Chapter 12: What is Strategy?
The military meeting quietly began, and Gasolonigo, the first military adviser under Adamman and the chief thinker of the kingdom, slowly walked out of the back hall. If Earl Ridge was a brilliant strategist, he was the Chief Strategist. The emperor fought in the north and south when he was young, and he had a lot to do with losing less and winning more. He was 65 years old, a down-and-out aristocrat in his early years, wandering around as a bard, and it was the young Adamant who found him and discovered his talent that led to his current achievements.
Gasolonigo stood alone by the window on the far left, not young but still in good spirits. A waiter had a black board in advance, holding a silver baton in his left hand and a pencil in his right hand. He saluted the emperor and the nobles, and then calmly explained all the information that Falin had learned to everyone.
"Everyone, please listen carefully to me, this year is no better than previous years, if the defeat of our three major allies this time may affect the next few years or even decades, it is related to your pockets and the wealth and income of the kingdom, please take it seriously. ”
Everyone looked at each other and discussed something in a low voice.
"You're talking about the Mithril ruins in Luoxi?" an earl asked aloud.
Gasolonigo nodded slightly.
After receiving Gasolonigo's affirmation, the argument became louder, and Arthur patted Baron Seaman beside him with his hand and asked in a low voice. "What is the place of Luoxi Ruins, how have I never heard of it. ”
Seaman looked motionless, and explained to Arthur in a low voice: "There are several ancient ruins located outside the border of the six countries, and most of the wars in previous years have been carried out around these resource sites, although our kingdom has always wanted to take it for itself, but neither the two countries of the alliance nor the three countries on the opposite side will agree, and all the war goals in recent years have been there." In previous years, we have been the most powerful and have always controlled the mining rights, if we lose the wealth of the kingdom there, the income may shrink by about 2%, and the military value of Mithril I think you also understand. ”
The voices of everyone's discussion gradually faded away, and Gasolonigo continued: "I just received accurate news from Merlin, the sage of Avalon, it is very likely that the elves and the beast emperor will invest more troops in that ruins, it will only take a few years to surpass the three alliances with the forging technology of the war queen and the elves, and this time we will be the beast emperor." ”
With the chalk in his hand, Gasolonigo wrote the names of several people in turn, "Prophet" Thrall, "Invoker" Mu, "Thunder Hoof" Kuji, "Shadow of Charm" Nine-Tailed Sakura, "Fraudster" Volid, and "Witch Doctor" Razane. 6 people are the top powerhouses of the Beast Emperor, and they have become legendary figures, among which Thrall's strength is the most powerful and is one of the heirs of the next Beast Emperor, Warred is the weakest, but he is the most cunning goblin, the alchemy technology of the goblins is famous throughout the continent, and the rest of them have their own skills and abilities, which are difficult to match with only the nobles present and keep the hole cards.
Although there are many human bases, but the difference in ability is too great, if it is really hard, no one wants to fight with them, everyone does not understand why Arteman the Great would choose to fight with the bloodthirsty orcs at this time, Arthur glanced at Adamant, who was sitting calmly in his chair.
is old, his body is very weak, but he still calculates everyone to death, if it weren't for the fact that there are too few hole cards in his hand, this king would not have been able to settle in the corner of Farin and would have begun to fight for hegemony in the continent.
The arguments around were getting louder and louder, and several dukes glanced at the heirs to the throne standing behind the emperor, estimating in their hearts how to minimize the losses, and the heirs of the royal family who had already received the news did not have any accurate answers in their hearts. This is not the case, and if this expedition achieves brilliant results, they will be closer to the throne.
Several dukes belong to the treacherous and cunning figures, and no one dares to take the lead in making enemies, although the noise below is endless, but they still sit in their positions lightly, waiting for the opponent to make a move.
"Guys, can you listen to me? Earl Jennings was the first to stand. He was also an excellent commander on the battlefield in his early years, and no one would choose to take the hot potato in his hands at such a time, and since someone was willing to be the first bird, they were happy to listen.
"Jennings, my old friend can just say anything. Adamant said softly. The shrewd emperor couldn't understand why the old dog, who had been low-key all these years, would be the first to get up and sing this scene.
Jennings saluted Adamant, glancing at the crowd and finally resting on the dukes and princes. smiled and said: "I think it's better to find a way to shirk responsibility here, it is better to let a military genius reasonably analyze the battle situation, you have all forgotten that some time ago, which genius young man dared to take 17 people to seize the viscount's castle and successfully retired without a single soldier, I think we should all listen to his opinion." ”
Everyone's eyes were like laser rays staring straight at Arthur who was sitting in the corner, his eyes were blazing with a scorching light, and his eyes were like seeing a peerless beauty without clothes, the last bowl of water in the desert, full of hunger and thirst.
That's right, why don't you listen to his thoughts, in case you can take down the Beast Emperor's advance force without spending a single soldier?
This is the voice of most people, although it is a little unrealistic, but everyone is willing to listen to Arthur's opinion with a ten-thousandth idea, after all, no one has ever been able to achieve such an achievement as he has since ancient times. Although Arthur is only a poor baron in the country, who can say that miracles will not happen, after all, it is already a miracle for a baron to defeat a viscount.
Emperor Adamant, Chief Military Advisor Gasolonigo, 5 dukes, and several heirs to the throne fixed their eyes on Arthur at the same time, and Arthur smiled calmly and habitually touched the ring on his hand. "Since you adults want to hear my opinion, let me tell you. Whether it is said well or not, I hope you will not be surprised, after all, I am only a small country baron, and I am not qualified to talk about it here. ”
As the words fell, Arthur got up from his seat and glanced at Jennings sitting in the chair and Wayne with a wicked smile on his face.
Killing is the best offensive method for power circles in any era, but Jennings far underestimated this strategic genius from Earth, even if he only had one "Art of War" enough to run rampant in this era close to Central Europe.
"Just let my brother, give a good lesson to your group of natives, what is called layout planning. Arthur said to himself.
He walked calmly around everyone and walked to Gassolonigo's side under the gaze of everyone, whispered a few words and took the baton from his hand, Gassolonigo took a few steps back and gave up his position, even he didn't know where the young man's confidence came from. Adamant thought for a moment and glanced at Arthur, hoping that he would win this last gamble.
Arthur cleared his throat and began his first military speech in the capital of Fallin, and later historians will praise his intelligence and indifference as "the first step of the undefeated god of war" about what happened today.