Compared to the Kingsley family, the crocodile people are really broken.

The crocodile soldiers are certainly brave, but one thing is indisputable, that is, in terms of combat effectiveness alone, the crocodile soldiers are not as good as these professional soldiers of the Kingsley family.

Whether it is physical fitness, or training intensity, or large-scale combat experience, neither is on the same level.

The casualty ratio on both sides was not one to one, one to one, but as high as one to two.

Nearly 30,000 casualties were far worse than what the Kingsley family had captured during their first invasion.

But the nature of the two is absolutely different.

Last time, although the crocodile people suffered many casualties, they were mixed, and many of them were organized by ordinary crocodiles.

This time it was different, those who rushed to the front were the most well-trained, the most experienced and the most brave of the crocodile, and they were the backbone of the crocodile.

The spine was cut off by life, and it naturally hurt to the bone marrow.

By the time the Council of Elders gathered the scattered soldiers again, the number of troops in their hands was only more than 50,000, and there were still a large number of crocodile soldiers, who had completely lost their courage, or took the opportunity to flee back to the tribe privately, or fled far away, unwilling to participate in the next war.

Even if they knew that once the crocodile people were completely defeated, they would be wiped out, and there would be no full tiles under the ruins, but they still couldn't help but be a turtle with a shrunken head, hoping that others would be able to continue to resist.

The reconvened Council of Elders, the atmosphere can be imagined, and even the seats are a little empty.

During the bloody battle with the Kingsley family, at the critical moment, many elders responded to the call and personally led the team to rush forward.

Swords are ruthless, they don't matter if your status is noble or not, as long as you go to the battlefield, the chance of death is the same.

Many crocodile elders have paid with their lives to protect their homeland, and in this regard, they are qualified leaders.

"We can't bear it on our own, so let's ask for help from the Eternal Night Army. An elder spoke slowly.

Everyone couldn't help but look at him, and the atmosphere was even heavier, but seeing his missing arm and the blood-stained linen wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside, no one could spit out the words of blame.

He has proved his feelings for the crocodile people with his actual actions, and as long as there is a glimmer of possibility, he will never open this mouth.

If they sell their homes and their people with their own hands.

But the current situation has left them with no second choice.

The Armada of the Cummins completely destroyed their last dependence.

The Danube is no longer their main battlefield.

The reason why the enemy has not yet launched a battle to cross the river is because the Kingsleys are licking their wounds, and when they are finished, it will be time for them to invade in a big way.

In fact, many people have already moved this mind, but there is no way to open their mouths.

Because they know that the situation is different now.

If they had promised the Eternal Night Commander, even if they were annexed, they would not be in a passive position.

Now, I'm afraid that what people say, I will listen to it.

This kind of thing, in the final analysis, depends on military strength.

"I think this matter needs to be carefully considered, once we ask for help from the Eternal Night Army, there is no turning back. ”

"Do you have to think carefully? If we continue to be cautious, we will be wiped out! Is it really true that after others hit the door, and then bow their heads, at that time, everything will be over, while we still have a little strength now, we old immortals still have a breath, and the appearance of the eternal night army leader must still have some scruples, and when we all fight out, the rest of the women and children can only be pinched and rounded. ”

"Now it's not just a matter of the appearance of the Eternal Night Army, even if the Eternal Night Army leader makes a move, it is also a question whether he can resist the Kingsley family and the Cummins family joining forces, the Cummins family's fleet, as you have seen before, are all out-and-out sea ships, I admit that the naval army led by the Eternal Night Army does have some strength, but against this fleet that has been on the sea for many years, I am afraid that the victory rate is not large. ”

"What do you mean by that? Can't we go to the Kingsley family or the Cummins family?"

"It's impossible for the Kingsleys, they've been watching the swamp of despair for a long time, and once they take it, it will become the most important grain producing area, and they don't want any instability to take refuge in them, and the best outcome is to move to the Carthusian military territory, and more likely to be thrown directly into the mines. ”

The elder looked around and saw that many people showed a look of listening, before he continued, "But the Cummins family is not impossible, their lair is thousands of miles away from here, it is impossible to transport too many infantry over, they can only cooperate with the Kingsley family, but in doing so, even if they take the Swamp of Despair, they will make little profit from it, do you think they have traveled thousands of miles to shoot the fleet just to eat some leftovers?"

"Makes some sense, you mean, we can fight for the Cummins family? Is that possible?"

