Jia Ling opened her eyes and quietly stared at Qi Lian who was sitting in front of her, shaking left and right...

"It's very interesting, Miss Qilian, but I don't think I have an obligation to help you."

"I didn't say I wanted you to help us, Xiao Jialing."

Hearing the other party's answer, Qi Lian laughed out loud. She proudly raised a finger and swayed left and right. Behind Qi Lian, the big fluffy tail was also shaking left and right.

"I just told you about this, and I hope you can help you a little bit. Isn't this a stingy thing for you? Don't be so stingy, okay? Anyway, you have enough strength to solve this small problem. Even if you have a mountain of gold and silver, who will know if you don't have it?"

"So what about you? Lord of Fire Element?"

Jia Ling's expression did not change at all. Her deep and dark eyes carefully observed the fox-eared girl in front of her. When she heard Jia Ling's inquiry, Qi Lian's expression did not change at all. She still looked like she was smiling, crossing her fingers at the same time, then leaned back on the back of the chair leisurely and turned her ears proudly.

"My situation is a bit special, Xiao Jialing, and even so, I am working hard. Look at you, it's boring to hide in this cold and wet room without going out every day. Isn't it good for your physical and mental health if you go out occasionally, bask in the sun and kill people?"

"Please don't compare me with you, Miss Qilian."

Jia Ling lowered her eyes, stretched out her fingers and gently stroked the harp beside her.

"You have your ideas, and I have my considerations. I am not here because of my personal will, but because of His Highness Lydia's order. I don't know who came up with this combat plan, but this is your own problem, not my responsibility. If they want to win, it is best to rely on their own hands, rather than expecting help from others. I hate the weak, especially those who always expect to rely on the power of the strong without thinking. The weak are just ants. I have no interest in the requests of ants. That's it, Miss Qilian, I think you should understand what I mean."

"Of course, of course, I know very well, Xiao Jialing. Well, but the way you reject others really makes me sad. Although it's not the right person who is sad, it's a pity that Xiao Lijie finally plucked up the courage to do something big, but now it seems that she must think of another way."

Speaking of this, Qi Lian jumped up quickly, then smiled at Jia Ling, then turned around and walked to the door. Just as Qi Lian reached out and was about to open the door, her movements suddenly stopped. Then Qi Lian turned around again and showed a passionate smile at Jia Ling again.

"Ah, right, I've forgotten one thing, and the next thing the master asked me to bring it back - he is looking forward to His Highness Lydia to prepare a generous reward for this mission?"

“……………………”

Hearing this, Jia Ling's expression still did not change at all, but Qi Lian seemed to have no intention of getting any reaction from Jia Ling. She just waved her hands to the other party enthusiastically, then opened the door and walked out. Until the door closed again, the black-haired girl was still sitting quietly in the chair. Her left hand was holding the heavy harp, and the fingers of her right hand gently stroked the strings. Then, Jia Ling closed her eyes.

Soon, a crisp and pleasant music sounded.

The gentle, cool wind poured in from the window, bringing a hint of coolness to the originally dull room. Lydia reached out and took a stack of information from the coffee table in front of her. After watching the records on the paper, Lydia's mouth suddenly raised slightly.

"Now it seems that the group of mice can't help but act... It seems that it's right to drive the mice to find a suitable wild cat to do it. Although the domestic cat is gentle, it's also very tired to hide its claws..."

The girl leaned on the soft and comfortable red velvet sofa, looking at the information in her hand with a pleasant smile. Just as she reached out and turned to the next page, Lydia's slender and white fingers suddenly stopped moving. The angel looked at the report in front of her with a slightly curious and interesting look. After a moment, she smiled softly, then stood up and threw the information in her hand aside.

“It’s really a trip…

Lydia raised her head and looked at the picturesque scenery outside the window, while muttering to herself in a low voice. Behind the girl, golden light flashed from time to time, revealing the outline of the wings of light. The girl looked out the window silently. After a while, she reached out and picked up the bell on the coffee table aside and shook it. Soon, with the crisp ringtone, a maid respectfully walked into the room.

