When Fatty Shi, Bodfinger, Terman, Yuri, and Ross came together, they saw Reddy lead several surrendered guards out of the big tent. After entering the big tent, I found that there were maps of various sizes everywhere. On a map of animal skins that covered half of the desk, Lorist had drawn various symbols on it, and the sides were filled with notes.
"What are you doing?" Fatty Shi looked over curiously, but couldn't figure out what Lorist was doing after watching for a long time.
It was Bodfinger who looked carefully for a while before he realized the clue: "This seems to be a map of the deployment of troops and a map of the marching route?"
Hearing what Bodfinger said, Fatty Shi looked at the label next to him and suddenly realized: "Are you trying to get Count Cobili's idea?"
Lorist nodded, took a small map and drew a circle on it: "Look, this is Count Cobili's sphere of influence."
Then along the circle I drew, I drew an arc outside the circle: "This is our original planned northbound route, which just bypasses his sphere of influence. Calculated by a journey of sixty or seventy miles a day, it will take twelve To fourteen days. However, what we passed was either the wilderness, or the territory that had been swept away by Count Cobili's army and had lost its lord, our convoy could not find a place to supply, and accidents were prone to happen."
"But if we change the route and go this way..." Lorist drew a straight line on the map representing the circle of Earl Cobili's sphere of influence: "It only takes seven days, and the road is flat and supplies are convenient. But this requires a prerequisite, that is Defeat Count Cobili."
"Have you come up with any solution?" Fatty Shi asked.
"Not yet, I'm just looking for some basic information from those guards who surrendered. I have some thoughts in my heart, but I don't know what kind of response Count Kobili will make, so I'm not sure how to defeat him." Loris Te shook his head, then took a book and put it on the desk.
"Think about it for me, too. I may not have thought through it all by myself. Reddy, go and get that Kirov chess set." Lorist said.
Kirov War Chess is a board game imitating war invented by Marshal Brin Kirov of the Roman Empire a hundred years ago. Lorist feels a bit similar to chess in his previous life, except that the board is similar to the map of the Monopoly game, instead of black and white squares.
"This is the new city of Gerdos, which is being built by Earl Cobili in imitation of the royal capital." Lorist pointed to the book he had placed on the desk and said, and then placed two pawns in the shape of mounted soldiers and four chess pieces on the book. A chess piece in the shape of a soldier holding a sword: "Currently there are two Lancer squadrons and a garrison brigade stationed in Gerdos City. It is worth noting that one of the Lancer squadrons and the two squadrons in the garrison brigade are both It was just formed, and its combat effectiveness is not very strong. According to the garrison who surrendered, there is currently a heavy armored shield guard squad with strength above black iron beside Count Kobili, responsible for protecting his safety."
Lorist placed another plate on the desk, and put a cavalry and an infantry pawn on the plate: "This is William Mills Castle, and there is a squadron of Lancers and a squadron of garrisons stationed there. There are more than a thousand people. They are confronting the so-called coalition of nobles with more than 4,000 people. The current battle situation is that the coalition of nobles has been defeated steadily and is on the defensive. What a bunch of waste."
After disdainfully commenting on the coalition of nobles, Lorist put another cup on the table, and then put a chess piece in the shape of an infantry in the cup: "This is Burdock Castle, the manor castle of Earl Cobili's former family territory, where the garrison A garrison squadron. You see, the city of Gerdos, the castle of William Mills and the castle of Burdock Manor form a triangle with each other forming an angle. Wherever you attack, you will be flanked by the other two places. Unless Only with a strong force, several times larger than the army of Earl Cobili's family, it is possible to pull out the surrounding William Mills Castle and Burdock Manor Castle and approach the city of Gerdos."
