From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 294 My brain hurts, let's go through it recklessly
The military tent for the discussion was suddenly lifted, and Demavi rushed in angrily.

He is also dressed in a battlefield at the moment, but he is not wearing heavy armor like Queen Miwei, but is wearing a full set of lock lining including the hood, and a red and purple cotton coat and cloak outside, with shoulders and chests wrapped around There is a circle of buttons in the style of the national emblem of Aedirn made of metal.

It looks like it has the heroic spirit of the battlefield without losing its luxury. It should be good for boosting morale on the front line.But Lane reckoned that this sloppy armor might not even be able to defend against stray arrows.

Following Demavi's intrusion, twenty or so soldiers who could be seen as elites at a glance followed behind him.The armor on their bodies is not standard, but has been modified according to their own fighting habits. The only thing they have in common is the three-color rosette shield of Aden on their chests.

This is [Aden Special Forces], and Herilera is standing in it. She was handed over to the people in Aden as soon as Lan returned.Leila, who had regained her freedom at this moment, looked at Lan En without much hatred in her eyes. She understood and still admired Lan En and Geralt's bravery.But at this moment, his monarch wants to, and he must follow.

Lane briefly scanned the troops behind Demavi, and found that there were many half-elfs with the appearance of half-elven hybrids.It is said that the purpose of Demavi's selection of such people is to keep the members of this special force to maintain their hatred of elves, and in fact they did.

"Lannister!" Demavi's scolding drew Lan's attention back, "You dare to tie up my captain like a prisoner, it's a shame!"

"Your Majesty Demavi." Lann nodded and saluted the king of Aedirn without changing his expression, "Long time no see."

"I gave you my lead ring and sent my best soldiers as your guide, and you humiliated her like this?" Demavi ignored Lan's greetings, "I have to think about a question—Cintra What do you want? Lannister!"

Queen Miwei's head also started to hurt. She forcibly inserted between Demavi and Lann, and stretched out her hand to block the furious King Aden: "Dermavi, calm down first, the enemy is now. And I also believe that Lann Well, there must be a good reason..."

Seeing Miwei lying in the middle, Demavi's face softened, but his voice became colder: "It is because of the great enemy that we need to get rid of all unstable factors. I even started to think about the relationship with Sintra. Wouldn't it be a mistake to cooperate."

The king of Aedirn looked past Meeve and asked Lann again: "What reason do you have, Lannister?"

Lan En still had the slight smile on his face when he asked the ceremony just now, but his eyes had already cooled down.

He thought for a while, and slowly said in as gentle a tone as possible: "Demavi, if you had asked your soldiers beforehand, you must know that her irrational actions at that time not only almost put me in danger, but also put me in danger. Aedirn's companion pushed into the arms of the enemy. In that sense, you even owe me a favor."

"With the vision and insights you usually show, I don't believe you can't see this. So I can't help but suspect that your questioning and anger just now have ulterior motives behind it."

Lan maintained a polite smile and a calm tone: "So I should be the one who wants to ask you—what is your reason and what do you want to do, Demavi?"

……

The atmosphere in the tent that had just been lit by the king suddenly cooled down.

Demavi was stunned for a moment, looking at Lan in disbelief, and even forgot to react for a moment.

"You call me by my first name?"

This is the focus of King Aedirn's attention.

Although the king of Aden was stunned, the members of the special forces behind him responded extremely quickly. They had to die to protect the dignity of the monarch they were loyal to.

With a bang, long swords, daggers, scimitars, short hammers, and all kinds of strange weapons were pulled out by these special forces members.

Sintra also responded, pulling out the standard lion-headed long sword together.

For a moment, the light of the oil lamp reflected by the steel dazzled everyone's eyes, and the tent was filled with swords, swords and shadows.If the frontline commanders of Nilfgaard saw this scene, they would definitely be excited.

"enough!"

At the critical moment, Queen Miwei's roar overwhelmed everything, she suddenly pulled out her saber, and slammed it on the rough table in front of her, splitting it into two sections.

The Cintra man was in a trance again, and the shadow of the lioness on Queen Miwei's body became heavier.

"Demavi, are you sure you know how difficult the situation we are facing now? Our swords should be aimed at Nilfgaard, not our allies!" Queen Mivi roared at King Aedirn, "Also, Lan is the Duke, the Duke of Sintra! We are helping each other now, put away your little thoughts!"

