[The fourth watch will be late. As usual, try to do it before two.]
"Well said!" Nicholas was the one who exclaimed in admiration. He was afraid of being suspected, so he didn't dare to give Salin any suggestions. Hearing Eleanor's plan, Nicholas couldn't help it. This kind of distribution would concentrate all the power in Salin's hands. Unless all the armies united against him, they would only be his tools.
Eleanor smiled and continued, "Ten main battalions may seem like a lot, but in reality, sixty thousand will be left in Metatlin and twenty thousand will be given to the two towns in the north and west. We won't even have anyone to defend Duanren Pass, let alone control the land in the north."
"The main battalions will have to go to war. After all, we can't rely on demons for everything. If demons attack an enemy's city, and the garrison has to use demons, then the city will become hell. So this is only a temporary measure. In the end, Metatlin will have to rely on the royal swordsmen and the army of the temple to defend it. Now, let me talk about the short-term army plan … "
As Eleanor spoke, she took out a magic map and unfolded it on the table.
"West of Metatlin, we will have absolute control of Duanren Pass. After the Duanren Pass is built, its defense will not be lower than Metatlin's. If someone attacks us in the future, it will definitely be from the north or the sea. If we have two or more magic towers in Duanren Pass, we will only need twenty thousand main battalions and twenty thousand support soldiers to defend. "
"But I think that the distance between Duanren Pass and West Town is more than a hundred miles, so they can support each other. Why don't we withdraw the main army and let the undead army take over? We can use the undead's tireless nature to defend the impregnable pass. In a war of attrition, who will have more magic cores than us?"
Eleanor spoke with fervor and assurance. She pointed to the north of the map and said, "There are many rivers in the north that will freeze in winter. However, if the enemy attacks, they can't rely on the flow of water to build some fortresses along the coast. It will be impossible for the enemy to march in. However, the north is relatively open. Station the rest of the main army a thousand miles away. We need to build a relatively large city mainly for refining metals and protecting the nearby mines. "
Eleanor quickly pointed out some places where the city could be built, and in the blink of an eye, the lands of the nobles that had defected to Salin were divided into pieces. Her distribution of forces was extremely reasonable, and she quickly dispersed all the forces that Salin could assemble to several main defensive points. Eleanor had also made plans for Metatlin City's defenses.
After Eileen finished assigning the tasks to the troops, she began to talk about the issue of equipment.
Eileen took out hundreds of blueprints and placed them on the table. "These are all military equipment that I can think of. My Lord has a certain number of purple-gold sea urchins. These sea urchins are natural spatial equipment and don't require magicians to control them. The smallest one has a space of about five cubic meters, while the largest one has a space of more than ten cubic meters. With these special materials and the fact that we can also replicate the magic boxes used for transportation, our army's logistical needs are minimal. "
Eleanor began to explain the weapons that she had designed. In reality, some of the weapons were unique to the Elven Plane.
"Eleanor, do you want to lead an army?" Salin couldn't help but ask. He had already fully acknowledged Eleanor's abilities.
"Absolutely not," Eleanor refused without hesitation.
Salin didn't want to force her either, so he said, "Then you can be my military minister. I will assign enough assistants for you. There won't be too many things that you have to do personally. Most of the time, you can still study magic with me."
"Alright." Eleanor nodded helplessly. She knew that with so many useful suggestions, Salin would definitely ask her to do more things. Fortunately, she was an elf. Even if she wasn't a Magic Shooter, she would still have a long life. Perhaps because of this, elves weren't as passionate or crazy about cultivating magic as humans.
Next, everyone discussed how many of Eleanor's blueprints could be turned into reality.
Replicating magic war chariots was an achievable goal. In an army, without magic war chariots, the time that a magician could spend in battle would be greatly reduced. Only by casting spells in a war chariot would a magician have an extraordinary effect on an army. Otherwise, magicians would also be easy targets for enemies to attack. For example, long-range crossbows could easily kill a low-level magician.
If a low-level magician was in a magic war chariot, unless they were directly hit by ancient magic cannons or catapults, they wouldn't be able to destroy the magic war chariot.
Everyone was very interested in the flying puppets that Eleanor had designed.
Even in Alchemy City, there weren't any good flying puppets that could carry people. Salin had seen one with his own eyes. Not only was it huge, it was also extremely easy to shoot down. It was even more difficult for it to fly in harsh environments.
