"Of course." The old man nodded, seemingly having expected that. "You will disguise yourself amongst our soldiers at the vanguard of our formation and only act when the Hlorn weapon is brought out, which ording to our predictions based on previous assaults is presumed to be anywhere between five and seven minutes depending on multiple factors such as preparation, alertness, and, of course, luck."
Rui nodded memorizing those details, they made perfect sense.
"The assault will begin as soon as we approach the boundary of guaranteed detection." The old man stated. "This is the boundary beyond which, no matter what, we are unable to avoid detection from the surveince of the Britannian battalion upying the fort. The Martial Apprentice engaging in surveince in this section of the fort will detect us about one hundred meters from the fort, and from there we will immediately elerate while the long-range squads of our army will beginunching explosive arrows once we reach fifty meters away from the fort in order cause as many casualties in the Britannian battalion as possible as well as much as chaos as possible and slow down their preparation."? N?velDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
He paused before continuing. "Once we reach the fort, our offensive Martial Apprentices will immediately beginunching coordinated attacks on the fort wall and work to pierce through it and form an opening for the army to infiltrate the castle. We''ve tried variants of simr strategies before, however, we incur too much damage for us to continue, due to the Hlorn being fully operational at this point in time. This is where youe in."
"I see..." Rui nodded.
It was a rational n that had a clear goal and made the best of the resources avable to them. Using the darkness in this particr circumstance made sense, and the change in their approach once surveince once they were inevitably detected also made perfect sense, the goal of wanting to infiltrate the fort was also quite logical as seizing back the fort would be an impossible task otherwise. However, there were certain holes that made Rui concerned.
"If your goal in approaching the fort is to infiltrate it, then why not go for the actual transit entrance gate instead of trying to forcefully create an opening in the middle of the fort wall?" Rui asked. "Doesn''t it make more sense to go for a strategy that creates an asymmetrical warfare where you focus on gaining control over the gate covertly or forcefully one way or another and then simply opening it when the timees?"
"Your proposal is what we would ideally desire, but there are issues with trying to aplish that." The old man sighed. "The gate is actually the most secure point of the entire fort. Furthermore, it is extensively locked with multiple fail-safes when dusk arrives, meaning gaining control and opening it for when weunch an attack will be a time-consuming task. Combining the power of ten offensive Martial Artists who have trained specifically for this task to coordinate their attacks efficiently to st a hole in the fort is actually less time-consuming. Ten Martial Apprentices whenbining their power can effectively yield an output that surpasses the Apprentice Realm greatly."
Rui nodded. "It is a simpler n, that is for sure."
"Simplicity is ideal. Trying to open the gates would require a degree ofplexity that increases the likelihood of a mistake beingmitted or some other variable going wrong or unexpected which can botch our whole n. If we do not get into the fort in time, then we have to immediately retreat down the steeper and quicker side of the mountain lest we get blown to hell by the Hlorn weapon."<novelnext></novelnext>
Rui nodded. It was true that the greater theplexity and sophistication of a n, the greater the likelihood of a mistake or unexpected oue urring and the greater the likelihood that said mistakes and oues would cause too much of a deviation from the projected n.
Simpler ns had fewer variables, meaning there were fewer things that could go wrong. In the case of this n, unless one of the offensive Martial Apprentices got taken out very early, or continuously blundered, there wasn''t much that could go genuinely wrong conceptually.
In the heat of battle, it was best to keep things simple. Although it was tempting to pull off incredibly sophisticated andplicated operations as one might see in the Mission Impossible franchise, anyone who had ever been in arge-scale battle knew that it was best to keep things simple.
"Once I destroy the Hlorn, I will immediately leave, I will havepleted my mission, and I''ll immediately leave, clear?" Rui nced at him, observing his reactions carefully.
"Of course."
His tone, expressions, micro-expressions, and demeanor were impable, yet something told Rui he was missing something.
(''The Hlorn is not a recently transferred weapon to the Britannian battalion.'') Rui noted. (''Yet the old man nevermissioned a Martial Squire. Even though the weapon''s power is immense, it is a somewhatrge unwieldy cannon that is quite inflexible, and slow with limited effective range, uracy, and precision. It also cannot be used if the army is inside the fort or too close. The window for which the Hlorn is at its most devastating is in the time period between their detection a hundred meters away and reaching the fort walls, once they stick to the walls, there isn''t too much the Hlorn can do otherwise the fort walls will also take damage from the cannon.'')
Rui''s sharp mind furiouslyputed and analyzed the motive behind hismission both from an empirical standpoint with the data he had avable as well a personal evaluation of the former general of the Zurtun Fort. The man was not a fool, if the Hlorn had been around for years and the rebel army was still not only alive and kicking but also in a position tounch attacks with a reasonable chance of victory, then spending funds umted across years tomission destroying the Hlorn weapon was clearly not something worth doing.
His eyes narrowed as he eyed the man. (''Just what are you up to old man?'')
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