Howard has already completed a Desperate City defensive plan with Bartlett during this time.

Buck still has an important war in Hellforge City, so he will lead his army to Desperate City, and he will definitely not implement siege tactics against Desperate City, but will use his superior forces to attack Desperate City, and solve this place as soon as possible so that he can return to Hellforge City to participate in the battle.

Howard's countermeasure was to rely on the city's well-established defenses.

"Bartlett is laying out the defenses of Desperate City, and we will rely on the magic towers everywhere to form a longitudinal spike-shaped defense system, and if Buck wants to attack from one point, he will be hit on three sides.

In addition, we will dig tunnels underground, meet the retreat of our High Mages, and retake the city occupied by Buck at any time.

Desperate City will become a meat grinder, and Buck's patience will be drained by the constant depletion of troops and the slow-advancing battle front, and he will go to war himself. We'll loosen our defenses to get Buck to break in a straight line, and then cut off the connection between Buck and his army at the right time.

At this time, I took the opportunity to arrest Buck.

There is only one chance, and when to act, listen to my orders. ”

How to fight the defensive battle of Desperate City, Da Liang didn't care, anyway, he knew that ten of himself tied up on the battlefield was not Howard's opponent. As long as Howard has faith in this plan, he will only be responsible for the liaison between Despair City and the Pencolor.

Da Liang read the battle plan given by Howard, and then said: "This battle in Desperate City will be under the command of Your Majesty, and after the Yew Patriarch is ready to capture Buck's team, he will come to Desperate City, and you will discuss the details of the ambush."

I am now returning to Shangjiang to supervise the preparation of supplies.

After capturing Buck, we will ask the Purple Dragon Clan to build a large portal between Shangjiang and Despair City, and when the time comes, ...... Everything needed for war will come in a steady stream. ”

Howard smiled: "Now that Joyce is the king of Shangjiang, you shouldn't call me Your Majesty anymore." ”

Da Liang saluted Howard and said, "You will always be the true king of Shangjiang in the hearts of Joyce and me. ”

Bidding farewell to Howard, Da Liang returned to Shangjiang after completing the docking work between Desperate City and the Five Colors Alliance.

Now Da Liang is the duke of Shangjiang City and the former prime minister. The new king ascended the throne, and in order to assist Joyce in taking full control of the entire city-state, Da Liang's affairs were not easy.

It is necessary to expand the army of Shangjiang City and build more city defense offensives.

It is necessary to integrate the resources under the jurisdiction of Shangjiang and expand the reserve of materials.

In addition, it is necessary to support the construction of the defense facilities of the Magical Forest and the Crystal Vein, and it is necessary to prepare funds and materials for the next stage of the Hell Raiders.

I have to go to other sub-cities for a while to coordinate the functions of the entire Shangjiang cities.

By the way, he accepted the elven army that Joshua had dismissed from Chongming City.

The 100,000 elven army took a boat from Chongming City to the Judgment Territory, and the reduced army instantly eased the relationship between Chongming City and Shangjiang City.

Joshua gave up the idea of confronting Shangjiang, and the whole island returned to the calm atmosphere of the elves.

Da Liang and Joshua, the two dukes of Shangjiang, were in the castle of Chongming City, drinking the elves' own wine while admiring the elves' spiritual dance.

The two of them had met here many times, and now their identities, relationships, and moods were very different from before.

When the two were chatting about the development direction of Chongming City in the future, Joshua suddenly said to Da Liang: "There has been no news from Songjiang City recently, this is not in line with the character of the black elves, they will definitely not suffer a little loss if they don't hit their heads and bleed, Abigail must be planning something."

I don't think we should wait for Abigail to attack us before reacting, but take the initiative to send troops to Matsue and drive the black elves out. ”

The last time Da Liang went to see the prophet, he noticed that the atmosphere in Songjiang was abnormal, and he also knew that Joshua's suggestion was correct, Abigail was the last cancer left in Shangjiang, and it was safe to remove it as soon as possible.

It's just that the teacher is unknown...... Abigail even killed the child in his womb, if there is no suitable reason to attack Songjiang, will it give the other city lords a feeling that Joyce is going to counterattack? There are also residents in the Shangjiang area, rashly starting a war against the subordinate cities, which is very unpopular with the people. The Terran city has very high requirements for the hearts of the common people, Joyce has just ascended the throne, and everything should be based on harmony and stability.

Moreover, the dungeon is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the terrain is complex. Once a war starts, it will inevitably be a protracted battle of labor and money. There are many places in Shangjiang City that need support now, and it is not suitable to regenerate the battle at this moment.

Da Liang told Joshua about Shangjiang's difficulties, and wanted to hear the old duke's advice.

Joshua said, "Is it true that Abigail said she married her daughter to you?" ”

Monica?

Da Liang told him about the fact that he asked Abigail for help, Abigail held a wedding for him, and asked the dark dragon to do divination.

"It was just a stopgap measure, and then I broke off my engagement with Monica, who is now an important hero in my army."

Joshua said at this time: "According to the system of the black elves, Monica is qualified to compete for the position of Abigail's mistress. Duke Daliang, you used to be the consul of Songjiang, and the implementation of new policies in Songjiang attracted many underground Black Elf tribes to Abigail.

You have a certain prestige among the Songjiang Black Elf clan.

Now that Abigail has broken her promise and annexed these tribes, she has gone from the Faceless faction of the evil order to the evil and chaotic Serpent faction.

The Faceless Faction's Black Elves would definitely reject Abigail, but Abigail's current strength made them afraid to resist, and they needed a weighty leader.

Do you think Monica has what it takes to be a leader? ”

The Faceless and Serpent factions are the two factions of the Dark Elves: the Faceless Ones follow the order, and a tribe has a Mistress and a plural of Dark Maidens and Dark Witch leaders, and the Mistress has the power to kill any tribe member; The Snake Sect Black Elves are extremely chaotic, many of them have been expelled from the Faceless Black Elf tribe, and are cruel killers hiding in the dark.

Abigail violated the agreement between the master and mother and annexed other tribes of dark elves, which in the eyes of some Faceless Black Elves was what the Snake Sect Black Elves did.

Train Monica to overthrow Abigail.

This is a very bold and dangerous idea......

However, Kuka's army is about to complete the occupation of the large river basin of Snow City, and when winter arrives, the climate is no longer suitable for the undead army to fight in the snow field. The direction of Palm City in the magical realm is also very honest, there is no intention of crossing the border, and the dwarves are making a fuss about independence, the city lord of Palm City is a centaur, and the elves have no energy to manage a remote non-descendant city during this time.

Take this opportunity to mobilize the army of Snow Castle and the army of the advancing fortress to fight Matsue Castle?

Da Liang smiled and said to Joshua: "The Duke knows a lot of things about Songjiang, and there must be a lot of secret agents placed underground, and I hope that Chongming City can provide intelligence support for my army." ”