Battle of Gilneth (6)
Although some people strongly disapprove of attacking Gilneth, that doesn't mean they won't disobey my orders, and everyone walks to the front desk to discuss how to attack. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"A direct attack would have been a huge loss, after all, their individual combat ability and strong city defenses simply made it impossible for us to attack. ”
"Yes, our advantage is numbers, but even so, we can't take much advantage of the field, unless those red dragon friends can help. ”
Garissus asked Ronin. And Luo Ning shook his head regretfully, yes, everyone hopes to have such strong support, but the reality is that we don't. In this regard, I am not going to ask for something unrealistic, but to talk about actual tactics.
"And what do you have to do with it?" I asked, looking at a few people nearby, but at first no one said what they thought or wanted to add to what others were about to make. Even after waiting for silence and no way, let this strategy of attacking the enemy be completely canceled......
I thought so to myself as my eyes rested on the silver hand, but it was at this point that one of them in the back row spoke out, and it was a realization that made me stunned.
"If there is a sneak attack, I think we should be able to take a big advantage..."He said, yes, as a general, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but a silver hand, the thought of this, especially after we had promised a cease-fire, was able to say such a thing, it really surprised me, but after I recognized his identity, I felt nothing.
"Renault, how can you break our promises, where is your honor. Before he could finish his sentence, Mograini reprimanded his son. Yes, I don't think it's a good strategy, but if such an idea comes from Silver, then I need to keep him going.
"General, everyone here is free to talk about tactics. I said this, and Mograini finally reluctantly backed down, and then I motioned for Renault to continue.
"We can have Master Ronin teleport some of our elite battles to the vicinity of their granaries, where they will be destroyed and their last reserves burned, so that we can force them to come to us for a decisive battle, and sitting on the fortress will give us the upper hand. ”
After hearing this, Garissus. Falic and the others nodded in agreement, but the old Silver Hands frowned, as if they were sorry for our juniors. And soon, Uther, the representative of them, could not bear it anymore.
"Arthas, we can't do this, you can't make me break my oath unless I..."
"Of course, my mentor, I will of course inform the enemy of our change of policy, and I will give them time to prepare, although we will lose the best opportunity to do so..." "I think I forgot to mention the premise of what we should do after we have informed the enemy that there is no ceasefire. ”
The topic went back to square one, but Gianna seemed to recognize something, so she immediately asked him.
"Renault, you just said their last reserves, which means they don't have much food, are you sure?"
"Yes, Your Highness Gianna, I served as an air scout during the defense of the royal city, and at the beginning I noticed that they often fought with the human soldiers of Gilneth for some food, and in the later years, their food supply became more and more poor. I think that's a big reason why they're withdrawing. ”
He couldn't help but bend his knees when Gianna replied, maybe I didn't care about the presumptuousness of his outspokenness, but the other white-haired woman beside him had the same silver hand as I did. She seemed to care about Renault's eyes, and I thought she was the same Maite Wynne, but that wasn't the point, history might have changed completely.
"Yes, the protracted confrontation has already made them unbearable. ”
I summed it up, and Uther also pointed out our common weaknesses.
"But in Alsace, we are also very short of food, even the food of the Miradar region has been requisitioned by us, and they have to supply the inhabitants of the Stratholme region. ”
"I can ask my father to send some support here first. ”
"The Admiral has already supplied the royal city by sea, and we can't let him break the bank for us anymore. ”
"What's wrong with that? And I'll have my father continue to put pressure on Gilneth at sea to support him. ”
Gianna said, and I could only give her psychological gratitude for her performance after giving her a firm look, yes, she was still preoccupied with my career, although it may be contrary to some of her wishes.
"There's nothing you can do?"
I asked again, but no one answered, and after a long silence, Uther seemed to be able to grant her wish, but instead of saying it directly, she led the conversation to me.
"Arthas, what do you have to do?"
"Well, I want to ask you a question first, if we attack Gilneth, what is our chance of winning. ”
"It's five or five at most, but even if you win, I'm sure it's going to hurt a lot. The master said this, and all the generals agreed with it. I can't help but ponder this, it is true that I feel that there is no way to do it in terms of battle tactics, and I do not want to win the war on the premise of serious loss of the strength of my army after the baptism of war in our country, so there is only other way of non-force.
I couldn't help but think of the mage Arugao who gave me a headache, yes, if it weren't for him and his werewolf, everything would have been easy, but when I thought about the character, I vaguely remembered that this guy was a careerist, and seemed to have done something bad for Gilneth, or that I should use this way to elicit his scheming.
