Chapter 751: Baptism of the Lion
Trench trenches were also dug along the front lines in all four directions within the territory.
With the [Blacksmith Shop] operating at full capacity to produce finely forged building materials, [Reinforced Trench] and [Armored Shield Guard Shooting Points] were being built around the perimeter.
A lot of refuge [cellars] were also built in the central circle. After nearly a week of preparation, he had turned the entire territory into a wartime fortress.
It is said that someone in the area once passed by Zong Shen's territory and was shocked by the situation here.
The first is the astonishing size of the territory, and the second is the three complete city wall circles.
What shocked them the most was the numerous defensive arrow towers.
The arrow towers numbering in the thousands look breathtaking!
It is no exaggeration to say that Zong Shen's territorial defense level even exceeds that of a combination of two to three hundred lords.
This does not include the comprehensive combat power of the warriors in the territory and the props stored by the lord.
Someone took a long-range photo of Zong Shen's territory and sent it to the [World Channel] and [Regional Channel].
Many lords expressed wonder and admiration for this, and many lords questioned Zong Shen's journey of making a fortune and suspected that the lord's survival was a huge shady incident.
It's a pity that there is no reporting method here.
Moreover, the Lord System had scanned Zong Shen twice and found no abnormalities.
The strategy module is attached to the lord system itself and can be regarded as a hidden plug-in.
The lord's system scanning for Zong Shen is destined to be useless.
Zong Shen let Xiao Heizi hover at low altitude over the territory for several weeks, and he basically had a thorough understanding of the situation in the territory.
He even saw a group of farmers, led by several logistics heroes, packing the dry food that the soldiers needed to carry with them. In addition, there were farmers who were responsible for boiling water, letting it cool, and then pouring it into cowhide water bladders.
There are also a lot of dry food and clean water in wooden barrels placed in the shelter [cellar].
Everything was arranged in an orderly manner according to his plan.
After observing for a while, Zong Shen had an idea and asked Xiao Hei to fly towards the north of the territory.
Because Mariel, Howie and Betty were all there to supervise the work.
The huge little Heizi landed smoothly on the ground like a diving fighter plane.
Powerful huge black wings fanned the sand and dust.
Mariel and the others quickly noticed Zong Shen's arrival and walked quickly to greet him.
After landing, Zong Shen stood up and jumped off Xiao Heizi's back.
He is ready to explain the details of some new buildings.
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Seeing Zong Shen and others talking seriously, Xiao Heizi yawned, lay down on the ground and continued to fall asleep.
The highest state of being a foreigner is to seize all the spare time and sleep!
This is its silent protest and final stubbornness.
After Zong Shen finished explaining the new building, Mariel took out the drawings drawn by Kagenia.
Originally, even if Zong Shen didn't come to inspect, Mariel would personally go to him with the drawings tomorrow morning.
This defense zone drawing marks the territory's defense circles and range.
She had only mentioned a few words about the territory's defense planning in the meeting.
Now you can have a good discussion with the lord.
After this period of training, Mariel has grown up and become a logistics hero with rare qualifications who can stand alone, but she still feels that Zong Shen's opinion is important.
Because the lord always has all kinds of fantastic ideas and many groundbreaking insights.
Zong Shen listened carefully to Mariel's report, combined with what he had just observed while riding Xiao Heizi and the defense zone drawings, he adjusted the layout of several defense tower matrices to make the firepower overlap area larger.
Given the defensive challenge, enemies may invade from all directions.
Therefore, the attack area of the territorial defense matrix should be as close to the center as possible.
Generally speaking, it is divided into four major defense areas.
That's it for the fixed defense arrangements. The next thing to do is to arrange the soldiers.
If the defensive arrow tower is the "dead" combat power, then the warriors in the territory are the "living" combat power.
Only when the two combat powers cooperate with each other can they exert their greatest effect.
As for the arrangements for the soldiers, Zong Shen planned to leave it to tomorrow morning.
After all, the warriors in the territory have a certain degree of cooperation and combat foundation.
Let everyone have a good rest tonight and deploy and plan tomorrow.
When the time comes, you can use the recruitment coupons you have hoarded. The sudden addition of a group of comrades can also boost the confidence of the territorial warriors. There is nothing more inspiring than strengthening before the battle.
