My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

"I'm sorry, Mr. Orson, I was abrupt just now. I apologize for my previous remarks."

"It's okay, just make it clear. So, does anyone else here have any questions?"

Orson waved his hand nonchalantly, then looked at the others.

When those loyal to Arthas saw what Arthas did, they naturally followed their master and no longer had any objections. Other neutral people, including those on Antica's side, were even less likely to have any objections.

"In that case, let's start our tactical meeting now."

Orson said this and pointed to the map of the Duchy of Naples placed behind him.

……

"The enemy retreated just like that?" Inside the city of Romulus, Giovanni looked at the officer who was reporting intelligence in front of him with a calm expression.

Annihilating 10,000 enemies would have been considered a great victory before, but now Giovanni didn't feel anything at all.

Some were even somewhat dissatisfied, believing that their army was fully capable of expanding the results of the battle.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Duke. I would also like to report to you on Andrew's recent movements."

"explain."

"The invincible army brought by Andrew and his cult has now expanded to nearly 10,000 people. According to the assessment of previous battles, their frontal battlefield combat capability should be around 100,000 to 200,000 people."

"That's fine. In this case, there's no need for them to continue occupying my resources. Let Andrew take his army to the front line and tear open a gap for me. When their cannon fodder is dead, let our people go and reap the harvest."

"Uh... aren't you afraid... that he might turn against you?"

"Turning against us? I am the only one in his army that can be recognized. If he dares to betray us, he will be executed on the guillotine in Saint Laurent City the next day. Let him betray us and see."

"Yes, I understand."

"By the way, how is Donnie doing lately?"

"Master Donnie has been able to resume normal actions, but he still cannot control his powers normally. Now we need to send a few criminals to him every day so that he can get familiar with his powers."

"Okay." Giovanni nodded calmly. "Prepare a carriage for me in two days. I want to personally supervise the battle at the front line. Take Donnie with me."

"Ok."

Chapter 122: Another Plan

"With strong and muscular physique, sophisticated weapons and armor, and a fighting spirit that is not afraid of death, this legion is invincible. Orson, even if you are a god of war, you cannot deal with my invincible army." On the battlefield of Naples, Andrew and his fellow cult members commanded their legion to march northward.

During this pursuit, except for a battle with Scaloni's army, Andrew did not have another battle with the coalition forces.

This made Andrew angry and annoyed.

After being suppressed for so long and being discriminated against by Giovanni in various ways during the time of Romulus, he had long been prepared to vent his anger on the coalition forces. However, the coalition forces seemed to know that he was in a hurry to catch up, and they ran faster than he could.

His army's shortcomings were exposed - slow marching.

It's not that it's really as slow as a snail, it's just slower than the marching speed of a normal army. It's even more impossible to catch up with the retreating enemy.

"High Priest, the vanguard of our Immortal Legion has come into contact with the fortifications built by the enemy's small forces, and the enemy's large forces seem to be not far ahead." A man in a robe came over and reported the battle situation to Andrew.

"I see." Andrew nodded.

"Let the troops in front wait for a while. Don't rush to launch an attack. Wait until our main force arrives before launching an attack together."

"I understand."

Andrew's sect is called the God Ancestor Sect. Although the name sounds very noble, it is actually a real cult. They have done such crazy things as transforming demons and creating an army of immortals.

Giovanni had been in contact with the Cult of the Gods before, but until now, when he was left with nowhere else to turn, he completely gave up on himself and allowed the Cult of the Gods to use his power to wantonly perform their evil magic.

The so-called Immortal Legion is made up of citizens of Romulus who were tortured to death. Through the secret methods strictly adhered to by the cult, they transformed living people into monsters that are extremely powerful, fearless of death, and only know how to obey the orders of the cult's priests.

During the transformation process, the success rate is only one in ten, and those who fail to transform will die directly.

As for their weapons and armor, Giovanni had been planning a rebellion more than ten years ago, and had secretly stockpiled a large amount of sophisticated equipment under various names, waiting for this moment to use them on these monsters.

"By the way, High Priest."

"What else?"

"Duke Giovanni said that he would personally go to the front to supervise the battle, so he led 20,000 troops from Romulus City towards us yesterday. Should we wait for them?"

"Humph, what are we waiting for? His 20,000 men can only serve as icing on the cake for us at best. We can fight a good battle without their help."

"Ok."

……

"I'm sure you all know my combat habits when I was fighting against the orcs before." Orson pointed to the map and looked at the generals below the stage.

He liked to collect specific intelligence on both sides of the enemy, analyze it in detail, and then find a suitable location to end the battle there, trying to achieve success in one battle.

When fighting against the orcs before, Orson used the weather and terrain to disperse and disintegrate the orcs' army, and then defeated them one by one.

He pays great attention to the right time and place.

He pointed to the current location of the coalition forces on the map, and then pointed to a location between the coalition forces and the city of Romulus, close to the direction of the coalition forces.

"Excuse me, those of you who have participated in front-line combat, can anyone tell me what the terrain of this place is like?"

When the generals who had participated in front-line battles heard Orson's question, they looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Seeing that the situation was just as he expected, Orson sighed helplessly.

At this time, Lit raised his hand.

"Oh?" Orson's eyes lit up when he saw this, and then he looked in the direction of Litt.

"Leet, tell me about the terrain here."

"Well, when I was the vanguard at the gates of Romulus, I carefully observed the terrain here. Although most of the Naples area is plains, there is a rare hilly terrain here. Although the mountain is not high, if we set up camp on it and deploy an army to form a pincer attack, it will definitely make the enemy unable to advance or retreat."

