Chapter 41: Sauron's Achilles' Heel

|||->-> Zhao Yu looked at Shen Mengting coldly, but he didn't know what to say at the moment. Or rather, he himself is redundant here.

He lowered his head gradually, the hand holding the staff relaxed.

"That'...... What do you mean, Marshal?" asked Ma Liming, puzzled.

"What I mean is clear. Shen Mengting looked around at everyone again, "If you put all your hopes on the salvation of the Principality of Aria, you are undoubtedly looking for death." ”

"Generalissimo, why do you say that? It can be said that the only hope we can survive is for the Principality of Elia to help, right?" Wang Bin's face was already a little pale, and it could be seen that he was in a state of uneasiness.

"It is indeed our hope, but it is not the only one. It can be said that the help of the Duchy of Elia is the key to keeping our Saran from being annexed by Sauron, but it is not the most important. Shen Mengting let out an incomparably sharp expression, "For us, the most important thing is our own efforts. Only when we have fought our own can we truly resist the aggressor. ”

"But...... Don't blame me for talking too much, even if I offend you, I still have to tell what I think in my heart!" Ma Liming seemed to be the most excited, he stood up again, his eyes still staring at Shen Mengting.

Shen Mengting didn't even think about it, and directly made a 'please' gesture towards him, "Vice Marshal Ma, if you have anything in your heart, you can say it as much as you want." ”

Hearing this, Ma Li nodded his head and began to speak like a loose horse, "Generalissimo, I understand your feelings, and I support your determination to resist the Sauron Empire no matter what. But...... But...... You don't know how powerful that country is, do you? Maybe...... No matter how hard we try, how we recruit soldiers across the country, but the gap between the national strength of the two countries is here, and we ...... We ......"

"I also understand what you mean, I'm not the kind of stunned young man who will even ignore the difference in strength between the two countries, and only do things with one tendon, I understand the strength of the Sauron Empire very well. But there's one thing you ...... No, it should be you, you should all be clear......" Shen Mengting had already begun to turn around immediately, so that the gaze she had just cast would be encompassing everyone present.

"Although the Sauron Empire is much stronger than us, it has a fatal weakness!"

"Deadly...... Target...... Weakness?" Shen Jun muttered to himself. He kept blinking his eyes, but he didn't stop the trend, "The Sauron Empire still has weaknesses. ”

"Any country has weaknesses!" Shen Mengting spewed out strongly. Then, she took a few wild breaths, "The Sauron Empire is no exception!"

"So...... Sister Mengting: What is the weakness of this terrible country?"

Shen Mengting didn't answer immediately, just smiled slightly. Her smile was a little distorted, and her mouth was a little crooked from a distance. She walked straight to the wall at the end of the room, where there was a map fixed on a wooden board.

The map depicts the entire history of East Asia, including the Sauron Empire and the Kingdom of Saran.

"Look at it!" When Shen Mengting walked to the map, she directly stretched out her hand and pointed to the location of Saran.

The rest of the people also looked at that place one after another, but due to the distance, most of them still couldn't see the specific place Shen Mengting was referring to. So, everyone stood up and approached Shen Mengting's place.

Shen Mengting looked at the crowd rushing towards her, and her head followed to the map. She knew very well where she was referring at the moment, so she continued to draw a quick circle there, "You should all know the location of our Saran Kingdom!"

Everyone didn't even think about it, so they nodded quickly. Among them, Qian Hao nodded the most, and he didn't know what Shen Mengting meant by pointing to the map at this time?

"Our Kingdom of Salan can be said to be very independent, and among the countries bordering our territory, there is only one Sauron Empire. Elsewhere, there is an endless sea. This is the most advantageous place in our country!"

"Oh, the most advantageous place?" Ma Limin touched his chin, "Generalissimo, it is true that our country only borders the Sauron Empire, but why is it an advantage?"

"There is only a border with the Sauron Empire, which means ...... We just need to defend the Sauron Empire. Other countries, such as others, can be relatively relaxed. That is to say......" Shen Mengting immediately drew sharply along the border between Saran and Sauron, from the south to the north, "The point we want to defend is just this line." And the country we need to fight against is only the Sauron Empire. ”

At the end of Shen Mengting's words, almost everyone present made a look of sudden realization. Especially Qian Hao and Shen Jun, they seemed to be about to faint, and they exhaled their breath extremely exaggeratedly.

"Hey, what are you doing? I'm just making an assertion, do you need to exaggerate?"

Being reminded by Shen Mengting, Qian Hao suddenly regained his peaceful state, "Oh! You can't say that! We admire you Generalissimo! You can think of such an opinion!"

"Your mouth is more frequent! Shen Mengting rolled her eyes angrily.