"Your Highness, what are your instructions?"

"Please ask the Armond Division to come to me and give me instructions. In the evening, I will hold a roundtable meeting and invite General Rangnik of the Seventh Fleet for me. It's almost time to give a final blow to the rats running around my territory."

Speaking of this, a sharp light flashed in Lydia's eyes for the first time, shining like thunder and lightning.

"call……,"

Lijie put down the pen in her hand and looked at the messy map she drew in front of her. She couldn't help but smile bitterly. This time the combat plan was completely designed and planned. Now, it was finally the last moment, and what was next was the most important test for Lijie.

丨She wants to explain her combat plan completely to others and hope to get their understanding and cooperation, which is the most important thing for Lijie.

Almost, the time has come.

Thinking of this, Lijie stood up, she clenched her fists tightly, as if she was cheering herself up, and then the girl picked up the map in her hand, then turned around and pushed open the door, and walked out of the room.

When Lijie came to the combat conference room again, everyone was ready. Although they had held such a combat conference many times, this time, everyone clearly showed a very surprised and curious expression on their faces. After all, in the past, everyone just gathered according to the rules and reported the current situation. But this time it was obviously different. This was the first time that Lijie took the initiative to call them to attend the combat conference.

I have to say that when I heard this news, most people were surprised. Even Joey and Lando, who had a much lower qualification than Lijie, were no exception. To be fair, they did not look down on Lijie, nor did they deliberately make things difficult for her. After all, Lijie is the oldest member of the Starlight Guild, and she is gentle and a life-saving spirit master. No one would want to find such a little girl when she was bored. But the problem is that feelings are feelings, and work is work. In the previous meeting, Lijie performed like a puppet. No matter what others said, she would just nod and say

I know, this reaction made others very helpless. After all, the mercenaries fight in groups, so they naturally need a backbone who can command themselves. With Rhodes in the past, no one was worried about this problem. But now Rhodes has left, but he threw such a heavy burden to Lijie. However, it seems that Lijie is not doing well at the moment. She often acts like a taciturn clerk, not a deputy in the position of acting leader. Fortunately, there has not happened anything that Lijie has to decide and deal with during this period, so everyone has not had much objection to her existence.

But now, the situation has finally changed.

The reformist army is about to arrive, and as long as it is not a blind man, it can be seen that the Southern Legion is bound to win this time. For these mercenaries, it is finally time to test them. If Rhodes are here, they don’t have to worry at all. Not to mention that there are thousands of people on the other side, even tens of thousands of people. As long as Rhodes commanded, these mercenaries are not afraid to compete with each other. But now Rhodes is not here, and Lijie, who is in charge of the agent, is so hesitant, which makes others start to worry.

Is it attack? Defend? Fight? Retreat?

In private, everyone had argued about these issues several times. Thankfully, at this time, the role of Rhodes leaving Qilian appeared. Although everyone was a little uneasy in the face of the upcoming war of the Southern Legion, at least this tricky and powerful fox-eared girl was by their side. Rhodes once said in public that Qilian stayed here to tutor Lijie. So, in the face of such a situation, if she was there, everyone would not be so panicked.

Now that Lijie is holding a meeting, most people think that this should be Qi Lian commanding behind her back. After all, there is no time left before the battle. If you can't come up with an idea, it will be a problem when you really get to the battlefield.

It is also because of this that when they saw Lijie walking into the combat conference room alone, almost everyone showed a surprised expression on their faces. Joey even stretched out his neck and looked back, but after Lijie came in, she turned around and closed the door. It was obvious that there was no shadow of the fox-eared girl behind her.

What's going on?

As expected...

