Obviously, he didn't expect that this Prince Terres, who was specially requested by Duke Clement to attend the meeting, would suddenly stand on his side, and Griffith's expression couldn't help but be slightly stunned at this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And at this time, Li Ran also continued: "And I also heard Lord Lopez say that he felt that some of them were completely unnecessary transfers through the transfer of troops on the other side in the past two days, so Lord Lopez was a little skeptical, could the other side be deliberately luring us by doing so, if this is the case, then we sent troops at this time, but we just fell for them?" ”

Hearing this, the generals present at this time, including the two dukes, were also slightly stunned, and when studying the battle map before, Lopez, who had been hinted at by Li Ran, also stepped forward unceremoniously, and pointed out the previous problematic military movements of the Saranca Empire on the magic map located in front of the conference table.

Everyone present is a well-known general from all over the world, not only is he more familiar with Marquis Lopez, but he is also very proficient in warfare, although he may not have cared about it before, but when he heard him say this, everyone nodded slightly after analysis.

"I only knew that Lord Lopez likes to travel" may have thought of Lopez's life experience and his relationship with the current King of Dilconel, at this time someone couldn't help but get up and compliment: "I didn't expect that Lord Lopez was so proficient in strategy, I didn't care much about it before, but now I hear you say this, it seems to be true, these transfers seem to be huge, but now it seems that there are indeed some irrelevant moves, and it cannot be ruled out that there is a suspicion of deliberately seducing us"

"yes, and do you see their paths? It happened to be within the range of the surrounding legions that could quickly support or even encircle" At this time, someone said: "Once it is really a trap, maybe our army on our side has just arrived, and that side will be surrounded by several surrounding legions."

Everyone here complimented one after another, Lopez pretended to be modest, but Duke Griffitz over there inadvertently took a closer look at Li Ran who was hiding behind.

Others may not know, but as a veteran duke of Greenom, he is very aware of the ability of this Marquis of Lopez, although he has a trace of blood relationship with the current king, but if he can analyze these through these inadvertent movement routes, he will definitely not believe it, and in this way, there is only one explanation, that is, these are all things that the other party deliberately guided him to see when he was analyzing the battle situation with this Terris, intentionally or unintentionally.

At this moment, this veteran Duke of Greenom couldn't help but be more wary of Li Ran psychologically, but on the other hand, as a commander who controlled the life and death of millions of soldiers, he also admired this person's strategic vision very much.

It is precisely for this reason that when this combat meeting ended hastily with no results, in the meetings of the following days, he also officially included Li Ran as a member of the meeting.

I have to say that from the perspective of the war alone, in addition to being conservative, this Duke Griffitz is indeed a very qualified commander, including the subsequent handling of some issues, and this person can also accept some objections raised by Li Ran, an outsider, very fairly.

And with the passage of time, the war between the two empires, in more and more contact battles, finally gradually kicked off, with the entire border front, all kinds of war reports continued to come, Li Ran also on this day, received a battle order from the Duke of Griffiths, captured and guarded a military stronghold called Lyon.

From the intelligence alone, the strength of this Lyon stronghold is quite strong, not even under the total strength of Li Ran's side, considering that he also has people in it, at this time even Lopez couldn't help but run to Duke Griffiths to theorize, but after receiving this order, Li Ran didn't say a word, and directly sent people to start gathering troops, and found a group of teammates and generals to discuss the steps to capture the Lyon stronghold.

Seeing Li Ran so serious, Lopez, who came back, couldn't help but sigh lightly, fortunately, as a nobleman who was related to the king, although he did not ask Duke Griffitz to change his order this time, he also asked for some good things for himself and Li Ran, including some brand-new best equipment, and a batch of hardcover war horses that had just been brought out of the combat reserve.

As for the stronghold of Lyon to be captured this time, considering that the strength inside is really strong, Li Ran's side also dispatched the whole army after discussion, plus the 100,000 headquarters led by Marquis Lopez, and killed it at noon the next day.

"Are you going to attack like this?" Seeing that Li Ran didn't speak for a long time, when the march was on the way, Lopez couldn't help but speak: "As far as I know, this stronghold of Lyon has a dangerous terrain, and there are more than 300,000 troops stationed in it, among the several noble lords in charge, among the most powerful Marquis of Zare, even in the entire Saranca Empire, he is also known for his prestige, and the 150,000 berserkers of the Barrens clan in his hands, although the surface level is only above and below the super level, but once it is put into the battlefield, its individual strength is not inferior to the ordinary high-level legendary troops."

