Chapter 281 Black Rock Fortress Quartermaster (2 in 1)

The first question to ask Bai Xiaowen's opinion was also due to Bai Xiaowen's previous performance, which successfully increased his weight in Nicholas' mind.

Bai Xiaowen had already conceived it after Nicholas announced that he was qualified to participate in the high-level military conference.

"His Royal Highness, the number of the remnant coalition forces is no less than ours, and the combat power is several times ours. However, in this war, as the defenders of the city, we also have our own advantages," Bai Xiaowen said, "The city defense of Black Rock Fortress is strong. , the city walls are all made of hard black rock. For the enemy, if they want to break through, the weakest point is the city gate..."

"We have annihilated the vanguard army of the remnants through today's battle, severely dampened the spirit of the enemy, and improved the confidence of the army and the people. Next, we must give full play to the advantages of defending the city, and we cannot rashly go out and fight the enemy in the field..."

The chief of staff frowned and said, "Then what should we do? Bring all the troops back into the city?"

Today's battle plan of the Human Alliance Army was proposed by the chief of staff beside Nicholas. However, in Bai Xiaowen's view, this chief of staff is a bit amateur in terms of war strategy, let alone compared with the famous advisors in the world of the Three Kingdoms plane, not even good generals such as Zhang Liao and Li Dian.

If Bai Xiaowen formulated the strategy for the first battle, he would never have allowed the weak northern lords' combined army to take the initiative to confront the vanguard of the remnants. The battle loss was as high as four to five to one, which was simply murder.

Using Nicholas as a raid, drawing out the enemy's elite and letting Archbishop Arlo's Forbidden Magic spell as the winner of the war, it can only be said that it is not bad, but it is just to crush the opponent with strength, and it is not a great trick. In the end, it was also a failure to send troops to ambush and kill in advance.

However, this is also determined by the war customs of the world of Kane's plane, which is related to the cultural background.

Generals are more accustomed to leading a phalanx of soldiers to charge, fighting with real swords and guns, rather than winning by strategy. Knowing the restraint between arms, being able to send different arms to fight under different conditions, or to cooperate with multiple arms, is already a good commander.

Facing the chief of staff's doubts, Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said, "It's definitely not possible to recover all the troops, and shrinking the defense is equivalent to giving up all the initiative to the enemy. My suggestion is to actively defend and wait for fighter opportunities."

There was a brief silence in the conference room, and they seemed to be chewing on the meaning of this sentence.

"This seems to have some deep meaning. Dio, say all your thoughts. Don't be nervous, even if you say it wrong, it doesn't matter." Nicholas said.

Bai Xiaowen nodded, and after obtaining the consent of Nicholas, he walked to the map behind his main seat.

"We can mobilize civilian power and dig trenches around Heiyan City to prevent the rapid advance of the remnant troops," Bai Xiaowen said. "In the battle of defending the city, the longer the attacking troops rush into the city wall, the greater the loss."

Earl Denton nodded in agreement: "This method is good. We can place some obstacles in the ravine, such as spikes and the like, to bleed the beasts."

"This means that we have more time to shoot arrows and throw rocks on the city wall." The chief of staff nodded.

Bai Xiaowen continued: "Not only on the city wall, but near the city wall, we can build arrow towers. When the enemy charges, the soldiers stationed on the arrow tower can also shoot freely. If the enemy does not pull out the arrow tower, he will suffer. A lot of losses, and if they choose to attack the arrow tower first, then the arrows and riprap from the city wall will also cause them heavy losses."

"The city wall and the arrow tower protect each other. It's a genius design." Cecilia said softly.

What Bai Xiaowen said were all very simple strategies for defending the city in ancient China, but to Nicholas and others, it seemed to have opened the door to a new world.

"At the same time as defense, the importance of offense cannot be ignored. In my opinion, the supply of the Remnant Allied Forces should be an important weakness," Bai Xiaowen continued, "The north is desert, the region is barren, and food is already scarce.

This time, even the old and the weak, women and children, are the survivors. How to deal with the subsequent food? Whether it's an orc or a troll, they're quite edible..."

