After everyone climbed the wall and stood still, Nicole nodded to the captain of the guard. The veteran, who was over forty years old, blew the horn in his hand. When the soldiers heard the sound of the trumpet, they beat the war drums, and in the rapid drumming, the young hired workers put down their work and left the city wall in an orderly manner under the leadership of the foreman, and hundreds of soldiers and thousands of young men poured out of the military camp in the rear, some of them held bows and arrows in their hands, and some pushed carts full of supplies, and quickly climbed the city wall.

In a few moments, more than 2,000 archers were in place, and in groups of three, evenly distributed on the city walls, with braziers lit beside them, and forty trebuchets were also in a state of readiness.

These young militiamen seemed to be a little hasty, but overall they were fairly orderly. However, they are not seasoned fighters, and they can be called well-trained to perform like this.

Bishop Pero nodded secretly, Father Uri's report was not exaggerated, and the organizational ability of the York family was indeed extraordinary.

"What about the others?" Tacitus noticed that many of the young men had gone straight into the barracks and had not come out to participate in the drill.

"3,000 people to defend, 3,000 people to prepare, 3,000 people to rest, take turns to change defenses. Only in this way can you stick to it for 3 months. After saying that, Bishop Perro asked Victor again, "Your Excellency Randall, is that so?"

Victor nodded, "Your Excellency, you are right. ”

Master Scholar Tacitus checked the ammunition on the trebuchet and said: "Fire bombs made of cow dung, hay, and fire oil, small trebuchets can cover an area of 400 meters to 1,200 meters, and 2,000 fire archers can shoot Ant-Man within 200 meters." As he spoke, he questioned again, "But...... Young shooters take turns defending. Even if their physical strength can keep up, these rockets and flame bombs will always run out, and the bows and arrows and trebuchets will be damaged, how can they hold on for 3 months?"

"That'...... What's that?"

With the change of drums, 200 young militiamen pushed 100 carts out of the gap on the east side of the city wall, on which were one-man high balls of hay, and they were evenly distributed in groups of two in front of the city wall.

Nicole asked Sylvia, "Ma'am, are you going to start?"

"You decide. ”

Nicole nodded and shouted, "Start practicing fire defense!"

The sound of trumpets becomes high-pitched, and the drums sound in unison, creating a heart-pumping rhythm. The trebuchet fired a salvo, and forty flaming flame bombs dragged a thick smoke, like a meteor piercing the sky, whistling and flying 1,000 meters away. The militia outside the city walls lit the grass ball on the cart, and the driver lifted it up the handlebar, and the grass ball rolled down the steep slope, turning into a large fireball that burned halfway through, and the orange fireball rolled until 800 meters away. However, the young men outside the wall did not stay where they were, they retreated along the wall from the gap on the west side, and another team of young men pushed grass balls to take their place, lit fires, pushed carts, and the fireballs rolled out, and then retreated.

Four rounds later, 800 meters below the wall, hundreds of fireballs ignited a wall of fire that split the entrance to the slope. The hay that had been sprinkled on the slope was also burning, and the slope was already a sea of fire. Flames reddened the sky, smoke billowed and heat waves, and scholars could see the air distorted by the heat as they stood on the walls.

With such a sea of fire, how can Ant-Man attack it?

The scholars and bishops were dumbfounded and speechless for a long time. Tacitus suddenly exclaimed, "No, why is it still burning?"

Half an hour had passed, and only a few flames remained on the slope, and the wall of fire was still burning tenaciously. Edwin laughed and said, "Old friend, that's a rejection!"

"Rejection?"

"Hehe, we use hemp rope to bundle hay, wheat straw, dried cow dung and dead branches into balls, and then pour oil on them to make flammable grass balls. However, the center of the large grass ball is a horse riveted with wood. When the invulnerable part of the grass ball burns out, the horse inside becomes a flame fence. If you don't rely on burn-resistant wood, how can you last for 3 months?" said Edwin, eyebrows fluttering.

"What a genius idea...... Who came up with this method?" Tacitus muttered.

Edwin patted Victor on the shoulder affectionately and said to his old friend, "Viscount Victor Randall." How's that? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Tacitus nodded and said sincerely: "Lord Randall, Edwin often whispers in front of me that you are a true genius, and I agree with him very much now!"

Victor bowed to Master Tacitus, and was about to say a few words of modesty when Bishop Pero asked, "Your Excellency Randall, your methods are not over yet, are you?"

Victor nodded and said, "The rest is just a matter of course. As he spoke, another group of young men came out from the east side of the wall, this time no longer pushing carts, but dragging heavy rolling logs, which were covered with a layer of hay. The young man lit the hay and sent the rope away, and the burning logs rumbled downwards with a terrifying sound, most of which were stopped by the horses and turned into fuel for the wall of fire, and a few got stuck in the middle of the slope, forming scattered fire fences. The entire slope turned into a sea of flames.

Bishop Perro had already received a detailed report from the baronial priest, but he was still shocked to witness such a spectacular scene, and he finally understood the mood described by Father Uri in the report.

This is beyond the power of a knight or a clergyman! This power is unmatched! And such power is created by mortals!

Bishop Pero imagined in his mind the attack of the Ant-Man army, the trebuchets on the walls of the city took the lead in cutting off the ant tide, and the hay balls turned the slope into a sea of fire, forming a fence of flames. Ant-Man walked around the flame fence and was greeted by heavy rolling logs. Rolling logs and horses can burn for a long time, and the wall of fire they form is an insurmountable barrier for Ant-Man, and the trebuchet ensures that Ant-Man cannot extinguish the fire wall, and the leader of Ant-Man who breaks through the wall of fire is faced with thousands of rockets. Even if the rolling wood is stuck in the middle, the wall of fire is nothing more than getting closer, as long as the wood is endless, not to mention three months, half a year can be kept!

