The army of the family of Seremis was stationed, and the commander of Edward - the Great Tent of Seremis.

Edward Thremis, the younger brother of the lord of the House of Seremis, was sitting in a marching chair, listening intently to the report of his scout captain.

"My lord, we have found traces of a large number of troops moving in the territory of the Emilio family, numbering about 1,000 to 1,200 people, but they are only firmly guarding the main roads on the border, and have no intention of marching. The scout captain half-knelt on the ground and said: "In addition, the scouts we released have carefully searched within 50 kilometers of the vicinity, but only found a small number of farmers' shadows, and no trace of the enemy's ** troops. ”

"Oh, that's strange, what is Adams' idea to fight?" Edward rolled up his beard and whispered, "I thought he would be a soldier, but I didn't expect our army to go so smoothly and didn't touch the main force of Saranar at all." ”

"Report!" came the shouts of the guards outside the tent, and Edward raised his eyebrows and said, "Come in." ”

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and two of Edward's guards walked in with a scout covered in blood, the scout's injuries were so severe that he couldn't even stand, and after Edward's guards let go of his hand, the scout collapsed to the ground, and after a while, the blanket inside the tent was dyed red.

One of Edward's guards standing next to him quickly poured a large glass of spirits, picked up the scout and poured it into him, and under the stimulation of the spirits, the scout's spirit became excited, and he let the military doctor bandage himself, and said to the commander excitedly: "My lord, I have found the position of the opponent's main force, I have found it." ”

"Ah!" said Edward, who stood up from his chair in a few steps, and asked in a loud voice, "Where?"

"My lord, our squad of six people was ordered to detour back to the enemy's flank, but after marching about 45 kilometers, we encountered a large number of the opponent's army, and under the pursuit of the other party, we were the only one left of the six of us......" The scout truthfully announced: "This army escorts a large number of old people, women, and children, and it should have moved all the entire villages." According to the direction of their march, it should be the Crimson Rose Castle, the seat of the Saranal family. ”

"Oh, Crimson Rose Castle?" Edward whispered the name, pacing slowly around the tent with his hands behind his back, pondering the accuracy of the information and the other party's plan. After about five minutes, Edward clapped his hands lightly and said in a resolute tone, "That's right, it must be so. ”

After Edward said this, he gave an order with a serious face: "Immediately call a meeting of all the officers." ”

Edward gave the order, and the long sound of the horn spread throughout the barracks, and more than a dozen officers walked out of their tents and walked quickly to the commander's tent. It had only been a few minutes since the horn sounded, and all the men had arrived, and they stood silently on either side, waiting intently for their commander to give orders.

"Based on the information brought back by the scouts, as well as my own inference, I believe that the main force of the Saranal family should shrink in the area around Crimson Rose Castle. Edward said straight to the point what he had called everyone for: "This is mainly because our army attacked quickly and did not give the other side much time to prepare, so that several of their strongholds were quickly defeated by us. In this case, it was normal for that guy Adams to concentrate his forces on the family station. ”

"The Crimson Rose Castle is also almost 200 years old, its terrain is not under the Iron Fist Castle, it can completely block the offensive of our army with relatively few troops, and the most troublesome thing for me is that the Crimson Rose Castle is backed by the Valo Mountains, they can completely place a large number of civilians there, and if our army wants to capture these slaves, they can only defeat the Crimson Rose Castle first. ”

"Our army is alone, although the military strength is superior, and a large amount of food has been replenished in several strongholds of the other side, but we don't have a lot of time, because when we are fighting with the Saranal family, the Emilio family is rapidly regaining strength, we must lay the victory before they intervene, otherwise the best opportunity in 200 years will be lost by us!"

"Please give the order!" shouted the dozen or so officers in unison, "our army will be victorious, and the glory of the Seremis family will be forged by us!"

"Good!" Edward was very happy to see his subordinates' fighting spirit, he believed that even if the enemy had any schemes, he could wipe out the army with high morale in one fell swoop, so Edward opened his mouth and gave the order: "Eli!"

