The dusk sun shrouds on this hillside. The severe winter has ended, and the temperature is getting warmer day by day. Under the spring breeze unknowingly, the flowers, plants and trees on the entire earth have sprouted new buds, and a tender green full of life appears around it.

But at this moment, a dark magic aura that was incompatible with this vitality of life was shrouding on the hillside. Even the sun in spring could not drive away this layer of vague haze. Through this layer of dark magic energy that appeared like a faint black mist, it was clear that this was a military camp.

However, compared with the vibrant and crowded camps like humans, this camp is dead silent, without sound, no trace of human activities, and there are no external military facilities built by normal military camps, such as fences, trenches, horse-retardant, chest walls and other external defense measures. The main reason for this is a military camp is that the silent sentry passing by from time to time on the outside. From a distance, you can see these silent sentries wearing rusty armor and holding glittering weapons in their hands.

But even such guards who keep moving around reveal a lifeless spirit that is indescribable.

At the highest point of the hillside, there is a medium-sized tent with a flag flying beside the tent, with a red dragon-shaped pattern on the flag. In Sivania, no one would admit this pattern wrong. This is the blood dragon flag of the vampire Ashu Rufate.

At this moment, he and his Immortal Legion were stationed here. Not far away, it was the valley connecting Sivania and Ryan's homeland. The road in the middle of this valley has now become the front line of the war. The Immortal Legion and Ryan's army are stationed in two sections of this valley, confronting each other for four days, preparing for this inevitable war.

In the middle of this tent, a small meeting was being held. In fact, there were only two people attending the meeting, Ashu Rufate and Eric.

For Ashu Rufate, this was a helpless result. In fact, he also hoped to gather a group of capable subordinates here to give advice and comment on the current situation. But in fact, among all his subordinates, perhaps Eric is the only one with strategic vision and military literacy. Because he was once a general. Those black magicians have almost unique features and keen judgment in tactical, especially small-scale combat. However, almost none of them have large-scale wars, especially the combat experience of the army with a total of tens of thousands, and have no ability to observe the situation of war.

Both of them were looking through the information summarized from various places.

"The situation is not good." This is after reading various letters, reports and analysis. "The Ryans not only have the upper hand in quality, but also in quantity."

The war with the Bin tribe some time ago can be said to be the best touchstone for the combat power of the undead legion. In general, the combat power of the undead legion is weaker than that of the human army. There are two very important points. The first is that undead creatures are good at melee combat, but lack long-range attack capabilities, and are easily killed by heavy firepower before the battle. The second is that although undead creatures do not know how to fear and retreat at all, it is precisely because of this that they do not know how to avoid danger. This makes them always easy to suffer casualties on the battlefield. Especially when the battle situation is unfavorable, undead creatures will ignore the enemy's advantage and rush forward to die, instead of choosing to temporarily retreat like normal humans, to avoid the enemy's edge and find opportunities to counterattack. Without the support of magic, it is difficult for the undead legion to compete head-on with well-equipped human army.

"It seems that the situation is so bad." Ashu Rufate replied.

"Duke, what do you think? Or, where do you think your chances of victory are?" Eric focused on the map tiled on the table. "You can't let them cross the valley. If you cross the valley... then you're giving up your only advantage."

"Well." Ash Rufate agreed. "If they arrive here... in a battlefield where the army can fully develop, they have a great advantage. Their army is equipped with the gustling cannons. I heard that such cannons... can shoot more than a dozen or even dozens of shells at a time... A gustling cannon can even directly destroy a medium-sized square array."

"I have heard of it, but it seems that the weapon is not very stable and easily exploded..." Eric pondered. "If I were to say that, I could only choose to set up a battlefield in the valley, that is, along the road. Otherwise, you would not have any chance of victory. Once they crossed Sivania and set up a war formation on the field, even an idiot commanded the army would win. He just needed to order his cannons - whether it was a gust of wind or not - and long-range troops such as musketeers and archers!"

Eric stressed his opinion again. "Only this valley...the narrow terrain makes the superior forces unable to spread, and the crowded formations make the soldiers unable to alternate between them...this way you have a chance."

Eric unknowingly used the word "you", making Ashu Rufate realize that this old soldier has not actually regarded him as the person on his own. Of course, Eric has actually agreed to serve him. If Eric falls into the hands of the church, his crime of "betraying humans and seeking refuge in vampires" will definitely not be able to escape.

