Chapter 991: Volume 32: Dark Clouds Envelop, - 9: Mockery
Having made his decision, Yale no longer pondered over other matters. Even if he disagreed with Sir Gray, he would still respect the opinions of these simple-minded knights, whom he saw as beyond question. Rather than let those fellows strike poses and give orders, it was better to take the initiative into his own hands — intelligence must be verified by his own scouts, and the deployment of the Army should be arranged and planned by him. That way, at least the risks were minimized, and at the worst, he could forcibly intervene and withdraw. As long as he ensured the Army remained under his control, things would not deteriorate to an extremely bad state.
As soon as Yale returned to his command post, he promptly issued a series of orders, dispatching nearly all the scouts at once; their priority was to ascertain the opponent’s intentions.
Yale wasn’t particularly worried about the opponent. After all, his Cavalry Force was incomparable to the meager force of the enemy. The advantage of cavalry lay in their mobility; even at the last moment of realizing something was amiss, the cavalry could use their maneuverability to retreat, or if they noticed a change in the situation after entering the Battlefield, they could withdraw from it swiftly. This advantage was far too great compared to that of infantry.
Baoling checked the distance emotionlessly, the Mirror of Thousand Miles had already been equipped among the higher echelons of commanders. Although it was valuable, it was after all a product of their own making, and Komer had not skimped on it. Through the Mirror of Thousand Miles, Baoling could clearly see the opposing Knights regiment gathering its strength, and it was quite obvious that the cavalry cluster behind the Knights regiment was not in line with them. This could be inferred from the spacing between their forces.
The scouts of the cavalry flew out like locusts, rapidly spreading to both flanks. They were focusing on preventing encirclement at the wings, and it was also their responsibility to determine the strength of the enemy forces at the front.
Baoling was not concerned, as there were no infantry forces of his own in ambush at the flanks — the enemy scouts would not be fooled by such a ploy. The objective was to draw in the enemy’s Knights regiment and ensnare them into a crisis. Only then could the Attican Cavalry Force be fully drawn in; otherwise, it was all talk.
To mobilize the enemy’s Knights regiment, it would depend on the performance of Lecler’s Homer Knight Order. They mustn’t appear too strong, which would scare the Attican knights, nor too weak, which would foster their confidence to "complete the mission" independently, delaying the involvement of their cavalry and allowing them an escape from encirclement.