In less than half a day, Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun and his generals had settled on a strategy for attacking Blood River Fortress.
It had to be said that Ye Zhen's earlier surprise raids had indeed achieved a certain effect.
Their original strategy had been to concentrate all their strength, break Blood River Fortress first, then crush the garrisons at the other two fortresses in a sweeping slaughter. Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun and his generals altered it slightly.
Ye Zhen's earlier surprise raids had chiefly frightened them.
Originally, according to their plan, their main force would mass beneath Blood River Fortress. As for the other two fortresses, one hundred thousand troops would be sent to each to maintain low-intensity attacks, pinning them down while they waited for the main force to break through.
But now, Ye Zhen's three surprise raids had swallowed one hundred eighty thousand troops from their Vanguard Legion, along with more than half its elite forces. This abruptly made Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun far more vigilant.
If the Vanguard Legion had suffered losses and casualties from three surprise raids, it could barely be blamed on Yuedai, the Vanguard Legion's commander.
But if, after all their troops had gathered together, they were successfully struck by such a surprise raid again, then not only would he, the Seventh Crown Prince, lose all face.
He would also suffer a tremendous loss of standing in this battle, one that might determine the successor to the Devil Emperor's throne.
Thus, Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun became exceptionally cautious.
In Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun's view, the one hundred thousand troops assigned to each of the two fortresses were still somewhat too weak.
So, Seventh Crown Prince Cong Yun increased the forces sent to the two fortresses from one hundred