Speaking of this, this Lopez also continued after glancing at Li Ran: "And what's even more terrifying is that these berserkers of the Barrens clan, because of their unique talents, once they enter the battle, will not only be more ferocious than the berserkers of other races with their skills, but they are not afraid of death, and there will rarely be captured, so if we attack like this, I am afraid that even if we are captured, our side will suffer heavy casualties."

As a native Marquis of Greenom, what this person did not say was that Duke Griffitz deliberately handed over this difficult opponent to them because they were not afraid of death, and no one wanted to fight them, and even if they could win the opponent, it would only be a lose-lose outcome.

And for Li Ran, although he learned these at this time, he knew in his heart that such an enemy was the most terrifying, but at this moment, he had to send an arrow, but on the road, he also deliberately slowed down the speed of the army's march a little, but even so, after two days of hurrying, the stronghold of Lyon in the distance still appeared in front of him.

From a distance, it was a military stronghold built on a raised plateau with distinctly barbarian features, and although it was not as thick as the Terran stronghold, it was made more aggressive by the staked formations along the slope, the sharp wall spines on the buildings, and the wide passage for the march of the army.

With an order, the five hundred angel legions in Li Ran's hands took the lead in the battle, although it was only a glimpse, but the appearance of the air defense barrier in this stronghold made everyone frown.

"No wonder the Saranca Empire has to prepare for war for so long this time" Lopez, who was also surprised at this time, couldn't help but say worriedly: "It turns out that they have set up the air defense enchantments of these strongholds, what can we do now, now the strength of both sides is about the same, we are still the attacker, and now we don't even have the only air superiority, this is a fart!" ”

Li Ran was also at a loss for this, so he had to let the soldiers retreat first, but in a flash, the morale of the soldiers changed dramatically.

However, on the side of Saranca, who was stationed in the stronghold, when he was happy to see all this, on the same night, Li Ran, who thought of the goal of this trip, brazenly ordered an attack, taking advantage of the other weakness of the barbarian legion's poor spell attack, and a large number of Tirishan Golem Warriors covered all the archmages to launch a long-range spell attack.

Perhaps he didn't expect that among Li Ran's troops, these seemingly inconspicuous mage corps would be so powerful in combat effectiveness, especially when the goal was not to siege the city, the defense ability of this barbarian stronghold had been seriously tested.

I don't know if I looked down on the alliance side that took advantage of the night to sneak attack, or I couldn't accept the feeling of being blocked at home by the enemy, after hours of harassment and spell attacks, the barbarian legion in this stronghold finally couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed out as the south gate of the stronghold was burned and collapsed.

A brief but fierce contact battle ended with the withdrawal of troops from both sides, during which both sides suffered casualties, but in the minds of their respective commanders, they had an up-to-date assessment of each other's strength.

In Li Ran's view, even if the Saranca side gave up the defensive advantage, their top-down attack was obviously the absolute advantage of the terrain, especially with the strong battle style of the barbarian legion, it gave full play to the advantage of this impact, and if their side made a slight mistake, it was very likely to be scattered by them in one fell swoop.

In the eyes of the generals of the Saranca Empire in the stronghold, although their side has an absolute advantage in terrain, when it comes to the deployment of troops, the diversified troops on the opposite side with effective command are undoubtedly more advantageous in terms of tactics than their somewhat monotonous barbarian legions.

Especially the opponent's annoying Golem Legion, when they are in the way, they can't help but effectively reduce the damage of their own bow and spear throwers to their mage corps, even the barbarian legion that charges down with their own momentum, these Golem Legions are also fearless to stay behind the palace, leaving enough buffer time for the opponent, making it difficult for them to rush down to destroy the opponent in one go.

For three consecutive days, Li Ran rested during the day and launched an attack late at night, and after the first day of charging was fruitless, and even after the casualties were greater than the results, the barbarian warriors in this Lyon stronghold never launched a large-scale legion charge. But at the same time, their intensified long-range attacks and some suicidal raids against the mage corps caused heavy casualties to the mage corps on Li Ran's side, even to the point of affecting the battle situation in the end, which couldn't help but make all the generals feel a little worried.