The dilemma of the third hundred and three three

In this world, those who have no idea about war think that the so-called war is the choice of a suitable battlefield for combat between two armies, then set up their postures, form a war formation, soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals, swords against guns, and a face-to-face battle. Then the losers fled in panic, and the winners took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing. In this way, the war is over.

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As for what the generals were doing before the battle and before the battle began? I'm afraid there were not many people who knew it. Many people took it for granted that those generals were raising their strength, preparing food and supplies, studying the terrain of the future battlefield, checking the enemy's equipment and quantity, or other preparations, in short, preparing for future battles.

But in fact, war has never been like this clean and refreshing thing. If the army is compared to humans, then the two fighters who stand on the ring to compete will definitely not rush up at the first time and use their greatest strength to strike hard (of course, there are also such people, but they have never been mainstream, and they are almost all losers).

The two fighters will wait and see carefully, confront each other and test each other. On the one hand, they will wait patiently for the other to reveal their flaws. On the other hand, they will carefully estimate the opponent's true strength and investigate the traps set by the enemy to determine their own tactics. You should know that rushing up and using a big sword and heavy axe to split the opponent into one move is a tactic; wandering around and trying to gradually weaken the opponent with a large number of light hits until they finally defeat the opponent is also a tactic. There is no distinction between various tactical strategies, only suitable or not.

In fact, compared with the long "stalemate period", the time for a truly large-scale battle is always very short. The longest battle recorded in the book will not last more than three days. Even if the generals of both armies have the idea of ​​"sending small troops to attack first and testing the enemy's virtuality and reality", small-scale battles can easily become large-scale decisive battles. This is easy to understand. Only when two attacking troops are not distinguished from each other, the two sides will remain stalemate. If there is a clear victory or defeat, the defeated side will immediately invest in new troops to cover the retreat. The winner will never watch the victorious troops besieged by the superior enemy. So both sides continue to invest in one troops, and at the same time stimulate the enemy to invest in one troops. In the end, the originally tempted small battle will become a decisive battle dispatched by the entire army.

Ashrufate is now in this "stalemate period" that is destined to be quite long. However, what he wants to do is not what ordinary people think is that the general is raising his strength, preparing food and supplies, and studying future battlefield terrain. Even if he plans to study future battlefield terrain, he has no idea, because he doesn't know where the battlefield will be.

The entire northeast of Groney is mostly plains, with only a small number of areas with hilly terrain. There are too many places suitable for battlefields. Many people think that a hundred thousand army is an exaggerated number. It is indeed a bit difficult to find a suitable battlefield in mountainous areas (especially areas with complex terrain), but if it is in plains...

The battle formation composed of 100,000 people actually occupy the size of a few mountain bags.

At this moment, Ash Rufate was alone in his room, with his eyes closed. His body and mind were immersed in the wind of magic. Of course, this was not to say that he was preparing some magic to destroy his room, but to read some messages sent to him in the wind of magic that were sent to him for special reasons.

"Judged based on the growth of local crops, sugar production will drop slightly this year..."

“…About the above, gentlemen, since our competitors’ franchise has been cancelled, it is a great time to enter a new market. One of our 'old friends' has revealed to us that Her Majesty the Queen will cancel the franchise… This means we have at least a chance to play…”

"Urgent report: A large number of horses are being sent from the west, and the plunge in horse prices is almost in front of us!"

"…The quality of locally produced furs has obvious flaws... How should we act? Please send the order as soon as possible..."

Ajin's business is too big! Ash Rufate couldn't help but regret it secretly. He spent most of his time receiving spam messages that were meaningless to him. On the contrary, what he expected, such as the intelligence sent back to his master by a Chaos Spy, got nothing.

This may prove that his original idea was correct. Indeed, among the four evil gods of Chaos, there is no god who blesses believers to make money. These hidden believers may not be able to afford the magic messenger scroll monopolized by Ajin. At least Ashrufate knew that with the consumption of the old messenger scroll, Ajin had successfully raised the price of his products again.

It was another day when nothing was found, Ashu Rufate let go of the wind of magic and turned his will into reality: there were some documents on his desk that he had not read.

During this period, the outside and inside of the city of Niustria were loose and tight, and the priests were trying to track down the Chaos believers hidden in the army. What was bad is that they actually gained a lot. Chaos scouts blocked the battlefield and stopped the coalition scouts from inquiring about the news. Chaos spies were mixed into the army and reported all the movements of the army to the enemy. The thought of how great the Chaos Legion would have in this way made Ash Rufate feel a little frustrated.

It is difficult for us to know every move of the enemy, but the enemy is well aware of every move of our enemy.

The last time Belar defeated the Chaos Legion, he had an advantage in strength. With his strength, he ignored the enemy's various tricks and went straight to the enemy's key points, forcing the opponent to fight to the decisive battle... Although you have clever arrangements and smooth intelligence, you cannot change the power balance. So you simply do not conduct any temptation and enter the decisive battle directly.

