Section 313 dilemma

In this world, those who have no concept of war think that the so-called war is that two armies choose a suitable place for fighting, and then put on a posture, line up in battle formation, soldier against soldier, knife against gun, and have a face-to-face fight. Then the defeated fled, and the victors took advantage of the situation to cover up. In this way, a war is over.

The so-called "famous generals" and "victorious generals" are the ones who can best boost morale, the best at charging into battle, or the most capable of dispatching troops.

As for what the generals were doing before the battle, before the battle began? I'm afraid not many people know. Many people take it for granted that those generals are recuperating their strength, preparing food and grass supplies, studying the terrain of the future battlefield, investigating the enemy's equipment and quantity, or other preparations, in short, preparing for future battles.

But in reality, war has never been such a clean and refreshing thing. If the army is compared to a human being, then the two fighters who stand in the ring to compete are definitely not the first to rush forward and deliver a heavy blow with their maximum strength (of course, there are such people, but they are never the mainstream, and they are almost always losers).

The two fighters will cautiously wait and see, confront each other, and test each other, patiently waiting for the other party to reveal their flaws, and on the other hand, carefully assess the true strength of the other party, and probe the traps laid by the enemy, so as to decide their own tactics. You know, it's a tactic to rush up and split the opponent with a big sword and axe, and it's also a tactic to go around and try to weaken the opponent with a lot of light blows until you finally defeat the opponent. There is no superiority in various tactical strategies, only suitable and inappropriate.

In fact, a truly large-scale battle is always short-lived, relative to a long "stalemate period". The longest battle recorded in the book lasted no more than three days. Even if the generals of both armies had the idea of "sending small troops to attack first and test the enemy's reality", a small-scale engagement could easily turn into a large-scale decisive battle. It is easy to understand that the two sides will remain at a stalemate only if the two striking forces are evenly divided. In the event of a clear victory, the defeated side will immediately throw in new troops to cover the retreat, and the victor will never be able to watch its victorious forces besieged by the superior enemy. As a result, the two sides kept throwing in troops, and at the same time stimulating the enemy to invest in troops, and in the end, the originally tentative small battle would turn into a decisive battle for the whole army.

Ashruphat is now in this "period of stalemate" that is destined to be quite long. However, what he wants to do is not what ordinary people think of as a general to recuperate, prepare food and grass materials, and study the future battlefield terrain and other things. Even if he planned to study the terrain of the future battlefield, he couldn't do it, because he didn't know where the battlefield would be.

The entire northeastern part of Gruny is mostly plain, with only a small amount of hilly terrain. There are so many places suitable as battlefields. Many people think that 100,000 troops is a very exaggerated number, if it is in a mountainous area (especially in an area with complex terrain), it is indeed a bit difficult to find a suitable battlefield, but if it is in the plains......

The battle formation composed of 100,000 people actually occupies a position the size of several mountain bags.

At this moment, Ashruphat was alone in his room, his eyes closed. His body and mind were already immersed in the winds of magic. Of course, this is not to say that he is preparing some magic to destroy his room, but that he is reading some messages that have been sent to him for special reasons in the wind of magic.

"Judging by the growth of local crops, the sugar production will drop slightly this year......

“...... To sum up, gentlemen, now is the time to enter a new market due to the cancellation of the franchises of our competitors. An old friend of ours has already revealed to us that Her Majesty the Queen will be cancelling the concession...... That means we have at least a chance to play......"

"Urgent news: a large number of horses are being sent from the west, and the collapse of horse prices is imminent!"

“...... Locally produced fur has obvious defects...... How should we behave, please do your best to convey the order......"

Akin's business is too big! Ashrufat couldn't help but secretly regret it. He wasted most of his time receiving spam messages that didn't mean anything to him. On the contrary, what he was expecting, such as the information that some Chaos agent sent back to his master, but he found nothing.

This may have proved his original idea right. Indeed, among the four evil gods of chaos, there is no god who blesses believers with wealth. These hidden bastard believers may not be able to afford the magic teleportation scrolls monopolized by Ah Jin. At least Ashrufat knew that with the consumption of the old teleportation scrolls, Ah Jin had succeeded in raising the price of his goods a little more.

The day was again in vain, and Ashruphat let go of the wind of magic and turned his will into reality: on his desk there were a few texts that he had not yet read.

During this time, the outside of Neustria is loose and the inside is tight, and the priests are trying to track down the Chaos cultists who are hiding in the army. And the bad thing is that they actually have a lot to gain. The Chaos Scouts cut off the battlefield and prevented the Coalition Scouts from probing for information, while the Chaos spies infiltrated the army and reported all the army's movements to the enemy. The thought of what a great advantage the Chaos Legion would have in this way made Ashrufat feel a little frustrated.

It is difficult for us to know the enemy's every move, but we know every move.

The last time Beller defeated the Chaos Legion, he had an advantage in strength. Relying on the superiority in strength, he simply ignored the enemy's various tricks, went straight to the enemy's vital points, and forced the opponent to have a decisive battle...... Although you have clever arrangements and smooth intelligence, you can't change the balance of power. Therefore, they simply did not make any temptations and went directly to the decisive battle.