However, the flying puppets that Eleanor had designed were only eight meters long and about six meters wide when their wings were spread out. They could carry a heavy infantry. For now, only Salin could mass-produce such puppets because they were made from Thundercloud Wood.
The Winged Skeleton had fished up a large amount of this material from the sea. This plant that grew in the Giant Plane was harder than the best steel. It was also resilient and wasn't afraid of water, fire, or even lightning. In the Giant Plane, this kind of plant could grow into the clouds. It was a very common type of plant.
This kind of flying puppet could carry a heavy infantry. In other words, apart from scouting, this kind of puppet could also be used as an offensive weapon. Carrying an alchemy crossbow, soldiers could shoot down enemies on the city walls from a high altitude.
Because it wasn't afraid of lightning, this kind of flying puppet could take off in rainy days. If it carried something like fire oil, it would be a good choice to throw it into the enemy's city and burn down the houses. Apart from using up a large number of mid-level magic cores to fly, this kind of puppet had almost no weaknesses.
The flying puppet that Eleanor had designed was magnificent. It looked like a huge piece of art. Salin saw traces of elven magic in the patterns of the flying puppet. Even if this kind of puppet wasn't made from Thundercloud Wood, its defense wouldn't be too low.
This flying puppet that could carry people was definitely a design from the Elf Plane. This Eleanor finally treated Metatlin City as her home. Salin knew that getting the elves to reveal their secrets was even more difficult than getting the magicians to go back on their word.
Then, Eleanor took out a blueprint, which made Salin even more convinced. This was a blueprint for an elven alchemy crossbow. Compared to human alchemy crossbows, the elven alchemy crossbow might not be as powerful, but its shooting speed was much faster. Salin had the Celestial Cherry Wood, which could increase the shooting speed, lethality, and long-range attack speed of the elven alchemy crossbow by several times.
Even though it would cost more gold coins, Salin had never sold the Celestial Cherry Wood to outsiders. He could definitely equip this kind of elven crossbow to the elites of the main army.
Now that the elven alchemy crossbow had been taken out, those who knew their stuff changed their opinion of Eleanor.
In fact, Eleanor had already thought things through. She had even taught Nelis the Life Arrow skill, so why would she care about the elven alchemy crossbow?
Salin looked at the blueprints one by one and found that almost every piece of equipment had traces of elven magic. However, these magic had been modified and could all be made into magic arrays by elemental magicians. Back then, humans had once led the elves and fought against the gods. Although the magic between the two sides had only been for a short moment, it had left behind countless amazing skills.
Then, when he saw the elven armor woven from plants, Salin was no longer surprised. Eleanor had specially noted on the blueprint that this kind of armor could allow soldiers who couldn't swim to jump into the water without sinking. The entire set of armor was woven from vines and then enchanted with magic. Its ability to defend against physical attacks surpassed that of light metal armor.
This kind of elven armor had slightly lower defense against fire magic, but normal flames were useless against them.
Mages basically didn't have any burning skills, so this kind of armor was obviously more useful against the army of the Vatican. If they were to attack the Alchemy City, a few powerful fire magicians would be able to take out an entire army.
The advantage of this kind of armor was that it could float on water, and it was extremely light. The inner lining was comfortable, so soldiers didn't need to take off their armor and could always wear it.
In terms of defense against fire magic, the armor of soldiers had never been very good. Even heavy armor would be instantly pierced through by mid-level magic. Only magic armor could defend against magic attacks. Although this kind of armor made from vines required a magician to make, it didn't consume any magic cores during battle. It was considered a piece of equipment that was between magic armor and heavy armor.
Next, when the siege puppets, cannons, cavalry battle flags, elven iron feathers were brought out one by one, Salin couldn't believe it. Weren't elves a race that disliked war in the legends? Why were all these war artworks made by the elves?
These equipment blueprints were extremely professional and couldn't have been designed by Eleanor alone. Even someone who knew nothing about magic would know this.
What made Salin feel that Eleanor was powerful was that these blueprints were related to the reorganization of the army. With these pieces of equipment, the combat power of Salin's army immediately increased by several times. If the soldiers were trained, their combat power wouldn't be inferior to any of Qin Yin's main armies.
After Eleanor had done all this, Nicholas finally stopped hesitating. He said to Salin, "I also remember many pieces of equipment unique to the Vatican. Because the expedition army left in a hurry last time, they didn't have time to equip them. Otherwise …"
"Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to take down Metatlin City." Nelis glared at Nicholas.
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