Linshui City.
It was late at night.
Dozens of candles illuminated the study room.
Military reports kept coming in, but Colin didn't read them. Instead, he let them pile up on the desk.
Looking at the leisurely Colin, Prince Harrison couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, why aren't you dealing with these military reports?"
"There's no hurry." Colin held an old sheepskin book in his hand and read it with great interest.
Prince Harrison leaned over to take a look. It was a book titled "Radiant Empire's Eastern Aristocratic Heraldry."
Studying the Eastern Aristocratic Heraldry at this time?
Prince Harrison was a little speechless, but he didn't dare to express it. He could only ask in an inquiring tone, "Teacher, can I take a look at these military reports?"
"Sure," Colin said without raising his head.
Prince Harrison came to the desk, fiddled with the candlesticks, and then used the candlelight to read the military reports that had been sent over.
Princess Judy was also in the study room, but she had fallen asleep on the sofa.
Colin was worried that she would catch a cold, so he called the maid to carry her back to her room.
The study room was quiet again. Only the soft sound of flipping books and the light sound of burning candles could be heard.
Prince Harrison looked at the military reports, and the more he read, the more apprehensive he became.
He couldn't help but raise his head to look at his teacher, but he saw that he still had that leisurely look on his face. It seemed that he was really interested in the Eastern Aristocratic Heraldry.
He wanted to speak several times, but when he saw how focused Colin was, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Then he anxiously scratched his ears and cheeks, fidgeting.
Seemingly noticing Prince Harrison's movements, Colin asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Prince Harrison hurriedly said, "Teacher, we're surrounded!"
"Is that so?" Colin still had that leisurely look on his face, as if he wasn't worried at all.
Perhaps this calmness infected Prince Harrison, for he also calmed down from his anxiety. However, he still picked up a simple map, ran to Colin's side, and spread it out. Then, he gestured on it and explained.
"Teacher, Linshui City is here.
Alfalfa City is to the west of us, but now, there are already three armies from the Eastern Region. According to the military report, there are an estimated sixty to seventy thousand soldiers!
Moreover, we have a cavalry in the north. I estimate that there are no less than twenty thousand of them … "
"Cavalry?" Colin chuckled, "Is there still cavalry in the Eastern Region?"
"The cavalry of the Eastern Region can't be compared with the cavalry of the Northern Frontier, let alone the Bloody Cavalry. But teacher, we are in the Eastern Region after all!
Wouldn't a lone army deep in the enemy's territory be most afraid of being surrounded? "
"Am I already surrounded?" Colin raised his eyebrows.
"Almost there!" Seeing that Colin was still as lazy as ever, Prince Harrison began to panic again. "Teacher, you see, we'll only get further and further to the east, and there's the Alcis Mountain Range to the south. Unless we can take down Tinder City, it's a dead end!
Therefore, before this encirclement is completely closed, you'd better quickly gather the Bloody Cavalry and lead the army to break out! "
"Gather the Bloody Cavalry?"
"Yes. I think there are only about three thousand Bloody Cavalry in the city now. The rest of the troops should be scattered around, right? "
"They're not here."
"Not … not here?" Prince Harrison was stunned. Obviously, he didn't expect to get such an answer.
"Then … then where is the main force of the Bloody Cavalry?"
Colin turned a page of the book, and said lightly, "At this moment, they should have landed at a port in the south of the Alcis Mountain Range."
Prince Harrison opened his mouth wide and looked at his teacher in disbelief. It seemed that he didn't know what to say.
"Scared?" Colin looked at Prince Harrison, who was scared out of his wits, and joked.
In fact, Colin didn't plan to bring Prince Harrison and Princess Judy with him when he led the army into the Eastern Region. However, he couldn't stop the two of them from making a fuss, so he brought along these two burdens.
In the beginning, Prince Harrison thought it was just a looting trip of the Bloody Cavalry.
They would rob something near Alfalfa City, and then quickly evacuate.
