Struggle in the Steam Age

"That's really great." After learning that Lawrence came to rescue them this time with reinforcements, Viscount Surrey hugged Lawrence excitedly. Then yelled to those sitting at the table.

"We better change our plans now, because this time we all have reinforcements."

"What? Reinforcements, really!"

"I heard that there are reinforcements, where, where."

"How many people are there, where are they, and what is the general situation?"

As soon as the Viscount Surrey finished speaking, everyone at the table stood up and surrounded him directly, asking questions at the same time.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you the next thing, and you can ask after I finish." Seeing everyone rushing up to ask about the reinforcements, Viscount Surrey pressed his hands down and made a gesture Everyone made quiet gestures, and then began to introduce the reason why Lawrence came this time.

After briefly introducing how Lawrence summoned reinforcements yesterday after discovering something was wrong, Lawrence began to introduce the scale and general situation of the reinforcements he brought this time.

After he finished his introduction, everyone returned to the table and began to discuss the battle plan.

Because the reinforcements joined the battlefield, all those old plans were naturally abolished. Everyone immediately began to formulate a new combat plan around the specific situation of the two hundred reinforcements.

However, compared with the dignified atmosphere in the tent just now, the atmosphere in the room seems much lighter now. After all, everyone now knows that Lawrence is bringing an entire regular army backed by some heavy firepower, so the tension is naturally relieved.

"I have more than 260 people in my hand, and more than 220 of them are sailors on warships. Although their combat level is a little worse than that of the army, they are definitely far better than those who seem to come from a dozen bandits. the rabble of the

After standing on the main seat in front of the table, Lawrence began to introduce the situation of the reinforcements.

"In addition to these regular troops, there are three adventure groups and some factory security personnel accompanying us. They add up to about 40 people."

"These people may have a mediocre level of cooperation in group combat, but they are good at individual combat. Especially after they have regular troops to help them attract the opponent's main force, they can play a great role."

"We have less manpower here, because considering that we are only going out for a few hours away from the city, we didn't bring too many manpower." Viscount Surrey said helplessly.

"At least all of us can mobilize more than 50 flexible troops. If it is not for the local terrain, we don't even think we can hold it."

"More importantly, because I feel that this adventure is just for outing. Therefore, except for a few people, these security personnel basically carry pistols that are convenient to carry around and fight in narrow areas. Only 1 A third of the men carried long guns."

"Okay, now I know the situation." Lawrence nodded and said, then took out a badge made of gold and enamel from his arms and said.

"Since the next battle is very important to us, we must not fight on our own, so I hope that the next battle will be under my overall command."

Watching Lawrence hand the badge in his hand to Safir to show her to everyone on the field, he continued.

"Here I recommend myself to be a commander, because I have experience in commanding the army before, and now this badge is issued to me by the White Eagle Federation because it commanded the army to win the war in the Sea of ​​Stars last time. "

After the Safir tent briefly walked around to show the medal that the White Eagle Federation had issued to Lawrence before, Lawrence gained the highest command on the battlefield.

On the one hand, this is because whether it is the number of troops invested in the next battle, combat experience or Lawrence's extraordinary level, he is the highest among all the people present, so from the perspective of combat, he is indeed among the people present. Best commander candidate.

On the other hand, just in terms of status alone, Lawrence was also the highest status person among all the people present.

After all, the Holy Visby Empire is considered the top power in the Old Continent, so from a secular point of view, the hereditary fiefdom earls of this country are indeed more noble than most of the wealthy businessmen or court nobles present.

"Okay, since everyone now thinks that I will be the supreme commander on the battlefield. Then I will talk about my plan."

After confirming the ownership of the command, Lawrence took out the surrounding sketch that he had just drawn from the space bag, and then began to talk. "Here is the situation we have observed before, and now the group of people are mainly concentrated in the following seven locations—"

In the next 20 minutes, everyone in the tent began to discuss various details about the battle. There were a lot of complications, but in the end an agreement was reached.

"—I think this is the details of our next battle." Lawrence put away the map on the table and said.

"I have assigned combat tasks to everyone according to their level as much as possible, but there may be various accidents in actual combat. However, I hope that no matter what kind of accidents they encounter, everyone present can fulfill their duties . Because this fight concerns everyone."

"Understood." Everyone present said at the same time, and then each of them started to act according to the plan. And just over half an hour after they started to implement the plan, the gangsters' eyeliners on the mountain finally realized that something was wrong.

"Hey, leaking mouth. Look at what's going on below." A gangster holding a tattered binoculars and a long gun on his back suddenly shook another gangster beside him and asked.

"Why are those fat sheep in the valley all gathered together?"

"Aren't they collecting firewood just now? Maybe they are preparing for a bonfire banquet. You know, those rich guys like to play some games when they go out, and they are often the content that we are usually tired of."

"For example, hunting wild animals all over the mountains, or lighting a fire with firewood in the wild to grill some food."

The gangster who was dozing off, whose mouth seemed to have been chopped off with a knife, showed a displeased look on his face after being shaken awake by his companion. said at the same time.

"And when they do these things, they will naturally gather together. Maybe you can see the group of guys dancing around the campfire later."

"No, that's not the case." The gangster who reminded me just now said nervously, "The group of people who were outside the valley before are shrinking back into the valley. I don't think that group of rich men will bring the group of bodyguards together Have a campfire."

"What?" After being reminded like this, the gangster called Leaky Mouth immediately grabbed the binoculars and carefully observed the situation in the valley. As expected, he saw the bodyguards who were standing guard on the outside began to stand up from their posts and head towards the valley. Inside went in.

"Heh——I was deceived just now." As a long-standing bandit, Leaker quickly discovered that the situation below was not right. "It seems that our whereabouts have been exposed, so this group of people want to use the terrain to defend."

At this time, the camp below has begun to complete the initial defense according to Lawrence's order.

Everyone used the opportunity of pretending to hold a bonfire banquet to surround the carriage carriage and a large pile of sundries as a cover, and then used a series of cover cover to quietly mobilize manpower to simply build a defensive front.

Gathering the group of security personnel around is the last step in the battle. After all, the illusion of a bonfire banquet can only confuse the outside observers for a short period of time at best.

So after simply building a line of defense, Lawrence immediately directed everyone to remove the camouflage and enter a state of combat readiness.