Although this tactic is completely correct, it is still a trick. It can be said that this is a choice made by Bayral in response to the specific shape of the time, insight into the strengths and weaknesses of each. Objectively speaking, without the year-long siege of the city of Sarek, which had halted and depleted the enemy, there would have been no Bayrell's victorious victory.

The same trick doesn't work right now. Chaos has 70,000 troops, and at this time it is still full of vigor, and its combat power is not lost to the coalition army. In addition, Chaos is still faintly divided within at this time. Forcing the other side to fight a decisive battle will instead make Chaos let go of internal strife and work together to ...... the outside world

If you were to define this situation, it would be a dilemma, so to speak!

There was no certainty of victory in the battle, and the defense was infiltrated by the enemy, and it was impossible to withdraw.

He sighed, for a moment, there seemed to be no way to break the predicament. Maybe he could close his eyes, rush straight at the enemy like a bull, and then leave the decision of victory or defeat to heaven. But his sanity told him that it was undoubtedly a terrible foolish thing to do.

Fortunately, he still had time, and Chaos stopped attacking Gaohua City, and instead divided his troops to attack. It may have been an opportunity, or a trap, but at least it gave Ashrufat enough time to first inventory a group of Chaos cultists lurking within the army.

If he could, Ashruphat would have had a very simple way to distinguish Chaos believers. All he had to do was summon his demons and ask someone "Are you a Chaos Cultist?" His demons possess the ability to perceive a qiē's lies.

Unfortunately this is not possible. Well, if he summons a demon in front of everyone, if nothing else, he himself will be regarded as a Chaos cultist first.

The last time he used demons to break out of Eagle City, at least he didn't reveal their affiliation to a third party. Even if anyone realizes this, there is no evidence. Coupled with the protection of the Queen, this matter has been revealed, and no one will mention it without interest. But, no matter what, he can't let people know that he has the ability to summon and control demons.

Where did this demon come from? Actually, Ashrufat himself felt that it was mysterious. He wondered more than once who he was before he lost his memory? He had four reliable clues: a huge deposit slip from the Count of Thomas of St. Jean, a superhuman physique that did not need to eat, drink, or sleep, a meeting with Baylor as a "disciple of Thomas", and finally this abyssal magic stone that could summon and control demons.

The first three can be understood no matter how you say it, but the last one is difficult to justify.

Ashrufat shook his head, pushing the thoughts out of his mind. These can be thought about later, the key problem at the moment is not here, but he just discovered it not long ago.

He was actually quite accustomed to being a commander.

Of course, he already knew that he had been a mercenary captain in the past, or had been a mercenary captain. But in the minds of ordinary people, being a district captain and commanding hundreds or thousands of people is completely different from commanding and controlling a real army. However, Ashrufat was somewhat surprised to find that he must have commanded more than 10,000 legions in the past more than once.

He was well acquainted with the method of commanding a large army—of course, at first he was instructed by Bérale, but soon he found that he seemed to have done something similar, so that he could understand everything at once. He quickly mastered the skills that had to be mastered with practice, the experiences that had to be gained by time. At the very least, Ashrufat had completely controlled the main force that had been formed by the expansion of the Guards Legion. He was now able to easily call out any mid-ranking officer by name and memorize their general character and abilities. Because of Baylor's presence, it was inconvenient for him to intervene in Tiberius's army, but he managed to expand his influence. At least by the time Berel left on his mission, the remaining Tiberius army had taken his command.

However, Ashrufar suspected that this was due to the fact that Beller had confessed before he departed.

On the part of the former Northern Corps, it was more difficult. Rafa and Parry, father and son, had established a strong influence in this army, causing many to question Ashrufat's orders. However, this was greatly relieved when Parry was defeated and injured and had to recuperate from his injuries.

Ashrufat sighed and picked up a copy of the information that had just been delivered by Bayor. This article uses plain white paper, indicating that it is not an emergency military situation. Eshurufat also felt that Bayor's man would not have made any unforgivable mistakes, such as sending himself alone into the encirclement of the enemy's army.

"Well, did you eliminate more than a hundred and fifty Chaos Scouts before and after? It can be regarded as a big blow to the Chaos Scout troops......" he looked at Wen Jiàn carefully, and then tossed it aside. It's like punching someone and hitting them in the shoulders and thighs. Although the fist did not miss, it was far from inflicting a heavy blow on the enemy.

There was a knock on the door outside. Ashruphat looked up and watched his orderlies walk in from outside.

This is a gray-haired veteran who has lived in the city of Neustria for many years. In addition, he has participated in at least three battles against the Chaos Legion and has a wealth of experience. Of course, the most important point is that this man is honest on the one hand, and on the other hand, he has been unsuccessful under Rafa for the rest of his life, so he does not have to worry about any other hidden dangers. After being selected by Eshurufat as an orderly, he was very grateful to Ashrufat (because his salary had increased a lot, and in addition, his future was promising).

In fact, choosing an old man to be a soldier is not in line with the habit (only a nimble teenager is suitable for this). But Ashrufat desperately needed to get acquainted with the city, the Chaos Legion, and a few other things.