Chapter 962 (2/2)
”In this way, the war will end, the two countries will stop fighting and cease hostilities, shake hands and make peace again, and return to the peaceful scene of dealing with their own affairs and occasionally visiting each other in the past hundreds of years.”
The voice fell, and the little prince's smile obviously stagnated for a few minutes.
After a full minute, he shook his head:
”I'm sorry, but it's impossible - with all due respect, Lord Loren Turin, although I respect you, you don't seem to be qualified to make such a condition now.”
”What's more, you are asking me to admit that the Azores Kingdom lost the battle of eboden - even in terms of the dignity of the Kingdom, I can't accept such an outcome.”
”But I didn't win, did I?” Lauren retorted, gradually narrowing his smile. ”You've been fighting for 15 days, and the wall of eboden is still standing behind me.”
The little prince lost his voice and smiled: ”how long can I stand? Counting the reinforcements, how many troops do you have, less than half of mine, right... I don't know how your combat readiness is, but the chips in my hands are several times as many as yours in terms of troops and materials.”
Loren shook his head slowly:
”War is not addition and subtraction, otherwise mathematicians will rule the world.”
”Well said, justified.” the little prince nodded gently. ”But now, I can take eboden in half a month at most - in fact, I have controlled the port of eboden now.”
”Yes, but you can't hold the port with only one beach.” the black haired wizard said faintly: ”and I only need to hold it for another half a month at most.”
”In half a month, you will face not me, but the 200000 army of the emperor's majesty - I don't know if the exhausted Elven warriors under the city of eboden can still meet twice their own sharp teachers?”
The little prince frowned, pursed his lips slightly, and looked straight at Lauren like an awkward child: ”Lord Byrne, you don't really think that the Azores army is only behind me?”
”I can tell you now that in a month at most, two or three times the army will appear outside the port! At that time, even if your emperor can really recapture eboden, he can only bear the pain and watch her destroy!”
Facing the threat of the little prince, the black haired wizard was silent.
He closed his eyes and exhaled ”white steam”, then gently sipped his right index finger, pointed his fingertip at the direction of the sea breeze and rubbed it a few times.
With a slight startle, the little prince understood what Lauren meant.
Winter is coming.
The weather is getting colder and colder. In less than a month, the port of eboden will be frozen - at that time, the elf fleet must evacuate, otherwise it will be completely destroyed by ice in the port; The Elven army left behind in eboden has become a lonely army. It is impossible to get the assistance of the next army until the cold ice melts next year.
The only thing waiting for them is the total annihilation of the army.
”Since you think so, it seems impossible for us to reach any mutually beneficial agreement.” the little prince said softly with a regretful expression:
”It's too unfortunate. We could have been friends.”
Loren has really heard similar words countless times.
”We can still be friends,” Lauren said with a smile, ”but war is war. We can't talk about feelings.”
”You're right, but the warriors on the battlefield have feelings and fight for their own beliefs and justice.” the little prince smiled: ”the wisdom and bravery displayed on the battlefield will make each other respect each other more.”
He snorted and waved behind him; The elves warriors gathered behind immediately dispersed, and an old elf came forward with a picture.
”This is my gift to you,” friendship of eboden ”... Well, yes, it's right here. You can go down.” as he said, the cheerful little prince took the picture and put it in front of the black haired Wizard:
”Just use this souvenir as a witness to our friendship.”
Slightly stunned, Loren looked at the ”souvenir” - the dazzling red sun dispelled the haze. He stood on the beach with the little prince in front, shook hands and made peace. Behind them were the towering fleet of elves and the city wall proudly standing in the fire of war.
Sunshine and haze, war and peace... Are vividly displayed on a picture less than two feet wide.
”How?”
The little prince suddenly asked, ”I specially ordered someone to rush this painting from a few days ago until it was finally completed. After all, it's difficult to draw the charm without seeing your face with your own eyes, so... Do you like it?”
”I like it very much - as a painting, because art likes decoration and only shows the side you want to see.” Loren looked up at him calmly:
”There is no smell of blood and corpse in the paint.”
”That's right, but I still hope you can like it, so that at least we can have a happy ending in today's meeting.” the little prince smiled: ”because of my next gift, you will never like it.”
Next gift?
”Boom, boom, boom, boom!”
At this moment, a loud thunder suddenly came, and the exquisite painting was directly knocked down on the beach.
The defenders on eboden's side turned their heads and looked at the direction of the explosion -- the raging fire rising at the other end of the river bank.
It's a river iron gate!
”As I just said, the wisdom and bravery displayed on the battlefield can lead each other to respect each other more.” under the blood red sunset, the little prince smiled more and more:
”Lord Loren Turin, you have shown superb command skills and prophetic judgment in the battle of the previous few days - as a return, of course I can't neglect it.”
”So I quietly sent a warship full of fire oil while you were rectifying the gap of the army, and blew up the iron gate blocking the sea entrance of the gem river with the blockage behind it to ashes.”
”In this way, my fleet can attack eboden from both sides at the same time. The launchers on my ship can bombard the inner city directly from the estuary. I wonder if your army has enough troops to garrison both walls?”
When the voice fell, the little prince raised his head and contentedly appreciated the face of the black haired wizard Tieqing, as well as the scream and alarm bell of the eboden garrison on the wall in the distance.
Yes, this is the charm of surprise - whether it's brought to you by the other party or imposed on you, it's always pleasant.
Surprise is the core charm of all games.