Broad World

"What?!!! You want us to retreat!!! This is absolutely impossible! I would rather die here than be a coward who runs away!" Alhan's roar almost knocked down the tent.

The fact was exactly what Henry was worried about. Just after listening to the whole plan, the general immediately exploded.

As we all know, the elves are a very proud race, perhaps only the giant dragon can rival it in the entire Faerun continent. The rich history, splendid civilization, magnificent art, and elegant temperament all gave them an unparalleled sense of superiority. Therefore, some elves are even more stubborn than dwarves when it comes to honor. The general in front of him is The most obvious example.

Henry didn't dare to tell the army to pretend to be defeated, and he just mentioned that they should retreat about ten kilometers, which immediately caused Erhan's backlash. Perhaps in his opinion, this is a complete humiliation. You must know that there is no precedent for the elf army to flee without a fight in history. Even if the enemy is strong, it must fight a battle.

Generally speaking, there are only two types of wars on the continent of Faerun: one is field battles, where the two sides agree on a time and battlefield, and then set up a battle to fight each other until one side is defeated. This method is mostly adopted when the strengths of the two parties involved in the war are not much different. Even monsters such as orcs, goblins, ogres, and gnolls understand this rule. The other type is offensive and defensive warfare. The weaker side relies on defensive fortifications, such as castles, city walls, arrow towers, etc., while the stronger side launches a fierce attack. This kind of war is usually extremely cruel, and the proportion of deaths in battle is also extremely high.

As for the so-called tricks, they rarely appear on the battlefield, because they are useless at all. This is a world full of magic and magic, especially during the marching and fighting, the spellcasters will monitor everyone who comes to report to the commander, as long as they dare to tell a lie. It will be dismantled in an instant.

The only tactic that is often used is night attack, but this can only be used to deal with races without night vision ability, if you encounter elves and dwarves. Then their sentinels will not hesitate to ask you to eat crossbow bolts.

Most importantly, except those monsters with low IQ. Many regular armies would use prophecy magic to divination before going to war, and any ambushes would also be revealed, and it would be too late to cry, and this was the case.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the army on the main plane is becoming more and more formation-oriented, and the combat methods are basically fixed. The prairie cavalry and mobile warfare ideas that are rampant on the Eurasian continent have never appeared at all. And most of the horses are just means of transportation. It's better to pay for a few mages with golems than to count on them to charge. Henry once saw a cavalry charge towards an ogre, but was thrown into the air by a huge mallet, including the man and the horse. When it fell, all the bones in his body were broken, and the horse even broke its neck on the spot. die.

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

Of course, adventurers are not included here. They can do almost anything to survive, dig traps, escape, lure, climb trees. In short, as long as they can complete the task and survive, these guys will do everything they can.

"Old friend, calm down. This is just a suggestion, a trick, you don't need to be so excited." The chief mage smiled and shook his head to comfort him. As a scholar-type mage, he doesn't think there is anything wrong with using wisdom to win. Anyway, as long as more elf soldiers can survive, a little trick is nothing at all.

But Erhan obviously didn't think so, he waved his hands excitedly and shouted: "No! I would rather die immediately than suffer such humiliation. For more than ten thousand years, for more than ten thousand years, our elves have never No army has ever run away without a fight. Just imagine. If we did that today, the historians would have recorded it. Then all the people would be laughed at. As a General, I will absolutely not allow this to happen."

"General. I agree with your point of view. As an elf ranger, I am willing to fight to the death with my compatriots. In any case, we must not be cowards, so that even if we survive, we will never be able to raise our heads." The ranger commanded The officer blushed as he spoke, obviously he was also a proud guy.

Seeing this situation, Henry understood something. In fact, there is not much difference between the elf society and human beings. The equally knowledgeable mages are more likely to accept new things, while the warriors are relatively stubborn, clinging to the so-called glory and refusing to let go.

But it doesn't matter, anyway, it's not his subordinates who will die at that time. Thinking of this, he shook his head regretfully: "Well, since you are not far away from the retreat, let's change the way. First, remove the patrols near the ruins of the temple, and let as many dark elves leave the ground as possible. In order to minimize their number."

"No! This is too dangerous. Once the ruins of the temple are occupied, it means that the enemy has a base that can be attacked and retreated. As long as they are willing, they can attack the camp at any time, and we will completely fall into a passive situation." Ai Erhan rejected the proposal without even thinking about it.

