After Luo Ling and others analyzed the situation at Heimuguan, Wang Jiyuan said, "We don't need to wait until almost all the enemies are dead before we start to act. By that time, the enemy may have arranged for follow-up reinforcements. The best time to attack is when they have the most patients. These patients need people to take care of them, which is a burden to them. Moreover, our offensive will disrupt their rhythm of treating patients. They must interrupt the blood transfusion and pull those soldiers out to defend the city wall, which will eventually cause them greater casualties."
Chang Yujie tapped the table with his fingers and said, "But Commander, how to attack Heimuguan is still a big problem. The city wall is indestructible and extremely thick. We can't break it open with artillery fire. The gate is also strong after being protected by magic. But if we send experts to fly over to capture the city wall, our support will not be able to keep up, but the enemy can send a steady stream of troops from the internal stairs. In this case, we will give up our weapon generation gap and firepower advantage, and send our experts over to be besieged by the enemy."
Li Tianrui asked: "When Shi Hao, Huang Zheng and Xiao Chen went to Heimuguan for the first time, they should have had a plan, right? Although they persuaded Orgas at that time, they must have also prepared a plan for a strong attack, right?"
Huang Zheng said: "When we first prepared to attack the Black Wood Pass in the hands of Orgas, the enemy had only more than 3,000 people. Now the empire's soldiers are more than 20 times that number, and the plan at that time is not applicable at all. At that time, our number was only half that of Orgas, but our weapons were much better. But now, even if we add the reorganized troops later, the number of troops we can send out is not much more than last time.
If there are more than 3,000 people, we can just lead them to the city wall and bombard them a few times to cause heavy damage to them. However, there are tens of thousands of imperial soldiers. Even if the black water disease has reduced their numbers a lot, the remaining ones are definitely much more than last time. If we rely on bombarding the city wall to cause casualties, how long will it take for the stalemate to last?"
Chang Yujie said, "And there are no fewer masters in Blackwood Pass than us. According to previous intelligence analysis, Emperor Alfred himself, Gandas, Edel, and Black Guard Commander Morlet are all master-level masters. There has been a plague in Blackwood Pass these days. I'm afraid the emperor will mobilize more forces here, right?"
"We are not afraid of high-end forces in battle." Master Gabriel said confidently, "We can also mobilize more forces, and transfer Xiao Chen, Anar, Metatron and Gordon over. Together with me, Mao Kai, Luo Ling and Liu Yisheng, we have a total of eight great magicians.
Although Xiao Chen, Mao Kai and Luo Ling have just been promoted, their foundation is very solid and they are not much worse than the great magicians like Gandas. In addition to the masters, we also have more high-level ones like Huang Zheng, Roger, and Evelyn, as well as a class of mages whose combined spellcasting effects are even more amazing than those of the high-level ones.
This is not the first time I have encountered the masters of the Empire. In previous wars, I have fought with them many times and killed two of them with my own hands, one of whom was Lennitt a few days ago. With my familiarity with them over the years, I am confident that I can lead these people to suppress the power of the Empire and occupy the city walls. "
Chang Yujie said: "But occupying the top of the city wall won't allow our soldiers to rush in."
Gabriel said, "At worst, we can just fight our way through, break into the city gate, and then open the gate from the inside."
"I don't agree with this plan." Wang Jiyuan shook his head. "Such a battle is too risky. You are simply rushing forward to die. You are all great magicians, but that doesn't mean your bodies can withstand more blows than others. In such a chaotic battlefield, surrounded by the enemy's masters and soldiers, there are too many opportunities for you to be hurt when you are killed from the city wall and then rush into the gate. Perhaps a magic-breaking arrow or a dispelling magic from the enemy can expose you to swords and guns without any preparation."
Gabriel said, "You are too conservative. There is no such thing as peace and stability in war. Since it is my suggestion, I will naturally rush to the front and fight the most powerful enemy."
"Master, Commander Wang will not doubt your courage, because he himself has never lacked courage. It's just that in our place, commanders must be responsible for the lives of soldiers, and even if they sacrifice, they should sacrifice in the most meaningful place." Luo Ling tried to smooth things over.
"Everyone, please don't rush to argue. I just remembered that Xiao Chen and I had done some research on that door before." Huang Zheng said, "The magic circle on that door is not unbreakable. It's just that there are two conditions that make it difficult for others to destroy the magic circle."
Huang Zheng recalled carefully and said: "We used the dispelling spell on the defensive array on the city gate. But we found that the magic power released by the high-level magician was far from enough to stop the operation of the array. According to my estimation, the power of the great magician is still a little short. In addition, if someone tries to use magic to dispel the array on the gate, he must be within the attack range of the city wall guards. He will definitely be besieged by the guards. It is estimated that he will have to do these two things at the same time, and it will be difficult to defend for too long.
But we can do this. We just need to organize several great magicians and cast dispelling magic together. Then the range and power will be much greater. We can directly attack the gate of Heimuguan from a distance. Once the protective magic is dispelled, it will be time for the cannon to show its power. "
Wang Jiyuan looked at Luo Ling, and she said, "It seems that this is indeed feasible. According to the formula, as long as we have four or more great magicians working together and jointly casting the spell of dispelling, we should be able to achieve this effect."
"At the same time, we can continue to attack the top of the wall." Wang Jiyuan said, "After dispelling the magic on the door, our great magicians can lead a commando team to approach the top of the wall from the sky, clear out the enemies there, and occupy the commanding heights, just as Master Gabriel said. This can not only attract and delay the enemy's masters, but also cover the soldiers' charge inside after the door is opened."
Gabriel nodded, obviously approving of this battle plan.
"Okay, the committee has had a big incident these two days, but I will still try my best to apply for the mobilization of masters from all over the place. However, it will take time for them to come to Baria and practice joint spellcasting. I decided to launch an attack on the enemy at Heimuguan in the early morning three days later."
Everyone was about to discuss some more details when a mage who was in charge of monitoring the perimeter of Blackwood Pass with the Mage's Eye rushed in and said, "Captain, there is something unusual! The enemy seems to have opened the city gates, and many enemy soldiers formed small teams and rushed out from inside. They didn't seem to be here to fight, but ran away in different directions."
"What!" Wang Jiyuan stood up in shock, "Are they going to spread blackwater disease everywhere?" (To be continued)