The city of Horn was five miles long and four miles wide, and it was now filled with soldiers from the coalition army. Countless soldiers who could not enter Hornhorn City had no choice but to set up camp near the hillside outside the city. Fortunately, the elemental mages could hold the charge route of the Glory Knights in the city, otherwise those soldiers who camped outside the city would have been dealt with by the Glory Knights long ago.

The city of Horn is an acropolis built in Xili Province in order to defend the capital, the city is built along the hill, and the wall of up to 100 feet looks imposing on the hill of more than 200 feet, and it is unattainable. The city has its own water source and plenty of food and grass reserves, so it doesn't have to worry about a long-term enemy siege. A gravel-paved road winding down the hill was the only way into the city, and countless coalition soldiers who could not enter the city were camped on the slopes on either side of the road.

Because the soldiers firmly believed that the closer they got to the city, the more assured their safety would be, so the entire hill was densely packed, desperately setting up tents outside the city walls of the coalition soldiers. Invisibly, these guys have also become a huge obstacle, although their strength cannot compete with the Glory Knight, but at the very least, the Glory Knight needs to spend a lot of effort to clean them up, and these times are enough time for the mages on the city wall to send out the most powerful magic.

Hart stood in front of the table of the Chinese army's tent and shook his head helplessly: "General Gaddafi, do you mean that according to our strength, it is impossible to conquer Horn City?"

Gaddafi smiled helplessly, pointed to the map in front of the table, and sighed: "Yes, Lord Hart, it is impossible for us to attack their city directly. They have too many mages, and those soldiers outside the city will slow down the Glory Knight's advance, wasting enough time for those damn mages to blast us into the sky. ”

Jerry gestured around the map for a while, then nodded, "yes, there's nothing you can do, Lord Hart." The city was built on a hill, surrounded by steep slopes and with only one pass, and if we attacked it, we would suffer heavy casualties. ”

Ray looked at Hart and them with a little puzzlement, these Glory Knights with amazing strength, wouldn't they attack the city? Ray has been defending the city in Turk Canyon for so long, and he knows more or less about the current little strength, even if they add their Glory Knights, it is impossible to defeat the main force of the coalition army with tens of thousands of mages.

Hart spread his hands and said frankly, "Then, it's up to you to arrange it." We, the Knights of Glory, have been stationed in the 'City of God' for so many years, and it has always been those sinners who have been expelled by the gods to attack our city, and we only have experience in defense, and we have no experience in siege battles. Well, their sinners don't have a city for us to fight. ”

Rhine clenched his fists heavily, and suddenly a strong air current blew through the entire tent. He whispered, "Hart, if the thirteen of us rush over and blast through a section of the wall with our strongest move... ”

Rand glanced at Rhine, shook his head and said, "Rhine, you deserve to be a lion who fights like crazy, but you have to think about it, there are so many magicians in their city." ”

Rhine frowned: "Are they as powerful as the Divine Demon Guiding Order? You must know that the Supreme Mentor of the Divine Demon Guidance Regiment is only equal to our strength." ”

Hart stopped Rhine's next words, waved his hand and said, "Rhine, you can try the strength of those unpopular magicians yourself. Remember, give me a safe return, I think those little mages won't have much power even if they use forbidden spells, you just be careful. ”

Rhine nodded, strode out with his sword, looking at the expression on his face, he was very happy to try the power of the magicians on the continent now.

Jerry looked at Rhein's back in a daze, and asked in surprise, "Lord Hart, are you just letting Lord Rhein go head-on against their mage team? ”

Rhine smiled: "It's okay, there is no magician on the continent who can kill Rhine when he is fully defending, it's good to give him a little ugly, so that he won't have to rush out with his big knight to storm the city wall." Hmm, General Jerry, what do you think we should do now?"

Ray scratched his head and suddenly said, "If they don't want to leave the city, we can't attack them, can we?"

