THE FIGHT TO BE KING
CHAPTER 245: THE PLAN OF ATTRACTING ENEMIES
The troops from the headquarters stepped towards the map on the table before explaining "Master, according to the observations we have made, this cave has a very large size. More precisely at the bottom of the mine, there was a road that was hidden enough to move further and further towards the cave, we found a city that was mostly made of earth or iron mines".
"We don't know the exact number of people there, but it's likely that there are over 50,000 residents, most of whom are Dark Elves. As for the number of his troops, we have yet to get a result".
"Even you from the base have trouble knowing the number of enemy troops?" ask Tron carefully.
According to what he knew, the ability of the headquarters should not be underestimated in terms of either killing or supervising. After all they were Lana's people and trained by her alone, they had accompanied Lana to rule the World. So Tron believes that the best killing and spying abilities in the world must have come from the headquarters.
The man who gave the report shook his head "It is not us who are unable to hide in the enemy soldier's barracks, but rather we are afraid that our existence is known to the enemy forces on guard so as to interfere with the master's plan. Although there were only a few soldiers standing guard there, I felt hundreds of assassins hiding around. As long as we moved forward towards the enemy barracks, they would have noticed it unless I went alone, there was a 70% chance of success. The problem is even if I managed to storm the enemy barracks, but not necessarily I can get out of there alive which is too risky. As long as master allows, I can go check on the enemy barracks despite having to sacrifice my life".
Myro did not immediately give an answer but closed his eyes thinking "Based on what you observed, do you have a possibility about the number of enemy troops".
"It should be no more than 5000!", said the confident headquarters member "The size of their warrior barracks is not too large to be able to become a training ground of 5000 soldiers, said the soldier, not to mention they were taking care of the spider monsters there as well. In my opinion, their number is at most 3000 troops of which about 1000 are spider cavalry".
When he heard the report, everyone's faces became firm. Retya came here with only 1000 troops, no matter how great Retya's abilities were, the Dark Elves' strength in the cave should not be underestimated. Moreover, the number of enemies is 3 times that of Retya's army, they must have suffered a huge loss.
As Myro had already decided to call for more help from Loth City, however they were almost impossible to win using only 1000 Victory Troops and Retya.
But Ren who was silent while thinking suddenly spoke up "Is there any other way to get out of this cave besides the mine door that we are mastering? Like a way to escape from a cave belonging to Dark Elves".
The man from the headquarters thought for a while before shaking his head "Nothing, we have inspected almost the entire part of the cave. Although there are many roads, but all of them walk to the bottom of the cave where there is only an empty space that has iron. I have to admit, this mine is huge. As Torn said, as long as this mine continues to be used, it can last for 20 years at the earliest. There's probably a lot more iron in this mine, so 20 years is the quickest calculation".
"If there really is no other way than the mine door to get out of the cave, I have a plan" said Ren, who opened his folding fan and closed half of his face "But the plan I said required your approval because the plan I was to make innocent Dark Elves fall victim to it. Although none of them should have died, if the Dark Elves army were to move slowly, some of the residents might die of poisoning due to the plan I suggested".
Hearing Ren's words, Myro's face did not have the slightest hesitation. Myro who is now no longer himself 4 to 5 years ago, as long as the plan is able to reduce casualties on his side, Myro will agree.
Unless the plan given was too cruel and had to kill countless innocent people, Myro definitely rejected it.
"Say! If your plan is right, we'll use it, Ren!", Myro said.
Everyone stared at Ren, they were waiting for him to explain.
Ren smiled behind his folding fan, saying "This plan takes 1 to 2 days because we need a lot of things to prepare before the plan starts. For now, we'll call it a plan to draw the enemy away from their own territory!".
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1 Day had passed since Myro's arrival at the mine. The Dark Elves who used the giant spiders as their spies to watch the movements of Myro and the others were shocked, they were shocked because Myro did not try to attack them.
Though Myro had already brought 1000 troops to the mine, all Dark Elves were convinced Myro was planning to start a war that made all Dark Elves troops prepare every day.
But the general on the Dark Elves' side was shocked to find the report his followers gave him today.
"What's? You mean since yesterday, the enemy army along with its 1000 troops and all the miners went from the cave?", said the Dark Elf general slightly in disbelief, he threw the documents in his hand at the table "No way! Yesterday the enemy prepared 1000 troops into the mine, how could they surrender so easily without fighting? Moreover, they must have known how valuable this mine was".
The speaking general was General Kerzan, he was the general of the 1000 spider cavalry who was the most elite of the Dark Elves in the mine.
In this small town of Dark Elves, there was absolutely no existence of the Dark Elf Queen or any other royal area, therefore he who was considered the strongest general was chosen to be the leader.
Seeing the anger of his generals, the soldier who reported sweating coldly "General, all the information we got was correct! At first we didn't believe and thought all this was an enemy trap, but there was no more enemy in the mining area. Not only that, they took all the mining tools and their blacksmiths away. For all the reasons just now, we believe the enemy left this place. Most likely the enemy knows how terrifying our strength is, at least they can't defeat us underground so they decide to escape!".
"Is that right?" said Kerzan doubtfully. Although all evidence suggests the enemy has escaped, Kerzan senses something is amiss here.