Although this tactic is completely correct, it is still a trick. It can be said that this is a choice made by Berel to investigate the specific situation at that time and to understand his respective advantages and weaknesses. Objectively speaking, without the year-long siege of Sarel, which blocked and consumed the enemy, Berel would not have won the victory of Berel with a sharp attack.

The same trick is not working now. Chaos has 70,000 troops, and is still full of energy at this time, and its combat power is not inferior to the coalition forces. In addition, Chaos is still in a vague situation of division within this time. Forcibly forcing the other side to fight to the decisive battle will make Chaos let go of internal disputes and jointly fight against the outside world...

If you want to give a definition of this situation, it can be said that this is a dilemma!

If you have no confidence in winning the battle, and you are infiltrated by the enemy, it is impossible to withdraw.

He sighed, for the time being, there seemed to be no way to break the dilemma. Maybe he could close his eyes, rush straight towards the enemy like a man bull, and then hand over the judgment of victory and defeat to God. However, his reason told him that doing so was undoubtedly an extremely stupid act.

Fortunately, he still has time, Chaos stopped attacking Gaohua City and instead divided his troops to attack. This may be an opportunity, a trap, but at least it gave Ash Rufate enough time to first investigate a group of Chaos believers lurking inside the army.

If possible, Ashu Rufate originally had a very simple way to distinguish the Chaos believers. He just summoned his demon and asked someone else a sentence "Are you a Chaos believer?" His demon has the ability to know and can see through all lies.

Unfortunately, this is impossible. Well, if he summoned the demon in front of everyone, he would be regarded as a believer in Chaos before he could be regarded as a believer in Chaos.

The last time he used the demon to rush out of the Hawk City, he did not disclose his affiliation to the third party. Even if someone realized this, there was no evidence. With the protection of the queen, this matter was revealed and no one would mention it ignorantly. However, no matter what, he could not let people know that he has the ability to summon and control the demon.

Where did this demon come from? In fact, Ashu Rufat himself also felt mysterious. He thought more than once, who was before he lost his memory? He had four reliable clues: the huge deposit certificate held by Count Thomas of St. Gene; the superhuman constitution that did not require food, drink and sleep; he once met Berel as a "Disciple of Thomas"; and finally this abyss magic stone that can summon and control the demons.

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

Ashu Rufate shook his head and drove these distracting thoughts out of his mind. You can think about these things slowly in the future. The key problem at the moment is not here, but what he just discovered not long ago.

He was actually very used to being a commander.

Of course, he already knew that he was a captain of a mercenary in the past, or was a captain of a mercenary in the past. However, in the concerns of ordinary people, being a captain of a mere team, commanding hundreds or thousands of people, is completely different from commanding and controlling a real army. However, Ash Rufate discovered that he must have commanded more than 10,000 legions more than once in the past.

He was very familiar with the method of commanding the army very smoothly - of course, he got the guidance of Berel at the beginning, but soon he found that he seemed to have done similar things, so he could understand everything at once and at one point. He quickly mastered the skills that must be mastered by practice, the experience that must be obtained by time. At least, Asu Ruffat had completely controlled the main force expanded by the Guards. He was now able to easily call out the names of any middle-level officers and remember their general personalities and abilities. Because Berel was there, it was not convenient for him to intervene in the Tiberi army, but he still successfully expanded his influence. At least when Berel left on the mission, the remaining Tiberi army had accepted his command.

However, Ashu Rufate suspected that this was because of what Belar had explained before departure.

The former Northern Legion was more difficult. Rafa and Pari and his son established a strong influence in this army, which made many people question Ashrufate's order. However, this was greatly alleviated when Pari was defeated and injured and had to recuperate.

Asu Ruffat sighed and picked up a piece of information that had just been conveyed by Berel. The document used ordinary white paper, indicating that it was not an emergency military situation. Asu Ruffat also felt that Berel would not make any unforgivable mistakes, such as sending himself alone into the encirclement of the enemy army.

"Well, have more than 150 Chaos scouts been eliminated? It can be regarded as a big blow to the Chaos Scouts army..." He looked at the document carefully and threw it aside. This feeling was like punching someone but hitting his shoulders and thighs. Although his fist did not fail, it was far from causing a heavy blow to the enemy.

There was a knock on the door outside. Ashu Rufat looked up and watched his orderly officer walk in from outside.

This is a gray-haired veteran who has lived in the city of Niustria for many years. In addition, he has participated in at least three battles against the Chaos Legion and is experienced. Of course, the most important thing is that this man is honest on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is not successful in his life under Rafa, so there is no need to worry about any other hidden dangers. After being elected as an orderly soldier by Ashurufat, he was grateful to Ashurufat (because the military salary has increased a lot, and the future is promising).

In fact, choosing an old man to be an orderly soldier is not in line with his habit (a teenager with flexible hands and feet is suitable for this). However, Ashu Rufate urgently needs to be familiar with this city, the Chaos Legion and other things.
Chapter completed!