"Okay, then here comes the exam question. Master, your subordinates have two completely opposing points of view, how do you choose? What is the basic idea?"

"The basic idea is that you don't have to pay attention to them at all. You can do what you want. ”

"It's good that you finally have the realisation of being a superior person. So the next question, how do you do it?"

"The real motives behind them will be left aside, but their apparent reasons must be refuted. Many things may have some special reason behind them, but this reason is often out of selfish desires or for some other reason that cannot be disclosed. When there is a real reason behind it but it is inconvenient to tell others, people can only come up with a superficial reason. One of the keys to power is to know the reasons behind it, but you have to refute the superficial reasons. ”

"As my master, you understand it perfectly. ”

Aracet watched the prince's reaction earnestly, and he clearly saw that Prince Ashrufat seemed to groan for a moment, and then looked down for a few seconds before looking at the two subordinates who seemed to be incompatible. Of course, neither Kaye nor Garth answered, but quietly waited for the prince's ruling. For this matter, Aracet has a detached posture, and he only wants to accurately record the internal strife.

At the time of the argument, he had already taken the magic notebook that he never left with him. This notebook may seem very ordinary on the surface, but in fact, in the palace of the Emerald Queen, there is a corresponding notebook. Whatever was written in the notebook in Aracet's hand, the same handwriting would appear in the other notebook.

Regardless of the outcome of victory or defeat, the record will live on forever until the elves are destroyed. For Aracet, this is the result he desires.

......

"......'They have indeed committed sin, so they should atone for their sins with practical actions. The prince made the final verdict, and the dispute between the two sides was settled, at least temporarily. The prince ordered that the captives of the slave camps be divided into two groups, that the humans were sent to ships and baggage troops to free our warriors into battle, and that the captured Yasurs were organized into four brigades. This is how the prince atoned for their sins - to wash away their shame with blood. ”

"The fleet is not averse to the joining of these humans. This was partly due to a lack of manpower, as they would not have been able to take all the captured ships (it would be a shame to burn these high-performing ships), and the other half was due to the fact that Valinor, the actual commander of the fleet, had no particular prejudice against humans. It's not so good in the Army, where these stupid and clumsy humans can only take care of jobs that don't require a brain at all. Garth was adamantly opposed to this, believing that humanity could be betrayed at any time for the sake of profit, and that it would become a danger to our army, but Prince Essrubat believed that humanity could be trusted—because they had no choice. Our evil cousin is not a good negotiator. ”

"The expeditionary force spent five days in Ampulis. Prince Ashrufat took everything he could and razed the city to the ground. In order to ensure that the place could be completely destroyed and never again used by our evil cousins, the prince accepted the advice of the engineers in addition to the usual ravages of fire, magic, and war machines. He sent a group of soldiers who were proficient in engineering, and under the leadership of the engineers, completely destroyed every key point in the city. According to the engineers, after such destruction, it would be better to restore the site of Amplglis, than to build a new city. In the short interval before the army departed, I took a closer look. I'm not good at engineering, but after seeing the devastation of the city firsthand, I don't think the engineers are at least unfounded. ”

"However, the destruction was carried out so quickly thanks to the gunpowder found in the previous search (which was undoubtedly stolen from humans by our evil cousins). Legend has it that the prince once traveled in the land of mankind, and this seems to be true. Because the prince knew gunpowder very well. This kind of savage and boring thing made by humans usually goes unnoticed. However, after seeing their effects, I believe that gunpowder still has some value, at least in the demolition operation. Of course, this is only for gunpowder. My view of cannons, weapons powered by gunpowder, remains the same, and probably only humans can treasure weapons that are unstable, thick, bulky, poorly targeted, difficult to aim, and ready to explode. Many of my companions thought that I was a bit harsh, because humans were far more ignorant, backward, and brutal than us Yasur, and it was fitting to use this weapon. ”

"When the expeditionary force occupied Ampriglis, the total strength was 12,000 men. Of those, 2,000 Marines had to stay on board, so the total strength of the army was only 10,000. But by the time we left, our strength had been greatly improved. In addition to the four new brigades, a large part of the work of the logistics transport unit has been given to those humans, allowing us to have more combat power on the front line. ”

"Of course, not all the impacts are positive. Led by Garth, many soldiers were privately discussing the prince's decision-making. There is a general view that this is a sensible expedient measure, and it is the view of the Dragon Princes, including those of the Dragon Princes. However, there were also many soldiers who believed that His Royal Highness's excessive generosity would definitely lead to bad consequences. No one knows how many of these freed slaves called themselves Yasur, who were in fact only disguised by Truuzzi...... On the other hand, the prince's attitude towards humans was also very controversial, and he promised to send the human slaves back to the human kingdom as long as they obeyed...... Few Yasur would treat humans like this...... If it weren't for the fact that I knew that Prince Lu Dao had traveled in the human realms and had a certain affection for them (which is always unavoidable), I would have thought that he was simply a human in disguise. ”

"I don't know what motive the Dao was, but after Prince Ashruphat left Ampulis, he marched north for a day, and then suddenly called a military council......"