Jerry nodded: "It's not that there is no way to attack them, but we will lose a lot of people, you know, any knight of glory is very precious to this continent." If we forcibly attack, I have calculated that there will probably be fifteen to twenty thousand Glory Knights falling under Horn City, this is a price we can't pay, the empire can't afford it, and this continent can't afford it, understand?

Ray didn't know what kind of people those so-called sinners were, and although he admired the great power of the Knights of Glory, they seemed to be just ordinary humans, so what was so valuable?

Gaddafi laughed, slammed the table, and said with a grin, "Ray has finally become smarter." With the power of the Knights of Glory, we can surround this city, and we can wait for them to slowly consume the food in Horn City, and when they finally faint from hunger, they will either surrender or go out of the city for a decisive battle, and then we can teach these miscellaneous things a good lesson. ”

Gaddafi said with a fluttering eyebrow, very proud of his opinion. He rarely comes up with a battle plan, usually his subordinates put forward a plan, and he charges into battle with a sword, where is there such a majesty and spirit as today? Look, I, Lord Gaddafi, am not a fool, and I can also put forward a good battle plan.

Jerry nodded lightly and said with a smile: "This is also the best choice, I am going to divide the army of the Knights of Glory into four legions, stationed in the four directions of southeast, northwest, so that even if the high-level mages among them want to escape with flying magic, it will be impossible." How about the remnants of our Silver Wolf Legion, the Tyranny Lion Legion, the Dragon Legion, the Flying Phoenix Legion, and the Jaguar Legion, plus the private army in those places, cooperate with the Glory Knights in one direction to strangle the only way for their army to leave the city?"

Hart and the others nodded slowly, and Jerry smiled: "So, let's do it?"

Ray tilted his head and suddenly muttered, "But Jerry, how long will it take for them to eat up the grain and grass inside?" I've heard you say that Duke Grimm of the Xili Province has enough grain and grass in the city for 100,000 troops to eat for ten years, and almost all the hills are cellars under them. Now there are about 600,000 coalition troops, which is enough for them to eat for more than a year, so how about we accompany them for a year?"

Jerry was stunned, but Hart and the others were already frowning, Thorn shook his head again and again, and said, "No, we can't delay for a year, we must return to the 'God City' as soon as possible." Hart, this long-term siege cannot be used, and we must conquer this city as soon as possible. ”

Hart let out a long sigh and fell silent. If you don't conquer Hornhorn City, letting these hundreds of thousands of allied troops stay in the territory of the Van Empire will definitely be a big trouble. However, if this city is forcibly conquered, it is not impossible to do it, but if the casualties are too heavy, in case those criminals attack, how can they have time to retrain a group of qualified Glory Knights?

Lei cautiously looked at the people present and whispered, "Everyone, if they don't want to come out, why can't we let them come out on their own initiative?"

Jerry was stunned, grabbed Thunder with one hand, and asked, "Let them come out on their own initiative? How is it possible? They are now using this horn city to save their lives, maybe they have the idea of using the city to consume our strength, how can they come out of the city? When they reach the flat ground, they will definitely not be able to withstand the impact of the Glory Knights, then they will be dead." ”

Lei licked his lips and whispered: "When I used to hunt at home, the cave of that kind of beast could not be entered indiscriminately, because I didn't know the terrain, and it was easy to be attacked by those big guys... But I can burn the trees, the wood, and the grass and force them out with smoke. I had already prepared the ambush location, and I opened my bow and arrows, and as soon as that guy came out, it would definitely be a dead end. ”

Gaddafi rolled his eyes as if he didn't understand, and Jerry's eyes lit up: "You mean, we create a situation where they have to leave the city and force them out of the city, right? Can we also set up an ambush in the most advantageous place for us and annihilate their main force at once?"

As soon as Ray nodded, Hart asked aloud, "So, how can we make them have to get out of the city?"

