Bab 497: Chapter 85 The True Bridge_2

The meeting was silent as a graveyard.

"Release logs into the river? What an idea you've come up with!" Colonel Robert suppressed his anger, "We might as well each hug a log and jump into the river, tossing our weapons, armor, and warhorses all to the Herders!"

"If not logs, what about building boats?" someone retorted, unconvinced.

"Boats! What boats?" Colonel Robert finally lost control, "Don't we have Venetians in the army? Call them over and ask how many boats it would take to carry twenty thousand men! And don't forget the warhorses! Even with the largest boats from the Inner Sea, to transport twenty thousand men, you would need an entire fleet!"

Both generals remained silent.

The atmosphere inside the tent became extremely oppressive.

Robert was not usually the type to get easily agitated; on the contrary, he was very rational.

But the more rational a person is, the more likely they are to break down in the face of absolute despair.