He first investigated and analyzed the strength of the supreme general Osborne. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info As a result, he found that the general, who was the most disrespectful to him, could not be shaken at will. It's not that there is no solution to Osborne in a short period of time, but that there is no solution to Osborne at all.

Since Essidor's death, Arnol's main forces have been temporarily controlled by Osborne. As the supreme general who had personally experienced the "Last Battle", Osborne was good enough in actual combat, so Arnol's military strength was not affected in any way after losing Essidor. To lightly shake General Osborne is to risk the military strength of the entire Arnol, and also to risk the security of the entire country.

Moreover, as long as you do not master the superb ability to lead troops in actual combat for a day, you must use excellent generals to lead troops for you. Otherwise, in addition to Osborne, the next successor will still slowly become another Osborne. No matter how much you do, you get the same result. How could Valandil do useless work?

Leading the troops yourself? Varandier is well aware that he does not have the ability at the moment. Elrond also mentioned to him many times that the ability to lead troops cannot be mastered by books, and it is only possible to comprehend it in cruel actual combat. Valandil did not experience the opportunity of actual combat, and even if he had the opportunity to fight, he could not master the mystery of leading troops in one day. Even Elrond, who had been a herald for seven years, admitted that he was a qualified herald at best, not even excellent. However, Elrond is clearly a wise man. He used the mind of a wise man to give Valandil a good idea.

"A good general is extremely precious, because the talent of leading troops cannot be improved by the growth of time and the intensity of war. It requires a certain amount of talent and a different mind from ordinary beings to comprehend. Arnorr already has two good generals to lead his troops, and in case you're not sure if you have the skills to lead your troops, at least there are generals available. In fact, the king does not necessarily have to have the talent to control the army. Harness the good generals and control all the soldiers by controlling them, and you can also achieve the goal of keeping the military power in your own hands. ”

Under Elrond's teaching, Valandier, who knew that he could not lead the army, tacitly entrusted the power of the army to the control of excellent generals. That said, Valandiel's biggest problem was how to get around General Osborne, not get rid of him. But how can you better manage it? General Osborne was not afraid of himself at the age of 19, and he might not have 100% respect for his successor, the Empress.

With this answer, Valandil asked for help from the wise man. Considering that Elrond is an elven lord who hates war and values all life, he asks the question in a different way. In his opinion, a good elf may understand the cruelty in the process of consolidating imperial power, but an elven lord may not understand the necessity of consolidating imperial power.

With a few of his domesticated pets, Valandil waited for Elrond, who had just changed into a healer's suit. In order to prevent the wise man from seeing the clues, before asking questions, Valandil deliberately provoked the newly raised wolf cub and let his hand be bitten into a small wound.

"Dogs are the most loyal animals." As Elrond bandaged his wounds, Valandil sighed. "I kept the wolf cub with me for two months, and I took great care of it, even because it alienated other pets, but it still turned around and bit me. Is there any way to make an animal like a wolf faithful? ”

"Wolves are animals that cannot control their animal nature, they are difficult to be faithful, and they are not suitable as pets. Of course, it's not completely impossible. Elrond, who was busy cleaning his wounds, completely ignored Valandil's concentration, and lowered his head and said, "You have given it a status far superior to all pets, and you have indirectly contributed to its courage to resist you. Try to lower the wolf's status among pets, and find a pet of equal strength to balance it. When the wolf discovers that the opponent is not you, but another pet, it must have your support in order to defeat the opponent of the same strength and status. That way, the wolf will at least be loyal to you until you defeat your opponent. ”

"It is better to listen to a wise man than to read a book for ten years." Valandil smiled. When he left, he left with a smile on his face, as if he didn't feel the pain of the wound at all. But Elrond looked at his back and sighed.

At just 19 years old, Valandil clearly understands the need to think when reading a book, but he has not yet mastered the skills to comprehend the truth through books and apply it in practice. The reason why a wise man can be called a wise man is nothing more than knowing how to draw inferences from one case to another than ordinary beings, so that the eternal and unchanging truth can be transformed into concrete implementation methods when faced with any problem.

That's fine. He's not even 20 years old now, which is good enough for humans of his age. As long as the field of vision is large enough and the long-term vision is long enough, Valandil will always slowly understand it over the long years. So the next thing I have to do is to help him fly higher and see farther.

The wise man who had made the decision began to think about how to help the future human emperor fly higher, completely unaware that what he had just said would determine the fate of Arnol's supreme general Osborne for the next few decades. This general who was second only to Essidor in leading his troops, and who had never bowed his head in the seven-year campaign, was finally suppressed by an opponent of equal strength in the counterbalancing strategy under Valandierb, and bent his knees to the emperor.

The counterbalancing strategy used by Varendil to successfully control Arnol's military power was exactly what Elrond said.

Osborne is what Valandil calls a "wolf." And the second general of Arnol, Saxon, is the pet chosen by the human emperor in order to restrain the wolf.

Of course, the Emperor of Man should not have a direct struggle with a small general, and the opponent of the Emperor of Man should be at least the king, and the general is not worthy. Varandil thinks so. Therefore, he forcibly raised the Saxons to the level of strength comparable to Osborne, and let them fight each other. Valandier, on the other hand, is the referee in this evenly matched match.

Valandil will closely monitor the situation of the struggle and provide timely assistance to the weaker side to ensure that the strength of both sides of the struggle is always the same. In this way, the emperor can always be above the two sides who are busy fighting, and become the one who really controls the overall situation. Of course, both sides of the struggle will also regard the emperor as the object of all-out fighting. After all, when the strength is equal, whichever side the balance of the human emperor is favored, which side has a greater advantage.

If the only thing left in the eyes of mankind is victory, there will be no other thinking about other problems. Besides, to win, they had to do what they were supposed to do - they had no other choice but to bend their knees over the human emperor.