Chapter 88: Under Lobito City

  The allied forces from Caldera have arrived near the city of Lobito, and the warriors are building a camp as a base for the siege. The Thundercliff monster legion is camping on the other side of the city, because of the special nature of the monsters, they did not join forces with the allies. The Sart people have been fighting against the monsters for countless years, so it's still a bit difficult to simply accept the monsters as allies.

  Even if the higher-ups compromise for various reasons, it doesn't mean that the lower-ranking soldiers will think the same way. Even if they won't take any extreme actions, they still can't coordinate well in battle, so it's better to let the monster army operate independently and only be responsible for besieging the city after it falls, while letting the fleeing Council City warriors escape. The main force of the siege will be undertaken by the Sart people, although a specific plan has not been put forward yet.

  There are currently 10,000 Parliamentarian soldiers in Lobbet Castle, although only one thousand more than the Union Army, but they have the walls of Lobbet as their backing. Taking Lobbet is not an easy task, and attacking the city must be done with caution and strictness, otherwise if the Union Army suffers heavy losses, it will no longer have the strength to attack Parliamentarian City.

  The camp had gathered Arica, Ankud, Sanfei, and the dispatched Allied Command formed a unified command. The commander of Arica was an old man who had been a legion commander in the past and had served as a teacher at Arica's academy for many years. Although he didn't excel in combat power, he had extremely rich experience.

  The commander of Ankude was a bald middle-aged man, who was the legion commander of Ankude's active-duty Giant Tree Legion and had commanded many battles against demonic creatures. However, when it came to fighting against humans, he lacked some experience, having only learned some tactics from textbooks without much practical application.

  The commander of Santa Fe was a middle-aged man who had lost an arm, and Rafaela's iron hammer command in Santa Fe had also been lost. This disabled man had originally retired, but now he has been asked to come out again as one of the commanders of this joint army.

  The command of the Allied forces was entrusted to three men, although somewhat irregular, it was the best choice in this situation. After all, if the three parties delayed unifying for the sake of contending for this command, they would greatly delay the timing of the battle. The Lobyto Parliament's army corps will immediately go on the offensive against Santa Fe after completing its reorganization.

  The reconvened parliament took only three days to settle all the details. Moreover, orders were issued for the army of Caldera to merge and arrive at the city of Robito to stop the advance of the parliamentary city. This was beyond Azera's expectations and gave the coalition a precious time.

  And the driving force behind all this is now stuck in the command center of the Lobito Union, watching two commanders quarrel with each other. The system of the council was so ridiculous that even if they were united, they would continue to quarrel. Although the Sault people did not pull each other's legs, they also had differences due to different tactics.

  The elders of Arica believed that the coalition currently had only 9,000 men and that a forced attack would result in heavy losses. Therefore, they advocated for a siege tactic to force the Parliamentarian garrison out of the city to fight, which would give the coalition a chance to win. Meanwhile, the commander of Ancud confirmed that there was not much time left for the coalition, and if they could not quickly resolve the military situation in Lobitos, the Parliament might send reinforcements.

  At that time, the number of people was originally at a disadvantage, and the chances of winning were even smaller. Therefore, they advocated building siege engines to break through the defense of the Parliament Building. The morale of the Allied Army was much higher than that of the Parliament Building, and with such morale, they had the ability to climb up the city wall of Lobito in one breath, enter the city, and engage in street fighting with the Parliament Building.

  "Arika and Ankude, it seems like they're always at odds no matter where they are." Mo Yan glanced at the silent one-armed man beside him who hadn't joined in on the conversation and chuckled, "Whether it's their management personnel or military commanders, they all seem to quarrel with each other for various reasons."

  "Arika and Ankud, even before Eran became like this, were already at odds in the council." The one-armed man glanced at Mo Yan and forced himself not to treat him as an ordinary demon, saying: "Originally, Carthage's merchant caravans all entered Eran through Ankud's north side, but later Arika built several ports, so the number of merchant caravans coming from the north decreased significantly. After all, sea transportation is much faster."

