"What?!!! You want us to retreat!! It's absolutely impossible! I'd rather die here than be an escaped coward! Elhan's roar nearly toppled the tent.

In fact, just as Henry feared, as soon as he heard the whole plan, the general immediately broke out.

As we all know, the elves are a very proud race, and perhaps only the dragons can match them in the entire continent of Faeron. The rich history, glorious civilization, beautiful art, and elegant temperament give them an unparalleled sense of superiority, so that some elves are even more stubborn than dwarves when it comes to honor, and the general in front of them is the most obvious example.

Henry didn't dare to say that he should let this army pretend to be defeated, and the mere mention of retreating about ten kilometers immediately caused a backlash from Elhan. Perhaps in his opinion, this is completely a humiliation, knowing that there is no precedent in the history of the elven army to flee without a fight, even if the enemy is strong, it will be a battle.

Generally speaking, there are only two forms of warfare on the continent of Faerun: one is field warfare, where the two sides agree on the time and battlefield, and then set up a position to fight each other until one side is defeated or defeated. When there is not much difference in strength between the two sides involved in the war, it is mostly used in this way, and even monsters such as orcs, goblins, ogres, and gnolls understand this rule.

The other is offensive and defensive warfare, where the weaker side relies on defensive fortifications, such as castles, walls, arrow towers, etc., while the stronger side launches a fierce attack until the defenders are completely destroyed or the attackers are unable to follow. Such wars are often particularly brutal and have a particularly high rate of deaths.

As for the so-called stratagems, they rarely appear on the battlefield, because they are simply useless. It's a world of magic and magic. Especially in the course of marching to fight. The casters monitor everyone who comes to report to the commander. As long as you dare to tell a lie, it will be debunked in an instant.

The only tactic that is often used is night raids, but this can only be used against races that don't have night vision, and if you encounter elves and dwarves, their sentinels will not hesitate to ask you for crossbow arrows.

On top of that, in addition to those monsters with low intelligence, many regular armies will use prophetic magic to divinate before the war, and any ambushes will also leak out. When the time comes, it's too late to cry, and stealing chickens is not a recipe for rice.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the main plane army is becoming more and more formation-oriented, and the combat methods are basically fixed, such as the steppe cavalry and movement warfare ideas that rampant in Eurasia on the earth have not appeared at all, and most of the horses are just means of transportation, and it is better to spend money to hire a few mages with golems to charge them.

Henry once saw a cavalryman charge at the ogre, only to be overturned into the air by a huge mallet and a man and a horse, and when he fell, his bones were broken, and the horse broke his neck and choked on the spot.

In the eyes of these aborigines. Fighting a war is almost a head-to-head contest, and which side retreats first. Then it means which side loses. They simply don't understand what a strategic retreat is, and they don't understand that sometimes just giving up a certain distance can create endless annoyance for the enemy.

Of course, adventurers are not among them. They can do almost anything to survive, digging traps, escaping, luring, climbing trees, in short, as long as they can complete the mission and survive, these guys will do anything.

"Old friend, calm down, this is just a build, a ploy, you don't need to be so excited." The Chief Mage smiled and shook his head in reassurance. As a scholar-type mage, he didn't see anything wrong with this kind of use of wisdom to achieve victory, anyway, as long as he could keep more elven soldiers alive, a little trick was nothing.

But Elhan clearly didn't think so, and he waved his hands rather excitedly and shouted, "No! I'd rather die right away than be humiliated like this. For more than 10,000 years, for more than 10,000 years, there has never been an army of our elves that fled without a fight. Imagine if we had done it today, and those historians would have recorded it, and all of them would have waited to be ridiculed by the world. As a general, I would never allow this to happen. ”

"General, agree with you. As an elven ranger, I am willing to fight to the death with my own people. In short, we can't be cowards anyway, so that even if we survive, we will never think of raising our heads. The Ranger Commander on the side turned red as he spoke, obviously a proud guy in his heart.

Seeing this, Henry understood something. In fact, there is not much gap between the elven society and humans, and the equally knowledgeable mages are more receptive to new things, while the warriors are relatively stubborn, clinging to those so-called glory and refusing to let go.

But it doesn't matter, it's not your own subordinates who will die anyway. Thinking of this, he shook his head regretfully: "Okay, since you guys are not far away from retreating, then let's change the way." First of all, remove the patrols near the ruins of the temple, and get as many dark elves out of the underground as possible, so that I can reduce their number as much as possible. ”

"No! It's too dangerous. Once the ruins of the temple are captured, it means that the enemy has a base that can be attacked and defended, and they can attack the camp at any time if they wish, and we will be completely passive. "Erhan didn't even think about it, so he gave up this mention.

