Jia Ling opened her eyes and quietly stared at the seven loves who were sitting in front of her, swaying from side to side.

"It's funny, Miss Seven Love, but I don't think it's my duty to help you."

"I didn't say you had to help us, little Jialing."

Hearing the other party's answer, Qilian laughed out loud, she proudly raised a finger and swayed from side to side, and behind Qilian, the fluffy tail was also shaking from side to side.

"I'm just telling you about it, and I hope you can do a little favor, isn't that a gesture for you? Don't be so stingy, anyway, you have enough strength to solve this small problem, even if you have gold and silver, who will know if you don't need it? ”

"And what about you? Fire Elemental Lord? ”

Jia Ling's expression did not change in the slightest, her deep dark eyes carefully observed the fox-eared girl in front of her, and when she heard Jia Ling's inquiry, Qilian's expression did not change at all, she was still the same smile, crossed her fingers at the same time, and then leaned back on the back of the chair leisurely, and turned her ears proudly.

"My situation is a bit special, little Jialing, and even if this is the case, I am still trying, right? Look at you, how boring it is to hide in this cold and wet room every day without leaving the door, and occasionally go out for a walk, bask in the sun and kill people or something, isn't it just good for physical and mental health? ”

"Please don't compare me to you, Miss Seven Love."

Garling lowered her eyes and stretched out her fingers to gently stroke the harp in her hand.

"You have your thoughts, I have my considerations, and I am not here out of my own will, but on the orders of Her Highness Lydia. I don't know who came up with this battle plan, but it's your own problem, not my responsibility, if they want to win, then it's better to do it with their own hands, rather than expecting help from others———— I hate the weak, especially those who always expect to be able to rely on the strength of the strong without thinking, the powerless are just ants, I have no interest in the ants' requests, that's it, Miss Seven Loves, I think, you should understand what I mean. ”

"Of course, of course, I know very well, little Garling. Well, but the way you reject others really makes me sad, although it's not just me who is sad, it's a pity, Xiao Lijie finally mustered up the courage to make a big move, but now it seems that she may have to think of another way. ”

Speaking of this, Qilian jumped up neatly, then smiled at Jia Ling, and then turned around and walked to the door, and just as Qi Lian stretched out her hand and was about to open the door, her movements suddenly stopped, and then Qi Lian turned around again and showed a passionate smile to Jia Ling again.

"Ah, by the way, I forgot one thing, and the next thing is that the master asked me to bring it back - he is looking forward to His Highness Lydia preparing a good reward for this mission?"

“………………”

Hearing this, Jia Ling's expression still did not change in the slightest, but Qilian didn't seem to have any intention of getting any reaction from Jia Ling, she just waved her hand at the other party very enthusiastically, and then opened the door and retreated. Until the door was closed again, the black-haired girl sat quietly in her chair, her left hand holding the heavy harp, and the fingers of her right hand caressing the strings, and then Garling closed her eyes.

Soon, the sound of crisp and melodious music sounded.

A soft, cool breeze poured in from the window, bringing a hint of coolness to the otherwise dreary room. Lydia stretched out her hand and comfortably took a stack of information from the coffee table in front of her, and after staring at the records on the paper, the corners of Lydia's mouth suddenly curled slightly.

"Now it looks like the rats are finally getting ready to act...... It seems that it is only right to find a suitable wild cat to drive away mice, and domestic cats are docile, but they are tired of hiding their paws all the time......

The girl leaned back on the soft and comfortable red velvet sofa, looking at the information in her hand with a pleasant smile, and just as she stretched out her hand and turned to the next page, Lydia's slender white fingers suddenly stopped, and the archangel looked at the report in front of her with a little curiosity and amusement, and after a while, she smiled softly, then stood up and threw aside the information in her hand.

"What a ......,

Lydia looked up at the picturesque scenery outside the window, and muttered to herself in a low voice. Behind the girl, the golden light flickered from time to time, showing the outline of the wings of light, and the girl looked out the window silently, and after a while, she reached out, picked up the bell placed on the coffee table next to her and shook it, and soon, with the crisp sound of the bell, a maid respectfully walked into the room.

