"Okay, then the test questions are here. Master, my subordinates have two completely opposite views. How do you choose? What is the basic idea?"

"The basic idea is to ignore them at all. Do whatever you want."

"Very good, you finally have the awareness of being a superior. So what is the specific operation of the next question?"

"The real motivation behind them is not the case, but they must refute their superficial reasons. Many things may have some special reasons behind them, but this reason is often selfish or other reasons that cannot be made public. When there is a real reason behind them but it is not convenient to tell others, people can only bring up a superficial reason. One of the keys to power tricks is to know the reasons behind them, but they must refute the superficial reasons."

"You have fully understood it because of my master."

Arast looked at the prince's reaction seriously. He clearly saw Prince Eshu Rufat seemingly pondering for a moment, and then looked at two subordinates who seemed to be incompatible with each other for a few seconds. Of course, neither Kay nor Gars answered, but quietly waited for the prince's ruling. Regarding this matter, Arast was in a detached attitude, and he only hoped to accurately record the internal dispute.

Just when the argument was just now, he had already held the magic record book that he never left. This record book seemed very ordinary on the surface, but in fact, there was a corresponding record book in the palace of the Emerald Queen. No matter what content was recorded in the notebook in Arast's hand, the same handwriting would appear on another record book.

Regardless of the final result is victory or defeat, this record will last forever until the elves perish. For Arast, this is the result he desires.

...

"…'They did commit sins, so they should be atonement with practical actions.' The prince made the final judgment, and the dispute between the two sides subsided, at least temporarily. The prince ordered the captives of the slave camp to be divided into two categories, humans were sent to ships and baggage troops to liberate our soldiers to fight, and the captured Yasurs were organized into four brigades. This is how the prince asked them to atone for their sins - to clear their shame with blood."

"The fleet is not disgusted with the joining of these humans. This half is because of insufficient manpower, and they could not take away all the captured ships (it is a pity to burn these excellent ships to death), and the other half is because the actual commander of the fleet, Verino, has no particular prejudice against humans. In the army, the situation is not so good, and these stupid and clumsy humans can only be responsible for work that does not require any brains. Gars firmly opposes this, thinking that humans may be betrayed by interests at any time, and doing so becomes a hidden danger to our army, but Prince Asurufat believes that humans are trustworthy - because they have no choice. Our evil cousins ​​are not good negotiators."

"The Expeditionary Force stayed in Anfoglis for five days. Prince Eshurufat took away all the materials he could use and then razed the entire city to the ground. In order to ensure that it could be completely destroyed and that it could no longer be used by our evil cousins, in addition to the usual flames, magic and war machinery, the prince also accepted the opinions of the engineers with good intentions. He sent a group of soldiers who were proficient in engineering and completely destroyed every key point of the city under the leadership of the engineers. According to the engineers' point of view, after such destruction, it would be better to build a new city directly to repair the ruins of Anfoglis. I took a short break before the army set out and observed the miserable scenery of the city. I thought the engineers' views were at least groundless."

"However, the ability to destroy so quickly is thanks to the gunpowder found in previous searches (these were undoubtedly stolen from humans by our evil cousins). The legendary prince once traveled in the kingdom of mankind, which seems to be true. Because the prince is very familiar with gunpowder. This kind of barbaric and boring things made by humans are usually not taken seriously. However, after witnessing their effects, I think gunpowder has some value in demolition operations. Of course, this is just for gunpowder. My view of cannons - weapons driven by gunpowder - remains unchanged. Perhaps only humans will be such unstable, large, bulky, poorly accurate, and difficult to aim for weapons that may explode at any time. Many companions think that my view is a bit harsh, because humans are far more ignorant, backward, and rougher than our Yasuer. It is very appropriate to use this weapon."

"When the Expeditionary Force occupied Anfoglis, the total strength was 12,000. Two thousand Marines had to stay on the ship, so the total strength of the Army was only 10,000. But when we left, our strength had been greatly improved. In addition to the newly added four brigades, a large part of the work of the Logistics Transportation Force was handed over to those humans, so that we could have more combat power on the front line."

"Of course, the impact is not all positive. Headed by Gars, many soldiers are privately discussing the prince's decision. A common view is that this is a wise stopgap measure, including the Dragon Prince. But there are also many soldiers who believe that the prince's excessive leniency will definitely lead to adverse consequences. No one knows that among these liberated slaves, there are many guys who call themselves Yasuol, who are actually disguised by Truqi... On the other hand, the prince's attitude towards humans has also caused great controversy. He promised that as long as the human slaves obeyed, he would send them back to the kingdom of humans... Few Yasuol would treat humans like this... If I hadn't known that the prince had traveled in the kingdom of humans and had a certain favorable impression of them (this situation is always inevitable), I would even think he was simply a human disguise."