  "Oh, I see." Mo Yan nodded and pointed, the old man with disheveled beard continued to speak: "Aren't you going to participate in it? You are also one of the commanders of this joint army, and during the E Lan conference, it was already discussed that only plans with majority approval would be implemented."

  Although Mo Yan's words were not loud, they reached the ears of two people who were arguing, and they suddenly remembered that no matter whose plan was adopted, the votes of the San Francisco commander were important to both of them. They rushed over and spoke to the one-armed man in a flurry of words, finally even pulling him to the map, pointing at the Lobito map and expounding their views. This made the originally idle one-armed man's face suddenly turn ugly, looking at Mo Yan with resentment for stirring up trouble.

  "In fact, the city wall is not a problem." Mo Yan, who didn't plan to continue watching the play, stood up from his seat and said: "The Thunder Cliff can destroy Lobito's city wall. Those simple stone walls are not very strong after all."

  "Does the Thunder Cliff's monster legion have catapults?" The old man of Arica stopped arguing and looked at Mo Yan, asking: "But even if there are catapults, they can't be used. There are still many civilians in Robito City, and the accuracy of the catapults is not high, which will cause stones to be thrown into the city, causing civilian casualties and very bad consequences."

  "Catapult?" Mo Yan smiled and shook his head, saying: "I don't have that kind of thing."

  "You... " The three people who thought they had been fooled by Mo Yan's words immediately wanted to blame the nonsensical remarks of the cow-headed man, but Mo Yan's words immediately shut their mouths.

  "But I have something that's many times better than a catapult." Mo Yan said as he walked away, "Actually, while you were discussing it just now, I had people arrange for the weapons to be sent over. They've already arrived at the camp. I think you'll want to take a look at these, the latest products from Thundercliff Arsenal."

  As Mo Yan spoke, he lifted the flap of the tent and saw that every three dwarves were driving a cow to pull six large iron pipes with wheels to the front of the tent. The people of Sarte around them looked curiously at these strange objects pushed by the dwarves, as well as the small iron pipes on their backs.

  "Six iron pipes?" The one-armed man observed carefully, then smiled and said to Mo Yan: "You want to use this thing to smash open their city gate? But it's a bit too small, not as good as using a giant wooden battering ram, at least that would have more impact."

  "Put away your contempt, you fool!" A gray dwarf heard the one-armed man's words and was so angry that his gray face turned slightly red. He ran to the front of the man with short legs, stood with his hands on his hips, looked at him loudly and shouted: "This is the great master of Thunder Cliff, who has the great black gunpowder of the dwarves, and invented a great weapon! It's not something that you brainless barbarians can understand!"

  The cannon, almost revered as a divine instrument by the dwarves, was evaluated in such a way that these irascible dwarves even wanted to use it to shoot holes in the guy in front of them and make him know his place! This is indeed the miraculous weapon invented using the secret formula passed down through generations of gray dwarves.

  "I think Commander Albert didn't mean to." Moyan soothed the irate dwarf and turned to Albert, "Although this weapon may seem strange to you, I can guarantee that its power will make you like it. As a ranged weapon, not only is it incredibly powerful, but also much more accurate than something as primitive as a catapult."

  Although the cannons currently produced are still worrying in terms of accuracy due to the lack of rifling, they are much more accurate than catapults. At least they can control the falling point of the shell within the range of the city wall, and will not appear like a catapult, once the stone leaves the catapult, it is uncertain where it will fall.

  "Really?" The old man of Arica observed carefully again, but no matter how much the cow-headed person praised the weapon in front of him, he couldn't see anything special about it. He could only shake his head and say: "But no matter how I look at it, it's just a simple iron pipe, not some kind of magical weapon. How exactly does one attack with this?"

  "Wait a minute and we can go try it out." Mo Yan was not in a hurry to explain the principle, but let these commanders see the power of artillery with their own eyes. He believed that the performance of these commanders would not be better than that of the indigenous people on Earth who saw the cannon fire for the first time.

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