Chapter 845: Chapter 534: Prewar Strategies, Birth of the Tomb’s Famous Generals!

After a period of intensive cramming and practical drills, these Undead Commanders have developed a high level of military competence.

Thanks to the powerful constraints of the Soul Link and the loyalty trait of Undead Creatures, these disciplined and death-defying Undead Commanders might lack the tactical flexibility of human officers, but in terms of tactical execution, they are already outstanding.

These well-trained Undead Officers are also one of the important reasons why Fang Zhou has the confidence to challenge the Vampire Lord.

After looking around, Fang Zhou straightforwardly began the pre-battle strategic analysis.

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.

Witnessing the entire process of the Vampire Lord’s victory over the Resentful Soul Lord wasn’t exclusive to Tidamia alone.

Fang Zhou also wanted to hear the insights of other battlefield observers.

Next, Fang Zhou continuously sought out people to inquire about every detail of the war from a few days ago.

Moreover, Fang Zhou did not just ask once; he continued to inquire and repeatedly asked questions.

He even asked each question in detail several times.

With the same question, everyone including Tidamia gave different answers.

However, Fang Zhou did not stop there; after inquiring each person in detail, he pooled together everyone’s responses and then methodically compared them one by one.

He eliminated some obviously unreasonable scenarios, then questioned them again based on the remaining situations.

He continued until there was only one inference for all situations.

Through this detailed and almost tedious repetitive questioning, although Fang Zhou did not participate in that battle, he can now grasp every detail, every change, and every different situation that arose after each command was issued in that battle.

Fang Zhou has not confronted this Vampire Lord directly, but from Tidamia’s description alone, he can roughly estimate the Vampire Lord’s level of power.

This formidable strength forced Fang Zhou to pay serious attention.

What’s even more troubling for Fang Zhou is that this Vampire Lord not only possesses tremendous power that can rank at the peak in the Wasteland of Strife, but also intelligence that matches this power.

Its strategic deployment was very methodical, completely different from the low-level Undead Lords’ strategy of winning by overwhelming numbers.

According to Tidamia, the Undead Army under the Vampire Lord’s command approaches 500,000.

It divided its subordinates into fifty large units, with Silver-level loyal Vampires acting as Centurions, maintaining absolute control over these fifty units at all times.

The units adjusted their combat strategies according to different situations encountered.

In addition to these fifty units, there were several elite squads kept hidden from the start of the battle.

At the beginning of the battle, the hybrid Undead units led by the Resentful Spirit Lord directly formed up on the Vampire Territory, intending to carry out a suppressive operation with terrifying numbers of Low Tier units and relatively High Tier strength.

If they had faced a typical Undead Lord who only knew how to charge head-on, this tactic would indeed have the most effective lethality.

Though it couldn’t effectively alleviate casualties, it could guarantee ending the battle in the shortest time possible.

Sometimes the word "time" means nothing to the Undead, but at times it has the power to decide the outcome of a war.

But they were facing a Vampire Lord, so this initially sound battle plan turned into a suicidal strategic misstep.

Fang Zhou could easily imagine how fierce the war was fought.

But what threatened Fang Zhou most is the Vampire Lord’s tolerance for casualties and grasp of war timing.

He holds an ace force, an elite army entirely composed of Silver Lower or Silver Middle Rank Vampires, numbering about two thousand.

If they directly faced the enemy on the front lines, this elite two thousand Vampires would only become a primary target for the Resentful Spirit Guard led by the Resentful Spirit Lord.

Though they could hold out longer than other Vampires, it’s still extremely challenging to restrain the Resentful Spirits.

But the Vampire Lord chose to endure.

In the initial phase of the battle, he didn’t let this force appear.

When the war reached a fever pitch, he continued to keep this force hidden.

Even when he was surrounded by dozens of Silver Undead, alongside the Resentful Spirit Lord, and faced imminent death, he had no intention of mobilizing this force.

He was waiting, waiting for the opposing Resentful Spirit Lord to make a mistake.

There are always various kinds of mistakes on the battlefield.

The difference between a famous general and an ordinary officer is merely the size, number, and severity of mistakes.

But top-notch commanders must also have the ability to seize upon their enemy commander’s tactical mistakes.

And through a series of arrangements, convert these tactical mistakes into opportunities for their victory.

Whether one can seize this ephemeral opportunity is the greatest watershed between an ordinary officer and an outstanding one.

As it turned out, based on post-battle review, this Vampire Lord indeed possessed the capabilities of an excellent commander.

All of Fang Zhou’s officers, Tidamia, Sain, and Leblanc... they might all be considered competent, but compared to excellence, they lack a bit of spiritual insight and steadiness.

Finally, when these two thousand Silver Vampires suddenly emerged on the battlefield, the power they unleashed even surpassed the three thousand Silver Resentful Spirits fighting individually.

This sudden change caught the forces of the Resentful Spirit Lord completely off guard.

Furthermore, Vampires possess a unique Flesh Splitting ability, which can effectively harm the Soul Fire core of the Resentful Spirits, absorbing the enemy’s Soul Fire to offset their own damage.

This caused the Resentful Spirits of similar rank to lose their expected restraint against the Vampires.

In large-scale battles like this, in terms of sustained combat strength, Resentful Spirits are far inferior to Vampires.

When the Resentful Spirit Lord fell into a trap and was surrounded by a large number of Vampire Guards, defeat was inevitable.

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Putting down the heavy materials in his hand, Fang Zhou exhaled gently.

This Vampire Lord is definitely a formidable opponent, possibly the most powerful one Fang Zhou has encountered in terms of relative strength since arriving in the Wasteland of Strife.

In the command room, all the Undead leaders were intensely focused on Fang Zhou’s expression.

In this meeting, Fang Zhou did not handle any of the affairs within the Tomb Territory but was relentlessly investigating the Vampire Lord who defeated the Resentful Spirits.

Clearly, this attitude signified that Fang Zhou was preparing to declare war on this Vampire Lord, not choosing to bypass him or temporarily defend in isolation.

At this moment, Fang Zhou called out, "Leblanc."

"Yes!"

Leblanc stood up nervously and soon realized her response was overly formal.

Fang Zhou smiled at her, signifying she need not worry, while also handing over the well-organized materials to Leblanc.

"Show them to everyone, see if my summarized conclusions are correct, and if there are any opinions, feel free to bring them up now."

"As you command, my lord."

Leblanc displayed the materials she held for all the Undead leaders present to see, leading to an immediate silence in the room.

After quite some time, Karsas remarked with a sigh, "We indeed underestimated this Vampire Lord.

His combat strength has reached Silver Upper Rank, and both his strategic movements and tactical command are quite impressive.

Master, I fear we have no means to restrain this enemy.

How can we possibly overcome him?"

"How can we possibly overcome such an enemy?"

This was the question in the mind of every Undead leader present, and it was also the question Fang Zhou was pondering.