Augustus once again arrives at the knights' camp in Artelas, where Arthras and Katieeni are sitting in front of a pair of Mayan flags to simulate the coming war. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Mayan military flag was created by several young imperial officers in recent years, and the actual war was transferred to the desk, a military game that focused on strategy and tactics, and it quickly became popular in the imperial military when it first came out.

But frankly speaking, Augustus was not interested in the Mayan military flag at first, in his opinion, this kind of thing to support the death is to cultivate a group of young talents like Zhao Kuo in his previous life, giants in theory, dwarfs in actual combat, really put on the battlefield, I am afraid that they will be lost in iron and blood in the shortest possible time; 。

Augustus could not explain the uniqueness of this military flag, so he could only blame the war in this world for being too direct.

Another unsuccessful deduction ended with the frowning expressions of Katieani and Artelas.

Frustration flowed through the tent, Arthras stared at the chessboard and frowned, "Even if there is another 200-strong knight order, the result will meet expectations." ”

"Yes, it's really hard to stop the two lichs with the power we have at the moment. Katieani agrees with Artelas's argument, which in itself is what the two of them have been working on for the past two days.

Augustus, who had always been attentive but silent and would not express any opinions, suddenly spoke: "I have a proposal. ”

Arthras turned around, his expression was a lot more playful, it seemed that the young Alfred at the helm was not as mentally strong as he imagined, and finally couldn't help but intervene directly in the war.

Augustus, of course, understood Artelas's banter, shrugged his shoulders, drove his wheelchair to the chessboard, and said, "No way, the lich is imminent, and I can't wait endlessly for your plan. ”

This was not so polite, as Alfred's number one servant knight, Katieeni, who was already blaming himself, looked guilty.

However, Arthras still wore his charming smile, as if he didn't mind Augustus's disappointment and contempt at all, on the one hand, it was his cultivation and demeanor, on the other hand, it seemed that he had indeed forgotten his identity as Sauron's first heir for the time being, and at the same time, he was indeed fully involved in Alfred's responsibility to resist the lich, causing him to even forget to deal with Augustus, and his presence in Alfred's castle at this moment was something that Alfred had to be thankful for, and Augustus had no reason to accuse or despise him。

This really made Augustus have to sigh that it is good to be young.

Regardless of whether Arthras really has bad intentions when he appears here, in short, he is willing to stay in Alfred Castle, then no one can deny the Elizabeth factor, which can be called emotionally moving.

Augustus stared at the chessboard in front of the two of them, thinking about what Albert said, considering that Artelas and Katieeni were both guys who had been completely brainwashed by chivalry, even if he didn't understand war anymore, it was impossible to make the situation worse, he finally let go of his scruples and said: " According to preliminary statistics, there are about 500 reserve knights with level 3 to 5 fighting strength that I can muster, and I plan to let these 500 people remove their armor and use them as infantry regiments, and my strategy is that since I have decided to block the two lichs, then divide these 500 infantry regiments into two teams, and the two of you will lead 250 people each, and use these swordsmen to disperse the lich as soon as possible when encountering the lich. This should not be difficult to do, after all, the orcs who have no organization and discipline at all are here to plunder, and it is impossible for them to ensure the organization of the team, and then after the orcs are dispersed, what you have to do is to break them one by one. ”

Scattering the orcs on the scale of a thousand people, using the combat power of the Knights of the Cathar in their hands to break them one by one, the feasibility of this plan is at least not problematic on the surface.

But if you put it on people like Arthras and Katieani, who have strong knightly beliefs, it would be very problematic.

Katieanni would not refute his master, but Arthras had no concerns in this regard, he frowned and said directly: "Reserve knights are also knights after all, let knights dismount and become lowly infantry, are the knights willing?"

"A knight who disobeys orders or a knight?" asked Augustus casually.

Arthras was silent and didn't speak again, Augustus's plan has nothing to do with Unique Cleverness, he and Katieanni have not considered this aspect in the past 2 days, it is the pride of the knight at work, it must be admitted, even if it is very clear, in the current situation, Augustus's plan is probably the only feasible plan, but Arthras still instinctively rejects.

This is too much in line with their knightly beliefs, and too despicable.

"I know that this plan is a very simple matter for you, and I know why you never consider it, but I want to say that I fully respect and revere your chivalry, but at the same time I respect life even more, and if you cannot win, if you die, then what is the point of this proud chivalry? Of course, you can understand that this is my despicability, this is my retreat from the belief that I don't understand the knighthood, but in fact, I am a staunch result idealist, I don't want the process, the result is the most important thing for me. ”

There was a brief silence in the tent.

