After the two mages left the tent, it was clear that Pedi felt the coolness seem to be more pronounced, and he tightened the fluffy cloak on his body, instinctively wanting the servants outside to add charcoal to him.

But when he opened his mouth, he didn't make a sound, because he didn't want to break the rare silence of the moment.

"Peeping" Pedi took off the thick fluffy cloak on his body, endured the brief chill and walked quickly to the pot fire, picked up the tongs and quickly fed the charcoal into the pot fire, skillfully picking the charcoal position of the pot fire.

The scorching heat quickly covered Pedy's face, gradually dissipating the chill from his body.

The cold wind outside was still blowing, constantly lifting the door of the tent, so that Pei Di could see the brightly lit camp outside the curtain from time to time.

After a few moments beside the fire, Pedi let out a heavy breath and pushed the wooden shelf with the detailed map of the fortress near the brazier. The map was specially drawn by the Scout Brigade under Peidi's order, and the terrain at the gate in front of the fortress and the main defenses were marked in great detail.

Pedi held the candlelight and stared carefully at the fortress gate on the map for a long time before picking up the marks of the Paladin Legion and the Orc Berserker Squad and slowly moving forward. However, when the Paladins and Orc Berserkers advanced to the gates of the fortress, Pedi frowned and shook his head and pulled the two forces back, sending an even larger mixed infantry regiment to advance.

When the huge army formation arrived at the gate of the map, Pedi picked up the map of the fort defenders detected by the scout team on the table and began to compare it carefully.

"The casualties are too great... Such casualties are nothing to the current kingdom, but—" Pedi shook his head.

I don't know when Pedi didn't pay attention to the victory of the war itself, he began to care about whether his wings were smooth and whether his crown was enough to be looked up to. However, unlike other rulers who were intoxicated by their own personal thoughts, Pedi always kept a clear head, but it was precisely because of this that he was even more conflicted.

Pedi is in the contradiction of whether to fight a beautiful war regardless of casualties, or to advance cautiously and steadily?

As a battlefield commander and a king who rules over all peoples, he certainly wants to fight a happy battle more than anyone else, so that his victory will be more gorgeously sung in all corners of the Alan Continent.

However, a beautiful and gorgeous victory must shatter the fortress's defenses with absolute force on the front, and let the huge army crush all the undead in the fortress like a torrent of steel.

If you do this, you will inevitably cause many unnecessary casualties!

"Casualties are inevitable in war, and as a commander can use any means to serve 'victory'. Pedi remembered a phrase that his knight instructor had taught him, but for the king it was sometimes true, and sometimes it was nonsense.

Pedi pondered alone for nearly two hours, and then he ordered Archmage Leah to be brought into the command camp again, along with the High Command Chief of Staff Morinda Morinda and his staff team.

"If I were to launch a frontal assault near the main gate of the fortress, what would it cost us to capture the fortress with the strength in our hands?" asked his chief of staff.

The staff has gone through a lot of tactical exercises in the past three days, but Morinda did not answer the king's question immediately, he pondered for two seconds and asked: "Your Majesty, what do you mean by 'price'?"

Pedi also didn't answer the question immediately, he looked at the fortress on the map that he had been thinking about taking day and night in the last few days, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "Any price is fine!"

"This is the data of the previous deduction of the General Staff. Not surprised by the king's answer, Morinda took a copy from the document he had with him and placed it on the king's desk, "According to the map of the fort fortification brought back by the scouts, the staff has come to the conclusion after careful deduction... If we were able to carry out a sustained assault on the fortress gates regardless of casualties, it would take at least 20,000 soldiers to barely capture the fortress gates. ”

Pei Di quickly flipped through the analysis report in his hand, gave a soft "um" to Morinda's report, and subconsciously raised his head to look at Morinda.

The loss of four legions was within the range of Peidi, and such a loss would only take three months to recover for a kingdom with huge logistical forces.

But Morinda continued, "But the successful capture of the fortress gate is only the beginning, if we can't hold on to this area, the efforts of 20,000 soldiers will be wasted..." If you want to hold your position near the city gates, you will have to invest more troops to deal with the counterattack of the undead legions. ”

"Based on the analysis of our previous analysis of the undead army's war data, the staff has come to the conclusion that if we want to firmly hold the area of the city gate that we have captured, we will have to pay at least 20,000 sacrifices. After marking the map, Morinda leaned down to help the king turn over the document in his hand to the place where the two had discussed, and pointed to a set of data and reported it in a very serious tone.

After reading the data of the staff headquarters silently, Peidi looked at the Morinda mark on the map and thought.

"Your data isn't accurate. After thinking for five or six minutes, Peidi said: "Compared to the previous war, we now have more powerful offensive and defensive means, and we are more skilled in the use of 'goblin flames' than before. We also have a newly armed squadron of Magisters armed with our most advanced Magister. ”

"The staff committee's deduction is based on established data, and the combat data of the Musket Regiment and the Magister Squadron are currently vague and cannot be used as a reference. Morinda reminded, "Maybe these two will indeed have the effect you want, but it is also possible that they will be overwhelmed by the undead army's offensive in a single turn. "The old orc tried to keep himself objective and analyze the battle situation.

