The situation is indeed a bit troublesome. Reggie is not afraid of war, but he doesn't want to fight at home now. The ice and snow are melting, and the planting season is coming. If the farming season is missed due to the war, countless previous efforts will be in vain.
"Damn it!" Reggie cursed, "I didn't fight sooner or later, but I waited until this time!"
Chris sighed: "It's my fault. I should have asked you to take action and end the war directly in Zhilin City. I misjudged his intentions."
In the past month, there have been a lot of frictions between Reggie and Charlemagne, and there have been several small-scale battles. Reggie has mastered Charlemagne's garrison location. If a sneak attack can be launched decisively, the war will begin sooner.
It's over.
Unfortunately, Chris made a mistake in judgment. After releasing the news of the old king's death, he firmly believed that Charlemagne would take the initiative to withdraw his troops. In fact, Charlemagne's army did disappear for a while, but he did not retreat, but chose
Moved to the border area between Drawsha City and Zhilin City.
Without the news channel from Zhilin City, Reggie was unable to grasp Charlemagne's movements and missed his best opportunity. Now he must face a defensive battle.
Reggie took out two pieces of parchment and, following the old method, he once again listed the pros and cons.
There are three favorable factors:
The first is the absolute geographical advantage. If Reggie only wants to defend Shattering Snow City, Charlemagne has absolutely no chance of breaking through the city gate.
The second is the absolute advantage in materials. Reggie has sufficient food reserves and can use sneak attacks to block Charlemagne's food supplies at any time.
The third is the absolute advantage in weapons. With Swindell's efforts, Reggie accumulated more than 40,000 pounds of nitrated starch, which not only gave him enough rocket warheads, but also rocket fuel for stable flight.
Of course, the hit rate of rockets is still not comparable to that of guns, but the relatively stable fuel at least makes it possible for rockets to hit enemy formations within a distance of five hundred feet.
The next disadvantage was that Reggie wrote two whole sheets of paper, including four unanswerable questions.
First, the timing of the war is wrong. If the war is delayed for two months, Broken Snow City will completely miss the spring plowing.
Second, the weather is unfavorable. Yesterday there was sleet in Broken Snow City, and there is a possibility of rain at any time in the next few days. Although Reggie has some rockets that can fly stably, his main weapon is still bombs. If
The battle took place on a rainy day, and gunpowder was easily affected by moisture, with disastrous consequences.
The third is the residents outside the city. If Reggie moves all the residents into the city, it will probably cause chaos. The slaves and orcs are fine, but the Byers may not be so peaceful. If you don't want to move everyone back.
Within the city, he must defend the entire territory.
The fourth is the supply of Han Maple Fortress. Purple mold makes people love and hate it. This kind of microorganism makes Han Maple Fortress still unable to store food. If Reggie is forced to retreat to Shattered Snow City, Han Maple Fortress will lose supplies and can only come from Camel.
The island transported food to the fortress. Coxley had already received the news. Charlemagne had dispatched the navy. Reggie had no extra troops to devote to the naval battle. It was difficult for Tuodao's fleet to reach Hanmaple Fortress safely.
What worries Reggie even more is that if Sophia and Charlemagne join forces, Broken Snow City will be faced with being attacked from both sides. Once Han Maple Fortress falls, Broken Snow City will be helpless under the attack of the two countries.
Looking at the analysis of the battle situation, Reggie was at a loss what to do, and finally Chris chose to risk his life.
"It was a mistake I made. I will bear the consequences. I will go to Zhilin City."
Reggie said in surprise: "Do you want to take the old king's body to sue Charlemagne for peace? How can I bear to let you do such a thing?"
"Go and have your sweet dream! I will not die in vain!" Chris said, "I will go to Zhilin City to find out about Charlemagne's movements, and at least create a chance for you to attack."
Reggie was silent for a long time and said, "Isn't it too dangerous for you to go alone?"
"For God's sake, can you stop being so heartless?" Chris said angrily, "Do you really have the heart to let me go alone?"
Reggie hesitated again and again, and decided to let Natalie fly the balloon with Chris, and at the same time let Marker Abu follow Chris to record the location of Charlemagne's garrison.
"Charlemagne's army has a large number of dragon-slaying crossbows. If you want to use flying objects for a sneak attack, you must think carefully."
Reggie said: "I have a kind of aircraft that is not afraid of the dragon-slaying crossbow, but it flies very slowly. It will take at least a whole day to reach Zhilin City."
"A whole day?" Chris shook his head and said, "We can't wait that long, Charlemagne's army will be transferred at any time."
"Let's take it one step at a time," Reggie sighed, "I will tell Jarvan about the situation of the war first and ask him to step up patrols around the border. Damn it, I have too few soldiers!"
Chris decided to leave that night. He had just left the castle when Sandre brought his student Gelka to the Lord's Castle.
"Sir, we have completed our mission and collected a total of one hundred thousand pounds of feces," Sandre knelt down and said, "Sir, I beg you to forgive this child and stop humiliating him in other ways."
Reggie stepped forward to help Sandre and sighed: "Why do you always think this is a punishment? I will honor my reward."
It's really funny to say that the war is about to happen, and Reggie still has to think about shit.
"I will give you five gold coins. Of course, not only will you help me collect feces, but you will also help me do more important things."
Sandre said excitedly: "As long as it's no longer related to feces, we can do whatever you want us to do!"
Reggie pursed his lips and said: "Sorry, this matter is really related to feces. I want these one hundred thousand pounds of feces to completely rot, like rotten sludge. Can I do it?"
"Rotten...feces?" Sandre looked at Reggie desperately, "Sir, do you have to humiliate a child like this?"
"I repeat, I am not humiliating you, this is related to Suixue City's food problem!"
Reggie himself felt embarrassed when he said the word "eat".
Why can't these people understand exactly what they mean?
No matter how bad the war situation is, spring plowing cannot be affected, and decomposed manure is the best fertilizer.
Reggie was not in the mood to argue with Sandre anymore, and he issued the lord's order again.
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Late at night, Natalie took Chris and Abu to sneak into Zhilin City. Chris knew Zhilin City very well, and he also knew Charlemagne very well. After a night of searching, they found Charlemagne's garrison location.
"Remember this place carefully," Chris told Abu to mark it. "If Reggie is fast enough, it's best to make that steel monster fly over immediately."
"You are talking about the airship," Natalie shook her head. "We encountered headwinds along the way. Unless I control the wind direction, it will take three days to fly here."
Chris said in surprise: "Of course you control the direction. This is your responsibility."
Natalie sighed and said: "I can't cast spells in the airship. I can't feel the wind there. I can only float in a balloon behind the airship, but I saw too many dragon-slaying crossbows along the way.
The airship can’t fly too high, so it looks like I’m going to risk my life this time.”
Chris shook his head quickly and said: "This was not my idea. I don't dare to let you fight so hard. You don't know how much Reggie cares about you."
Natalie blushed, and Abu, who was sitting in the hanging basket, suddenly spoke.
"Actually, there is no need to do that kind of risky thing," Abu said timidly. "Even if the enemy troops are on the move, I can still mark their positions."
Chris was startled, then smiled and said: "Silly boy, if you have such a good ability, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Abu took out a piece of parchment and said: "As long as the other party can carry this piece of paper with him, I can find the other party's traces."
"Uh..." Chris frowned, "It seems like this isn't that easy."