Waved away the people in hell, and only Todd and Cumberland were left in the huge burning ground.

The dragon lowered its head and said to Cumberland: "I heard that the war has reached a stalemate?"

Cumberland was still immersed in the shock of the scene just now, and his words were a little awkward: "Ah... yes, yes, your majesty..."

Todd looked around and sighed: "This is not a good place to talk, let's go up."

After saying this, Todd waved his dragon wings and rose into the sky.

Cumberland's consciousness also began to move, slowly rising, and came to the ruins of a temple.

The strange flowers and weeds that have never been seen before are like carpets, covering the entire earth; the collapsed and damaged temple remains, showing the world its former glory; on the snowy peaks in the distance, a ring of clouds and fog nests on the top of the mountain , Adds a bit of mystery and solemnity to the scenery in front of you.

In front of the old knight, Todd slowly turned into a human form, picked up a blanket on the ground and put it on him, sat on a boulder, and repeated his question again: "I heard that the war is not going well. ."

From that terrifying **** full of flames and sulfur to the ground of birds and flowers, Cumberland finally breathed a sigh of relief and replied to Todd: "Before this war started, I had calculated two things wrong."

"First, I didn't expect the church to actually move Bromo Hershmond, the old general who had stepped into the coffin. I heard that he had been sickened since the year before, and he has long stopped talking about military and military affairs. Politics. I never expected that he would be hired by the church as the commander-in-chief of the army this time..."

Todd asked: "Is this man good at military command?"

"It's not just that good. He is the military chief instructor of the Knights Academy of Heavenly Father Church and the dean of the Royal War Academy. He has led almost a thousand wars against the southern barbarians. The key is that he wins every time. ."

"The Emerson, Alfonso and me you know have all studied in his class. By all accounts, we are all half of his students."

Todd pondered for a while, then said, "You just said, there is a second thing."

"Second, I did not expect the church to be so familiar with the tactics of using guns and artillery in such a short period of time, and to combine it with forest terrain and positional warfare."

"To the west of the Papal State is a vast forest. The use of the forest terrain can delay the impact of the cavalry to the maximum, while also effectively reducing the blow of the air force. The combination of guns and bunker trenches can maximize the attack on our army. Minimize the individual strength of the Crusaders."

Cumberland gave Todd a detailed introduction to the enemy's tactics, especially the positional application of muskets and artillery.

Todd frowned and asked, "You mean, those orcs with hardened skin and regeneration died under a musket?"

"If it is hit in other parts, the orc can continue to fight, but if it is hit in the heart and head, then it must die." Cumberland said helplessly: "Although the keel parasites can resist firearms, they face Short-range shotguns, I am afraid it is more ill-fortuned."

Todd asked again: "So, what about the bunker? In addition to close attacks, we should have a lot of means to attack remotely, right?"

"I've seen the fireballs and ice blades of the elves. At most, they only blow up some of the soil and rocks in the upper layer of the bunker: As for the spore bombing of the Valkyrie, first the forest terrain obscures the target and reduces the hit rate. Secondly, it wants to blow up accurately. For the bunker, the bombing height needs to be lowered, and the musket attack will be the greatest threat to the Griffins."

Todd put his arms on his chest and looked up to the sky: "In this way, this war has indeed become a stalemate."

Cumberland said distressedly: "Originally, my idea was to use the abilities of the Crusade Scouts to gradually figure out the enemy's defense situation. Then use the cover of the night to combine the Knights, the Crusades, and the Valkyrie. The Legion, using the method of blitz, pull out all the enemy's strongholds at one time and force them to leave the forest. But now that the orcs are so troubled, the enemy will definitely adjust their defenses, and everything will start again."

As soon as Cumberland finished speaking, a crisp childish voice appeared behind the two.

"Don't run! Come and play with me!"

Cumberland turned his head to look, his eyes widened in surprise.

With a pair of dragon horns on his head and a small dragon tail hung behind him, Aurora, wearing a pink dress, chased behind a panicked manticore and yelled happily.

"Why is Princess Aurora here?!"

Cumberland turned to look at Todd, but saw the helpless look of His Majesty the King.

Todd shouted to Aurora: "Don't bully the creatures here! If you are so naughty again, I won't bring you next time!"

Aurora grabbed her lower eyelid with her finger and made a grimace at Todd: "Father, I followed you secretly this time. Even if you don't bring me next time, I will remember the route here. "

Todd rubbed his temples and whispered to himself: "I have to let Leviathan find a way to hide the island..."

Cumberland asked in shock at Todd: "Your Majesty, where is this place?!"

Todd said: "This is the location of heaven and hell, and this is the home of all souls."

Seeing Aurora happily running towards him, Cumberland looked fond and wanted to reach out and touch the top of the girl's head.

What Cumberland didn't expect was that his hand was like a puff of smoke, directly passed through by Aurora's body.

Todd looked at the astonished old knight and explained: "This place is different from the soul space you visited in the past. This holy place is beyond reality and the existence of the spirit body. Now you are just the soul, so you can only feel The existence here, but you can’t touch them."

Watching Aurora run farther and farther~lightnovelpub.net~ the old knight said with a frustrated expression: "I'm a little confused."

"Sooner or later you will understand."

Todd stood up from the stone, patted the dust on his body, and said to Cumberland: "Regarding the stalemate in the battle, I will start the alternative plan..."

Cumberland asked suspiciously: "The alternative? Why have I never heard of it?"

Todd smiled at each other and said: "War is never an immutable thing. Unpredictable changes occur every moment. How to find victory from these changes is the talent that every good commander should have. "

Hearing Todd's words, Cumberland was stunned for a moment.

Then he grinned and laughed with relief: "Your Majesty, this is just my unintentional words in the past, I didn't expect you to remember..."

Todd nodded: "Don't worry, reinforcements will come soon, and victory will ultimately belong to us."