After the first snowy night, Todd's speech made the entire Muxi Town, in order to deal with the upcoming battle, run at full speed. [No pop-up novel network]

The notice written by the head of the delegation was posted on the square at the entrance of the church, and the catechumen explained to the people what was about to happen.

Todd first elaborated on the huge crisis facing Muxi Town in the beginning of the spring next year in the notice; then, while emphasizing that he and the Muxi Knights will be stationed to the last minute, he allowed the people to bring their property and evacuate, Muxi Town Evacuation routes and safety points will be arranged; finally, for those townspeople who are willing to stay and fight together, the Knights will issue weapons to them and train them to join the battle as militias.

After understanding what the notice said, after a brief period of confusion, the residents each chose a different path.

A part of the wealthy new immigrants packed up all their valuable belongings and drove a horse-drawn carriage to escape from Muxi Town that night.

A part of the cowardly residents knew that they could not go far in this snowy season. They gathered at the door of the church, hoping that the Knights would arrange them to evacuate to a safe place.

But more people choose to stay. Including the artisans and fishermen who first joined Muxi Town, the farmers who fled here from the nobles, the alien refugees who sought refuge...

These residents who vowed to coexist and die with Muxi Town, the men went to the recruiting point of the Knights, took up weapons, and joined the militia; the women tore down the curtains at home, tore the linen on the bed, and made cloth armor. Donated to the church.

At the recruiting point, you can see this scene every day. The silver-haired old man and the under-aged boy stood in front of the recruiting officer and asked loudly why they were not allowed to join the army.

The time came to mid-December.

At noon, the sun rose into the sky, and the snow reflected dazzling white light under the sunlight. On the streets of Muxi Town, there was no hustle and bustle of people, and no noise in the past. On the training ground, the men received weapon instruction and formation training from the sergeants; the women and children made arrows, herbs, bandages and other war preparation materials at home.

Todd is in the chapel of the church, presiding over the second pre-war meeting of the Musi Knights.

In addition to Cumberland, Mary, Huggins, Alfonso and others who attended the meeting last time. After the cement was successfully developed, monk Joe, who immediately left for the monastery, had just returned to town with more than 30 monks the other day to catch up with this meeting.

This 30-year-old monk with a "Mediterranean hairstyle" was energetic and outspoken. Before everyone was officially seated, he stood up and recommended himself: "Master Chief, if you agree, I would like to go to Silver Circle City. To persuade the enemy to give up our attack on us."

Todd pursed his lips and smiled bitterly. He had to explain the situation of Muxi Town to the hot-blooded monk again. Seeing that the other party finally dismissed his thoughts and sat down, he nodded towards Huggins.

The latter stood up, looked at the paper in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "There are still 1,075 residents in the town, and 829 of them are willing to stay."

Todd heard this and asked, "Excluding those old and weak women and children, how many people can be organized into a militia?"

Huggins raised his head: "290 people."

Todd frowned, motioned to Huggins to sit down, and then asked Cumberland, "How about Silver Circle?"

The old knight replied: "According to the message from my old acquaintance, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that the commander of the Southern Army, Earl Emerson, was placed under house arrest at home last month. It seems that he has rejected the nobles' request; the bad news is that the Silver Ring army that attacked Muxi Town this time not only includes the Southern Army and the private soldiers of the nobles, but also a batch of Northern Army temporarily deployed. The total strength may exceed 1200. people."

Hearing this, Alfonso asked suspiciously: "The Northern Legion? How could they join this battle? Isn't Silver Ring City worried that the Northern Barbarians will take the opportunity..."

When the knight said this, he suddenly stopped talking and opened his eyes. Stayed there.

Cumberland sighed: "The greatest possibility is that the Silver Ring Kingdom and the barbarians have reached an agreement."

Alfonso roared in disbelief: "Are they crazy? Haven't they thought about the consequences of doing this? Silver Ring will become the common enemy of all parish kingdoms!"

Dion, a knight in a white dress, said at this time: "I guess, when the Silver Ring Kingdom made the decision to attack Muxi Town, it had already made up its mind to enter into an alliance with the northern barbarians."

Standing on the preaching stage, Todd frowned and looked at Rachel.