"Your Highness, what do you command?"

"Ask Master Armond to come to me, and at the same time give orders, and in the evening I will hold a round table, and at the same time bring in Admiral Rangnick of the Seventh Fleet for me—it's almost time to deal the last blow to the rats that are roaming around my territory."

Speaking of this, Lydia's eyes flashed for the first time, a trace of fierceness, shining like thunder and lightning.

"Whew......"

Li Jie put down the pen in her hand and looked at the messy map in front of her, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. This time, the battle plan was completely designed and planned by her. And now, it has finally come to the last moment, and the next thing is the most important test for Lijie

丨She wants to plan her battle plan completely, explain it to others completely, and expect to get their understanding and cooperation, which is the most important thing for Lijie.

Almost, the time has come.

Thinking of this, Li Jie stood up, she clenched her little fists, as if she was cheering herself up, and then, the girl picked up the map in her hand, then turned around and pushed the door open, and walked out of the room.

When Li Jie came to the battle conference room again, everyone was already ready, although they had held such a battle meeting many times, but this time, everyone's face obviously showed a very surprised and curious expression - after all, in the past, everyone just gathered according to the rules to report the current situation. But this time was clearly different, this was the first time, and Lijie took the initiative to summon them to come to the combat meeting.

I have to say that most people were surprised when they heard the news. Even Joey and Lando, who are much less qualified than Lijie, are no exception. To be sure, they didn't look down on Lijie, nor did they mean to make things difficult for her. After all, Lijie is the oldest member of the Starlight Guild, and she is gentle and a life-saving spirit master, no one wants to be bored and bored to find such a little girl. But the problem is that feelings belong to feelings, work belongs to work, in the previous meeting, Lijie behaved like a puppet, no matter what others said, she would just nod and say Zhilu, such a reaction made others very helpless. After all, mercenaries fight in groups, and they naturally need a backbone who can command them. There was Rhodes in the past, and everyone was not worried about this problem. But now that Rhodes is gone, he has thrown such a heavy burden on Lijie, but at the moment it seems that Lijie is not doing very well, and she behaves more like a taciturn clerk than a deputy in the position of acting head of the regiment. Fortunately, nothing has happened during this period of time that has to be decided and dealt with by Lijie, so everyone does not have too many objections to her existence.

But now, the situation has finally changed.

The army of reformists is about to arrive, and anyone who is not blind can see that this time the Southern Army is inevitable. For these mercenaries, it was finally time to test them. If Rhodes is here, they don't have to worry at all, not to mention that there are thousands of people on the other side, even tens of thousands, as long as there is Rhodes in command, these mercenaries are not afraid to fight with each other. But now that Rod is not there, Lijie, who is in charge of the agency, is so hesitant that the others are starting to worry.

Is it an attack? Is it keep? Is it a war? Is it a refund?

In private, everyone has argued about these issues several times, thank God, at this time, Rod's role in leaving Seven Loves is revealed, although in the face of the upcoming war Yin Yun of the Southern Army, everyone is a little uneasy, but at least there is this scheming and powerful fox-eared girl by their side, and Rod has also said in public that Seven Loves stay here to counsel Lijie, then, in the face of such a situation, to have her, everyone will not panic to the point of six gods without masters.

And now that I heard Lijie hold a meeting, most people also think that this should be the command of Qilian behind the scenes, after all, there is no time left before the battle, if you can't come up with an idea, when you really get to the battlefield, it will be a trouble.

Because of this, when they saw Lijie walking into the battle room alone, almost everyone showed surprised expressions on their faces, and Joey even stretched out her neck and looked behind her, but after Lijie came in, she turned around and closed the door, and it was obvious that behind her, there was no shadow of the fox-eared girl.

What's going on?

And so it was............

