The next morning, the Castina family mansion.
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After experiencing turmoil, the Kastina family mansion, which was originally built in the style of the Evil Castle, now looks like a war-damaged version of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield.
In short, it's no different from almost collapsing.
At present, the mansion temporarily serves as the planning room for the Baishui River defense battle.
The dining table at Castina's house was repaired and used as a round table for discussion, and a map of the Whitewater River Knights' territory was placed on it.
The topography of the village, the shape of the city walls, and the surrounding valley veins are clearly marked.
The White Water River Knight Territory is bounded by the Ka'an Mountains to the north and the Brown Bear Mountains to the south. It is located in a small river valley plain. It can be said that the strategic terrain is still very good.
Whether it is the north or the south, the terrain is rugged, which is not conducive to the deployment of large-scale soldiers. Only the east and west are barely acceptable marching directions.
The newly built city wall, a mixed structure of wood and stone, is built in a ring around the village and town, with only two east and west gates.
Among them, the west gate, facing a large flat valley plain, is the key to this battle.
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In front of the map, Castina, the guard captain Brian, Jeon, and Hall were surrounded by four people.
At this time, defense planning is being discussed.
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Castina leaned forward, her burgundy hair falling down, her willow eyebrows slightly furrowed, her almond-shaped fox eyes scanning the village terrain, and a charming face with a foxy temperament, full of solemnity.
Her plump red lips moved slightly, her fingers traced around the village on the map, and then she said in a deep voice...
"It seems like my father's spies reported yesterday."
"This group of horse thieves released people to explore the layout of our village."
"They naturally know our city walls and trenches clearly."
"This time, if the horse bandit group comes to attack the city, the infantry must come. The horse team is only here as a support. After all, it is impossible for cavalry to attack the city."
"Horse thieves, we saw them last time. They are all wearing chain mail and iron helmets. They are skilled in combat skills and can be considered elites."
"Except for the horse thieves, I think this time they will also have some scumbags and hooligans temporarily recruited from various villages and towns as auxiliary forces."
"It is impossible for these troops to wear armor. Their combat power level and status can be regarded as replenishing and consuming our defenders' arrows and physical strength."
"In terms of the overall number of people, I estimate that there will be more than a thousand people and less than 1,200 people."
"As for the siege equipment, I think with the craftsmanship of the horse thieves, it is impossible to build a siege columbine or a siege hammer. At most, there are some things like ladders for climbing the city wall."
After Castina finished speaking, she immediately supported the table with both hands, raised her head and looked at the people around her with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said in a deep voice...
"Everyone, what are your thoughts?"
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The guard captain looked at the defense map and said in a deep voice...
"The leader of the other party, the boss, is a powerful mage."
"This man is too dangerous."
"Our city gate cannot withstand the bursting fireball or fireball matrix of a skilled mage."
"If the city gate is broken, then..."
Reang chuckled at this moment, and immediately took over the conversation, smiling and pointing to the village square road at the front door...
"If the front door is broken, it will be the time for our French Empire's sophisticated ordnance to show its power!"
With a bit of pride in his eyes, speaking half French and half Imperial, he chuckled...
"My soldiers will not lose morale just because the city gate is blasted open. They have experienced this kind of thing many times."
"Place the bladed crossbow cart directly opposite the city gate in advance. When the city gate opens, the horse bandits and cavalry will rush into the city."
"When the time comes, shoot a flying blade and both men and horses will be shattered!"
"Not to mention killing people, the corpses of men and horses will still block the path into the city. If they want to come again, just shoot them again!"
"Two shots at most, and they will give up and come in from the main entrance."
He looked at Castina and said immediately...
"However, I agreed in advance that each shot of the flying blade costs fifty silver coins, and I only have five shots."
Castina listened to what Reang said, looked at the city gate and the position where the ballista was arranged, and nodded repeatedly.
If it is done this way, then it really doesn't matter whether the city gate is broken or not. If it is blasted open, they will not be able to get in.
Castina looked around and breathed a sigh of relief.
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Immediately, Castina pointed to the front and back gates of the city and said to several people...
"I appointed the primary and secondary commanders of the front and rear gates."
"My fifty soldiers, the captain of the guard's side army, and the French soldiers of Jeong are distributed in a ring on the city wall, at each key point. My soldiers or the side army must be in close combat. The French army should try to avoid close combat. "
"Myself, and the guard captain Brian, are stationed at the front door and are responsible for the main defense. Jeong and my father Hall are stationed at the back door and are responsible for the auxiliary defense."
"The people in the village select a few skilled equestrians and equip them with fast horses to report the situation at the front and back gates at any time."
"Everyone, do you have any objections?"
Castina raised her head and looked at the three of them. They each put their palms in front of their chests, leaned forward and said in a deep voice...
"No objections, all are under the orders of Miss Castina, the Marquis."
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To defend the city, it is natural to prepare large quantities of rolling stones, wood, gold juice, and kerosene.
But the scale of this battle to defend the Baishui River was too small for Samu to use.
As for kerosene, kerosene is sesame oil. People in the Empire eat more animal fat. Sesame oil is so rare that even if the village is empty, it won't be able to prepare it.
