The first to ask Bai Xiaowen''s opinion is also Bai Xiaowen''s previous performance, which successfully increased his weight in Nicholas''s mind.
Bai Xiaowen had conceived it long after Nicholas announced that he was qualified to participate in the high-level military conference.
"Your Highness, the number of the remnant allied forces is no less than us, and the combat power is several times that of us. However, as the defenders of the city, we also have our own advantages in this war," Bai Xiaowen said. "The city defense of Heiyan fortress is strong, and the city walls are made of hard black rock. For the enemy, the weakest point to break through is the city gate..."
"Through today''s battle, we have annihilated the vanguard army of the remnant people, frustrated the enemy''s spirit and improved the confidence of the army and the people. Then next, we must give full play to the advantage of guarding the city and can''t rush out to fight with the enemy..."
The chief of staff frowned and said, "what should we do? Take all the troops back into the city?"
The chief of staff around Nicholas put forward the battle plan of today''s human coalition army. However, in Bai Xiaowen''s opinion, this chief of staff is really amateur in war strategy. Let alone compared with the world-famous counselors of the three countries, even good generals such as Zhang Liao and Li Dian can''t compare.
If Bai Xiaowen made the strategy of the first war, he would never let the weak northern territorial Lord coalition Army take the initiative to forcibly touch the remnant vanguard. The war damage of up to 45 to 1 was murder.
Using Nicholas as as a surprise attack to lead out the elite of the enemy and let Archbishop Arlo''s forbidden spell magic as the winner of the war can only be said to be good, but it''s just crushing the other party with strength, which is not a good move. Finally, it was also a failure to send troops to ambush and kill in advance.
However, this is also determined by the war customs of Kane''s plane world, which has something to do with the cultural background.
Generals are more used to leading soldiers to charge in a square array and compete with real swords and guns, rather than winning by strategy. Knowing the restraint between arms and being able to send different arms to fight under different conditions, or multi arms to fight together, is already a good commander.
In the face of the chief of staff''s query, Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "it''s certainly not possible to recover all the troops. Shrinking defense is tantamount to giving all the initiative to the enemy. My suggestion is to take active defense and wait for the fighters."
There was a brief silence in the conference room, as if they were chewing the meaning of this sentence.
"That seems to mean something. Dior, say everything you think. Don''t be nervous. It doesn''t matter if you say it wrong," Nicholas said.
Bai Xiaowen nodded. With Nicholas''s consent, he walked to the map behind his main seat.
"We can enlist the people, dig trenches around Heiyan city and stop the rapid advance of the remnant troops," Bai Xiaowen said. "In the city defense war, the longer the offensive troops rush into the city wall, the greater the loss."
Count Denton nodded approvingly, "this method is good. We can put some obstacles in the ditch, such as spikes and so on, and bleed the beasts."
"That means we have more time to shoot arrows and throw stones on the wall." the chief of staff nodded.
Bai Xiaowen continued: "Not only on the city wall, but also near the city wall, we can build arrow towers. When the enemy charges, the soldiers stationed on the arrow tower can also shoot freely. If the enemy doesn''t pull out the arrow tower, they will suffer a lot of losses. If they choose to attack the arrow tower first, the arrows and riprap from the city wall will also cause heavy losses."
"The walls and arrow towers protect each other. It''s a genius design," Cecilia whispered.
Bai Xiaowen''s words are all very simple ancient Chinese city defense strategies, but to Nicholas and others, it seems to open the door to a new world.
"While defending, we should not ignore the importance of attack. In my opinion, the supply of the remnant coalition should be an important weakness," Bai Xiaowen continued, "The northern desert is barren, and food is scarce. This time, even the old, weak, women and children of the survivors go out with the army. How can we solve the subsequent food? Whether orcs or trolls, they can eat very well..."
"Therefore, we should send more investigation troops to find out the military strength distribution of the survivors. After finding the right opportunity, we should send elite forces to attack! It would be better if we could destroy their grain depots and other important places."
