As more and more information flows in, a tragic atmosphere begins to permeate the elves.
Yes, no one is optimistic about the upcoming battle.
As old rivals, of course the elves have also thought about some tactical methods to restrain the centaurs. After all, the mobility difference between the two sides is too big. Even if they have full cavalry, they are still far behind the four-legged ones.
The elves have found the best way to restrain themselves, which is to use fortresses and fortresses to deploy small forces to slow down the enemy's mobility, and then encircle and suppress them with a large army.
But to do this, a very flexible command and dispatch system is needed. In the past, when the commander's mind was clear, relying on the convenience of the communication magic circle, except for the first episode of the Centaur Alliance's debut, when they entered the hinterland of the World Tree, they were mostly fighting on the border of the Kingdom of Pyat Jaime. .
The so-called victory or defeat is just a matter of which side has more casualties. For example, the previous king was grieving for the loss of his wife, so he fell into a trap and was severely tricked. In the end, his life was also lost. This can be regarded as the biggest loss for the elves since the confrontation between the elves and the centaurs. .
But this record may be broken this time...
Because of the power and divinity of the World Tree, any invader would be weakened by most of it before they started fighting. Of course, no decent fortifications would be built in such a place. It can also be said that this environment looks the same as other places but contains hidden murderous intent, which is more conducive to the defensive side. This is also the reason why the Shenmu Guards do not need too many people to protect the World Tree.
But as long as you encounter an enemy that can suppress the power of the World Tree, it will be like an irresistible little lamb encountering a big bad wolf.
Now that the peripheral defense system has not worked, allowing the Centaur coalition to advance straight in, the elves have only two half-broken armies as a bargaining chip. And whether one of them can be used or not is still a question.
Such a force has to defend the undefensible World Tree, and its opponent is a strong army known for its mobility. Moreover, according to intelligence inference, the opponent had about 2,000 people, four times the size of our own side, which made the elves even more desperate.
If we follow the existing tactics of the elves and use the World Tree as a defensive support point. Neighboring troops began to gather, and after reaching a certain scale, they surrounded the Centaur's retreat, trapped the bandits, and then wiped them out. After all, a small force approaching from the rear of the Centaur would only cost their lives in vain.
In other words, reinforcements that will threaten the centaurs will be gathered in three days at the earliest...
Did you survive three days? Not many elves were confident, but no one said the word 'retreat'. In such a depressing atmosphere, they spent the whole night preparing for a war with no chance of winning. I just hope that before all our own casualties are exhausted, we can inflict serious enough losses on the Centaur and make the other party feel so painful that they will take the initiative to retreat.
According to the report of Pushkin, the Kingdom's Minister of Intelligence, the Shenmu Guards, including the three deceased elders and two extraordinary beings, showed no signs of colluding with the centaurs. They were simply forced into the wrong civil war at the wrong time.
As for why I say 'forced', it's because if Liena Titov hadn't directly revealed her past in public, leaving the Shenmu Guards with no room for change, they might not have gotten to this point.
Furthermore, the failure and death of master assassin Vasily Petrovich was also a crucial turning point.
In response, Fen curiously asked someone why he didn't continue to give in as usual and spare the other person's life.
"It's true that the person who did it was an extraordinary person."
Fin nodded.
"If I didn't kill him, what were the chances that he would later apologize and let the matter rest?"
Fen was speechless. You don't have to think about it to know that it's impossible. Anyone who can transcend the level of life by relying on his own efforts is not a proud and arrogant person. Apologize? nonexistent. Stubbornly insisting on their own ideas is what these people can do. Unless you meet someone today who is powerful enough to suppress someone to the ground, will it be possible for this kind of person to calmly accept other people's ideas.
"That is to say, if I don't kill him, the elves on both sides will have the opportunity to sit down and negotiate. And the final result is very likely that at the insistence of the assassin, both sides will choose to give up my chess piece. Then the enemies will start from the two The extraordinary ones plus the three Druid elders will become the same five powerful elves, and there will be an additional 600 to 700 elven veterans who are used to military formations to attack from both sides."
"Is it necessary to be so pessimistic?"
"Thinking about the worst-case scenario first, and then thinking about how to avoid the worst-case scenario, is what I have always done. Because I don't believe in my own luck, and I bet that I can meet the luckiest person without any effort. situation. If I don’t want to deal with all the elves present at the same time when one of the parties is at odds, the best way is to prevent both parties from having the opportunity to sit down, talk and cooperate. Anyway, let’s get things done first, but the other side That’s not the one I wanted to reach this point.”
To such an argument, the lich just shrugged noncommittally. This little guy's thinking will probably never change in his lifetime.