Noticing everyone's expressions, Li Jie's mood was a little low, as the most observant and meticulous person, of course she did not let go of her companions' surprise and confusion when they saw her appear here alone, and she also understood why they would show such expressions, after all, although the battle meeting was nominally held by herself, the actual dominance has always been in the hands of Qilian. And now, Seven Love is not here, can I do this well?

Thinking of this, Lijie couldn't help but hold her hand tightly.

In any case, this time, you must work hard!

While secretly cheering herself up in her heart, Lijie opened her eyes and looked at her companion again, and then she opened her mouth and said.

"This time, I invite you to the operational meeting, if nothing else, I think everyone already knows very well that the army of the Southern Army will arrive here in a short time. Until then, we have to come up with a plan of action, and I don't have the talent of Mr. Rhodes, so I look forward to hearing from you............"

Saying this, Li Jie spread out the map in her hand, and everyone hurriedly stood up, looking at the ghost-like map, they couldn't help frowning.

What is it? Graffiti?

However, Lijie didn't care about their expressions, in fact, she also knew that her problems were not so easy to change. Even now, Lijie still doesn't have the self-confidence to be able to muster courage in the face of other people's doubts, and she even worries that she will immediately doubt herself when she sees the uneasiness and doubt on the faces of others in the middle of speaking. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Li Jie decided that when she told the battle plan this time, she would definitely not raise her head to look at the others, but just focus on the map in front of her.

"After Joey and Lando's intelligence, Miss Seven Love and I analyzed it and concluded that the Southern Legion did not come this time to completely capture the Cloud Peak Fortress. Because there is no real military value for them here. I think they are planning to use a small number of forces to pin down the fortress, while the rest will take the opportunity to flank straight into the depths of the Pafield Plains, so that the role of the fortress at the top of the clouds will be meaningless, and they can even cut off our retreat from behind, and in turn surround the fortress. Mr. Rhodes has told me that the reformers know that they are not strong enough to stand up to the Crown, so they are pinning their hopes on the Land of Light, and according to Mr. Rhodes, after these people occupy Parfield, it is likely that the Council of the Light will protest and oppose the Moon royal family through diplomatic channels, and eventually make the land occupied by the reformists effectively their territory. ”

"What?!"

Hearing this, Joey couldn't help but scream, even the others looked at each other at the moment, they had never thought so much, after all, as mercenaries, their vision was not very long-term, in their opinion, as long as they could win in front of them, then wouldn't it be victory next? But now............

"Miss Lijie, do you mean that even if those bastards don't fight us and instead spare us to occupy our rear, then by the time the damn Council of Light is recognized, we'll still be on the enemy's territory?"

"That's pretty much it."

Hearing Joey's rhetorical question in disbelief, Lijie still stared at the map in front of her with her eyes, and nodded a little hard without raising her head. So, in order to prevent this from happening, we must completely stop the opponent's attack. I did my research on the topography of Parfield and found a couple of possible passages through the road......"

Saying this, Lijie Fu pointed to a point on the map.

"After looking at the map and asking General Garcia, I realized that although Parfield is a plain terrain, the defense line at the top of the clouds is not a flat river, and between the fort defense line and the rear, there are a few woods blocking it. And the enemy, if he is in a hurry, will certainly not make any effort to enter the woods, but will choose to pass through this flat area between the two woods, where I think we can set up an ambush and completely block their way. ”

"You mean to say an ambush?"

At this time, Marfa, who had not spoken and was silent, finally opened his mouth to ask.

"Yes, Mr. Marfa. We don't have the advantage in numbers, but luckily we have a lot of thieves and rangers among us, which will give us an advantage in ambush warfare, and I have also checked carefully, my team is sure that the cursed spirit will completely envelop the area, so as to slow them down, and then with Mr. Lando's Ranger team, and Mr. Marfa's sword team and Miss Seven Love's cover, I think we should be able to take down the enemies here. ”

"So, how many enemies do we have to face? What about the classes? ”

"In order to contain the forces of the fortress at the top of the clouds, the other side should divide about 3,000 people to entangle General Garcia, the total number of enemies is a total of 8,500 people, considering that they will not choose to concentrate all their forces in one place to break through in order to be safe, then we should face two thousand to three thousand enemies."