—Excerpt from "The Long March: Chapter 3 The Pursuit of Dosonian"

Ashrufat sat quietly in his place, his eyes looking at the roof of the tent.

When he left Ampriglis, Ashruphat did not explain his next move, but walked for the day. Now is the time to pause and discuss what to do next.

At this moment, he was in a tent built by an elf. In the aesthetics of the elves, there is no view of "big is beautiful", but the pursuit of exquisiteness, gorgeousness, and practicality, and this tent is the best embodiment.

Ashrufat lived in many tents. When he was with Thomas, it was useful to have a very large military tent that could accommodate dozens of people for a meeting, and it would take twenty militiamen a considerable amount of time to put away and set up. When he was mingling with the Greenskins, his leader's tent was also the largest and most ornate (by Greenskins' standards, of course), capable of holding hundreds of Greenskins together in a noisy meeting that didn't look like a meeting. When he fought in Sylvania, he used only a caravan tent that he had improvised and put to use. By any measure, the elven artifacts were more elaborate and gorgeous than Ashrufat had ever seen, including this tent. Soft, neat, convenient, and when looking at the tent, you can always casually see the delicate weaves that reflect the spirit of the elves. In addition to these, several spells were applied to the tent, one of which caused a soft shimmer to emanate from the inside of the tent. Even if it was getting late, the inside of the tent still didn't need any lights.

There were more people coming to the meeting than he had planned. The elves are more conservative than humans can imagine, for example, at the moment, they judge the "qualifications" of an officer by blood status rather than by specific position. It's very different from humans. In the human army, no matter how noble a person is, if his position is not high enough, he is not qualified to participate in high-level military meetings. Even if he was a noble prince, if he held the position of squad leader, he would not be able to sit on an equal footing with the lieutenants without being invited. The elves, such as the dragon princes, although these "princes" did not have any high positions in the army, there were more than a dozen of them who came to attend this meeting of high-ranking officers. The Phoenix Guards didn't stop them. And Ashrufat deduced from the very natural attitude of the others that it was a deep-rooted custom, and that the dragon princes were indeed entitled to come to this meeting of officers. Correspondingly, as a shadow warrior, Swift Wind, although he held such an important position as the scout captain, was not qualified to attend the meeting. He did not come to the meeting until Ashrufat sent his men to inform him.

"You've all seen it, this is the information on the enemy's movements that the Phoenix King gave me. Ashrufat sighed inwardly, then lowered his head and looked at his subordinates in front of him. "If you have any opinions, feel free. ”

"Our evil cousins have taken action. During this time, they strengthened the defenses of several coastal cities in front of us, and the Witch King himself ordered the garrison to go out of the city to fight us, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Lord Murrin. Farther away, they are gathering a large army in an attempt to defeat us in one fell swoop, relying on their superior combat power. Garth spoke first. "The above is exactly the warning of the Phoenix King. But considering that the purpose of our expedition is to contain and harass the enemy, we cannot back down. Ampriglis was their main force, and the defenders of several other cities could not match Amvoglis, either in quantity or quality. We have plenty of time to attack the enemy's armies before they are yet to be assembled, and try to destroy one or two more cities. ”

"I want to go to Dosonian. Ashruphat looked at Garth and suddenly uttered this opinion.

Several dragon princes whispered to each other. Dosonian is an important city of the Dark Elves, not because of its geographical importance or economic development, but because of its value - Dosonian is a center for the domestication of war beasts, and the Dark Elves send hunting teams to capture all kinds of valuable beasts from this wild land and send them to Dosonian for domestication. The hydra, in particular, is overwhelmingly supplied by Dosonian.

The Dosonian is indeed a worthy target, the only problem is that it is not a coastal city. In fact, he is located in the heart of this wild land. Going to Dosonian meant that the expeditionary force had to separate the army and navy. Without the support of the army, the navy could be attacked by the enemy at any time. Similarly, without the care of the Navy, it is difficult for the Army to get a stable supply (most of the supplies are on ships) and lose the only way out.

"Your Royal Highness. A dragon prince stepped forward, "Why did you make such a rash decision? Now that our evil cousins have been unable to send reinforcements for a while, and the city in front of us is weakly defended, this is the perfect time for us to try to lay siege to the city...... The navy blockaded the port, the army attacked the city walls, and we could ......"

Ashruphat shook his head. "You must know that the Duruqi have at least three months to consolidate the city's defenses, and now it should be as strong as a copper wall, and they want to attack such a well-defended city......"