Caterina continued, "I heard that the Marquis had broken up the city guards, mercenaries, and ordinary soldiers among the slaves and formed eight or nine teams, with those more powerful elite knights in command. ”

"Where does such a team get its combat effectiveness?" Shi Hao asked.

He used the golden axe to lure the city guards and mercenaries to work hard, and gave the slaves freedom, but the most effective way was to use knives, guns and whips, and many people lost their heads because of their poor training performance in the past two days. But no matter how much effort he put into it, it was impossible to train them as a whole in such a short period of time. ”

Xiao Chen said: "He doesn't need to train them to be elites, as long as they can fight the simplest battles under the coercion of swords." Siege warfare is not the same as field warfare, as long as you learn to throw things down from the top of the city, you are a useful soldier. ”

Caterina said, "Well, these people spend most of their time near the city walls practicing the actions of defending the city. In my opinion, he wanted to follow the traditional method of defending the city, with each team in charge of a section of the wall.

However, he did not know how our artillery fought, and those who remained in the city would surely die a terrible death. ”

Wang Jiyuan said: "It's useless to just kill people, the key is to break through the city wall, but according to our intelligence, Suero's city wall is very high and thick, and there are many reinforcement circles on it." After the last slave rebellion nearly broke the city, the nobles of the inner city put a lot of effort into strengthening the walls. In addition, the walls on this continent are generally higher and thicker than the ancient walls we have there, and it is not easy to destroy them with cannons. ”

Xiao Chen also said: "This is not counting the problem of defensive enchantment, as the largest city in the western part of the kingdom, Suero's defensive enchantment should not be too different even if it is not as good as the royal capital."

And this enchantment has not been activated for many, many years, and even the Icazar mage doesn't know its details, whether it is an energy enchantment or a physical enchantment, or a double enchantment like the royal capital, we have no information. We don't know how big the units covered by the enchantment itself are, how strong its defense is, and how much hedron reserves it has. In such a situation, it is necessary to anticipate the enemy's leniency. ”

"Maybe it hasn't been useful for so many years, and that thing has fallen into disrepair and broken down a long time ago. You've analyzed so much here, and in the end it's all in vain. Shi Hao said.

"Having said that, before we do something, it's best to pray for good luck and expect bad luck for ourselves. Xiao Chen said seriously, "We can't pin our hopes on the fact that the enemy is unlucky. ”

"Judging by the worst-case scenario, this battle will be a time-lapse siege. This will have a direct impact on our plans for Kuroki Pass. If Suero doesn't take it, he will be like a nail in our back. Not only will our logistical channels be affected, but the enemy will be ready to take advantage of the situation and attack us at any time. Wang Jiyuan looked at Xiao Chen and said, "Maybe you're right, you should think of a way to break through the fortress from the inside." ”

Xiao Chen said, "Although Mage Icasa has maintained neutrality in this war according to the usual style of the Spirit Eye Tower, in fact, he is still on our side. I had contacted him several times before, hoping that he would be able to communicate with the Marquis de Bardini, but the Marquis had a strange attitude, and did not refuse harshly, but did not give him a chance to talk. ”

"Could it be that he doesn't think he's ready, as you said?" Shi Hao asked.

Xiao Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know, if Master Kassar's path doesn't work, I have to find another way to contact him." Xiao Chen asked Katarina, "What are the merchants in the outer city doing now?"

"The news of us has passed, and those who can walk will naturally go. Some of them can't leave, some want to clear up the relationship and hide in the inner city, and some think that we should not embarrass them because we started as a trader, so we continue to stay in the outer city, praying that the war will not ruin their family business. Caterina said.

"What do those who want to enter the city do?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Naturally, I went to ask the Marquis of Bardini, and the Marquis also gave the price, he only accepted a few hard currencies, grain, magic crystals, or warriors, and if he reached the standard, he would naturally be able to enter the city. These things are all handled by his butler Avali. Caterina said.

"Is there a way to hook up with this Avali?"

Caterina nodded.

"Looks like we can start here. Xiao Chen said to Wang Jiyuan, "This time I will go alone." ”

"How can this work?" Wang Jiyuan and Caterina said in unison.

Xiao Chen pointed to his head: "I've never been alone. ”

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Xiao Chen and Caterina remounted and headed for Suero, hoping to sneak into the inner city before the team arrived. They were accompanied by Shi Hao, the commander of the 2nd Regiment, who summoned the cavalry company directly under the 2nd Regiment. and Xiao Chen accelerated towards the outer city of Suero.

Shi Hao's cavalry company had fifty people, and the commander of the cavalry company was the middle-level soldier Leo, and there were four low-level soldiers in the company. The goal of their operation was to intercept the fleeing nobles and merchants. Wang Jiyuan's order was that people could go, but money and belongings must be left behind. If you resist, act cheaply.

"You say it's cheap, but you're throwing a problem at me. Shi Hao said beside Xiao Chen.

"Commander, what's so embarrassing about this, they all beat us, so naturally we will kill them cleanly. "Leo is a mercenary after all, and at this time, he has a ruthless aura.

Shi Hao said: "You know what a fart! We are guards, not bandits. In a well-informed place like Suero, the impact of casual killing is too bad. It will make it more difficult for us to work in the neighborhood in the future. ”

Leo pouted, "When the time comes, who cares about so many guns." ”

Xiao Chen said to Shi Hao: "You are now the commander of a force, and you must first be responsible for your own brothers, so you can't tolerate any hesitation at this time." But didn't you just say that you want to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys? If you kill the chickens hard enough, are you still afraid that the monkeys will be disobedient?"

Shi Hao nodded and said, "That's the only way, I hope those people are clever enough and don't need me to bleed." ”

When they reached a fork in the road outside Suero, Shi Hao's team separated from Xiao Chen and made a detour to the east of Suero, where they learned from Caterina's intelligence that the fleeing nobles and merchants were preparing to head east to the royal capital. Shi Hao was ready to block them on the road to the east.

And Caterina took Xiao Chen to the outer city of Suero to find a way to contact the marquis's butler Avali.