General Norton was quite careful, and after catching up with the Chi Aotian Expeditionary Army, he sent people to cut down all the dense forests around him and drag them with war horses, and built a deer barn in the treetops. In order to prevent Chi Aotian's legion from breaking through to the siege, Norton personally led his legion to guard in front of the deer.

After the deer got up, Norton was relieved, and now, even if Ji Aotian wanted to do something, it was not so easy.

Then he commanded the soldiers to dig a trench two meters wide and two meters deep outside the deer wall -- the water level around the Sicilian River was high for dozens of miles, and the water had already begun to bubble up just one meter after digging down, and just as it happened, another one meter was dug down in the water, which was equivalent to a moat; the excavated earth was piled up on the trunks of shrubs and trees that rushed south to prevent it from being pushed away by the enemy; and the dry soil was piled up in the south of the moat river and a two-meter-high earthen wall was piled up.

The fire dragon knight Han Han happened to pass by, and seeing that this method was good, he came up with a new idea: to dig the moat and the Sicilian River, so that the moat is walking with living water, and it is more difficult for the enemy to pass. Norton was as good as he could, and immediately arranged for the soldiers to do it.

In the afternoon, with the efforts of more than 20,000 soldiers, an iron-clad camp stood on the south bank of the Sicilian River.

Many of the high-ranking officers who came to inspect the tour were amazed by this - anyone who wanted to conquer such a three-tiered line of defense would have to pay a terrible price.

In the evening, Monton, the supreme commander of the theater of operations, summoned all the senior officers to a meeting, and on the south bank of the Sicilian River, there were seven full-time officers of the allied forces at the rank of corps commander, and three officers at the rank of commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief. In the history of Fanos's use of troops against the continent of Eminole, there were few times when so many troops were used at one time.

In the original plan, it was hoped that with three to four times the superior forces, it would be possible to have a decisive battle with Chi Aotian's army. The strategy of the base camp is that only 6,000 soldiers who joined the Chi Aotian Legion at the beginning belong to the elite level, which is basically on the same level as the Northern Federation Legion before, and then forcibly carried 15,000 local indigenous people, of which at most only half have experienced many battles, which is equivalent to the level of ordinary soldiers in the empire, and half of them probably participated in the Battle of Rhodes City after joining the army, and their strength is quite average. In this battle, the Norton Legion and the Monton Legion are the elite of the elite in the two major theaters of war in the east and west, and the strength of the sweat and blood iron cavalry is also quite outstanding, not to mention that there are several regimental commanders and deputy commanders with extremely high combat power, the total number of these three troops is nearly 20,000, and nearly 25,000 people after replenishment. As the main force of this campaign. The combat strength of the other two Phanos legions is also quite good, and the overall strength should exceed the ordinary army of the Amy Empire, and the strength of the instructors sent by His Majesty the Pope in the end is quite average, however, even if they are not directly involved in the war, the ratio of soldiers participating in the war on both sides is 2 to 1, and the ratio of combat power should be 3:1.

Now, after three days of fierce pursuit, the strength of both warring sides has dropped significantly, especially the Phanos Legion, the bear troops have all been left behind, and the half-orc troops will be able to catch up as soon as tomorrow morning, and now don't look at the 40,000 people in the camp, the strength is not a little worse than before.

All the officers knew this, so when they heard Monton ask when exactly they would be going to fight Chi Aotian, almost all of them wanted to be able to delay the decisive battle.

Several high-ranking officers of the Holy See said quite unanimously: "The art of war is cloudy, and the army surrenders without a fight." Now that Chi Aotian's army has been trapped here, a step back is the dangerous Sicilian River, and in front of it is an iron-like defensive circle, with an army of 10,000 or 20,000 people, how much grain and grass do they need a day? As long as they are trapped here, for a maximum of 10 days, no matter how powerful the army is, there is no need to take the initiative to attack again. The rabbit is in a hurry and bites, in this situation of fighting against the water, if you still take the initiative to attack, maybe something will happen!"

The commanders of the Fanos legions, except for Norton, disagreed with this point of view: "The night is long, there are many dreams, there are many flying troops in Chi Aotian's army, if they are trapped like this, in the end, it is absolutely impossible to completely annihilate the enemy, and the enemy's elites, especially the middle and high-level legions, will definitely escape! Whether Chi Aotian returns to Tongyun Pass or Hamburg City, he will be a big trouble after all. When His Royal Highness Xiuda returns, the coalition army will immediately have five dragon knights, and it is quite a good chance to win with five fights and one. Even if 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers were killed in this battle, it would definitely be cost-effective to be able to fight and kill Chi Aotian and other senior generals. "I don't know when the Fanos orcs also learned to calculate.

