Regarding Claude's current worries, Arthur still rolled his eyes. He took out a small bag from his arms and opened it. Inside was a carefully polished stone pendant, and said: "Who are you bluffing? Oh, you

If you want to give me delicious food, I will give you a stone that can be seen everywhere. Do you think a little princess will not be able to have this thing? No."

After saying that, he no longer delayed, but turned around and left.

Seeing Arthur's current handling of the matter, Claude could only sigh and leave together.

On this side, Ariel also said goodbye to Alice, watching the staff leave one by one and go down the mountain.

This diplomatic act may be of some use to the two parties, but it is indeed of little use. In addition to allowing Ariel to see more clearly how weak the current Blue Bay Empire has become, it also means that even now,

In this situation, the fact that the two sides still need to engage in intrigues with each other seems extremely sad.

But so what?

Not only will it take up to fifty years to conquer mankind, but it will also take fifty years for mankind to unite with each other. This war will probably be a very long battle for both sides.

After sending away all the members of the envoy, the base area is now back to normal again.

For Ariel, now is also the time to prepare for the next battle, and everything must start to be prepared.

"Madam, since we have not been able to reach an agreement with Blue Bay, then our next move is to attack Blue Bay now and annex them? Or should we continue to maintain the line of fighting against the Demon King's army?"

At the strategic meeting that night, the generals and guild members of the Mermaid Army had now arrived again, and they all began to discuss the next strategic goals.

Ariel looked at the map on the wall, then looked at the many documents placed on the table, as well as the faces of the participants present, and said: "Originally, it should be our decision on the Blue Bay Empire.

The remaining troops will visit us. If they don't agree, we will attack. After all, we have made many alliance requests with them before. They have agreed to the alliance and then stabbed us in the back, and they have also refused in person. So.

Even if they disagree for the third time, there will be no pressure for our mermaid army to only serve them."

"But now, the other party has sent a queen of a country to form an alliance with us to discuss how to deal with the Demon King's army. In this case, if we attack the other party immediately after they come to visit and leave, our slogan and

Faith will definitely be met with suspicion by some other countries and rebels. At least, they will be a little wary when they come into contact with us."

Bass Macaroon held his hands in front of his chest. With an indifferent expression on his face, he now said slowly——

"President, our behavior is too concerned about our reputation. I heard that you recently stopped a secret assassination of the emperor of the Lanwan Empire? You are cautious in everything, but it seems too restrained."

Among the participants present, there were also people who agreed to assassinate Emperor Lanwan. After all, the current Emperor Lanwan was of little use, and the royal family member with the right to inherit was either the seven-year-old prince Menglang Bilan, or

The six-year-old princess of Tide and Blue who came together for the envoy visit. No matter who takes power, it is destined to mean that the Blue Bay Empire will become more divided, weaker and easier to defeat.

However, such a proposal was directly rejected by Ariel.

"I'll say it again here now."

Ariel took a deep breath and said slowly——

"We, the mermaid army, must not carry out any assassinations, kidnappings or other actions against important figures of other organizations. Perhaps for those empires, they like assassinations to directly eliminate thorns in their eyes, but the goal of our mermaid army

It's not just about destroying the enemy physically. We want many people who have not yet joined our mermaid army to know that the mermaid army is a trustworthy army. We will never engage in such tricks as terrorist assassinations, and all those who commit crimes will

be sent to the court for trial fairly, rather than being killed directly without any argument. We must have confidence that there is an essential difference between what we want to seize and what the empire wants to seize. We will absolutely

We will not use terror to achieve our goals. Please keep this in mind."

As Ariel finished speaking, everyone present looked at me and looked at you and stopped talking.

Seeing this situation, Ariel brought the topic back again and said: "Now, because of Blue Bay's initiative to sue for peace, even if there are still many things that we have not agreed on, we are not suitable to attack directly.

They have. Moreover, since the other party is willing to cooperate with us, we can still carry out some cooperation projects first."

At this point, Jelly on the side took a step forward and said slowly: "President, since it is inconvenient for us to break up with Blue Bay directly, can we now conduct some tentative attacks on the areas occupied by the Demon King's Army?"

Ariel nodded and said, "I have the same idea. How do you want to fight?"

Jelly walked to the map, looked at it briefly, raised his left hand, and an iron piece floated in his palm, clicked on a location on the map, and said -

"Those monster legions do seem to be able to achieve strong combat effectiveness for a long time after receiving the devil's blood, and they don't need much supplies. The reason why they occupy human settlements is largely to transform their battles as much as possible.

However, so far, the Demon King’s army we have seen has never sent out all the large numbers of troops. It is conceivable that even if humans are transformed into monsters, there are some who are suitable for transformation and those who are not.

the difference."

"Miss Sweet Cheese has seen with her own eyes the scenes where monsters transform into humans through some blood-red liquid. So, this should be the blood magic that Miss Mochi mentioned before."

"If this is the case, then I would venture to predict that the blood of this blood magic should be their source of power. In other words, it is their 'supply'"

"So, if we can capture this town in one go, we can cut off the connection between the front and rear Demon King's armies in one go, causing the Demon King's army on the front line to lose supplies and sit there waiting for death."

"Of course, this is still a very rough proposal, but I have talked about this idea with everyone in the past few days, and also mentioned this to the people from Blue Bay. The people from Blue Bay also agree with this and are willing to work on it.

Provide us with assistance when we attack this town."

Ariel looked at the point pointed by the iron piece and fell into deep thought. While she was thinking, someone from the generals also stood up and said: "Yes, Mr. Fleisch did discuss it with us in the past few days.