Gaddafi heard it clearly, he grinned widely, and laughed: "Damn, just let it go and say that our Glory Knights are going to directly attack the territory of their own country, damn, Lao Tzu still dare to cower in the city? Haha, tomorrow I will let the wind go, saying that the Glory Knights are going to attack the Smart Empire." ”

Hart hurriedly shook his head: "No, no, when we signed the Peace Convention, it was stipulated that the garrison of the 'Divine City' was strictly forbidden to enter the territory protected by other gods, this is our highest rule, and we can't violate it... We... ”

Jerry interrupted Hart, "Lord Hart, we don't really want you to attack other countries, if so, the Knights of Glory could sweep across the continent in a year. We don't mean to ask you to violate the Peace Pact, we just want you to pretend as if you are going to attack their empire itself, so that they must rush out and fight us. ”

Lei nodded again and again: "Jerry is right, if you really go to attack their imperial territory, those coalition armies rush out, we are not opponents." So Lord Hart, you must stay here, or how will you fight?"

Hart's face softened, and Rand was about to speak, when an earth-shattering roar was already heard outside, and the sound was coming from the side of Hornhorn City. Everyone looked at each other, that Rhine guy has already done it, right? Ray, Jerry, and Gaddafi have a belly of ghosts in their hearts, you squeeze your eyebrows at me, I wink at you, in case this Rhine is killed by the other party's magician, then the matter will be a big deal. One of the thirteen high-ranking knights of the Knights of Glory, to put it bluntly, is almost the identity of a legion leader. In contrast, Hart is calm and composed, and they are very confident in the strength of the Rhine.

After a long while, the sound of rapid footsteps came, and Rhine, whose face was black, his cloak was blown to pieces, and there were a few more traces on his armor, walked back with a gloomy face, and angrily handed over his sword to a big knight behind him, sat on the chair in the tent, and muttered: "It turns out that hundreds of not very powerful magicians beat me at the same time, and it is also very uncomfortable, I was almost stunned... Well, I agree with you, if we force our attack, our subordinate knights will suffer heavy casualties, so we have to surround them. ”

With a smile on his face, Rand quickly explained the plan that everyone had just discussed.

Rhine opened his mouth wide, looked at Lei, and suddenly said: "Lei, you seem to be a little stupid on weekdays, but I didn't expect to be able to come up with such an insidious plan now, if you can get a good education, you will definitely become a very good general." ”

Ray smiled a little in surprise. I just changed the method of hunting large beasts a little, and I just mentioned it, how can I deserve such praise?

Jerry spun around in the tent and muttered, "Then we'll see how we can convince the enemy that we've really sent the Knights of Glory to attack them." At the same time, the target of our attack must be people who are very important in the coalition and occupy a large part of the strength, otherwise they will not be fooled. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you say?"

Gaddafi scratched his head, looked at Ray, looked at Hart, and when he saw that everyone was wringing their brains, he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Lomat, you damn boy get in here and give me an idea." ”

Soon, the staff officer of Gaddafi's Violent Lion Legion, a young man with a little evil and frivolous air on his face, walked in. After saluting Hart respectfully, he looked at Gaddafi and asked, "Old man, what is the matter with me? Haven't we surrounded them now? I don't think we're in any big trouble, except that the assault might consume too many of our troops, and the Knights of Glory can't afford to lose so many men." ”

The people in the tent were dumbfounded, they thought hard for a long time, and the plan that Lei racked his brains to come up with was actually easily pointed out by this Lomat. Jerry rolled his eyes, doubting his own intelligence. When he was at the military academy in the imperial capital, Jerry's grades were also good, but compared to this Lomat, Jerry's brain seemed to be like a stone.

Gaddafi snorted: "You're right, we're in this trouble right now." Lord Ray offered to force them out, that is, to use the Knights of Glory to pretend to attack their empire and force them out of the city to reinforce their own country, so that we could set an ambush trap and eat them. Now it's up to you to convince them that we're really going to attack them. ”

Lomat glanced at Ray, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he immediately said, "This is too easy. Didn't we capture a Bobkat, and let him escape after he 'overheard' our plans to attack their empire proper... Then, the Knights of Glory send a team to crush an army they are coming to their aid and let the remnants flee into Hornhorn. Well, of course we have to get out of the way, otherwise the minions won't be able to get into the city. ”

Everyone listened attentively to Lomat's words, and no one said a word.