"Then Generalissimo, please forgive me for not being flexible enough, just now you told us about the advantages of our Saran Kingdom, but where is the Achilles heel of the Sauron Empire?" Wang Bin respectfully began to ask.

Shen Mengting hooked the corners of her mouth again, "General Wang Bin, and other generals, please take a look at the territory of the Sauron Empire!" The hand followed the border of the Sauron Empire, and the index finger that touched the map also kept wandering on the border line, and Shen Mengting's face revealed a strange smile.

To be honest, this smile is still quite frightening, at least Zhao Yu's back has a little cool feeling.

"The territory of the Sauron Empire is very large! According to some official statistics, it covers an area of more than 1.9 million square kilometers......! The Sauron Empire has borders with many countries, so ......" Shen Mengting suddenly stopped speaking, but the laughter continued to hang, "This is the biggest flaw of the Sauron Empire. ”

"Sister Mengting, you mean that the Sauron Empire has borders with many countries, so it must need to draw troops to deploy defenses, and our Saran only borders with the Sauron Empire, so we don't need to divide our troops?"

"Exactly!Jingwen, you answered the question well, this is what I just talked about - the biggest weakness of the Sauron Empire!"

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of 'oh' sounds, which filled every corner of the room.

Behind the fact that everyone looked at each other and nodded, there was a lot of admiration. These male generals are no longer mindful of Shen Mengting's female identity at this moment. They have great admiration for him at the moment, and they completely regard Shen Mengting as their boss.

"Look at the territory of the Sauron Empire again!" Shen Mengting's hand began to move quickly on the map, she pointed upwards for a while, and dragged her fingers downward for a while, "The Sauron Empire has the powerful Anadyr Empire giant clan in the north, and the Eno Kingdom composed of trolls in the south. It can be said that Sauron must draw a considerable part of the domestic military force to defend against these two foreign countries. Of course, there are also the Shanluo Empire, which is also a human in the southeast, and the Aura Kingdom in the northeast. These were the keys to distracting Sauron's forces. ”

Speaking of this, Shen Mengting finally put down her hand pointing to the map. But within a second of that, she made another gesture, "I want to ...... You know what I mean!"

There was no need to remind anything, and most of them nodded their heads. However, there are exceptions, Zhao Yu is an alternative who doesn't understand what others are talking about, so he has always kept tilting his head and puzzled.

Shen Mengting naturally didn't explain anything carefully to such a boy, so she gave up in disregard. For her, Ma Liming and Qian Hao and the gang can understand.

"Oh, I see! Generalissimo, you are really observant, and you have discovered this place that is difficult for outsiders to perceive. Ma Liming's tone was full of respect, if it weren't for the fact that he hadn't done anything at the moment, he would have the illusion that he was about to kneel and bow.

"It's not a big deal, in fact, some people have mentioned it before. Shen Mengting bowed her head proudly, "This is the reason why the Sauron Empire has to make a detailed plan every time it invades other human countries, and even formulate a very important document for this. They are afraid that when they invade other countries, another country will take advantage of the situation and invade them in turn. Just imagine, if the Sauron Empire sent all the troops in the country, but the hometown was unexpectedly empty. It's hard not to get the attention of other powerful countries. After all, the Sauron Empire occupies the richest land!"

"So they will definitely not send out all their strength, and they can only get a few tenths of their troops to attack our Saran!" Qian Hao's expression was unexpectedly serious at the moment, and he nodded a few times from time to time,

"Qian Hao is right!" Shen Mengting also gave a rare praise to the archer, "The Sauron Empire does not dare to use all its strength against us, but on the contrary, we Saran can use the strength of the country to resist the invasion." In such a comparison, you will find that in fact, the gap between the two countries is not as big as imagined. ”

For a moment, there was silence. But soon after, a large number of echoes were released.

"Yes, although the Sauron Empire often claims to have a million troops, so far, it has only sent about 50,000. ”

"At first, we thought that this was only the vanguard, but if it were really as the marshal said, they might only be able to send a hundred thousand troops. ”

"Maybe not even 100,000, I think the giant clan in the north must have caused the most pressure on Sauron!" Shen Jun seemed to be joking, and his words were full of playfulness.

The giant clan of the Anadyr Empire has always been a nightmare for the other races of Celos. They are extremely aggressive and fearsome in combat. And such a large empire is located in the northern part of the Sauron Empire, which must have caused great pressure on it.

"There's more than one giant to face in the Sauron Empire! It is precisely because of these foreign restraints that our few remnant human countries can continue to survive. Otherwise......" closed her eyes slightly, Shen Mengting didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"So in terms of the current situation, we should be more advantageous, right?" Jiang Jingwen leaned her head forward, and the position was on the shoulders of each male.

