After listening to Rose Marquis's words, Lei Xiao nodded slightly and motioned for the other party to continue speaking.
"Lord, although within our sphere of influence are Kongqing Town, Mailan Town, Magnet Town, Red Arrow Town, Shuiyue City, Fenglong City, Fanyin City, Shanjing Principality, and the following Lanleng Castle, there are nine cities in total.
, the overall strength is quite good, and the total strength is close to 40,000."
The Rose Marquis bowed slightly and said with a solemn expression: "However, compared with the eldest prince and the second prince whose power has been clearly demonstrated in the eastern region of Cold Flame, they have an extremely fatal disadvantage."
"Tell me about it."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao first took a sip of steaming fragrant tea, then put down the tea cup and said again.
"That is because our forces are too dispersed, and it is impossible to gather forces without the other party noticing, and then take the initiative to start a large-scale battle."
Nodding to Lei Xiao, Marquis Rose still maintained a respectful posture and responded: "As for the south of the territory in the Demon Shadow Forest, the eastern area of ​​​​Lengyan is close to the border battlefield, with Songluo City as the center.
The great prince's faction.
Still in the west of the territory in the Demonic Forest, in the center of the eastern area of ​​​​Leng Yan, the Second Prince's faction centered on Iron Gate Castle. The power of both of them is very concentrated, and they can easily in a short time.
Assemble a huge army."
"The Marquis de Rose is right, it is true."
Hearing this, Bert, who was also extremely tall, had a look of approval on his wrinkled old face.
Then he said thoughtfully: "The territory located in the Demonic Shadow Forest is only Kongqing Town due west on the other side of the river, Magnet Town due north of Kongqing Town under the Baibu Mountains, and Mailan Town due south of Kongqing Town.
The town, a total of three cities, forms a defensive barrier."
Gently rubbing his chin, Bert continued: "The total number of defenders in the three cities is only close to 10,000 people. This is in contrast to the two princes who have at least 60,000 or more."
Compared with the military strength, it is indeed a bit stretched."
"Senior Bert is right. If you include Red Arrow Town, which is located southeast of Mailan Town, there are at most four cities."
On the other side, the orange-white face also showed a thoughtful expression, and he added: "However, there are only a mercenary team of 2,000 people in Red Arrow Town now, headed by Donna.
In the absence of formal collaborative combat training, the defense of the city is acceptable, but if we attack head-on on the battlefield, I am afraid that the combat effectiveness will be far less than that of the garrison troops in each city."
"What the two kingdom generals said is absolutely true."
I saw Rose Marquis standing respectfully next to Lei Xiao, and said: "However, the situation is not that bad. After all, the territory located in the Shadow Forest has 19 squadrons of elite second-level soldiers directly under the lord."
Holding the orchid and smiling, the Rose Marquis continued: "Moreover, there are two tribes that have surrendered to the lord, and they have a total of nine second-level elite squadrons with considerable strength."
"In addition to the three cities of Kongqing Town, Magnet Town, and Mailan Town, there are a total of 9 second-level elite squadrons newly trained by the lord, and the second-level Princess Guards brought by Princess 2.
This second-level elite force of nearly 4,000 people, plus 10,000 ordinary garrison troops, as well as the main powerful men under the lord, are enough to protect the territory without any worries when facing the all-out attack of a certain prince."
After finishing speaking, Marquis Rose bowed and gave Lei Xiao another cup of hot tea, and then said: "Of course, this is the worst case scenario. After all, so far, no opponent knows the specific location and strength of the territory.
The most important thing is that in the eyes of our opponents, we only have one city, Kongqing Town, and on the surface we only have more than 3,000 ordinary defenders.
What our opponents can’t see is exactly how we can win by surprise.”
After a pause, Marquis Rose said to Lei Xiao again: "Lord, even so, if the eldest prince and the second prince attack from both sides, the situation will undoubtedly be critical.
This is the biggest disadvantage mentioned by my subordinate just now. After all, apart from the four cities mentioned above, including the subordinate Blue Cold Castle, the other five cities are far away from the territory and cannot do anything.
Timely reinforcements will be sent.”
"This is what I've been worried about."
Lei Xiao nodded slightly and frowned slightly, while picking up the exquisite white porcelain tea cup again.
While continuing: "At the beginning, I didn't expect that the power of the eldest prince and the second prince would be so deeply rooted in the eastern region of Lengyan, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. I have to say that it is indeed quite troublesome.
"
Taking a sip of the steaming fragrant tea, Lei Xiao smiled slightly and said: "However, since Marquis Rose has said this, there must be a solution, right?"
