The development of the matter was beyond everyone's expectations. The army of the Rakshasa demon did not station in the buffer zone as usual. Instead, it moved towards the territory of the dark elves step by step at a slow speed of dozens of kilometers every day. Millions of troops gathered in the At the same time, they were marching step by step again. It was almost impossible to launch a sneak attack on them. The dark elves did not seem to have any plans to engage in a head-on battle. They just quickly attacked several nearby border military camps. The troops were mobilized together and re-stationed on the route of the Rakshasa demon army.
There are millions of troops on the opposite side, but there are less than 300,000 on our side. The deployment of troops on both sides is quite different. There is no way to do this. Troop support from the rear has never been mobilized. It is impossible for the military camps on the border to leave troops to stand firm. , these circumstances will naturally make the strength of the dark elves on the front line appear insufficient, but the gathered dark elves army blocks the path that the Rakshasa Demon must pass through. There is the largest lake within a thousand kilometers nearby, unless The million people on the other side marched for four consecutive days without taking a sip of water, otherwise they would not have been able to find a new source of water before the water was cut off.
This is the so-called art of war. The border between the dark elves and the Rakshasa demons is at least more than 100,000 kilometers. If they are fortified everywhere, even an additional 10 million troops will not be enough. And that kind of parallel defense line only needs to concentrate on A single breakthrough can cause the defender to completely collapse. Only by blocking the only way for the opponent to advance, such as areas with large water sources, transportation hubs that can quickly mobilize large-scale legions, etc., can we force the opponent to engage in a head-on battle with us. ,
Of course, such a defense system is still weak, so it is necessary to build multiple lines of defense in the rear, and invest a certain amount of scout troops to collect information, and at the same time cover the enemy's battlefield, or organize elite troops to carry out sabotage activities in the rear of the attacker to delay the opponent. The speed of mobilizing troops... In short, a large-scale battle in which both sides are equally powerful depends entirely on the battle of wits and courage between the commanders of both sides within the limited intelligence base. Whoever collects more accurate intelligence and whoever guesses the opponent's psychological actions is closer to the truth will be more accurate. easy to win,
Naturally, there is no need for Ryan to worry about these many things. The Dark Elf army has a strict hierarchical system. After several military camps are combined into one, the person with the highest military rank will naturally plan these things, so Ryan and Faras just stay there all day. In his military tent, even if something happens, the assistants he brought will come in and out to deliver news to him. This is because the news of Ryan's expedition with the army is still top secret, even if the three hundred thousand dark Among the elves in the army, no more than ten people knew it.
Ryan's fingers lightly passed through the air, and a clear magic image appeared in front of him and Faras. With Ryan's strength, as long as it takes some time, he can naturally pass the magic to the surrounding environment of nearly a hundred kilometers. The image reappeared before our eyes. The life breath of 300,000 dark elves gathered in the magic image less than one meter square, forming a large area of green. About three kilometers to the left of the military camp, there was an area no larger than This small lake with 300,000 military camps, the depths of the lake occasionally reveal an aura that is extremely powerful for ordinary people. It should be a large aquatic monster living at the bottom of the lake.
In normal times, this area would definitely be full of all kinds of monsters. With mountains and water here, a large number of small herbivorous monsters would naturally be bred, which would naturally attract large carnivorous monsters, forming a natural and perfect food chain. However, Now when 300,000 fully armed dark elves are stationed here, even a small group of ordinary legendary monsters will have to avoid the edge temporarily.
"Lord Ryan, there is something to report in Naxalor." The voice of a dark elf assistant came from outside the military tent. The voice was very small. Obviously the speaker did not want too many people to hear it, although there were already three hundred people nearby. The elite dark elf warriors were protected in groups, and it was impossible for idlers to approach. After getting Ryan's approval, the male dark elf named Naxalor opened the door and walked in. This was a temporary camp, so it was naturally impossible. There are also permanent buildings, and everyone lives in tents that can be quickly erected and dismantled.
