A short time later, Xunfeng came to Ashu Rufate. Although Ashu Rufate did not ask, he instinctively knew that if more than one person pushed him to the throne of "Prince", there must be Xunfeng's part. Now, more than a dozen shadow warriors who Xunfeng and him have officially joined the city defense force and have been elected as captains.

"Your Highness, Prince." Xunfeng saluted him. Ashu Rufate could feel that Xunfeng was a little different from other shadow warriors. The eyes of these shadow warriors looked at him were filled with a strange fanaticism, and their behavior was particularly respectful. He didn't know if this was because he killed the multi-headed dragon.

"Here," Ashurufate pointed on the map with his hand. "There are camps with dark elves. According to the existing scout reconnaissance results, judging from the size of the camp, they have about three thousand soldiers, at most no more than four thousand. I want you to reconnaissance again."

"Your Highness, Prince!" The elf officer next to him - the one who had led the troops to conduct reconnaissance missions before - shouted in an anxious tone. But Ashu Rufate made a gesture to stop him from speaking.

"I think...the dark elves are far less powerful than they seem!" said Ash Rufate. "They remained motionless in the camp, which in itself shows their weakness."

"But they are collecting supplies... This quietness may indicate that they lack supplies and cannot launch a formal offensive..." The officer interrupted.

"So I'll let the shadow warriors go and investigate again." Ash Rufate replied. "I think the actions in front of them make me very confused..."

"Your Highness," said an officer in the conference room. "You should not question..."

"I doubt everything!" Ashu Rufate retorted sharply, "The army of dark elves suddenly appeared for no reason... If the dark elves had this ability, why would they come to Eriber? They should go around the back of our front line to launch an attack, which is much more cost-effective than attacking Eriber. Our evil cousins ​​cannot make such a stupid mistake!"

His voice was filled with indisputable tone, which made all the elves around him stop. However, he could see that there was obvious dissatisfaction in the eyes of these subordinates. No wonder they were not convinced. Although he was a prince, in the eyes of the elves, he was still a new recruit on the battlefield and had no experience in commanding the army to fight.

"I think that the number of our evil cousins ​​is probably not as large as they seem. They did not have the strength to attack Eriber, but they successfully ambushed Prince Belland because of accidents and luck. They are now trying to pretend to have a large army and try to scare us to retreat. So I decided to set out tomorrow and prepare to launch an offensive against the Dark Elves' camp."

"Wait a minute, prince!" This order was like a thunder falling between his officers, causing them to look at each other. Including Verino and Xunfeng, Ashu Rufate now has fourteen intermediate officers. Most of them recognize his status as prince, but they do not expect him to be so proactive. The reason they support him was because they needed a supreme leader to coordinate all aspects, but they never expected Ashu Rufate to be so proactive.

"What's wrong?"

"If you make a mistake in your judgment - please forgive me for being rude, but this is just an assumption - the dark elves have indeed three thousand troops, three times more than our army, then what should we do?"

"Let's retreat." Ashrufate replied. "Retreat in the city and prepare for defense. This is why I ordered the Shadow Warriors to reconnaise again. We set out tomorrow morning, and we will arrive near our evil cousin's camp tomorrow afternoon or evening. I believe that at that time, the Shadow Warriors will bring me detailed information. If their situation is the same as I expected, we will attack immediately, and vice versa, we will retreat immediately."

"But they may find out about our army's actions and respond. We will be pursued by them when we retreat."

"I will personally command the troops to cut off the rear." Ashu Rufate was not shaken at all.

"They have a whole team of cold beast cavalry." I don't know who said. The dark elves could not raise a large number of war horses on the barren land, so they replaced it with cold beasts. Cold beasts are a scaly carnivorous reptile, fierce and irritable, but they have the speed and endurance that is not inferior to war horses. These dark elves who drive cold beasts are generally called dark cavalry and are extremely dangerous warriors among dark elves.

"Don't worry." Ashurufate pointed his hand at the map. "The road of Eriber is not wide, and our evil cousins ​​cannot detour our army. A whole team of soldiers with firm determination can resist them. Besides, the shadow warriors are good at scouting work. They can provide our army with front-line hidden points to avoid our evil cousins' insight into our army's actions. How many soldiers can we dispatch now?"

The officers' expressions showed that they had reluctantly accepted this action plan.

"If all elite troops were selected, we had nine hundred soldiers, including seven hundred Marines and two hundred Silver Helmet Knights." One officer replied. "There were more, but we had to leave some soldiers to stay in the city just in case. Your Highness, I suggest you not choose such a reckless way, a week... We can only recruit the same number of soldiers from the civilians in seven days. They may not be as good as the Marines, but they can still use spears and bows and arrows skillfully."

"Insufficient weapons and equipment." Ashurufat learned the details from the administrative officials long before the military meeting. Irebe is a trading port rather than a commercial city, and as a safe rear base, a large part of the military material reserves were sent to the front line to support the Phoenix King. "We can recruit soldiers, but we cannot arm them with enough weapons and armor. And in any case, it is an indisputable fact that our evil cousins ​​suddenly appear, and their reinforcements are likely to appear in the same way. We must act immediately."

...

Ashurufat walked forward along the aisle. As he passed, all the guards, servants and women saluted him. He walked through a large room with tall and narrow windows covered with countless exquisite carvings and colorful glass. On the windows were engraved with moving scenery, bard skills, and even flying unicorns. Tomorrow he had to try to lead the army of elves, before that, he had to pretend to let himself sleep for a while.

The more he went forward, the more he observed the palace of the elves, the more surprised he was. He would find a new miracle. There was an independent building here, which was built like a blooming peony, and the curve of the arched roof was dotted with glass or gems. In the garden there, there was a small waterfall controlled by magic, so that it could flow through the entire garden with laughter. The center of the garden was a small pond, surrounded by many slowly rotating seats, which were rotating and moving up and down. The elves were not just fighting with magic. They had already regarded magic as part of their civilization and part of their lives.
Chapter completed!