Chapter 11: Commander-in-Chief
Since ancient times, wars have been virtual and real, real and virtual.
In order to hide their "blades", the generals of both sides usually make some feints to confuse the opponent and make the opponent make a wrong judgment. Sometimes, in order to confuse the opponent, not only do you deceive the opponent, but you also have to deceive your own people.
It's not a question of moral immorality, it's a question of survival or destruction.
The victor has everything, and the loser loses everything.
Everything is for the sake of victory, even for the sake of victory, and sometimes it is necessary to destroy humanity.
Henry sent the merchants off after some conversation. Of course, deception is indispensable. But rather than his own lies, Henry was more concerned with how much of the information he received from the merchants was true.
"This Walker is really a master of trickery!" "I was a little dizzy because I had drunk some wine before. As a result, after a conversation with the merchants, Henry broke out in a cold sweat and the wine completely sobered up.
"We learned from the mouths of those soldiers that the Peacock Nation has launched a three-way army ready to assemble at the border. Henry's mind was still recalling what the merchants had said.
"How is this possible? According to the information I have received before, Walker should be at odds with the royal family of the Peacock Nation. How is it possible to concentrate forces against us. Although he did not express his doubts when he chatted with the merchants, Henry's mind was now full of this question.
"When we came, we specifically inquired, and the Peacock Kingdom mobilized the troops of Prince Bill in the north and Prince Tiger in the south to assist in the defense of General Walker's defense area this time. It seems that General Walker's health has not been good recently, and he has made an emergency response in order to prevent a situation at the border. And the soldiers of the Peacock Nation are very sure that we are going to attack them immediately. ”
"What the hell is this!" Henry felt more and more wrong the more he thought about it. "Speaking of which, since Abel and Red's two guys entered the Peacock Country, they only sent me back messages when they met with the powerful cat before, and they haven't heard from me at all. Something is wrong!"
"Could it be that Abel kid has a different heart and colludes with Walker, or is it that the powerful cat is designed to trap my Tianlong Kingdom for a while. The more I thought about it, the more complicated I felt, and the more I thought about Henry, the more I felt that I was in a cold sweat.
"Young master, would you like to eat something more?" the accompanying officer asked tentatively when he saw Henry's face a little ugly.
"That's it, I want to go and relax. Henry said as he planned to call his black dragon and leave the place in front of him.
"By the way, what's your name?" I don't know why, probably wanting to talk to the officer next to me, Henry suddenly asked.
"Rabbi Sovya for the flag," replied the accompanying officer.
"You are Sofya as the banner!" Henry was taken aback, it turned out that the person next to him turned out to be the son of the old duke's cronies, and also the descendant of the famous general of the Tianlong Kingdom.
"Is your father in good health now?" Thinking of the famous general who was born and died with his father, Henry immediately understood that the old duke was planning to cultivate the descendants of this cronie.
"The old man is not in good health right now. Maybe the young master also knows that when he was young, the old man galloped on the battlefield and suffered some trauma, and now that he is older, these wounds have begun to attack. There was a slight sadness in the officer's eyes.
"Hey!" let out a long sigh, "This is also a matter of no choice, the old man has dedicated his life to the country and overdrawn his vitality." If our generation doesn't work hard, I'm afraid I really won't have the face to go back to see them. Henry looked complicated, and his tone was full of guilt.
"That's right, Sofya is the flag. What do you think of what you just heard from the businessmen here?"
"I know so little information to make an accurate judgment. However, my father taught me from a young age that in a war, you must first make yourself invincible, and then gradually strive for victory. ”
"Then tell me, what can we do to be invincible this time?" Henry felt that the other party seemed to be just a brat who was good at rhetoric, so he wanted to try how many pounds and taels he had.
"We're facing a lot more enemies than we are this time, so our biggest weakness is our lack of troops. But this is also our advantage, we can better conceal our own army, and we need to consume much less supplies than the other side. Sofya carefully observed Henry's expression, and seeing that his face was expressionless, he continued: "The biggest weakness of the enemy this time is that they are not subordinate to each other and lack unified command. It is very conducive to being broken by our army individually. And while our army can defeat the enemy's army, it can also collect the enemy's men and horses for our use, and gradually expand its own strength. ”
"I understand what you mean. That is, we have to use the enemy's resources, eat them, digest them. Gradually grow stronger and consume the enemy at the same time. When the strength grows, look for a chance to fight them. Is that so?" Henry smiled, feeling that the descendants of the famous general had just said some nonsense, which was something that he had thought of a long time ago.
