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Book 10, Baruch – Chapter 37: The Power of Magicite Cannons

“Oh? You vetoed it?” Linley looked questioningly at Watts

He felt that the suggestion was a rather reasonable one When the eneive the forces of the Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows a bloody nose

Watts said respectfully, “Lord Linley, the reason I vetoed this subjection has three parts to it”

Three parts?

Linley had to admit that he didn’t know much about warfare, and so he carefully listened to Watts’ explanation

“First of all, the chances of success are not high, because there is a distance of several dozen kilometers from the prefectural city of Cod to the river If ere to send our troops over, by the time they arrived, the enemy forces would number over a million, and the disposition of the troops would have been reforain”

Barker shook his head “For a million soldiers to set up their for done so easily”

Watts nodded “That is indeed true I’ that the enemy forces would be prepared for battle We only have half a million soldiers How many can we send out on a sneak attack? And this is just the first consideration The second is…I believe that the commanders of the Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadoould not have made such an elementary mistake”

“If I was the commander of the enemy forces…”

Watts smiled “I would first have my most elite soldiers cross the river, then put on a façade of being in a state of disorder on the other side to lure the enemy to attack When the enemy truly came to attack, the elite troops would i blow to theest support is the city walls!” Watts said seriously “With the city walls, we can kill three of them for every one of us they kill Thus, they want to seduce us into fighting with the field”

Linley nodded in approval

Watts continued, “As for the third reason, it is because in warfare, tactics are of less ioal is to keep the enemy outside and not let the As long as we succeed, then this battle will be our victory”

“Therefore, there is no need for us to pay any attention to the ‘flaws’ of the enemy Who knows if those flaws are even real or not?”

Watts laughed calmly “All we need to do is stay inside the prefectural city of Cod and rely on the advantage of the walls to stand guard Unless so happens beyond our expectations, victory will be ours”

The night passed The day slowly brightened

The Dark Cardinal, Weiss Porter, was riding a darkness-eleer as he stared in the direction of the prefectural city of Cod

“Guiller to be a very labor-some battle” Weiss Porter said with a frown “We already slowed down the speed of our troops crossing the river, and also had our troops be in a state of ‘disorder’ But the prefectural city of Cod acted as though they didn’t notice They didn’t send anyone over to attack”

Guiller feast’ for the eneht now, the entire arht They were now steadily advancing in the direction of the prefectural city of Cod Their total forces nue army covered the entire area like an endless tide

“I’ent or sly What I’m afraid of is that he’ll just hide in the city like a turtle in its shell” Weiss Porter said

Guillere of the city walls, breaking through the prefectural city of Cod would h they had 16to waste too many lives

“Weiss Porter” Guillerenerals of this battle was naturally Guillerehed calo test the eneth”

Only when one knew the opponent and knew one’s self was one capable of being ever victorious

The entire prefectural city of Cod had been transformed into an enoro, and most of the houses had been renovated and dee numbers of soldiers were clustered on the walls of the east city and the south city On the west and north sides, however, there were fewer soldiers

All sorts of weapons had been dragged onto the city walls

Linley and Barker were dressed in ar an inspection on the southern walls The city walls were a hotbed of activity, and thewalls were packed with people There were over a hundred thousand people on the walls of the south side of the city alone

“So many people” Linley and Barker stared from afar

They looked like densely clustered locusts The 16 million man army of the Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows covered the land, strea towards the prefectural city of Cod 16 million people! A number that was easy to say, but when so !

Even Linley felt a tremendous sense of pressure

“Who kno hed

Staring at the dense mass of soldiers, Linley also felt that this battle would definitely be a vicious, cruel one But ever since huh Linley and his men could see the forces of the Radiant Church and the Cult of Shadows, in reality, those soldiers were still quite a distance off

Only, because the enemy forces were simply too massive in number, the soldiers on the wall could see theo to Watts He is our co happen to him” Linley led Barker to the city walls of the south city Watts was currently in an unre Linley and Barker, Watts immediately bowed