The Journey of the Infinite Wizard

When Elrond came to Lothlorien, he discussed the deployment of specific strategies with Galadriel, Celeborn and Gandalf, and focused on minimizing the risk of every battle.

The losses of the 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 observing around a sheepskin map depicting the borders of Lothlorien, and discussing with each other war plans, weak points that they might encounter, and so on.

"Lothlorien has a large border, but the population of Lothlorien is very small. Although Nanya's power makes it difficult for all humans to enter Lothlorien. But compared with the vast border, Nanya's power is also difficult

Taking into account the territory of the Lothlorien Security Department. So..." Gandalf looked at Galadriel and asked, "I need to know exactly how many combatable troops Lothlorien can have?"

After hearing this, Galadriel hesitated for a while, and then said seriously: "Our current population can only have about a thousand troops at most!" Then he said: "If we don't take into account the consequences, we can add another five hundred at most.

Human strength!"

"What!!!"

Gandalf simply couldn't believe his ears. He almost widened his eyes and his gray beard trembled. "Elf, since when did you become so weak!!!" He shouted, "A thousand

A force of five hundred men to defend

How can it be possible to completely defend such a huge territory? Even with the power of Nanya, Lothlorien will definitely shrink its territory in this conflict with humans. Otherwise, it will be impossible to take care of such a vast territory.

territory!”

Gandalf's words made the three elven lords silent for a while. Elrond later broke the silence. He said: "The tragic battle that took place in Valinor caused a huge loss in the population of our elves. We moved back to Middle-earth again, until now.

, our population has not recovered much. When I come this time, I can only mobilize 500 troops around me. The remaining troops are responsible for defending Rivendell and monitoring Sauron. No matter how many there are, I can't guard Rivendell at all!

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"What can two thousand troops do?" Gandalf murmured, "What about humans? How much information do you know about humans? How many troops can they dispatch?" Gandalf said with some seriousness.

"Conservative estimates suggest that humans can dispatch at least 20,000 troops. And in the future, this number will most likely increase to nearly 30,000 people!" Celeborn's face looked extremely ugly.

In fact, it’s not just him, one after another, Gandalf, Elrond and Galadriel are also the same. Their faces are extremely ugly. After all these years, the elves who moved back to Middle-earth from Valinor have rested.

After so long, the population problem has never been solved. Their population is still very small compared to humans. However, the dwarves and humans who moved back to Middle-earth at almost the same time have already recovered their strength, and their population has increased far more over the years.

Beyond the Elves. Compared with them, the Elves are undoubtedly lonely.

"During the First Era, our elves, under the leadership of Yi Ningweil, could easily gather more than 30,000 troops! Now only a few thousand years have passed, and even if we unite together, we still cannot gather 5,000 people.

The elves are really lonely. The battle in Valinor dealt a serious blow to the elves.

As a result, what we have to deal with now is just a group of dark humans with almost no civilization at all, and we feel a mountain of pressure. If we face Sauron, I can't imagine the consequences." Galadriel said in confusion, she

His eyes revealed memories. He seemed to be remembering the time when the elves were extremely prosperous and powerful during the First Era.

In that glorious First Era, humans and dwarves were nothing at all. Even if their population grew rapidly, they could not pose the slightest threat to the elves even if they united. At that time, every elven country,

They can easily gather a military force of more than 5,000 people. A very few countries can even gather a military force of 10,000 people! It is simply a piece of cake for the elves to unite and gather a military force of more than 30,000 people.

But now, the tragic battle that took place in Valinor made it impossible for the elves to unite to gather more than 5,000 troops. In fact, they are extremely far away from this goal. However, the dark humans who are in conflict with them can easily

Summoning an army of more than 20,000 people, even if they have low civilization and low productivity. However, what the barbaric dark humans are not afraid of most is death. In fact, they are martial, barbaric, and fearless of death. Even if they are not as powerful as individual elves, they can swarm them.

The elves will also be defeated with hatred.

During the First Era, these young races were still students of elves. Their recovery ability was too fast. In a short period of time, they recovered their vitality and their population began to grow every year. Their speed was too fast.

The growth rate is also very fast. Up to now, before Sauron has officially appeared, a group of primitive and wild dark humans can already give them elves, posing a serious threat.

Even though Galadriel and the others were confident that they could win, they did not have the confidence to compete with humans. This was all because humans' terrifying reproductive capabilities were so terrifying compared to elves. It only took a short twenty years.

In just a year, the human population can double. They mature quickly and are not afraid of attrition wars.

As for the elves, that's not possible. Each of them is precious and cannot engage in a long-term war of attrition. Moreover, they now have to ensure that they can control the scale of the war to a minimum while defeating humans.

.Ensure that the conflict between the two parties will not escalate, thereby causing interference from the human kingdoms of Rohan and Gondor.

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 far exceed these barbaric and primitive dark humans with almost no civilization. The same is true.

, their war potential

It must be far beyond them. Once Rohan and Gondor join, the elves led by Galadriel will have no reason to continue to stay except to move to other places. Because they cannot take care of their own population.

Talk about an extremely vast territory.

And where can they migrate to at that time? Either to the west of the Gray Harbor, or to the east of the Misty Mountains, but that would require them to face the threat of Sauron, who is more powerful than humans. Although he has not appeared yet, no one can

Dare to underestimate him. Although Sauron did not show up, it only shows that he is continuing to accumulate strength and cultivate his own army.

Once he feels that the time is right, then the elves will face the direct threat of the orcs, who are more terrifying and powerful than humans! At that time, the orc army like locusts will come, and the current population size of the elves will not be able to keep up.

Even a wave of water cannot be lifted up and it will be completely submerged.

The elf is really weak, weaker than ever before.

Not to mention compared with the First Era in distant times, even compared with Eregion in the Second Era, the elves are currently far inferior to that period. What's more, compared with the most glorious First Era of the elves,

By the way, at that time, a large number of excellent commanders and elf kings emerged from the elven tribes. Especially those who could rule

During the period when the strongest elf king of the elves, Yiningweil, fought against the dark lord Morgoth, each time he faced an enemy several times larger than himself, but he always won the battle under the leadership of the elf king at that time, Yininweil. That paragraph

The years make people remember them endlessly. They are also the golden age and the most powerful era that the elven clans are most proud of.

"Ininvale, if it were you, you could probably achieve a great victory with a small population!" Galadriel's eyes showed ripples and subtle emotions, recalling that glorious figure that only existed in memory.

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