"Why is there no such possibility? They have a strong fleet, although our army is damaged, but it will not collapse, the most important thing is interests, for the sake of interests, brothers can directly turn against each other, father and son may also draw swords against each other, what is impossible? Cooperate with us, the benefits they can get from it are far greater than the benefits from cooperating with the Kingsley family, what we need to pay is far smaller than the price paid for cooperating with the Eternal Night Commander, the means of the Eternal Night Commander, you should have fully understood, once we nod, I am afraid that we will be eaten from top to bottom, and those clansmen will be stupidly happy, and with the Cummins family, at least we can maintain our independence, and wait for us to accumulate a certain amount of strength, and then seek other things. ”

"Theoretically, if we can succeed, our losses can indeed be minimized, but there are many difficulties in real implementation. Another elder retorted.

"First of all, there is the question of the attitude of the Cummins family, we don't know much about this force, we have only heard their names before, how can we be sure that they will betray their allies the Kingsley family for uncertain interests?"

"I have just said, interests, this family is now a famous pirate family, for the sake of interests, they can betray everything, as long as we pay far more benefits than the Kingsley family, do you think they will betray the Kingsley family?"

"Okay, let's ignore this issue for the time being, just when we have reached an agreement with the Cummins family, but have you considered the reaction of the Eternal Night Commander? Do you really think they are good gentlemen? Their current kindness is entirely because they have a plot against us, once we choose to cooperate with the Cummins family, it is equivalent to completely pushing the Eternal Night Commander to the opposite side, and they will inevitably resort to force, or the irreconcilable kind. ”

The elder let out a long sigh, obviously having thought about it before, but he saw not only the positive side, but also the negative side," As you said, for the sake of interests, brothers can also turn against each other, for the sake of interests, even enemies can join forces, really to that kind of field, the Eternal Night Army Leader and the Kingsley family are likely to join forces and directly eliminate the Cummins family, you just see that the territory of the Cummins family is too far away, the good side for us, and you don't see the negative side, the powerful invincible fleet of the Cornmins family is a rootless duckweed, and if you lose one, you will lose one less combat power, it is difficult to replenish, and when you get to that kind of field, we will really be isolated and slaughtered。 ”

"Do you mean to lean toward the Eternal Night Lord?"

"That's right, I still mean to cooperate with the Eternal Night Leader, but before we do that, we can test their attitude, and if they have to make an inch of progress because of our weakness, then don't blame us for doing it. ”

"Everyone seems to have forgotten that we have another reinforcement, our crocodile people's own. ”

"You mean Grand Elder Crane?"

"That's right, Grand Elder Crane took away more than 20,000 soldiers at the beginning, they are all capable of recruiting and fighting well, if he is invited back, it will undoubtedly be a big addition at this time, whether it is to negotiate with the Eternal Night Army Leader or the Cummins family, he has enough confidence, although Grand Elder Crane's temper is a little shorter, but his feelings for the crocodile people are beyond doubt. An elder suggested.

At the beginning, because of the attitude towards the Eternal Night Commander, Grand Elder Crane and the Council of Elders had serious differences, and Grand Elder Crane took more extreme measures.

In order to appease the Eternal Night Leader and prevent the two sides from using force, the Council of Elders had to break with Grand Elder Crane.

At that time, the crocodile people were in their heyday, and there were a lot of soldiers, and there were 1230,000 soldiers who could fight, and if you count those old, weak, sick and disabled, the number could be increased by three or four percent.

So even without the Klein tribe, it doesn't feel deeply.

But now, the crocodile people have fallen into the lowest state in history, Lian Zhan has not been dispersed, and the remaining backbone is only more than 50,000, and they are still in a state of low morale, if 20,000 new troops join, it will definitely be a great change for their situation.

"Great Elder Crane's stubbornness, you are not the first day of teaching, don't say whether he is willing to come back, even if he is willing to come back, he will not look directly at our current situation, if he still refuses to compromise with anyone and continues to fight, how are you going to deal with it?"

"Grand Elder Crane wouldn't be so unreasonable, would he?"

"Hey, if it's anyone else, it's really hard to say, Grand Elder Crane, this kind of thing can definitely be done. ”

"You can ignore this proposal, not long after our defeat, I have sent several waves of messengers to inform the Great Elder Crane and tell them to be careful, his territory is the first to bear the brunt, and it may become the primary attack point of the Kingsley family's battle to cross the river, but the messengers I sent have all sunk into the sea, and no one has returned to return to his life until now. Grand Elder Webb said with a gloomy expression.