"It's just your guess, Miss Lijie."

At this time, Lando couldn't help frowning.

"Even if it's two thousand to three thousand, and we don't have more than two hundred people combined, it's already very difficult to deal with. Have you considered this if the other side does not allocate enough forces to surround the fortress as you expected, then the threat we will face may be even greater? Also, what if the other side concentrates its forces to break through? More than 5,000 people...... Of course I have nothing to say if Mr. Rhodes were here, but "......"

Although Lando didn't finish his words, everyone knew what he meant. Lijie still didn't look up, just stared at the map in front of her.

"They shouldn't do that, I've already learned from General Garcia that General Dade, who is in charge of commanding the battle this time, is a cautious and cautious man. Such a person would never put all his eggs in one basket, and if I were him, then I would rather choose to multiface, let my soldiers divide into several squads to quickly break through the defensive line, and then regroup in the rear. Moreover, the force of 5,000 men is too large to be suitable for concealment, and it is easier for the enemy to guess the direction and goal of their subsequent advance, so I don't think he will do it. ”

Speaking of this, Lijie paused, saying so many words in front of everyone for the first time made the girl feel extremely nervous, but she still took a deep breath and continued.

"As for the troops, I think they should all be cavalry, and the ones used to contain the fortress are all infantry. After all, in order to pursue speed, if you break through the defensive line, the infantry is much slower than the cavalry, and it is not suitable to take them with you. ”

"So you're going to do that? That's a good idea............"

Hearing this, Marfa finally nodded, and at the same time, he couldn't help but glance at Lijie in a little surprise, this little girl who has always been submissive has such a big picture now, which made Marfa quite surprised. However, the plan did not seem perfect to him............

"Lijie, I remember that your spirit master's casting range seems to be limited, if you want to envelop this entire area, don't you want to stand outside the woods? In that case, the enemy will be the first to attack you. Are you sure there is no problem doing this? ”

"Please rest assured, Mr. Marfa, we are spiritual masters, and we have ways to protect ourselves. And...... And Anne was there. ”

"That's ............,"

Hearing this, Marfa nodded and said no more. After all, he is a swordsman, not a spirit master, and in terms of spell casting, he really has no qualifications to talk to Li Jie. At this moment, Joey, who leaned down and stared at the map carefully, let out a strange scream, and then he raised his head and looked at Lijie.

"Wait, Miss Lijie, according to what you say, if that Southern General really disperses his army, then what's the point of us doing that? Even if we can plug this gap, but if someone breaks through elsewhere, won't the result be the same as the end? And, in case those guys get a jing, they come around from behind and give us a front and back pinch,............ Hey, isn't there a way out of life for everyone? ”

"You can rest assured of that, Joey, Miss Seven Love said she had someone she could trust who would take care of the matter............"

As soon as Lijie's words fell, the door opened again, and then what appeared in front of everyone was the same playful smile of Qiai as Xiang Ri.

"Ah, it seems that Xiao Lijie just talked about me, I hope I didn't miss anything, right?"

"Miss Seven Loves!"

Hearing the arrival of the Seven Loves, Li Jie finally raised her head and looked at the fox-eared girl in front of her, she was a little excited, and even her hands were trembling slightly. I have to admit that the question raised by Joy is exactly what Lijie has been worried about before, although she is not without a few backup plans in the face of such an unexpected situation, but they are not ideal. It wasn't until Seven Love said that she had someone who could help with this problem that Lijie was relieved, and now ............

"Miss Seven Love, what you said ............"

"Ah, that's it."

Hearing Lijie's inquiry, Qilian's eyes widened and she turned around, and then she winked at her with a smug smile.

"Don't worry, there is no problem at all, it is solved!"

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