Chapter 995: Su Cheng's Worries

After announcing the dissolution, Su Cheng was the first to leave the meeting room.

It was already dusk, so Su Cheng did not stay at the headquarters of the Knights of Michael for long after leaving the meeting room. He left the headquarters directly and returned to his home.

After Alyssa and Kyler took Theresa to Pendragon, his home became much deserted.

When Su Cheng got home, he saw Alan lying on the sofa in the hall, playing with a weird toy.

"Brother, you're back... huh? Brother, what's wrong? Did you encounter anything unpleasant?"

With just one glance, Alan could keenly sense that Su Cheng was in a bad mood at this time.

"Well, yes." Su Cheng pinched the bridge of his nose with a tired look on his face, "The country is in big trouble now..."

After that, Su Cheng began to summarize to Alan the various major events that the empire was encountering in the shortest possible sentences.

After learning that Iser and Albert's 300,000-strong army were defeated in the Rhineland Plain, and that Ilsa led the Uriel Knights to march in person, Alan's eyes widened and he sat up from the sofa.

"No way..." Alan murmured, "Isel and Albert actually lost... Aren't they two very powerful people?"

"They are indeed very powerful, but that doesn't mean they are invincible. I win today, you win tomorrow - this kind of thing is very common on the battlefield."

After saying that, Su Cheng sighed softly, and then continued:

"I'm a little worried about Alyssa now..."

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, Alan nodded quickly:

"My father suffered such a disaster, anyone would be very anxious..."

Having said this, Alan paused for a moment, then raised his head and asked Su Cheng:

"Brother, Your Majesty is now personally leading the Uriel Knights to attack the Frank army entrenched in the Rhineland Plain. Can Your Majesty and the others win?"

After hearing Alan's question, Su Cheng fell silent.

After being silent for a while, he finally spoke:

"……have no idea.

"

"It's hard to tell who wins and who loses on the battlefield."

"Weather, terrain, the morale of the generals of both armies, the level of the commander... these factors will all affect the outcome of the war."

"However, judging from the comparison of the strength of the two armies, the Frank army has the advantage."

"According to intelligence, the Frankish army currently entrenched in the Rhineland Plain, including the army and the fleet's sailors, has about 350,000 to 450,000 troops."

"And the Uriel Knights who went to attack only had 150,000 people. Their strength was seriously less than that of the Frank army."

"However, having said that, as long as the knights are commanded well, there is still a good chance of defeating the Frank army."

Speaking of this, Su Cheng became silent again.

Su Cheng's silence was a bit long this time, so long that Alan began to wonder if Su Cheng had dozed off.

Just when Alan was about to "shake Su Cheng awake", Su Cheng finally broke the silence:

"...Actually, I think Your Majesty and the others used the wrong tactics."

"If we don't defeat the Falak fleet first, it will be quite difficult to defeat the Frankish army entrenched in the Rhineland Plain."

"Huh?" Alan looked at Su Cheng with a puzzled face, "Using the wrong tactics? What do you mean?"

Su Cheng sat next to Alan.

I dipped it in the black tea that happened to be placed beside the table, and then started drawing on the table.

"This is the Ys River. The fleet of the Frank Empire is now entrenched in this Ys River."

Su Cheng used tea to draw an east-west water line on the table.

"This is the Rhineland."

Su Cheng drew a large circle in the north of the "Yisu River".

"The army of the Frank Empire was on this Rhineland plain, heavily besieging Dad and Albert's remnant army."

"If His Majesty leads the Knights of Uriel and goes overland to the Rhineland Plains. Guess what will happen?"

Su Cheng drew two small circles in the large circle symbolizing the Rhineland Plain. These two small circles represented the Frankish Empire's army and the Uriel Knights led by Ilsa respectively.

Alan looked at the simple map drawn by Su Cheng and pondered for a long time. He could not figure out what would happen if Ilsa only brought the Uriel Knights to rescue Iselle.

And Su Cheng didn't expect Alan to give any reliable answers.

Before Alan could express his opinion aloud, Su Cheng gave the answer himself.

"If Your Majesty only leads the Uriel Knights...that is, only leads the army, then the Frankish Empire's fleet will harass His Majesty's troops without any hindrance."

"The reason why Dad and Albert were defeated was because the Frankish Empire's fleet cut off their retreat and landed a large number of troops behind them."

"If this fleet of the Frank Empire is not defeated, then the threat posed by this fleet will be too great."

Seeing that Alan still didn't understand what he just said, Su Cheng thought for a while, and then decided to give an example to explain to Alan.

"Now suppose - His Majesty successfully leads the Uriel Knights to the Rhineland Plain in time and starts a battle with the Frankish Empire's army."

Su Cheng poked at the simple map he had just drawn on the table.

"While the fierce battle between the two armies was in full swing, the Frankish Empire's fleet suddenly landed here with their landing force."

Su Cheng casually pointed to somewhere in the "Yisu River" that he had just drawn on the table.

"Then, this landing force that successfully landed on the shore will be able to attack the flank of the Knights of Uriel, or directly attack the rear of the Knights of Uriel."

"When you are fighting fiercely with the opponent in front of you, a new enemy suddenly appears on your side or rear - can you imagine how bad this feels?"

After listening to Su Cheng's example, Alan finally showed a look of sudden enlightenment.

"Oh, I understand, that is to say, if we don't try to get rid of this fleet of the Frankish Empire, then this fleet that can carry a large number of landing troops can land anywhere in the Issu River and then launch annoying harassment on our army. Am I right?"

"That's right." Seeing that Alan finally understood, Su Cheng's face finally showed some relief.

"If you want to avoid being harassed by the Frankish Empire's fleet and their landing forces, there are only two ways."

"The first way is to send a large number of scouts to monitor the Issu River. Prevent the Frankish Empire's landing forces from landing on the flanks or rear of the army."

"But this method is very inefficient. The Issu River is too wide and too long. How many scouts should be sent to watch every corner of the Issu River?"

"So, the simplest and most effective method is the second method - call our navy to fight a decisive battle with the Frankish Empire's fleet on the Issu River!"

Su Cheng said in a sonorous tone:

"As long as the Frankish Empire's fleet is annihilated, their landing forces will be useless. They will only become ordinary armies."

"At that time, we can concentrate on fighting a decisive battle with the Frankish Empire's army on land!"

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