"Yes!" Eli-Seremis, Edward's nephew and the third heir to the Seremis family, was very happy in his heart, he didn't expect that he was actually the first to be sent, but the excitement on his face froze in the next second, because Edward's order to him was: "You lead 2000 troops to garrison the border of the Emilio family, and you must defend with all your strength and not attack without permission." ”

"Huh?" Eli was a little reluctant, he preferred to face the battlefield in person, although he had enjoyed a life of fine clothes and food since he was a child, Eli still yearned for the life of the barracks, he longed to recreate the glory of his ancestors with his sword and horseshoe, and thus became the commander of a thousand people.

"Don't underestimate this!" Edward said earnestly, "What I'm most worried about now is that the Emilio family will stab us in the back, as long as there is no interference from others, we have a great chance of winning this war." In order to gain a solid rear, your father personally sat in the family station to raise supplies for us, and I also hope that you will keep an eye on our backs so that we can fight without distractions. ”

Eli was reluctant to do so, but he obeyed his duty as a soldier and accepted the order, and Edward's second and final order was to order the entire army to set off immediately and march towards the Crimson Rose Castle.

The two armies soon parted ways, and Edward looked at his distant nephew, and silently said to himself, "We will definitely win, definitely." However, in case something happens, Eli, my nephew, you are the hope for the future of our family. ”

――――――*――――――*――――――*―――――― the Salanal family residence, the Crimson Rose Castle, Adams' study.

"Look, Mr. Fabia, our army is almost finished. Adams pointed to a map on the table and said to Ryan, "And Edward's army has also arrived here, and it is estimated that tomorrow will attack us." ”

Ryan took a closer look at this beautifully crafted map, nodded slightly, and Adela beside him said respectfully: "Master, according to our plan in advance, Sister Vivien's 800 warriors have been hidden in the Crimson Rose Castle, and in order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, all those who know will be placed under house arrest until the end of the war." ”

Ryan really didn't like Adela to call him his master, but he also knew that his relationship with Adela was not as close as Vivien's, at least he couldn't tell Adela about his true identity for the time being, so Ryan reluctantly accepted the title.

"Well, I just went to see it, and the warriors are in a good mood, although they have made a hard detour in the mountains of Vallo, but after two days of rest, their physical strength has almost recovered, and Moses and they are very hard, and they are still boosting their morale, after all, only if we win, their life will be better. Vivien smiled and said to Ryan, "Now it's up to the other party to call." ”

When Vivien said this, a thought suddenly popped into her head, so she opened her mouth and said, "Fabia, you said that we should go and attack tonight, maybe we will have a great harvest." ”

Ryan was also very tempted by Vivian's proposal, but Adela rejected Vivian's proposal in one bite: "No, Sister Vivian's idea is very good, but it is difficult to achieve practical results. The results of our army's small number of people are not good, and it is difficult to ensure secrecy when there are too many people. Even if the master personally goes out, but after all, the other party has more than 10,000 people, even if it loses thousands of people, it is meaningless for the overall situation, but it will leak out our arrangement in advance. ”

Ryan agreed with Adela's analysis, he nodded, no longer mentioning Vivian's proposal, and after taking a sip of water, Ryan asked Adela again: "How many troops do we have? I want the kind that can fight, and those old and sick must not be counted." ”

"Well, there are more than 5,000 strong people gathered here in the Saranal family, they are usually trained in the military, and their families have been specially arranged for us to live in the castle, although the conditions are a little worse, but it is enough for them to fight to the death, unless they don't even have the most basic human nature. Adela didn't even think about it before replying, "Including the original soldiers of the family, there are 6,000 people in total, and Sister Vivien's side has 800 people, and our two coalition forces are less than 7,000 people. ”

Ryan knew that this was the benefit of the large population of the Saranal family, even if the army was completely wiped out, it could recover quickly, in contrast, although the Emilio family had the strongest combat effectiveness, but once that army was defeated, it was too difficult to recover.

"And what about the enemy? how many of them are there?" asked Vivienne, "hopefully that's not too outrageous." ”

"We can't get too close to the main forces of the other side, so we can only infer from a distance, and by visual inference, plus an inspection of the abandoned barracks of the enemy, the preliminary estimate is that the army of Seremis is around 10,000 to 12,000. Adela opened her mouth and immediately replied.

Ryan laughed, he said confidently: "It sounds like a big difference in numbers, but in tomorrow's battle, this gap is not irreparable, the Royal Knights can defeat the 30,000 elites of Senatan with only 5,000 people, I think, I can always defeat 10,000 people with 7,000 people, right?"