"Fifty, not five thousand?" Finally, a person who did not laugh asked the officer who provided the information.

"Fifty people, but I heard they were all gunners." The man continued. The laughter stopped immediately.

"Fifty gunners... So how many cannons are there?" someone asked. Because of the support of the Ryans, the number of cannons in the Bin clan was quite considerable. In the last battle, all the cannons fell into the hands of the vampire intact.

"The problem is here. The vampire asked the Bin clan to send fifty gunners, but did not carry cannons."

"Interesting..." Leto whispered to himself. "The gunner without cannons...what does the vampire want to do?"

"Your Highness, in my opinion, this should be the rumor we arranged before that is at work," a staff member said.

"Oh? Why?" Leto looked at the other person with interest.

"As we all know, the operation of cannons is actually relatively complicated and is not the same as muskets. A person can master the usage of muskets in just half a day, and a qualified gunner will take at least half a year to train. It is very difficult for an untrained novice to even aim the muzzle at the target."

This is true. Although Leto has never actually operated a cannon, he knew that adjusting the elevation angle of the muzzle was to use a hammer to hit a wedge-shaped piece of wood. Not to mention anything else, this matter alone is very knowledgeable. If you use a little improper force, or even uneven force, you will be overwhelmed. It is difficult for a skilled gunner to adjust the muzzle to shoot long-distance targets. For an unskilled gunner, let alone an enemy army, even a huge and fixed target like the city wall is difficult to hit.

"So, this matter can be understood as a vampire taking away all the skilled gunners in the Bin clan to weaken the Bin clan's combat power and preventing the Bin clan from rebelling at critical moments. In other words, this matter is an important result of our rumor strategy. Vampires are indeed worried about the Bin clan's rebellion. So in the future battle, we don't have to worry about the Bin clan's army secretly lying in the Immortal Legion."

After listening to this analysis, everyone nodded in agreement. Taking the gunner with him instead of the cannon, this illogical thing can only be explained in this way.

The end of this topic, everyone will immediately start discussing other more realistic issues.

"Your Highness, although it is effective to build a 'lone peak', I am worried... the vampire may discover our cannons and use troops such as bats or ghosts to launch an assault. We must place a small team of melee troops to protect the safety of the cannons, and also equip a magician..."

"It doesn't matter. We have sufficient troops and there is a lot of room to deal with this problem." Leto replied slightly impatiently. He could feel now that he had quite a few opponents in his plan to fight on the Purple Stone. Many people, especially those older officers, almost unanimously agreed that following Berel's advice, choosing to defend and avoid war, and sending reinforcements to support Berel is the most correct choice. Fortunately, he directly ordered to retreat to the Purple Stone with the authority of the commander, otherwise if a military meeting was held in a normal way for soliciting opinions, I don't know how long it would take to argue. The decisive battle of the Purple Stone also opposed it. They all believed that the battlefield was too small and it was unfavorable to force the entire army to fight.

"The battlefield is too narrow, which is not conducive to knight's action." Another person made an opinion. Cavalry needs a wider space than infantry. If they fight on purple stones, it is difficult for cavalry to fully exert their combat power.

"It is true, but this is the same as both sides, and it is not a disadvantage. Don't vampires also have cavalry troops? These cavalry are also difficult to exert their combat power." Leto replied reluctantly.

"But..." The man originally wanted to say that the number of vampires' black knights is not only small, but also can dismount at any time. It would be a disadvantage to let the knights dismount at any time. Without war horses, the knights could not exert their powerful charge power, and their combat power would be at least half-folded. But looking at Leto's face, he swallowed this sentence back.

"Your Highness, our formation is too close. Once a certain army collapses, a chain reaction will occur, and other nearby troops will fall into chaos." Another person raised an objection.

"It is precisely because of the tight formation that they will not collapse." Leto replied. His impatientness not only appeared on his expression, but also appeared in his voice. "The soldiers have no room for retreat at all. And I will not give the vampires time to line up. I plan to let the musket knights take the initiative to attack and harass the vampire striker."

"Sir, since this time the vampire is approaching our army for war, we don't need to fight on a battlefield as small as the purple stone. We might as well retreat all the way and find a plain that can fully expand the army after retreating from the valley..."

If you exit this valley as a road, then finding a suitable battlefield is no longer a problem. But vampires have a great chance of giving up the pursuit, and Leto's plan to seek a decisive battle was completely lost.

"This is already a battlefield that can accommodate our entire army. Why do you need to find another one?" Leto rejected this request directly. "Let's discuss how to make full use of our army's opportunity to arrange the battlefield in advance. And once we leave this valley, vampires have the ability... no matter everything else, head straight to our local area. If that happens, can you bear this responsibility?!"

He stared at the guy who made suggestions and finally made the other party silent.

