Chapter 4832 The Root Cause

When the main force of their Elf Kingdom went on an expedition, the number of Elf officers who stayed in the country was not small, but in Ajel's opinion, the only one who was truly capable of presiding over the overall situation was his senior brother Bakas.

Under this premise, it was natural that the other party could see the situation clearly, complete cooperation and retreat smoothly without any direct communication with him.

But it was also because the commander of the army was his senior brother Bakas that their Elf army was defeated in the previous battle, which surprised Ajel.

You know, when seeing their Elf army retreat, Ajel did not connect the commander of the army with Bakas at all, but the result was just that.

This can only mean one thing, that is, in this battle, the army of the Black Iron Empire is probably more difficult to deal with than he imagined.

With this mentality, Ajel naturally hurried to understand the situation with his senior brother.

Bakas was very surprised by Ajel's appearance, but even Bakas had to admit that Ajel's move really saved his life.

When facing Ajel's question, Bakas couldn't help showing a trace of shame on his face when talking about the battle here.

But after listening to Bakas's narration, Ajel could actually understand that the battle to this point was really not Bakas' fault.

In fact, it was thanks to Bakas's ability that the battle could be fought to this point.

Because the fundamental reason lies in the gap in the number of troops between the two countries.

If the Elf Kingdom and the Black Iron Empire are only compared in terms of the total military strength of the two countries, the two countries are actually not much different, because the "quality" and "quantity" of the troops are inversely proportional to a large extent.

The soldiers of the Elf Kingdom are of typical high quality. The Black Iron Empire is actually taking the route of elite soldiers, but the quality of the Elf soldiers is basically higher than that of the Dwarf soldiers.

Therefore, under this comparison, at the same level, the quality of the Elf Kingdom, whether it is a single soldier or a unit, is higher than that of the Black Iron Empire, while the Black Iron Empire has more soldiers and units.

Based on this premise, when both countries sent expeditionary forces of the same size, or with a small size difference, to the front line, the comprehensive strength of the front-line army sent by the Elf Kingdom is actually completely stronger than that of the Black Iron Empire.

The Elf Kingdom also knows this. The reason why Jason Last, the Elf King at that time, did this was naturally to further show the strength of their Elf Kingdom to the countries in the known universe.

At the same time, this large-scale coalition can also allow them to contact representatives of various countries in the known universe more frequently, which will help them integrate the Elf Kingdom into the international community faster.

But in contrast, this also makes the strength of the garrison left in the Elf Kingdom slightly weak.

Basically, there is only defensive power, and once an attack is launched, it is easy to cause a vacuum in the rear defense.

However, at that time, their Elf Kingdom and the Black Iron Empire were in a diplomatic honeymoon period. With the Black Iron Empire as a good neighbor, they were not too worried about any accidents.

However, Jason Last at that time obviously did not expect that things would develop to this point.

Or no one could have thought of it...

Now that the two countries have torn their faces, the combat power of the Elf Kingdom in the rear is obviously at a disadvantage compared to the Black Iron Empire.

The simple battle with the Black Iron Army in the early years gave the Elf Army no chance to figure out this problem. At the same time, unless they fought thoroughly, they basically had no chance to understand this problem.

And when they really understood it, they had already paid the price for it...

Therefore, the reason why the Elf Army fell into such a situation was that they did not know the enemy well enough.

But now that Ajel is back, the situation is different.

As the direct troops of the Elf Kingdom's Grand Prince, they are undoubtedly responsible for the important mission of protecting Ajel's safety. On the issue of his son's safety, his father, the Elf King Jason Last, certainly cannot be stingy.

Therefore, Ajel's direct troops are composed of the highest-level Royal Griffin Knights in their Elf Kingdom.

The combat power itself has undoubtedly reached the level of an ace force.

The addition of an ace unit is enough to greatly increase the offensive power of the elf army, and it can also enrich the use and changes of tactics.

Under this premise, what Ajel brought back was not only an ace unit, not to mention the other support fleets and troops that came back with him, but more importantly, this time he also brought back an elf dragon!

This is a strategic-level war unit with both flexibility and output firepower!

There are naturally strategic-level war units in the Black Iron Army, but they are basically good at output firepower and do not have enough mobility and flexibility.

Therefore, the elf dragon, which has these two advantages at the same time, has advantages and strategic value that the other side does not have in the battle with the Black Iron Army.

In the case of being able to effectively play the advantages of the elf dragon, the elf dragon can completely become the key to changing the situation in the battle between the two sides.

Not to mention, as long as Ajel enters the elemental elf state, he is also a strategic-level single-soldier unit.

"Your Highness, His Highness Ivan means to let the army withdraw to the border first to gain home advantage..."

From Ajel's state and words, Bakas undoubtedly heard something wrong, because he found that the prince in front of him seemed to have no intention of retreating.

During the period, after hearing Bakas' words, Ajel's eyebrows had a slight wrinkle, but it soon recovered.

"Ivan is not good at military affairs, General Bakas, you should know, and he is in the rear, the situation on the front line is changing rapidly, how can you let Ivan mess around?"

Obviously, in these words, Ajel had some misunderstandings. He mistakenly thought that Ivan was in the rear, but blindly commanded the battle on the front line.

Bakas wanted to explain, but Ajel didn't give him the opportunity at all.

"Okay, there's no need to talk about this anymore. Next, the army will cooperate with me to launch an action!"

When Ajel said this, Bakas was shocked and didn't bother to explain the little misunderstanding for a moment.

In Bakas's view, Prince Ajel and Prince Ivan have always had a good relationship. The little misunderstanding is insignificant. The two brothers can explain it themselves later.

In comparison, the tactical actions of his army are directly related to the life and death of countless elves in the entire army! There is no need to say more about which is more important!

Taking this into consideration, Bakas also hurriedly asked the other party about their intentions.

"General Bakas, your original plan was to withdraw to the border in one breath and gain home advantage, right?"

"Yes."

"The other party thinks so too! So I'm going to do the opposite! Directly use surprise tactics to attack the Black Iron Army and further inflict heavy damage on the other party!"

"..."