"Fortunately, the mopping force composed of the Lancer squadron and garrison brigade originally stationed at Burdock Manor Castle has been wiped out by us. And William Mills Castle sent a garrison squadron to station at the current Burdock Manor Castle , another squadron of Lancers who participated in the mopping up troops was also wiped out by us. The strength of the troops has been halved, so it is not a concern. My idea is to send troops when there is only one garrison squadron in Burdock Manor Castle, which is insufficient and lacks mobility Pretend to be a rebel force and enter Count Cobili's family territory to carry out sabotage activities, lure Count Cobili to send troops from Gerdos City, and then take the opportunity to sneak attack on Gerdos City. As long as you master Gerdos City and Burdock Manor Castle, Kobili The count is gone, and there is no way to recover."
"My lord, your idea is very feasible, why are you hesitant?" Bodfinger asked.
"Insufficient troops, and we also worry that after the family armed forces of our northbound convoy confront Count Cobili's army head-on, even if we win, there will be heavy casualties. In that case, not only will we lose control of the situation, but we may also lose control of the situation. Let other thoughtful people have bad thoughts about the convoy. So I have been thinking about ways to reduce the loss of the family's armed forces. It would be great if I could eliminate another Lancer squadron of Earl Cobili." Lorist smiled wryly and shook his head.
"My lord, I think our current family's armed forces are obviously stronger than Earl Cobili's army. How can you say that there are insufficient troops?" Rose felt very strange.
"We have to take into account the protection of the convoy. It is impossible to dispatch the entire army. I have calculated that what can be dispatched is three squadrons of spearmen, one squadron of heavy armored lancers, and a squadron of knights and crossbow chariots. The barracks needs to leave a squadron of heavy armored cavalry and two squadrons of spearmen to guard it. The law enforcement team needs to maintain order in the barracks, and the guard squadron of the main battalion needs to take care of the prisoners. Left and right forces. Yuri’s light cavalry left a small team to be responsible for the security around the barracks, and one of the remaining three small teams was used as a scout for the large army, and the other two were the main force to attack the city of Gerdos. "
"We can only roughly imagine what Earl Kobili's response will be. If he hears that there is a resistance force of more than 2,000 people in the family territory, then he is very likely to mobilize his entire army, that is to say, the city of Gerdos The two Lancer squadrons and the garrison brigade will be dispatched, so that his army will have more than 3,000 people. Moreover, he can also order several nobles from the territories who have taken refuge in him to send troops together, easily bringing his total strength to five. About a thousand people. That's why I said, if we face his army head-on, our casualties will be heavy, and even if we win, we will lose a lot." Lorist patiently explained to Ross.
"Ah..." Lorist sighed, "Actually, a few days ago, Josk Knight said that he would go back to the western mountains to summon the rebel forces to come back to attack the enemy's camp. I still had hope. This is an opportunity to instigate these resistance forces to go deep into Count Cobili's family territory to carry out various sabotage actions, so that Count Cobili can lose sight of one thing and force him to divide his troops to destroy these resistance forces. At that time, we can gather our forces and annihilate these troops one by one , and let those rebel forces be our cannon fodder to reduce the losses and casualties of our family's armed forces."
"It's just that those rebel forces are cowards, and none of them are willing to gamble. As a result, Knight Josk is disheartened and plans to bring his people to join us."
Lorist introduced the experience of Josk Knight and his hatred for Earl Cobili's family: "I admire Knight Josk very much, and I really hope that he can defect to our Norton family. So I want to kill Earl Cobili, This is not only to avenge the caravan of our Norton family, but also to fulfill the wish of the Josk knights and add a golden rank to the family. So I checked these maps to find a suitable place to lure Earl Cobilly's team Lancer squadrons can fall into the trap we set. As long as one more Lancer squadron is wiped out, then we will face each other head-on without too much damage."
"Knight Josk is also a dedicated person! It's a good thing he came to join us, and we will help him with this." Fatty Shi felt sorry for Josk after hearing what happened to him: "But Lord Locke, you seem to ignore A very important piece of information."
"What information?" Lorist asked.