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 repeatedly with the dark elves, no matter how many people are killed or injured, he cannot give up.

Henry smiled softly and explained: "Your Excellency, I just want to release as many of these guys as possible. Otherwise, if you continue to consume like this, these soldiers under your hand will be exhausted sooner or later. Maybe this is the plan of the dark elves. , relying on the advantages of numbers to engage in small-scale battles in areas with complex terrain, and continue to consume your troops, otherwise I can't think of why they have such a huge advantage, but they haven't launched a full-scale attack until now."

This sentence surprised everyone in the tent at once. After carefully recalling the two days of fighting, they suddenly realized that this was really the case.

"Damn it! I fell for it. This treacherous bastard is playing tricks on me!" As he spoke, Aierhan waved his fist and slammed it hard on the table. Although he was a bit stubborn, he was not stupid at all, and he immediately understood 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 maintained this tepid fighting state, constantly sneaking and harassing. It was neither too exciting nor relaxed. If you look up the last two days now, you definitely get a very similar number."

Speaking of which. Henry paused deliberately, looked at the painful expressions of the elves, and then continued: "They think that launching a large-scale attack will definitely cause heavy losses, so they decided to hang a noose around your neck until the number of soldiers in the barracks decreases to a certain level , These guys will immediately tighten the noose and launch the most fatal blow, and it will be too late to retreat by then."

no doubt. What he said was absolutely alarmist, deliberately saying the worst situation to scare people. Because the current situation on the side of the dark elves should be brewing infighting.

The eldest son of the Geralt family, Istar, must try to get rid of the immediate family members of the first and second families, and the chief mage Sidi Rex is also involved, and several senior priests of the Spider Academy are also very concerned. It is possible to participate in it and have no time to talk to these wood elves. In their eyes, no matter who is the winner in the end, he can easily lead the army to kill all the enemies.

It has to be said that it was a huge mistake for the first family's mistress Adu (Lei) Si not to choose to go out in person, wasting such an excellent opportunity in vain. As long as she completely defeats these surface elves, the entire Verdas Forest will no longer have any obstacles. When the time comes to launch an attack together with Joan Irenicas' monster army, Suodanisla City will have no chance of resisting at all.

If the plot develops like this, both Henry and Aberdell can only stare blankly. There is no way. But it is a pity that there is no if in this world, and there is no medicine for regret.

Joan Irenicus picked an unreliable ally, and he had to take the risks that came with it. The army of monsters alone would definitely not be able to quickly capture an elven city protected by magic mystics, even if it was cracked, but a mystical is a mystical, as long as it is not completely destroyed, it will definitely be able to play some role.

In the game, those elves who were struggling to resist bought a lot of time for the Son of Baal, which caused Joan Irenicus to not complete the extraction of the Tree of Life. In the end, it fell short. It can be said that his plan was perfect, only a tiny bit away from victory. As long as there is an ally who is a little bit stronger, the result will be completely different.

For such a legendary mage with powerful spellcasting ability, extraordinary intelligence, calmness in madness, and reason in spite of hatred. Even as an enemy, Henry had to applaud him. It can be said that he has reached the pinnacle of mortals, and in the end he was not defeated by anyone, but by the illusory but real fate.

The big tent fell into silence again, and Erhan's face was full of contradictions, twists and struggles. It can be seen that the general's mood is very tangled and complicated now. On the one hand, the elves have maintained the glory of more than 10,000 years, and on the other hand, the lives of more than 2,000 compatriots. At this moment, the right to choose is in his hands. He was overwhelmed with the burden of pain.

The chief mage also frowned, glanced at his old friend from time to time, finally let out a silent sigh, closed his eyes and waited quietly for the answer. He knew it wasn't easy, especially for a proud elf.

Henry also didn't urge, but closed his eyes and considered the next plan. No matter what, the dark elves will reap a disastrous defeat here. When the news comes back to the city of Uster Natha, it will definitely cause shock. That way, summon lesser demon lords.

Of course, this is not a simple process. From the few terrifying materials alone, it can be seen that the blood of the mind flayer's master brain, the elder beholder's master eye, and the blood of the Kou Tao murloc prince, no matter which of the three It's hard to get one, maybe it's time for Kangus to act, his time is running out, once Allen is rescued, it means that the destruction has entered the final countdown.