Staring at the four-hundred-meter slope paved with blue bricks, Pei Luo's expression was complicated.

Fr. Uri's report reads: "The tactics of flame defense, a small exercise once a month, a large performance from time to time, the sound of drums and trumpets represent different instructions, and it is necessary to carry out orders and prohibitions, perform their duties, do not panic, advance and retreat in an orderly manner. It is also necessary to listen to the employees and consider all the details.

Once the beacon was lit, the Barony and Randall gathered 13,000 militia within half a day, the York family supported 1,000 elite soldiers within 10 days, the 3,000 army arrived within 20 days, and the reinforcements from the Chebman and Buryat leaders arrived within 20 days, and the materials and personnel were deployed in an orderly manner. Such a big show has been held three times, and each time it has been more successful than the last!

It was all planned by Viscount Victor Randall!

A 21-year-old young nobleman was able to design such a rigorous military operation, and his vision had broken the conventional pattern of warfare, logistics, training, and cooperation, all interlocking and impeccable, turning a group of mortals and a low wall into an Ant-Man's nightmare!

Bishop Pero couldn't believe it, and he had to believe it!

Maybe that's genius......

Victor is certainly not a genius, he learned these things from movies and television. There are few precedents for large armies to fight in other worlds, even centaurs and goblins are extremely intelligent, they don't fight tough battles, and only flammable and death-fearless monsters like Ant-Man can be restrained by such crude tactics.

King Taling determined that the life cycle of the ant-man should not be less than 10 years, not higher than 20 years, and the next ant tide would most likely be ten years later. Victor didn't want to leave his life to chance, so he made many preparations, including hiding in a mountain fortress, flying away, sniping at the Ant-Man leader, and most importantly, defending it head-on. So he consulted with Nicole whenever he had free time, and finally settled on the flame defense tactics.

Defensive tactics are part of the operations of the Grand Legion, and the key to the successful practice of tactics is the clergy of the Church!

In order to convince the two priests, Victor did not hesitate to speak. He repeatedly assured that there would not be many casualties among the civilians, and at most they would evacuate in batches, and Uri and Miller finally nodded in agreement. Victor clearly remembers the scene when the priest ascended to the top and shouted, and the servants were like clouds. Those who are timid and cowardly have no room to escape in the face of the rolling general trend, and they are also coerced into it and become a member of the defensive war.

Unbeknownst to Victor, the two priests agreed because Bishop Perro secretly supported it.

In the eyes of the church, Ant-Man does not take the initiative to kill, but they destroy crops and cottages, and if Ant-Man is allowed to flood into the Kingdom of Gambis, the lord can hide in the castle and be passive and defensive. Civilians will have to leave their homes and become homeless, and famine will ensue. Therefore, the church decided that it was better to try Victor's method than to sit idly by.

Obviously it can be a wolf, but it should be raised as a sheep in the middle of nowhere! Is the church sick?!

Just as Victor sighed, a scholar nobleman whispered, "There is firewood all over the mountain." But how much hay and oil does it take?"

The Grand Knight Earl Tellandon heard the scholar's whisper, and he proudly said, "Our York's wheat stalks don't need to be fed to cattle and sheep, and we have a lot of lard in reserve!"

"How much lard?" asked Tacitus.

"I haven't counted it. Edwin laughed, "But I can tell you that we're going to slaughter 70,000 wild boars soon!"

"How many wild boars do you have?"

"It's not much, it's just 150,000 heads. ”

“......”

Tacitus was stunned, unable to say a word for a long time. Bishop Pero didn't care how many wild boars there were in the House of York, and he asked, "If, in the weather of heavy rain and snow, can the fire defense tactics stop Ant-Man?"

Sylvia said lightly, "We have done everything we can. If we really encounter extreme weather, we have no other way than to evacuate the people in time!"

Bishop Pero was speechless, the church's support for the centaur hills was indeed insufficient, and he could only shake his head and smile bitterly in the face of Sylvia's sarcasm.

Victor had an idea and said, "There is really no way to stop Ant-Man in heavy rainstorms, but it is not a big problem in blizzard weather. As long as the snow on the slope is cleared in time, the wall of fire can be lit. ”

"Just in case, I'll send a scout team deep into the swamp, draw maps, monitor Ant-Man's movements, and give early warning. Even in the event of a rainstorm, we can evacuate people in time. ”

Count Terrandon frowned, "The Swamp is in danger, and it is difficult for the scout team to ensure their safety. ”

"No matter how dangerous it is, someone must bear this responsibility! This is related to the safety of tens of thousands of people, and when necessary, I will personally carry out the reconnaissance mission!"

Victor was righteous, but in fact, he wanted to seize the opportunity to justifiably take out the swamp property.

Sylvia glanced at Victor and said, "If you want to send someone, send it." Anyway, I won't let the clan soldiers and knights go in and take risks. ”

Bishop Pero greatly appreciated Victor's responsibility, and said, "Your Excellency Randall, I will arrange for five junior paladins to assist your scouts. ”

Victor hurriedly said, "My scouts are mountain hunters, they are rough and shallow. If you're sending paladins who are all newbies, it's hard for them to get along...... Don't let the young paladin die in vain. ”

Bishop Perro thought for a moment and said apologetically: "I can't cooperate, but it's a burden." Do as you say. ”

"My dear, are you done talking to Your Excellency the Bishop?" asked Sylvia, taking Victor's arm and smiling.

"Uh...... That's it. ”

"I am very satisfied with the results of this exercise. Now, isn't it time to check out my artificial lake?"