"So, we have to send more reconnaissance troops to find out the military distribution of the remnants. After finding a suitable opportunity, we will send elite forces to strike! It would be better if we could destroy important locations such as their grain depots. "

Bai Xiaowen finally concluded: "This is what I mean by actively defending and waiting for fighter opportunities. Stick to it, so that the enemy has no chance to take advantage of it; when the opponent cannot fight for a long time and his morale drops, find an opportunity to fight and attack the key points of the enemy army!"

There was silence in the conference room.

Prince Nicholas coughed: "That's good. Do you have anything else to add?"

Others in the conference room shook their heads.

Just kidding, this "active defense" strategy is ten times better than today's combat strategy, and the two are completely incomparable.

"Okay, then let's make a defense plan based on Baron Dior's suggestion." Prince Nicholas stood up, and all stood up.

Crackling applause broke out.

"Dior, you are a military genius. I hope you can continue to contribute your talents to the empire and humanity." Prince Nicholas said sincerely.

Bai Xiaowen got the prompt information of the rules of the spirit world:

"Prince Nicholas's favorability for you has increased, and the current favorability level is: friend."

"Lord Cecilia's favorability rating for you has increased, and the current favorability rating is: friend."

"Lord Cecilia's affection for you has increased. The current level of affection is: Heart (unchanged)."

"Archbishop Arlo's favorability for you has increased. The current favorability level is: acquaintance."

"Earl Denton's favorability to you has increased..."

Bai Xiaowen received a favorability tip. He let out a sigh of relief, and it was not in vain that he spent a lot of time talking, but the effect was still good. Although there is no direct reward for merit points, equipment, etc., the people in the small conference room are all decision-makers of the Human Coalition Army, and being able to reap their favorability is a great hidden benefit in itself.

The meeting was over, and Nicholas' chief of staff began to draw up an order, and handed it over to Nicholas to issue the commander of each infantry phalanx.

Digging trenches and building arrow towers is not an easy task in this cold northern border. However, the soldiers of the spiritual world are different from the ordinary soldiers of the earth plane. Their strength is often several times or even ten times that of ordinary people, and the efficiency is no problem.

Think about it, Bai Xiaowen used dozens of robbers as human-shaped locomotives, dragged the supplies of the entire cliff mine, and returned to Baishi Town on foot, and no robber died from exhaustion.

After the meeting, Bai Xiaowen found Prince Nicholas and took the initiative to apply to be the commander of the reconnaissance force.

Prince Nicholas was a little puzzled. In his opinion, Bai Xiaowen stayed in the city and played a greater role in the military conference.

However, the work of the reconnaissance unit is also very important, especially to find out the corresponding information such as the enemy's military strength and quantity, which is not something ordinary people can do.

In the end, Nicholas agreed, but told Bai Xiaowen to pay attention to safety.

This makes Bai Xiaowen dissatisfied. I have taken the initiative to apply to do this dangerous work, and you will not give me any favors? There is no leader like you.

Bai Xiaowen politely suggested that some supplies were needed. Prince Nicholas was stunned and caught the clerk who was writing hard.

It turned out that this clerk was the quartermaster Basil Heber of Black Rock Fortress.

Bai Xiaowen chose to open the merit exchange list, and Basil Heber entered the humanoid vending machine mode.

"so much?"

Bai Xiaowen has a feeling of tears in his eyes. It is the first time he has seen such a rich list of merit award redemptions. Compared with the list in front of me, Uncle Liu, the Kusanagi family, all die.

Sure enough, it was the prince himself, and there are so many good things.

Equipment, props, food, there are three categories. Every time you open a category, there are dozens or even hundreds of items available for exchange, ranging from low-level to high-level.

Of course, redemption requires prestige. However, Bai Xiaowen is now revered in the human coalition army.

Those items that can be exchanged for only friendliness and respect are generally relatively low-level. Among them, the low-level equipment and props, Bai Xiaowen disliked.

Turning to the end of the equipment column, Bai Xiaowen's eyes shrank a little. The equipment in the last column is actually gold equipment!

