The sound of the horn came and went, and Edward, the commander of the Thremis family legion, rode on his beloved "black beauty", looking forward to the Saranal army slowly coming out of the crimson castle, and at the forefront was the battle flag embroidered with the coat of arms of the Saranal family, judging from the pattern on the battle flag, Edward understood that today's opponent was the frail Lord Adams.

"Hmph, the order goes down, and the various departments speed up their entry into the position. Edward turned his head and gave the order to the heralds beside him, and these heralds immediately passed the order on fast horses in groups of two, and after receiving the order of the commander, the army of the Seremis family quickened the pace of their march, and they trotted all the way to the place that Edward had assigned them in advance, and lined up in formation, waiting quietly.

In the Cassano Plain, with a population of less than 300,000, today's battle for the Crimson Rose Castle can be regarded as a large-scale battle, with a total of more than 17,000 troops invested by both sides, including 11,000 troops from the attacking side of the Seremis family, and less than 7,000 troops from the combined forces of Saranal and Emilio.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of these armies is far inferior to the garrison of Thor's Fortress, and the real elite among them is roughly similar to the second-line army of Thor's Fortress back then, and more are farmers who have abandoned their farming tools and taken up arms not long ago, after having soldiers with long-term military training as grassroots officers, these farmers quickly learned the skills and experience of combat, if they have the opportunity to experience many hard battles and persist to the end, these farmers can also become well-deserved veterans, but unfortunately the vast majority of them will die before that or lay down their weapons and go home to re-farm。

Edward commanded his subordinates to complete the arrangement of the military formation first, as a decent commander, Edward of course will not take a risk in the case of superior troops, he still adopted the most common method in the battle, the strongest and most impactful 2000 soldiers on the right flank of their position, and the weaker 3000 troops on the left flank, Edward as the commander led a large army of 6000 troops to sit in the center.

The biggest advantage of this arrangement is that it can give full play to the advantages of troops, especially in the vast battlefield, when the two sides cannot sneak attack the opponent with the help of the terrain, so that the regular formation can be slowly consumed with the opponent, through a series of means to frustrate the opponent's morale, and then launch a chiseling attack on the weakest left wing of the enemy with the strongest right flank, so that the opponent's position is in chaos, so as to achieve the final victory of the battle.

In this arrangement, if the two wings are tight, Edward can choose to divide the troops to rescue, or directly launch an attack with the Chinese army to counterattack the opponent's position, even if there are some losses on the two wings, Edward's troops are still the same as the maximum number of troops invested by the opponent, as long as a little arrangement, Edward can take advantage of the opponent's physical strength to decline after the hard battle to counterattack, and can also achieve the final victory.

"Unless a miracle strikes, our army will win!" said Edward, after repeatedly deducing the defects of his own side several times, he still couldn't find his own flaws.

Just when Edward was full of ambition, the positions of the combined forces of Saranal and Emilio were basically arranged, and on the surface it appeared that Lord Adams was in charge, but in fact his daughter Adela was the actual commander of the coalition army. In order to hide her eyes, Adela was shrouded in a black cloak, her rose battle flag was not played, and even Adela herself was not in the Chinese army at all.

According to Adela's arrangement, her father Adams personally led 4,000 troops to garrison the middle army, and Adams's only task was to stay firmly in place. And Vivien personally took the remaining 700 or so warriors of the Emilian family to pretend to be miscellaneous soldiers on the left flank, and Adela also carefully selected the elite of the Saranal family to enrich Vivien's direct command to 1,000 people. In order to disguise their identities, Vivien and her warriors wore the same raincoats that farmers wore when they were working in the rain, and fortunately they were equipped with chain mail worn with thin sheets, so they only looked a little bloated in appearance, but they showed more rustic air that could only be found after a lifetime of farming in the fields.

As for Adela himself, he came to the right wing with less than 2,000 remaining people pretending to be elites, in order to deceive Edward, Adela deployed the family's materials, equipped these subordinates with leather armor, and also transferred Vivien's guards wearing stainless steel armor, these warriors were originally selected, and the armor on their bodies was also blessed by Ryan himself, it can be said that the team composed of dozens of people was the strongest team in the entire battle, and when they removed the Emilian family crest on their bodies and replaced it with the coat of arms of the Salanal family when they stood in the front row of the right wing, it was indeed eye-catching。

"Well, it looks like you've got the exact same formation as me. Edward whispered after carefully observing the opponent's position: "Adams, in fact, if you are not weak and sickly since you were a child, your intelligence is the strongest among our three families, if it were me and you in a different place, I can only use this method to delay in order to pray for a miracle." It's just a pity that your strength and combat effectiveness are far inferior to mine, and you will definitely lose if you continue to lose like this, although you lose a little slowly, maybe you will think that this is not too embarrassing, right?"

Seeing that after the two sides were arranged, the soldiers on both sides were about 500 meters apart, standing quietly like this, and the battlefield fell into a depressing silence, Edward looked up at the sun and found that almost 2 hours had passed since he began to transfer troops out of the camp.

Of course, Edward can't hold on to the other party like this, because it will not benefit him at all, but although Edward's strength is superior, if he acts rashly, it will still lead to a series of unpredictable consequences, so Edward can only use various means to slowly weaken the opponent's strength and morale, so that he can find and seize the opportunity of the whole army to attack.

"The 3rd and 4th squadrons stepped forward to shoot, and the 7th and 8th squadrons raised their shields for protection. Edward gave the order softly, and under his order, the 200 sword and shield warriors in charge of protection raised their round shields and walked forward in unison for about 50 meters, they were close together, lined up in a dense formation, and formed a safe shield wall for the archers behind, and the only two archers of Thremis also marched forward slowly, came to stand behind the sword and shield warriors, and under the order of the commander, these archers drew their feather arrows in unison and prepared to attack.