"When El was interrogating the guards who surrendered the night before, I heard a guard say that after they received the news that the barracks had been occupied in the western mountains, the illegitimate son who commanded the army first sent a few cavalrymen back to Count Kobili reported, and then ordered the troops to clean up the camp, and rushed back with the captives to attack the barracks. It took four days to ride horses from the western mountain to the city of Gerdos, which means that today, Count Kobili got the barracks The news of being occupied also knows that the mopping up troops will turn around and recapture the barracks. Lord Locke, what you overlooked is how Count Cobili will react to the news and how to deal with it." Fatty Shi said.
"Huh?" Lorist's eyes lit up: "If I were Earl Cobili, after receiving this news, and the weather has been bad for the past two days and it has been snowing, then I would definitely be worried about what happened to the mopping up troops. I would Immediately send reinforcements, and the fastest to arrive is the Lancer Squadron under him. It takes three to four days to ride horses from the city of Gerdos to the barracks, that is to say, three or four days at most five days later The reinforcements sent by the Earl are here, and we still have a good chance."
"Yes, and, aren't the families of Josk Knight's men still in the western mountains? We should bring them back with great fanfare, and by the way, spread the news among the rebel forces that we have successfully wiped out the sweeping troops, even if those rebels If the forces do not believe it, they will send people to check it out. And we invited them to watch our battle to eliminate the reinforcements sent by Count Kobili. After we eliminate the reinforcements, we can say that Count Kobili has no more troops. , I just took this opportunity to grab his family territory. I believe those rebellious forces will be unwilling to let others go, and go crazy. When these rebellious forces turn Count Cobili's family territory into a pot of porridge, then we can fish in troubled waters First, occupy the Burdock Manor Castle. If Earl Cobili gathers an army, we will gather those rebel forces to confront him, and then secretly dispatch elites to attack the city of Gerdos." Fatty Shi added another fire.
"Okay, let's do this." Lorist clenched his fists excitedly: "It's not too late, Reddy, go and invite Josk Knight over."
After ordering Reddy, Lorist looked at Fatty Shi, Yuri, Terman, Bodfinger and Ross, and suddenly felt very strange: "By the way, why are you here together? What's the matter?"
Only then did everyone remember the original intention of looking for Lorist. Fatty Shi said to Lorist with a wry smile: "My lord, your new military establishment is very good, the only omission is that we don't have enough horses. It's about to break out."
Fatty Shi said that there were only more than 700 war horses in the convoy originally, and dozens of horses were obtained in Viscount Meister's castle. In addition, more than 2,000 horses were harvested from the annihilation of the mopping up troops, and the total was not enough to 3,000 horses. According to Lorist's establishment, at least 4,000 war horses were needed, not counting the mounts needed by the guards and law enforcement teams of the headquarters. Now Terman, Yuri, Bodfinger, and Ross were all arguing over the distribution of the mounts, so they could only ask Lorist to make a decision.
Lorist laughed: "Whatever the quarrel, let's be wronged first, won't someone send the horse to the door in four or five days? It's useless. When we defeat Count Cobili, there will be plenty of horses and trophies."
What Lorist was referring to was that after defeating Count Cobili's reinforcements, a group of war horses had entered the account. Because the Lancers have one man and two horses, they have extremely strong mobility.
Josk came in with Reddy, and when he heard that there was a shortage of horses, he said, "My lord, if you are willing to trade weapons and equipment with those rebel forces in the western mountains, you can also get a lot of horses, probably five or six hundred." match."
Lorist nodded: "Alright, but I'll leave it to you."
Then I introduced the strategy I had just decided to Josk.
Josk was surprised and delighted: "My lord, are you ready to deal with Count Kobili?"
"Yes." Lorist said: "Since so many of his troops have been wiped out, we can just uproot him directly, so as to save us trouble later on."
"My lord, I would like to serve you..." Josk bowed deeply and bowed.