The woman stood up and took out a slap-sized piece of cloth from her arms: "According to the intelligence sent by Bei Dao, this time the attack on Muxi Town from the sea is a tribe called "Pang Ya". They came out and used it. It has ten warships, 200 pirates, and can carry about 300 barbarian warriors."

"Is there 500 enemy troops at sea..." Todd suddenly thought of the berserker who had "adrenal parasites" in his body when he was ambushing pirates in the past, and hurriedly asked: "Are there rumors in this pirate tribe? Are there some powerful violators?"

Rachel shook his head: "Commander, what you are talking about is the Berserker in the North Island. These people are extremely rare. I have never heard of such a person in the "Coilfang Tribe". "

Todd felt a little calm, and after signalling Rachel to sit down, he began to calculate the strength of the enemy and us.

Here in Muxi Town: Huggins and his 12 subordinates formed the "heirs" knight squad, Alfonso and his three subordinates, Cumberland and his 200 sergeants, and a dozen subordinates, There are also 290 hastily trained militias.

On the enemy's side: a 1,200-man silver ring army composed of the Southern Legion, the Northern Legion, and aristocratic private soldiers, plus 200 pirates and 300 barbarian fighters.

In terms of military strength, 500 men vs. 1,700 men, and Muxi Town needed one person to deal with three enemies, and it was defeated.

In terms of arms, Muxi Town has 25 heavy cavalry, 15 light cavalry, 15 archer cavalry, and 180 sergeants, but the enemy's same arms, compared to this number, will only be more and not less. The only remaining militiamen on the battlefield are some of the militiamen who have just entered the battlefield. If they confront the pirates, fighters, and private soldiers of the enemy, it is estimated that they will be beaten to disperse immediately.

The disadvantage of this battle is too great...

Standing on the preaching stage, Todd rubbed his eyebrows: "Everyone here, do you have anything else to add?"

Contrary to his expectation, a person stood up hesitantly, who was actually the honest and honest little Jerry.

The shy young man watched everyone focus on him, and whispered shyly: "...I know... fishermen...they..."

Todd opened his mouth slightly, tilted his head, trying to distinguish the words spoken by the other party, but the other party's voice was too small, it was hard to hear clearly.

Edgar, who was sitting next to Jerry, couldn’t listen anymore. He stood on the chair and said happily, “I’ll help him! I’ll help him! Little Jerry knows some old fishermen. Some of them have even participated in battles with pirates. They have a useful old way to deal with those **** who come by boat at sea. They find a group of people who are good at water. When they see a warship approaching, they dive into the sea and wait for the boat to pass by. , Then float up to the bottom of the boat, use a chisel to make a big hole in the bottom of the boat, and wait for the boat to sink."

Little Jerry listened to Edgar's words, suddenly bent down, and whispered something in the latter's ear.

Edgar nodded as he listened, and then added: "The old fishermen also said that only those who are good at water, can hold their breath, and can hold the bottom of the boat can do this. Now the only fishermen are Several people have this kind of ability, and they have all said that they are willing to give it a try for Master Todd."

Listening to Edgar's introduction, Todd suddenly thought of something and his eyes lit up.

"Edgar, later you bring the fishermen who voluntarily gouge the boats to the church. I want to see them." After Todd said this, he signaled Edgar and Jerry to sit down and looked at the hall. The crowd said: "So, can anyone tell me about the tactics of this battle?"

Huggins glanced at the people around him, and first said: "If this battle is just for holding on to the small town, I'm afraid it won't be a big deal."

Alfonso nodded: "I agree with this view. Regarding the two enemy lines on land and sea. I suggest that we should concentrate our superior forces and defeat one force first, and then turn around to defeat the other."

Knight Dion fiddled with the ponytail hanging diagonally on his chest: "The key issue is the time difference. The Silver Ring army and the pirates will definitely calculate the marching distance in advance and agree on a joint attack time. If this can be achieved, One of the army’s arrival early or late can give us enough time to defeat each one."

The old knight Cumberland stroked the beard on his chin and made a proposal: "I think it is possible to change the speed of the silver ring army. I am very familiar with the kingdom’s military order. Just forge a copy and let The enemy can achieve the effect without seeing any flaws."