"I don't think they know we've lost the Red Dragon. ”
"That's right, the closed Gilnesians have never been good at gathering intelligence. ”
Gather said, as if he had a good understanding of the enemy.
"That's good, we don't have to propose war first, or even war. ”
"And what do we do?" he asked, bewildered, yes, which stunned the warrior and gave hope to the Old Silver Hand.
"I'm going to meet their king at the border. ”
"Arthas, you want to capture the king this way?"
"No, I'll see if this king really repents of his actions, and if he still has the intention of making a comeback, then I don't want someone to react passively.
I'm not asking everyone to continue to discuss tactics, or I don't think there's anything to discuss, after all, in addition to frontal combat, it's a sneak attack, but for a werewolf with strong eyesight and strong night fighting, that kind of thinking is tantamount to suicide, and only by dividing their relationship can the situation be changed, and I just hope that some people's personalities are really as I remember.
I sent a messenger to inform the other side of my intentions, that is, to consult with their king on state affairs between the two countries, yes, although I am not equal to the status of Greysideburns, it does not mean that I cannot speak for Lordaeron, and that I do not have the strength to speak directly with him. Soon, a few days later, they came and informed me that I had agreed to my request, and in the notes it was made clear that only one person could be sent to follow.
As I thought, the person who came with Gray Sideburns was Arugao, who he considered to be the most powerful human mage, and to be honest, I didn't know if Ronin's current strength would be able to compete with him, so to be on the safe side, I decided to take Gianna with me, and this obviously broke the agreement between me and him.
"Arthas, didn't we say we could only take one person?"
"It's true that one side can only bring one person, as the representative of the participating countries this time, can't Gianna represent Kurtilas?"
"Well, then you've got one less person with you, it looks like they can't even provide a single guard. ”
But that doesn't mean there is no one to protect him. "As I say so, I actually asked her to protect me.
"Oh well... But I can tell you that we in Gilneth don't have the money to compensate you for your losses. ”
"The dead cannot be measured in money, and only permanent peace in the future is what everyone wants and follows, isn't it? ”
"Yes, that's what I hope, I think we should formally sign the peace agreement, but I think it should be between me and your father. ”
"He didn't want to see the treacherous, so he gave me carte blanche to represent him, and he and I had the same idea, which was to eliminate the threat of werewolves to us in the future..."
"How can this be?"
As soon as I finished speaking, Arugao gave his opinion to Greysideburns, and this is exactly what I wanted to see, because my words did touch the interests of some people.
"How can't this be, the cruelty of the werewolves not only disgusts us, even the Red Dragons can't stand it. I retorted to him, but he ignored me, but looked at his king pleadingly.
"We can only rely on werewolves to defend ourselves against you Lordaeron and the Alliance, do you want us to cut ourselves off?"
"Defend against us, it's clear that you want to attack us Lordaeron. Ronin also retorted to his predecessor in Dalaran. "I've heard that your werewolves are still increasing, so can you explain your intentions, and what is the purpose of the armistice agreement between you and Uther. ”
"We don't intend to attack you again, we really just want to hold on to our territory. ”
Greysideburns explained that it was time for Gianna to speak
Such a statement is unconvincing, Your Majesty, peace between nations can only be achieved if the threat of peace is truly eliminated. Gianna was likewise 'respectful', and seemed to shake her sideburns a little, but before he could answer Gianna's question, Arugao continued to try to convince his king.
"What do you want, let's unarm and wait for your army to arrive?" Arugao retorted, but I already had a way to deal with it.
"In the name of the Light, I pledge that our troops, not even any of our civilians, will set foot in your territory without your full permission. As long as you can eliminate the threat of werewolves to our alliance. ”
"That's a good suggestion, but have you considered my feelings, and if we weren't for the werewolves in Gilneth, do you think we could still make peace with you?"
"It is because we have considered your feelings that we say this, because the Red Dragon has invited us to join us in launching a general attack on you in five days' time. ”
"No way, the Red Dragons won't easily set foot in our human world. ”
"I was skeptical, too, and asked them why they wanted to destroy Gilneis, but the answer I got was because you were subjected to the black dragon's ** to create werewolves. So I want to inform you that the agreement you signed with Uther is null and void. ”
"Arthas, you!"
