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

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

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

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

The chief of staff frowned and said, "Then what are you going to do?

Today's battle plan for the Human Coalition Army was put forward by the chief of staff next to Nicholas. However, in Bai Xiaowen's opinion, this chief of staff is really a bit amateurish in terms of war strategy, not to mention compared with the famous strategists of the Three Kingdoms Plane World, even good generals such as Zhang Liao and Li Dian can't compare.

If Bai Xiaowen formulated the strategy of the first battle, he would never let the weak Northern Xinjiang Lords United Army take the initiative to touch the vanguard of the remnants, and the battle damage of up to four or five to one would be murder.

Using Nicholas as a surprise attack, luring out the enemy's elite and using Archbishop Arlo's forbidden spell-level magic as the winner or loser of the war, can only be said to be not bad, but it is only a strength to crush the opponent, which is not a good move. In the end, he did not send troops to ambush and intercept in advance, which was also a failure.

However, this is also determined by the war customs of the Kane plane world, and it has something to do with the cultural background.

Generals are more accustomed to leading soldiers to charge in a phalanx and compete with real swords and guns, rather than using stratagem to win a decisive victory. Knowing the restraint between the arms, being able to send different arms to fight under different conditions, or fighting in coordination with multiple arms, is already a good commander.

Facing the questioning of the chief of staff, Bai Xiaowen shook his head and said: "It is definitely not possible to recover all the troops, and shrinking the defense is equivalent to giving up the initiative to the enemy." My advice is, actively defend and wait for the fighters. ”

There was a brief silence in the conference room, as if they were chewing on the meaning of the sentence.

There seems to be some deep meaning in these words. Dior, say what you think. Don't be nervous, even if you're wrong. Nicholas said.

Bai Xiaowen nodded, and after asking for Nicholas's consent, he walked to the map behind his main seat.

"We can levy civilian forces and dig trenches around Black Rock City to stop the rapid advance of the remnant troops," Bai Xiaowen said, "In the defense of the city, the longer the attacking troops break through to the city walls, the greater the losses." ”

The Earl of Denton nodded in agreement: "That's a good idea, we can put some obstacles in the trenches, like spikes and the like, to give those beasts some blood." ”

"That means we have more time to shoot arrows and throw stones at the walls. The chief of staff nodded.

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

"The walls and towers protect each other, and it's a genius design. Cecilia whispered.

What Bai Xiaowen said was a very simple strategy of defending the city in ancient China, but to the ears of Nicholas and others, it seemed to open the door to a new world.

"While defending, you can't ignore the importance of attacking. In my opinion, the supply of the remnants coalition army should be an important weakness," Bai Xiaowen continued to speak, "The northern desert is barren, and food is already scarce. This time, the remnants even the elderly, weak, women and children went out with the army, how should the follow-up food be solved? Whether it is an orc or a troll, they are quite edible......"

"Therefore, we need to send more reconnaissance units to find out the distribution of the military strength of the remnants. Once you've found the right opportunity, send out your elite forces to strike at them, and even better if you can destroy important locations like their grain depots. ”

Bai Xiaowen finally concluded: "This is what I said, actively defend and wait for fighters. Hold on, so that the enemy has no chance to take advantage of it, and when the opponent's morale has fallen for a long time, he will find an opportunity to fight and strike at the enemy's vital points!"

There was silence in the room.

Prince Nicholas coughed: "That's a good point. Is there anything else you'd like to add?"

The others in the room shook their heads.

Jokingly, this "active defense" strategy is ten times more clever than today's combat strategy, and the two are completely incomparable.

"Okay, then let's take Baron Dior's advice as the main thing and make a plan for defensive warfare. Prince Nicholas stood up, hula la all stood up.

Crackling applause rang out.

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

Bai Xiaowen got a hint of the rules of the spirit world:

"Prince Nicholas's opinion of you has increased, and the current opinion level is: friend. ”

"Lord Cecilia's opinion of you has increased, and the current opinion level is: Friend. ”

"Lord Cecilia's affection for you has increased, and the current level of affection is: Heartbeat (unchanged). ”

"Archbishop Arlo's opinion of you has increased, and the current opinion level is: acquaintance. ”

"The Earl of Denton's opinion of you has increased ......"

Bai Xiaowen received a hint of favorability. He exhaled lightly, and it was in vain that he took a lot of effort, but the effect was still good. Although there are no direct rewards for merit points, equipment, or anything like that, the people in the small conference room are all decision-makers of the Human United Army, and it is a great hidden benefit to be able to gain their favorability.

At the end of the meeting, Nicholas's chief of staff began to busily draw up orders and give them to Nicholas to be issued to the commanders of the various infantry phalanxes.

Digging trenches and building arrow towers is not an easy task in this cold and freezing northern Xinjiang. However, the spirit soldiers are different from the ordinary army soldiers on the earth plane, and their strength is often several times or even more than ten times that of ordinary people, and the efficiency is no problem.

Think about it, Bai Xiaowen used dozens of robbers as humanoid locomotives, dragged the materials of the entire cliff mine, and returned to Baishi Town on foot, and none of the robbers died of 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 council.