Huggins heard this and guessed: "Master Cumberland, are you planning to use a fake military order to delay the advancement of the Silver Ring army and tackle the pirates on the land first?"

The old man's next words surprised everyone: "No, I used a fake military order to speed up the advance of the Silver Ring army and defeat the kingdom's coalition first."

Seeing the surprised expressions of other people, Cumberland began to explain: "I know, you may find it strange, why don't you let the weaker one go and attack the strongest enemy first. Let me, the old man, talk about it. The reason for this: First, the most mobile and combat effective unit in Muxi Town is the cavalry, but if you choose to attack the pirates and barbarians first, these buildings in the town will not only affect the deployment of the cavalry, but will also become the best enemy. Second, the command system of the Silver Ring Army is different from the pirate barbarians. The Silver Ring Army has only one supreme commander. If the army can defeat the main general, it means that the army will lose its unified command, which is more likely to cause confusion. The pirate barbarians are composed of multiple clans. Even if one leader is killed, it will not have much impact on the entire battle. Third, and most importantly, the silver ring army has cavalry formations, and the pirates All the barbarians are infantry. If the enemy’s cavalry is not prioritized to defeat, then they can take a guerrilla warfare with us at a distance, and even attack the evacuees of Muxi Town, forcing us to run away and lose combat power."

Seeing the clear expressions of the others, Todd nodded and returned the question to the beginning: "If there is no objection to the priority of attacking the Silver Ring troops, then there is one last question left, how to create two troops. Time difference? In other words, how to make that fake military order that can speed up the advancement of Yinhuan coalition forces?"

Cumberland also showed a look of embarrassment at this time: "This is indeed a big problem. As far as I know, the kingdom’s emergency military order requires at least seven seals. Each seal is different, and there are some ordinary people. The details that can't be noticed at all, even the Minister of the Palm Seal himself, may not be..."

At this moment, a woman stood up suddenly, her temperament like a flower of kaolin made everyone look at her.

"I can draw all the stamps."

When Cumberland heard Mary’s words, he said with some uncertainty: "All the drawings? Those seals were made by different masters, and the words of some of the seals have even been lost..."

Mary looked at Todd on the preaching stage and said softly: "I can guarantee that the seal pattern I drew is exactly the same as the original one."

Todd looked at this woman who was once an expensive country, and remembered that the other party had closed herself in the room since she came to Muxi Town and did not talk to anyone. What she did every day was only reading and drawing. .

Mary crossed her fingers and placed it in front of her lower abdomen, with her back slightly bent, with a three-point pleading in her tone: "Mr. Todd, please, I hope I can help."

After a moment, Todd nodded slightly.

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At the end of the meeting, everyone returned to their posts and worked hard to prepare everything for the upcoming battle.

Todd took Rachel to his laboratory building.

Opening the locked door and walking to the back door, Todd turned and looked at the nun’s eyes: "Miss Rachel, you are my friend and my partner. I trust you unconditionally. But then I Let you see everything and let you know everything, I hope you will not tell a third person besides you and me."

To his surprise, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Rachel’s complexion was calm. The woman took his right hand and placed it on her heart, and said in a low voice: "Todd, I use my life and soul Swear, my loyalty belongs only to you."

Todd retracted his palm, took a deep look at her, turned and pushed open the door in the back room.

When the nun walked into the room, the first thing she saw was a row of bundled cloth bags on the table.

Todd noticed the other person’s gaze, picked up a 30 cm square strapping bag, and said to the woman: "This is called the "dynamite bag" and the scientific name is called the group medicine bag. The main material in it is castor oil plus charcoal, Nitrogenated oil explosives made from saltpetre powder, sulfur powder, etc., unfortunately, I have too little saltpeter on hand, otherwise..."

Todd glanced at the confused Rachel, then put down the dynamite bag in his hand and walked into the depths of the room: "Don't worry about this, what I want you to see today is something else."

Todd walked to the corner of the back room and opened the cloth cover. Underneath were three metal cylindrical bottle cans, one older and two newer, with several pipes connected to the can. He turned around and said to the woman: "This is called the "Volcanic Environment Simulation Cultivation Bottle". It can create something called "Sutherland Potion"..."