A defense zone map lay on the table between Marquis Ekmelading and the three of them.
It detailed Dajialisini's defensive deployments.
This included the number of troops stationed, their unit types, rotation schedules, and so on.
The three major mercenary corps he had hired were assigned to different sectors.
The Red Eye Mercenary Corps, led by Blind Hol, would garrison the southern defensive line.
Meanwhile, the Vulture Mercenary Corps, led by One-Winged Bird Vijay, would garrison the eastern defensive line.
As for the brown-haired woman with large waves named Aya and the Kin-Slayer Mercenary Corps she led, they would be responsible for the west, directly facing the direction of Lentax Great City.
It was also the direction Marquis Ekmelading was most concerned about.
The defenses in all three directions would be strengthened with the three mercenary corps as supplementary forces.
To that end, the marquis had specifically allocated three independent defensive nodes to them.
He had also arranged reserve units.
Though the mercenary corps were not weak, it was difficult for them to coordinate effectively with a great city's garrison forces.
Rather than forcibly making the two work together, it was better to let the three mercenary corps handle their own affairs.
If they abandoned their posts, the reserve units would take their place.
The total number of soldiers in Dajialisini Great City's garrison forces, public security forces, and knight orders combined was still under eight hundred thousand.
Emergency mobilization was underway, but it would take time for the new troops to become combat-capable.
The native inhabitants also had a reserve system. Generally speaking, reserve troops would not exceed ten percent of the total force.
One had to know that maintaining an army fully removed from production and paid monthly wages was enormously expensive.
The monthly consumption of food alone,