However, the work of the reconnaissance unit is also very important, especially to find out the corresponding information such as the enemy's strength and numbers, which is not something that ordinary people are capable of.

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

This made Bai Xiaowen dissatisfied, I took the initiative to apply to do this kind of dangerous work, and you didn't give any benefits?

Bai Xiaowen euphemistically suggested that some supplies were needed. Prince Nicholas suddenly grabbed the clerk who was struggling to write a book.

It turned out that this clerk was Basil Heber, the quartermaster of the 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 felt like tears welled up in his eyes, it was the first time he had seen such a rich list of meritorious reward redemptions. Compared with the list in front of me, what Uncle Liu Huang, the Kusanagi family, all of them are going to die.

Sure enough, it's the prince's personal expedition, and there are a lot of good things.

Equipment, props, food, there are three categories. Every class you open is full of dazzling items, from low-level to high-level, with dozens or even hundreds of items to exchange.

Of course, reputation is required for exchange. However, Bai Xiaowen is now revered in the Human United Army.

Items that can be redeemed with only friendliness and respect are generally low-level. Among them, low-level equipment and props are not looked down upon by Bai Xiaowen.

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

Of course, the merit points required to exchange for a piece of gold equipment are also exaggerated, and the cheapest bracer also costs 5,000 merit points. Moreover, the gold equipment that appears on the exchange list is mainly based on additional attributes, and there is no additional practical skills of the best gold equipment.

Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi don't have all the equipment on their bodies now, and if they have enough merit points and don't need to exchange for other items, they will inevitably waste it, and they can selectively exchange some equipment that they don't have, or exchange some blue and white equipment.

It's just that the prestige required for the Golden Gear is ...... Adore.

"I don't know if there is a 'Broken Oath' behind the props column?" Bai Xiaowen remembered that he hung the fragment props of this permanent team, and carefully flipped through the list, but unfortunately he didn't find it. It seems that this [Black Blade's Oath] mission cannot be solved by exchange.

However, turning to the back, several practical props still appear.

[Group Teleportation Scroll: S-rank item, after use, teleports you and nearby allies (effective radius is the user's spirit/10, unit: meters) to the target area.] If there are hostile targets in the vicinity of the target area, teleportation is not possible. 】

[High Purity Holy Water: S-class prop, which can be applied to weapons or armor, and has a significant effect on enemies of the undead/demon species. 】

[Frozen Storm Scroll: An A-rank item, after use, creates a freezing storm within a radius of 100 meters, dealing freezing damage and slowing all enemies within the radius for 10 seconds.] 】

......

In the food category, there are also good things.

Needless to say, foods such as rye bread can restore health in battle, and the effect is lower than that of buns in the Three Kingdoms Plane World. However, rye bread is only the lowest level of food, and there are high-level foods in the back, which can provide a buff status for a certain period of time after eating, and it does not stack with the effects of battle potions, which is really amazing.

And what made Bai Xiaowen's eyes light up was the "ale wine", which could actually restore the physical strength of the awakened. This is the same as the "rice wine" of the Three Kingdoms Plane World, which is a plane specialty, and is estimated to be a unique food of the plane world in the context of medieval Europe.

The merit required for ale is not very high, only 25 points per bottle. Bai Xiaowen bought 20 bottles first and spent 500 merit points - when he used the flame moves of the Kusanagi Ryu Ancient Martial Arts to attack the enemy, it would consume physical strength.

And after flipping through the food category, the exchange list is not finished, 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.

"It's ...... Return props?"

[Return to the City: A special item that will teleport the Awakened back to the Earth Plane immediately after use, regardless of whether they are in combat or not.] Can only be used in the spirit plane. Important: If the main quest is not completed, all psionic points, equipment, and items that the user has earned in the current spirit plane will still disappear. 】

Bai Xiaowen took a look at the price of the [Return to the City Scroll], 5,000 merit points.

The value of this kind of thing is difficult to define, but it is undeniable that in some situations where gambling is needed, there is a [Return to the City Scroll] on the body, and the confidence is more sufficient.

Moreover, there is no binding requirement for [Return to the City Volume], and it 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 it, and he can exchange a few if he can get it!

Among the materials collected by Bai Xiaowen, the return props are very rare and precious, and Bai Xiaowen has only encountered this time in the fourth dimensional world that he has been wandering in so far. If you don't buy it now, you won't regret taking it later.

As for how much a return scroll is worth a piece of gold equipment, on the Earth plane, the price of a return item is more than that. Many bigwigs who are not bad for money will pay a satisfactory price for a return item, so this thing must hold its value.

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

Cecilia followed him in silence all the way, and only after walking out of the fortress did she ask, "Why did you take the initiative to apply for a reconnaissance mission? Staying with the prince is not only safe, but also a chance to move forward." ”

Of course, Bai Xiaowen wanted to kill more enemies and explode treasure chests, but this reason can't be said.

He looked back at Cecilia and smiled:

"Only by knowing the enemy can we defeat the enemy. I want to see with my own eyes how strong the main forces of the remnant coalition are to come up with a way to deal with them. In addition, at the military meeting, I had already told all the tactics and tactics I could think of, and it would be of no use to stay with the prince as a staff member. ”

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