Currently, the Stigma Skin Guild only has six cannons, but there are seventy or eighty hunters who have undergone artillery training, enough to operate forty cannons.

The Knights of Constantine have forged thirty cannons, but there are still very few artillerymen who can operate them, and many artillerymen are only capable of firing without killing themselves or friendly forces.

"No problem, all thirty cannons can be handed over to you, including the gunners," Baldwin said.

Although it is not possible for the Knights to join the "Skin of Stigma" in an organized manner, it is still feasible to secretly support dozens of hunters.

Moreover, letting the hunters' artillery masters lead these new recruits will give them more practical combat experience, which will be more conducive to their growth.

The next thing to discuss is the specific counterattack strategy.

Although Baldwin could not take command in battle, he could provide strategic assistance.

The three of them came to the military council room of the castle, where there was a sand table simulating the terrain of Constantine and the surrounding areas.

After staring at the sand table and thinking for a while, Jiang Xiaotan said:

"If we want to win, we must make full use of the cannon, and we can only use the cannon."

After all, hunters are a special form of mercenaries. Although they have the ability to fight in close combat, they are not Spartan warriors after all. When facing vampires, they also have silver swords that can kill them with one blow, but

Against humans, especially regular legions whose numbers are more than ten times their own, they have no advantage at all.

If you want to defeat the Crusaders, you must rely on artillery to achieve a certain degree of success, and then let the hunters fully realize that they have a chance to win to maintain high morale.

Jiang Xiaotan pointed to several locations on the sand table and said, "I think we can ambush the enemy at these locations."

Baldwin looked at the places he pointed at, which were the mountains south of Constantine.

Mountainous terrain is very suitable for artillery operations, but the Crusader paladins cannot effectively use their horses to charge.

"However, I'm afraid it is unlikely that the Crusaders will march from here." Baldwin pointed to the sand table and said, "They will most likely pass through Attica and come directly from the plains to the west."

"This requires you, Master. You can send an envoy to tell the Crusaders that we are preparing to ambush here."

"How can we ambush you if you tell them directly?" asked Manager Haite.

"Imagine, you have 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers, and you hear that less than 200 people are preparing to ambush you. What would you do?"

Haite immediately understood: "Because the opponent has an absolute advantage in military strength, they will definitely come to encircle and suppress us without hesitation."

"And not knowing we have artillery, what are they going to do?"

"How to do it?"

Baldwin answered for him: "For mountain ambush, most of them use the terrain and use things like rolling logs and rocks to kill the enemy. Therefore, we should avoid low-lying terrain and march in spacious areas to defend against ambush."

"But sometimes war horses have to pass through some low-lying valleys."

"At this time, we need to send people to scout the top of the valley to make sure there are no ambushes before passing through."

Jiang Xiaotan continued what Baldwin said: "In this way, the ambush on the mountain in the distance will naturally be ignored, because there is a valley blocking it, and bows, arrows and magic cannot effectively kill the people in the valley."

Haite suddenly realized: "Although bows and arrows and magic cannot kill, cannons can."

Jiang Xiaotan pointed to a long and narrow valley in the sand table and said: "As long as you tell the enemy that we are ambushing you at this location, they will definitely go to this valley."

Then he pointed to the mountain next to him: "If we arrange an artillery position here, we can attack into the valley, and the enemy will not be able to counterattack. After one round of attack, we can choose to continue loading the attack depending on the enemy's response.

Either hide in the nearby mountain peak, or retreat all the way back to the camp along the mountain road here."

After the attack, one's own side has many options, but the enemy has only two options: retreat or attack the mountain with huge casualties.

"This plan is worth a try," Baldwin agreed.

Next, the three of them gathered around the sand table to formulate a detailed battle plan.

After completing this work, Jiang Xiaotan said: "In this way, at least these magicians will not be able to arrogantly enter Constantine."

"If this ambush is successfully carried out, it can indeed effectively kill and injure the enemy, but it may not be enough to annihilate them," Baldwin said.

"Yes, the focus is still on defending the city around the camp." Jiang Xiaotan said, "The main purpose of the ambush is to boost one's own morale and undermine the opponent's morale."

"Defending the city will be a protracted battle. We are afraid that the opponent will hide outside the range of the cannon and consume our food."

"We should try our best to avoid this situation. If it doesn't work, there is a trump card." Jiang Xiaotan said.

"The trump card?"

"Daisy. As long as she is used well, she can destroy the opponent's entire army by herself."

"Who is this?" Baldwin didn't know there was such a number one person.

"It's like this..." Haite gave him a detailed explanation of Daisy's life experience and abilities.

"However, if we want to make good use of it, we have to help her come up with an efficient and painless suicide technique..." Jiang Xiaotan muttered.

"You are really a devil." Baldwin said, holding his forehead.

"I don't want to use her if I can. If the other party figures out her ability, cuts off her hands and feet so that she can't commit suicide, and then captures her, this trick will be useless."

"Only you can think of such a cruel way to deal with Daisy." Manager Hayter said.

"However, there are always too many unstable factors in her, so I'd better keep this trick for now."

Although the recent collaborations have slightly improved Daisly's status in Jiang Xiaotan's mind, it has only been elevated from a "dangerous tool person" to a "effectively utilized tool person".

Thinking about it, the reason why she died thousands of times during the Francis Civil War was probably because she was used as a bomber.

This is quite pitiful after all. Obviously her bone armor skills and summoning undead are also quite useful.

"In addition to Daisy, I actually thought of another secret weapon, but I don't know yet whether it can be used effectively."

"What weapon?"

"Well... let's wait until I test it."

The three discussed the specific plan for the city defense battle, and Jiang Xiaotan specifically mentioned the mithril mine.

"If the city is to be besieged by then, the road to the front gate of the ruins must be blocked by the knights, and the Crusaders must not be allowed to approach that way."

"Well, this is natural."

After that, the two left Constantine and returned to the camp.

Jiang Xiaotan ignored the rest and called Lenka and Daisy to go out.
Chapter completed!