Bai Gang thought for a while and said, "If it's a formal request for help, there should be a letter, right?" Can you show it to me? ”

Sylne hesitated, but finally answered the question honestly: "No, there is no official letter, my father gave me verbal authorization. ”

Seeing Bai Gang's brows furrowed, Sylne was afraid that the other party would treat him as a liar, so he began to explain the cause and effect in detail. Although she deliberately blurred some of her words, Bai Gang still restored the whole story according to her description.

This time the undead attack was very fierce, and Syrne's father, the Marquis of Cardyne, had to move all his people and troops into the castle of Black Thorns and the valley guarded by the castle, but he was not optimistic about the prospects of the battle, so he sent his beloved youngest daughter Sirne out in the name of asking for help before the encirclement of the undead was formed (Syrne himself did not say so, but in the eyes of White Steel, this is the truth).

Syrne first reached Cloudpeak City, the capital of the Holy Duze Empire, where he tried unsuccessfully to convince the Emperor to send reinforcements to the Black Thorn Castle.

In the years of war with the undead of the Psychic Sacred Tower, the loss of the Holy Duze Empire was very huge, and it had almost been beaten into a state of survival, and the land was divided into a large number of unconnected castle strongholds, and they could only fight on their own, if it weren't for the great war between the Echo Canyon and the Seven Kingdoms of the Southern Human Race, which involved a large number of troops of the Psychic Pagoda, this country would have been destroyed a few years ago.

As the capital of the Holy Duze Empire, Yunfeng City is the main direction of attack of the undead, and the fiasco of successive years has made it a shortage of troops here, and it is still a problem to protect itself, so it is naturally impossible to send reinforcements to Black Thorn Castle.

With the money he brought from Blackbra Castle and the protection of loyal knights, Sylne can live well in Cloudpeak - if it hadn't been captured.

But Syrne did not intend to abandon her family and people to live alone, so she led her guard knights to visit the lords everywhere, thinking that even if each lord sent a few people, she would have to put together a support army to rescue the Black Thorn Castle, but although these lords received her out of politeness, no one was willing to support even one of them, on the contrary, because she took in a large number of homeless refugees on the road, the team was attacked by the undead many times, and her guard knights also lost a lot in order to protect the refugees.

"So what are you going to do next, Princess Sylne, and are you going to continue?"

Sylne nodded resolutely: "No matter how difficult it is, I plan to persevere, 'help the needy; 'Watching and helping each other' is the rule of the Knights of Tozawa, and I still believe that even in these difficult times there are still righteous lords who live up to the knight's motto, and with their help I can organize a support army! ”

Bai Gang stared at Sylne's eyes for a long time, and finally let out a long sigh and said:

"Princess Sylne, I'm sure you'll hold on! However, there are a few more questions I want to ask you. ”

"Excuse me."

"How many people are there in the Black Thorn Castle, how long can the food last, how many soldiers are there, how are their equipment, and what is the strength of the soldiers?"

"I don't know the situation now, but when I left, there were at least three hundred and fifty armored soldiers and more unarmored militia in the castle, twenty-seven knights, six mages, two priests, and the equipment and strength were quite good, after all, our Kadian family was also a famous family in the Holy Duze Empire. More than 7,000 people were resettled, and there was enough food for half a year. ”

"It seems that you have a fairly clear idea of what is going on on your side. So, my princess, how many reinforcements do you think you need if you want to help your father achieve the ultimate victory?

"The Black Thorn Castle is very strong, even if it can have a thousand non-professional reinforcements, I think it is incompassable."

"So how many lords have you visited, and how many reinforcements do you have now? How many lords are on your list, and in your judgment will be able to muster these thousand reinforcements from their hands? ”

Sylne opened her mouth, but closed it helplessly, she wanted to say that it was possible, but reason told her that it was simply wishful thinking, and it was difficult to say that even a hundred people could do it from the current situation. Her previous hopeful remarks were not just a cheer for the team, but also a form of self-deception to escape from reality.

Ignoring Sylne's silence, White Steel continued: "If the remaining lords are also the kind of people who protect themselves, then you obviously can't get enough soldiers, and there will be no way to talk about rescue.

If you're lucky enough to meet a few righteous lords, and they're also moved by you to help, what are you going to do? ”

"No matter how many people I can get support in the end, I will not give up!" Syrne's head was raised, and his eyes were full of fearless perseverance, "Even if there are only more than a hundred people, or even dozens of people, I will not give up!" ”

"It's really a very good quality." Bai Gang looked at Sylne, his tone full of regret, "How much do you know about the army of the undead besieging the Black Thorn Castle?" ”

This time Sylne hesitated, but said uncertainly: "No one knows the exact number of them, I can only say endless, just like in the past, after the fight there will be another wave, all we can do is hold on until we win." ”

That is to say...... You don't know anything about your enemies. "Now let's say you have a thousand reinforcements in your hands, and then, how are you going to use them?" Does Blackthorn Castle have a secret passage? ”

"Secret passages? No, as far as I know, not, why do you ask this, Lord Count? ”

Bai Gang looked at Sylne, who looked puzzled, and couldn't help but rub his forehead.

"If there is no secret passage, then how are you going to transport these thousand people into the city? My Highness Princess, do you still plan to take them directly to fight their way in the sea of the dead? ”

"No...... This ......" Sylne was a little panicked, she had only thought about how to organize a reinforcement army, but she had never thought about what to do when there were reinforcements, or rather, she didn't dare to think about what to do, and she couldn't answer Bai Gang's question for a while.

"Besides, what are you going to do with the refugees you are taking in? Throw it at the castles that are supporting you with reinforcements and defending the void, and then hasten their food consumption? What if their castle was attacked by the undead due to a lack of troops and supplies!? ”

"This ......"

"You can't answer, which means that even with reinforcements you will only do to take them to the castle of Blackthorns and send them to their death with your blood, this is not a righteous battle at all, but a complete murder! You have failed the warriors who trusted you and gave your lives to you! At the same time, your irresponsibility will also harm the refugees you take in and the good lords and their people who are willing to believe in you and help you! ”

Sylne was already panicking: "No...... I...... I didn't have ......"

"Your passion, your ideals, and your persistence are all very good qualities, but these alone will not defeat the undead, and before raising the sacred banner and calling people to gather under it to fight, ask yourself if you can bear the weight of this banner.

Fighting is not just about shouting slogans!

Mortal battles are not terrible, as long as death can pave the way to victory, it is worthwhile, what is terrible is the meaningless battle to send to the death!

You can't take people to a battle to the death if you gather them under your banner! It is inevitable that there will be omissions in the battle plan, but you have no battle plan at all. Sacrifice for the sake of ideals is noble, but unplanned death is not the slightest noble, it is just a complete murder! ”