Chen Yuan gently touched the chessboard on the blue side with his hand, and suddenly a cold voice sounded in his ears. "The blue side has been selected as the candidate city, please select the class and number of troops you need. And the chessboard in front of Chen Yuan suddenly appeared on the introduction of each class. Chen Yuan reacted for a few seconds, only to realize that this was the Spirit Rhino Chessboard asking about his requirements for the class.

After carefully watching the introduction, Chen Yuan said to the chessboard: "I want 3,000 infantry and 800 cavalry, among these 800 cavalry, 600 earth knights, 200 sky knights, and finally 1,200 engineering logistics troops." ”

"The total strength of your city is 5,000, and according to the rules of the examination, as the enemy of the red forces, you will have 30,000 infantry, 6,000 earth knights, 2,000 sky knights, and 12,000 engineering logistics troops. As soon as the cold sound fell, there was a change on the chessboard, and soldiers of all colors kept running out of the two cities and marching in front of the city gates. However, the number of people in blue armor is far less than that in red armor.

Because of the characteristics of this world, in addition to the conventional types of infantry and logistics, the cavalry is divided into two types, one is the earth knight, that is, the land cavalry, and the mounts are all suitable for long-distance attacks and are extremely mobile scale horses. There is also the Sky Knight, and the mounts are all large eagle doves that can ignore terrain restrictions and have the ability to raid in the air, with average speed but good stamina, and can engage in aerial grappling and raiding.

After selecting 5,000 troops, Chen Yuan nodded with satisfaction, these 5,000 people are just right for Chen Yuan, too many are bloated, difficult to deploy, too little cooperation between various arms and has to be discounted, 5,000 people are no more, no less, just right.

Chen Yuan was satisfied, but he looked at the old man of Chen Yuan's assessment and was anxious, you must know that the assessment had already begun when Chen Yuan touched the chessboard, if he interfered with the candidates, not only Chen Yuan's exam would be regarded as a failure, but even the old man himself would be removed from the Taoist Academy, and the old man could not say anything under the induction ability of the Zhibao Lingxi chessboard.

The old man saw the city and the class of troops that Chen Yuan chose, and in the old man's opinion, all of them were stupid moves. Because the red and blue cities are at the east and west ends of the board, the blue side is in the east, and the red side is in the west. The blue side of the castle chosen by Tatsumoto is bordered by a chessboard to the east, without any terrain, and the north and northwest are covered by dense forests, and all other directions are endless plains, stretching to the river area in the middle, which is extremely open.

On the other hand, the entire north and northeast sides of the red square city are all dangerous mountains, the east side of the mountain is a large lake, the south side of the city is a swamp, and the rest of the area is hilly. Obviously, the red side occupies a favorable position, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, probably because it has to face ten times the strength of its own side, and the chessboard deliberately made such a terrain in order to slightly average the strength of the two sides, so that Chen Yuan can establish his own advantage. Such a terrain advantage can be seen at a glance even by ordinary people who do not know the art of war.

But Chen Yuan, who showed great military talent in the previous attempts, chose the blue side, which was not advantageous in the terrain no matter how he looked at it, how could this make the old man not be in a hurry. The old man never believed that Chen Yuan did not see that the red side had a natural terrain advantage, the old man believed that although Chen Yuan was always breaking the routine and creating miracles, but this exam was too difficult, in the face of ten times his own troops, losing the terrain support, this battle would definitely present a one-sided situation, this time Chen Yuan was big.

And Chen Yuan's choice of troops also made the old man worried, the combat effectiveness of a large number of engineering logistics troops is not high, if the combat effectiveness of the infantry is estimated to be 10, then the combat effectiveness of the logistics engineering troops is only 5. The main role of this branch is to repair fortifications and ensure logistical supplies.

But as the saying goes, "destruction is always easier than construction", not to mention other arms, even if the same number of engineers come to attack the city, the speed of construction must not be able to keep up with the speed of destruction, let alone the opponent has ten times the number of troops.

And the biggest failure in the entire selection of troops, in the eyes of the old man, is the two hundred sky knights. If all the land troops are chosen, relying on the tall city walls, it is possible to hold on for a few days, but once the air troops appear, ten times the number of such powerful troops that ignore the terrain will definitely go to the city, not to mention, as long as these sky knights occupy the high ground of the city gate and open the city gate for the infantry outside the city, the city is captured, and this assessment is over.

Although I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Chen Yuan's gourd, but the continuous faint tricks have put his results in this assessment into danger, in the face of such a huge difference in strength, plus there is no danger to defend, the old man really can't think of any way to turn the tables. Now he already regretted a little why he didn't persuade this young man again, let him choose a safe way to enter the Taoist Academy by passing the last three tests in turn. Now, such a good seedling is going to fold in this double test and be admitted.

The old man's regret and anxiety Chen Yuan didn't know at all, and he was now completely immersed in this assessment. The Lingxi chessboard only stipulates the general types of troops for the candidates to choose, but the specific subdivision of the troops is still completed by the candidates themselves, which gives Chen Yuan a lot of room to play. Don't underestimate this subtle difference in class, it's like the same infantry, but the shieldmen, pikemen, and archers play very different roles on the battlefield.

Chen Yuan's brain was running rapidly, looking at the terrain in the chessboard, the strength and the direction, a huge plan was slowly forming in his mind. After touching the chessboard, Chen Yuan has temporarily possessed the ability to communicate with the chessboard, and one after another instructions are issued by Chen Yuan's mind in an orderly manner, and the chessboard is also faithfully performing its duties. As Chen Yuan's orders continued to be issued, the soldiers who were originally in front of the city gate also began to change, shields, spears and other weapons appeared on the infantry who were originally empty-handed, and spears appeared in the hands of the cavalry.

In addition to one spear, the Sky Knight has eight more small throwing spears on his back, and the Earth Knight has four more short axes on either side of his mount. However, if we want to say that the most equipment and the most abundant variety are still the logistics engineering troops, from measuring tools to rope blades, from machetes, hand axes to hammers and saws, all kinds of tools. And these engineers are the most important components of the Chenyuan plan, and they are also the absolute main force of this assessment.

True, although these engineers are not very effective, their ability to create traps and tools is definitely more than a step higher than that of ordinary soldiers. What is Chen Yuan's advantage? Of course, he has a level of industrial knowledge that is beyond this world.

In order to reflect the candidates' abilities to the greatest extent, all the troops in the Spirit Rhino Chessboard are at the level of ordinary people, and there are no cultivators. Because once you join the cultivator, the variables are too big to control, not to mention, the intensity of the attack is too great, although it is to attack a city, but as long as there are about three thousand people who know the secluded realm, they can sneak into the enemy city unconsciously, and after a few rounds of attacks, a small town will definitely be successfully attacked, which undoubtedly reduces the difficulty of the assessment.

Therefore, in such a simulated battle without the participation of cultivators, Chen Yuan's advantages will be further expanded. This is the key to Chen Yuan's confidence in passing this assessment.