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Dreltein had fully grasped Diogres’ intentions. He had suspected it from the moment Diogres abandoned the Tower of Dawn and made his way here, but seeing him entrenched inside the dungeon only confirmed it.
"He’s being blatant about wanting to settle this with just his elite troops," Dreltein said.
And it was understandable. A force of three thousand against a thousand was a hopeless disparity on open plains. Unless there was a severe difference in troop quality, morale, or the commanders’ skill, the larger army would inevitably win.
And the subjugation army and Diogres’ forces were not so different in terms of quality. But within confined spaces, the disparity could be narrowed to a meaningful level. Fighting within a dungeon was both a siege and urban warfare.
Since they could not deploy a large force all at once, the right tactics and strategy could allow the few to defeat the many.
In that sense, Diogres’ objective was clear. He would hold out within the dungeon, gradually depleting the subjugation army’s strength and forcing Elezar and Dreltein to act personally when the losses became unsustainable.
Drawing them into traps he had prepared, isolating them, and defeating them one by one would be the only way to overcome the current disparity in strength.
Elezar let out a bitter smile. "It’s hard to say it’s a wrong dec...
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