The reprimanded words made the weapons of the Aden Special Forces slightly turn towards Mi Wei, but then Demavi waved his hand fiercely to make his men put away their weapons.

He sat down with a stern face, asked the bartender to pour him a glass of wine as usual, and then stared at Lane.

"And you, Lann." Mi Wei turned around and looked at the lion in Cintra, wanting to make some sense.

"You too... calm down!"

Lan En chuckled, and shook his head in a soft tone: "Your Majesty Mi Wei, what would we do without you in the Northern Territory."

After speaking, he also waved his hand to let the guards put away their weapons and sit down again.

Calling Mi Wei "Your Majesty" is out of respect and etiquette.But in Lann's capacity, he didn't have to abide by these etiquette for a long time.

In the past, because he wanted to maintain the fragile alliance and accumulate strength for the half-disabled Sintra, Lann occasionally had to humble himself. This was his responsibility, otherwise he would not have to suffer this grievance with his individual strength; but now Nefer When Gad entered the country, Demavi's Aden army was also wiped out. This made Demavi no longer an ally that needed to be carefully maintained. He had already changed from a "helper" to a "mutual helper", and even All may become "help seekers" in the near future.

Aden has already entered the game. After his army was easily defeated by Nilfgaard, and after seeing the number of Nilfgaard's legions and combat determination with his own eyes, Demavi must devote himself to this battle against Nilfgaard. Gad is in the midst of the war - even if there is no covenant.

Under such circumstances, he still had a straight face and put on airs, trying to maintain his previous high-ranking posture, using this as an excuse to fool Lane?
Naturally, Lan would not be used to him.

The Lion of Cintra and the King of Aedirn stared fiercely at each other.

Queen Miwei looked at the table that was cut off by herself with some difficulty, and sighed: "Demavi, what do you want to do?"

The king of Aedirn didn't look at Mi Wei, but looked at Lan En's lion pupils without squinting, cursing in his heart that it was weird.

"Mahakan's support, Lannister, how much do you want?" He said coldly.

It turned out to be for this, Lann chuckled lightly.

This question also attracted Queen Mi Wei's attention, and it was something she was also concerned about.

"Three thousand full-armored heavy infantry fighters are all centenary-year-old dwarf veterans, the elite of Mahakam." This is a power that can be put on the bright side. Allies need this level of information sharing. "If necessary If it is expanded, some young dwarves with relatively less experience can be filled in, which is enough to form a legion."

"Very well, Lannister." Demavi nodded. "We need this force to fight now."

This is one of the trump cards Lane intends to bring back to Sintra to deal with the Nilfgaardian heavy cavalry in the decisive battle.But now Demavi wants to detain them immediately and put them on the front line to stabilize the situation and reduce the loss of human soldiers.

That's why Demavi came over aggressively to ask Lann at the beginning, and was the first to win.

In the expectant eyes of a king and a queen, Lan slowly shook his head:

"If you are willing to support Demavi with all your strength, Aden's soldiers are enough to fill the vacancies on the front line. Mahakam's heavy infantry will be of great use in the future. We have not yet reached that desperate point of desperation."

"From a military point of view, it is too early and too wasteful to send out the Mahakam heavy infantry. You are in a hurry, Demavi."

"You want me to crush all my soldiers?" Demavi said fiercely, "Those are all Aedirn's soldiers. And yours, yours are just dwarves!"

King Aedian was obviously very angry at Lan En's evasion, but Mi Wei lowered her head and began to think.She was the most urgent person present, but with rich experience in the battlefield, she also knew that Lann's words were true.

"But Livia is about to fall, and Leiria is also beginning to be invaded." Queen Miwei raised her head again, and at this moment she had to echo Demavi, "We can't wait for the 'decisive battle' afterwards. And if there is no In the case of my United Kingdom, Cintra may not be able to survive the 'decisive battle' afterwards."

The vision is very long-term, but what's the use if you can't pass the current test?If you hold the trump card in your hand, you can't die, and the result can only be that you lose all the games.