Bai Xiaowen finally concluded: "that''s what I mean by active defense and waiting for fighters. Stick to it so that the enemy can take advantage of it; when the enemy can''t fight for a long time and his morale drops, look for an opportunity to go out and attack the key of the enemy!"
There was a silence in the conference room.
Prince Nicholas coughed, "that''s good. Do you have anything to add?"
The rest of the room shook their heads.
Joking, this "active defense" strategy is ten times better than today''s combat strategy, and there is no comparability between the two.
"Well, let''s make a plan for the defensive war based on Baron Dior''s suggestion." Prince Nicholas stood up and Hula all stood up.
Crackling applause broke out.
"Dior, you are a military genius. I hope you can continue to contribute your talents to the Empire and mankind." Prince Nicholas said sincerely.
Bai Xiaowen got the prompt message of the spirit world rules:
"Prince Nicholas''s favor with you has increased. At present, the level of favor is: friend."
"Lord Cecilia''s favor with you has increased. The current favor level is: friend."
"Lord Cecilia''s liking for you has increased. The current liking level is: Heart (unchanged)."
"Archbishop Arlo''s favor with you has increased. At present, the level of favor is: acquaintance."
"Count Denton''s favor with you has increased..."
Bai Xiaowen received a favor tip. He breathed softly. It was worth his effort. The effect was good. Although there is no direct reward for meritorious points and equipment, the people in the small conference room are the decision-making level of the human coalition army. It is a great hidden benefit to gain their favor.
At the end of the meeting, Nicholas''s chief of staff began to work out orders busily and handed them to Nicholas to issue to the commanders of each infantry phalanx.
Digging trenches and building arrow towers is not an easy thing in this freezing northern Xinjiang. However, spiritual soldiers are different from ordinary Army soldiers on the earth''s plane. Their strength is often several times or even more than ten times that of ordinary people. There is no problem with their efficiency.
Think about it. Bai Xiaowen used dozens of robbers as human locomotives, dragged the materials of the whole cliff mine and returned to Baishi town on foot. No robbers were tired to death.
After the meeting, Bai Xiaowen found Prince Nicholas and took the initiative to apply for the post of commander of the investigation force.
Prince Nicholas was puzzled. In his opinion, Bai Xiaowen played a greater role in the military conference by staying in the city.
However, the work of the investigation force is also very important, especially to find out the corresponding intelligence such as the enemy''s military strength and quantity, which is not competent for ordinary people.
Finally, Nicholas agreed, but asked Bai Xiaowen to pay attention to safety.
This makes Bai Xiaowen dissatisfied. I have volunteered to apply for this dangerous job. Don''t you give me any benefits? Without a leader like you.
Bai Xiaowen tactfully suggested that some supplies were needed. Prince Nicholas suddenly caught the clerk who was writing hard.
It turned out that the clerk was bazir EBER, the Quartermaster of BlackRock fortress.
Bai Xiaowen chooses to open the merit exchange list, and basil Hebrew enters the human vending machine mode.
"So much?"
Bai Xiaowen felt tears in his eyes. It was the first time he saw such a rich list of merit awards. Compared with the list in front of me, uncle Liu and Cao shaving''s family are all dead.
Sure enough, it was the prince''s personal expedition. There are many good things.
Equipment, props and food fall into three categories. There are dozens or even hundreds of items available for exchange from low-level to high-level.
Of course, exchange requires reputation value. However, Bai Xiaowen is now revered in the joint human army.
Those items that can be exchanged only with kindness and respect are generally low-grade. Among them, Bai Xiaowen doesn''t like low-level equipment and props.
At the end of the equipment column, Bai Xiaowen''s eyes contracted. The equipment in the last column is all gold!
Of course, the merit points required to exchange a piece of gold equipment are exaggerated. The cheapest wrist guard also needs 5000 merit points. Moreover, the gold equipment appearing in the exchange list is the best gold equipment with additional attributes and no additional practical skills.
Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi don''t have all the equipment on them now. It''s a waste when they have plenty of merit points and don''t need to exchange other items. They can selectively exchange some equipment they don''t have, or buy some blue and white equipment.
However, the prestige required for gold equipment is... Worship.
"I don''t know if there is a ''broken oath'' behind the props column?" Bai Xiaowen remembered the broken props of the permanent team and carefully looked through the list. Unfortunately, he didn''t find them. It seems that this [black Feng''s oath] task can''t be solved by exchange.
However, turning to the back, there are still several practical props.
[group teleportation scroll: level s prop. After use, it will teleport you and your nearby allies (effective radius is the user''s spirit 10, unit: m) to the target area. If there are hostile targets near the target area, they cannot be teleported.]
[high purity holy water: a S-level prop that can be applied to weapons or armor. It has a significant effect on the enemies of undead and demons.]
[frozen storm scroll: a class a prop. After use, it creates a frozen storm within a radius of 100m, causing freezing damage to all enemies within the range and slowing down for 10 seconds.]
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There are also good things in the food category.
Food such as rye bread can restore health in battle. Needless to say, the effect is lower than that of steamed stuffed buns in the Three Kingdoms. However, rye bread is only the lowest level food, and there are high levels behind it. It can provide a gain state for a certain time after eating, and it is not superimposed with the effect of battle potion. It''s really good.
What brightens Bai Xiaowen''s eyes is "wheat wine", which can actually restore the awakened person''s physical strength. Like the "rice wine" of the Three Kingdoms, it belongs to the local specialty, which is estimated to be the unique food of the local world under the background of medieval Europe.
The merit value required for wheat wine is not high. Each bottle only needs 25 points. Bai Xiaowen bought 20 bottles first and spent 500 merit points - when he uses the fire move of grass shaving ancient martial arts to attack the enemy, it will consume physical strength.
After turning over the food category, the exchange list is not over, and there is a small category of "special items".
Bai Xiaowen glanced and was about to turn the page when he suddenly stopped.
"Is this... A return prop?"
[return to the city volume: a special item that will send the awakened person back to the earth plane immediately after use, whether in combat or not. It can only be used in the spirit plane. Important note: if the main task is not completed, all the power points, equipment and tools harvested by the user in the current spirit plane will still disappear.]
Bai Xiaowen looked at the price of [back to the city volume], 5000 meritorious points.
The value of this kind of thing is difficult to define, but it is undeniable that in some cases where gambling is needed, there is a "return to the city scroll" on the body, which is more confident.
Moreover, the [back to the city volume] has no binding requirements and has high transaction value.
Thinking of 5000 meritorious points, comparable to the exchange price of gold equipment, Bai Xiaowen smiled bitterly. Although it''s expensive, Bai Xiaowen is still determined to exchange it, and he can change as many as he can!
Among the data collected by Bai Xiaowen, the return props are very rare and precious. Bai Xiaowen only met this time in his fourth plane world. If you don''t buy it now, you won''t regret taking it in the future.
As for a return roll is worth a piece of gold equipment? In the earth plane, the price of return props is more than that. Many big guys who don''t need money will pay a satisfactory price for a return prop, so this thing must maintain its value.
After reading the exchange list, Bai Xiaowen left Heiyan fortress.
Cecilia followed him silently all the way. After walking out of the fortress, she asked, "why do you take the initiative to apply for investigation? Staying with the prince is not only safe, but also an opportunity to make progress."
Of course, Bai Xiaowen is to kill more enemies and explode the treasure chest, but this reason can''t be said.
He looked back at Cecilia and smiled:
"Only by understanding the enemy can we defeat the enemy. I have to see with my own eyes how strong the main force of the remnant coalition is, and then I can come up with a way to deal with them. In addition, at the military meeting, I have said all the tactics and strategies I can think of, and it won''t help to stay with the prince as an aide."
"I will apply to the prince to accompany you on the investigation mission," Cecilia said.