Then Katieani bowed down and pressed the great sword at his waist, and he said in a deep voice, "Follow your lordship's orders." ”

Arthras did not speak, and he found that the young Alfred at the helm really did not look like an elegant and noble nobleman, and the laws of knighthood, the laws of nobility, seemed to be difficult to bring restraint to him.

"Okay, since there is no good way, let's prepare according to this plan first, Katieenny, the reserve knights gathered from various towns have arrived, you only have one afternoon for them to prepare for war, and then divide them into two teams, you lead a team, Young Master Arthras leads a team, and you decide who should be responsible for blocking the lich in which direction. ”

Augustus distributed rather calmly and smoothly, seemingly completely ignoring the fact that the young master Artelas in his mouth was not his Alfred's servant knight.

Artelas's expression was immediately complicated.

As if he had finally remembered that he was the first in line to the throne of the Sauron family, he confessed, "I refuse. ”

"Why refuse?" had to admire Augustus, who frowned at this time, and he showed his bewilderment to the fullest, as if he could not figure out what reason Artelas had for refusing.

Arthras was weak for a while, but fortunately, he had seen the young Alfred at the helm before, and he was not so helpless that he couldn't speak, he tried to adjust his emotions, sorted out his thoughts, and said seriously: " First of all, I am the heir of the Sauron family, and I am here to try to provide Alfred with my greatest help, and secondly, I am sure you know the purpose of my visit, I cannot and will not leave Alfred Castle, you know, we are currently thinking about whether to block the two lichs, but the third way? If the guess is correct, in addition to the north and south lichs, the third lich must be the leader who will drive straight into Alfred's territory, and I know you will definitely have plans to block this third lich for the time being, but I still have to stay here to make sure that Alfred Castle and Elizabeth in the castle will not have any problems. ”

Augustus leaned back in his wheelchair and suddenly smiled.

He was well aware of the delicate relationship he had with this Sauron's first heir, so to speak, he was walking on this delicate relationship at this time, and a careless relationship would break it, but at the same time, if it was done well, this relationship would not only bring help to him in front of him.

He said: "In response to the two points you said, I will also give my opinion, first, I must admit that your presence has indeed brought great help to Alfred, but Master Arteras, since you have already helped, why can't you consider helping in the end? You should know that this is more of Alfred's greatest gratitude, the second and third ways against the lich in Alfred's fiefdom, I do have my plan, but the premise of my plan is based on the other two lichs being temporarily left in Donald and Christopher's territory, that is, I need to ensure that those two lichs will not threaten Alfred's territory in the short term, as you can see, except for Katieenny, I currently have no suitable person to be in charge of the other lich, so only if you go there in person, can you ensure that Alfred will not receive a direct impact from the lich trend。 ”

Arthras thought for a moment and felt that what Augustus said was indeed very reasonable, and for a moment, he was almost surrounded by Augustus, but fortunately, his calmness made him realize Augustus's despicable purpose.

He opened his mouth to speak, but before he could speak, Augustus interrupted him with a wave of his hand and continued: "You have been emphasizing that you are here for Alfred, who protects Elizabeth and protects Elizabeth, so you see, as long as you are willing to help Alfred successfully hold back the Lich all the way, it is equivalent to you using your own strength to save the whole of Alfred." But what if you refuse? Think about it, both lichs will directly attack Alfred's fiefdom, with the hundred knights in your hands, plus my current weak strength, I can't guarantee Alfred's integrity even if I have more plans, in this case, once Alfred faces a huge crisis, Arthras, although I am willing to believe you, but at that time, who can guarantee your true intention to appear in Alfred's castle?"

This means that if Augustus insists on rejecting the task given to him, Artelas's previous help will not only be meaningless, but he will even be the direct cause of Alfred's danger.

Arthras was completely stunned, how could this have happened?

There was a voice in his heart that kept shouting, Augustus was using him as Alfred's servant, but he couldn't resolutely and simply refuse.

Augustus's slightly seductive voice sounded again: "Believe me, Arthras, once Alfred successfully survives the crisis brought about by the Lich Tide, you will surely be Alfred's greatest savior, and I, and Alfred, of course, my sister Elizabeth, will remember your help today." ”

For the first time, Sauron's best and proudest first in line to the throne, Arthras, who had always been able to guarantee his calmness and clarity of thought, felt messy for the first time.