Lomat shrugged his shoulders: "Of course, before we carry out the plan, we have to create some bluff to make them think that we must be preparing to do something, and let them be suspicious." Then, it's a matter of choosing which empire is going to be attacked by us. ”

Jerry asked cautiously, "If we say we're going to attack the Smart Empire, is it possible? The Smart Empire is the leader of the coalition this time." ”

Lomat shook his head: "Lord Jerry, you are a good commander in battle, and I am ashamed of the strength of dispatching the army, but if you want to talk about conspiracy, I Lomat is confident that there is no one in the empire who is my opponent?。。。 The Smart Empire is indeed the leader of the coalition forces, but if we let the wind go against the Smart Empire, will their commander Karin believe it?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Lomat replied himself: "No, Carlin is a very treacherous fellow, and most of the losses of our Van Empire this time are due to his tricks. He would not believe that the Knights of Glory would dare to attack other Imperial territories at the risk of breaking the Continental Convention and being attacked by all the garrisons of the Divine City. So, we can't choose Smart Empire as a virtual target. ”

Jerry nodded and humbly asked, "So, who do you say you want to attack?"

Lomat pondered for a while, nodded and said: "This time the coalition army, except for the Smart Empire, has the largest number of troops dispatched by the Dak Empire, and the nature of the Dak Empire also determines that they are suspicious, unsentimental, and do not have any overall view. They have enough strength to influence the decisions of the coalition forces, so we can let it be said that the Knights of Glory are attacking the territory of the Darker Empire. ”

Ray watched Lomat talk in a daze, and there was only one thought in his heart: "Old man Gaddafi has such a good person under his command, if I have one under him, then it will be convenient to fight." But why didn't Lomat participate in our decision-making in the first place? Could it be because he was an ordinary silver second-order knight, a small staff officer?"

Lei Ke didn't expect that if he wasn't now the de facto deputy leader of the Silver Wolf Legion, where would he be present at such a high-level meeting?

Lomat smiled, "Yes, the Darker Empire... Of course, we can't just send someone to tell the coalition that we're going to attack the territory of the Darker Empire, we have to make a noise that the coalition will find out that we're doing this, let me arrange everything, okay? I ask for the authority to carry out this plan. ”

Lomat's waist was straight, and his face was radiant, which was not at all different from the appearance of the miserable teenager just now.

Ray was the first to nod, followed by Hart, then Rand, then Jerry, and Gaddafi finally hesitated to agree to Lomat's request, and he sternly admonished Lomat in front of so many people: "Lomat, I know your glorious history at the Imperial Capital Military Academy, hmph, I don't want you to cause trouble for me this time." You've done a lot of credit in the past, but if you fail this time, or if your plan causes the Knights of Glory to suffer a certain loss, your father may be affected by you, understand?"

Lomat said in a deep voice: "My lord, I am naturally confident that I will do this well... As for my father, I won't let him be dishonored. ”

Gaddafi nodded slowly.

Lomat looked at Ray and issued the first order: "Then, Lord Ray, please lead a group of men and horses to find out how the reinforcements of the coalition army are moving? I think they should not know that the coalition army has been defeated by us, and they are marching towards the province of Xili with great interest, preparing to go to the Turk Gorge for reinforcements... You draw them in ... Well, thirty miles from Hornhorn City, there's a hilly area that is not sizable, and you can take them there, okay?"

Lomat pointed to a small yellow area on the map, Ray looked at the map carefully, and said, "It's okay, I'll take five thousand silver wolf cavalry and one thousand flying phoenix bows to ride out, and promise that they will chase me here... ”

Lomat laughed: "So, so be it." According to my understanding of the nobles of the empire, after they sent the first reinforcements, they must have sent some kind of local garbage army to occupy our northern provinces. They don't have any combat power, so Lord Lei shouldn't break them up for a while. ”

Ray laughed. The people in the tent also laughed, only Lomat looked at the map with a solemn face, and his eyes began to roll...