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As soon as he got up the next day, Milin learned that Pahlavi's troops were approaching the abandoned village.

And he was walking at a squirming speed, looking like he was afraid of being ambushed.

At this rate, it would be estimated that it would be dark before the troops could complete the journey that would have taken only half a day.

"Yes, everything went smoothly according to plan." Milin took a bite of a honey-soaked apple with a satisfied expression on his face.

"What's the plan?" Avigo, who was also holding an apple and chewing on it, asked curiously.

Avigo, who followed Milin all the way, didn't see Milin making any plans.

"Of course it's a victory plan." Milin said confidently.

"Are you so sure of your victory?" Avigo didn't know where Milin's confidence came from.

Even if those militia units were lost, the troops under Pahlavi's command that could really fight must all be in good condition.

"I won't lose anyway, it's just about whether I can win beautifully."

After Milin finished speaking, he took a big bite of the apple.

Apples without modern breeding not only taste sour, but also have an average taste. However, after paired with honey, the sweet and sour taste is still acceptable.

Mirin, who was chewing an apple, continued in a vague voice:

"If that Pahlavi was timid and packed up his gear and ran away yesterday, I don't have much else to do, but since he chose to be stationed in that village, my winning rate is one thousand percent."

Avigo, who took a big bite of the honey-soaked apple like Mirin, did not hide the confusion on his face.

It was not like he had never served in the military before opening a tavern. Although he had not fought in any particularly brutal battles, this was the first time he had encountered a battle like an outing in Milin.

Seeing Lao Wei's doubt written on his face, Milin did not directly answer why the winning rate was set at 1,000% after the opponent stationed in the village, but asked rhetorically.

"Old Wei, how much military strength do you think is needed to eliminate nearly a hundred troops scattered in this battlefield environment in less than a day?"

"..." Avigo, who didn't know why Milin asked this, remained silent.

"Didn't you say that you were a soldier? Can't you do such a simple analysis?" Milin said with a strange expression.

...Does it take a soldier to be able to analyze this situation? Isn’t it enough to be a soldier and just eat food without worry? Avigo glanced at Milin speechlessly and said in an uncertain tone:

"At least a hundred people are needed, and..."

"And they must be cavalry..." Seeing Avigo's hesitation, Milin added simply and then continued:

"Because only the cavalry unit can complete the reconnaissance and cleanup of such a large area in just one day."

"Yeah." Avigo nodded. If Milin hadn't demonstrated to him what it meant to open a map with a drone, he would have come to this conclusion.

"Pahlavi didn't know that I could use bees to open the map. He would definitely come to the same conclusion as you. So what would he do when he faced cavalry enemies with at least three digits and extremely high mobility? What to do?"

Almost at the same time that Milin raised this question to Avigo, Pahlavi, who was approaching the village at a crawling speed, was saying the same conclusion to his adjutant.

However, Pahlavi's speculation was more exaggerated than Avigo's judgment.

He believed that the enemy he had to face was a full force, that is, a pure cavalry force of about 150 people.

Because only this number of cavalry troops can have sufficient mobility and combat capabilities without being discovered by his scouts, and it takes less than a day to clear out the militia troops walking in the area.

The first reaction of the Pahlavi lord who had just come to this conclusion was to retreat home.

Although he still has nearly 400 troops under his command, facing such a large number of pure cavalry troops, even if the opponent is only light cavalry, they are still at a disadvantage.

Lord Pahlavi, who was a cavalryman himself and had participated in several wars, knew very well the dominance of the cavalry unit when facing infantry on the battlefield.

The idea of ​​retreating home did not linger in Pahlavi's mind for long.

He knew very well that if he retreated now, it would not be long before the news that the greedy Pahlavi was scared away by a group of mercenaries would spread throughout the surrounding territories.

Pahlavi was very clear about the consequences of this situation.

Simply based on the territory that Pahlavi owned, even if it was scraped three feet away, it would be impossible to support his current private army.

He was able to possess so many troops, a large part of which depended on the tributes from the surrounding lords.

When those lords who bullied the weak and were afraid of the strong and acted according to the circumstances, once they realized that Pahlavi was weak...even if he had not really become weak.

Pahlavi had to face the situation of war on all sides.

So he must fight, even if it is a miserable victory, it must be a victory.

As long as they can win, the income from plundering a city is enough to make up for all losses.

Another reason why Pahlavi was unwilling to retreat was that this area was an area dominated by mountains and forests.

In areas with such terrain, cavalry units cannot exert the maximum power of group charges.

If it were a plain, Pahlavi would definitely run away without any hesitation... Although Pahlavi felt that if it were a plain, he would have already knelt down.

But even so, Pahlavi did not want to rely on a temporary camp to resist the cavalry troops on the opposite side. A complete fortification was the best weapon for infantry to fight against cavalry.

The abandoned village located in the center of the battlefield was just suitable for building fortifications.

As long as they can hold on in the village until the follow-up reinforcements arrive, and by working together internally and externally, victory is not impossible.

"So as long as the Pahlavi lord misjudges my military strength, he will definitely choose to station in that village as long as his mind is clear."

With victory in hand, Milin analyzed the opponent's thinking with Avigo in great detail.

Until now, the Pahlavi lord's performance on the battlefield has been quite satisfactory. Not to mention a famous general, but at least his IQ is online.

"So you drugged their fodder to make Pahlavi make such a wrong judgment?" Avigo asked.

"Of course, war is about information gaps, covering the enemy's eyes, sealing the enemy's ears, and allowing the enemy to make wrong judgments blindly." After talking about his war philosophy, Milin paused and said:

"I just didn't expect that he would use the method of abandoning his son to force the investigation. Originally, I planned to eliminate some of their remaining mobile investigation capabilities to make the other party make wrong judgments."

"But that's okay, just use the trick."

"I see." After Milin's broken explanation, Avigo, who finally understood the current situation, remembered another thing and asked:

"You just said they have follow-up reinforcements?"

"Of course, let alone 100%, there is at least a 90% chance, otherwise I could trap them to death...if I really have a three-digit cavalry force." Milin nodded.

"Then how do you plan to solve it? According to the distance from here to Olnia, it is only ten days' journey." Avigo said.

"Ten days is quite a long time. I originally planned to finish it in five days."

"Five days?" Avigo couldn't understand how Milin used five days to destroy the 400-man army stationed in the village with a force of only ten people.

"Are you planning to cut off their water source?" Avigo asked, remembering some classic battle examples.

"If I had more people under my command, I could consider this tactic, but I don't think these things would be taken into consideration when choosing a village location," Milin said.

Because of the difficulty in obtaining water, most villages are built next to water sources, and the abandoned village is no exception.

If you want to completely cut off the water source, I'm afraid you don't have to build a dam and flood the Seventh Army.

"So what's your plan?"

"I will use some simpler methods." Milin said with a smile.