"It's all a pack of white-eyed wolves..." Looking at the backs of the Second Highness and Chrisya taking the twenty-six veteran students and knights who had taken refuge in him all the way away, Fatty Shi muttered again in an unhappy way.
Lorist smiled, and patted Fatty Shi on the shoulder: "Let's go, let's go back, we have to discuss a lot of things tonight, time is tight..."
"Ah?" Fatty Shi was stunned for a moment, and quickly chased two steps to Lorist's side: "No, Locke, what is your plan? There is still more than a month before winter, and we will go to Bailu Lake It will take two or three months to be frozen, and there is more time, why do you say that the time is tight?"
Lorist stopped, turned his head to look at Fatty Shi and said softly, "Do you think I will really let the convoy wait until Bailu Lake is frozen?"
"Yeah?" Seeing Lorist turn around and leave, Fatty Shi was anxious: "You made it clear..."
"There are too many people, let's talk about it when we go back."
Arriving at a side tent next to the big tent, Lorist told Reddy: "Go get Bodfinger, Rod Wells, Farea, Malek, El, Pat, Terman, Yuri and Dolles came here and asked Injerek to summon the guards to be on guard."
Although Injerek was a swordsman of the golden rank, in terms of identity, he was just Lorist's personal servant, because he was afraid of death and surrendered to Lorist and signed a ten-year slave agreement. This time Lorist originally wanted him to become a family knight, but he himself didn't want to. He said that he was old and didn't like to fight and kill, and his granddaughter Moris had grown up under Fatty Shi's hard work. With a big belly, he just wants to wait for his grandson.
The old Injerek was very open-minded, and he didn't feel ashamed of being a servant of Lorist as a golden swordsman. Instead, he felt that it was better and more free. Even Bodfinger and the others gave him a high look because he was Lorist's personal servant, and greeted him affectionately and respectfully when they met. Especially when Lorist is not in the team, Injerek is more free and no one controls him. He thinks it is better to live like this.
Several family knights summoned by Lorist arrived one after another, but Rod Wells was a little drunk, but he was still sober. After everyone sat down, Lorist asked Reddy to serve everyone a cup of tea, which explained the reason for calling everyone for a meeting.
"After fifteen or twenty days, I plan to let the convoy and refugees enter the Principality of Madras and return to the North as soon as possible..."
Everyone in the big tent was taken aback, and Fatty Shi was the first to call out: "My lord, how do you pass the border? The Iron Guards have blocked the border. If our convoy is going to attack the fortress of Lichtana, it is impossible to win." of… "
"Who said they were going to capture the fortress of Lichtana?" Lorist asked back.
"But, we can't pass without capturing this fortress..." Fatty Shi and the people in the big tent looked at Lorist strangely.
"Hehe..." Lorist laughed, shook his head and said, "You guys, what are you thinking? What is our goal? Isn't it just to bring the convoy and the refugees back to the Northland? Let's capture Leia What is the fortress of Zhidana doing? Occupy that place to graze sheep? You have all forgotten that we are not going to occupy the Principality of Madras, we are just passing by, so we don’t need to think about the back road. Whether this fortress is occupied or not is up to us It doesn't matter."
Lorist moved the bracket on which the map was hung, and now there was an enlarged map of the Liechtana fortress castle and surrounding terrain.
Pointing on the map with a thin wooden stick, Lorist said: "Look, now this fortress castle and the barracks on Bread Hill are echoing left and right, blocking the 500-meter open space and road in the middle. If we capture Bread Hill, How will the Iron Guards in the fortress react? They will definitely think this is a sign of our large-scale attack, and they will not dare to act rashly except to stick to the fortress castle.
Then let's take a look after we occupy the bread post. The siege crossbow in the fortress castle is condescending, with a range of 300 meters, covering the avenue under the hillside. But do we need to take the road? We only need a width of 100 meters for the 200-meter open space next to the Bread Hill to ensure the passage of convoys and refugees. The Iron Guards claim to be the most defensive in the world, but we don’t fight them in siege battles. If he wants to come out, I’d really like to know where his field combat ability ranks…”
"Your Excellency is right!" Bodfinger slapped his forehead, suddenly realized: "Yes, the convoy and refugees can pass through, if it is the army of the Second Highness, he must occupy the fortress castle, so that the army can continue to move forward to ensure logistics The unimpeded passage of the luggage transportation. We just pass by, and we don’t need to think about the back at all. If there is a road ahead, let’s go around it, right?”
