The entire deployment process was very complicated, but the purple light warriors were very cooperative. This may be because of their sense of honor. In their opinion, nothing is more important than personal and family honor.
Finally, Diao Si also asked the Purple Light Warriors to arm the ordinary monsters and civilians into battlefield assistance personnel in the shortest possible time, and prepare to divide them into several brigades. They are the ones responsible for carrying armaments and food and other tasks to assist the battlefield, because when they arrive, Diao Si needs a lot of people like this.
Next, many monsters from villages outside the city will return to the city, so if the situation in the city is not managed well, it will directly affect this battle. Arranging them all into the cooperative team is also to facilitate management.
At this time, Yingying came back again to report the situation of the Imperial Army. However, what surprised Diao Si was that the Imperial Army had already begun to cross the border and advance towards Ruifeng City. Their marching speed was not greatly affected.
After asking Yingying in this way, Diao Si found out that originally the imperial troops would be hindered when passing through some set checkpoints, but they quickly came up with a countermeasure and sent out a vanguard force to prepare for the large forces behind. Help level the road.
This put Diao Si in trouble again. If he sent troops to attack the leading troops of the Imperial Army, he could continue to hinder their marching speed, but then their troops leaving the city might suffer corresponding losses.
This is how things are in the world. You have your own single-plank bridge, but you also have to allow others to have ladders. After all, real war cannot be won by yin and yang. But no matter how hard the Imperial Army arranged their marching routes, they still had to spend some time, so Diao Si's plan did not completely fail.
The most important thing now is to destroy the three large throwing machines, because it is said that the Guangnan Empire once used the same throwing machines to attack another main city, destroying the opponent's city walls and gates in less than an hour. If it was really that powerful, this battle would be difficult to win.
According to Yingying's investigation, those large throwing machines are made of metal and solid wood, which means they can be burned and are heavy. If the hole dug for them cannot contain them, you will have to find a way to deal with them elsewhere.
Their throwing distance is extremely long, so arrows cannot reach them, and troops cannot be sent out of the city to attack them. They are now heavily protected on the road. Because the Imperial Army also knows their importance, it is not easy to destroy them.
The only way is to immediately create an offensive weapon with a farther range than it, and then place it in the city to counter it. But it is impossible to build a large machine at this time. At most, you can only build a small machine. But how much attack power can a small machine have
However, Diao Si still conveys this order first. If possible, he will make all preparations, no matter whether it can be used by then, because it will be too late to find out by then.
Then monsters from the villages outside the city began to be brought back to the city. Because it was too hasty, they didn't bring much luggage with them, and many of them looked angry. Diao Si directly asked the purple light warrior in charge of battlefield coordination personnel to contact them and arrange them directly into the army.
This is the most convenient for future management, because more and more monsters will return to the city. Diao Si is now waiting for them to come back, so that he can make the next step of his plan, asking the newly formed cooperative force to throw all the easily flammable waste in the city outside the city.
In this way, those wastes can block the imperial army from approaching the city wall, and at the same time leave them with a "fire hazard". He can set fire to it if necessary.
When the overall situation was almost arranged, Diao Si began to study some specific things on the battlefield. First of all, some powerful weapons. He first asked a purple light warrior to select a team of the most elite archers to create some special The bow and arrow weapon is designed to snipe enemy birds and generals.
He also told the general that when necessary, those silver-light warriors and even purple-light warriors who were good at archery would be incorporated into this special team of archers.
There is also a need for a large number of archers. Diao Si asked them to immediately set up a factory to manufacture bows and arrows, and to train many soldiers into archers immediately, because he did not plan to fight the imperial army in hand-to-hand combat in this battle.
"But there can't be so many archers standing on the city wall. There can only be more than ten thousand archers here at most. If it is too crowded, it will affect their shooting." The Ziguang general reminded Diao Si after receiving the order.
Diao Si nodded after hearing this, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Then let's immediately set up some platforms on the buildings behind the city wall where archers can stand. Then the archers will listen to orders and release empty arrows. "
Although the range will be affected to a certain extent, the direction can still be directed by the generals on the city wall, which can be a good supplement to the archers on the city wall.
Then there is the situation about some powerful weapons. First of all, there is the issue of poison. Although powerful biochemical weapons cannot be found in this world, it is still good to be able to put poison. Especially for such a large army, it will contaminate their drinking water. The water source is enough for them.
But the response of the general here made Diao Si helpless, because they didn't even know what poison was, they only thought of some weak monsters with slight toxicity.
The main reason is that the living conditions here are not harsh at all. The animals on the entire continent are basically vegetarian, and there are enough plants for them to eat. In this way, they naturally have no special skills after evolution.
Poison was not enough. Diao Si thought of some powerful weapons such as cannonballs and gunpowder, but they did not have them. This may be because they were all accustomed to fighting with force as the mainstay. Those powerful warriors also had a skill that was more lethal than cannonballs. , but their skills usually can't hit too far.
"Are there any flammable items? You should have the things you usually use to light lamps, right?" Diao Si asked helplessly. There should definitely be some, because everyone here knows how to use fire.
"You mean kerosene? Of course there is. We have a location here that is the production area of kerosene. There is a lot of kerosene in Ruili. In the past, there were people from the Guangnan Empire who went to Ruifeng City to buy kerosene."
After hearing this response, Diao Sicai was reluctantly happy. After all, there was still some hope. Now he had some ideas. He asked the general to save all the kerosene first and gather all the birdmen together. , treat them well and prepare them for the battlefield.
Diao Si was already confident, and he knew how every step of the entire combat plan would be carried out, but he was afraid that the situation would suddenly change. Just like those imperial troops who knew how to send advance troops to break down obstacles on the road.
Then Diao Si went back to check his plan, that is, how he should respond if a special situation occurs. This is similar to how he asked the generals to attack from the perspective of the Imperial Army.
First of all, the first point is that if the Imperial Army can station its troops at the most advantageous position in front of Ruifeng City, it will be difficult for Diao Si to directly see their movements from the city, but he can also use the Birdman.
Then, if the throwing machines are not placed in that position, he will have to use birdmen to deal with it, so now the status of birdmen who can attack the enemy without opening the city gate is becoming more and more important.
However, while Diao Si was still thinking about various possibilities step by step, Kava appeared and asked Diao Si to accompany her at her residence.
In fact, Diao Si also understood that she did not hesitate to come here. She was still a little girl, and she had just lost her mother and sister. Her remaining relatives were not staying with her in seclusion. Of course she wanted to have someone to rely on.
But at such an important juncture, Diao Si couldn't be distracted at all, but he also understood that his current status as commander-in-chief and all the power to control the army came from this little girl, and he had to accommodate her.
And that's not why she asked Diao Si to accompany her. For Diao Si, it was a trivial matter. He didn't need to refuse. It was best to let her feel happy once, so as not to be annoyed all the time. (To be continued)