"The young master is really born wise and extraordinarily intelligent. I'm really laughing and generous. Sofya Weiqi said humble words, but his tone was extremely flat. It seems that there is some disapproval. Henry couldn't help but smile when he saw it, and thought in his heart: "This guy is really not good at disguise. ”
But he thought so in his heart, but his mouth said: "Sofya is the banner, I feel that you are a general, so I plan to reuse you." From now on, you are in full charge of the march of the large army until it is finally assembled at the border. So saying, Henry picked up his sword. "This sword is a token of your command, but if there are soldiers who do not obey military discipline, you can kill them directly without reporting to me. Sofya catches the sword for the flag!"
The words were completely unexpected by Sofya's banner, and he was so excited that he half-knelt on the ground, and his body trembled slightly to take the sword. Although this sword could not command battles, and he was only given a simple marching mission, it came from the trust of the future heirs of the Celestial Dragon Kingdom in him.
"Alright, now go and carry out my orders! I'm going to go around the sky with my black dragon. You lead the troops well, this is just the beginning, what happens in the future, it all depends on your performance this time. ”
After listening to Henry's entrustment, Sofya left with a serious expression. Henry looked at his back with a burst of delight.
"With this guy here, I'm completely free. With a wry smile in his heart, Henry silently recited the incantation, and in a moment a black dragon flew from afar.
"Henry Gretel, I feel like I haven't seen you in a long time. Shouting the name of the black dragon and pounced on the black dragon, Henry was like a doll who had been away from his pet for a long time, with a happy face.
The black dragon's whirring pant brought a powerful dragon breath that made people feel like the ground around them was shaking.
At the same time, the black dragon let out a slight "whining" sound, as if in response to Henry.
"Let's go!" Henry said softly, jumping onto the black dragon's back.
The black dragon flickered its wings slowly, and with just a few flapps, it flew high into the air.
"Take me around a few times where everyone can see. Henry hoped that the soldiers on earth would find their commanders watching him, wandering back and forth in the heavens.
Sure enough, soon after, many soldiers spotted Henry and beckoned to the sky, and vaguely Henry heard the voice of "Long live".
"See, Henry, these are my soldiers. Like a doll bragging to a friend, Henry laughed out loud.
"This endless army for many miles is my soldiers, how about I'm a terrible commander?"
The black dragon was silent, and Henry was still self-absorbed.
After circling a few more times, Henry felt a little tired and said to the black dragon, "Let's go, fly high in the sky that they can't see." ”
The black dragon flicked its wings and slowly flew into the clouds.
The clouds around him, and the slowly thinning air, made Henry feel more and more energetic.
"This is the life of a dragon knight. Leap into the air and gallop through the sky. At a glance, the world is in full view. How could such a view be seen by ordinary people?" thought to himself, and Henry turned around and lay lazily on the back of the black dragon.
"People on earth can't really see the sky, and most of them are blocked by clouds. Like us dragon knights, we can rise to the sky, although we can't reach the heavenly river in the sky, but we are the closest to the stars. This also means that we dragon knights are the ones closest to God. ”
"It's really comfortable! It's a chore to think about being the commander of those ordinary people. Walking slowly, you can't walk dozens of miles a day. What's really terrible is that I still have to take care of those ordinary people eating, drinking, and sleeping. Hehe, but if you think about it from another angle, it's actually good to be a commander. I can arrange for my people to do my work, I am only responsible for arranging people, and I basically don't have to worry about other things. In the end, the war was won, and all the credit was mine. Thinking about it this way, being a commander is really a good thing. ”
"But the real headache now is that there is such a big discrepancy between the information that the merchants brought back and the information collected by our own intelligence officers. I had to be careful. That Walker guy is scheming, and it's not impossible to say that he wants to mess with our intelligence network. It seems that I have to be careful, and it is better for me to go and reconnoiter myself after the army has been assembled at the border, so that I can really feel at ease. ”
Henry was thinking about his own thoughts in the sky now, and he would not have thought that on the ground, Sofya came to a man who looked like an ordinary soldier and whispered: "You go back and tell the master, everything is going well, just as the master expected." ”