"What's next? Watching a show? Or taking action?"
"Is it possible for us here to stay out of this?"
"It's quite difficult. If we really fight, the sword has no eyes. If you see a centaur and say we are human, the other side will jump over us and not attack us."
"If you want to leave now, it's probably too late. Just run away by yourself. I can't bear to throw away the pile of belongings again. And morally speaking, they will fall into this situation, how can I You should also take a little bit of responsibility. Well, just a little bit."
Although it was because of his own appearance that the king came to the World Tree, which led to subsequent development. If not, the incarnation of World Tree will be obliterated again without anyone noticing. However, some people still care about the issue of more or less in a petty manner.
"Then, are you going to intervene?"
"It depends on the situation. They may not necessarily need our help."
"I think if we don't help, they will die. You didn't see the whole camp, it's like they are preparing for a funeral."
The two of them stood side by side, chatting while walking towards the command tent which was operating at full speed. The guard guarding the door wanted to stop the two of them. Lin didn't say much nonsense, passed the guard in a flash, and walked inside. Fen saw this and immediately followed.
The two magicians suddenly disappeared from sight. The elf guards seemed to be dazzled and were at a loss for a moment. They quickly looked around to find the two figures. When they discovered that two magicians had entered the tent and wanted to catch up and drive them out, the young king who also discovered the two magicians reached out to stop the guards' actions.
In this upcoming war, they need all the help they can get. Of the elves rescued from the God-Slaying Magic Array, only about thirty people were still alive. And even if most people use magic and medicine to rescue them, they still need time to recuperate their bodies before they can return to their full strength. Even if the elves who can still move are forced to participate in the battle, there will only be a handful of fourteen, and the rest will be a burden.
The Shenmu Guards who rebelled but survived were allowed to make meritorious deeds and get back their own weapons and equipment. But what makes people angry is that a lot of the resurrection medicine and various medicines stored in the World Tree have been consumed in the civil war of the Shenmu Guards that no one outside knew about.
It turns out that the tradition of erasing the consciousness of Yggdrasil was an act that started when the kingdom was established in the past, and was done every hundred years. During these hundred years, the elves of the Shenmu Guards would regularly donate blood on their own initiative. Perhaps voluntary blood donation will not have resentment in it, but it is enough to stimulate the ancient resentful spirits that have been imprisoned in the magic circle for a long time, allowing them to exert their ability to wear down the consciousness of the world tree.
If no accidents occur, the blood collected in a hundred years will be enough to wipe out the newly sprouted and ignorant World Tree consciousness.
The royal family who came here to receive the blessing, the little princess Valeria, somehow managed to materialize the consciousness of the World Tree and appear in the eyes of a very small number of people in the form of a kitten. The most important thing is that this incarnation of the World Tree actually has wisdom. Although it is not high, it is not easily eliminated.
In order to obliterate the consciousness of World Tree again, the three elders decided to perform the sacrifice and activate the power of the God-Slaying Magic Array to a great extent.
But not all members of the Shenmu Guard agree with such things, especially those young elves who have not experienced these things and have newly joined the guard. Not only to obliterate the consciousness of World Tree, but also because they have to hunt down living people to sacrifice.
Therefore, a civil war broke out within the Shenmu Guards. The losers, that is, the elves who opposed the obliteration of the consciousness of the World Tree, were eventually hung above the magic circle to bleed, becoming a fuel to promote what they were unwilling to implement.
Many precious secret medicines were also consumed in that civil war. Although the druids accompanying the army can do it for them, a big battle is expected tomorrow. If all the druids who know the resurrection spell are cured of collapse today, what will happen tomorrow?
You must know that on the battlefield, how much magic the magicians or druids accompanying the army can use and what magic they use are strictly controlled. Being able to maximize the potential of his subordinates is one of the criteria for judging whether a general is excellent. Therefore, the Minister of War knows very well what he can do with the power in his hands.
Of course, being able to use it and squeezing it to the limit are two different concepts. Various potions are used to increase the magic usage limit of an army. Therefore, there is still a certain distance between the combat effectiveness of the well-off army and the poor.
It is true that the main material of the resurrection potion is the leaves of the World Tree, but it does not mean that the dead can be resurrected as long as there are leaves of the World Tree. It also requires a lot of auxiliary materials and a tedious production process to make the potion have the effect of resurrection. If the body is somewhat incomplete, early repairs are unavoidable.
It can be said that two civil wars that should not have happened have put the elves into a dilemma that is difficult to escape. Now their attitude is very simple, that is, to put everything to death rather than live. No elves want to go back alive, they just think about how to take away one more enemy before they die. To win this war, each elf must kill five to six centaurs before dying.
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