The blizzard, which had been raging for many days, finally stopped for a while, and perhaps the next outbreak was brewing in the quiet, but the good weather that followed finally made Leo and other people living in the north breathe a little sigh of relief, and the sun that had not been seen for a long time lazily poked its head out of the thick lead-like clouds again......

The sunlight reflected from the snow makes the gray-brown castle walls also reflect colorful colors, giving people a lazy and peaceful feeling, as if it is a quiet noon time in the countryside

Riding on the unicorn, Leo, accompanied by Finn's men and El himself, was patrolling the ends of the city walls as they seized the last days to complete their camps and defenses

It seemed that Leo was in a good mood because of the better weather, and he stretched comfortably on the horse's back, turned his head and said to Al, who was half the wrong horse

"My marshal, I have to say that you have made a new attempt or rather...... Gambling, I can still remember the stunned look on the faces of the nobles at the meeting a few days ago, including His Excellency the Duke, when you finished talking about the plan......"

Flicking the whip in his hand, Leo cast his gaze far away to the far end of the horizon, and said with a slight emotion as he strolled through the reins

"In the end, I chose to trust you, and helped you convince our allies for the plan of this war, dear El, Marshal El Andgristes, although tactically we have prepared to abandon the Grey Fort in advance, and are ready to use the unique land of the north to drag down the opponent, but, I really hope that you can be cautious and cautious, every soldier is our most precious treasure as a numerical disadvantage, not just a consumable of war, I hope you can understand this!"

Al Andergrims, who was following behind, had a smile on his face, and waited quietly for Leo to finish speaking, then bowed slightly

"Your Highness, you can fully trust my loyalty, and I am very grateful for your trust and support, but here I still want to explain to you again, simply defending the city will be extremely difficult without reinforcements, and the losses will be greater, indeed, we have already made up our minds to give up the Gray Castle, but as the commander of your army, it seems to me that it is better to try the choice of killing and injuring the opponent's living force as much as possible......"

As he spoke, Elzema leaned forward a little, pointing to the numerous antlers and intersecting ravines of the outlying position, and the rough but sturdy low walls made of logs, and spoke out loud with some excitement

"Look at Your Highness here, I strongly recommend that 30,000 troops be divided to build barriers at both ends of the city, not to consume the city's protective force, you must know that the width of the city wall is limited, even if we have more soldiers, we will not be able to enter the battle at the same time, but the two armies on the flanks can reduce the pressure above the front wall......"

"But, my marshal, the same is true for our adversaries, who themselves are limited in the number of siege troops they can put in, but in this case, will the enemy be able to devote more troops to attack us?"

After thinking for a while, Leo asked with some puzzlement

"I am amazed by your wisdom, Your Highness!"

Before opening his mouth to explain, Al first smiled slightly and agreed with Leo, and then changed the conversation

"I am not prepared to completely let these two armies stay outside the city, for the enemy with nearly 300,000 troops, this is also unrealistic, try to defeat the sharp spirit of the enemy from afar, and delay the enemy's complete siege time, these soldiers I will let them retreat, in addition to these, there is another point, Your Highness ......"

"Oh? What else? ”

Glancing at Finn behind him, Al's smile took on a bit of hideousness, and he whispered as he clutched his horsewhip

"The other party has come all the way, and has been harassed by the barbarians arranged by your Highness, tired, hungry, and pessimistic are tormenting this army, there are empty numbers and the combat effectiveness is at a low ebb, maybe we can have a chance to give them a hard blow in the field before the defense of the city officially begins......"

"Are you crazy, Al Andergrims, you want to use 30,000 against 300,000 against 300,000, in the wild? Where will your Highness be safe! ”

Finn frowned and scolded directly, as the most trusted subordinate and the Grand Master of the Knights, he didn't need to care about the status and face of anyone except Leo

Leo was surprised at first, and then showed a thoughtful expression, he shook his head at Finn to signal the other party to be calm, the whip kept beating in the palm of his hand, and after a while, Leo raised his head and opened his mouth with some understanding

"I think I probably understand what you mean, my marshal, strike while the iron is hot, or translate a famous saying from my hometown, that a strong crossbow arrow will not penetrate the soft silk in the end, and that we can make a greater victory by this invitation until their morale is restored and they have a good rest, especially if I am present in person, neither the arrogant Rolf nor the Pope can refuse to fight, otherwise they will lose their prestige and reverence among the soldiers and nobles!"

After nodding apologetically to Finn, who was still a little angry, Al Andergrims picked up Leo's words with a smile

"I'm really curious about your hometown, and the person who can say this must be a great and wise military strategist and strategist, it's really fascinating......"

But soon he retracted his longing reverie and continued the conversation

"Your Highness, there is generally no problem with what you said, but you have overlooked one point, that is, even in the field, we are not facing the 30,000 people in front of us, but the 15,000 archers and crossbowmen on the city wall, including your command and all the nobles, a total of nearly 50,000 troops! It's always been our home field......"

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A day later...... Just as Leo and the many nobles had finally perfected all the coping plans, a day later, at dusk, the ground outside the city of Grey Castle began to tremble violently and seemingly endlessly, and the thick snow on the treetops in the distant forest even fell one after another......

The tremors were so strong and continuous that Leo and the others, who were patrolling the city walls, were alarmed, and with different expressions, they stopped what they were doing one after another, and turned their eyes to the direction of the horizon in the distance......

There, with the appearance of the first flags, the flags representing the various families and the different legions fluttered and even blocked the sky and blocked the light

The neighing of war horses, the noise of the march in the army like rolling thunder, all the sounds in the heaven and earth at this moment were muffled by it, such a huge and continuous army made many soldiers on the city wall who had not experienced war even know that the weapons in their hands had fallen......

Leo let out a long breath of turbidity, and suddenly grinned, and suddenly laughed in the amazement of everyone and the nearby soldiers, and finally, the long-awaited coalition of Rolf and the Pope arrived at their destination, and the troops were under the city of Grey Keep, and the entanglement between several people would finally be here, in the nascent Duchy of Pande, in the vast northern territory......

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