70. Surrender or Struggle4
Philip's idea was to use the excavator to open another path in the mountains next to the path that Afrika had entered Lobit, and then let the dark elves who were the best at concealment ambush them, and when Ivey led his army through this path, Dennis took the dark elves around the rear of the African army, but did not attack for the time being.
The timing of the attack was to wait until the battle between the Afrikan army and the Lobit coalition army entered the white-hot stage, and all the Afrikan armies were all engaged in the battle, Dennis and the Dark Elves took the opportunity to attack the weakest part of the Doge's army, and it was best to use the Dark Elves' excellent assassination ability to kill Ivey or other important generals.
Of course, the premise of the whole battle plan is that the Lobit coalition army can withstand the attack of the African army, and if Philip and the others can't attract all the African army to participate in the attack, Dennis's more than 200 dark elves will not work at all.
Philip finished speaking, and his hand slapped heavily on the table: "Everyone, holding Lobit City and waiting for Dennis's fatal blow will be our only chance in this war." ”
None of the students present came out of the military academy, and they could not propose any amendments to Philip's plan, let alone oppose it, and after unanimously agreeing, Philip began to divide the defense.
Grace led the Bloodlines and a small group of human city guards as night guards Liliang, Delia with elven archers as long-range support, dwarves and most of the human city guards as the main force to defend the city during the day, and the guards of the lord's mansion and the rest of the remaining human soldiers as reserves, while also training the strong youth in the city.
Dennis and Moz transported the excavator to the mountain range of Philip's fingers, and immediately began the excavation work, the excavator had no time to debug carefully, only to debug while doing it, anyway, all the magic crystals recently produced by the Magic Electrical Chamber of Commerce were allocated to Moz.
"My lord, after the past few days of training, the soldiers have already had the most basic tacit understanding, I think that tomorrow the soldiers in the barracks outside the city can enter Lobit City, and start to defend the city in the city. ”
Sam and Philip went to the city in a carriage, Philip has always believed in letting professionals do professional things, Sam has been working at the grassroots level of the army for many years, what things should be done and what should not be done, as an officer promoted by Philip personally from the bottom, Sam's future and fate have been tied to Philip, if Philip wants to leave Lobit in the future, Sam will also be taken away as a confidant, and the future Lobit Lord will definitely not rest assured that someone else's henchman controls his own force, even if he is also a royalist。
Philip patiently listened to Sam's report, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I don't have to worry about you doing things, just do what you say." ”
After getting out of the carriage, Philip strolled through the streets of Lobit, where the usual bustling main street seemed to be less crowded, with shops on both sides of the road open but little business, and diners that dined were not even visible to the wild dogs that used to come in search of food.
The news that the Governor is going to lead an army to attack Lobit has spread, and those merchants from other places have long been hiding far away in order to avoid the impending war, although Lobit has cheap magic crystals and all kinds of strange ancient treasures, but these things are not enough to cost them their lives.
The merchant is gone, but fortunately, Lobit's food has always been relatively well prepared, and when Ivey was ready to attack Lobit, Philip asked Miranda to urgently purchase a batch of food, and in the short term, at least there was no need to worry about food.
But the Lobit natives are still business as usual.
In order to make a living, many people used to go to the ancient wood wasteland to search for treasures or hunt monsters, and in the face of danger, the Lobits never panicked.
In fact, some of the once familiar faces would smile and nod their heads and say hello happily when they saw Philip.
The Lobbites liked Philip very much, he was young, cheerful, and not arrogant, and many people once ignored his aristocratic status, and when he walked through the streets, many people thought he was some kind of young lad.
What's more, Philip never levied taxes and made these poor people living at the bottom of the social ladder even poorer, as evidenced by the growing number of customers at the Mermaid Tavern.
When people have more money in their pockets, they will naturally be grateful to this lord who made them rich.
"Brother Lord!"
Philip heard a crisp child's voice and turned his head to see a little girl in a floral dress holding a stuffed bear standing behind him.
Philip smiled, bent down, and patted the little girl with big eyes, "Hello, Anna!"
For example, the cute little girl in front of her, combing two pigtails and holding a stuffed bear like her in her arms, has an indescribable cuteness.
"Mom and Dad said that there are bad people who want to bully the lord's brother, is it true?" Anna's children's voice was crisp and crisp, and it made people feel comfortable from the heart, dispelling Philip's anxiety.
"Yes, so the lord's brother will be very busy lately, and he can't play with little Anna anymore. Philip scratched Anna's nose dotingly, and if he and Katrina were on Earth, they would have a little baby as cute as Anna. In the past, Philip was still alone in Lobit silently experimenting, silently sitting in the mermaid tavern drinking, and when Anna accompanied his father to deliver goods to the tavern, he often ran to the table where Philip was making alone, and accompanied him to say something full of innocence.
"Brother Lord, don't be afraid!" Anna said in a milky voice, her little face lowered, and she looked at the stuffed bear in her hand, Zuihou actually showed a resolute look, and handed the stuffed bear in her hand to Philip: "Brother Lord, when I am scared at night, I won't tremble when I sleep with Xiongxiong, I will give Xiongxiong to you now, if you are afraid, just sleep with Xiongxiong, it will protect you!"
Philip's eyes moistened, and the moment he took the bear that Anna handed him, he seemed to feel a powerful liliang fill his heart.
"My lord, we have your back!" a young couple dressed in the roughest linen clothes stood beside Anna, with the most simple smiles on their faces, and Anna's parents respected this young lord who often helped them "take care of the children".
More people came out of the roadside, from the shops, from their homes, and gathered around Philip.
"My lord, there are us!"
"We've got your back!"
"Kill the Governor's army!"
"Let the people of Africa die!"
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Philip stood up, beside him, those people's faces were covered with rough skin left by the wind and sun, their hands were calluses left by day and night labor, and he came to Lobit, nothing more than no tossing, no taxes, and these people from the bottom repaid themselves in the most simple way when they were in the most crisis, Philip felt that the liliang in his heart filled his limbs and activated every cell in his body.
At this moment, all worries and fears were thrown aside by Philip.
Ivey, since you're going to fight, let's fight!