"I don't know what motives are. After Prince Ashurufat left Anfoglis, he marched north for a day, and then suddenly held a military meeting..."

——Excerpt from "Long March: Chapter 3 Dosonian's Pursuit"

Ashu Rufate sat quietly in his position, looking at the ceiling of the tent.

When leaving Anfoglis, Ashurufate did not explain the next action, but took the road for a day. Now it is time to stop and discuss the next action goals.

At this moment, he was in a tent set up by elves. In the aesthetic view of the elves, there was no view of "taking greatness as beauty", but pursued exquisiteness, gorgeousness and practicality, and this tent was the best embodiment.

Ashurufat lived in many tents. When he was with Thomas, it was practical to have a very large military tent that could allow dozens of people to meet. It took twenty militia a considerable time to put away and set up the tent. When he was mixed with the greens, his chief tent was also the largest and most gorgeous (of course, by the greens), and could accommodate hundreds of greens to hold a meeting that was not like a conference. When he was fighting in Sivania, he only used a temporary one.

The caravan tent that I took over and used. From any perspective, the products of the elves are exquisite and gorgeous that Eshu Rufate had never seen before, including this tent. It is soft, neat and convenient, and when looking at the tent, you can always accidentally see the exquisite weavings full of elves style. In addition to these, a variety of magic was applied to the tent, one of which made the tent emit a soft glimmer. Even if it was too late, there was no need for any lighting inside the tent.

More people came to attend the meeting than he planned. The level of conservatism among the elves is unimaginable to humans. For example, at present, they judge the "qualification" of an officer by their bloodline rather than by their specific position. This is completely different from humans. In the human army, no matter how noble a person is, if his position is not high enough, he is not qualified to attend high-level military meetings. Even a noble prince, if he holds the position of squad leader, he will not be on par with the deputy generals without invitation. And the elves are different, such as the Dragon Prince.

Although these "princes" did not have any high positions in the army, more than a dozen came to attend the meeting of senior officers. The Phoenix Guards did not stop them. Moreover, from the very natural attitude of others, Ashu Rufat inferred that this was a deeply rooted custom, and the dragon princes were indeed qualified to attend the meeting of officers. Correspondingly, Xunfeng, as a shadow warrior, held an important position as a scout captain, but was not qualified to attend the meeting. He did not come to the meeting until Ashu Rufa sent his men to inform him.

"Everyone has seen it. This is the enemy movement information given to me by the Phoenix King." Ashrufate sighed in his heart, then lowered his head and looked at his subordinates in front of him. "If you have any opinions, just say whatever you think."

"Our evil cousins ​​have taken action. During this period, they strengthened the defensive power of several coastal cities ahead of us, and the Witch King personally came forward to strictly order the garrison troops to go out of the city to fight us, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Lord Meglin. Further away, they are gathering a large army, trying to defeat us in one fell swoop." Garth spoke first. "The above is the warning of the Phoenix King. But considering that the purpose of our expedition is to restrain and harass the enemy, we cannot retreat. Anfoglis is their main force, and the defenders of several other cities cannot be comparable to Anfoglis in terms of quantity and quality. We have plenty of time to attack them while the enemy's army has not yet assembled, and strive to destroy one or two cities."

"I want to go to Dosonian." Ashu Rufat looked at Gales and suddenly expressed his opinion.

Several dragon princes whispered to each other. Dosonian is an important city for dark elves. This is not to say that its geographical location is important or economically developed, but its value - Dosonian is a center for domestication of war beasts. The dark elves sent hunting teams to capture various valuable beasts from this wilderness and send them to Dosonian for domestication. Especially the multi-headed dragons, most of this ferocious beast is provided by Dosonian.

Dosonian is indeed a valuable target, the only problem is that it is not a coastal city. In fact, he is located in the center of this wilderness. Going to Dosonian means that the Expeditionary Force must separate the army and the navy. Without the support of the army, the navy may be attacked by the enemy at any time. Also without the care of the navy, the army will find it difficult to obtain stable supplies (most of the supplies are on the ship) and will lose its only way of retreat.

"Your Highness," a dragon prince stood up, "Why did you make such a reckless decision? Now our evil cousins ​​cannot send reinforcements for a while, and the city ahead of us is weak. This is a great time for us to try to siege the city... The navy blocked the port, the army attacked the city walls, we can..."

Ashrufate shook his head. "You know, the Truzis have at least three months to consolidate the city defense. Now they should be as strong as iron walls. They want to attack such a city with strict defense..."
Chapter completed!