When Elrond arrives at Rothlorian, he joins Galadriel, Celebon, and Gandalf to discuss a specific strategy, focusing on minimizing the damage of the elves in each fight. And how to ensure that the scale of the war does not break out further on the basis of effectively repelling the enemy.

They looked around a sheepskin map depicting the borders of Roslorian and discussed with each other about the war plan and the weaknesses they might encounter.

"The territory of Rothlorian is very large, but the population of Rothlorian is very small, although the power of Nanya makes it difficult for humans to enter Rothlorian in full. However, compared to the vast borders of the country, it is difficult for Nanya's power to take into account the territory of the Ministry of Security of Roslor. So......" Gandalf asked, looking at Galadriel, "I need to know exactly how many troops Rollorian can fight?" ”

After hearing this, Galadriel hesitated for a moment, and then said heavily: "At present, our population can have a maximum of about a thousand troops!" Then he added: "If you don't care about the consequences, you can add up to 500 troops at most!" ”

"What !!"

Gandalf couldn't believe his ears, his eyes almost widened, his gray beard trembled, "Elf, when did you start to weaken to this point!! He said in a loud voice, "With a force of fifteen hundred men defending such a huge territory, how can it be possible to completely hold all the territories?" Even with the existence of Nanya's power, this conflict with the human race, Roslorian is bound to shrink his territory. Otherwise, it would be impossible to take care of such a vast territory! ”

Gandalf's words caused the three elven lords to fall silent for a while, and Elrond broke the silence afterwards, saying, "The tragic battle that took place in Valinor at the beginning caused the population of our elves to lose too much. Moving back to Middle-earth again, our population has not recovered much until now. When I came this time, I could only draw 500 troops with me, and the rest of the troops were responsible for defending Rivendell and keeping an eye on Sauron. No matter how much it is, it won't be able to guard Rivendell at all! ”

"What can you do with a force of 2,000 people?" Gandalf muttered, "What about humans? How much do you know about human beings? How many troops can they deploy? Gandalf said with some heaviness.

"It is conservatively estimated that humans can dispatch at least 20,000 troops. And in the future, this number is very likely to increase to nearly 30,000! "Kellerpeng's face is extremely unsightly.

In fact, it's not just him, one counts as one, Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel as well. Their faces were extremely ugly, all these years had passed, and the elves who had moved back to Middle-earth from Valinor had been recuperating for so long, and the population problem had never been solved. Their population is still very small compared to humans, and the dwarves and humans who moved back to Middle-earth at about the same time have long since recovered, and their population has increased far beyond that of the elves over the years. Compared to them, the elves are undoubtedly lonely.

"In the First Age, under the leadership of Yininville, our elven clans could easily gather more than 30,000 troops! Now, only a few thousand years later, we can't gather an army of 5,000 even if we are united. Elves, really lonely, the battle that took place in Valinor hit the elves too hard. So much so that what we have to deal with now is only a group of dark humans who have almost no civilization to speak of, and we are also feeling the pressure. If I faced Sauron, I couldn't imagine the consequences. Galadriel said with a confused expression, her eyes revealing remembrance. It seems to be a remembrance of the First Age, when the elves were extremely prosperous and powerful.

In that glorious First Age, humans and dwarves were nothing. Even if their population grows rapidly, even if they are united, they will not pose the slightest threat to the elves. At that time, every elven country could easily gather a military force of more than 5,000 or so. A very small number of countries are even enough to gather an army of 10,000 people! And the elven races uniting together to gather an army of more than 30,000 people is simply a trivial matter.

But now, the tragic battle that took place in Valinor at the beginning has caused the elves to be unable to gather more than 5,000 troops together. Even, they are extremely far from this goal. The dark humans who are in conflict with them can easily muster more than 20,000 troops, even if they are low in civilization and low productivity. However, the last thing savage dark humans fear is death, in fact they are martial, savage, and not afraid of death. Even if it is not as strong as the elves individually, even the elves will be defeated with hatred.

These were a young race of elven students during the First Age. Their ability to recover was so fast that in a short period of time, they recovered and their population began to grow every year. They're too fast, and they're growing fast. Now, before Sauron has officially appeared, a group of primitive and savage dark humans can give them elves, posing a serious threat.

Even though Galadriel and the others were confident that they could win, they did not have the confidence to fight the human race. All because the terrifying ability of human beings to reproduce is too terrifying compared to elves. In just twenty years, the human population can double, and they mature quickly and are not afraid of attrition wars.

And the elves, not so bad, each of them is too precious to engage in a long-term war of attrition. Moreover, they now have to make sure that the scale of the war is kept to a minimum on the premise of winning the war against humanity. Make sure that the conflict between the two sides does not cause escalation. This led to the intervention of Rohan and Gondor in the human kingdom.

In contrast to the dark human race, which has almost no civilization to speak of, both Rohan and Gondor have mature and advanced civilizations. Their weapons, armor, and production capacity far surpass those of these savage and primitive dark humans with almost no civilization to speak of. In the same way, their war potential is far superior to theirs. Once Rohan and Gondor joined, Galadriel's elves had no reason to stay any longer than to migrate elsewhere. Because they can't take care of a territory that is incomparably vast compared to their own population.

And at that time, where can they migrate? It could be west of Grey Harbor, or east of the Misty Mountains, but that would require confronting a threat from Sauron, a greater than human. Although he has not yet appeared, no one dares to underestimate him. Although Sauron did not show up, that only showed that he was still continuing to accumulate strength and cultivate his army.

Once he felt that the time was right, then the elves would face a direct threat from orcs who were even more terrifying and powerful than humans! At that time, the legions of half-orcs like locusts came in, and the current population size of the elves alone could not even make a single wave and would be drowned.

The elves are really weak, they are weaker than ever.

Not to mention that compared to the distant First Age period, even compared to the Eregian of the Second Age, the elves are far inferior to that period at present. What's more, compared with the most glorious first era of elves, at that time, a large number of excellent commanders and elven kings poured out from the elven races. Especially in the period led by the strongest elven king Inininville, who could rule the elven races, against the dark lord Morgoth, every time he faced enemies several times his size, but he was defeated under the leadership of the elven king Ininville at that time. Those years are nostalgic, and they are also the golden age that the elven races are most proud of, the most powerful era.

"Yininville, if it were you, you might be able to win a big victory with a small population!" Galadriel's eyes rippled with subtle emotion, recalling the glorious figure that only existed in memory!