"Well, your observation is quite detailed." Orson nodded with satisfaction and then looked at Arthas.

"Your Highness, please bring the sand table up."

"Yeah." Arthas nodded, and then he brought out the sand table that he and Orson had prepared.

This thing is very familiar to those who have worked with Orson before. When he was fighting against the orcs, he used a sand table to deduce the enemy's movements. Under the sand table, the terrain of the battlefield was right in front of him, just like having a God's perspective.

"The terrain here is actually far more than what you saw before, Litt. This is actually a valley." Orson said, pointing to the large basin in the center of the valley.

"The entrance here is long and narrow, with a wide basin in the middle, and then another long and narrow exit."

"So, seeing this kind of terrain, you all know how to arrange it without me teaching you, right?"

"But... can our troops defeat so many enemy troops at the front?" a general asked doubtfully.

"Everyone can rest assured about this."

Orson said this and pointed above his head.

"This period of time in the Dukedom of Naples happens to be the driest period of the year. Even if we can't deal with them, isn't there another way?"

"There are many trees and bushes in this valley. In this kind of weather, if there is a fire, what will happen? I don't need to explain it to you, right?"

"As expected of you, you are Prince Orson. You can easily think of things that we can't think of." A general from the prince's faction couldn't help but praise Orson at this moment.

Seeing the generals around him looking at him with admiration, Orson just smiled indifferently.

Wars, or fair and equal wars, are largely fought based on information asymmetry.

When the gap in strength between the two sides is too great, even if one knows all the information about the other side, it will be extremely difficult to defeat the enemy.

But when the strength of both sides is similar and either one has the potential to win, intelligence becomes invaluable.

It’s not just intelligence about the strength and supply status of both armies, but intelligence about every detail around the battlefield.

If Orson had not pointed out that the terrain here could be used, everyone would still be thinking of fighting on the flat front. In this case, even if they won in the end, it would probably be a pyrrhic victory.

Litt, who was standing aside, looked at Orson, who was in control of the situation and seemed content and at ease with the outcome, with stars twinkling in his eyes.

My brother is so handsome!

Chapter 123: Give me back my legion!

"Reporting to the high priest, a small group of enemy troops came into contact with us, were defeated in one blow, and then fled to the east." In the Naples military camp, a priest wearing a robe that covered his entire face lowered his head and reported the information to Andrew.

"Got it. Let's chase them quickly. The direction the enemy is running from is likely to be where the enemy's main force is..."

Andrew pondered for a while, then changed his words and said, "Well, you send a few scouts to track the enemy's position, and our troops will gather together, and then rush towards the enemy's main force together.

"As ordered."

……

Yanin Valley.

This is the valley that Orson mentioned during the military meeting the day before.

There are few mountains in Naples itself, and the Yannian Mountains near the city of Romulus are one of the few areas in Naples with rugged terrain.

At this moment, the valley had been turned into a pocket trap by the coalition forces.

As long as the enemy's large force enters the valley, the soldiers lying in ambush near the valley will push down the collected fallen rocks to block the valley while using various long-range means to attack the enemies in the valley. Add a big fire and this place will become the best burial place for the cultists.

Andrew himself was not from Naples and was not familiar with the terrain here. In addition, his military skills were not up to standard. He won the previous victory purely by relying on the high quality of his Immortal Legion.

At this moment, Andrew was standing at one side entrance of the Yaning Valley. Looking at the complex terrain in the valley in front of him, he fell into silence.

"Are you sure the enemy escaped into this valley?"

"Well, that's absolutely true."

"Do you think this place is suitable for an ambush?"

"Very suitable."

"So we can't go into this place, right?"

"Well... in my opinion, it is true."

Andrew heard his men's reply and shook his head.

"You can guess such a simple thing, but why can't the other party guess it?" Andrew said this while pointing to his Immortal Legion.

"What is the main purpose of ambushing the enemy on the battlefield?"

"To undermine the enemy's morale and make them lose their will to fight and surrender?"

"Yes, but our Immortal Legion is fearless and brave, so their ambush purpose cannot be achieved at all. On the contrary, we can use their tactics against them and lure out all the main forces of the enemy, thus achieving our goal in one battle!"

"As expected of you, the High Priest! This idea is truly brilliant!"

"Humph, watch and learn more, don't be surprised by what you see. Let the troops go in. I want to see what effect their ambush troops can have."

"Ok."

Afterwards, Andrew's sect and his Immortal Legion entered the Yaning Valley together.

……

"Orson, it's just as you said. The enemy has really taken the bait."

In the basin of Yaning Valley, Orson led an elite force to line up here. Not long after, he saw smoke rising in the distance. Litt spoke in surprise.

"The other party wants to take advantage of our own strategy." Lucius explained behind the two men.

"Anyone knows that this kind of terrain is suitable for an ambush, but he relied on the fact that the strange army would not surrender and run away, and wanted to lure our main force here to fight him, so it was exactly what he wanted."

"That's right, father." Orson nodded with a smile.

As a veteran who had been on many battlefields, Lucius had a pretty good grasp of the battlefield situation, and his analysis just now was exactly what Andrew was thinking.

"He must have felt that our main force was no match for him, and his troops would not be affected in morale."

"However, he didn't consider that we don't need to use manpower to defeat them."

Where the coalition forces were, a treeless isolation zone was deliberately cut down, and in front of them, in addition to the dust raised by the marching army, there was also a thick black smoke.

"The battle has begun."

"Inhuman things, let's fight inhuman things."

On the other side, Andrew was riding his horse and looking around while marching.

After walking a long distance without any ambushes, Andrew couldn't help laughing.