In order to complete the idea of getting the Latin Queen to withdraw her troops, Diao Si took advantage of Lafite's trust in his strategy and forced her to hand over the military power to him. He also asked Lafite to bow to him in front of everyone, which made Lafite hesitate again.
"You must do that before you are willing to be the commander-in-chief? What is your purpose of doing this?" Lafite asked Diao Si.
After hearing this, Diao Si immediately replied: "The purpose is very simple, just to win this battle."
"Okay, I'll call everyone together right away. I hope you can really win this battle, otherwise the consequences... you should have thought about it, right?"
After Lafite said this, he turned around to give the order. Diao Si watched her leave. In fact, he was still not completely sure. The battle he told Lafite before referred to his overall plan because the situation here was too complicated. .
After a while, the streets in front of the city hall were filled with more than 50,000 people and monsters, including those who were prisoners of the invading army. Then Lafite brought Diao Si to a high platform.
"Everyone, listen, in order for us to win this war, for the sake of the Guangnan Empire and our honor... I am going to elect this person to be our supreme commander. From now on, everyone must obey his orders!"
After Lafite's words, the generals below started talking quietly, and Lafite immediately pointed at them and cursed, but was stopped by Diao Si.
"Did I ask you to criticize them?" Diao Si said this, which surprised Lafite, and even more surprised the generals, because he was now criticizing Lafite.
"They are not wrong, because they don't understand me, because they don't want to lose, and they don't want the entire army to be ruined in my hands. It is precisely because they have such a sense of honor that they put forward their own opinions... "
Diao Si's attempt to please the generals made Lafit a little embarrassed, but Diao Si wanted to let Lafite and the generals know that he was the supreme commander here now. He could even accuse Lafite, and those generals would listen to him. of.
"Okay, Seventh Princess, go and prepare now, we are about to evacuate Ruifeng City..." Diao Si suddenly said this again, making Lafite and the generals below all widened their eyes.
Of course they couldn't accept it anymore. They had just managed to get Ruifeng City back to its normal state, so why did they suddenly want to evacuate here? Is there any better place than here
"You... Commander-in-Chief, what do you mean by this? When we left here, didn't we just want to cut off the entire Ruifeng City to the enemy? Do you know how much effort we spent to snatch it from the enemy's hands... " Lafite persuaded Diao Si.
But Diao Si did not give her any face, and only responded firmly: "I told you to prepare to retreat. This is an order. Don't you understand?"
This really made Lafite feel aggrieved. Diao Si had just become the commander-in-chief, and he yelled at her like this. Although she also knew that Diao Si wanted to establish his military power, even Queen Lalan had never tried to treat her like this. Pass.
"Yes, obey!" Lafite's resounding response made the generals in the audience freeze. They had never seen Lafite obey someone's order like this except the Queen, especially one. man.
"Okay, those captured soldiers from the Glorious Empire, you should retreat towards the imperial city now. I hope you won't play any tricks, because we will follow you soon!" After Diao Si gave the order, the special manager The captain of the prisoners of war led them off.
Diao Si did this to make the prisoners think that he really wanted to retreat, so that no one there would reveal the news to the later invading army. After those people left one by one, Diao Si called Lafite back there and then deployed his plan.
"Next, I will divide the team into four groups. First is the Seventh Princess. You are responsible for taking 10,000 people to move away the food and all armaments in the city. You only need to leave one day's rations, and then take them to the west of Ruifeng City. Go to that forest and build a camp and hide it," Diao Si said.
After hearing this, Lafite immediately asked him: "What is your purpose for doing this? When I get there, I don't have to do anything except setting up the camp?"
"Yes, that's right. All you need to do is place your troops there and hide them well. I will find a way to rendezvous with you after dark. You must not make any moves before rendezvous, otherwise my entire plan will be exposed. You destroy..."
Diao Si kept emphasizing the importance of this, and Lafite said nothing more. Since she chose to obey Diao Si's arrangements at the beginning, she must now act according to his words. Besides, she didn't know what else to do.
"The second is this general. You lead 10,000 soldiers and go outside the city to bring back as much as possible everything that can be burned. And this general, you lead 3,000 soldiers and go to the northwest of Ruifeng City. When looking for kerosene in a cave, you can find as much as you can..."
Diao Si arranged it in this way, and the generals led the soldiers in batches to act separately. Finally, Diao Si arranged the remaining generals. First, they set up an important mechanism at the city gate under the pretense of construction, and then they carried out inspections on the buildings in the entire city. Special handling.
His plan was to leave a dangerous city to the invading army of more than 100,000 people. He hollowed out the foundations of all the large buildings, and then buried exploding shells in some key locations. He also hid various places inside the buildings. Remove dry firewood and other things that can easily catch fire.
This is also the method adopted by the previous invading troops who used Ruifeng City to ambush them, except that they ambushed archers and soldiers, but Diao Si ambush was not human, which left them defenseless.
In addition to the various piles of flammable materials, what Diao Si had to do was to set up some traps, but he still couldn't completely trust these traps, so he asked them to dig out the rat holes in the ground and set up ambushes at various locations. Those who are caught will light fires everywhere without even noticing.
However, time was tight. Not long after Diao Sicai took action, a birdman reported that the invading army from the north had begun to march towards Ruifeng City and was expected to arrive before dark, which was about dozens of hours.
Then there are the birdmen sent by the invading army. It is estimated that they will fly over for reconnaissance soon. However, from the current situation, it is impossible for them to see through Diao Si's arrangement. At most, they think that Ruifeng City is deploying defense.
This plan is very important. Diao Si firmly believes that the Guangyao Empire has already chosen the stronghold of Ruifeng City. Unless they really know their conspiracy, they will definitely come in.
Everything went smoothly. What made Diao Si most happy was that the troop that went to look for flammable materials outside the city brought back a lot of flammable materials. The 3,000-strong kerosene troop also brought back a lot of flammable materials. kerosene.
However, because he was worried about the danger, he still stored the kerosene carefully. Diao Si first focused on designing those mechanisms, especially those that caused chain reactions. This was very important. If it couldn't burn up all at once, the damage to the enemy would be very serious. Greatly reduced.
In order for those mechanisms to be completed smoothly, Diao Si even used parts from one of the throwing machines and the large trailer. His investment in this battle was huge. If he still couldn't succeed, he had nothing to say. .
The enemy continued to approach, and the number of birdmen who came to reconnoiter became more and more frequent. Diao Si then ordered the gryphons to stop them. This can affect the enemy's reconnaissance, but it will also make the enemy guess what conspiracy there may be.
Time gradually passed. Diao Si was afraid of being discovered by the enemy and first asked the kerosene teams to stop oil extraction operations and return to the city to help arrange the dangerous city. Then he asked the troops who were looking for flammable materials outside the city to go to nearby villages to look for food. Mislead the enemy's judgment.
The enemy was getting closer and closer, and it was almost dark. Worried that the enemy would camp outside the city, Diao Si led the large troops to evacuate after getting the kerosene and arranging the people responsible for lighting the fire in the cave.
This is very important. If the enemy does not enter the city, all their efforts will be wasted. Therefore, in order to ensure the success of the plan, Diao Si would rather lose a little time and have less layout. Now that the enemy's reconnaissance is getting closer and closer, he can no longer make arrangements that are too revealing.
Seeing them suddenly withdrawing from the city like this, the invading army of the Glorious Empire must have thought that they were afraid of such a huge disparity in strength. There is still a long distance between them and they cannot catch up, so they will only choose to enter the city next. (To be continued)