In the next two days, the 101st Special Division deployed its trebuchets to bombard the walls of the Demon Castle. The huge rumble of falling rocks and the impact of the city walls continued day and night for two days. Then, Wu Bin's red banner

Helplessly, he reported to Sterling: "The effect is minimal! Volkswagen, if this continues, all our catapults will be scrapped before a gap appears!"

After all the hard work, they fought their way to the Demon God's Castle, but in the end they were helpless against the outer wall of the Demon God's Castle. In order to find a solution, the senior leaders of the expeditionary force held many discussions, and the staff of the staff also conducted a lot of demonstrations and research.

On the evening of September 16, another high-level joint meeting between the Mainland Army and the Far East Army was held.

The meeting kicked off with a speech by the Chief of Staff of the Expeditionary Force, Kaneha Hongyi Hatamoto. He claimed that the staff had already conducted research and found that in order to break through and occupy the outer city of Demon Castle, the attackers would suffer 80,000 casualties.

"Ah!" There was a buzzing exclamation, and Zichuanxiu asked: "Is the staff's estimate too pessimistic? You know, the demon clan doesn't have many active soldiers anymore."

"Lord Commander, I have taken into account the lack of demons' troops. In fact, the casualties of 80,000 are still a conservative estimate. If the demons had sufficient troops, archers and defense equipment, our army would have suffered one million casualties.

We may not be able to win it. You must know that what we are facing is the strongest city in the mainland, especially ranked above Wallen Fortress."

Jinhe Hongyi Ban mentioned the Wallen Fortress, and everyone couldn't help but feel horrified. Remembering the experience of the demons dispatching millions of giants several times to smash their heads and blood under the Wallen City, everyone seemed to have human beings in their minds.

The tragic scene of the officers and soldiers lying dead under the Demon Castle made me suddenly feel that the future was in despair.

Sterling looked at Wu Bin: "Wu Hongyi, what can the special forces do to deal with the outer wall of the Demon Castle?"

"Sir, the 101st Division is equipped with 731 trebuchets, including 415 light trebuchets, 203 medium trebuchets, 98 heavy trebuchets, and 10 super heavy trebuchets.

Taiwan. Five extra-large trebuchets.

In the past two days, we have conducted impact strength tests on the west wall of the Demon Castle. We found that the outer wall of the Demon Castle is extremely strong and has a very wonderful design. The wall surface is in the shape of a rhombus or a triangle. It can bounce off falling rocks and reduce the damage.

It has reached the lowest level. After testing, light and medium trebuchets cannot cause any damage to the external wall, while heavy trebuchets and above can only cause a little damage, but it is within the range that can be repaired by manpower..."

"Wu Hongyi, can you briefly tell us the conclusion?"

"To put it simply, the trebuchet can cause damage to the Demon Castle, but the damage is relatively small. As long as the enemy has enough labor and materials, the speed of our damage cannot match the speed of their repair."

"Can we slow down their repair speed? For example, use light trebuchets and crossbows to suppress the demon engineers, kill them, and prevent them from approaching the gap?"

"It's theoretically possible, but in practice it's impossible."

"Wu Hongyi, can you tell me? Why is it not possible?" "Sir, please forgive me for being rude. Have you made an estimate? A crossbow machine can fire twenty arrows in one minute. A trebuchet can fire 20 arrows in one hour."

Throw out more than two hundred yuan and two

Ten kilograms of stone, if you follow your method, you will need to use crossbows and trebuchets to continuously suppress the repair of the city head. The number of arrows and slings required is astronomical. Now the logistics are simply unable to supply food and grass.

,

There is no spare capacity to transport arrows and stones to us anymore. Even if we can use local talents to make arrows and stones, the number of trebuchets is also limited. Such uninterrupted firing will cause great damage to the wear and tear of the machine.

In less than a week, half of the existing trebuchets and crossbows will be scrapped. Moreover, at night, the shooting field of vision and aiming accuracy will be greatly reduced. Even if they fire continuously, it will be difficult to stop the demons from repairing the city wall."

"I understand, you don't need to say anything anymore." Sterling asked: "Your Excellency Jin He, does the staff have a plan on how to attack the Demon Castle?"

"This..." Jinhe Hongyi Hatamoto looked embarrassed: "We only made a conventional attack plan, but it may not work. We are still studying it further."

Everyone knows that "further research" is often synonymous with "we can't do anything." Seeing that even the staff can't do anything, those generals who only know how to wield swords and ride horses have no choice but to sit there dumbfounded.