"That's right, Lord Lord, I happen to have a plan here that can turn this disadvantage into an advantage, or it may be our next course of action."
On the other side, the Rose Marquis smiled and bowed slightly.
"Very good. I just happened to think of a good solution. Let's each do a simple deduction and see if each other's answers are consistent."
Having said this, Lei Xiao also smiled lightly, and then ordered the subordinates around him to move the two exquisite mahogany square tables to the left and right in front of him.
Next, Lei Xiao put down his tea cup and walked straight to a table. With a wave of his hand, a row of blue soldiers and a row of red soldiers appeared on the square table.
These were all gifts given by Bai Lao when Lei Xiao left the mountain fortress. There were thousands of soldiers of different colors and shapes and various markers.
Lei Xiao first picked up a blue soldier and placed it slightly lower in the upper right corner of the table.
Immediately afterwards, four more blue soldiers were placed in front of the first soldier in a vertical row.
Seeing this scene, all the subordinates on the side nodded thoughtfully.
Needless to say, what this represents is naturally the territory located in the forest, and from top to bottom are the four cities on our side: Magnet Town, Kongqing Town, Mailan Town, and Red Arrow Town.
Next, Lei Xiao first placed ten red soldiers in a cluster below the blue soldiers representing Red Arrow Town.
Then he placed another ten red soldiers, also in a cluster, to the left of his blue soldiers, near the middle of the table.
Therefore, surrounded by two clusters of red soldiers at the bottom and left, the only five blue soldiers were obviously quite weak.
"Those two clusters of red soldiers represent the power of the eldest prince and the second prince, right?"
Staring at the square table that had turned into a simple sand table, Yi Chaoyan blinked his signature big eyes, tilted his head and asked.
"That's right, you girl has made quite a lot of progress."
With a faint smile, Lei Xiao picked up five more blue soldiers representing his own city and distributed them in various corners of the square table.
Among them, the one in the lower right corner of the square table represents Shanjing Principality, the one slightly closer to the left of the second prince's power represents Fanyin City, and the two on the far left side of the table represent the nearby Shuiyue City and Fenglong City.
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The last one, a little further to the left of the great prince's forces, naturally represents the Blue Cold Castle where everyone is currently located.
All in all, it is just like what Rose Marquis said.
The other five cities are scattered all over the table. Except for the adjacent Shuiyue City and Fenglong City, the others are far apart. It can be said that they form a sharp contrast with the dense power of the two princes.
"The lord is indeed extraordinary. It only took a few seconds to clearly display the distribution of enemy and friend situations in the entire eastern region of Leng Yan."
When Lei Xiao completed the arrangement, Marquis Rose's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but flatter him sincerely.
"Okay, let's arrange that table in the same way."
Smiling slightly, Lei Xiao waved his hand again, and the same number of red and blue soldiers appeared on another table.
"As ordered, my lord, my subordinates will do it now."
Upon hearing this, Marquis Rose immediately came to another table and began to make arrangements.
After a while, the simple sand tables on the two tables were exactly the same. Lei Xiao first picked up a blue soldier that was idle on the table.
Then, facing another table, the Marquis of Rose, who was also holding an idle blue soldier, said: "Okay, next, let us each implement the response plan in our minds on this table first.
.”
"As you command, Lord."
Bowing slightly to Lei Xiao, Rose Marquis immediately began to take action, while Lei Xiao also started to make arrangements.
In this way, it didn't take long for Lei Xiao and Rose Marquis to complete the deployment of the next operations.
In front of Lei Xiao, I saw a simple sand table that had been redeployed.
The two princely forces that were originally surrounded by the general's territory and the four own cities have been surrounded by a new group of blue soldiers, combined with other blue soldiers who were originally very scattered, to form a larger encirclement, tightly.
Tightly wrapped in it.
The layout of the desktop on Rose Marquis' side is almost exactly the same as that of Lei Xiao. They have changed from the original small encirclement to a new situation of a large trap and a small circle.
Seeing this scene, the other subordinates nodded thoughtfully.
At this point, the answer is naturally very obvious.
"The Lord Lord is indeed extraordinary, as he has seen with his subordinate heroes..."
At this point, Rose Marquis, who felt that his words were a bit imprecise, quickly changed his words and said: "No, it is undoubtedly my greatest honor for you to be able to think of being with the lord!"
"If that's the case, then it's up to you to plan our next actions and briefly explain them."
Raising his eyebrows slightly, Lei Xiao said to the enchanting man with a look of reverence on his face.
To be continued...