In the barracks area of the Undead Legion, Ferrora leaned on a steel bench, and it was pitch black within fifty meters of the bench as the center, making the many undead generals and mages in the middle feel as if they were in some kind of alien dimension.

Ferrora seemed to have boundless anger, but she also seemed to be happy, and her fluctuating soul made all the undead standing beside her subconsciously keep their souls as silent as a backwater.

This silence lasted for nearly two hours, and as Ferrola's soul fluctuations stabilized again, the pitch-black space around her slowly dissipated with her will.

"Paddy Reagan's power is stronger than I thought. Ferrora lay down on the bench with her eyes closed and pretended to sleep, communicating directly with the undead present through her thoughts, "If you don't want your soul to be burned by the Holy Force, try not to fight him head-on. ”

"Can't even you deal with him?" said Zuckerbury, surprised, or rather surprised.

"This universe is very wonderful, evil energy is not the only source of power, we are attached to the magic net to exist, but there are other cosmic wills outside the magic net, and the power formed is enough to compete with us. Ferrora didn't seem very frustrated, "That's why I asked Duke Enshi-Ella to study the Holy Power, and even more so to let you study the magic and the elements. ”

"Humans are a peculiar race, and we share the same ancestors as them, and our ancestors were not a species created by a certain god, but a beast that evolved from nature to grow step by step, and finally slowly had its own civilization. Ferrola's deep gaze looked at the mist of the sky, looking through the mist into the endless universe, "In later evolution, we chose immortality and a powerful divinity, but there were some people who did not agree with our choice, we could only enslave them and force them to agree with our choice, but in the end it ended in our defeat. ”

"We didn't fail. Zuckerbury immediately added: "Now, we are correcting the mistakes of the ancients, when we were too merciful to stay..."

"So in later evolution, we we've stripped out kindness, mercy, and weakness from the soul, but... The lack of humanity has plunged our civilization into the abyss, and we have destroyed our own civilization ourselves. Ferrora shook her head, "Civilization that abandons humanity is not destined to go far. ”

"I agree with that, we need to find a balance. Zuckerbury nodded.

"But it's quite difficult to find a balance..."Ferrora opened her eyes, her lips opened slightly, and said, "This matter will be discussed later, now we need to defeat the elven army in front of us and join Duke Enshi-Ella of Tilmanburg." ”

"I'm sure those abominable elves must be full of traps in the mountains opposite. Braderidley Cliff stood indifferently and focused on a military map in his hand, "I can feel the powerful magical energy fluctuations and the Holy Energy reaction in the mountains opposite. ”

"A strong assault will cost us dearly. Zuckerbury nodded in agreement, "While our warriors possess true immortality, in areas where evil energy is weak, their resurrection power will be minimized. ”

"What advice does Duke Ella have?" Ferrora didn't seem too worried, as if the problem in front of her could be solved at any time.

"Duke Ella's opinion is to settle the Confederates in the frontal battlefield of Fort Tillmann first. "Zuckerbury marked Duke Ella's plan on a map drawn in sheepskin, "He planned to concentrate his superior forces and first defeat the Confederate forces under the command of Sheila Marne on the frontal battlefield, then turn around and attack Felder City, and finally join forces with us against Pedy Reagan in the northern hills." ”

"Is there a more detailed plan?" Ferrola didn't understand much, "I remember yesterday the news from Duke Enshi-Ella that his army had all retreated within the walls of Fort Tillman, and was preparing to gather heavy forces to attack the Confederates in Feld City... I think it's a good plan. ”

"Your Majesty, that was deliberately done by Enshi-Ella for the Confederates to see. "Zuckerbury is obviously supporting Enshi Ella's battle plan," Felder City has assembled the four main armies of the Empire, most of the soldiers of these four armies are the elite who followed Pedi Reagan from the Orc Wars, and there is also intelligence from Cooktown that the Misha Kingdom is gathering new troops, so... At this critical time, it would be silly to fight the elite troops of Felder City. ”