Lijie was feeling a little depressed when she noticed the expressions of everyone. As a person who is best at observation and meticulous, she certainly did not let go of her companions' surprise and doubt when she saw her appear here alone. She also understood why they showed such expressions. After all, although the combat meetings were nominally held by herself, the actual dominance has always been in the hands of Qi Lian. Now, Qi Lian is not here, can she do this well?

Thinking of this, Lijie couldn't help but hold her hand tightly.

In any case, this time, you must work hard!

While secretly cheering herself up in her heart, Lijie opened her eyes and looked at her companions around her again. Then, she opened her mouth and said.

"This time, I invite you to attend the combat meeting. For nothing else, I think everyone is already very clear. The army of the Southern Legion will arrive here soon. Before that, we must propose a combat plan. I do not have the talent of Mr. Rhodes, so I hope to listen to everyone's opinions..."

Speaking of this, Lijie spread out the map in her hand, and everyone hurriedly stood up and looked at the map like a ghost-like talisman, they couldn't help but frown.

What is this? Graffiti?

However, Lijie did not care about their expressions. In fact, she knew very well that her problems were not so easy to get rid of. Even until now, Lijie still did not have the confidence to be able to muster up the courage and doubts of others. She even worried that when she saw the uneasiness and doubts on others halfway through the speech, she would immediately doubt herself. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Lijie decided that when she talked about the combat plan, she would never raise her head and look at the other people, but just concentrate on looking at the map in front of her.

"After the intelligence of Joey and Lando, Miss Seven Love and I analyzed it, the Southern Legion did not come to completely capture the Fortress of the Clouds and Fogs. Because there is no real military value to them. I think they should be planning to use a few troops to restrain the Fortress, while the remaining people will take the opportunity to go straight to the depths of the Parfield Plain from the side. In this way, the role of the Fortress of Fogs is meaningless. They can even cut off our retreat from the back and in turn surround the Fortress. Mr. Rod once told me that the Reformers knew that their power was not strong enough to fight the royal family, so they placed their hopes on the Land of Light. According to Mr. Rod, after these people occupied Parfield, the Parliament of the Land of Light would most likely protest and oppose the Moon royal family through diplomatic channels, and ultimately make the land occupied by the Reformers essentially the territory they controlled."

"What?!"

Hearing this, Joey couldn't help but scream. Even the others looked at each other at this moment. They had never thought so much. After all, as mercenaries, their eyes were not very long. In their opinion, as long as they could win in front of them, wouldn't it be a victory next? But now...

"Miss Lijie, what you mean is that even if those bastards don't beat us but let us go to occupy the territory behind us, then after being recognized by the damn Council of Light, we are still standing within the territory of the 'enemy,'"

“It’s almost that.”

Hearing Joey's unbelievable question, Lijie still stared at the map in front of her, and pointed a little hard without raising her head. So, in order to prevent this, we must completely stop the opponent's attack. I studied the terrain of Parfield, and then found several road words that the opponent could pass..."

Speaking of this, Li Jiefu pointed at a point on the map.

"After looking at the map and asking General Garcia, I realized that although Parfield is a plain terrain, the defense line of the top of the clouds is not a flat mountain. There are several woods blocking it between the fortress defense line and the rear. If the enemy is in a hurry, they will definitely not have to go into the woods, but will choose to pass through the flat ground between these two woods. I think we can set up an ambush here and completely block their way."

"You mean, ambush?"

At this time, Mafa, who had not spoken and remained silent, finally asked.

"Yes, Mr. Mafa. We are not in the number of people, but fortunately, there are many thieves and rangers among us, which can ensure our advantage in ambush. Moreover, I have conducted careful verification and my team is sure to completely cover this area, thereby slowing down their speed. Then, with Mr. Lando's Rangers' Squad, Mr. Mafa's Sword Squad and Miss Seven Love's cover, I think we should be able to take down the enemy here."

"So, how many enemies are we going to face? What are the arms?"