Lane lowered his head and clasped his knuckles lightly.The battlefield is far more dangerous than ordinary games. My basic game is Sintra, and the ace in my hand must serve the decisive battle in the future; but I also need to prevent Nilfgaard from entering the game ahead of time and making myself powerless. state, which means that he needs to reveal some inferior cards to maintain the situation.

The next best card?
Lane also ordered a glass of wine, and sipped it one mouthful at a time.I hate to describe myself that way - but it's time to show the North a real Lion of Cintra.

"First of all, I want to reach a consensus with His Majesty Mi Wei—and Demavi." Lane deliberately distinguished the two names.

"At this stage, we don't have the ability to [destroy] this army of Nilfgaard. We just want to [destroy] them, or [drive away] them." Lan's eyes were on Mi Wei Jumping between Demavi, "We need to bring the situation back to a point where it can be supported enough to continue, and then wait for the final decisive battle."

"This means that I will not put all my power into the battlefield right now. This is not an excuse. You all know the blood feud between Cintra and Nilfgaard—it's just not our plan yet time."

"Can we agree on this?"

Lann has already made a complete war plan against Nilfgaard, trying to achieve the goal with the least cost.War is not Lann's goal, recovering Sintra and rebuilding Sintra is. If the power to restore the country is lost in order to win a battle, then what is the point of victory?
Therefore, even if Nilfgaard's raid on the eastern part of the northern border really caught people off guard, it didn't mean that Lann would be led by their noses.When the enemy plays cards, we naturally have to deal with them, but the overall strategy cannot be disrupted.

Demavi snorted coldly: "Don't you think you can [drive away] the Nilfgaardians easily? Lannister, you have the clearest understanding of the strength of the black army among us. I have to think that you are Dodging. Do you want to sacrifice Mi Wei's kingdom to attract the black army, so as to liberate your own Cintra?"

In Demavi's tone, he had begun to attach importance to, and even admired, the soldiers of Nilfgaard.It was the previous battle that frightened him. The armies of Aden and the United Kingdom were almost collapsed when they met the Black Sun Empire. Demavi couldn't help but pay attention to it.

From this point of view, "being able to face up to the enemy's strength" is one of the few advantages of Demavi, and his military accomplishment and insight are worthy of recognition.

Lan didn't bother to pay attention to Demavi's cynicism. He picked up the map from the ground and looked at the map of the formation of the enemy and us marked on it.

"If Aden sends troops to help, Leiria and the United Kingdom of Livia can support a counterattack, a war in a local theater." Lan reached out and pointed on the map.

"During several battles with Nilfgaard, I believe both of them admitted that soldiers from the north are inferior to soldiers from the south in terms of individual quality. On the surface, such a frontal collision is death."

"But if, I mean if——at this time, the commander-in-chief of the opponent dies suddenly, then do we have a chance of winning?"

……

When tens of thousands of troops collide, let the enemy immediately lose their heads?
Demavi's hand holding the wine glass froze for a moment, and fell into deep thought: "Lannister, you mean an assassin?"

Mi Wei shook her head when she heard the news: "Not to mention that we couldn't pinpoint the position of the enemy general at all. Even if we heard the news, it would be in the barracks of tens of thousands of black-clothed soldiers, and no assassin would be able to rush in."

"Do you have a suitable candidate under your command?"

Colgrim, who was standing behind Lane, suddenly turned pale, and he had a bad premonition.

The Snake sent the demon hunter two steps forward to Lan En, and said in a low voice: "Lan, assassination is a very delicate job, and it needs to collect information and prepare a long time in advance. Especially in this situation, in the face of This kind of senior general who is heavily protected... is too dangerous!"

If it wasn't for the close relationship with Lane and knowing the nature of the other party, Colgrim almost thought that Lane was going to send himself out to be a dead soldier!

Lan looked at Colgrim in surprise, realizing that his words made him think too much.

Patting Colgrim on the shoulder to signal him to be calm, he turned to look at Demavi and Mivi.

In the surprised and confused eyes of the king and queen, he pointed to himself:

"It's not an assassination, but a frontal battlefield. For today's military strategy, you may not have heard of the concept of [kill the general and capture the flag]...but it doesn't matter, you should quickly like it."

"It's up to me to do it. Of course, I also need some cooperation from the two of you to maximize the effect of this tactic..."

(End of this chapter)