"It's all the fault of the treacherous Second Highness. He led us into a ditch. He repeatedly said that the fort and castle must be captured to allow the convoy and refugees to enter the Principality of Madras. We followed his thinking. Fatty Shi stood up and went to the front of the map, looked carefully and said with a smile: "Haha, the Grand Duke of Madras also regarded us as an army, so he arranged it like this. If we bypass Liechtana as the Lord said Fortress castle, there is a flat river in front of it."
The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became lively. It turned out that this could be done. Everyone was asking for it when they were in a sleepy city before, and they didn't expect it at all.
Lorist waved his hand to calm everyone down, and then clicked on the map with a thin wooden stick: "This bread post is the target we want to attack. If we capture the bread post, the convoy and refugees can start. There is a large group of Iron Guard soldiers stationed on the bread post, and there is a big camp under the bread post. According to the information obtained, there are nearly seven or eight thousand Iron Guard soldiers in the camp. Soldiers on duty rotate.
In terms of terrain, this bread post is not suitable for garrisoning troops, because there is a lack of water above it. If we capture the camp below, it is equivalent to locking the access to the laid-off workers. The guards will collapse without fighting because of thirst. Either surrender to us, or fight desperately to attack the barracks below...
So the real key point is the barracks below the Bread Mound. You see, if you attack from the front, you must brave the crossbows on the Bread Mound and other long-range attacks to rush to the front. First conquer the position on the Bread Mound before attacking the rear. It is not easy to capture the bread post position in front, because the barracks in the back will continuously provide supplementary troops to the front position. So frontal attack is not a good way, we can't afford casualties.
Do you still remember the fishing method I mentioned? In fact, my purpose is not to fish, but to use these fishing boats to build a pontoon bridge, let the family armed forces cross the Bailu Lake overnight, and then follow this path to attack Bread The barracks behind the post, as long as we capture the barracks, we will be half successful.
Next, we will follow the blocked avenue from the Fortress of Lichtana to Vanades City, go north all the way, capture Vanades City by surprise, even if we can't capture it, it doesn't matter, the main point is, The Sith Castle on the road leading to West Degrad Province, as long as we occupy this castle, we can block the Seamount Legion of the Grand Duke of Madras in his lair, and the two outer provinces can freely We come and go freely. "
After Lorist finished talking about his strategy, everyone became excited. This was a highly successful strategy. As long as the plan is guaranteed to go smoothly, the Principality of Madras will be a smooth way for the convoy and refugees to go north.
"The first point of this battle is to smuggle into Bailu Lake. The second point is to be fast. Use fast to beat slow. We must decide the outcome of the battlefield before the enemy reacts. As long as the initiative is in our hands In our hands, we can fight however we want." Lorist reminded everyone of the key points of the strategy.
Fatty Shi calculated: "My lord, we may not have enough troops. The Iron Guards have a total of 28,000 people, 18,000 people are deployed in the fortress castle of Lichtana, and 10,000 people are deployed in the Bread Mound. People. Our convoy is only armed with more than 20,000 points. Even if we capture the Bread Hill Barracks, we still have to escort the convoy and refugees across the border to prevent the Iron Guards from attacking the fortress. We don’t have any extra troops to capture the city of Vanades... "
"It's okay, I'm going to reorganize the army, expand the family's armed forces, and I can borrow troops from the Second Highness." Lorist signaled everyone to stop discussing first: "Everyone calm down, we will reorganize the existing convoy's armed forces next. 1. All squads have the same organization, with a full staff of 100 people, five squadrons form a squadron, five squadrons form a large squadron, five squadrons form a corps, and then five corps form a corps.
Now the scout light cavalry has more than one brigade, Yuri, you are in charge, see how many squadrons can be formed, I will ask Jim to help you, you will be the first scout light cavalry captain, and the extra squadrons will be managed by Jim. Also, you pick out the light cavalry who are good at bows and arrows and give them to Pete who came with me this time, and let him lead a squadron of cavalry archers. "
Yuri stood up and said, "Yes, my lord, I understand."
"The key to this battle plan is still on you, Yuri, you have a heavy burden. You must let your scouts and light cavalry cover the entire battlefield, so that the enemy will not know what happened and become blind and deaf." Luo Rist said.
"My lord, please rest assured, our scout light cavalry will not let you down." Yuri assured, patting his chest.