Of course, the amount of merit points required to exchange a piece of gold equipment is also exaggerated, and the cheapest wristband requires 5,000 merit points. Moreover, the gold equipment that appears in the exchange list is all the best gold equipment with additional attributes and no additional practical skills.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi don't have all the equipment on them now. When the merit points are abundant and they don't need to exchange other items, it's a waste. They can choose to exchange some equipment that they don't have, or buy some blue and white ones.

It's just that the prestige required for golden gear is... adoration.

"I don't know if there is a 'Broken Oath' in the back of the item column?" Bai Xiaowen remembered that the fragmented item of this permanent team was hung up, and he carefully flipped through the list, but unfortunately he didn't find it. It seems that this [Ebon Front's Oath] quest cannot be solved by exchange.

However, turning to the back, there are still several useful props.

[Group teleportation scroll: S-level item, after use, it will teleport you and your nearby allies (effective radius is the user's spirit/10, unit: meters) to the target area. Cannot teleport if there are hostile targets near the target area. 】

[High-purity holy water: S-level props, can be applied to weapons or armor, and has a significant effect on the enemies of the undead species/demon species. 】

[Frozen Storm Scroll: A-level item, after use, it creates a frozen storm within a radius of 100 meters, causing freezing damage and slowing down all enemies within the range for 10 seconds. 】

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There are also good things in the food category.

Foods such as rye bread can restore health in battle, needless to say, the effect is lower than the buns in the world of the Three Kingdoms plane. However, rye bread is only the lowest-level food, and there are high-level ones in the back. It can provide a certain time of gain status after eating it, and it does not stack with the effect of the battle potion, which is really good.

What made Bai Xiaowen's eyes light up was the "wine", which could actually restore the physical strength of the awakened. This is the same as the "rice wine" in the world of the Three Kingdoms plane, and it is a special product of the plane. It is estimated that it is a food unique to the plane world in the context of medieval Europe.

The merit value required for ale is not high, only 25 points per bottle. Bai Xiaowen bought 20 bottles first and spent 500 Merit Points - when he uses the flame moves of Kusanagi style ancient martial arts to attack the enemy, it will consume stamina points.

After flipping through the food categories, the exchange list is not over yet, and there is a small category of "special items".

Bai Xiaowen glanced at it, and when he was about to turn the page, he suddenly stopped.

"This is... a return item?"

[City Return Scroll: A special item that immediately teleports the Awakened back to the Earth plane after use, regardless of whether they are in combat or not. Can only be used in the Astral Plane. Important note: If the main quest is not completed, the power points, equipment and props that the user has harvested on the current spiritual plane will still disappear. 】

Bai Xiaowen looked at the price of the [City Return Scroll], 5000 Merit Points.

The value of this kind of thing is difficult to define, but it is undeniable that in some situations where gambling is required, having a [City Return Scroll] on your body is more powerful.

Moreover, [City Return Scroll] has no binding requirements and has a high transaction value.

Thinking of 5,000 Merit Points, which is comparable to the exchange price of gold equipment, Bai Xiaowen smiled bitterly. Although it is expensive, Bai Xiaowen is still determined to exchange, and he can exchange as many as he can!

In the information collected by Bai Xiaowen, the return items are very rare and precious. Bai Xiaowen has only encountered this time in the fourth plane world he has traveled so far. If you don't buy it now, you won't regret taking it later.

As for a City Return Scroll worth a piece of golden equipment? On the Earth plane, the price of return items can be more than this amount. Many big bosses who are not bad for money will pay a satisfactory price for a return item, so this thing must be a store of value.

After reading the exchange list, Bai Xiaowen left the Black Rock Fortress.

Cecilia followed him silently all the way. After walking out of the fortress, she asked, "Why did you take the initiative to apply for a reconnaissance mission? Staying by the prince's side is not only safe, but also a chance to rise to the top."

Of course, Bai Xiaowen wanted to kill more enemies and explode the treasure chest, but this reason cannot be said.

He looked back at Cecilia and smiled:

"Only by understanding the enemy can we defeat the enemy. I have to see with my own eyes how strong the main force of the Remnant Coalition Army is, and then I can come up with a way to deal with them. In addition, at the military conference, I have put all the tactics and strategies I can think of, It's all said, and staying by the prince's side as a staff member won't help much."

"I will apply to the prince to accompany you on the reconnaissance mission," Cecilia said.