247. Fighting by Counting (II)
Even though the Elven King was well aware that the Woodland Kingdom was facing the greatest danger right now, the palace was not so safe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info: "The death of the human royal family to the Lord of the Rings is said by the surviving humans. Don't they even believe the words of their own compatriots, and they must start a civil war in the camp of justice?"
"Humans, unlike elves, are far less indifferent to death than we are. Subconsciously looking at the kingdom of Gondor on the map, Vernorr pondered the wording as he recalled the human performance at the funeral. "Most human beings forgive the deceased for all the sins they have committed because of the death of a person. Especially the human beings who have come into contact with Esidor will have a hard time forgetting the friendship with them in the past. I fear that humanity will forgive Essidor for his evil deeds of leaving behind the Ring because he is dead. If they deliberately ignore Essidor's evil deeds and only remember his good side, they may start a war under the banner of revenge for the 'Emperor of Men'. Now we can only hope that the kings and officials of mankind will recognize the facts and guide the people correctly. ”
"As long as a living being dies, he can make his sins go to zero, and he can forget the sins he has committed and only remember his goodness? How can human beings have such ridiculous thinking!" the tip of the elf king's beautiful nose let out a dull cold snort, and his face sank. "If Essidor is dead, the Lord of the Rings will no longer be cruel to the people, and in the end the battle will completely destroy evil, and the creatures who die on the battlefield will be able to obtain the peace and justice they swear to seek? ”
"You have to understand them. Human life is fleeting, and their control over emotions is far less than ours. Once emotions are placed in a more important position than reason, there is naturally no way to look at the problem objectively. Only after the death of this generation of humanity will the humans who did not live with Essidor be given the fairest judgment. Now, one can only hope that Merandil, the young king of Gondor, will remain sane and lead humanity to look at the Graton Plains disaster objectively. ”
However, the Emperor's nephew, the current King of Gondor, Merandiel, was loved by Essidor from an early age. After succeeding to the throne, Esidor put Anoa aside for the time being, and personally instructed Merandil to become king for two years. With such a deep family affection, can Merandiel really deal with the problem rationally? Even Vernorr was deeply skeptical.
By the way, there is also the successor of the Human Emperor. With Essidor and the three princes gone, what kind of person would his successor think, and what would he think of the Glaton Plains Disaster, and would he recognize that the Plains Disaster was due to Essidor's greed?
"Looks like I'm going to Linton more than once. After meeting King Serdan, I went straight to Gondor and stayed for about a month. Fnorr frowned and put on his felt hat, and explained to the elven king with a puzzled face: "We need to find out the situation of the successor of the human emperor, and we must also pay attention to the movements of Gondor. I will find a way to mix with the caravan and enter Gondor as a merchant. ”
It would take at least two months to travel back and forth to Linton's kingdom, and another month to Gondor for another month, so that would be a season apart from her?Although three months was not worth mentioning for the immortal elves, the elven king could not bear three months of separation.
"If the human kingdom really sends troops to the woodlands, by the time you return from Linton, they will have already finished their pre-battle preparations and started to set off for the woodlands. What's the use of you going again?" Reaching out and grabbing Vernor, who was about to leave, Thranduil said fearlessly, "Come back immediately after seeing King Sedan." If the human race really doesn't look at the big picture, and insists on blaming the woodlands for the disaster of the Glaton Plains, I am not afraid to fight them hard. Isn't it just a war? Not to mention that there are only 3,000 soldiers in the woodland, even if there are only 300 soldiers left, the woodland kingdom will not necessarily be defeated by the hooves of the Danden Iron Horseman. ”
Three hundred soldiers against the kings of the two kingdoms of mankind?
Vernor understood that this arrogant remark came from the mouth of the Elven King, and it was definitely not a joke. In terms of war, even if he dared to say so, there must be a way to win. However, even though he knew that he had won the battle, Vernorr did not want the smoke to appear in the forest that was still recovering.
"Do you like war, Thranduil?, but I don't like war at all, and I don't want any of the woodland elves to be poisoned by war again. Once a war starts, no matter how well you protect it, the children will lose their stable life. She sighed softly at the elven king, who was sneering senselessly, and said softly, "Isn't all the suffering you are suffering now because of the war?"
Oh, yes. If there was no "final battle", how could my father have left Middle-earth? How could I have changed from a carefree prince to a king who was in fact tormented? Even if all the children of the woodlands were sent to the woods to escape the war, I might not be completely at ease. But what else can be done to solve it other than war?
Vernor, who was not proficient in warfare, gave the young king an answer.
"War must not be waged unless absolutely necessary. War is the politics of bloodshed, and politics is a bloodless war. If you can solve the problem in a bloodless way, you must not let any living creature bleed. If the opponent is also pursuing justice and is willing to communicate, the best way to solve the problem is to use stratagem. ”
Considering that Thranduil is not very good at politics, she patiently worked out the solutions one by one: "Sending all the officials to the countries and territories of the righteous camp as soon as possible is to firmly control the development of the situation. After grasping the reaction of each country to this matter, we can make timely responses according to different situations. Use communication, stratagem and even active guidance to make all allies recognize the key cause of the disaster on the Gladon Plains, and let them understand that evil may regenerate at any time, and the righteous camp needs to be united. In this way, the woodland can get out of this unwarranted crisis without a single soldier, which is a bloodless war. ”
Finding that Thranduil showed a confused look, Vernoer suppressed the shame in his heart, and said very solemnly: "There is only one truth in this bloodless 'war' - let the opponent have the same interests as you, and he will naturally choose to be friends with you rather than enemies because of common interests." Just like the Lonely Mountain Kingdom, because it is also a party participating in the military exercise, it can only advance and retreat with my woodland. Fortunately, as long as the dwarves and elves are won, other races other than the Danden will only look at the wind and dare not attack rashly. ”