What's missing......

Andesa facing Rosetta?? Augustus's gaze, in the eyes of the ruler of the empire, she saw the depth and calm of a deep pool, and this gaze made her realize that she was not here today to plead guilty, nor to justify, but to contribute value to the empire.

Rosetta watched Andesa silently.

The Winter Wolf Legion lost the upper hand in this border battle, and the diplomatic pressure generated, the emperor resisted for them, and the generals should summarize their experience, Duke Ferdinand will complete it with them, and as for the here and now, what the young wolf general should do is to tell the ruler of the empire how he should strengthen his army and prepare for the next battle.

"First, it's communication." Andesa spoke after a brief contemplation.

"Our existing means of communication are flawed - the Cecil's Magic Legion is bringing a new situation of warfare, their long-range attack methods are abundant and flexible, and their armies can cooperate with each other and counterattack quickly across a very wide battlefield, which means that the various areas of the battlefield will change much faster and more than before......

"The teleportation tower has a long communication distance and can cross the battlefield, but it needs fixed facilities to keep the large circle running, and can only serve as a means of communication between fortresses; The mage's communication technique is flexible and changeable, but the communication distance is less than two kilometers, which cannot meet the scale of the next battlefield at all, and the communication spell casting requirements are high, the number of mid-level mages is scarce, and the mages who master the communication technique are basically at the commander level, and it is impossible to use them as relay communication heralds on the battlefield.

"The magic light spell played by the signal mage is a means of communication that cannot be hidden, and although it is useful, it is too restrictive under special circumstances, and we have encountered such a 'special situation'......

"Second, our chain of command has not kept up with our corps structure, and in particular, the role of the Advisory Scholars has not been fully utilized, and they should have the right to participate in the development of tactics, not just to make recommendations, and in addition, there is no effective cooperation between the Advisory Scholars, specifically in ......

"Thirdly, we need to update our equipment. Your Majesty, although I don't want to admit it, but we are falling behind the Cecil in terms of equipment - the Extraordinary Legion is indeed very strong, but we still have more ordinary soldiers, the Cecil's magic weapons can determine the value that ordinary people can play on the battlefield, if a large number of ordinary soldiers are fully behind the enemy in weapons and equipment, then even if the Extraordinary Legion has a great advantage on the local battlefield, we will be crushed by the Cecil on the overall battlefield......

"My scout unit has dealt with Cecil's scouts many times, and their scouts are ordinary people, but they can fight our Shadow Scouts and Scout Mages in a battle, which is a very dangerous signal......"

"The last point, and the most difficult to control, is our 'way of thinking,' or how we handle and understand war...... There are limitations. ”

Andesa spoke at a much slower pace when she said the last point, obviously even if she had sorted out her thoughts in advance, what she had to summarize at the moment was something that was quite difficult to express, Rosetta?? Augustus did not rush this, but looked at the young general very calmly, and motioned for her to speak boldly.

Receiving the Emperor's silent encouragement, Andesa took a light breath and began to tell where the Typhonians were planted in the first and biggest heel of the Typhonians in this border battle—

"At the beginning, the Cecil people actually had no advantage at all, and the Changfeng defense line at that time could be said to be vulnerable in front of the Winter Wolf Legion, but they relied on a deception tactic to drag on for half a month, dragging the disadvantage into an advantage, and this deception tactic was not just as simple as making a show on the battlefield - in a period of up to half a month, they carried out false military movements, built false position fortifications, and even created false caravans, and flowed false material information, but what they did, And that's not all.

"On the way here, I learned more from my grandfather, that the Cecil had even created a false post-war atmosphere throughout the East, and had paralyzed our royal advisers through changes in commercial orders, Your Majesty, and that was the most terrible thing about that—

"With us, war is on the battlefield, but in the eyes of Cecil, the frontal battlefield is only one part of the war.

"Their markets, their propaganda, their soldiers on the front, the merchants on the sides, even the lowest classes of the populace, all their actions are part of the war, they all operate to achieve the same goal, and it is very terrible, Your Majesty."

Andesa finished her thoughts, Rosetta on the other side?? Augustus fell into a brief silence, and after more than a dozen seconds, the ruler of the empire frowned and whispered, "War is not only on the battlefield...... You're right, Andelsa.

"We have been deceived by the Cecil once, and until now, there are still some noble councillors who think that the Cecil's scheme is just a despicable 'trick', but it is not only that - the Cecil people have not only created a lie, they have created an illusion in all aspects, from orders for border trade, to propaganda at home, to military movements on the front, they have created almost no dead ends' The curtain', completely enveloping us in it, we can only see what they play, even if the spies we planted in the East risk their lives to spread so much information, the information they send out is all fake, this is really very scary, Andesa, very scary.

"What's even more terrifying is that our current system of local governors can't do the same thing."

Rosetta finished quietly, and Duke Ferdinand next to him glanced at Andresa, and there was a hint of relief in the old duke's eyes in addition to surprise.

People always make mistakes, and the Wendell family is no exception, but at least Andesa didn't let those wrong emotions affect her judgment as a wolf general, or on the other hand, it was precisely because she had a certain obsession with the old Ansu Kingdom that she would be particularly sensitive to the actions of the Cecil, and would connect those behaviors that seemed to be distributed in different areas, analyze them all from a hostile point of view, and draw conclusions that ordinary people have not thought of.

