After inspecting the battlefield, Grand Master Emmerick felt a chill run down his spine.
Surrounding Ladan Castle is a crescent-shaped valley, with the winding yet barely straight-flowing Nao'an River on one side and a descending crescent mountain range on the other.
Where the gradient of the descending mountains meets the plains, there stretches a range of hills spanning about seven to eight miles.
Between the river and the hills, there is only a narrow passage about two miles wide for large groups of cavalry to pass through.
Moreover, on the hilly terrain, there is a bastion line manned by over a thousand people.
The bastions are constructed along the ridgeline, made with oak planks and rammed earth cores due to the lack of time to transport mortar.
Along the top of the bastions, the firing slots are arranged in a serrated pattern with Holy Guns pointing outward and lances swaying in the air, reflecting dazzling sunlight.
