Chapter 45: The War

"Passing Chris into the Temple!!"

The herald's voice rang through Chris's mansion.

"Yes!"

After Chris ordered his men to send the herald, he began to change his clothes and prepare to meet the prince.

Du Hongcheng was looking at the map of Fort Tigurny at the moment, where the church had assembled four legions of magicians. The Tygany region could not hold on to the treacherous terrain, so that the Empire's offensive was greatly hindered, and it was not yet possible to make a detour. The only way to capture Tigurny is to choose, but with the current forces of the Empire, even if all of them are committed, it is still a matter of two things whether they can be conquered.

Even if it were conquered, how many troops would the Empire have left to attack the vast northern regions ruled by the Church?

As soon as he thought of this, Du Hongcheng felt that his head was big for a while, and he rubbed his temples and returned to the seat. When I looked up, I found Chris, who was waiting.

"Chris, how long have you been here?"

Chris saluted Du Hongcheng and said, "Your Excellency, it's been an hour." ”

"Oh!?has it been so long?"

Du Hongcheng scratched his head wryly.

"Since you've been looking at it for so long, have you seen anything about it?"

Chris bowed deeply to Du Hongcheng again.

"The subordinates are stupid, and there is no way to break the enemy. ”

Du Hongcheng waved his hand.

"You don't have to blame yourself, this battle is not trivial, if you have any thoughts now, you might as well tell me first. ”

"Yes, sir. With that, Chris walked to the map, picked up the baton in his hand, and began to explain his combat strategy to Du Hongcheng.

"Your Excellency, you see, this is Fort Tigni, the city of Pobit, the most frontline city of our army. And the 1st to 3rd mage legions of our army are stationed here. ”

Following Chris's instructions, Du Hongcheng looked at the map.

"The Fourth Wizard Legion of our army is stationed in Anlun Village, not far from Pobit City, once the war starts, the four major mage legions of our army can press up together to attack Tigurny, and with the quality of our army, we can suppress the enemy army in a short period of time!"

Chris paused for a moment and continued: "As long as the four major mage legions and Tigany are evenly matched, then the first to third Qi refiner legions of our army are the key to breaking the parity, if we can quickly eliminate Tigourny's defenders, then our army can hold out for a while in the face of the new reinforcements from the church after occupying Tigourny." ”

Du Hongcheng nodded.

"You're right, but what about your concerns?"

"Your Highness, the following questions are before us. ”

Du Hongcheng made a gesture of listening.

"First, can our army's four legions of magicians suppress the defenders of Fort Tiggerny? If it can't, then the losses will be too much for the empire to bear. Second, if the four major mage legions can't suppress the defenders of Fort Tigernny, then with the addition of the three legions of Qi Refiners, will the empire still have the strength to attack? Third, the speed of the arrival of reinforcements from the Church, and the defensive equipment possessed by the defenders of Fort Tigernny, how much damage will it bring to our army? ”

After listening to Chris's analysis, Du Hongcheng nodded with a wry smile.

Generally speaking, siege warfare is far more difficult than defending a city, and the besieging army must be at least three or two times as large as the defending army. But the empire is clearly understaffed and simply cannot do this.

Du Hongcheng is helpless, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, which is probably the reason.

There is no way, the empire has only been established for less than ten years, and there is no foundation yet, and it is still too difficult to confront the church in terms of military strength.

How can you conquer Tigurny smartly?

Du Hongcheng sat on the throne and meditated.

At the same time, inside the ChΓ’teau des Papes.

"How's everything going, two adults?"

Derek said respectfully: "Your Majesty, everything is ready, a total of four thousand angels, and they can leave for Tigurny immediately." ”

Noelle also said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the four thousand demons on the Inquisition side are also ready to go. ”

The Pope nodded, a rare smile on his round face.

"Very well, now that all the pieces have been gathered, Pompeii! will soon be destroyed!!"

The Pope looked at the map of the Tigurny region.

"Order the Demon Legion and the Angel Legion not to rush into the battle first, and wait for the war between the defenders and Pompeii to get involved until the battle is in the white-hot stage, I want them to crush all the armies of Pompeii!!"

"Yes, Your Majesty. The two cardinals took the order and retreated.

The Pope stood silently alone, looking out at the distant area of Fort Tigney.

"Pompeii? wants to be restored? It's naΓ―ve. ”

He shook his head and disappeared from the room.

At the same time, in the provisional capital of the Pompeii Empire, in the city of Lotby, Du Hongcheng was writing a battle plan at his desk, and his desk was already covered with paper balls, which were all the battle plans he had drawn up these days, but they were all vetoed by him without exception.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince like this, the maids who came to deliver the meal didn't know whether it was better to go in or not. As she hesitated, a shadow appeared beside her.

"Give me what you can eat. The dove looked at the maid and calmly commanded.

The maid was startled when she saw the dove, and almost threw the thing in her hand into the dove's face.

"Yes.... Yes, Your Majesty. As he spoke, he put the plate in the hands of the dove and ran away.

The dove looked at the maid's behavior and felt a little amused, is he so scary?The dove shook his head self-deprecatingly.

She pushed open the door of Du Hongcheng's study and walked in calmly.

"Didn't I say, don't come and bother me?!Get out !!"

Du Hongcheng was extremely dissatisfied, and he scolded loudly.

But in the next second, he was stunned, and his divine sense clearly told him that this person was not a maid or a dove.

"You..... Why are you here?" Du Hongcheng felt a little embarrassed.

The dove glared at her angrily.

"Why am I here? Hey, if I don't come again, I'm afraid all the ministers who come to meet the saint will have to line up from the palace to the city gate!!"

Du Hongcheng touched his nose with some embarrassment.

"Tell me, what's the trouble you're in?" asked the dove as he picked up the snack on his plate and ate it.

Du Hongcheng looked at the appearance of the dove, shook his head helplessly, and told the dove one by one about the things he was worrying about recently.

The dove looked at him with a strange gaze.

"It's worth bothering about such a trivial matter?"

"Do you have a good solution?" Du Hongcheng was incredulous.

"Of course!!" the dove looked at Du Hongcheng as if he was looking at an idiot.

As she spoke, she pulled Du Hongcheng to the war hall and showed Du Hongcheng the map.