In any ordinary battle, Alpheo would never have dared to execute a maneuver so audacious, some might say reckless.
Leaving a hundreds-meter gap between his center and right flank would, under normal circumstances, have been tantamount to suicide. A competent enemy commander would see such an opening and immediately drive a wedge through it, splitting the army in two and outflanking both fragments in a devastating blow.
But this was no ordinary battle.
He had read Lechlian like an open scroll, proud, cautious, and above all, reactive. The entire design of Alpheo's plan hinged not on aggression, but on control: Lechlian had in fact pointed everything on choosing a terrain that would put whoever came to the other in disadvantage, and well Alpheo just made use of that, as it worked both ways.