The Grand Duke of Merendia stood behind and did not speak, and when Monton asked for advice, the Grand Duke frowned and said one thing: "Excellencies, please be sure to include the 'Black Lightning' when calculating the enemy. More than 70 years ago, he was already in the top 20 on the Battle Spirit list, and I think if he hadn't suddenly retired, he would probably have entered the top 5. If there really is a dragon knight battle, then ...... I'm worried that apart from His Royal Highness Xiuda, it will be difficult for me and Han Han and the other two dragon knights to compete with Chi Aotian and Black Lightning, after all, you must know that Chi Aotian has already entered the Battle Spirit List in just one year since his debut. ”

The officers are a little dry in their lips, although the soldiers don't think much of the mercenaries, but the battle spirit list has absolute authority. Even if the dragon encounters a character on the Battle Spirit List, he will have the idea of taking a detour. Black Lightning?The people on the continent of Eminole have heard of some of this person, the legendary super warrior who "visits late at night, and an arrow is like lightning", it is said that this guy never needs to cast a second arrow to kill a person, especially in the night battle, no one has been able to defeat him at night.

I just can't imagine how Chi Aotian can recruit this person to his subordinates.

"My lord, I think you are very clever in the battle on the Langcang River, can we continue to make a fuss on the river?" The commander of the legion should not think about it: "If we dam the Sicilian River to store the river water, and then release the water in the middle of the night, I think that now that the Chi Aotian army is camped by the river, it will definitely be washed away by the flood, and maybe, any black lightning will ......"

yes, that's a good idea, and most of the Fanos officers had a look of delight on their faces. On the contrary, Meng Dun did not have any expression on his face, and the face of the Grand Duke of the Iron Hand was also very calm. In the end, a human army commander couldn't help but say: "The Sicilian River is more than 2,000 meters wide here, how can we block such a wide river? If you have such great ability, then you don't have to fight here, it is better to go directly to the Three Gorges Hydropower Station on the Yangtze River to work, it will definitely be more profitable than working in the war of the gods." ”

"Commander Norton, Your Excellency has fought many battles with Chi Aotian and the others, what is your opinion?" Monton turned and asked the officer of the same clan beside him.

General Fei smiled bitterly: "It's useless for the commander to ask me, all the senior officers in the Western Theater are all defeated generals of the small mercenary group." However, compared to previous battles, this time should be said to have the best chance. I think we can win, it's just a matter of winning big and winning. If you want to win a big victory, you must be mentally prepared to die tens of thousands. If, the base camp, wants us to move on to other battlefields as soon as we are victorious, it will be delayed until the enemy runs out of food. ”

Isn't that the same as not saying? When did the orc officer learn to play the ball? Monton could barely laugh or cry. Wrong...... It seems that Norton has something to say.

"That'...... When you are leaving, do you have any other tasks from the base camp or Marshal Dahaino?"

"Oh...... That's not it, it's just for me to assist the adults in the decisive battle of the Flower Language Plain. Norton replied word for word.

"Okay, then I'll understand. Monton sighed inwardly, alas...... Since landing on the Eminole continent, more and more orcs have begun to move closer to humans, not only eating habits, but even the way of speaking and doing things have changed dramatically. This phenomenon was most pronounced in the Western Theater of Operations, where it is said that Commander Merlin had even learned the retro customs of mankind and began to write calligraphy. Don't...... Is this the only way to occupy this territory?

"All the officers went to the containment team as soon as possible to retrieve their soldiers and prepare for a decisive battle with the enemy in three days' time. Beggars, Pros, our three legions are the main legions of the decisive battle, and you arrange for the soldiers to repair them as soon as possible. Commander Norton, this battle is completely dependent on your subordinates to run thousands of miles, in any case, it is the first achievement, in the decisive battle three days later, your subordinates will be your subordinates as a reserve subordinate; Your Excellency, your family will be the ranger of this decisive battle, please also prepare as soon as possible, in addition, the Knights Templar will be under the command of the Grand Duke in this battle; the instructors are equipped with bows and arrows to camp down the river to prevent the enemy from forcing them to cross, in addition, once the enemy really summons ice magic to freeze the river, no matter day or night, you must grab the ice at the first time, and you must drag the enemy!" Monton pondered for a moment before adding, "All the Holy Priests in your legion have all been transferred out to form a separate team, ready to cooperate with the Dragon Knight to attack Chi Aotian with Divine Magic. Let's go down and prepare. ”

Many generals suddenly agreed and left the tent - even a strong man like the Grand Duke had to admit that the half-orc in front of him, who looked rather rough-looking, was extremely meticulously arranged, and if Chi Aotian could lead the team to fight a bloody path under such an arrangement, it would be beyond human control.

