Chapter 634: Shrink the Defense
With 300,000 more mouths to eat, Cloudsdale's supply capacity was immediately severely tested, and arrows and food became the most urgently needed resources at the moment.
In order to hurry, each elven ranger brought their own dry food and arrows, and the dry food on their bodies was only enough to sustain themselves to reach Cloudsdale, and each person carried a maximum of a hundred arrows.
One hundred arrows per person, counting the ones that can be recycled after the war, plus those captured from the demon barracks, it is likely that after two major battles, the elven rangers will run out of ammunition and food, so the top priority is to find a way to replenish the arrows and collect food.
The problem of food is relatively easy to solve, now that the demon alliance has lost control of the Holy Light Mushrooms, a large number of Holy Light Mushrooms are ripe every day, Ning Yuan only needs to arrange the sentinels, and then mobilize the angels to fly down to collect them.
On the arrow side, it is a little more difficult.
The arrow is composed of three parts: the arrow, the arrow shaft and the arrow feather, and the material of the arrow and the arrow shaft is on the cloud city, but the arrow feather does not.
Arrow feathers are generally made from the tail feathers of birds or pieces of iron.
Iron Feather Arrows are too extravagant, and their craftsmanship requirements are relatively high, and it is difficult to produce them in large quantities in a short period of time.
Ordinary tail feather arrows are much easier, arrows and shafts can be made in advance, and then as long as you find a qualified feather, you can assemble them in large quantities.
Considering the cost of time and the amount of strategic resources in Cloud City, Ning Yuan finally chose to produce ordinary tail feather arrows.
In order to get more feathers, Ning Yuan sent out all the Silver Pegasus Knights above Cloud City, and then also sent a large number of angel hunting teams to hunt all kinds of birds in the jungle in the north.
Ning Yuan's order to the hunting team was to kill all of them with feathers, no matter how big or small, and then bring them back.
At this time, he no longer cares about the ecological balance.
Under Ning Yuan's orders, the hunting party launched a frantic sweep of the northern jungle, and a large number of birds were killed every day.
Although the killing lasted only a few decades, many of the birds were wiped out in the northern jungles.
With a large number of poultry carcasses brought back to Cloudsdale, the elven rangers' much-needed arrows were finally replenished, and their food was improved by the way, and the taste of the bird's meat stewed with Holy Light Mushrooms was quite good.
The only pity is that their good days have only passed for about twenty days, and then they have to end, because the demon alliance is here again.
When the Demon Clan completed the third conscription and transported a large amount of logistics to the front line, Green immediately led the army to re-enter the city in the clouds.
After learning the hard lesson of the last time, Green learned to be obedient this time, and he led an army of 1.4 million to directly set up a defensive formation similar to an isosceles triangle.
On each side of the isosceles triangle were three military camps, each of which housed an army of 200,000 demons, and in the center of the isosceles triangle was his main camp, which also had an army of 200,000.
When this big array was set up, it would not be so easy for Ning Yuan to attack the west if he wanted to play any more games, because there were a lot of garrisons in each military camp, and no matter what military camp was attacked, at least three support armies could rush over to support in time.
The large array that Green set up directly covered all the places under Cloudsdale that produced Holy Light Mushrooms, once again cutting off the food source of Cloudsdale.
When Ning Yuan rode the silver flying horse around the enemy's large array and circled around it, he left a helpless sigh, and then directly dispelled the idea of sneaking up on the demon camp.
After seeing the size of the demon army, Ning Yuan immediately fell into deep worry, and he had a very bad premonition that they would encounter more vampire armies this time.
Thinking of the scene where millions of vampires attacked Cloud City from all directions at the same time, Ning Yuan felt a little headache.
The dilemma now before him was whether he should fight for every inch of territory, or whether he should concentrate on defending some important places.
The last time Cloudsdale was attacked, why did the outnumbered Angel Legion fall into total passivity?
In addition to the most elite Bright Angel Legion being transferred, the main reason is that the angel warriors have too many places to defend, and then they are finally broken by the vampire legion.
In fact, even if the Bright Angel Legion hadn't been transferred out last time, I'm afraid they would still not be able to stop the Vampire Legion from breaking through, because they were a passive defensive side, and their numbers tended to be weak in local areas, and there was no natural danger.
Although there are now 300,000 more elven rangers in Cloudsdale, if they still adopt a defensive strategy of fighting for every inch of land this time, then when the enemy dispatches a large number of troops, they are likely to encounter the same situation as last time.
And once the defensive legions on the periphery were broken by the enemy, the enemy concentrated superior forces to besiege the Panlong Heavenly Ladder and the Bright Temple, and then Ning Yuan's side was completely passive.
After considering the various consequences that might occur, Ning Yuan made a decision in his heart.
Under Ning Yuan's order, all the angelic civilians began to assemble in the densely built northern city, and after dark, they would collectively hide in the basement used to store supplies.
In order to protect their safety, Ning Yuan sent 100,000 elven rangers and 500,000 angel warriors into the northern city, and these troops would be stationed in every building to prevent the vampires from rushing in and wreaking havoc.
In addition, Ning Yuan also deployed a large number of surprise troops at the border of Cloud City, and they would launch a surprise attack on the enemy at a critical moment.
The rest of the Angel Warriors and Elven Ranger will all be stationed in the buildings around the Temple of Light and the Dragon Staircase, where they will engage in a defensive battle against the enemy.
Considering the advantage of the vampire legion at night, many angel warriors now had only one life left, and Ning Yuan finally took the initiative to give up the sky battlefield.
He had all the Angel Warriors and Elven Ranger hide inside the building. If the enemy does not attack in, then they put cold arrows inside.
If the enemy takes the initiative to attack, then they will use the passage in the building to block the enemy, and try to kill and injure some more enemy living forces.
Unlike Cliff, Ning Yuan doesn't care what holy city is or not, he will never be able to act when it is time to coax him.
There is nothing in the Temple of Light except for some statues, and the enemy doesn't have the ability to destroy it even if they want to, and after dawn, they will take the initiative to withdraw, so there is no need to fight the enemy for a dead thing.
The only thing that can't be given up is the Coiling Dragon Heavenly Ladder, but this is not difficult for Ning Yuan, because he has already thought of a good idea, and when the time comes, he will be able to anger the enemy half to death.