In mid-September 1186, with only a week to go before a full-scale war broke out between England and Scotland, the Prince of Wales marched with 2,000 soldiers on the territory of the royal city of Pullen. They did not shy away from the slightest, and marched all the way from Wales to the harbour city of Pandora.

King Plun was under his command to hold an improvised military council in Pandora to discuss how to deal with the Welsh attack. However, it is known that this is the period of rising power of the royal city of Puren, and the biggest lever of this is the giant trading port of the harbor city of Pandora. Therefore, the Welsh troops must not be allowed to enter Pandora under any circumstances, as this would have a huge negative impact on the fledgling trade of the royal city of Pullen.

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Pandora-Pleon Military Council.

"In short, we are clear about our three goals. First, we must not allow the Welsh to reach Pandora and have a negative impact on our trade. Second, to block the enemy and then annihilate it in the area of Buckle Ring Mountain. Thirdly, we just took this opportunity to hone our recruits, and the veterans who had been on the battlefield last time had not been in combat for nearly several months, so we took this opportunity to train the recruits and test our new weapons and combat modes. ”

A rather large map is spread out on the table. Not only is the map detailed, but it also shows the locations and jurisdictions of each faction. From the royal city of Pullen and Pandora to the www.biquge.info of the Billy Court, almost all of Yorkshire and the border north of London are covered, and almost all of Wales is already included.

The battle map shows two carved castles, and in front of them are four or five wooden men and wooden horses. The four or five wooden figures not only had different shapes and distinct characteristics, but each of them held their own weapons representing the forces. Such as bows and arrows, spears, knights, knives and axes, scouts, etc.

"King, now there are garrison legions in the city of Pulun in October and two actual combat corps in March. The two corps together had a total of 800 men, of which the October Corps still had 500 men, and the March Elite had 300 men. If the recruits are brought along in this sortie, the six hundred recruits trained at the military academy will be ready to go into battle, so that we will have 1,400 soldiers. ”

Nick pointed to one of the castles in the shape of flowers, which was the symbol of the royal city of Pullen. Then he pointed to another castle in the shape of a box, which was Pandora, the harbor city.

"In addition, Pandora has three hundred of our garrison guards, two hundred patrol guards, and a new batch of slaves who have just been sent to the local training ground, a total of more than three hundred. In total, we have 1,400 regular troops in the city of Puron, and in Pandora we can muster 800 auxiliary light infantry, and together we have 2,200 soldiers. ”

After speaking, Ni had a proud expression on his face. The fact that the city of Pulen was able to grow from a small town of less than 100 people to its current state can be said to have come from the hands of King Pulun. No one worships King Puron more than Ni, especially at this time, the city is still growing, and the population and trade volume that are increasing almost daily are making the city fast on the road to becoming a powerful kingdom.

"The city guards and patrols can't move, and if they are mobilized, there will inevitably be a fire in the backyard." King Pullen looked at the map, then took the two soldiers in front of King Pullen's city in front of him and placed them near the chain of mountains shown on the map.

Connecting mountains, mountains one after another. From west to east, east to the sea, west to the royal city, even the boundary of the royal city of Pulun is within the connecting range of the Lianhuan Mountain, which shows that the name of the Lianhuan Mountain is veritable, interlocking, and interconnected, and ordinary people can hardly get out of this terrible mountain for months.

The Welsh entered through the western entrance of the Chain of Hills, where the Welsh were most familiar and the fastest route to Pandora. There are four entrances to Pandora from Wales, one of which is not a concern to be intercepted by the royal city of Pullen, and the other is entered by sea, but at this time the port of Pandora is full of sentry posts, and the coast is patrolled by ships day and night, so naturally this road is also broken.

Of the last two remaining paths, only one was the most in line with the Welsh's attacking options.

It is the "crossroads" located twenty miles outside the southern border of Lianhuan Mountain and Pandora. It is said that this intersection is called a cross because it looks like a blank area in a dense forest from a distance, and the shape of this blank area is like a cross.

In fact, there is a raised mountain pack in the center of the crossing, and behind it is a wide grassland, with dense forests on the left and right. Ahead, on the other hand, is a straight dirt road that has been carved out by man, and it is potholes that are difficult to walk during the rainy season, so few people want to walk from here.

"In addition, this time the Welsh are menacing, I am afraid that not only is they eyeing the fat of Pandora, but also because the last defeat made the Welsh feel the strength of England, which caused them to become very stressed. Now, in the context of the imminent all-out war between England and Scotland, the Welsh may also have taken action against us because they wanted to expand their living space urgently. ”

"When the English defeat the alliance of the Scots and the Irish, Wales will be the next to make a move. From this point of view, we in the Puren Royal City may not be spared. ”

"Can the English really beat the Scots? ”

King Pullen nodded: "That's only a matter of time, the English people make up a huge proportion of the population alone. And a large number of people means the potential of the army, the potential of the economy, and the ability to withstand a blow. From these three points, England alone can single-handedly challenge our alliance of Prussia, Will, Soviet, and Ireland. ”

"What's more, the Scots and the Welsh have always been at odds, and the Irish and the Scots have invited the Welsh to fight this time but have been refused, and I am afraid that the rift between the three is even greater. Coupled with the fact that our royal city of Pulen is stirred up in it, the alliance of the four nations itself is impossible, and this provides a good opportunity for the Ingra people to break through one by one. ”

"But even if the English had defeated the Scots and the Irish, they would not have recovered so quickly and attacked us at once." Nee said.

"The point is here, it takes some time for the English to recuperate and digest the territory and manpower swallowed from Scotland after defeating the Scots. And once they are fused, an even larger and stronger kingdom will appear before us in Puren. ”

"So, we want to avoid that from happening. We must expand our power and complete the change from qualitative to quantitative before the English defeat the Scots and before they are digested. In a sense, war between the Welsh and us is almost doomed, and even if the Welsh are willing to live with our royal city of Pullen, we cannot remain silent forever, especially if the other side has declared war. ”

"What do we do next, then?"

"The spies have reported that the troops under the Prince of Wales have been in the chain of mountains for three days, and that they will be able to reach the crossing in two more days, at the speed of their march. However, according to spies, the Welsh army was mainly agricultural, the regular army was small, and there were no heavy cavalry. So this battle wasn't that difficult, I just needed to bring the October Legion and the Fallen Force, as well as a bunch of the Iron Bureau's newly developed weapons to stop them. ”

"Don't you bring the March Legion with you?" Nee asked.

"Of course, you have to bring it, but the main force is still mainly October. In addition, a group of reservists will be selected to join the reservists, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for actual combat, and there is no harm in joining in more reservists who have mastered the basic operational essentials but have not yet experienced actual combat. “

King Pullon asked again, "Speaking of which, the people from the Iron Bureau said last time that the Death Giant Crossbow has been completed, how much inventory is still in King Pullon's City?" “

Ni thought for a while, recalling the accident that happened in the test not long ago, he shook his head with some regret: "I'm very sorry Wang, in the last actual combat test, the central axis of the Death Giant Crossbow collapsed because it couldn't withstand the huge pressure, and the current group of personnel who developed the weapon are already working hard to repair it, and at most three of the seven have been repaired." “

"Three is enough, let people bring those three death crossbows, and then order the Fallen Force to prepare for reception and departure."

"Understood." Nee nodded.