Not to mention fierce fire oil, fierce fire oil is oil, the Han people called it fierce fire oil, and the Romans called it Greek fire. I am afraid that no one in the entire empire used this kind of thing.
Therefore, the only materials that need to be prepared to defend the city are stones and gold juice.
Stones are stones of just the right size. There is a quarry not far from the village. You can just carry the stones to and from the village.
As for the golden juice, it is excrement.
Put it in a wooden barrel for the time being. When the battle comes, set up a large pot at the top of the city to boil it, pour it down directly to kill the enemy, or use the crossbow arrows soaked in excrement to kill the enemy.
The person who was shot was infected and ulcerated and could not be cured. This was the cheapest method of poisoning arrows.
The task of supervising the preparation of these combat supplies fell on Jeong and the guard captain Brian.
After the two came out of the Castina family's mansion, they chose to go to the city wall together to inspect the surroundings for war preparations.
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Along the way, the people carried stones to the city, sweating like rain.
One after another, the stinky vats and the cauldrons contributed by the family were also transported up the city wall one by one in preparation for the war.
In this small village, everyone has spent everything in order to defeat the incoming horse bandits.
Re Ang looked at the people coming and going one by one and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
"Why bother? There are horse thieves in this village. Why don't they just run to other villages or other marquis territories?"
"Do you have to fight on this one-third of an acre in your hometown?"
Brian looked at him and immediately responded...
"Can you run there?"
"Where can they survive?"
"Bandits are rampant everywhere in Northland, evil people are in power, and the world is like hell. There is no way for good people to survive."
"In Dosvania Territory, the right of first night is implemented from marquis to baron one level at a time. The common people have a baron as their groom on the first night when they marry a wife, and a baron wants a viscount as his groom on the first night when he marries his wife. It's extremely ridiculous!"
"Dilvaniya collects, poll tax, real estate tax, cattle tax, duck tax, iron tax, wood tax, firewood tax, there are more than 40 types of taxes. The people will owe interest if they can't pay it back. You have to sell your son and daughter."
"Ned's business community is a mixed bag of good and bad people. You know it yourself. The daily expenses are not small. It looks prosperous but is actually dirty. These farmers are honest and have no other skills. They go to the business community to earn a living. They are either deceived into signing a contract of prostitution and die of exhaustion or starvation. die!"
"The villages and towns near the Commercial Territory seem peaceful, but once there is banditry, the City Guards of the Commercial Territory will not care about things outside the city. No matter how many villagers die, the governor of Riverside City will not send a single soldier to suppress the bandits! "
"Where do you think they are going to find a way to survive?"
Hearing this, Reang found it difficult to reply for a moment, so he waved his hand slightly unhappily and said nothing.
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Castina's house, first floor of the mansion.
Castina looked at her father, who was holding an ancient pipe in one hand and a windproof lighter with a "Red Romantic Bathing Center" sticker in the other. She couldn't help but frown slightly for a moment.
Just, there is an indescribable awkward feeling.
A thin, middle-aged white man in medieval robes, with a full medieval feel.
But she was holding a lighter from the "Red Romantic Bathing Center" in her hand.
This gives people the feeling that the foreign extras are off work.
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Hall lit his pipe, puffed away the smoke, and put away the lighter like a treasure. Immediately when the smoke filled the air, he looked at his daughter and said solemnly...
"Tina, how confident are you of winning this war?"
Castina pursed her red lips, thought for a moment, and then responded...
"It's actually not difficult to win, but my goal is not to win, but to annihilate them all, at least to annihilate most of them and to defeat the rest."
When Hall heard this, he couldn't help but smile, puffed out smoke and replied...
"Hey, your tone is not small. It's not difficult to kill them one by one. You can annihilate most of them one by one. Tell me how you want to win?"
"There are more than a thousand enemies, one skilled mage and one skilled swordsman."
Castina pointed at the front door, then looked at Hall and said in a deep voice...
"As long as we can hold on during the day, then this battle will almost be considered won."
"Horse thieves, as the person said yesterday, are not monolithic. They are extremely complicated."
"The two leaders are in harmony with each other, but the little leaders below them are at war with each other, and the horse thieves at the bottom are even more divided into factions, and the contradictions are huge."
"This time they raised troops to fight. The starting point of revenge for their son is irrational. As a commander, the strategy of the horse thief leader cannot be rational. It is impossible to withdraw the troops if they cannot defeat them for a while. Instead, they will set up camp and restore morale tomorrow. Fight again."
"We lost the war, our morale is low, and our internal conflicts are still serious."
"If you make a roar while sleeping in the middle of the night, it will definitely spark a fire!"
"Once chaos breaks out, no one can stop it, and everything will stop."
Hall listened to what Castina said, nodded slightly, and then responded in a deep voice...
"Ying Xiao?"
"If everything goes well, then it's really possible to annihilate them all."
"Um..."
"After the total annihilation, our next step is to move Meyer City. The people of Baishui River must have some opinions on this..."
"Huh, let's talk about these things later, these trivial and messy things after the fact. I will handle it then, Tina, you don't have to worry about it."
"Right now, Tina, don't think too much about it."
"Be careful and prepare for war. After all, this is a battle for our father and daughter to establish themselves!"
"There must be no room for error!"
Castina nodded vigorously and responded solemnly.