At the beginning of the migration team's departure, Great Elder Adeline took everyone's opinions into account and crossed the two tributaries of the Alan River in the forest. By the time they were about to leave the Jondal Forest, they had actually bypassed the Erbad Delta and appeared in the golden plain between the Aran River and the Naga River.
Originally, the relocation team wanted to cross the Naga River directly and completely avoid the sphere of influence of the Jondas Kingdom, but the south bank of the Naga River belonged to another human kingdom—the Kingdom of Char.
The Kingdom of Char is not as hostile to the elves as the Kingdom of Jondal, but the national power of the Kingdom of Char is not comparable to that of the already weakened Jondals. Shaar's land is larger than the two human kingdoms of Jondas and Sespeits combined. It is the largest and strongest human kingdom in the southern part of Faerun, and it can even be called an empire.
Such a large human empire might not be so stingy, sending knights disguised as thieves to attack the migration team, but they would never allow a thousand-strong elf team to freely cross the border.
As long as the Jondas Kingdom does not concentrate large armies to attack the relocation team, a small number of knights will not pose a threat to the relocation team, but Shaar is different. In the plains, they only need to send out a heavily armed army to wipe out the migration team of the moon elves.
Therefore, the proposal to cross the Naga River directly in the forest was rejected, and the migration team of the moon elves could only choose to cross the golden plain and cross the river at the south end of the Naga Lake at the junction of Sespeits and Jondas Central.
Although this route needs to cross the entire golden plain and is completely risk-free, it also has advantages. Once they crossed the southern end of Lake Naga, they would be less than a hundred miles away from the Anker Forest. If necessary, they could use a magic signal to ask the Anker Elf Court to send a support team.
The attack location that Qin Lun pointed out on the map at this time was the ferry at the south end of Naga Lake.
"Filar, the Naga Lake Ferry is indeed a dangerous place, but the Great Elder wants to ask you, the place where the team may be attacked first." Elistin said a little incredulously, "The golden plain is not dangerous, You don't think humans will give up their attacks here, do you?"
"That's right, I really think that humans will give up attacking us on the golden plain, and they have to give up!" Qin Lun turned his head and winked at the elf druid, but he didn't explain it, which made her angry for a while.
However, Elistin soon discovered that although everyone in the tent was discussing softly, no one refuted Qin Lun. The elder Adeline and the high priest Menon in the leadership frowned and said nothing.
"Filar, we old guys haven't been out for a long time. It stands to reason that your opinion should be the main one, but... do you think the Jondas Kingdom has really weakened to this point?" Menon and Ai Delin looked at each other and asked suspiciously.
Qin Lun secretly praised in his heart, the two old fellows were really mature and mature, and they reacted much faster than the little girl Elistine. His judgment just now had a hidden meaning, that is, the strength of the human attackers was not enough to break through the outer defenses of the moon elves' migration team, so they had to choose to attack halfway across the south of Naga Lake.
Qin Lun pondered for a while, and replied cautiously for the first time: "I don't think the official forces of Jondas will participate in this attack, but will choose another target. The people who will really attack us should be human mercenaries, Thieves, dark organizations, etc., but these attackers are small groups and cannot pose a threat to our current defenses."
A glint of admiration flashed in the eyes of High Priest Menon, and his long white eyebrows, like those of an old man, raised slightly. He looked at Elder Adeline next to him, and they both showed meaningful smiles.
The other target Qin Lun mentioned was actually the Jondal envoy led by Prince Keruisi. The envoys went to the Anker Forest to obtain the World Tree seeds. The route of the envoys was the same as that of the Moon Elf migration team. They also avoided Elbad and chose to cross the river at the southern end of Naga Lake.
The Kingdom of Jondas sent knights to attack the Jondal elves, not only for wealth, but also for its political purpose. As the ruler of Faerun, the human kingdom is wary of the elves in the domestic forest. It would be fine if the elves in the forest lived in harmony with humans, but if it was a mortal enemy relationship similar to Jondas and Jondal, then it would definitely be hard to swallow.
The human kingdom of Faerun belongs to the farming society. If the country is to be rich and the people strong, it cannot do without a stable surrounding environment. However, the elves are different. As long as the forest exists for a day, they will not lack basic living materials.
The Jondal elves can stay out of the forest for a long time and ignore the Jondas Kingdom, but the Jondals Kingdom needs to be always alert to the possible attacks of the elves.
In fact, many of the human caravans that enter the Jondal Forest every year to seek trade are spies and spies from the Jondals Kingdom. Back then, Elbad human lords had tipped off the attack on the elven caravan.
The reason why the human lords do everything possible to prevent the magic cup court from obtaining the new world tree seed is not because they want to drive the elves out of the Jondal Forest. Whether it is Anker Forest or Evermeet Island, as long as the elves leave the Jondal Forest, the human lords of the Jondas Kingdom are willing to pay any price.
At present, there are two elves teams out of Jondal Forest, the envoys led by Prince Ke Ruisi, the purpose is to obtain the world tree seed. The other is the Moon Elf tribe who intends to migrate to Anker Forest.
