensive before the rainy season arrives, and he can calmly expand his army and restore his vitality."

This is also the reason why the troops were sent so quickly this time. The scorching sun, heavy rain and the epidemics that came with the scorching heat were all nightmares for the army. In the plan formulated by Berel, the entire time from the beginning to the end of the war cannot exceed two months. Because after this time, everything can only be asked for protection from the gods. Once the war is dragged into summer by vampires, many uncontrollable factors will arise, making this battle of victory more confusing.

"Our time is just right," said Beller. "There is no extra time. And the vampires are trying to seduce us to waste precious time."

Build this city and then you can have a stable and reliable rear base, which can be defended with only a small amount of troops. It is impossible to play the vampire trick for a second time. Everyone knows how beneficial it is to have a strong city in the rear as a base for war.

Although Leto did not understand Berel's logic very much, he trusted the other party very much in this regard.

"So how should we deal with it?"

"Just ignore this city." Belle replied. "If I guess correctly, the vampires must have lurked some spies, spies, etc. Then they will work hard to carry out any damage in this place. As long as they delay for three or five days, they will be worth it. I suggest setting up your camp at a more cutting-edge location to prepare for the next attack, time..." Belle pondered for a moment. "All the preparations must be completed within ten days, and then immediately send troops to attack Sivania."

When it was dark, Leto set up a camp far from Mir City. Because the army was relatively large, a long dragon naturally formed during the march, so in fact, the guards and baggage troops had not arrived yet. However, this did not affect Leto convene the generals and hold a military meeting.

The army was in full swing. Fortunately, except for Leto himself without military experience, his senior and intermediate officers were experienced veterans. A large number of them had experienced wars, border conflicts, and more were wars with the Bin tribes. However, when it comes to combat experience with the Immortal Legion, Berell was the well-deserved first person. So at the beginning of the meeting, Berell stood directly next to Leto, and the two stood side by side.

Not only that, Belle is the one who knows the situation best in a series of issues such as terrain and vampires. So after a short period of time, the entire meeting became Belle introducing the situation of vampires to the generals, as well as various key points to pay attention to, etc. Unconsciously, Leto was pushed aside by Belle intentionally or unintentionally.

Robin, who was standing aside (as Beller's servant, he also attended the meeting, but could only listen) noticed that Leto's face seemed a little unfair. But Leto could not change this situation, because Beller's status was transcendent, and on the other hand, he did know a lot - his speech was not something Leto could not interfere with.

"The above is the overall situation." Berel finally finished introducing it. "What do you think?"

"If we follow General Beral's words... the vampire's undead legion is numerous, but its combat power is poor..." said an officer with a bearded face. "The vampire will definitely choose a battlefield that is most beneficial to him."

"It should be said that he will inevitably choose to block our army in the valley." Someone interrupted. "Once our army enters Sivania, and fights on the plains where the army can be fully launched, there is no possibility of a vampire winning."

Leto finally waited until Berell had finished introducing the situation, but unexpectedly found that Berell actually had a position and did not leave. His face changed slightly.

"Yes, but on this road, you can't invest too much army at once." Beller may have fallen into strategic conception, or ignored it, but did not notice the expression details of the real leader Leto. He held his chin and said with a contemplative expression. "The previous war between the vampire and the Bin tribe also proved this."

If you fight on such narrow terrain, a huge force will not only not become an advantage, but will easily become a disadvantage. Because too many people will lead to too thick battle formations and slow commands, making the army unable to respond sensitively, and once there is a small setback, it will fall into large-scale chaos. Everyone knows this.

"If you want to make an array, you can only be here," Berel pointed to the map on the table. "This place is called 'Purple Stone', which is the only open place in the entire valley, and can barely accommodate large troops to fight. Of course, you can only say 'bare'."

"Cough!" Leto coughed.

"However, among the vampire's undead legion, there are some monsters that can fly, such as ghosts, and some monsters that can cross dangerous terrain, such as dire wolf. If this narrow valley is fighting, the undead legion has a certain advantage..." Beller wanted to continue, and someone secretly poked him in the waist. Beller looked at the man and recognized that the man was a staff member of Leto. The latter made a gesture to him and pointed to Leto who was squeezed away by Beller and left aside.

"Ah... Sorry, Your Highness, Prince." Berel immediately woke up. He was indeed a little proud just now. He retreated, gave up the middle position, and closed his mouth awkwardly.

Leto returned to the center position, and he gently knocked his chin with his fist and coughed several times in a row.

"Do you have any strategies to fight the enemy in the current situation? How should we arrange our troops?" Leto finally regained his voice.

"Your Highness, within three days, our army can build a camp as a logistics base." Someone replied. "I think the key point now, or the most important thing to be wary of, is this small path."

"Why do you say that?"

"The terrain of this path is very complicated," said the man. "Unless two castles are built, it will be difficult to establish effective defense here. And if we cannot stop vampires here, then we cannot stop vampires from detouring behind our army... I am worried that once our army attacks, vampires may adopt the most dangerous combat method for our country!" He pointed to the map. "That is to ignore this small place in Sivania, but take advantage of our army's step by step and approaching Sivania, and lead the army directly to our country through this path. If that happens..." The speaker paused for a moment to strengthen his tone. "I'm afraid the most terrible and worst result will occur."

Everyone gasped. Ryan's main force had already come out. At this time, if the vampire uses such a move to escape... it will be difficult to stop him with the remaining garrison troops in the local area. Not to mention that vampires do not need to attack those strongly defended castles. He only needs to massacre the countryside and plunder the graves, and soon increase his army to an amazing level. At that time, everything may become out of control.

"It's true..." Leto replied. "We must prevent vampires from doing this."

"Can't you use cavalry to surround vampires?"

"I'm afraid it's difficult. Vampires also have cavalry, and the undead cavalry can march day and night and never rest." Someone replied. "So if the vampire abandons the slow-moving undead creatures to delay our army and leads those fast troops deep into our country... then it will be difficult for us to pursue and intercept him. In just a short time, he can build a powerful undead legion, and even if he catches up, it will be useless."

"The magicians have said that undead creatures need to replenish black magic energy." Some people questioned, "Without sufficient black magicians, vampires cannot organize an army."

"That legend is unreliable." This time it was Belar's answer. "At least we can be sure that before the vampire recruited the black magicians to serve him, he summoned tens of thousands of zombies and corpse monsters for him to drive him by relying on his own strength."

"This path must be equipped with corresponding garrison forces!" Leto thought for a moment and immediately gave an attraction.

"But there... the terrain is very complicated and an effective defensive position cannot be established." Someone replied. "The soil layer is very thin, and a little digging reveals the stones under the soil. It is impossible to dig trenches and pile up walls like ordinary places. Moreover, there are no suitable trees around, and the wood must be transported from a distance. It is impossible to build fortifications in a day or two."

You cannot use a small number of troops to cooperate with strong fortifications... can you only rely on deploying a large army to guard? Leto thought in his mind. But this is equivalent to committing a taboo of dividing troops. If there are too many soldiers, it means that there are insufficient troops in the main attack direction. If there are too few soldiers, it may be directly swallowed by the undead legion.

"Your Highness, I have a suggestion."

Leto looked up and saw Belle. The latter smiled and stretched out three fingers.
Chapter completed!