Inside the cramped tent, many knights had been waiting for a long time. Elsie walked to the center and quietly used a stool to compensate for her height.
Parker spread the map out on the table. The paper map was slightly wrinkled, but the markings were still quite clear. Parker was indeed a seasoned scout!
With its wide-range detection capabilities and excellent scouting skills, the feathered eagle is practically a human-shaped super radar.
“This is the result of my reconnaissance over the past week. Just as we suspected, the battle at the south gate of Shadow City has completely broken out.” Parker pointed to Shadow City on the map.
The city was not just a small black dot, but a complete record of its internal defensive structures. He actually took the time to explore the city!
"Is this a city defense crossbow?" Dongshan Hong was attracted by the defensive facilities on Youying City.
Parker's drawing was very detailed; he could tell that it was equipment funded by a royal family, because this thing wasn't royal technology at all, but rather from the Eastern Merchant Alliance!
This was purchased from the Eastern Business Alliance!
Unlike ordinary ballistae, this thing sacrifices a little firing range, but can fire a large number of bolts in a short time.
In theory, as long as there are enough crossbow bolts, no matter how many enemy troops there are, they cannot get close to the city walls!
“It’s drawn in great detail,” Lynn commented. “Much better than any scout I’ve ever seen.”
"Chirp—" The eagle flew high and made a sound, raising its head as if seeking praise.
Trisna reached out and patted its head, and Gao Fei naturally moved closer without any hesitation.
“Alright, listen to me.” Parker pointed towards the south gate of Shadow City.
"No other team has found a loophole to flank us yet, and even if they did, it would be too late. We have already taken down the three watchtowers behind us."
“If they dare to fight, the siege will inevitably fail, because the losses infighting will not help the siege.” David tapped the table: “The Imperial Knight Academy will not let a group of children learn about war so easily.”
“In fact, quite a few of them have even experienced small-scale wars with their elders,” Connor nodded.
"For example... Noah and Sam, as far as I know, they have appeared on the battlefield, but it was a war that was already won, and they were not in any danger."
"Ah?" Yin Lang suddenly laughed: "Isn't Noah already..."
"..." He suddenly froze, because he saw on the map that Noah's Knights were actually among the Great Alliance forces!
The others were also drawn to this strange phenomenon. His troops had been almost completely wiped out, so why was he raising another force?
"Hey, Parker! Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Higashiyama Hong also questioned.
“No, perhaps you should listen to what I have to say next.” Parker’s face was grim.
He looked at the knights present, as well as his lord Elsie, and said in a deep voice, "We have completely underestimated these so-called family offspring."
"We were all fooled by their age!"
"?" Elsie smiled and rested her head on her hand to listen.
“Ever since we left the front lines, Noah has been encouraging other teams to fight head-on. He used a pathological loser's attitude to gain sympathy and successfully tricked two teams into fighting head-on…” Parker said, looking down.
"But it was all a lie by that child!"
"His troops suffered no casualties whatsoever! He didn't even send troops to attack! This is a lie!"
"He simply sent his soldiers to lie in ambush around the watchtower, then withdrew from the battlefield with a portion of his troops, feigning defeat!"
"Without a doubt, there must be a scout of my caliber in his order of knights, and they knew there would be an ambush."
"As expected, those two teams that went to meet the enemy head-on out of pity, even if they knew the ambush location, were nothing more than targets!"
"Noah's ambushing knights seized the watchtower amidst the chaos, and their speed in taking the tower was no slower than ours!"
Hearing this, Elsie smiled, as if she had already guessed this ending.
Wait a minute!? How do you know that without an outline?
“Intuition,” Elsie said with a sly smile.
Parker continued, pointing to several watchtowers at the front: "However, not all of these trainees are compassionate rulers; some of them saw through Noah's motives."
"They chose to keep a low profile, and the day after Noah captured the tower, they also took action and seized the watchtower..."
Sure enough, the watchtowers on the map were marked with the crests of the various families. Noah occupied three watchtowers and even formed an alliance with the Alphonsnow family and the Berkeley family!
“They’re already engaged in frontal battles with the Shadow City defenders. The battlefield is chaotic, filled with smoke, and Gao Fei can’t see the specifics…” Parker stroked his chin. “The only thing I know is…”
"Each family is wary of the others, and they are unwilling to exert their full strength, so the various knightly orders have suffered almost no losses!"
"Wait a minute?" Connor seemed to realize something.
"So, besides us, nearly two thousand soldiers are still observing!"
“This is a problem!” Lynn nodded in agreement. “If we attack the city, they will definitely cause trouble in a short time, and we will have no way to resist!”
“Because…” Dongshan Hong’s eyes turned icy cold: “In the final moment of capturing the city, they won’t care about friend or foe; anyone who attempts to capture the city is an enemy!”
"The chaos of urban warfare cannot be monitored by those instructors. Besides, those royal families and clans only care about whether their offspring are injured; they'll just turn a blind eye to us soldiers!!!"
At this point, David slammed his fist on the table and roared, "Damn it!"
“A dead end!” Yin Lang leaned back in his chair, his eyes fixed on the top of the tent.
“We can’t attack the city, now is not the time…” Connor said.
"When will that be the opportunity? Are we just going to wait for winter to come and freeze us to death?" Dongshan Hong looked at Connor: "There's no way we can go back to get resources for the winter from where we are now!"
"Besides, we don't have enough food supplies right now!"
"What?" Connor exclaimed in shock, "How is this possible!?"
"I clearly prepared enough rations to last two legions for two months!"
Several pairs of eyes suddenly turned to Elsie...
"..." A certain gluttonous Elsie successfully consumed a large amount of the organization's food rations.
[Oh wow? Your stomach is on par with that knight king of Great Britain! How the hell do you eat so much? Are you eating it for me?!]
"Ahem... Since it's my turn to speak, I'll say a few words!" Elsie walked to a chair, circled the table once, and then looked out at the camp.
Wait, I think they're talking about your gluttony, not about how you talk...
"What gluttony? It's part of the plan!"
Elsie pointed to Manlin outside, who was organizing the vanguard, and said, "Based on current intelligence..."
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