"I'm sorry, but you must know that the Red Dragon is almost always responsive to us, so in return, or in righteousness, or in my own emotions and rules, I don't think I have any reason to reject their idea, and the soldiers all want to let you Gilneth City experience our royal city experience. ”
"Arthas, you are a paladin, how can you see that the two countries are fighting each other. ”
"Yes, as a member of the Silver Hand, I've tried to stop a possible scourge, so I've agreed with the Red Dragons that this matter will be done as long as you can be persuaded to eradicate the werewolf's wildness through today's deliberations. ”
"So, Arthas, what do you want? ”
"No, my mages all recognize that werewolves are swarm creatures led by a single will, although this power has weakened a lot after the disappearance of the black dragon, but there is still a force trying to control them from the beginning, if it is really controlled by a careerist, I think his purpose may be more than just to eliminate us Lordaeron, so we must check and purify each werewolf so that it will not be used by some careerists to achieve his ulterior purposes. ”
As I spoke, the sideburns looked unconsciously at Arugao, and the mage couldn't help but get nervous about this.
"You're lying, they're not obedient at all, single-willed. ”
"Really, tell me why the werewolves were so brutal in the early days, and why they gradually regained their humanity and withdrew their troops after the black dragon was suppressed by the red dragon, I think it was suggested to the Grey Sideburns King that they wanted to restore that kind of power, and he was still trying to restore the werewolf's wildness, so at this time he proposed peace to Uther, who didn't know the inside story, and I think the purpose of that person was to find this respite. I pointed at him and scolded Huai, although I may have said some things, but Arugao didn't seem to know how to refute me, after all, he must have done some small things.
"You!"
"Oh, that careerist is here!" I stared at the already nervous archmage, who had already shown a murderous aura, but when the two mages behind me revealed their respective powers, he quickly realized that he couldn't be one-on-two, and as a last resort, he began to try to solve the problem with words again.
"You're trying to drive a wedge between me and the king. ”
"No one can lie under the Light, would you like to try Master Arugao and tell me if you are trying to control the entire werewolf and then realize your ambitions?"
"You want to use this opportunity to get rid of me and threaten our majesty. ”
"Do you think I'm going to be as despicable as you? You know in your heart that you're not as strong as my two friends around me, right, I want to get rid of you, I can do it now. ”
"Aru shut up!" "Gray Temples realized that I was right, and immediately reprimanded his mage advisor, maybe he really thought so, or maybe he chose to give up the sneak attack after knowing that he was no match for us, anyway, I knew that he compromised. "I will consider your suggestion for the opinion of Arthas, but it will take time..."
"Perhaps, but the Red Dragons are not as patient as I thought. I didn't wait for him to say anything, and after bowing to the elder slightly, I ended the conversation and left here with Gianna and Ronin.
As we walked back, before we could get back to the station, and after we were far enough away from Greysides and Arugao, Ronin couldn't help but ask me in confusion.
"Arthas, we don't have the support of the Red Dragon, so will you still attack Gilneth?"
"It's not up to me, it's Gilnes's choice. ”
"Well, too, if Greysideburns insists on using the werewolves to make a comeback, then we can't tolerate them..."
"No, Ronin. On the contrary, if that were the case, then I would have to follow Uther's advice for an armistice, because I didn't want to take Gilneth with heavy losses. ”
I didn't wait for Ronin to finish asking, I told him my answer in advance.
"But if they are allowed to develop werewolves..."
"Then Crassus and his people will have to intervene in our war again, and the result may not be against us, and the walls are also the best weapon for defending werewolves, aren't they?"
"Oh, you're going to wait for them to have internal conflicts, and then tear up the contract. ”
"Not even more... Ronin, I invited us when they had problems, and then we took that opportunity to follow the 'will' of Gilneth to eliminate their harm, after all, their people have suffered from war..."
I explained my plan to Ronin in a deep voice, and Gianna was also surprised by my idea, but they quickly agreed.
"I'm really glad you thought of that. ”
The honest tone of what Luo Ning said also respected me a lot, yes, there is always a need to be formal between us, such as when we have high hopes...
"I just want to get back the biggest reward at the least price, Gianna, Ronin, you will have to know this way when you become a commander in the future. I said this, and Gianna nodded, but Ronin didn't seem to agree with her
"You think I'm a leader?"
"I don't know, but when the responsibility is on you, you have to be brave and believe in yourself," I said, and after Uther's cavalry appeared, I didn't talk to him about these topics, but focused on them. "I think we should explain some of my intentions to Uther, so that we may be able to ease our conflict with the Silver Hand. ”
"Yes, I've learned..."