"My lords, does anyone have any good ideas?" Sterling looked at the generals, who helplessly avoided his gaze.

When he turned his gaze to the group of Far Eastern generals on the other side, he suddenly felt his eyes light up. A beautiful woman wearing a dark blue officer uniform stood up and stood out like a chicken. Her voice was soft and clear: "Director, although

The walls of the Demon Castle are strong, but since ancient times, to deal with a city that cannot hold out, besides direct attack, a long-term siege is also a good way. The Seneans have run out of food and ammunition, and there is no external aid. They will perish if they siege for a long time."

"Vice Commander Lin, siege is indeed a good method. But now the family is pressing hard, and our food, grass and supplies are very difficult to supply. According to the information provided by Oslu, the Minister of Interior of Senea who surrendered to us, the memory of Demon Castle

The food can last at least three months, and then the Seneans can support another month by slaughtering their horses and livestock. If the siege lasts for four months, we will be even more unable to support it than the demons."

In addition to ranks and positions, the army is also very particular about seniority. When Lin Bing served as the deputy to her brother Yingxing and dominated the Far East, the three heroes of Zichuan were just deputy bannermen under her command. Like Zichuan Xiu, for Lin Bing,

Sterling respected the senior of the Far East Army very much. He was extremely polite in his speech and explained in detail. This kind of courtesy was not given to other officers at the deputy commander level.

"Director, if we only leave half or even a quarter of the army, the logistical pressure will be greatly reduced, and a long-term siege will not be a problem?"

There was a buzz of discussion during the banquet, and the generals murmured among themselves and looked at Lin Bing with an idiotic look. If Lin Bing's qualifications and prestige were not there, everyone would have booed her and kicked her off the stage.

Stringy said: "Your Excellency, do you mean to besiege the Seneese people by leaving fifty or sixty thousand troops? The Seneese soldiers are brave and good at fighting, but if there are too few troops left, I am afraid they will be eaten by them.

"Sir," Lin Bing said calmly and calmly, standing as straight as a pen, as if the whispering voices around him didn't exist at all: "I have an idea, please review it with everyone."

Our army has set up the West Town Camp in the city of Varnsta, with 50,000 troops stationed there. We have set up the South Town Camp in the cities of Varna and Nista, with 80,000 troops stationed. The two camps will attack the devil from the southwest.

The fort formed a strategic siege. In peacetime, elite and light troops were dispatched.

Riding, they constantly raided the surroundings of the Demon God's Castle. Destroyed their outside cities and villages, burned granaries, fertile fields and fruit trees, and plundered their population, making it impossible for the Seneans to farm and collect! In this way, the Demon God's Castle would no longer be able to

persist in.".

Sterling's eyes lit up and he asked: "What if the Seneans come out of the city to intercept our light cavalry?"

"Sir, our army is dispatching light cavalry, which has a speed advantage over the enemy. The enemy goes east, and I go west. If the enemy is strong, our light cavalry troops will simply withdraw to the camp and not come out. Sir, Senea

It is impossible to station troops in every place to guard them. If they divide their troops and station them in various places, we will kill them in one fell swoop."

"What if the enemy attacks the Xizhen and Nanzhen camps established by our army after my expeditionary army leaves?"

"Sir, the Seneans now have at most 40,000 to 50,000 remaining soldiers. Whether it is our army's Nanzhen Camp or Xizhen Camp, they cannot easily capture it. Moreover, the two camps echo each other.

, to reinforce each other. If the Seneese want to win, it is simply impossible."

Lin Bing smiled and said: "Even if they can capture any camp, they will inevitably lose their troops and be unable to withstand our army's counterattack. Sir, as long as the demons dare to come out of the city to fight in the field, no matter they win or lose, they will lose! They are too human

It’s too small to withstand the wear and tear.”

Sterling's eyes lit up and he looked at Jin He's red banner. Jin He nodded affirmatively and said: "It is completely feasible to set up an advance base, use light cavalry to plunder the demon clan's logistics supplies, and implement strong walls to clear the country.

However, Mr. Lin, I have noticed that if you follow your plan and set up two garrison camps to respond to each other, our army will have to leave at least 150,000 troops to ensure the safety of the two garrison camps. Although the size of the army is smaller than today

It’s half less, but the logistical pressure is still very heavy.”

Lin Bingzheng said: "Lord Sterling, for the sake of the overall situation, the Far East Army is willing to make sacrifices. As long as the family can provide us with supplies and food for 50,000 people, we can support 150,000 troops in combat."