What Pei Di admires most about Morinda is that the other party can always maintain an objective and calm attitude. After pondering the old orc's opinion, he looked at Leah and said, "Your Excellency, show our plan to Sir Morinda Morinda. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Pedi stood up as the two handed over the documents, walked to the map, and said, "I discussed two plans with Master Leah, the first is to storm the fortress gate, smash the evil altar in this area and dispel the evil energy, and then set up a sufficient space teleportation array to deliver supplies and soldiers to the city gate as quickly as possible, and then steadily advance to the inside of the fortress. ”

Morinda nodded subconsciously, this is the most conventional way of playing, and he has no surprises.

"The second plan..."Pei Di glanced at Morinda who was reading the document, "We plan to activate a thousand mages to build a magic circle with great power, and unleash a huge amount of magical energy that can strike at the fortress's defensive shield with absolute power, completely defeating this shield." ”

Archmage Leah, who was next to him, heard the king say this, and immediately explained: "The power of any defensive shield cannot be infinite, and although the protective shield of this 'Death Fortress' is powerful, it is not impossible to destroy with positive force. ”

"It's just that the amount of energy needed should be extraordinary!" Morinda couldn't help but interject, frowning as he looked at everything marked and recorded on the paper.

"Such unconventional methods will completely reduce this area to death!" Morinda felt that his breath was a little short, "This kind of magic is completely different from the 'forbidden art' used by the orc expeditionary force before, I can also master the elemental power, and I have studied the elemental power for more than ten years..."He looked at Leah, "The spell formula you designed obviously has a terrible concept, you actually want to control the magic net for a short time!"

"Theoretically, such an approach is achievable. Leah looked very calm, "The mage group of the kingdom and the mage of the mage tower, this theory was put forward as early as two hundred years ago, and later it was repeatedly argued and concluded by countless people..."

"In the past few days, we have proved through countless deductions that with our current magical knowledge, coupled with the huge spiritual power of a thousand mages, we can completely control the magic net for a short time. Leah explained in a slow voice: "All embodied magic is an exchange between the magician and the magic net, in other words, as long as certain conditions are met, the control of the magic net can be realized, which is also an exchange of magic circles, but the goal of the exchange is different." ”

"You're crazy!" Morinda looked at Leah with an incomprehensible gaze, "Grand Duke Partved once said when he taught us to use elemental powers, don't try to control them, don't be controlled and tempted by them, or something terrible will happen. ”

"We didn't want to control the web, we just borrowed power for a short time. Leah frowned at the old orc's admonition, "It's just a relatively complex magic. ”

"But if you make a mistake with this magic, the entire Elok Territory could be destroyed!" Morinda said and looked at the King, "Your Majesty, I think this matter must be treated with caution, otherwise... The devastation of such magic could be worse than the wreak of undead legions. ”

"The Mage Tower agrees to do so, they shouldn't joke about such a thing, right?" Peidi looked at Morinda at the moment, recalling the elven general Drahir's admonishment with uncertainty.

Morinda immediately said, "Then you should ask the Mage Tower to produce their test data, if there is no test data, then... This spell is just a theory!"

"This is a relatively complete formula for building a circle, and it is not something we came up with on the fly. Leah pulled out the formula construction diagram of the circle, "Deduction from any aspect, this formula is fine. ”

"That's because you don't know enough to analyze such a formula!" Morinda retorted mercilessly, "Have you heard of any experiments with this formula before?

"I think this is the best testing ground!"

"Are you kidding, or are you crazy?"

"Knock knock" Pedi banged his table, making a sound that interrupted the seemingly never-ending argument between the two.

"It's just one of our options. Pedi spoke with a sense of irritation.

"Your Majesty, the appearance of this battle plan in our meeting is a problem in itself. Morinda did not stop his persuasion because of the king's deliberately revealed irritability, "Few people can refuse the power to destroy everything, but such power..."

"Okay, let's not talk about this yet. Pedi directly interrupted Morinda's words, because the old orc's words hit the vital position in his heart. In the past three days, the stalemate under the walls of the fortress has made him echo the proposal submitted by the mages more than once.

Pei Di looked at Morinda Halinda's unwilling appearance, thought about what the other party said just now, held back the unhappy feeling in his heart, pointed at Leah and said, "Show this battle plan to General Dragier, I need a more detailed report." ”

Leah frowned, "Your Majesty, elves have always been..."

"Otwood!" Pedy shouted to the secretary general who was in a daze at the tent door, "Bring me a cup of coffee...", and as he spoke, he pointed to the other two, "Give them a cup to sober up their heads, too!"

'Sober your head!'

This was a warning from the king, and both Leah and Morinda swallowed back the words they wanted to continue saying after hearing the king's words. They looked at each other for a moment, then looked away, then remained silent.

The restoration of the quiet tent eased Pedy's frustration a little, and he began to carefully read the detailed data submitted by the mages, and then looked at the combat deductions submitted by the staff to compare them with each other.

After nearly half an hour of waiting, three steaming coffees were brought into the tent by Otwood, and the familiar and charming aroma made Morinda and Leah forget about the confrontation just now, and also brought Pei Di, who was immersed in thought, back to his senses.

Pedi used to hate coffee, but I don't know why she couldn't live without it during this time.

When the bitter taste slips through the mouth and into the stomach on this winter night, the indescribable sensation seems to be able to dispel all worries.

After taking a sip of coffee, Pedi nodded in satisfaction, and then took a second sip... But this time Pedi frowned, and the divine power surrounded his whole body without warning!

"There's poison in there!" Pedy's voice was a little sharp, and his sharp gaze looked at where Otwood was, who was still standing respectfully in the doorway with his head bowed.

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