Elves, dwarves, and even hobbits sent emissaries to discuss the battle.

In terms of military affairs, Estes is an expert, and he pointed to the map of Middle-earth, and said, "If we want to attack Mordor, then we should attack from two sides, one is to capture the Black Gate Fortress in the northwest of Mordor, and then attack from here."

"The second direction is the Cave of Minas to the west, a large and well-fortified city from which you can go straight to the heart of Mordor."

Then Estes pointed to the side of the guide and said, "Beware of Hadlin in the south of Mordor, although they lost their troops in the last battle, and almost all of them were wiped out, but these people will never live in peace...... If we attack Mordor, there's a good chance they'll surround Wei to rescue Zhao, take advantage of the opportunity to sneak up on our rear, or cut off our supply lines."

After being mixed on the earth for a long time, Estes also learned the art of war book on Linqiu, and she still cherished the professional term of Wei Wei and saving Zhao.

"Regarding this battle, my suggestion is to divide my forces and concentrate on attacking the fortress of Hermon, and at the same time set up a defensive line in the south to prevent Hadlin from taking advantage of the fire!"

Aragorn shook his head and said, "I have decided to attack the Minas Cave first, and then send troops from here to attack Mordor itself!"

Estes said: "The defense of the Minas Demon Cave is far stronger than the Black Gate Fortress, and if you want to go deep into the Tower of Balado, the capital of Mordor, you need to pass through several strategic points in the middle, this style of play is really too difficult, so attacking the Black Gate Fortress is the most ideal strategic method."

"You're not a Gondor and don't understand what the Cave of Minas means to us!" A gray-haired veteran general said.

Aragorn said, "The original name of the Minas Demon Cave was Minas Ihir, and it was originally the land of my ancestors' dragons, but unfortunately later the orc army swallowed the city, and then they renamed it the Minas Demon Cave!"

"As a descendant of Gondor, it is our long-cherished wish to recover Minas Ithil, so even if the Black Gate Fortress is more suitable for strategic warfare, I am still willing to attack the Minas Cave first!"

Aragorn had only been registered for a few months, and his control over Gondor was not yet in place, and if he could recover Minas Ithil at this time, it would greatly increase his political prestige and make his throne more secure.

In any case, Aragon is the position of Gondor, and Estes is only a guest, and the decision is obviously not up to him.

Xiao Qiuyu said: "If the troops are divided into two ways and attack two cities at the same time, the two-front battle must be enough to make the enemy tired of parrying!"

As soon as Xiao Qiuyu said this, all the officers expressed their opposition in unison.

"The so-called strength is weak, and if you want to capture a well-fortified city, you will inevitably pay huge casualties...... Obviously, you only need to attack the next city to invade the enemy's hinterland, so why bother to gnaw two at the same time, this is just sacrificing your subordinates in vain."

Aragorn said, "Yes, we have very little information about Mordor, and we don't know how many orc armies they have...... Even if we have annihilated hundreds of thousands of invading orc armies under the White City, who knows how many half-orcs there are in the hinterland of Mordor? It's too risky to divide up your forces at this time."

Xiao Qiuyu's mind was running rapidly, he recalled Sun Tzu's Art of War, the tactics of concealing the sea in the Thirty-six Strategies, secretly Chen Cang, and fishing in troubled waters, and quickly formulated a plan.

Xiao Qiuyu pointed to the map with a carbon pen and said, "In my opinion, it is better to do this, let's first concentrate our superior forces to attack the Minas Demon Cave and recover this city lice... After the siege, we will not rush to continue to advance, but will continue to strengthen the defense line of this city, and then defend the city here!"

Xiao Qiuyu continued, "In this way, the Demon Sect will inevitably think that we intend to send troops from the Minas Demon Cave deep into the heart of Gondor, so that he will concentrate all his elite troops to attack the Minas Demon Cave...... And what we have to do is to defend according to the defense of the city, and fight a protracted war and a war of attrition with the enemy!"

Aragorn's eyes lit up and he said, "That's what we're good at!"

The pea shooter, spiked cactus, potato mine, cherry bomb, flame pepper and other magic plants provided by Xiao Qiuyu are all planted and cannot be moved, so they are not suitable for attack and combat...... But when it comes to defending the city, it's the perfect weapon!

Xiao Qiuyu's pen and ink constantly drew arrows, the red arrows representing the Gondor army and the blue arrows representing the Mordor army...... The arrows of both colors are concentrated in the location of the Minas Demon Cave, which means that the armies of both sides are all gathered here to fight and consume.

Pointing to the arrow in the picture, Xiao Qiuyu said, "After the war lasts for two or three months, as long as the front line cannot be attacked for a long time, and the orcs are seriously damaged...... In this way, the Demon Sect will inevitably send troops from all over the country to reinforce the Minas Demon Cave, which will cause the garrison of other areas to be empty...... At this time, we will draw a huge number of troops to conduct a blitzkrieg, quickly attack the empty Black Gate Fortress, and take the city in one fell swoop!"

"Since then, the main forces of the beast rao are fighting a tug-of-war with the Minas Demon Cave in the west, and at this time, the hinterland of Mordor is in a state of emptiness, and we can go straight from the Black Gate Fortress to the Yellow Dragon, destroy all the cities in the hinterland of Mordor, and completely break the foundation of Mordor!"

Xiao Qiuyu's plan was complicated, but in fact, the idea was very simple and obvious, it was nothing more than to attract the attention of the enemy's main force in the west, and when the enemy's troops were concentrated, he would take the opportunity to attack the hinterland of Mordor from the north.

As long as all the cities of a country are destroyed, then the country's functioning system will be paralyzed immediately, and it is only a matter of time before it perishes.

When Xiao Qiuyu's plan was proposed, it immediately aroused heated debates, with many people agreeing with it, but others opposing it.

One of the biggest objections of the opposition is that attacking a large, well-fortified fortress will cost a lot of casualties.

This point is already very clear in the performance of the Battle of the White City...... When Gondor took the initiative to attack, they had already used the city defense system of the White City to kill and injure more than 100,000 orc troops.

After arguing for a while, Xiao Qiuyu said ruthlessly: "Okay, there is no need for a single soldier at that time, I will go to break through the city defense of the Black Gate Fortress single-handedly!" If the city is broken, do it according to my plan, or else, you will do it according to your plan!"

"Conquering a city with one person is something that even the Dark Lord can't do!" An elf retorted.