"That's not necessarily!" Ma Liming's voice seemed to be dooming everyone's envelopes, at least the deputy marshal still maintained his usual sense of calm, "As far as what the marshal said before, I deeply agree. But ......"

"Vice Marshal Ma, if you have anything to say, don't be afraid of anything. Shen Mengting opened her eyes and stared at Ma Liming with a look that was almost gloomy.

Seeing this, Ma Liming unceremoniously remarked, "Although it is true that as the marshal said, the Sauron Empire does not dare to send all its military strength. However, ...... seemed to have some words to stop, but after touching his eyebrows, he still made up for the next words, "More than twenty years ago, the Sauron Empire unexpectedly sent an army of 500,000 to attack our Saran!"

The figure of '500,000' is still quite harsh, which makes everyone show uncomfortable expressions.

"I know this very well, and my father has told me about it. I remember that at that time, the Sauron Empire was in full swing, and after annexing several human countries one after another, they pointed the finger at our Saran. At that time, Sauron did indeed send an army of half a million. But beyond the limitations of that era, there is another thing you need to be clear. Shen Mengting then lifted another finger

Leaving a few seconds for the others to imagine before she spoke to herself, "The Sauron Empire is fast, and their strategy at that time was to use half a million troops, mainly to intimidate the human nations, so as to divide and disintegrate the other party. In other words, the Sauron Empire valued a quick victory, with a speed that no other country could react to, causing the annexation of the established fact that it was going to invade the human nation. They all believed that while Sauron's soldiers were standing in the capital of the annexed country, it would be too late for other nations to intervene. This trick was really tried and tested when they invaded the first three human countries. ”

"The marshal means ......"

"My consciousness is, don't look at Sauron's 500,000 troops at the time, but in fact, they are very empty. They sent out almost all their possessions in order to gamble with the enemy country at a certain time. In fact, this so-called '500,000 army' is difficult to stay on the battlefield for a long time. ”

"Oh! I see what you mean. Qian Hao suddenly jumped up at this time, and his hands were quickly raised, "The 500,000 troops that Sauron sent at that time were actually bluffing! They didn't dare to gamble on all their belongings?"

Qian Hao asked with a vernal equinox, but Shen Mengting's response after that seemed to be a touch of cold water poured on his head.

The 500,000-strong army is absolutely not a bluff, and it will certainly cause objective damage to the invaded country. It's just that half a million troops have very little time. As I have already mentioned, in order to prevent interference from other countries, the Sauron Empire must quickly complete their military ideas. To put it in layman's terms, it is to react in other countries and use these 500,000 troops to destroy the resistance. But if it drags on for a long time, it will be tantamount to telling other countries that we have no more defenders at home. ”

"So...... Time can be said to be the key! The Sauron Empire has always invaded quickly, destroying the living forces in the shortest possible time, and then annexing the three human countries with words such as 'uniting humanity and giving up resistance'. They tried this trick many times before, until it was terminated by our Saran!"

"The Generalissimo is right! Time is of the essenceβ€”if Sauron's hundreds of thousands of troops are sent out and wiped out in a very short period of time, then they will be victorious. But if on the contrary, they have not been able to completely defeat us, and the battle has been dragged on, then even if they really send another 500,000 troops, they will have to give up temporarily due to the pressure of other foreign countries. After all, Sauron's side would not endure the bitter consequences of being attacked by others. ”

"That's right! That's a good point! Sure enough, it's not a veteran who has served in the barracks for decades, and he is sharp in looking at problems!" Shen Mengting kept throwing words of praise to Deputy Marshal Ma Liming.

"Ahh

"Wow, I understand what you mean, that is, we have to drag them down. The longer the time drags on, the more advantage we have?" Shen Jun made a pouting gesture, and he also took turns looking at the marshal.

"The truth can be said in this way, in short, it can't be regarded as a loss for us if it drags on. Shen Mengting's eyes met, and a point of light suddenly appeared at a certain time, "At least it's not what many people think, dragging it down is not good for us." ”

"But...... Generalissimo!" Wang Bin suddenly made a fist salute gesture towards him, "I have a question to ask." ”

"General Wang Bin can ask questions as much as he wants. ”

"Although the Sauron Empire only sends 50,000 troops now, it doesn't mean that they will only use 50,000 soldiers all the time, right?"

"Of course not!" Shen Mengting tilted her neck, "Fifty thousand is the vanguard, there is no need to question this." The Sauron Empire would never send a mere 50,000 to fight a battle that required a quick annexation. ”

Shen Mengting spoke so confidently that there was no pause.