"But you have no energy to deal with this path." Eric did not realize what Eshu Rufate was thinking, and frowned. "Last time you won through this path, but this time... this time... this place became your gate... If I were a Ryan, then I would... choose an elite ranger, launch an attack from this path, and hit the depths of Sivania. You must divide a sufficient force to defend this area! Dividing this ranger has almost no impact on my combat power. And if you divide this defense force, it can cause a significant decline in strength."

"I'm not worried about this," Ash Rufate replied. "In fact, I'm hoping they do it."

This confident tone of his surprise surprised Eric slightly.

"You have already arranged a force in the middle of the road, intending to have a head-on strike?" Eric asked. "You have two choices, either arrange a huge force, but this weakens your frontal force a lot. Or you have to prepare an elite force that moves quickly, but in this way... the frontal battlefield has become a serious problem." He shook his head, impossible. This idea is stupid. The Undead Legion lacks qualified commanders, and all the black magicians do not have the ability to command thousands or tens of thousands of undead creatures at once. If the vampire intends to let him come, he will not command such a strange army.

"I plan to command myself!" Ash Rufate replied.

"Then the frontal battlefield..."

"Precaution!" Ash Rufate replied. "My idea is very simple, just rely on Mimilu!"

"Mimilu?" Now Eric already knows the existence of Mimilu, and even infers that Ash Rufate was able to lead a group of mobs of green skins to move in, relying heavily on the help of "half beasts".

"This path is relatively rugged and difficult to walk in some places," Ashrufate explained. "If the army takes this path... it will take about six days, and at the fastest will take four days. When they walk out of the path, they must pause the rectification and then head towards the nearest city. When they arrive at Meno, it will take another three to five days. In other words, they will take a total of ten days!"

Eric did not answer. Ten days were indeed the same. Eric walked through that path and knew how bad this path was. Ten days were a conservative calculation.

"If I set out from here, abandon the slow-moving troops and lead the cavalry to march day and night, it will take about seven days to reach the city of Meno." Ashurufat continued. "In other words, as long as I get the news, I can block them at the city of Meno. I am very sure of this battle, because in order to go this way, the Rangers must abandon heavy equipment such as cannons, and the number of people cannot be too large."

"Then the enemy will attack in front of you..."

"Resist and block them. I will return in time." Ashu Rufate knew that he had another trick, which was to use the teleportation system in the Dark Castle. After he annihilated the Rangers, he could return to the front battlefield in a very short time.

"I understand." The mountainous areas separated by Sivania and Ryan are almost extremely difficult to overcome for any existence that depends on their legs and feet, but they do not include the half-beast clan. "As long as..."

"Mimilu can monitor this path. It is difficult for Mimilu to detect if you want to talk about a pedestrian or two pedestrian spies. But if you want to talk about an army of thousands of people, Mimilu will never make mistakes." Ashrufat said. "The Rangers will safely cross the path and arrive at the city of Meno, and then I will wait for them there!"

He recalled the entire plan again and chuckled. There should be no problem. He is very confident in Mimilu's ability. There is no gap for the other party to use in time... Although this victory cannot change the strength comparison between the two sides, it will definitely be a blow to the enemy. The Ryans will be more cautious and more careful, that is to say, spend more time, which greatly increases the possibility of dragging the war into summer.

That's probably... He looked up and looked out of the tent. Although he couldn't see it, he knew that Mimilu must be guarding among the mountains at this moment, at the top of a mountain that was so steep that humans could not climb, looking at the movements of the entire valley.

...

"Oh, it's so boring..." Mimilu squatted at the top of a mountain and yawned because of boredom. At her feet was a mountain that looked like a steep stone pillar. If humans want to climb such a mountain, they must undergo special training and be equipped with corresponding equipment. But for Mimilu, climbing up this place is no different from walking up a step.

The strange thing that Ashu Rufat gave her was hidden in a small hole nearby. Her mission was very simple. As long as she saw the enemy, she would use the strange thing to notify the owner.

But at the moment, those people seemed to have no intention of taking this road. Mimilu blew the wind here for two days, but she found nothing except the bugs flying around. It must be said that there are many more bugs in the mountains than in the castle - there are no such damn gadgets in the castle at all.

Alas, it was all those guys who actually put a lot of lasso traps in the camp. Mimilu immediately realized that the other party was already prepared, and then Ashu Rufate sent her to monitor the mountainous areas.

It is impossible for human army to march in such mountainous areas at night. It will be dark and Mimilu will be able to go to bed soon.

Mimilu's ears, like a cat, suddenly moved because she heard some sounds that she shouldn't have heard in the mountains - it was the sound of a horse neighing. Although the sound was very weak, Mimilu was sure that she had made no mistake.
Chapter completed!