"We still don't know enough about the city of Lachish."
"We even know very little about what the 'Rose Order' is."
"If, as Goliath said, the enemy has a cunning city lord named Joshua guarding the city, I'm afraid we will fall into the enemy's trap just after we launch the attack."
The Amazon leader, Marasia, said.
But once she said this, everyone just remained silent.
The reason why no one spoke up was because they all had their own worries and it was difficult to resolve the situation that the Holy Egyptian Alliance was facing now.
The first reason is that they have too little experience in siege.
The leaders of the Holy Egyptian Alliance each have their own ideas on how to defend the city.
They could even argue about this topic for three days and three nights.
But when it came to attacking the city, they immediately ran out of ideas.
After all, for a long time they had been the ones attacked and invaded by the Hebrew Empire.
Even all the leaders here did not dare to imagine that one day they would come to the Hebrew territory and attack them.
And they also captured several cities of the Hebrew Empire!
This seemed like a fantasy to them before.
So, when they faced a strong fortress city like Lachish, they were immediately speechless.
You know, the walls of Lachish are thirty meters high and the moat is twenty meters wide.
The mechanical longbow on the tower can shoot through the giant elephant, and the defense is as tight as an iron barrel.
Faced with such powerful fortifications, no one could immediately give useful advice.
The first one to open his mouth was King Arthas.
However, after opening his mouth and saying a few words, he stopped again.
"Perhaps, our ocean magician can..."
Arthas frowned hard in the middle of his speech.
Apparently, while the Atlantean magicians had access to water, it wasn't enough to help solve any real problems.
Even if the water in the moat is reduced by half, it doesn't seem to have any good effect.
Another great leader, Montezuma, clenched his fists.
He wanted his warriors to attack under cover of night, but when he thought of the walls, he suddenly had no idea.
Even riding a giant elephant would be difficult to get close to.
If the elephants suffered heavy casualties before the city of Lachish was captured, it would severely undermine the siege force of Holy Egypt.
Moreover, you should know that the elephant had already suffered minor damage when it attacked the Philistine city.
Although their skin is thick, it cannot withstand high-intensity combat all the time.
So, Montezuma, who couldn't think of a solution for a moment, just pressed his temples and remained silent.
The Mayan lord Bigtik has more experience than nothing when it comes to sieges.
He just wanted to contribute his part and let Maya play her part.
Of course, he was also prepared to use the power of the gods.
The barbarian king was good at looting and siege, and he was unable to come up with any effective suggestions.
He just looked at everyone's expressions here and remained silent.
"Goliath, can you try to use the boulder to attack from a distance?"
Marasia then asked about the Goliaths. After all, she had seen the power of those huge rocks before.
But Goliath just shook his head.
"Master Marasia, the huge rocks can cause some damage, but they cannot really harm the city of Laji."
"Their walls are almost indestructible, even with huge stones."
"If you want to attack and enter the city, you only have two options."
"Jump in from the wall."
"Or, break down the gates of their city."
When everyone heard Goliath's words, they fell silent again.
“Perhaps, are there any captives in the city who know the situation in Lachish?”
Marasia asked again.
But everyone just shook their heads.
The prisoners in the city were almost worthless.
Montezuma ordered a rigorous interrogation in an attempt to pry information about Lachish's defenses from him, but to no avail.
Most of the prisoners had no idea about the city defenses of Lachish.
They didn't even know about the Order of the Rose.
"Master, can we surround it?"
At this time, the King of Atlantis spoke again.
The giant Goliath immediately responded: "No."
"Its geographical location is special. We can only control about half of the area around the city."
This is because Lachish is located on a hill in the Judah lowland, surrounded by mountains on three sides and only one side connected to the plain. The terrain is dangerous and cannot be surrounded.
The strategy of besieging the city and cutting off food supply is ineffective here.
Obviously, the only option is to storm the city wall.
The barbarian king once proposed to attack the logistics from behind the mountain, but the returning scouts reported that the mountain road there was narrow and the terrain was complex.
This is not feasible either.
Everyone looked at each other at this time, and could hardly think of any solution.
"Raj is like a tortoise shell. If you want to attack the city, there is only one way."
Apparently, this seems to be the only solution left.
A head-on attack, on the other hand, would mean casualties.
Moreover, this number will only increase, not decrease.
Everyone knows the answer, but there is no alternative.
Marasia looked around at everyone and took a deep breath.
She understood the source of the silence, but she had to break it.
"Everyone, although Laji is difficult to attack, we can definitely find a way!"
"We lack intelligence, experience, and even the terrain is not in our favor."
"But we have the Coven, the Giant Elephants, and many gods!"
"Perhaps, we must try it first to get more information out of it."
Upon hearing this, Arthas finally spoke slowly: "The clan leader is right."
"We can use a feint to attack the city gate to find out the strength of the defenders."
Montezuma also nodded: "That's right, instead of thinking about it here, why don't we go and test their strength first."
"The most important thing is to know how strong the people of the Rose Cult are."
Goliath finally said: "We giants can also contribute to the Holy Egyptian Alliance!"
"We can use the boulders as cover to block some of their attacks."
"That might reduce your casualties."
"No matter what, we giants all obey the Holy Egyptian Alliance."
"You are our saviors!"
After listening to this, Marasia finally let out a breath through her nostrils.
Although there was no perfect plan, everyone's attitude had broken the deadlock of silence.
"Okay! We'll start preparing tonight and set out early tomorrow morning!"
"Everyone!"
"Everything, for His Majesty the Holy Pharaoh, for the Holy Egyptian Alliance!"
"Let us unite and capture this strong fortress!"
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