"So, do you know what we should do now?" Dai Mubai clearly intended to test her.
"Since the Inner City and Outer City aren't united, we should..." Li Mengdie turned to look at the cannons nearby.
To be honest, there were several of these things on every floor, but Li Mengdie had never considered using them.
There had been too few of them then.
But now, if they used these massive cannons to attack the Outer City and provoked its defense forces into shelling the fortress...
As Dai Mubai had said, the Outer City's defense forces would never dare bombard it indiscriminately. As long as the women made preparations inside the castle beforehand, the only ones hurt would be the Inner City Army surrounding it.
Dai Mubai pointed at the castle map. "I wouldn't have dared attempt such a crazy plan before, but now the map tells us there's a sturdy passage beneath the castle's first floor that leads to any part of the fortress, or even straight out of the city. Only the Castle Guards know about these secret passages, and after that battle just now, I don't believe they can hold every exit."
"...Given the current situation on the battlefield, they probably won't actually guard them, either."
"If the Outer City's artillery crews don't dare bombard us, we'll keep bombarding the Inner City. But if they return fire, the Inner City Army below will have no choice but to withdraw, giving us a chance to lead our main force, with all our state-of-the-art equipment, in a breakout."
Li Mengdie nodded. She thoroughly agreed with Dai Mubai's plan.
The castle was enormous. Although it was only made of stone, as long as they stayed near the Central Staircase, the first few rounds of shelling probably wouldn't hit them.
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