"You want to take the initiative to attack Western Rome?" After listening to Elrens's words, Dmitry and the others couldn't help but be taken aback, and hurriedly asked.

After all, Western Rome was a great country, and although there were constant internal strife, its navy and army were far superior to their strength, plus the Holy See of Light had a large number of top magicians, and the current Pope Gregory VII had been famous for many years. It can be said that even if you defend with all your might, the chances of victory are not high, and if you take the initiative to attack such a powerful enemy, I am afraid that you will definitely lose.

Under the dim light in the womb of the narwhal, everyone looked at each other worriedly, and the mermaid prince Prian was the first to persuade: "Your Excellency, although your dragon clan is powerful, after all, war cannot be decided by individual strength alone. As an ally, we in the Mermaid Kingdom are willing to fully support all your military operations, but is it too risky for you to make such a plan? If it fails, it is likely to lead to heavy losses for us, and even the entire Balkan war collapses as a whole!"

Elrens shook his head and said to Prian, "Don't worry, I've been thinking about this plan for a long time, and it's not a whim. Now that Western Rome has decided to enter the war, there are only two possibilities for the next action, one is to send a small force to invade the southwest coast of the Balkans, but this kind of small action is difficult to play a decisive role in the entire war situation, and Eastern Rome and Holy Rome will not agree. And if they send a small force to land and fight, we are confident that we can repel them. The second possibility is that they gathered the strength of the whole country to cross the sea and land in the southern states, which had a greater impact on the war. However, the internal instability of Western Rome, and the long-term struggle for power between the Holy See and the princes, it was not easy to concentrate all their efforts on attacking us. The distribution of benefits after the war alone could not be agreed. Faced with such a dilemma, they will definitely need a long period of internal coordination before they can really make a move. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at everyone with a smile: "And my plan is to lead my troops across the Adriatic Sea before and attack the port city of Pescara on the eastern shore of the Apennine continent! We must guard against emptiness, and we have a great chance of succeeding in a sneak attack. I will not go head-to-head with the other side in the future, let alone try to occupy the enemy's territory. Instead, they killed and looted and then left quickly. By the time they reacted, we would have already returned to Illyria!"

When Dmitry and the others heard this, they all fell into deep thought. Elrens's plan sounds risky, but it actually hits the other side's vital point. And the feasibility is not low.

The mermaid prince also had some knowledge of the situation along the eastern coast of Western Rome. After thinking for a while, he nodded in agreement: "Pescara is the direct territory of the Holy See, and it is very close to the Roman city where the headquarters of the Holy See is located. After all, if the Western Romans were to attack us across the sea with all their might, even if they were lucky enough to win, the territory they had acquired would have to be handed over to the princes. The Holy See itself has little to offer. Not to mention the emptiness of the country after the expedition, and they must have feared that if we attacked Pescara again at this time. Even if a large-scale attack is directed at its capital, Rome, then the Holy See is likely to face unacceptable losses!"

"You're right, that's what I'm talking about. Ellens smiled and said, "My sneak attack on Pescara was not really to invade Western Rome, but just to make a threatening gesture to make the Holy See understand the fact that it is not profitable for them to enter the war." After all, if we win, we can only cheapen others, and once we fail, we have to bear the losses alone, unless Pope Gregory VII is a fool, he will certainly not be willing to make such a loss-making deal! Of course, when we sneak attack, we also need to grasp the scale, and we must not let the other party lose too much, lest those religious madmen become angry and send troops to retaliate in the name of crusading against paganism......

After everyone deliberated for a while, Dmitry thought for a while and asked, "Even if the plan is reasonable, in order to successfully attack Pescara, you still need an elite combined force, are you ready for this?"

The dragon pondered for a moment before replying, "In this regard, I originally planned to rely on the strength of Illyria and Delos to complete this mission, but this still seems a bit too risky. In terms of air power, with me and Jole in the field, we will not be left behind, but on the army side, although the Knights Templar and the Partenon Order are extremely elite warriors, they are very insufficient in numbers, and the navy is too weak to meet the enemy's powerful fleet in the vast sea, it is simply completely powerless to fight back!"

Dmitry nodded, it was true, he himself had previously served as the naval commander of Delos Island, except for a few broken ships, there were only a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals who followed the abyssal sea dragon, and once they engaged the enemy's well-trained regular navy, defeat was inevitable. When the time comes, the battleship full of army soldiers will be sunk in the middle of the sea, and the losses will be extremely heavy.

Then Elrence coughed and said to Dmitry and Prian: "Because of this, the two of them are still needed to complete this plan successfully!"

The mermaid prince and the young general had already expected this, and they both nodded at this time: "Your Excellency, please rest assured, if there is anything needed, we will definitely go all out!"

The dragon smiled and said, "That's good." Since our victory at the Battle of Abydos, the Anatonian Legion and the Eastern Floating Fleet have returned to the Olympia League, and our strength has increased considerably. Before they reinforce the Thermosense Fortress, I hope to select the elite from the legion and borrow the Eastern Floating Fleet in order to play a key role in the attack on Pescara City! As for the navy, with the elite Tiger Shark Knights and Narwhal Whales of the Mermaid Kingdom participating in the battle, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy fleet!"

(To be continued......)