After Naxalor walked in, he first glanced at the magic image in front of Ryan, with envious eyes in his eyes. In his opinion, if every dark elf army could have this kind of thing, there would be no need to worry about being attacked by the enemy. Ambushes and sneak attacks, but Naxalor also knew very well that if he wanted to maintain such a magical image covering nearly a hundred kilometers in radius, he would have to at least advance to the level of a legendary powerhouse to do it. Although Aledia's strength is not weak, But it has not yet reached the level of equipping all the more than 1,700 legions under its command with advanced legendaries. That is, only the elite legions stationed in Alediyar City can have such a luxurious performance, and the entire number does not exceed Ten branches,
Ryan pointed to the chair next to him and motioned for Naxalor to sit down and talk. During this period, the latter had gradually become familiar with Ryan's temperament and knew that he was relatively approachable. If he was too rigid and condescending, Ryan would not like it. , so he sat down peacefully, then took out the latest piece of information from his body and handed it to Ryan,
Ryan opened this information and found that it was not collected by the intelligence department of Naxalor, but was handed over by the commander of the local garrison. In this information, the scouts sent out in the past four days were listed in detail. The list of the team and the information they brought back showed that all the scouts who went two hundred kilometers deep into the buffer zone had no news without exception. Obviously, the Rakshasa demons did a perfect job of covering the battlefield. The dark elves' army can only rely on the information they received four days ago. This is a very bad situation. It is often a precursor to the enemy's military action.
Ryan did not bother himself to think about what this information meant. Naxalor was a director of the intelligence department under Aledia. He had at least a hundred years of experience in collecting, organizing, and analyzing intelligence. With such a professional present, Ryan's military skills, which he was not very proficient in, naturally had to be hidden, so he closed the information and placed it on the table next to him, and asked Nashalor directly: "What do you think of this matter?"
Since Naxalor came alone, he had naturally analyzed this information. Now that Ryan asked, he naturally said without hesitation: "In the past four days, more than a thousand of our scouts have lost news. Within a radius of a thousand miles, if we want to completely kill so many well-trained and experienced scouts, we must use at least five times more troops, and there must be enough legendary and above-level powerhouses to suppress the formation, otherwise among our scouts There are also legendary level experts. If thirty shadow dancers escape with all their strength, how can one or two escape?"
Naxalor continued: "The coalition of Rakshasa monsters opposite us does not belong to the opponent's elite sequence in terms of organization, so although the number exceeds one million, it is equipped with fewer legendary level powerhouses than us. According to the calculation, there are about 20 people out of 100,000, which is only 200 people. Now they have actually deployed almost two-thirds or more of their force to cover our ears and eyes. There is a problem anyway, but we haven’t yet Ways to determine what they’re hiding.”
"The most common situation is that the main force of the Rakshasa demon has been deployed in full force, bypassing our defense line and attacking the rear fortress and military camp." Nashalor paused for a moment, then said to Ryan: "In order to avoid this happening, The top commander here, General Dahni, has sent additional manpower to notify other defense lines and the rear, and now every hour a micro teleportation magic circle is launched to communicate with those important locations."
Ryan nodded. He knew that communicating in this way would consume valuable magic cores every time. If the situation was not urgent, General Dahni would definitely be reluctant to use it in this way. Seeing that Ryan agreed with his point of view, Na Shalor continued to list a variety of possibilities. For example, the Rakshasa demons in this defense area did not have a million troops. After they made false information to mislead the dark elf scouts, they continued to conceal the news, and the real main force did not They have not appeared in this area, and have already gathered in other defense areas to prepare for attacks, etc.
After talking about these possible situations, Naxalor added: "Of course, the content I analyzed is all based on the existing intelligence. If the intelligence brought back earlier is wrong, then We may be misled by the enemy, so the top priority is to break the battlefield cover of the Rakshasa monster as soon as possible. For this reason, General Dahni has decided to mobilize more elites to form a scout team, all composed of legendary strong men. They will arrive in the evening Let’s set off, if everything goes well, we should be able to enter the area behind the Rakshasa demon’s cover early tomorrow morning and send back the first intelligence.”
Ryan thought for a moment and said, "Since this matter is so important now, let me also contribute..." Naxalor thought that Ryan was going to join the scout team in person, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Ah, Ryan Sir, how can I trouble you with this kind of thing? As our strongest combat force, your existence is top secret. If it is exposed like this..."
"Haha, that's not the case." Ryan interrupted Naxalor with a smile and explained: "I have no interest in running around like this. If I really go, I might as well clean up the Rakshasa demon's military camp directly. What is more convenient, I mean, is to prepare some self-made gadgets for the key figures in the scout team, maybe it can help them complete their mission."