"In order to restrain the strength of the Fortress at the Top of Clouds, the opponent should have divided up about 3,000 people to entangle General Garcia. The total number of enemies is 8,500. Considering that they are very unwilling to choose to concentrate all their forces in one place to break through, then we should face two to three,000 enemies."

"This is just your guess, Miss Lijie."

At this time, Lando couldn't help but frown.

"If we have two thousand to three thousand people, we have less than two hundred people in total, it will be very difficult to deal with. If the other party does not distribute enough troops to surround the fortress as you expected, then the threat we have to face may be greater. Have you ever considered this issue? Also, what if the other party concentrates its troops to break through? More than five thousand people... If Mr. Rhode is here, I certainly have nothing to say, but "..."

Although Lando didn't finish his words, everyone knew what he meant. Lijie still didn't look up, just staring at the map in front of her.

"They shouldn't do that. I've learned from General Garcia that General Ded, who is in charge of commanding the battle this time, is a cautious and cautious person. Such a person will never put all the eggs in one basket. If I were him, then I would rather choose to bloom in multiple sides, let my soldiers divide them into several teams and quickly break through the defense line, and then gather again in the rear. Moreover, the team of five thousand people is too large, which is not conducive to concealment, and it is easier for the enemy to guess the direction and goals of their subsequent advancement, so I think he shouldn't do this."

Speaking of this, Lijie paused for a moment. The first time she said so many words in front of everyone made the girl feel extremely nervous, but she still took a deep breath and continued to speak.

"As for the troops, I think they should be cavalry, and the ones used to restrain the fortress are infantry. After all, in order to pursue speed and break through the defense line, infantry speed is much slower than cavalry, and it is not appropriate to bring them with them."

"So you plan to do this? This is a good idea..."

Hearing this, Mafa finally nodded. At the same time, he couldn't help but look at Li Jie with a little surprise. This little girl who has always been submissive and actually has such a big view at the moment, which surprised Mafa quite. However, for him, this plan did not seem perfect...

"Lijie, I remember that the casting range of your spiritual masters seems to be limited. If you want to cover this entire area, don't you stand outside the woods? In this way, the enemy will definitely attack you first. Are you sure there is no problem doing this?"

"Please rest assured, Mr. Mafa, we are spiritual masters, and we have ways to protect ourselves. And...Anne is there."

"That's it......"

Hearing this, Mafa nodded and said nothing more. After all, he was a swordsman, not a spirit master, and he really had no right to talk to Lijie in terms of spell casting. At this moment, Joey, who bent down and stared at the map carefully, screamed strangely, and then he raised his head and looked at Lijie.

"Wait, Miss Lijie, according to what you said, if the Southern General really dispersed his army, then what's the point of doing this? Even if we can block this gap, but someone else breaks through, the result is the same as the outcome? And, if those guys receive a report, go around from behind, and give us a front and back attack,.........Hey, then everyone has no way to survive?"

"You can rest assured that this is, Joey, Miss Qilian said she has someone she can trust and will be responsible for dealing with this problem..."

As soon as Lijie finished speaking, the door opened again. Then what appeared in front of everyone was Qi Lian's playful smile that was the same as before.

"Oh, it seems that Xiao Lijie is just talking about me. I hope I haven't missed anything, right?"

"Miss Qilian!"

Hearing Qilian's arrival, Lijie finally raised her head and looked at the fox-eared girl in front of her. She was a little excited, and even her hands were trembling slightly. It has to be admitted that the question raised by Joey was exactly what Lijie had been worried about before. Although she was not without a few alternatives when facing such emergencies, it was not very ideal. It was not until Qilian said that she had someone to help solve this problem that Lijie felt relieved, and now...

"Miss Qilian, what you said..."

"Ah, that's the matter."

Hearing Lijie's inquiry, Qilian opened her eyes wide and turned around in a round circle, then she smiled proudly and blinked at her.

"Don't worry, there is no problem at all, it's solved!"
Chapter completed!