Of course, in addition to this reason, the long-term stationing at the border and dealing with the Longwind Fortress for a long time was also one of the important factors that she was able to conclude these conclusions.

After this, Rosetta learned a lot from Andelsa's mouth, not only about the changes in the situation in the border area, but also about the operation of the border legions themselves and the progress of the border trade, and in the process, he also invited the two wolf generals of the Wendell family to have lunch together in his parlor, and the long conversation did not end until the giant sun gradually approached the horizon.

Andesa had only returned from the border today, and although the high-level transcendents were not afraid of this exhaustion, Rosetta still told her to go home first to rest and recuperate for tomorrow's meeting of nobles, while Duke Ferdinand was left behind to continue the negotiations.

"Andessa is indeed a very perceptive child," Rosetta said lightly until there were only two people left in the room, "she always notices what lies beneath the surface." ”

Pei Dinan lowered his head: "But her recklessness this time almost ruined a big thing, Your Majesty." ”

"The shortcomings of youth can be compensated for by the years, but the sharpness is difficult to train," Rosetta said calmly, "She mentioned this 'illusion' created by the Cecil, and this is actually the gap in national control between the Cecil Empire and us, what do you think about this?" ”

“…… With all due respect, Your Majesty, it seems to me that, at least at this stage, the Cecil Empire, as a nascent state, has no stronger control over more than half of the country than we do, and our regional governor system has been in place for more than ten years, and they were still relying on the oath of lords not so long ago to maintain the integrity of the country," Duke Peridinand said directly, "but if it continues to develop, it will be a matter of time before they overtake us in this regard." ”

Speaking of this, the old duke paused before continuing: "And as for this time, the fact that they were able to create such a large-scale scam in all aspects is not so much a sign of control, but a show of how effective the propaganda tools at their disposal are.

"Just a week after the end of the War on the Plains of the Whitsundays, information about the victory of Cecil's legions and the smooth transition of power was sent to all the nobles in their eastern realms through newspapers. The commoners were uninformed and ignorant of what was happening in the Plains of the Holy Spirit, and the newspapers became the only and reliable source of information, which was circulated by the local nobles and merchants, and so ...... We took their newspaper claims.

"Your Majesty, Typhon now has a newspaper, but as far as I know, it is only something that the wealthy upper class of citizens are entitled to read, and it should have played a greater role, but this role has been wasted.

"Cecil taught us a lesson in this regard, and the course is not free, so we have to study hard."

After listening to Pei Dinan's words, Rosetta the Great smiled slightly: "That's true, this course is not cheap at all......

As he spoke, he walked behind his desk: "It's time to write a letter to Emperor Cecil, who has lowered the purchase price of textiles by thirty percent in his new order, and now let's see if we can reduce this tuition fee with some pen and ink." ”

Prudential laughed, "Soon, someone in the council will think that we are bowing to Cecil. ”

Rosetta echoes an old Typhon saying: "If you want to climb a mountain, you must keep your head down and hurry." ”

……

Cecil Empire, eastern part of the Whitsunday Plains, around Fort Solin.

The sun had sunk gradually, and only half of the huge sun was left on the horizon, and the light with mysterious wood grains and brilliant crowns of light sprinkled orange-red glow on the earth, and the light spread through the clouds, forming a blood-colored sunset.

The clouds covered the sky, from east to west, and beside the war-torn castle of Solin, the makeshift watchtower stood quietly in the setting sun, and the sentinels stood vigilantly on the top of the watchtower, looking out in the direction of the plain on the west side of the fortress.

The war-torn plain was littered with craters, and a strange strip of scorch marks and brightly colored paths spread from afar, grazing the edge of Fort Solin to the east, and around Fort Solin, several other watchtowers could be seen towering, looking after each other, and there were scattered tents and improvised houses scattered around the watchtowers, and military vehicles and patrol soldiers were moving around the area, as if they were being closely monitored.

The sentry moved his neck and shoulders slightly, but his eyes remained on the closely monitored area.

He knew that this was where the terrible "man-made god" had come out, and there was a huge chasm that led to the depths of the earth, and below it was the dark lair of the End-of-Life Society, full of dangerous traps and out-of-control magical creations, and the soldiers had cleared the roaming Crystal Giants in the vicinity, but they were helpless to do anything about the underground lair.

The higher-ups did not have the manpower and energy to deal with the dark lair that would be left behind by the end of all things, so they had to send people to cordon off this area first, and the watchtower near the wall on the west side of Solinburg was part of the entire blockade line.

When it was time to report regularly, the sentry opened the magic guide terminal next to him, and said while looking at the plain in the distance: "Command post, this is the No. 1 guard tower, everything is ...... in the target area."

The sentry stopped suddenly, he stared closely at the beginning of the path of flowers and scorched marks, and his tone suddenly became serious: "Wait a minute, there is a situation......"

There was movement in the direction of the plains, large clouds of smoke and dust were rising from the direction of the rift, and something seemed to be rising from the smoke, and the top of the nearby watchtower was lit up with red flashing lights, and the soldiers in the camp quickly gathered.

The voice of the command post came from the magic guide terminal: "Guard Tower No. 1, talk back, what's going on?" ”

"Something has risen up in the chasm......" the sentry glared in shock, "as if ...... It seems to be a vine...... Or a tree?! ”