John's wedding was over, and the couple had not yet reached their honeymoon and had to devote their energy to preparing for war.

The Blackstone Collar was completely in combat readiness, and all kinds of logistical supplies began to be transported to the north.

Ma Long overrode the public opinion and presided over the construction of the road played a huge role.

The delivery of materials has been reduced to the lowest in terms of speed and difficulty, which makes many people sigh, did he expect this day a long time ago......

The walls of the Grand Canyon are not all solid, and there is also some space inside that serves as a cave.

Marlon and the knights on the front line were in a hiding cave that served as a temporary headquarters.

The map was placed on the table, a group of people gathered around, and Harvey recounted the current situation.

"The latest news, at the north exit of the Grand Canyon, a large number of barbarians have gathered recently, enough in the tens of thousands."

As he spoke, Harvey stretched out his hand to the location of the northern part of the Grand Canyon on the map, and nodded on it with ten fingers, "After the lord's personal investigation, these are the barbarians of the tribe where the barbarian king used to belong. As he spoke, Harvey looked at Malone.

Ma Long took over and said, "In terms of understanding the barbarians, I probably know more than everyone present. ”

He looked around and saw many people shrinking their heads and heads, and he was a little disappointed in his heart.

When these wandering knights heard that there were tens of thousands of barbarians, they immediately lost their hearts.

Marlon shook his head and continued, "I have seen quite a few familiar faces among these newly gathered barbarians, and I can be sure that most of them are from the Barbarian Tribe.

"According to my understanding, there are tens of thousands of people in the Barbarian Tribe, and this time it is obviously not complete, maybe it is because the tribe split after the death of the Barbarian King, or maybe it is other reasons.

"But no matter what, these guys are all great enemies to the Blackstone Lead, and if one is not dealt with properly, we are in danger of destruction.

"We are not opponents on flat ground, the original plan was abandoned, we relied on the wall to defend first, and we were waiting for an opportunity to counterattack."

After that, Malone looked around at the wandering knights, "You can also have any ideas." ”

"No...... The defense is good! ”

"Lord Lord, get it right......"

"Just listen to your lord!"

"Alright." Ma Long sighed lightly and said, "You guys go down first." ”

The knights fled as if they had been pardoned, and only a few people remained in the house.

Shaking his head, Harvey sighed, "They don't have any faith at all. ”

John also complained: "No, these guys, when there were few barbarians a few days ago, they were still all cattle, and they were going to go to war, and now when they hear that the number of barbarians is more than 10,000, they can't talk neatly......"

They were all those wandering knights, and Malone originally thought that they were all trained as knights, and because they should have some knowledge, they might be able to provide some advice, so they didn't shy away from discussing things.

Unexpectedly, it was really mud that couldn't support the wall, and it was not for nothing that they became wandering knights.

With this courage, they retreat at the sight of a powerful enemy, no wonder there is no leader to take them.

Ma Long was still strange at the beginning, many lords were short of knights, and they were recruited with high salaries, why were there so many wandering knights in the kingdom.

Even if they like freedom, they can't even live a life, and many of them are poor.

Now I understand it all, it's not that they don't want to do it, but those lords don't want it, and the nobles are not stupid, such knights can only use them as temporary mercenaries, or the kind that has to be guarded.

Thinking about it, the reputation of these people in the kingdom is not very good, and it is because the Blackstone Territory is remote, and they have not received news, so they almost treat them as treasures.

If it weren't for Malone knowing that once the war was together, there would definitely be a lot of knights in the Blackstone Collar, and maybe they would really be treated as guests......

"Alright, let's defend first." Malone interrupted the two of them and got down to business.

"The ground outside the wall must be leveled in preparation for the cavalry charge.

"The stones under the wall, you can carry them up more and throw them down when the barbarians approach, they are more lethal than arrows.

"And those wandering knights, these guys who came to pick up bargains, they don't have the courage to charge, but it's okay to arrange for them to defend on the city wall in an emergency......"

Ma Long wasn't too worried about the safety of the Black Stone Collar, and now that the barbarians were torn apart, he was confident that he wouldn't be able to cross the Grand Canyon.

The only question is how much to lose, and he naturally wants to minimize the loss.

Ma Long kept searching for his memories, and kept filtering the content about defensive warfare that he had seen from all sides in his previous life.

At this time, he hated himself a little why he didn't read more books, China's 5,000-year-old history, so many treasures, why didn't he study more seriously......

While waiting for the barbarians to attack, Malone sat on the wall and set up defenses with Harvey.

Most of the soldiers of the Blackstone Collar, whether soldiers or knights, lack experience in large-scale warfare.

In order not to mess up at that time, Malone asked them to practice again and again: how to rotate, how to fill the position......

This is still the inspiration obtained from the exercises of the modern army in the previous life, and as for whether it is useful or not, we will only know it after the actual battle......

"Report ...... The barbarian army is less than a hundred miles away! ”

"Report ...... The barbarians are less than thirty miles away! ”

"Report ...... The barbarian army is encamped five miles away! ”

As the messengers reported again and again, the barbarians were getting closer and closer to the wall, and everyone couldn't help but get nervous.

John walked around the wall irritably, looking north from time to time, and because of the angle, he couldn't see what was going on five miles away.

Hearing the report of the messenger, he couldn't help but say angrily, "These guys are really bold, they are camped five miles away from us, and they are not afraid that we will attack while his foothold is not stable." ”

"I'm not afraid." Ma Long was on the side, holding the wall battlements with both hands, looking into the distance and saying, "We only have 5,000 soldiers, except for the 1,000 cavalry, the rest are Xinding."

"If you don't let them take the initiative to attack tens of thousands of barbarians, even if you defend, I'm afraid of chaos."

John retorted, "How can it be a new ding? They've all seen blood some time ago! ”

Ma Long put his hands behind his back and said indifferently: "It's not that I've seen blood or veterans, their training time is only half a year, and whether it is experience or courage, they are still far behind."

"In the face of the scene of thousands of enemies some time ago, naturally there is no problem, but in the face of the attack of tens of thousands of barbarians, their physical strength and perseverance will be greatly tested.

"Not only these recruits, but even those 1,000 cavalry are not elite."

"How?" Harvey next to him was also curious about Ma Long's method of dividing recruits, veterans, and elites, "Our cavalry is the top in terms of equipment, physique, or skill among the aristocratic armies, why is it not considered elite?" ”