There was a buzz of discussion during the banquet, and the generals whispered among themselves. Sterling looked at Zichuan Xiu: "Commander Xiuchuan, do you take what Deputy Commander Lin said seriously?"

Zichuan Xiu smiled: "Of course, her words are my words."

Sterling's expression was very serious: "Commander Xiuzhong, things in the army should not be joked about. I want to know how the Far East Army can use 50,000 people to supply 150,000 troops with food and grass?"

"Funding war with war, plundering local supplies to solve the shortage of food and grass." "To solve the shortage of food and grass for 100,000 people, relying on war to support war is definitely not enough."

Zi Chuanxiu smiled enigmatically and stopped talking.

In the end, Sterling couldn't figure out his true identity, so he approached him and asked, "Let's get to the bottom of it, what do you want to do?"

Zi Chuanxiu smiled and replied in a low voice: "The secret of heaven must not be leaked."

"Nonsense, if you don't tell me, I'm going to fall out!"

"Second brother, it won't do you any good to know. As long as you know, I can do it."

"No! This is not a joke. I want to know what you do."

Looking around, and leaning into Sterling's ear, Zi Chuanxiu lowered his voice: "Recruit strong men on the spot and form an army to fight against the Seneese. They are locals, and the food and grass problem will be solved by themselves."

"Nonsense! Don't you need to consume food to recruit strong men on the spot? Besides, where can you recruit strong men in this wilderness?"

Looking at Zichuanxiu's cunning smile, Sterling suddenly came to his senses. He dragged Zichuanxiu out of the conference room and said sternly: "Axiu, I'm afraid the person you want to recruit is not a strong man? Don't you want to think about the demon tribe?"

Form an army to fight the Seneese?"

"Shh! It's okay if you know this kind of thing, there's no need to say it!" Zi Chuanxiu shook his finger lightly, with a smile on his face: "In this way, won't the problem be solved? The soldiers can go home early and shed a lot of blood.

, the family can also spend a lot less money, and the boss does not have to chase us with shame."

"But this is very dangerous, as dangerous as playing with fire! We have finally disarmed millions of demon troops and scattered them everywhere. Now you have organized them into an army again. If they are

The Seneese are inciting and taking advantage, and all our previous sacrifices and hard work have been in vain."

"But I have already formed a demon army." Zi Chuanxiu said easily. Compiled by Fengyu Novel Network~~~The look made Sterling want to beat him up.

He suppressed his anger and whispered: "I know, it's Goda Khan's subordinates? The Ge'ang people are the moderate faction among the demons. We must also support a force to control the demon kingdom after the war. Let Goda Khan

It is okay to lead troops to accompany us to occupy and serve as guides and auxiliary forces for our army. The commander-in-chief also agrees with this matter."

"This is not just the people of Goda Khan." Zi Chuanxiu smiled sheepishly: "Some people with lofty ideals who are determined to overthrow the brutal rule of Senea. Although they are in the demon clan, they have always admired the benevolence of His Highness the Commander-in-Chief and the kindness of the family.

Well, they hate the rule of the Demon God-Emperor, and now they voluntarily join our army and devote themselves to the great cause of overthrowing the Seneans - seeing how generous they are, I can't refuse them thousands of miles away!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Who are those people you are talking about?"

"There are too many people. I can't finish their names at the moment. But the name of one of the patriots is Thunder Leopard. He has the most determined attitude against the Seneans."

"Lei Bao, Commander of the 15th Demon Army!" Sterling gasped, eyes widening: "Is it really him?"

"It's him. There is also a hero named Gangwa, who is loyal to his family; there are also several heroes named Dong Hanqing and Tu Feng, who have sworn to be in conflict with the Senea people. By the way, also

There is an old patriot named Ross who has the strongest determination to oppose the Seneese. It is said that he and

A certain guy named Carter has a blood feud..." "That is to say, the Tarta Clan, the Thunder Clan, the Gangwa Clan, the Winter Clan, and the Tu Clan have all been incorporated by you?" At this time, Sterling calmed down.

He murmured: "Good fellow. Isn't there 70,000 to 80,000 troops now?"

Zichuan Xiu smiled, he did not dare to say it, in fact, including the Tartar and Go'ang troops, he had a total of 150,000 demon soldiers and horses.

"Axiu, you recruited so many demon soldiers, why are they willing to listen to you? What if you can't control them?"

As a tactical commander, Sterling is excellent. But if you think about it from the perspective of a politician, his vision seems dull. His thinking is still stuck in the past model, believing that strength only depends on the army he controls.
To be continued...