In a conference room in Winchester City, Ella and the others were discussing the future battle plan with serious expressions.
In addition to Alfred and Ella, Ella's side also had Amy, Glahid, and Dust participating in the meeting, while Alfred's side had seven or eight knights participating.
There was a map on the table. It wasn't very accurate, but it was still usable. A knight marked several rough locations on the map, pointed at them and reported: "This is all the places where the scouts have found enemies so far. Bjorn's army has all arrived in the Winchester Territory. But from now on Judging from these locations, they did not come to the town and I don’t know what they were looking for.”
"No doubt, it's the water source," Alfred said,
"They have penetrated deep into the heart of England without permission, and the first thing they will definitely lack is water. As long as the militias in each town continue to harass their supply lines, they will be out of food supply for up to a month. In addition, I guess they haven't had it yet. Be aware of my plans."
"Yes. He probably didn't notice it." A knight agreed,
"There are a large number of people's armed forces hidden in the towns and villages along the way. Scotland and Ireland are under attack again. If they get even one message, they have already retreated."
"But it's also possible that they knew this but were still preparing to attack Winchester." Another knight analyzed,
"The King of Sweden did not bring many people this time. The Black Death is spreading in Winchester again. And there are four elves on the opposite side. Winchester is likely to fall before they run out of food." At this moment, everyone present began to look sad.
Some people sighed and said: "If I had known there were four elves on the opposite side, I wouldn't have adopted such a risky plan. If we used the army to confront them head-on, I'm afraid the situation would be better."
"That will only make the war protracted and waste England's national power." Alfred scolded,
"Our opponent is not just Bjorn. You must always remember that the Tianfang Empire's claws have reached the Alemanni Federation, and we are only separated by a strait!" Even so, most people still have little confidence.
Someone whispered quietly on the side: "It is too difficult to defend the city from four elves..."
"It's not impossible if we just wait until they run out of food." Everyone turned their attention to the speaker - Ella Cornelius Scipio.
Alfred rushed to ask: "King of Sweden, is there anything you can do?"
"I analyzed the abilities of the four elves." Ella said,
"The first is Chimalpopoka. His magic makes his skin very hard and it is difficult for the sword to cut wounds. In contrast, his strength is far inferior to Izkoatl and Tesosomok. This ability It's only suitable for defense, and I'm afraid it won't be of much use when attacking a city."
"That said, is this an elf level after all?" a knight said,
"When they dressed up as a caravan and attacked the King of Knights in the palace, the King of Knights even used the all-conquering Sword in the Lake, but they still failed to hurt Chimalpopoka. In the end, the King of Knights threw away the sword and used wrestling to subdue him. Got him."
"I remember he had another ability," Ella said,
"No matter which direction the arrows fly from, they will eventually land on his shield, right?"
"Yes, I remembered it. Not just him, but all his eagle warriors also know this trick." The knight replied,
"Isn't this more troublesome? Our long-range advantage on the city wall is gone."
"On the other hand, let's take advantage of this. First we shoot arrows to lure him to use this ability, and when ordinary crossbow arrows are sucked by him, we use the giant crossbow to secretly shoot one." Ella's hand made exaggerated strokes. one time,
"With a bang, the shield and the people were eliminated together." Dast
It spurted out with a "pop" sound and gave Ella a thumbs up.
"Is this really possible?" Alfred hesitated.
"The average elf-level magician can destroy the stone city wall with one strike. For comparison, an attack that cannot destroy the city wall will not be able to break Chimalpopoka's defense, right?"
"Why not? The most powerful crossbow machine in the Seven Hills Empire is able to insert crossbow arrows into the stone city wall. I will draw the drawings for you in a while, and you will work overtime to make it! Just one is enough." Alfred calculated Time: "It will take some time for Bjorn to find the water source, then return and build the siege camp... There are many skilled craftsmen in Winchester. If the blueprint is not too complicated, he should be able to catch up."
"What about Tesosomok?" someone asked from the side.
"He can break down the city wall with his fists, and his attack power is very terrifying! The King of Knights can handle it alone, but once the city wall collapses, the enemy's army will pour in!"
"The prerequisite for using his fists to knock down the city wall is that the wall is within the reach of his fists! In other words, he must come under the city wall before he can launch an attack!"
"That's it." Amy nodded,
"Tessosomok was seriously injured before escaping. Even if he can go to the battlefield, it will not be very convenient. We only need to set up some targeted traps, and even send someone to keep an eye on him. He will fall down wherever he moves. Hot oil. If he falls into one of these traps, he will lose his fighting ability."
"You can try it." Alfred nodded repeatedly.
"I will arrange for people to dig hundreds of pits in front of the city wall soon."
"But they actually didn't need to storm the city wall to get in." Someone said,
"Izcoatl can create tunnels in the ground, and they can come in through the tunnels."
"It's not much faster to get in from the tunnel than using a ladder. We already knew this trick in advance, so we just need to be careful and prepared."
"But we don't know where they will come out from, so how can we guard against this?"
"I know this." Glahid glanced at Dust and said,
"It's like looking for people in the woods. Although the forest is big, people must need water, so we only need to search along the river. No matter where the troops who get in through the tunnel come out, they will eventually run to support the siege. Yes. Just arrange traps in advance at city gates, entrances to city walls, etc."
"Not bad." Dast patted Glahid on the shoulder.
"I like students who can draw inferences from one instance. I'll buy you a drink tomorrow." Ella nodded: "Our goal is to capture Izcoatl and then defeat the first wave of invading enemies. In this way, I I don’t think the enemy will dare to use tunnels to invade again.”
"But Izcoatl can make holes. If it were an ordinary pit, he would make a hole when he fell in. What should we do?"
"It's very simple, use the ocean fire on the hot air balloon. Pack it in an airtight container. Don't put it in the pit, but bury a portion around the pit." Ella said,
"If Izcoatl falls into a pit, he will definitely want to dig a hole to escape. Doing so will break the container and the Ocean Fire will explode!"
"It seems that the three people in Aztlan have ways to deal with it." Alfred nodded repeatedly, but his expression did not look much more relaxed than before.
"The key to the problem is how to deal with the most difficult Bjorn."