The offensive side of the defensive challenge has not been finalized yet, so Zong Shen cannot further plan tactics.
No matter what, first do the core and duty of the defensive challenge, that is "defense".
Completing this step is more than half successful.
For Zong Shen, he even planned a counterattack.
Once he has determined his opponent, he will start planning.
From the announcement of the defensive challenge, he also analyzed an element, that is, in the defensive challenge, the number of attackers may be a very scary number, and it is possible that not all of them will be wiped out after the 24-hour period expires.
However, according to the announced defensive challenge details, if you can eliminate all the attackers, you can get additional rewards.
Considering the particularity of this challenge, the relevant settlement will not be carried out in time, but will be settled separately after the challenge ends. The specific time is unknown.
This situation illustrates one point, that is, the situation of this challenge is more complicated than before.
Therefore, in order to obtain more rewards, Zong Shen must consider not only the most basic defensive operations but also how to launch a counterattack.
If you want to launch a counter-offensive strategy, you mainly rely on the soldiers in the territory.
After all, except for the tree spirits, the other defensive buildings cannot be attacked while walking, and they do not have enough mobility.
If you just want to simply strangle the enemy's vitality, then cavalry roaming is undoubtedly a good choice.
In addition, he can also copy the tactics he used in the [Winter Challenge].
At that time, Zong Shen used the load-bearing capacity of the [Loader Mecha] to carry the crossbow shooters and various wizards in the territory to kill the winter snow monster.
The [Loader Mecha] has a certain degree of maneuverability and carrying capacity. When equipped with a long-range warrior, it becomes a mobile vehicle platform.
He later exchanged more types of magic machines, so this was a good idea.
If the enemy's air power is weak, he can also consider using the [Goblin Airship] to launch a bomb-dropping air strike, using various types of dropped bombs and spell scrolls to attack the attacker's cluster units.
If the enemy's aerial power is strong, Zong Shen also has a trick. He can ride Yingjiang equipped with [Jet Breeding Equipment], bring the gryphon team and the scorpion-tailed tiger team headed by Feihu, plus the cooperation of the black dragon Xiao Heizi , enough to tear apart the opponent's air cavalry and launch attacks.
All in all, there are more solutions than difficulties, but the enemy is not clear yet, so Zong Shen is temporarily unable to make an effective counterattack plan in advance.
But when the attacker completes the extraction and the results are clear, he can obtain the information in advance through the strategy module.
Zong Shen and Marier chatted for a full hour and a half and adjusted some of the deployment of the four major defense zones.
Arrangements have also been made for the replenishment of logistical supplies.
Various supplies including food, drinking water, arrows, crossbow bolts, as well as strategic potions and spring water will all be prepared tonight and distributed when the team is assembled tomorrow morning.
To be on the safe side, Zong Shen asked Mariel to prepare an extra thousand supplies for emergencies.
In addition, except for meat and other foods that must be frozen, most of the shelf-stable food will be kept by the main heroes.
When the battle starts, Mariel, Vereesa, and Howie will enter the [Commander's Tower (orange)].
Mariel and Howie will be responsible for correcting the attacks of some defense towers and wonders in the territory through [Defense Tower/Defense Building Control Integration]. For powerful targets, they can fine-tune and control all [Towers of Chaos] to focus fire.
Vereesa will conduct overall coordination through [Active Detection] and [Commander’s Observation Perspective], and then feed back the situation and orders to the frontline soldiers through [Range Sound Transmission].
Luna and some logistics heroes directly entered the lord's fortress and did not undertake the main attack mission.
The remaining combat heroes, such as Joan of Arc, Lion Skeleton Knight Richardson, Kobold Chief Dutra, Colby, and Favid will lead their respective units in combat on the front line.
Each of the remaining logistics heroes will lead five teams of farmers to check for deficiencies, including emergency repairs, delivery of supplies and other tasks.
After Zong Shen finalized all the arrangements, he returned to the Lord's Fortress through [Wandering Walk].
As for the arrangement of combat heroes, he will explain it when the team assembles at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Now he still has one very important thing to do, which is to carry out lion baptism!
While it's still early, if you hurry up, you should be able to finish it before 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
He took out the communication crystal, contacted [Blood Wolf Gugat] and [Joan of Arc] and rushed to the fortress immediately.
