Chapter 22 Confrontation

The meeting discussion was still going on. Ji Lin left directly after confirming the plan with his adjutant. He had no intention of staying with this group of insects.

There were other things waiting for him.

Sand table simulation.

In the tent, they built a small sand table with mud blocks engraved with logos to represent the unit's soldier cards. Ji Lin and Jeanna stood on both sides, unable to see the actual situation on the battlefield, while Changheng and Chongshan, as their adjutants, moved the soldier cards on the small sand table.

It is undeniable that Jeanna is a genius in tactics, and her starting time is much slower than his two subordinates. At the beginning, she and her two subordinates took turns to practice. Her progress was amazingly fast. It only took her three games in one night to directly kill Changheng, who was fighting against her, and Chongshan was not her opponent.

One of the three exercises was to familiarize herself with the game.

The only one who could fight her was Ji Lin. Changheng and Chongshan together were not enough for her to fight.

The difficulty of this sandbox is not increasing. Changheng and Chongshan are just beginners who have just jumped from the Dark Ages to the Steam Age. It is only the difficulty of the simple human-machine. He must be the most difficult hell human-machine.

It is not easy to suppress his ability to play, so he can only take a very simple method, handicap.

In the words of chess, Ji Lin opened the game with one chariot, one horse, one cannon and two soldiers.

This game has lasted for four days, and Ji Lin's current record is 25 consecutive wins.

Listening to the communication between Changheng, who pretended to be an adjutant, and her, her annoyance was all on her face. Her troops had strength but nowhere to use it, and Ji Lin's main force had not fought a decisive battle with her.

As slippery as a loach, no matter which direction she attacked, Ji Lin would escape, and then the opponent would set an ambush on the path of her escape to eat her scattered pursuers. This piecemeal tactic will quickly wear out people's patience and force their fighting style to become more and more radical.

Kill the enemy and attack the heart.

Obviously, the opponent had two infantry teams, one cavalry team and one artillery team fighting at the beginning.

But as the battle went on, she inexplicably fell into a disadvantage. When facing the decisive battle she wanted most, it was Ji Lin's army that had the advantage in manpower.

She closed her eyes and thought.

Ji Lin looked at her and suddenly felt a little ashamed.

It seemed that he was bullying a child.

However, it was already very difficult for him to maintain the status quo. This small sand table was not big, and the terrain on it was not complicated enough. It was only a matter of time for Na to beat him.

Move the chess.

"I remember all the terrain. Your troops have been forced into the gorge by me. If you take the left or right road, I have the confidence to catch your main force. Then, General!"

The girl was in a good mood and was happy that she ended his winning streak.

Although she took a trick, she did win against Ji Lin. The real battlefield has no boundaries, while the sand table exercise has a clear boundary. As long as the opponent's maneuvering space is gradually compressed to the edge, the opponent can be forced to fight a decisive battle with him smoothly.

To achieve this goal, she released two teams of soldiers as bait to guide the opponent's main force, and made the same gesture of adding fuel to the fire as before, betting that Ji Lin would invest more troops in this direction.

She won the bet.

Ji Lin's main force moved in this direction, and at the same time, the scattered troops wrapped her second bait like tentacles. Because he had too few basic troops, he had to ensure the success of each action. It was this cautious mentality that caught her head. She memorized all the terrain. This was the battle zone she carefully selected. There were only three intersections to escape. A small number of troops were placed at the intersections of this battle zone.

The role of these troops was to "delay" Ji Lin's main force.

She learned this term from Ji Lin, using a small number of troops to interfere with the movement of the opponent's large force and prepare time for their own assembly.

"Okay, I give up."

Ji Lin smiled and gave up.

25 wins and 1 loss, lost because he didn't notice Jeanna's surprise.

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through his mind.

No, if Seta had an absolute advantage in military strength over them, there would be no need to ambush the advance team that day. It would be easy to stop them in the city with the giant cannon. Even if they were to ambush, they couldn't send so few people. If the military strength was doubled, the result of the ambush would be unpredictable.

If they didn't have the confidence to defend the city, their actions would be more risky...

They knew what would happen in the future and knew that the siege would fail, but they fell into the misunderstanding of the theory of results.

They thought Seta would definitely let them fight a siege.

Ji Lin suddenly felt his hair stand on end.

There are many ways to fail.

What if the advance team didn't fail in the siege?

Who stipulated that the other side must only use their giant cannon in the defensive battle.

Is that giant cannon... really a fixed facility?

It's just a guess, it may not happen, but he still has preparations to make.

The night was as dark as ink, and thick dark clouds covered the sky. There was no light at night, as if a downpour was about to come.

What a good night.

"The weather is really nice. Are the other side blind? How is the artillery prepared?"

"Our people have already cut the sentry's throat. Without the steam spiders and mechanical soldiers to guard, hey, they don't even know how they died."

The big mercenary next to him was playing with the folding knife in his hand. The folk customs of this great plain have always been tough, and the nomadic customs still exist. As long as you are willing to spend money, it is simple and easy to recruit a team of experienced mercenaries. This is a buffer zone and a favorite place for bandits and rebels.

"You know, the sentry was shot to death by a cold arrow before he even noticed us. Our men are all good guys, and we can kill their throats with just one shot."

Ignoring the big mercenaries who boasted about themselves, it was naturally impossible for the city lord to follow them out to supervise the battle. Let's forget about the body that started at 200 pounds.

It's useless for this guy to brag about it. It's not like the officer is giving him money. In the end, he has to find the city lord to give him money.

The master of Seta City made a good plan. He paid half of the money up front, but his plan was that if everyone died, he wouldn't have to pay the remaining half.

"How are the preparations for the cavalry?"

You can even hire cavalry. Although the cavalry is greatly occupied by steel cavalry such as steam spiders, their living space is greatly occupied by steel cavalry such as steam spiders. However, they are relatively cheap, have low maintenance fees and have good traversability. Steam spiders must follow the large army, otherwise they will not be able to survive for a day. Nothing can compare to a nest of things.

Blue Star had a dedicated cavalry establishment until World War II.

This enduring force was also the city lord's key employer. He pieced together a total of 300 cavalry for him.

"The cavalry is ready, but this view is very difficult."

In addition to the maintenance engineers, the giant cannon was surrounded by mercenary leaders. They looked at the giant cannon in surprise. They were as noisy as a vegetable market and had no idea what military discipline was.

This is already the strongest force Seta can bring out.

"Aren't there a few mages? Let them fire two lighting spells for lighting."

The war mage was already lonely, and the city lord unexpectedly found a few mages from nowhere. These mages increased his chances of winning by another 10%.

"The artillery is ready. Our scouts have found the location of the Governor's mecha. The distance has been measured and we can fire."

An engineer walked up to him with his hat on his hands and belatedly reported the data.

The officer looked into the shadow behind the cannon. There was a crowd of people there, and nearly a thousand mercenaries and three hundred cavalry were waiting for his order.

In order to avoid accidental injury due to the sound when the cannon fires, it is impossible for anyone to stand next to it, but the cannon itself is also the best sign to prevent these mercenaries from getting lost.

"The time is right...forget it, you lead the people forward, be careful, and charge directly when you hear the sound of cannons." The officer paused: "The spoils of war are all yours."

Although the city lord said that he would give him half of the loot as long as he won the battle...heh...it might as well be used to beat the blood of these mercenaries.

The mercenary leaders dispersed into their own formations as if they had been given a shot of blood, and the crowd moved forward under the cover of night.

Thunderous cannon fire rang out.

The night raid begins.