His tactical literacy is not bad, and he can see the strategic value of the ruins at a glance, so he does not hesitate to spend a lot of troops to fight the dark elves repeatedly, even if there are many casualties, he can't give up.

Henry smiled lightly and explained: "Your Excellency, General, I just want to release as many of these guys as possible, otherwise if it continues to be consumed like this, these soldiers under your command will be consumed sooner or later." Maybe that's the plan of the Dark Elves, to use their numerical superiority to engage in small-scale battles in areas with difficult terrain and continue to wear down your forces, otherwise I can't think of why they have such a huge advantage, but they haven't launched a full-scale attack yet. ”

This sentence immediately surprised everyone in the tent, and carefully reflected on the situation of the two days of fighting. Suddenly, they realized that it was really like that.

"Damn! I was fooled. These treacherous bastards are actually playing tricks on me! As he spoke, Erhan swung his fist and slammed it on the table. He's a bit stubborn though. But it's not stupid at all. In an instant, it became clear that the current situation was a conspiracy planned by the enemy.

"That's right, I think those dark elves must have launched a tentative attack, and then they have maintained this tepid state of engagement, constantly sneaking up and harassing, neither overly stimulating nor relaxing the intensity of the attack. If you look up the dead and wounded in the last two days now, you can definitely get a very similar number. ”

Speaking of this, Henry paused deliberately and looked at the elves' pained expressions. Then he continued: "They feel that they will lose a lot of money if they launch a large-scale attack, so they decide to hang a noose around your neck until the soldiers in the barracks are reduced to a certain number, and these guys will immediately tighten the noose and deliver the deadliest blow, and by then it will be too late to retreat." ”

There is no doubt that his words are absolutely alarmist, deliberately saying the worst case scenario to scare people. Because the situation on the side of the dark elves should be brewing infighting now.

Ishtar, the eldest son of House Geralt, must find a way to get rid of the immediate family members of the First and Second Families, along with Chief Mage Sidrix, and several high-ranking priests of the Spider Church are also likely to be involved. I don't have the time to deal with these wood elves. In their eyes, it doesn't matter who wins in the end. You can lead a large army to kill all the enemies.

I have to say that it was a huge mistake for the first family's Adu (Lace) Mother not to choose to go on the expedition in person, and wasted such a great opportunity. As long as she completely defeats these surface elves, then the entire Verdas Forest will no longer have any obstacles. The monster armies of Irenikas attacked together, and the city of Sodenisra had no chance to resist at all.

If the plot develops like this, neither Henry nor Aberdale can only stare dryly, and there is no way at all. But unfortunately, there are no ifs in this world, and there is no regret medicine.

Joan. Irenikas picks an unreliable ally, and he has to take the risks that come with it. The monster army alone will definitely not be able to quickly capture an elven city protected by a magic lock, even if it is cracked, but the magic lock is a magic lock, and as long as it is not completely destroyed, it will definitely play some role.

In the game, the elves who are struggling to resist buy a lot of time for the sons of Baal. Irenikas failed to complete the extraction of the Tree of Life, and ultimately fell short. It can be said that his plan was perfect, and he was only a little short of victory, but if he had an ally who was a little more powerful, the result would have been completely different.

For such a legendary mage with powerful spell-casting ability, extraordinary intelligence, a touch of calmness in madness, and still maintaining sanity in hatred, even as an enemy, Henry had to applaud him. It can be said that he has achieved the ultimate of mortals, and in the end he is not defeated by anyone, but the ethereal, but real fate.

Silence fell once again in the tent, and Elhan's face was filled with contradictions, twists, and struggles. It can be seen that the general's current mood is very tangled and complicated, on the one hand, the glory that the elves have maintained for more than 10,000 years, and on the other hand, the lives of more than 2,000 compatriots, at this moment the choice is in his hands, and the heavy and painful burden weighs him down.

The chief mage also frowned, glancing at his old friend from time to time, and finally let out a silent sigh, closed his eyes and quietly waited for an answer. He knew very well that it would not be easy, especially for an elf who was full of pride at heart.

Henry also did not rush, but closed his eyes and considered the next plan. Either way, the Dark Elves will reap a crushing defeat here, when word reaches Uster. The city of Nasa is bound to cause a shock, and the Mother of the First Family will undoubtedly make a desperate bet to summon the Lesser Demon Lord, as she does in the game.

Of course, this is not a simple process, just from those few terrifying materials, it can be seen that the blood of the mind snatcher master, the main eye of the elder eye demon, and the blood of the Kou Tao fish-man prince, no matter which of these three things is difficult to obtain, maybe it's time for Kangus to act, his time is running out, once Alan is rescued, it means that Ruined Miè has entered the final countdown. (To be continued......)