There are many weaknesses related to the Demon King’s Army. Look, this town is called Woodpecker. It is located at the junction of Hanhai Province and Haize Province. It is almost a month away from our nearest base area. If we can use the movement of the elemental vehicle

If you can march quickly, it may take ten days... No, if you travel day and night, you should be able to arrive in five days."

"To the north of Woodpecker Town is Giant Ocean City, a provincial city in Haize Province that the Demon King's Army just occupied. According to the information obtained by our spies, a large number of monsters stayed in the city to rest after they captured the city.

Apart from sending a small number of monsters to patrol around every day, there is no other news."

"To the east and south of Woodpecker Town are large areas of hilly terrain. The terrain is complex. Even if the Demon King's army wants to come to support, it will take some time."

"As long as we can sneak into the mountains to the west of Woodpecker Town, and then rely on the terrain of the mountain to cover Woodpecker Town with firepower from top to bottom, I believe we will be able to cut off this location very soon, so that the Demon King's army can't attack the head and tail.

Link."

Ariel nodded and said: "The idea is a good idea, so what's next? The Demon King's army has strong mobility. Even if the blood is really their supply, then how many days will it take for them to maintain their combat effectiveness?

?Can our army maintain its defense for such a long time under the attack of the other party?"

At this time, another general took a step forward and said: "No, madam, what we are asking for is not really to cut off the supply of the Demon King's army. What we really need to do is to mobilize the Demon King's army.

The actions of the Demon King’s army have always been too smooth. Except for a few confrontations with our mermaid army, all the actions of these monsters seem to be so smooth.”

"In this case, if we can really cut off the node of Woodpecker Town in one go, will it cause the Demon King's army in front to immediately turn back to defend? After all, the Demon King's army has just captured Juyang City. This

There is a large population in the city. If we transform all of them into monsters, and then eliminate those who dare to resist but fail to transform, their supplies now should not be very large."

"In this case, if these monsters are not in a hurry, but continue to garrison in Ocean City, or even just send a small group of troops to take back Woodpecker Town, then we can basically determine how long the lasting combat capability brought to them by the demon blood will be.

It can be very long. But if they send a large army to impatiently take back this passage not long after we capture Woodpecker Town, then it proves that their supplies are really very scarce. Moreover, the magic blood can maintain

The demonization time should not exceed ten days."

Another general snapped his fingers and said: "This is simple, just send someone to keep a close eye on it. It's easy to figure out how much logistics data the opponent has, and then you can deduce the duration of the magic blood and their

supplies.”

Ariel nodded: "In other words, as long as you attack the opponent's logistics troops once, you can know the recovery time of these monsters. But..."

Seeing that Ariel was hesitant now, Jelly immediately said: "President, are you worried about the other party's flying monster?"

Ariel nodded slightly.

Jelly continued: "As for the flying monsters, I don't think we need to panic too much. On the Island of the Brave, monsters seemed to be attacking in large numbers, but we must also note that not all monsters were able to fight with them at that time.

Those flying monsters correspond one to one. Compared with the large number of monsters, the number of flying monsters is very rare. This can also be seen in the attack and defense of Hanhai City not long ago. Therefore, I judge that only leader-level monsters can

Being able to obtain flying monsters. And if such precious flying monsters are used to transport supplies, they certainly cannot transport too many quantities, so the other party's transportation channel should still be based on the ground."

Ariel nodded again. In other words, this battle is an action to test the combat potential of the Demon King's army. The pressure brought by the Demon King's army, which never seems to need supplies, is too great. If it turns out that they

If supplies are also needed, the method of war can also be appropriately changed.

However, this can only be said to be a simple goal. What is the remaining strategic purpose?

Ariel took a slight breath, stretched out her hand, pointed at a large rural area around Giant Ocean City, and said: "If it can be confirmed that the combat ability of monsters indeed requires magic blood to maintain, then our next goal is

Guerrilla tactics must be carried out in the countryside surrounding Juyang City."

"If such a large number of monsters really need demon blood, then they are destined to be unable to spread out like a network. Moreover, the demon blood can only come from behind them, which is the direction where the demon king is.

, so it is impossible to obtain it on the spot. Therefore, the Demon King's army will definitely reduce its efforts in maintaining the countryside, and may even directly destroy it."

"Our purpose is to find these villages and towns as much as possible, gather the living humans, and fight against them on the periphery. Once we find signs of these monsters gathering towards big cities, it means that they need to replenish supplies. At this time, we

It’s a good time to launch an attack.”

After saying that, Ariel opened her hands, slapped the position of Giant Ocean City heavily, and said——

"Haize Province has always been a major agricultural province in the Blue Bay area, providing almost 40% of the farmland in the entire Blue Bay area. Such a large amount of farmland means that the terrain here is flat, which is very suitable for elemental vehicles.

Mobile warfare, if we can take this opportunity to recapture Haize Province in one fell swoop, it will be a huge boost to us."

Listening to Ariel's introduction, everyone present was eager to try it!

However, despite the excitement, everyone still had some doubts in their hearts. After all, where are the strengths of those monsters, can they really meet everyone's wishes?

Ariel seemed to have noticed everyone's concerns, and immediately said: "Tesla, Thor, how are you doing with what you were asked to make?"

At this time, Tesla and Thor looked at each other, stepped forward and said with a smile: "President, you are really going to make demands on us two. The improved element gun mentioned before is still only under research and development.

We are halfway through the process, and now there are such strange requirements. The two of us are not gods, and it is really difficult to achieve it in such a short time~~~"

Ariel smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I know you two have worked hard. What about this thing? Has it been successful?"

Thor slapped his chest suddenly and said with a smile: "Although it is a little difficult, it is still much easier than the elemental gun! This is a small-scale model I made, and the real physical version was just made two days ago.

I took a simple test and the results were satisfactory!”
To be continued...