It was true that there was a conflict between the two sides, but out of pure friendship of the same race, he sent someone to inform Grand Elder Klein.

If you refuse to reply, what does it mean to withhold your own messenger?

"Have you already been contacted? What does this mean by Grand Elder Crane? In this case, won't Grand Elder Crane's territory become our weakest location? What if the Kingsley family chooses to seize the land here? Should we send troops to help or not?"

The elders looked at each other, and Grand Elder Crane's abnormal attitude made them feel very troubled.

The territory of the Great Elder Klein is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Danube River, in a narrow and narrow state of lying silkworms, with nearly thirty kilometers of riverside area.

Since the two sides broke up, the Elder Crane has sealed off this place, and in order to prevent the conflict from further escalating, as long as the Elder Crane does not show more excesses, the Council of Elders will let him go.

Previously, the crocodiles had sufficient troops and had an advantage in water warfare, relying on the Danube River to snipe, and it didn't matter whether Grand Elder Crane cooperated or not.

But now that they have lost their superiority on the water and moved to the ground defense, the situation is a little different.

The Kingsley family must not be given a chance to land and gain a foothold from beginning to end, otherwise they will break through at this point, and then drive them all the way east to the sea.

The crocodile people have now lost the confidence to compete with the Kingsley family on land, not only the equipment gap between the two sides is there, but the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers is not the opponent of others, and the heavy price paid by the crocodile people when they blocked the mouth of the Wuyin Lake is the best proof.

If the Kingsley family finds out about their situation, if they don't do it well, the territory of Grand Elder Crane will become their Achilles' heel.

"Continue to send messengers, and we must also make preparations on our side, and when the time comes, we can't care about Crane's attitude. Grand Elder Webb gritted his teeth.

"That's all there is to it. "The other elders couldn't think of a better way.

At this moment, a crocodile soldier hurried in and whispered in the ear of Grand Elder Weber.

Grand Elder Webb announced the news with a strange face, "The envoy sent by the Cummins family has arrived, what is your opinion?

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

They were just discussing the possibility of joining forces with the Cummins family, but before they could take any measures, the other party came to the door first.

Could it be that the other party has the same mind as them? Want to get rid of the Kingsley family and go it alone?

"See, of course, maybe the other party is here to seek cooperation. "The first to speak was naturally the elder who proposed an alliance with the Cummins family.

Although his proposal has just been questioned by a lot, it does not prevent him from still holding some hope in his heart.

There is no such thing as an absolutely perfect plan, it is more a matter of man-made.

It is an indisputable fact that the Kingsley family, the Eternal Night Army, and the Cummins family, among the three parties, the latter cooperated with them for geographical reasons, and the interests of the crocodile people were the least damaged.

If you don't try, how can you give up?

"There's nothing to lose when you see it, and it's also a good choice to let us see what kind of attitude the Cummins family has. Most of the elders also have a wait-and-see attitude, as they are still in flux, unsure of which side to work with.

One thing is certain, however, that they have lost hope in holding on to the swamp of despair on their own, and are now thinking about how to minimize their losses.

People's mentality will change with the current situation, it is estimated that many elders are regretting, if it was at the beginning, they accepted the proposal of the Eternal Night Military Leader, peaceful merger, the two families joined forces, the Kingsley family would not have a chance to enter the desperate swamp at all, at that time, they were in the strongest state, even if the conditions of the Eternal Night Military Leader were harsh, they were relatively limited, after all, their strength was there.

But there is no regret medicine in this world, and there are not so many early knows.

Some are just endless regrets after doing it.

"Let him in. The four Great Elders exchanged briefly, and Great Elder Webb said.

Although Nitya is the out-and-out number one elder of the crocodile people, due to her age and temperament, most of the time, she likes to lie dormant behind the scenes and easily not express her opinion.

Bishop is a good man, and his temperament is destined to make him unable to push to the front of the stage.

Not to mention Stephanie, like most champion knights, they have a reckless personality and like to use their fists to solve things, even if their original personality is not like this, and when they have the strength of a champion knight, most of them will change in this direction.

Purely because to their extent, most things can be solved with their fists, and naturally they don't need to use their brains.

So, most of the time, Grand Elder Webb is the first person to be in charge.

So far, although I dare not say that everyone is satisfied, at least there have been no major decision-making mistakes.