"However, the allied forces under the command of Sira Marne on the frontal battlefield are different, their main force is composed of elven ranger troops, and the rest of the troops are only third-rate armies except for the army of the mage tower with some combat effectiveness. Zuckerbury handed Ferrora a copy of the data analysis, "Also, the Elven Ranger is good at mountain and jungle warfare, and the front of Fort Tillman is an unobstructed plain area. ”

"Concentrate superior forces to attack the enemy's scattered three-way army, and select the weakest army at the outset... This may be a very good battle plan, but Archduke Ella didn't take into account that the current Feld City could be captured by the Confederate forces at any time?" Bradidley Cliff didn't want to take the risk, "The original construction of the wall defense line in front of Tillman Fort was to prevent the current accident from happening, with the existence of this defense line, we only need to deploy a small number of troops in front of the wall defense line to defend against the frontal Sira Marne attack. ”

"So," Braderidley looked at Ferrola, "I agree in principle with Duke Ella's battle plan, but I'm more inclined to defeat the coalition forces led by Lundin Reagan in Felder City first. ”

Zuckerbury raised an eyebrow at Bradridley's proposal, but he didn't refute it, he looked at Her Majesty reclining on the steel bench, waiting for the final decision.

"You say... After Fort Tillmanburg's army moves, what will Pedi Reagan do on the other side?" Ferrola thought about a completely different question from the two, "After all, Pedi Reagan is not a stupid person, he shouldn't watch us eat away his three-way army one by one, right?"

"Your Majesty, the only person who can suppress you now is Pedy Reagan, the same... The only person we can suppress the power of Peddy Reagan is you, Your Majesty. Zuckerbury should have thought about it a long time ago, "So... I believe that as long as there are no big changes in other theaters, Pedy Reagan will not leave the woods. ”

"It doesn't matter where Pedi Reagan goes, no matter how strong he is, he can't replace the huge army, and when his army is gone, we don't have to pay attention to him. "Braderidley has his own ideas.

Zuckerbury agreed, saying, "In theory, that's true, but if we want to really wipe out all the foundations of the empire, we have to plan a strategic plan that lasts for at least ten or twenty years." ”

"I don't want to waste time fighting them for such a long time, and I have no interest in a protracted war right now. Ferrora closed her eyes again, her soft voice echoing in everyone's minds, "Start a decisive battle with the Confederates as soon as possible, even if you can't win, as long as the Confederates can't pose a threat to us in the next five to ten years." ”

"It's not difficult to force the Allies to fight us, and Enshi Ella's plan just now is very good. Zuckerbury took over.

"So," Ferrola's voice became resolute, "let Enshi Ella decide how the war between Tillmanburg and Feld City should be fought, and I have only one request, let him find a way to get Pedy Reagan out of the northern mountains." ”

"Yes!" neither of the two undead monarchs dared to refute.

"In addition, immediately order an attack on the northern mountain forest area!"

...

On the afternoon of the 12th, the war outside the northern mountains and forests came suddenly and ended even more abruptly.

However, just as the elven rangers stationed there breathed a sigh of relief, the undead legion suddenly launched a larger-scale attack. Thranduil commanded his ranger troops, and after a little resistance near the stream, retreated back to the walls of the Giant Wood.

After a day and a night of bloody fighting between the two sides on the ramparts, Thranduil heeded Pedi's advice and retreated his troops again.

While Pedi and Thrandir were debating where to fight the advancing undead legions, an urgent report came from Sira Marne, who was on the battlefield at Fort Tillmanburg, announcing that the undead legions of Fort Tillmannburg were attacking on all fronts and launching a fierce attack on the Confederates stationed outside the defensive line of the city walls.

While Pedi was deliberating with his staff on how to respond, Sira Marne, without receiving any orders from Pedi, ordered nearly 200,000 Allied troops on the frontal battlefield of Fort Tillmann to retreat to the line of defense in depth.

When Pedi received the military report that Sira Marne had ordered him to retreat, he angrily smashed his favorite teacup, because Sira Marne's retreat meant that his previous strategy of compressing the undead army's front had failed, and the allies would face the problem of a long battle line!