Al smiled cautiously at Gray's inquiry, first at Rena, and then at the other time, with a little expectation on his face. Seeing this, Al subconsciously staggered his gaze, and then quietly glanced at his friend Eric, and then looked down and thought.

Gray didn't bother Al, he waited quietly.

It was about two minutes before Al spoke, "Then let's talk about this so-called battle first..."

Al spoke slowly, and basically had to pause for two words, "This battle next to the Sushui River doesn't mean anything to us, because whether you win or lose, it doesn't matter the whole battle. ”

"We've just discussed this, Lord Al. Rena couldn't help but interrupt.

"Yes," Al nodded, "then let's look at this battlefield from an orc perspective." He looked at Gray, "Viscount Cage, if you were the commander of the orcs, what would you say of this next battle?"

Gray was stunned by Al's question, and then frowned in thought.

After half a ring, Gray and Rena looked at each other and said, "War of attrition?"

"Yes, a war of attrition, an innocuous war aimed at exhausting our only remaining army to the maximum!" Al sighed and said, "From the beginning, the orcs had absolute superiority. ”

Gray spread his hands helplessly and said, "But, I have no choice, we have to fight. ”

"No!" Al shook his head, "Viscount Cage, we don't have to fight..."

"Don't fight?" Reyna interjected, "If you don't, the orcs can occupy most of the Corwin Territory without a single soldier, do you know what that means?

"I'm not talking about retreat, not retreat, honorable Baron Rena. Al suddenly spoke loudly, he interrupted Rena, but he had no intention of arguing with Rena, and when Rena was about to refute, he preemptively said: "We can continue to mediate with the orcs here, anyway, according to normal circumstances, the orcs will basically not take the initiative to fight us in the next few days!"

"Huh?" Gray's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Al seriously.

Al smiled, "Your plan to cut off the supply of the orcs just now is very good, and it can be continued, so that it will give the orcs the illusion that we are forcing them to fight a decisive battle, so that in a short time, there will be no problems on this side of the Sushui River." He stood up, walked over to the map, and pointed to the location of Byan City, "And our focus should be here." ”

"Byan City?" Gray reacted quickly, he asked with a frown, "You mean we should secretly reinforce Byan City?"

Al nodded, "I have studied the commander of the orcs, he is a very cautious man, his troops could have arrived in Byan City half a month earlier, but he advanced his troops like a textbook step by step, so, I speculate, there will definitely not be a large-scale conflict with us until their follow-up troops arrive, so we can't let this force reach the Sushui River." ”

"But that's just your speculation, Baron Al. Rena frowned.

"The orc commander is not a fool, if the city of Byan is not captured for a long time, he will definitely guess our plan, that will be even worse. Gray stared at Al, hoping for an answer.

"That's the last point I'm going to make—" Al looked at Gray as well, "Your Excellency, you have a very strong army, and you seem to have completely forgotten about them, and I suspect that their letters of war must have piled up as thick as snow on a snowy mountain in winter." ”

"Huh?" Gray was stunned when he heard this, obviously, he didn't think of what other army he could use, he looked at Rena, and the other party waved his hand to indicate that he didn't know.

"The navy of Seka City, Viscount Cage. Al smiled mysteriously.

"Seca City Navy?" Gray's mind suddenly appeared as Colonel Temple.

Al nodded, "Yes, this is the same force, according to the public battle report, although they were ambushed by the orcs in the Kamila Islands, they didn't seem to be damaged, and even took in a sizable pirate ship because of this?"

"Yes. Gray nodded, "What do you want to say, or do something with this fleet?" he shook his head with a wry smile, "I don't think you know about the navy, the navy is completely different from the army, they don't even have armor, so if you want them to support Byan City, sorry, it won't be possible." ”

"Support Byan City?no, you misunderstood me, Viscount Cage. Al shook his head, "I have bigger plans...", he pointed to Balan City on the map, "What do you think are the chances of success if you let the navy attack Balan City?"

"Sneak attack on Balan City?" Gray was stunned for a moment, and then his body involuntarily stood up and walked to the side of the map.

"Rena?" Gray looked at Rena, hoping for information on Balan City.

"Yes, sir. Rena stood up, thought for a moment, and said, "According to our intelligence, there are only five hundred orc garrisons in Balan City... However, the goblins' fleet is stuck in the city of Balan. ”

"Goblin fleet?" Gray frowned.

"Viscount Cage, don't listen to some rumors about the goblin fleet, they are not as powerful as the legend, the naval strength of Seka City will not be inferior to them, and this goblin fleet has a heavy task, they not only have to assist in the defense of Balan City, but also undertake the transportation of orc military supplies and food and grass, I think there will definitely not be more than half of the warships that can really participate in the naval battle. ”

Gray nodded, his mind racing through his mind.

The port city of Balan was undoubtedly important to the Orc Expeditionary Force, not only as their only stronghold in the South, but also as an important transit point for their weak supply lines.

The main purpose of the attack on Balan City was to cut off the already fragile supply lines of the orcs.

Al's proposal reminded Gray of one thing - not long ago, Colonel Demps seemed to have written several letters to him, and the content was similar to Al's, when Colonel Demps claimed to be able to destroy the orcs' supply lines directly.

Gray thought about it again and again but did not agree, because he had the subjective impression that the lifeblood of the army was not as vulnerable as Colonel Demps had said, and that the new defeat of the navy at that time made Gray not have much confidence in this unit.

But now...

"Summons Colonel Demps to scout Balan, no, not reconnoitring... Be... Kindness... Wait a minute... Wait..."Gray walked back and forth in the tent, he needed to think about it.

Rena, Al, and Eric stepped aside, quietly waiting for Gray to make a decision.

After a few minutes, Gray stopped and stared at Al, "Then I'll take a gamble, that's all there is to it." With that, he turned to look at Rena, "Tell Colonel Demps that I gave permission to his request some time ago." ”

"Okay. Rena nodded.

"Also, summon Baron Arthur of Seca City to cooperate with Colonel Demps, and if there is any objection, Colonel Demps's opinion shall prevail. ”

Although Seka City is almost an empty city because of the relocation order some time ago, the military port continues to operate, and Baron Arthur has not left Seka City, and his main job now is to be responsible for the logistics supply of the military port.

"Let the magicians help pass this order, they'll be faster. Al suddenly proposed.

"Why didn't you come up with the idea in the first place last night, and you had to go around in such a big circle?" asked Gray suddenly.

Al shrugged, "The orcs seem to know everything about you, and some may not be worthy of your trust. ”

Then, the two looked at each other and smiled.