It's just that such an arrangement is a wishful thinking dialed by one's own people after all.

Before ten o'clock that night, nearly a hundred wild vultures rose lightly from the trees. In the grassland of the rainy season, the sky is always gloomy day and night, there is no moonlight at all, almost without seeing the five fingers, these wild vultures fly lightly against the ground, and soon came to the front of the coalition camp, these most courageous elves in the sky vibrated their tails violently, shooting into the sky like arrows, at the same moment, nearly a hundred yellow-white bright spots suddenly appeared in the sky, and the bright spots immediately drew a white tail in the air, and shot towards the Fanos camp.

The coalition soldiers who had been on the road for days on end had long since fallen asleep, and most of them were unaware of the flames when they began to crackle and engulf the tents.

"Enemy attack-enemy attack-" The two thousand-man commanders who were in charge of the frontal shift at night sounded their whistles desperately at the same time, beckoning the soldiers who were on duty behind them to quickly come behind the earthen wall and prepare for battle. Meng Dun was most afraid that Chi Aotian would take advantage of the chaos to raid out late at night, and give a repeated explanation to every thousand people on duty, once something went wrong because of these places, everyone would have only one end - beheading. No one is going to joke with their heads.

Many high-ranking officers ran out of their tents, and tens of thousands of soldiers quickly assembled. Unexpectedly, those vulture knights circled over the camp for a while, fired a burst of rockets, and actually went back.

In this chaos, only forty or fifty tents were set on fire, and it is estimated that there will be no more than 100 casualties. Monton and Norton discussed it in a whisper, and the two of them quickly came to an agreement - this should be Chi Aotian's plan. Use this method to drag the enemy down.

Monton drew a centaur team of 1,000 men and sat in the center of the camp, and once he found the enemy's flying knights, he forced them away with bows and arrows to complete the mission, and in addition, the two thousand men on duty were equipped with barrels in case of fire.

Sure enough, out of the judgment of the Fanos Continent's guardian double shield, that night, Chi Aotian actually discharged four groups of vulture knights to rocket harass the camp, but fortunately, it did not pose much of a threat. The senior officers, having figured out the enemy's strategy, slept more soundly.

January 18, summer year 6 of the magic calendar.

During the day, the weather is calm - maybe the vulture riders are catching up on sleep.

Instead, Monton sent two centaur thousand-men out to harass the enemy. Now don't you take advantage of your own soldiers to find trouble, and don't you have to be harassed at night?

The centaurs galloped at high speed in front of the dense forest guarded by Chi Aotian's army, and at the same time shot the long arrows in their hands into the dense forest, and the screams of the war horses after being shot were constantly heard in the dense forest.

In the end, Chi Aotian's army was a little anxious, and had to use small powerful crossbows to fire outwards against the canopy of the fallen trees, and more than two hundred centaur archers were shot down in an instant - this kind of equipment was too domineering, and often after piercing two or three people in a row, it was still undiminished, and as long as it was shot, almost no one was spared.

Monton hurriedly withdrew all the centaur archers - now he could not afford to waste the centaurs' high-speed forces to consume the enemy's strong crossbows.

Summer on the night of January 18.

Monton and other senior officers waited until 11 o'clock at night to go to bed in peace—it seems that the day's counter-tactics have indeed been of great use, and the enemy should not have the energy to make trouble tonight.

At 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves like a rainstorm suddenly sounded outside the southeast gate of the Fanos coalition camp, and the hundred people in charge of the rotation here lay on the earthen wall and looked out, and dozens of knights in the distance held torches high and shot at the camp like arrows.

"Stand still, or shoot your bow and arrow!" roared the hundred-year-old.

The knight on the horse did not pause at all: "Quick! Open the camp gate! I want to see the commander of Monton immediately, something is wrong! Hurry! Alarm the enemy!"