Chapter 967: Weak Elf
When Elrond came to Lothlorien, he discussed with Galadriel, Celeborn, and Gandalf about the deployment of specific strategies, and focused on reducing as much as possible in each fight. The loss of elves. And how to ensure that the scale of the war will not expand further on the basis of effectively repelling the enemy.
They were watching around a sheepskin map with the border of Lothlorian, and discussed with each other about war plans, possible weak points, and so on.
"The border of Roselorian is very large, but the population of Roselorian is very small. Although the power of Nanya makes it difficult for all human beings to enter Roselorian. But compared to the vast border, the power of Nanya is also very difficult. Taking into account the territory of the Roslorian Security Department. So..." Gandalf looked at Galadriel and asked, "I need to know exactly how many combatable troops Roslorian can have?"
After hearing this, Galadriel hesitated for a while, and then said seriously: "At present, our population can have a maximum of about 1,000 troops!" Then he said: "If we don't care about the consequences, we can add another 500 troops at most." Human force!"
"What!!!"
Gandalf couldn't believe his ears, he almost widened his eyes, his gray beard trembled, "Elf, since when did you become so weak!!!" He said loudly, "One thousand With five hundred troops defending such a huge territory, how can it be possible to completely defend all the territory? Even with the presence of Nanya's power, Rosslorian will inevitably shrink his own territory in this conflict with humans. Otherwise, , it is simply impossible to take into account such a vast territory!"
Gandalf's words made the three elf lords silent for a while, and Elrond broke the silence afterwards. He said: "The tragic battle that took place in Valinor at the beginning, our elves lost too much population. We moved back to Middle-earth again, until now , Our population has not recovered much. This time I come here, I can only mobilize 500 troops around me, and the rest of the troops are responsible for defending Rivendell and monitoring Sauron. No matter how many there are, there is no way to guard Rivendell! "
"What can two thousand troops do?" Gandalf murmured, "What about humans? How much do you know about humans? How many troops can they dispatch?" Gandalf said heavily.
"It is conservatively estimated that human beings can dispatch at least 20,000 troops. And in the future, this number is very likely to increase to nearly 30,000!" Celeborn's face was extremely ugly.
In fact, not only him, but one counts as one, the same is true for Gandalf, Elrond, and Galadriel. Their faces are extremely ugly. All these years have passed, and the elves who moved back to Middle-earth from Valinor have recuperated for so long, and the population problem has never been resolved. Their population is still small compared to humans, and the dwarves and humans who moved back to Middle-earth almost at the same time have already recovered their vitality, and their population increase over the years has far surpassed that of elves. Compared with them, the elves are undoubtedly lonely.
"During the first era, under the leadership of Yiningville, our elves could easily gather an army of more than 30,000 people! Now only a few thousand years have passed, and even if we unite together, we cannot gather 5,000 people. The elves are really lonely. The battle in Valinor hit the elves too hard. So now, what we have to deal with is just a group of dark humans with almost no civilization at all, and we feel a lot of pressure. If Facing Sauron, I can't even imagine the consequences." Galadriel said in confusion, her eyes revealing memories. It seems to be remembering the time when the elves were extremely prosperous and powerful during the first era.
Men and dwarves were nothing in the glory of the First Age. Even if their population is growing rapidly, even if they unite together, they cannot pose the slightest threat to the elves. At that time, every elven country could easily assemble an army of more than 5,000 people.
Very few countries are even enough to gather an army of 10,000 people! And it was a piece of cake for all the elves to unite and summon an army of more than 30,000 people.
But now, the tragic battle that took place in Valinor made it impossible for the elves to gather more than 5,000 troops even if they united. Even, they are extremely far from this goal. But the dark human beings who conflicted with them could easily summon an army of more than 20,000 people, even if they had low civilization and low productivity. However, what the savage dark humans fear most is death. In fact, they are martial, savage, and fearless of death. Even if it is not as powerful as an individual elf, even an elf will be defeated with hatred if it swarms up.
These were young races who were students of the Elves during the First Age. Their recovery ability is too fast. In a short period of time, they regained their vitality and the population began to grow every year. Their speed is too fast, and the speed of growth is also very fast. Up to now, before Sauron officially showed up, a group of primitive and savage dark humans could already give them elves, posing a serious threat.
Even though Galadriel and the others are confident that they can win, they don't have the confidence to spend it with humans. It's all because the terrifying reproductive ability of human beings is too frightening compared to elves. In just twenty years, the human population can double. They mature very quickly, and they are not afraid of attrition wars at all.
As for the elves, that's not the case. Each of them is very precious, and it is impossible to carry out a long-term war of attrition. What's more, they now have to ensure that, on the premise of defeating human beings, how to control the scale of the war to an extremely small degree. Make sure that conflicts between the two parties do not lead to escalation. As a result, the human kingdoms Rohan and Gondor interfered.
Compared with the dark humans who have almost no civilization at all, Rohan and Gondor both have mature and advanced civilization achievements. Their weapons, armors, and production capabilities are far superior to these barbaric primitive dark humans with almost no civilization at all. In the same way, their war potential should far exceed them. Once Rohan and Gondor joined in, the elves led by Galadriel and the others would have no reason to stay except to migrate to other places. Because they can't take care of the vast territory compared to their own population.
And at that time, where can they migrate to? Either to the west of Gray Harbor, or to the east of the Misty Mountains, but that would require facing the threat of Sauron, who is stronger than humans. Although he has not appeared yet, no one dares to underestimate him. Although Sauron didn't show up, that only showed that he was still accumulating strength and cultivating his own army.
Once he felt that the time was right, the elves would face the direct threat of the half-orcs who were even more terrifying and powerful than humans! At that time, the half-orc army like locusts rushed in, and the current population size of the elves could not even turn over a single wave, and they would be completely submerged.
The elves are really weak, unprecedentedly weak.
Not to mention compared with the first era in the distant time, even compared with Eregion in the second era, the elves are far inferior to that era. What's more, compared with the most glorious first era of the elves, at that time, a large number of excellent commanders and elf kings emerged from the elves. Especially in the period under the leadership of the strongest elf king Yiningweier who could rule all the elves, against the dark lord Morgoth, every time he faced enemies that were several times his own, but they were all under the leadership of the elf king Yiningweier at that time. Fight and win. That period of time is fondly remembered, and it is also the most proud golden age and the most prosperous age of the elves.
"Yiningville, if it were you, you might be able to win a big victory with a small population!" Galadriel's eyes showed ripples and subtle emotions, recalling the glorious figure that only existed in memory ! y7
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