No, it would be a waste of time to continue discussing like this! Leto suddenly realized that he did not need to hold this military meeting at all because he was a general. This kind of meeting was originally intended to implement the general's will and to supplement the details of the specific combat plan by his subordinates, especially some generals who did not consider carefully, rather than to question the combat plan itself. Now, this meeting is a bit out of control.

Sure enough, it was because of my lack of reputation and achievements in military affairs that led to the general "disobedience" of subordinates. In addition, in order to increase the combat effectiveness of the army, I tried my best to find outstanding middle and senior officers, which further encouraged this unfavorable atmosphere. Having said that, one side was the main general who had never had military experience, and the other side was the middle and senior general who were familiar with the military and had great prestige among soldiers. In this case, it would be strange that the decision of the main general was not questioned.

Leto realized that he could not continue like this, so he immediately made a decision.

"If you have no other opinions, go back to your respective troops immediately." He looked at the others. If he continued the military meeting, I'm afraid there were many of them who would speak and give their opinions - of course they were stupid opinions. What Leto needs the least now is these opinions. What he needs is a victory, commanded by himself, a real victory.

"Your Highness," an old officer with gray hair and looking over 60 suddenly spoke at this time. "Anyway, please avoid this battle. The combat power of vampires may not be as bad as we expected. I was ordered to expedition to Kalean..."

"But the situation of the vampire fighting with the Bin clan has explained everything." This time the answer was not Leto, but one of his staff. He directly interrupted the other party, "All this is undeniable. And this situation is different from Kalean. You must know that the entire Blood Knights entrenched in Kalean, and its combat power cannot be ignored, but after all, this time the only Blood Duke is alone."

"Anyway, please don't underestimate the cruelty and cunning of vampires! The battle with the Bin tribe is not necessarily the full strength of the vampire. At that time, he had already gained an absolute advantage and had the full strength to hide some of the combat power. So I would like to suggest..."

"You mean..." This time, Leto spoke. His voice was no longer just the impatience he had before, but had already sublimated to a new realm. "We spent more than a year sending countless spies, scouts, and repeatedly asking... all of these people were deceived by vampires. What they conveyed back was all fake about the vampires' military power. All of these people were not as smart as you... Is this what they mean?"

"No, but..." The old officer did not expect Leto to show such an attitude.

"The reason why we can infer the combat power of the vampire's undead legion is based on countless information that has been repeatedly confirmed, and the battle process between the vampire and the Bin clan was finally concluded. But when you say these words, you closed your eyes and guessed casually. Am I right?" Leto's voice became slow and soft, while the murderous aura in his voice became stronger than the other.

"Are you planning to disrupt the morale of my army?" Anyone else present now saw that something was wrong. Leto's last sentence was a typical theory of heart-killing.

"What is the crime of confusing the morale of the army with rumors?" Leto turned his head and asked a close confidant beside him.

"Present for the crime of enemy spies. The death penalty!" the confidant replied immediately.

Because Leto was speaking loudly just now, the soldiers responsible for the guards outside the tent had already come in and were ready to wait for instructions. These guards were Leto's personal guards. They were not only skilled in combat, but also loyal to him and were very reliable.

Leto immediately made a gesture to the guards. Several guards immediately rushed forward and grabbed the old man. The latter tried to struggle to resist, but a guard hit his neck with a powerful hand knife. The blow was fierce and heavy, and the old officer immediately collapsed and was dragged out by the guards.

The matter was rushed, and the others were not prepared at all and could only watch everything happen. When everyone came to their senses, they saw Leto standing in the middle of the tent, with the gloomy murderous intent on his face lingering.

Through the curtain door of the big tent, a scream seemed to be heard. This sound and Leto's face turned the original warmth of spring in the big tent into the cold of winter.

"Do you have any other opinions? If you don't have any opinions, please go back to your respective troops and seize the time to arrange the battlefield."

Now that's the case, who dares to say anything? The meeting ended, and everyone left the tent anxiously and returned to their respective troops. Soon, the tent was empty, leaving only the last few Leto's confidants.

"How is the situation?" Leto's face quickly returned to normal and asked a close confidant around him. This one came back during the meeting just now.

"Your Highness, very good, Lord Bernando is right."

"Oh, there is really such a path?" Leto's eyes narrowed, "Tell me in detail."

"Your Highness, here." The man came to the temporarily drawn purple stone map and pointed to a place. "It's here. On the surface, it looks like a small wood, and there is a natural path in the woods. But at the end of the path, it faces a cliff that is difficult to climb, so it's just a worthless dead end. But in fact, this cliff can be crossed. Because there is a small gap in this cliff. This position is only about three people, and you can climb up with a rope. Then you can drill through a gap between the rock walls. After that, it will be a mountain path that leads to Mir City. I have confirmed this personally."

"Okay, great." Leto replied happily. With this path, he got a chance to retreat just in case. Even if he was defeated, he had a great chance to escape. I wonder how the guys from the church knew about this kind of thing.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Now, everything is ready, just waiting for the vampire to come.
Chapter completed!