Because the invasion of the orcs was imminent, although the Northern Frontier controlled the Nu Shui River, they couldn't march into the Eastern Region. Therefore, the Bloody Cavalry couldn't go deep alone at this time.
But now, it seemed that this was not the case.
Colin was obviously not satisfied with simple looting, and the Eastern Region didn't seem to want to let the Earl of the Northern Frontier leave easily.
"I … I'm not scared," Prince Harrison said at once.
Colin glanced at his student, and comforted him with a smile, "Don't worry. Even if we are defeated and captured, the people of the Eastern Region will only send you and Judy back to the Imperial Dragon City respectfully."
"Teacher, I'm worried about you!" Prince Harrison said anxiously.
Colin laughed, put down the sheepskin book in his hand, and asked, "You're worried that I can't run away?"
Prince Harrison nodded with a solemn expression.
If the Bloody Cavalry was there, Prince Harrison wouldn't be too worried.
After all, the Bloody Cavalry was so powerful that even if the Eastern Region set up an encirclement around Linshui City, Colin could lead the army to break out.
But if the main force of the Bloody Cavalry was not there …
Prince Harrison was a little flustered.
Colin looked confident, and said with a smile, "Harrison, in fact, the best strategy in a battlefield game is to take the enemy by surprise."
"Take the enemy by surprise?"
"Yes. You don't play according to the routine, so that the enemy can't guess your next move and your real purpose. "
Prince Harrison quieted down, thinking carefully about the meaning of Colin's words.
After a while, he looked up again and asked, "Teacher, what's your real purpose this time?"
"What do you think?" Colin didn't answer, but asked back.
Prince Harrison hesitated, and said, "It should be the White Dew City, right? You personally acted as a bait in Linshui City to attract the attention of the Eastern Region army, so that the main force of the Bloody Cavalry could take the opportunity to attack the White Dew City, right? "
"Yes." Colin nodded.
His real purpose was not only this, but he wouldn't reveal more information to Prince Harrison.
Prince Harrison thought he understood Colin's overall plan, and couldn't help but say again,
"Teacher, with all due respect, I think there is a big problem with your plan."
"Tell me about it."
"First of all, you personally acted as a bait in Linshui City to attract the attention of the Eastern Region army, so that the main force of the Bloody Cavalry could attack the White Dew City smoothly. But if the Eastern Region set up an encirclement around Linshui City and kept you there, wouldn't the loss outweigh the gain?
What's more, the main force of the Bloody Cavalry may not be able to attack the White Dew City smoothly. I know that the Sky Horse Legion was wiped out by you in Silvermoon City, and they have just rebuilt their fighting capacity. But after all, they have a strong city to defend, and the Bloody Cavalry doesn't carry siege weapons. I'm afraid it's difficult to attack the White Dew City, right?
Even if the Bloody Cavalry really miraculously attacked the White Dew City, they may not be able to defend it with only a few people.
So, I think there is a great risk in your plan, but the benefits … "
Colin nodded and said, "Your analysis is reasonable. But some key factors are missing. "
"What key factors?"
"For example, why did I release the Earl Of Avon unconditionally in Alfalfa City?"
Without waiting for Prince Harrison to think carefully, Colin continued to throw out a series of questions.
"For example, how will Marquis Vincent face the current situation when he returns to the White Dew City?
For example, when the Duke of Saint Prospero learns that the target of the Bloody Cavalry's main force is the White Dew City, will he ask the Eastern Region Lord to return to support?
And if the Eastern Region Lord insists on not returning to support, but insists on encircling me, what will the Duke of Saint Prospero think?
And the Hall Family, the Bruggen Family … and so on, how will the Eastern Region Lord choose? "
Prince Harrison suddenly didn't know how to answer these questions.
Colin patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Take a good look.
The real battlefield is chaotic and complicated, and it changes rapidly. It's not something you can come to a conclusion by deducing there. "
"I understand, teacher, I will learn well!"
Looking at Prince Harrison's serious face, Colin nodded with a smile, but in his heart, he complained —
Learn my ass!
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