Author: Conquer people with virtue

"Compared with most other elemental creatures, the Greystones have higher intelligence, so they can better understand threats and communicate with creatures that enter their alert range..."

"They have clear memories and are very willing to share information about their surrounding environment with creatures that are not a threat to them..."

Valk squinted his eyes, like an osprey skimming the water looking for fish downstream, seizing that moment of opportunity.

"In other words, the Glaishites can communicate with each other, so there is the possibility of avoiding conflicts. And if these Glaishites know that they are being enslaved by the mountain giants, is it possible to get them out of the mountains?

Where’s the giant?”

This idea is a good one. If the Gray Stones and the Mountain Giants can be separated, Osfir's pressure will be much less.

The combat effectiveness of the Osfir army has actually been reflected in its organization. As long as the individual strength is not absolutely overwhelming, the Osfir army with extremely high discipline can deal with the mountain giants on the frontal battlefield.

Just like the original encirclement and suppression of the ogres.

Not to mention, the highly mobile Warg Cavalry can kite the Mountain Giants and the Gryphon Riders can strike harmlessly from the sky.

The existence of the Gray Stone Man is like a mine hidden in the mountains, which has a great impact on Osfilfang's energy.

No matter how you plan this battle, you must avoid letting the battle turn into a security battle with giants and stone men.

Soon, under the notice of the guards, in addition to some generals who were stationed outside, all the senior officers who were still in Platinum Crown City arrived.

"Tell me briefly about the current situation..." Valk opened his mouth first and told everyone the whole story.

"As for the planning of the battle plan, let's discuss it here and work together." After saying that, he handed the report in his hand to the generals below for them to circulate.

After reading the report, everyone looked solemn and did not speak rashly, but lowered their heads and thought.

Seeing this, Valk nodded with satisfaction.

Although Theos did not explicitly raise too many objections to the army's battle, all his words and deeds would still affect everyone under his command invisibly. Especially Valk, who learned the lord's "True Art of War", understood the essence deeply.

According to Osfill's war philosophy, he prefers to make adequate plans and preparations in advance to avoid unexpected situations. This includes the collection and analysis of opponent intelligence.

Secondly, it is to value organization and discipline, and to minimize unnecessary casualties if possible.

Under the guidance of this concept, at least the officers and generals who are currently at the top of the military have developed the habit of thinking well.

Even a seemingly single-minded fool like Woz will not violate this point. At least, he will leave the thinking work to others.

After a period of silence, everyone present finally began to speak one after another.

The meeting lasted from morning to afternoon, and the waiters kept refilling the tea cups of the bosses, and the tea bottles were emptied. Fortunately, there is no such thing as cigarettes in this world, otherwise it would not be difficult to imagine this office

I'm afraid it's already filled with smoke.

The discussion was coming to an end. Under the auspices of Valcke, this high-level meeting in the army came up with two options at the end.

The first one is naturally based on Valk's idea, a plan to instigate rebellion against the Glaishites. Regarding this, we need to send people to communicate with them and try to reach an agreement with them. To say the least, even if it is not possible, we should try our best to follow the plan.

They get more information from their mouths.

Considering that the Glaish people have communication skills, this matter is not difficult to carry out, but the results are unpredictable.

The second one is naturally a plan for a normal battle. Based on the information obtained by intelligence and the characteristics of each tribe in the army, everyone tries to formulate a battle plan and deploy troops.

Everyone has slight differences on this point, mainly in terms of combat troops. The generals of each tribe feel that they have certain ways to deal with it. However, everyone still agrees that small races such as goblins, dwarfs, dwarves, etc. are not suitable for selection into combat.

Troops. After discussion, only some particularly outstanding members of these races are allowed to participate in the war.

"That's it, it's settled, and the in-depth investigation of the mountain giant can be carried out." Valk summarized and made arrangements, and everyone nodded.

Time flies, and half a month passes in the blink of an eye.

In the past half month, Osfir independently organized a major operation in the absence of Theos. Materials and personnel from all aspects were constantly mobilized, which was very similar to the original attack on Molten Hammer City.

From top to bottom, everyone included in the plan received transfer orders.

Hundreds of harpies and griffin knights once again played a key role, constantly entering the mountain giants for reconnaissance.

Finally, on this day, Valk's frontline headquarters also moved forward to the outskirts of the giant's territory, that is, outside the wild stone mountains.

The Wild Stone Mountains are the command of the Molten Hammer City to the area occupied by the mountain giants. Of course, this is the name that was translated into common language from the dwarven language.

Through the investigation over this period of time, the true face of this mountainous area was revealed to everyone step by step. This is a place with nothing but stones and a few vegetation.

