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With the area and capacity of Baden City, if it is converted into a barracks during the war, it can accommodate about 100,000 people, but considering the urgency of the current war, there is not much time left for Higg to prepare for the war, so a maximum of about 60,000 people can be concentrated, plus 20,000 people, a total of 80,000 people can defend Baden City.

According to the current arrangement, the empire has transferred 20,000 people from the Imperial Capital's Guards Corps to form a legion to help, and will rush to Baden City before the enemy attack, these 20,000 people are the elite of the elite, and will be the main army in the defense of Baden City.

In addition, a reserve corps of about 20,000 men will be drawn from the towns around Baden to form an army group under the unified command of Gracis.

Gracis learned in detail about the current military disposition, enemy reconnaissance, and logistics of Baden. Since General Pols was also an experienced commander, the arrangements in these aspects were well organized, and Gracis did not deliberately adjust the current deployment, but only made two new arrangements.

The first is to gather the people to complete the work of clearing the walls before the arrival of the Holy See troops, and prepare for a long time;

The second is the construction of reserve barracks, which prepares the logistics in advance for the subsequent 40,000 troops, so that they can be put into battle as quickly as possible after entering.

Both of these things require the full cooperation of the Civil Affairs Department, but fortunately, at this time, Gracis has both military and political power in his hands, so it is not a problem to coordinate the two parties.

After the general arrangements were discussed, the other officers disbanded and left, and the two discussed some details, the most important of which was reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance work.

The Holy See has an innate advantage in reconnaissance with the Griffin of the Air Force, but now that the Dragon Knight is here, the advantage of the Griffin Knight is gone.

In front of a dragon, there is no essential difference between a griffin and a sparrow. So, in the next few days, Userondia will cooperate with the scouts of the reconnaissance battalion to participate in reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance of the enemy.

Taking this opportunity, Bols suggested that some harassing attacks should be carried out on the way of the Papal troops, in order to delay the enemy's advance and demoralize the enemy.

Gracis thought about it for a moment, and then gave a tactful rejection of the proposal.

Because Graxis knew very well in his heart that the purpose of this battle was not to defeat the Knights Templar head-on, but to drag the Knights Templar under the city of Baden, and then wait for the vast forest country on the coast of the East China Sea on the mainland to change the trend of this war.

Glacys knew that at the same time as he left Triumph City, several Imperial envoys were also embarking on their own paths, and they might not be less useful in this war than his own dragon knights.

The next day, the conscription of the men began in earnest, and for every 1,000 men, officers from the engineer battalion took them outside the city, cut down all the trees that could be seen within a radius of ten miles and were more than half a foot thick, and then transported them back to the city, where they could not be burned on the spot.

All the craftsmen in the city, including stonemasons and carpenters, were recruited to use them for the reinforcement of the walls and other fortifications, and for the manufacture of tools of war.

At the same time, the houses near the city walls were also requisitioned, and some buildings began to be demolished, although most of the trebuchets are still on the way or in urgent processing, but more than a dozen trebuchet positions need to be cleared out in advance, the scale of this defensive battle can be different from the defensive battle outside the city of Ibu, the total number of troops that can be mobilized by the two warring sides has reached more than 100,000, which is the largest battle in decades, so the trebuchet alone has invested more than 300 planes.

At this time, when viewed from above, the whole of Baden City and its surroundings looked like a large construction site, and everywhere there were shadows of workers busy toiling, and one moment a tree fell, and the next a shelf was erected.

When the battle preparations for Baden City were in full swing until the evening of the fourth day, reinforcements arrived, a total of 30,000 men, as well as a large number of garrison equipment, grain and grass, and tools, in addition to the 20,000 men from the Imperial Capital Triumph City Guard Corps, and the reserve army of 10,000 people, which were met on the road and finally gathered together.

The newly arrived troops were quickly assigned to their respective barracks according to the establishment, and all the officers above the battalion level gathered at the headquarters that night, Gracis rearranged the deployment of the army at the meeting, and the 20,000 men of the Guards Regiment were divided into two groups, of which 10,000 infantry and 10,000 of the reserve regiments were combined to form the second corps, and the commander of the corps was the former deputy commander of the Guards, the great swordsman Geraint, and the remaining 10,000 cavalry were used as reserves。

The two corps were responsible for the defense of the city walls, the first corps was responsible for the southern sector, and the second regimental corps was responsible for the northern sector, including the city gates. Engineers, logistics, and auxiliary arms are uniformly deployed by the army group headquarters, but the auxiliary engineers of the two battalions will be coordinated to be deployed by the two corps.

The newly arrived reinforcements only used a day to make specific defensive arrangements and familiarize themselves with the position, and the scouts who were scouting in front brought back the news that the enemy's vanguard had arrived less than a hundred miles from Baden, a day earlier than the headquarters had expected.

According to the experience of the scouts, the vanguard force numbered about 20,000, mainly infantry, supplemented by light cavalry, and a large number of archers.

"Do you want to give them a sneak attack?"

General Bols, who was eager to fight, saw the strong soldiers of Baden City, especially the combination of two great magicians and three great swordsmen and a giant dragon, and he was a little eager to try.

"From the news brought back by the scouts, the enemy's vanguard had arrived at a hundred miles of the area by noon yesterday, but instead of continuing to advance, they chose to camp on the spot, and it is evident that the enemy had prepared for our sneak attack, and if we had rushed recklessly, we might have thrown ourselves into the net. We now have walls and defenses to rely on, and we have the upper hand to do so, so there is no need to take any chances. But your thought reminds me. ”

Gracius rejects Bols' proposal, but then his eyes light up as he stares at the two archmages and says something else of his own.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a day the next day, there was no shadow of the Holy See army outside the city, and it was not until dark that the scouts came to report, and the vanguard of the Holy See repaired in place for a day, and did not move an inch at all.

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