At the same time, he contacted a logistics hero and prepared several large wooden barrels and an appropriate amount of hot water.
After spending a few minutes to complete the arrangement, Zong Shen turned over his hand and took out a bottle of potion.
This was the [Lion Baptism Potion (orange)] he found when he was exploring the ruins of the Lion Knights' residence. One bottle of potion requires 180 liters of water and can baptize up to three people.
In other words, 60 liters of water for one person is enough for a bath.
You must know that the bucket used for water dispensers on Earth only has a capacity of 18.9 liters, and pouring 60 liters into a wooden bucket for a bath is barely enough.
You don't have to worry about measuring the amount of water. The storage compartment can extract liquid accurately to the milliliter.
When Zong Shen first sold [Moon God Spring], he directly extracted the spring water.
Speaking of which, he had obtained this bottle of baptism potion for some time. The reason why he had not used it was because the baptism process required continuous soaking for 12 hours.
But tonight I have to put it aside and make one final step before the defensive challenge.
[Blood Wolf Gugat] and [Joan of Arc], who received his notification, rushed over quickly.
Three large wooden barrels and hot water are also ready.
Those wooden barrels are all large baggage wooden barrels, and the internal capacity is enough for three people to fill water and take a bath.
Zong Shen first used the extraction function to collect 180 liters of hot water.
Then take out all the warm water and put it into a large wooden bucket.
After he was done, he took out the [Lion Baptism Potion (Orange)].
The entire bottle of potion is almost as big as half a mineral water bottle.
The potion inside looks pitch black.
Zong Shen first peeled off the oil and wax sealing the bottle, and then uncorked the bottle.
"Bo!"
An elastic echo appeared, and a faint burnt smell filled the air.
"No wonder the guide notes state that oral administration is not recommended..."
After Zong Shen took a few sips, his nose felt itchy and he wanted to sneeze.
It seems that the potion is quite powerful, at least the smell is enough to get you going.
He held his breath, raised his hand and poured the potion into the bucket.
The viscous black liquid was like a ball of tough non-Newtonian fluid, slowly falling into the warm water.
There is no need for any stirring, the liquid melts as soon as it enters the water, and the water surface turns black and shiny instantly.
There were even bubbles popping up, just like the potion boiled by the old witch in the crucible.
"expired?"
Zong Shen frowned and poured out all the potion in his hand.
This liquid medicine is somewhat special, at least it will not touch the bottle. When he pours it, it is as smooth as smearing a cork on it, and there is not even a drop of liquid medicine left in the bottle.
At first, he was worried that this thing would not be able to be squeezed cleanly like instant noodles.
At that time, you have to put the bottle into the water and shake it.
Unexpectedly, the liquid was very good, which made him feel inexplicably comfortable despite his mild compulsion.
After all the liquid medicine was poured into the water, everyone saw that the water in the bucket was first dark, and then glowed with silver light. This feeling was like a layer of silver moonlight on the surface of the dark night.
It finally makes the black liquid look less evil.
After the silver light appeared, the medicinal solution mixed with warm water also had properties.
[Lion Baptism Liquid (Orange)]
[Quality: Legendary]
[Please perform immersion baptism within 12 hours, otherwise the effect will gradually disappear]
(Hurry up and go clubbing, little Zongzi, take a shower and be healthier)
Seeing this, Zong Shen no longer hesitated and used the extraction function to divide all the medicinal liquid into three parts.
Everyone, hurry up, we have to rush early tomorrow!
Joan of Arc was a girl. In order to avoid suspicion, she moved her bucket of medicinal liquid into the empty room on the first floor of the hall.
[Blood Wolf Gugat] He Zongshen is not that particular.
Anyway, you don’t have to take off your clothes completely when taking a bath, it’s okay to leave a pair of underwear on.
The two of them carried the big bucket to a position in the hall where it would not impede traffic.
Zong Shen took off his armor and equipment in three strokes, leaving only a pair of underwear soaked in the bucket.
Gugat disarmed the iron-blooded armor, revealing his strong muscles and skin covered with green-brown fish scale spots, and started bathing mode.
Just after soaking in the bucket, Zong Shen slowly squatted down with only his head exposed.
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