It's no wonder that Hammer City takes a laissez-faire approach here. After all, there are few resources here and the terrain is not conducive to marching.

And now, just on the outer layer of this mountainous area, a group of Osfir soldiers are exploring inward.

There are about a dozen people in this small team, almost all of them are hobgoblins. They all ride on wargs and travel very fast. However, if you pay attention, you will find that a knight in the center of the team does not seem to be very skilled.

As for the other team members, they would slow down from time to time to accommodate him.

"Farr, are you okay?" Team leader Saran asked. He saw the young goblin next to him struggling and was a little worried.

"Please don't drag down the team's progress because of me, Captain Saran, I can still do it!" Farr gritted his teeth. He didn't expect that it would be so difficult to ride a warg. It was obvious that the one under him was already quite gentle and smart.

Wolf's.

Hearing this, Saran nodded and said no more. After all, their mission was indeed critical.

Farr is not actually a soldier in Osfir's army, but a second-year student at All Souls College.

In order to communicate with the Gray Stone people, the Osfir military needed a translator who knew the language of the earth element, and in the entire Osfir, they could only find a few self-taught students from All Souls College.

The team advanced silently. The mountain road below them was not easy to walk. The only flat road was the one trampled by the mountain giants who often walked on it, and no one dared to go there. Therefore, they took the small path.

There were jagged and strange rocks on both sides of the road. The warg knights were alert and alert. They knew that maybe the next moment, these piles of rocks would come alive.

Suddenly, there was a strange noise coming from the front.

"Pfft~"

A stone the size of a fist fell in front of the knight at the front, and he shouted: "There's something wrong!"

Everyone stopped quickly. Saran came to the head of the team and saw a pile of rocks twenty or thirty meters away that seemed to be moving.

It stood up, about the height of a person, like a fat man made of stones.

"Found it." Even though Saran had little knowledge, he still recognized that this was what they were looking for.

"Leave it to me." Farr breathed a sigh of relief and finally stopped.

He turned over and got off the warg, spread his legs so twisted that he took two steps, and shouted: "$%!"

The stone man really understood and took no further action. In fact, it did not immediately show any intention to attack. A stone the size of a fist is not enough to hurt anyone.

Under the gaze of Saran and all the soldiers, Farr walked towards the stone man step by step. Finally, he stopped four or five meters away from the stone man and started talking to it.

However, no matter how much he tried to explain, the Glaishite remained unmoved, and even became less and less eager to reply to the point of becoming completely silent.

Gray Stone Man: I have read it and cannot reply.

Fall was sweating profusely. He didn't want to give up this opportunity, but the facts told him that it was in vain.

"How could that happen?" Farr was a little confused. In order to avoid angering the stone man, he had to leave quickly.

Suddenly, at this moment, he noticed that there seemed to be a strange rune mark on the forehead of the stone man.

"Strange, do the Gray Stones have such a thing on them?" Farr's intuition told him that something was wrong.

But he was just a student learning a partial language and his knowledge was limited. He could only secretly write down the rune patterns in his mind and turn around to leave.

"How is it?" Sal asked, but he also guessed it.

Sure enough, Farr just shook his head.

"In that case, let's go back first." Saran said.

"No, Captain Saran, I want to try to find another stone man." Farr had some guesses in his mind, but he was not sure.

Saran obviously didn’t want to leave empty-handed, so he agreed to change the direction and continue moving forward. But he was more worried——

"If you can't bear it anymore, remember to tell us so we can slow down a bit."

Although Farr was only a student, he was stronger than he thought. So everyone got on the warg and continued the action.

Only about half an hour later, everyone met another Gray Stone man. It seemed that this area was close to the interior, and the number of the opponent had increased.

Farr continued to talk to the Gray Stone like last time, but after a while, he turned back.

"What's going on? It still doesn't work?"

"Still not working." Farr shook his head, but this time he saw the same rune mark on the stone man's head.

"But Captain Saran, I have made a discovery, which may be a breakthrough."

Farr told Saran what he had discovered.

"This is indeed strange, let's go, we will go back and report it immediately." Saran also felt strange.

Everyone returned along the original path, and soon after, this piece of information was sent to Valcke's headquarters.

"Rule mark?" Valk was surprised but looked at the piece of paper in his hand, which had a restored picture drawn by Farr based on his memory.

"Go and show this to all the adults to take a look at."

If you can't even recognize the people at the top of Osfil's various professions, then there's nothing you can do.

The next day, Erso, who was originally handling the incident at the rear, rushed over as soon as he received the message.
To be continued...