Lorist nodded and waved him to sit down. Then said to Terman: "Your Knights now have more than one squadron?"
"My lord, together with the attendants and grooms, we are close to two squadrons." Terman replied.
Lorist thought for a while and said, "The formation of your knight order is different from that of other families' armed forces. You can figure it out yourself. One knight with two attendants, one servant and one groom remains the same. The formation of a brigade Based on this, it is enough for a squadron of 500 Silver Knights to bring 1,000 attendants to charge into battle, and the servants and grooms will be responsible for the logistics and luggage.”
"Yes, my lord."
"Borg, now you have two and a half squadrons of Iron Armored Lancers?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, minus the logistics personnel, there should be two brigades. If you reorganize according to the establishment you just made, you can form two more squadrons. Our original establishment is a squadron of 120 people." Bodfinger answer.
"In that case, you hand over the Armored Lancers to Ross, and all the logistics personnel return to the headquarters. Ross, you expand the Armored Lancers into three brigades with 7,500 people, and you will be given five days to complete them. This time the Armored Lancers The cavalry will be the main force in the attack.”
Rod Wells was very excited, he stood up and saluted solemnly: "My lord, please rest assured, I will definitely be able to complete the task."
"Fareya, your current spearmen have four brigades with ten thousand men?" Lorist looked at Farea.
"Eleven thousand three hundred and fifty-eight people, my lord." Farea reported a very accurate number.
Lorist nodded appreciatively: "You give the spearmen to Borg, Borg, you are responsible for forming the heavy armored corps, five brigades with 12,500 people, and it will be completed in five days."
"Yes, my lord." Farea and Baldofinger replied in unison.
"By the way, the troops mentioned just now are all replaced with the standard equipment of the White Lion Army. Good things don't need to be transported back to the family territory. If they can be used, they can be equipped earlier, which can also reduce the casualties of our family's armed forces. To Farea and Malek, the two of you are responsible for recruiting 25,000 soldiers from the refugees to form a garrison army, which will be temporarily divided into two regiments. Malek served as the head and deputy head of the Second Corps. The establishment of the Second Corps was completed within 15 days.
According to the usual practice, the recruitment of personnel is given priority to the selection of young and strong refugees with family members. The main task is to maintain the order and security of the convoy and the refugees when they travel north. Do you understand? "Lorist looked at Farea and Malek and said.
"Understood, my lord."
"As ordered, my lord." Farea and Malek stood up.
Lorist looked at Dolles again: "How is your chariot team doing now? Dolles."
Dolles hurriedly stood at attention and saluted: "My lord, the total number of the chariot team is now 627. In addition to the original twelve crossbow chariots, there are 27 siege crossbows seized some time ago. I have already All of them were changed to be used on chariots. It’s just that these crossbows are bulky, not as flexible and convenient as the twelve crossbows, and the firing speed is slow, so more operators are needed.”
"The equipment of the White Lions this time includes seventy-eight complete siege crossbows. You can use them to modify chariots, and expand your chariot fleet into a brigade by the way."
The only difference between the siege crossbow and the siege chariot is that there is an additional device that can lift the chariot at a large elevation angle, so that it is convenient to launch the crossbow arrows from below the city to the top of the city. The White Lion Corps' crossbow brigade has 240 units, but it was damaged a lot during the civil war of the empire and could not be replenished. It is lucky to have 78 intact siege crossbow vehicles.
Dolles was overjoyed. His biggest annoyance was that there were too few crossbows, and his chariot fleet had not been able to expand. Now the problem was solved.
"How many people can build ships in the craftsman camp of the general camp?" Lorist asked Fatty Shi.
Fatty Shi was very distressed: "It is estimated that there are one or two thousand people who can do carpentry, but I don't know who can build boats."
"It doesn't matter. What we are going to build now is a small boat. I don't think it will be too difficult. Just ask those carpenters to nail a long box with wood. If there is a fear of water leakage, we will scrape a thick layer of blue glue in the middle. We are only used for temporary fishing. Fishing and building pontoon bridges, it doesn’t need to be durable and delicate and beautiful. By the way, Shredder, you have to organize the family members of the team and the women among the refugees to weave fishing nets, and we have to play the whole scene in order to avoid the enemy’s suspicion and strengthen the lakeshore. Be alert." Lorist comforted Fatty Shi.
"I understand. Tomorrow I will ask people to cut wood to make boats and weave fishing nets." Fatty Shi said.
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