"You're saying that leading Lone Mountain into the first battle is to encircle and suppress Mordor?" The Dwarven King Nader turned in front of the Giant Spoke Map, his expression incredulous. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info "I have absolutely no objection to you. And never change their commitments. You say that attacking Mordor, the dwarven legions have no other words. It's just that, no matter how you look at it, clearing the Gangdaba Mountains is the most beneficial military action for the lonely mountains and woodlands. Do you want to think again? ”

If the Dwarven King had known that the real purpose of sending troops was to aid Gondor, he would never have made such a request.

In the entire continent of Middle-earth, only Mordor is close to the royal city of Minas Ihir (too many words, hereinafter referred to as "Rice City") in Gondor. Having the soldiers camp along the mountains west of Mordor is actually stationed outside the rice city. To help Merandil and keep Rice City, the center of Gondor's power, under the protection of his own military power, the Elven King's only option is to attack Mordor. Of course, the Elf King will not let the hard-won "excuses" be recognized. In fact, in case something happened or was stopped, he didn't intend to let any living beings know the true purpose of sending troops to Mordor, including Vernor. So of course he would not tell King Nader the true purpose of the expedition.

"If you want to change the unbearable image of the dwarves in the eyes of all living beings for decades, sending troops to Mordor is the fastest way to achieve results." Continuing to fiddle with the dwarven clan's newly developed small weapon, Thranduil didn't even lift his head. "Mordor is currently the territory with the largest remnants of evil, and it is also the base camp of the enemy that no country in Middle-earth is sure to capture. The first battle of the Dwarves was to challenge Mordor, the most difficult to conquer, do you think all the creatures of Middle Earth will think of Dane's descendants? ”

"Of course, I think Dane's descendants are brave." Although not yet fully in favor of the Elven King's choice of the first enemy for the dwarves, Nader's answer blurted out.

"And it doesn't matter if this battle is ultimately successful or lost." Putting down what he was holding, Thrandeil tapped her chin in the direction of Mordor. "As long as the dwarven legion reaches Mordor, it will be the most daring race in Middle-earth at the moment. For you were the first race to dare to lay siege to Mordor after the demise of Sauron. Regardless of whether the battle against Mordor is won or lost, the creatures of Middle-earth will always remember that the Dwarves were the first race to attack them with their actions. ”

This is exactly what the dwarf king Nader wants. However, every qualified king has to worry a lot, as if it is a battle with the elite soldiers of the whole clan, and Nader naturally thinks of more.

"Challenge the most powerful enemies, and the casualties will be high. We need to spend a few more years on the preparation of combat materiel. At the very least, the equipment should be improved more effectively so that the casualties in battle can be minimized. Nader looked at the weapon in the Elven King's hand, thought for a moment, and said, "Before the 'Last Alliance' campaign was launched, the Noldor Elven Supreme King Gilgalad spent three years preparing battle supplies. You see, how about we spend five years preparing the supplies, and then set off six years later, that is, in the eleventh year of the Three Eras? ”

Six years later? By then, Gondor would have been in the Emperor's hands. No, no, you don't have to wait until six years from now. Two years later, as soon as the Emperor succeeded him, it was very likely that Arnoll and Gondor would send troops to besiege the Woodland Kingdom at the same time. How could the Elven King allow any possible crisis in the Woodland Kingdom?

Despite his displeasure with King Nader's proposal, Thranduil was ostensibly unhurried. He waited patiently for Nader to come over and sit down beside him, before turning slightly to face Nader and saying, "About three months later, the troops will be dispatched." ”

Seeing Nader looking at him with frightened eyes, wanting to say but not daring to speak, the Elf King explained in a soft tone, "I know you can't bear to watch your own people die in war. I also don't want any casualties on the soldiers I brought out. I have already decided on the strategy of sending troops to Mordor, and I dare not guarantee that I will not be injured, but as long as I do not violate my military orders, I am 80% sure that no soldier will die in this battle. I might as well tell you that I intend to besiege and not attack this battle. If you don't engage the enemy head-on, the quality of your equipment will not have much impact on casualties. ”

"Are you saying that through a long encirclement tactic, the enemy's psychology will be crushed to achieve the effect of victory without a fight?" Although he was convinced that the Elven King could do it, and that the dwarven soldiers would not die in battle, Nader suspected that the Elven King's tactics were incorrect. "You once said that long-range combat is best avoided by encirclement without attack, because it is impossible to ensure the supply of supplies for a long time. Once the enemy cuts off the delivery of supplies, the long-range combat side is basically considered a failure. Mordor is so far away from us, how to ensure the timely delivery of materials? ”

Nader was telling the truth. Long-range combat is a taboo in the art of war, and it is indeed one of the generals' art of war that Thranduil has reiterated many times. After each finish, Thranduil would reiterate that long-distance combat must be fast and accurate. Only by winning in the most retreating time can we minimize the possible changes.

In order to make Nader understand this truth, Thranduil once gave a very detailed explanation. The first is the issue of the transportation of long-range combat materials. The second is that the army has exposed itself to the enemy on the way, and in terms of time and fighters, it has already lost half of it.

The long-range attacking side spends all his time on the movement of his army, and the enemy, who does not need to spend any time on the movement of his army because he is on his home turf, spends all his time preparing for battle. A clever opponent will choose the area that is most powerful for them as the battlefield, and force the attacker to accept the battlefield of their own design, such as laying traps. The only way for the attacking side to avoid accepting the control of the other side is to increase the level of marching and reduce the enemy's preparation time.

Of course, Thranduil knew that the creatures in Mordor were no clever opponents.

Filthy and stupid, they have cowered behind the heavy gates of Mordor during the eight years of Sauron's demise, daring only to occasionally rob passing merchants to solve their supply problems. Judging from their intelligence and years of behavior, they may not have the ability to explore fighter planes; It is not necessarily possible to lay a trap while the attacker is still marching. But when it comes to war, it must be done with caution, and even uncertain causes must be treated as if they were inevitable to be discovered. At this point, Thranduil has done it to the extreme.

The initiative of war, the delivery of materials, how to ensure the morale of the military in long-distance combat, and so on, the side of long-distance combat needs to face countless problems.