The strongest captain: I have a pirate system

The small town of Arno is the location chosen by Celes and Orzirin for the decisive battle.

The terrain here is high in the east and low in the west, which is convenient for the side with a small number of Celes to defend.

At the same time, it is close to the provincial capital and the Reinhardt territory, with a very short transportation distance, and is not afraid of being cut off by the imperial army.

On the other hand, the enemy, they have to travel long distances, have a long supply line, and have to raise their heads to attack when fighting, which is not very friendly to them.

If they don't attack, then after Celes and the others completely have the support of everyone, the imperial army will be unable to move an inch.

In other words, even if the imperial army knows that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, they still have to destroy Celes and the others as soon as possible.

Otherwise, they will have to withdraw from Pagani province without fighting.

Although having the terrain and the support of the locals, this does not give Celes 100% certainty in defeating the invading Imperial Army.

After all, they have been cultivating here for many years, are also familiar with the terrain, and are far better in quantity and quality than the noble private soldiers under his command. In a real fight, it is not certain whether the two sides will win or lose.

The only thing that gave Celes confidence was the [-] elite musketeers in Naris' hands.

These musketeers have accumulated a wealth of combat experience in the battle by defeating Andre.

They are no longer recruits, and they will not panic even in the face of hand-to-hand combat.

Once Naris arrives, plus the more than 2000 horses here, isn't it a matter of grasping to defeat three or four thousand imperial troops?

Celis thought so, but soon received bad news, which was found by the assassin's scouts.

A 5000-strong imperial army came in from the southern border, with cavalry and artillery. It should be the legion stationed on the border of Chabang.

It seems that the empire attaches more importance to this battle than Seris.

After receiving the news, Celes showed it to Alzilin with a wry smile: "I'm afraid we underestimated the power of the empire."

In fact, Alzilin knew about it a long time ago, and he has been collecting information for the past few days. It can be said that apart from the chief general of that army, Orzilin knows their configuration best.

"Indeed, they actually took the risk of insufficient frontline troops to transfer an army over." Alzilin said, "We all mistakenly overestimated our own influence."

Yes, news of the rebellion in the Pagani province reached the imperial capital, and Prime Minister Pirmes immediately reprimanded the garrison general in charge of the Pagani province, which shows how much he attaches importance to the Pagani region.

Then, regardless of everyone's opposition, a main army that was ready to be put into the front line was pushed to the north.

According to Pirmes, if there is no longer a safe barrier on the flank of the empire, I would rather lose the land I just acquired.

The behavior of the prime minister of the empire was classified as a high-level secret, and Mustafa did not get any information from various inquiries. It was not until a legion turned around that he quickly sent someone to check.

Faced with such a situation, Celis immediately wrote a letter to his brother, asking him to quickly move closer to the small town of Arno.

"Mr. Alzilin, in the current situation, it may be very difficult for us to defeat a frontier army and the garrison army together!" Selis said with a wry smile.

Alzilin tilted his head and didn't care, because he already had a basic strategy: "From the strength of both sides, we have already lost."

"So what do you think?" Celis said, "You should have a method, I think you are very relaxed."

Alzilin smiled: "Mr. Seles, you might as well use your brain first to see if there is any way to win the war."

Seeing that Alzilin still had time to test himself, Celis also calmed down and carefully checked the map.

The Pagani garrison has nearly 4000 people, most of them are infantry, and there are less than 100 cavalry. The armor rate is very high. It is not easy to defeat them.

On the other side, the 5000 Legion that came to reinforce them was [-] people in name, but the actual number was definitely more than that.

Because the infantry and cavalry need to have many entourages of civilians, and these civilians are also fighters with weapons. I am afraid that there will be six to seven thousand people in total.

Then you will face more than [-] enemies!
And I have fifteen hundred elite private soldiers on my side, and five or six hundred cavalry from the Knights.

If these heavy cavalry perform well, they will be more effective than [-] soldiers.

The other is the [-] Musketeers Corps in the north. These soldiers are strong in defense and slightly inferior in offense, but facing tens of thousands of enemies who also have muskets and artillery, the gap should not be very big.

So how do you find a way to defeat the enemy?

Crashing to death on the hillside outside the town?
Even if he dies, what are his chances of winning?They have the backing of an entire empire!

Seeing Celis lost in thought, Orzilin didn't speak, and waited quietly.

After a long time, Celes shook his head and said, "There is no other way. We can only build a position here and fight the enemy decisively, looking for opportunities to use the Knights to annihilate the enemy."

Alzilin smiled, and then patted the map: "War is not only a battle of courage, but sometimes also a battle of wits between people."

Orzilin asked, "Look, who is the weakest army on the map?"

"Of course it's us." Celis said without hesitation.

"If you were the commander of the Imperial Army, what would you think of this battle?" Alzilin continued to ask.

Celis glanced at the map, then sighed: "I'm afraid I will feel that this victory is within my grasp."

"Whether their commanders think that way we don't know, but we can make them think that way," Alzirin said.

"What's the benefit of this?" Celis asked back.

"In this way, they will feel that we are vulnerable. You must know that they are a frontier regiment, and the pressure from above is very high. The commander must not want to waste time on a group of mobs." Alzilin said.

Celis understood a bit: "So their actions will be out of touch?"

"Yes, we can eat their vanguard first." Orzilin said, "Then we can defeat the garrison corps with a partially superior force. The strength of the remaining frontier corps will also be much weaker than before. In this way, our chances of victory will increase."

Orzilin's idea was very simple. He used their mentality of underestimating the enemy to weaken their strength step by step and swallow them in one bite.

It can be said to be the most likely tactic at present.

Celis nodded in admiration, and immediately arranged for the next battle.

The next day, Celes received new information again.

One good news, one bad news.

The good news is that the aid from Liu Peng has arrived in the Reinhardt territory through the transportation of the river-thirty field guns and a sufficient amount of gunpowder shells.

The bad news is that the tactical idea of ​​forming a local force advantage was not something that Olzilin could think of. General Awando of the garrison also thought of it.

He was leading the entire regiment towards the small town of Arno.