"Sylph, you want to go?" Yun Zhe wasn't surprised by Sylph's attitude. However, his directness and eagerness were somewhat unexpected.
"Why not go? It's not like we don't have a chance to win."
“What if they launch a full-scale attack after you leave, and the castle falls? Your forces won’t be enough to retake it,” Philby muttered discontentedly. He could see that the odds were now two to one, making an attack highly likely. However, he really didn’t want to participate in such a risky operation. In Philby’s view, even if he defended the castle to the death, it would only be a matter of strength, nothing to regret or feel ashamed of. But to fail by trying to outmaneuver them was something he couldn’t accept.
Yun Zhe looked at the two of them and said, "I have another method that can delay the opponent's attack, but it's not entirely certain."
Philby frowned. If he wasn't sure about one thing, if he wasn't sure about two things, then all of them together meant it wasn't just a lack of certainty, it meant utter failure.
Cyrus was even more excited. He had won many battles under Yun Zhe's plan and listened to Yun Zhe's ideas without question. Hearing that there was a new plan that could achieve the best of both worlds, he urged Yun Zhe to tell him the plan as soon as possible.
"It's nothing much. We just send the soldiers out every night and have them return openly with flags the next day. After doing this a few times, the enemy will know that our reinforcements are increasing and will take more cautious action."
Philby thought the plan sounded pretty plausible, except for one question: "Will they fall for our act?"
Cyrus chimed in, "They didn't surround our rear, so they wouldn't even know we did it."
Seeing Cyrus's disappointment and Philby's skepticism, Yun Zhe wasn't in a hurry. He had indeed encountered enemy scouts at night. However, such things were indeed difficult to explain; after all, the question of why he would venture so far from the castle in the middle of the night was hard to answer.
“The enemy has scouts. They’ve been here for two days, not busy attacking, but scouting our supplies and numbers. They’re not reckless either, and clearly they don’t trust the Royal Army’s intelligence on our numbers.”
"That's interesting. Aren't they allies?" Cyrus asked, somewhat puzzled.
“I agree with Yun Zhe’s opinion on this. Moreover, Cyrus, whether the other party’s words are credible has nothing to do with whether they are allies.”
Cyrus was puzzled, and Philby could only explain, "Even if they are allies, what they say is the truth, but what they say is not necessarily the truth."
Cyrus suddenly realized, and in fact, what the three of them were discussing actually happened. Because of Cyrus's repeated victories, when the Royal Legion told the newly arrived Lunlang family troops, everyone from top to bottom talked about how brave and skilled these Aruru mercenaries were, how each one was worth three, and how many there were, three to five thousand of them.
However, Leon Lunlang, the head of the Lunlang family, completely disregarded their nonsense. He knew all too well what kind of people Lviv and Norton were, so the first thing he did upon arriving at the castle was to send out his elite scouts to investigate the strength and weaknesses of the enemy forces.
"So this plan is feasible?" Yun Zhe asked the two again.
"Isn't it good that we're just deceiving them and fooling them? Why bother with this surprise attack?" Philby was still somewhat hesitant.
“We can fool them for a while, but not forever. If we don’t use this time to do something, wouldn’t we be wasting it?” Cyrus was very dissatisfied with Philby’s hesitation.
Philby didn't reply. "I'll stay. You guys go!"
“Okay, it’s a deal!” Cyrus said quickly, fearing that Philby might go back on his word.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Yun Zhe said no more. In fact, Yun Zhe had used his nighttime foraging trip to learn about the thoughts of many generals and soldiers in the enemy camp. The enemy was also very wary of this suddenly appearing Aruru Legion, so there was a lot of internal division. Leon Lunlang could not persuade them to attack immediately, so he could only stall for time and wait for the soldiers of Lviv and Norton to rest and replenish their supplies before launching a joint attack.
These are things that cannot be said aloud, otherwise, one might discover that one is a vampire.
Yun Zhe could only use this time difference to cripple one team first.
Moreover, having crippled the Lunlang family's troops, who were the most eager to fight, there was no need to worry about the remaining royal army. They were already terrified of themselves.
Thus, the grand deception plan began to be implemented. For three consecutive days, five to eight hundred troops arrived at Dorgnitzburg each day, and the number of flags on the castle also increased significantly. Moreover, every noon, as Yun Zhe had instructed, they doubled the number of stoves to cook, and the billowing smoke was clearly visible to the Lunlang family outside the city.
As he watched the smoke from the chimneys rise higher each day, Leon Lunlang's brow furrowed deeper and deeper. He knew he had missed the best opportunity for war, giving the enemy reinforcements time to arrive.
Leon Lunlang took a deep breath to calm his anger. "If it weren't for these lazy bums who only wanted to take advantage and didn't contribute, and instead attacked the city on the very first day, the city would probably be mine by now."
However, these people were all invited by him, not his subordinates who obeyed his orders, but reinforcements who were equals to him. He was angry as he was, but he was also helpless.
According to Leon's calculations, the army in the city now probably numbers as much as his own. However, this news must absolutely not be revealed to those who came with him; otherwise, they might scatter like birds and beasts before reinforcements arrive.
Leon looked up at the sky and sighed. Since his brother Gossa died, the Lunlang family seemed to have achieved no decent military victories.
Leon clenched his fists and took another deep breath to calm himself down.
“Tell Adam that, starting today, he will be in charge of building siege equipment. I want him to have enough equipment for a thousand men to use for a siege within two days!” Leon said coldly.
The soldier quickly left after receiving his orders, while Leon looked at the blue, black, and red flags at the back of the camp, his eyes filled with contempt and anger. He took another deep breath to calm himself, then rubbed his cheeks as he strode towards the tents.
Regardless, he wanted to try, at least launch an attack to probe the enemy's strength and weaknesses. Based on his years of experience:
There are many people, which is not actually scary.
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