The human lords of the Jondas Kingdom wished that all the moon elves would leave the Jondal forest. How could they send out a large number of knights to break up the migration team of the moon elves and block them back to Jondal. Therefore, the team that will be attacked by the regular knights is actually only the envoys of Prince Corus, not the migration team of the moon elves.
However, this does not mean that the migration team of the moon elves will not be attacked. Although the regular knights of the Jondas Kingdom will not attack them, some small groups of thieves, dark organizations, and mercenaries will flock to them.
The impoverished migratory team did not have much wealth, but the handsome moon elves, no matter men, women, or children, were a kind of wealth in themselves. The prosperous city-states of the Faerun continent have great demand for elf slaves, and there are a lot of human rich and nobles who are willing to spend a lot of money for the beautiful moon elves.
Since the small group of human attackers came here to capture the moon elf slaves, they would naturally not fight to the death with the three-tier migration team shrunk down like a hedgehog. They were not the kingdom knights armed to the teeth .
The golden plains were indefensible, both to moon elves and raiders. The extremely precise archery skills of elf rangers and the numerous magic spells of elf mages are not blows that a small group of thieves can bear.
Therefore, the thieves would most likely not launch attacks on the plains. Only when the relocation team had to move in batches and let go of the defensive formation during the river crossing period would they react upon hearing the wind, depending on the battle.
Everyone in the tent quickly understood Qin Lun's meaning and began to talk about it. Regarding the possible attacks on Naga Lake, each made some suggestions.
For example: Someone suggested to set up traps to lure some bandits to come and eliminate some enemies in advance. Someone suggested that when crossing the river, take the initiative to send a ranger team to fight the enemy and cover the large troops to cross the river. Others suggested that the high-ranking mages and priests should be left behind and work together to create a magic swamp to stop the attackers.
There is just one thing, everyone understands that no matter what kind of suggestion, once it is hit halfway, losses will be inevitable.
"That's the end of the meeting. Let's go back and get ready!" Elder Adeline pinched the bridge of her nose and waved her hands wearily.
Everyone in the tent bid farewell and left one after another. Only Qin Lun still sat firmly with his eyes closed, not moving at all.
"Feral!" Elistine quietly pulled him twice without pulling him, and suddenly rolled his eyes, knowing that he still had something to say to Adeline and Menon, and followed the example of a young man, watching his nose Watch the mind with the nose, as if you are sitting in meditation.
Soon there were only Adeline, Menon, and Qin Lun left in the tent.
"Filar, do you have anything else to say?" Adeline and Menon looked at the young man and asked with some doubts.
In fact, the two of them had discussed in private countless times before the meeting, but each time the conclusion was similar to the present, and there was no better way. The checkpoint at the Naga Lake Ferry is almost becoming a heart disease for the two old people.
"Two elders, have you ever thought about disbanding the current defensive formation and turning the entire relocation team into a loose formation of long snakes. How about spreading rangers, hunters, even mages and druids into the team?" Qin A gleam flashed in Lun's eyes, and he said slowly.
The current team of the moon elves has three layers, the rangers and hunters in the outer layer, the elf cavalry in the middle layer, the elderly, women and children and the big horned deer caravan in the inner layer. The whole is an oval shape, and the defense has a certain degree of flexibility, which can be regarded as a very good defensive formation.
"How can this work? With the defensive formation disbanded, human attackers don't have to wait until the Naga Lake ferry, they will launch attacks one after another in the golden plain, and the losses will only be greater." Elder Adeline looked at Qin Lun in surprise, repeatedly Shake your head.
"Adeline, let's hear what Feral has to say first?" High Priest Menon frowned slightly, and did not veto Qin Lun's suggestion.
"The Long Snake Formation is indeed more vulnerable to attacks, and the losses are greater than now, but the attackers will also pay a high price. We are different from humans, even the elderly, women and children have a certain amount of force. It caused a lot of casualties." Qin Lun said with a smile.
"But our purpose is not to kill human thieves, but to allow more elves to enter the Anker Forest alive." Elistin, who had been listening in, couldn't help interjecting.
"Yes, to allow more elves to migrate to Anker Forest alive!" Qin Lun narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly, "Two elders, have you forgotten? Our group of people is only the first group of tribes to migrate, There are more than 4,000 moon elves compatriots behind!"
"The current defensive formation may allow us to avoid losses in the Golden Plain, but it can also force those small groups of attackers to unite and attack at the Naga Lake. At that time, we were not sure how much we lost. But the casualties of the attackers were not destined to be great.
And the thieves group who have tasted the sweetness will definitely not give up, and will only bring more pressure to the Moon Elf tribe who will migrate later. It is obvious that by then, they will attract more and more greedy human thieves and dark organizations, and even because of this cooperation, they will change from a mess to an organized hunting team... "
"Stop talking, Feral, you and Elistine should step back first, Elder Adeline and I need to discuss it!" High Priest Menon took a deep look at Qin Lun and interrupted him with a wave of his hand.