Chapter 1010, the tranquility before the storm
System prompt: The Chinese player ‘Luo Ji’ launches an all-out war against you!
Along with this emotionless system prompt sounded in John Thrall's ears. At that moment, he was so shocked that he jumped up from his throne.
"ha?!!!"
This sudden move almost stunned all the courtiers below.
But at this moment, John Sal was in no mood to care.
Ever since he started fighting with Luo Ji, and until now, he has been treated inexplicably.
Although it is not unusual for players from opposing alliances to fight each other during the war between the two alliances, but even the gold-level declaration of war was used? As for that?! Is that Chinese player named Luo Ji mentally ill?
?!
When things have reached this point, no matter how crazy John Sal is, it is obviously useless.
In the sky, a red twin-tailed comet pierced the sky. At that moment, the heaven and earth changed. The territories of Luo Ji and John Thrall were invisibly connected. The battlefield of all-out war had already begun!
At this moment, Luo Ji, who was sitting in the main city, quickly opened the system map.
At this moment, the territory of his Ten Thousand Worlds Civilization has undoubtedly been brought to a brand new battlefield by the system. Outside the territory, the vision in the southeast, northwest and all directions is pitch black.
This first step undoubtedly requires a good broadening of horizons.
Without any hesitation, four warrants were sent directly to the four borders, ordering them to send out scouts for investigation.
During this period, according to Luo Ji's order, all the troops in each city entered a state of preparation for war.
At the same time, John Thrall on the other side made the same arrangement almost at the same time.
Obviously, he is also experienced in total war.
In the next month, they each figured out each other's position. In this battle, the dwarf civilization was located to the west of his civilization.
However, no one on either side was in a hurry. During the period when the battlefield had just begun, under the tense atmosphere, what appeared was unexpected tranquility.
It felt like the last calm before the storm.
Luo Ji is not in a hurry for this week or two. There is only one thing he has to do now, and that is to continue to mobilize troops to the border!
John Thrall on the other side is obviously even less likely to be anxious.
He had no intention of taking the initiative to attack. Since this all-out war was initiated by Luo Ji, it meant that the other party's offensive intentions were stronger than his.
After confirming this, he only needs to arrange the defenses while waiting for the opponent to attack.
In this way, he can still take advantage of the city's defenders and terrain, which is much more cost-effective than taking the initiative to attack.
Obviously, John Thrall had indeed made the right calculation in this move.
Although Luo Ji had plenty of time, as the initiator of a total war, he could not continue to be in a stalemate with the other party.
After receiving the latest intelligence from the Western Reconnaissance Team and confirming the news, a large area of vision that was originally shrouded in the west was opened.
According to the report of the reconnaissance team, there is a buffer zone of about one hundred kilometers between the western border of the Ten Thousand Realms Civilization and the border city of the Dwarf Civilization.
At the same time, they also discovered that there were a large number of dwarves digging what looked like a river outside the enemy's border city.
"Riverway?"
Luo Ji was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then his mind turned slightly, as if something had occurred to him, and he suddenly understood.
"I see, are they digging trenches on the other side?"
The most direct use of trenches is to cover the musketeers' firing.
However, it is completely useless in the most common invasion war.
The main reason is that trenches, if made permanently, will affect your own expansion. On weekdays, when your troops and people enter and leave the city, it will also affect the efficiency, cause a lot of congestion, and may even get in the way and produce negative effects.
And if it is done temporarily, then according to the rhythm of the invasion war, the invader will attack very quickly, and there will not be enough time for you to dig a trench.
At the same time, another reason is that this defensive facility can basically only be used to cover the musketeers, and it is basically meaningless for close combat infantry.
However, in the Black Iron tier, there are actually very few serious players who use Musketeers as their main output.
Therefore, the trench facility is basically invisible in the invasion battle of the Black Iron level.
It will only be brought to the table by the defenders in some long-term wars.
Now John Thrall ordered the troops in the border city to dig trenches outside the city. This posture clearly meant that he wanted to fight him in a positional battle with the dwarf musketeers in his hands.
But it doesn't matter. If the soldiers come to block it, the water will come and the soil will cover it.
Moreover, trenches, as defensive facilities, were said to be easy to fight, but they were actually very easy to fight. At least Luo Ji already knew that.
John Thrall wanted to use this move against him, but he was just thinking too much.
The first month passed quietly, and both parties were quite patient.
During this period, Luo Ji, who was in charge of mobilizing troops in the rear, did not go straight to the front.
Instead, an order was issued. The fiefdom king Gaowen served as the commander of the vanguard army, the general Guo Zhen of Zhenxi served as the general, and Du Yuanzhi served as the army staff officer. They directly led the assembled Western Army to advance towards the border city of the dwarf civilization.
At this moment, the total strength of the assembled Western Legion has reached the level of 20,000.
This time, Luo Ji can be said to be serious in a real sense!
The mighty army walked out from the west gate of Gaoling City, passed through the yellow sand hills outside the western border, and slowly pushed towards the border city of the dwarf civilization.
After several days of marching, the huge military strength was obviously quickly exposed to the eyes of the dwarf scouts.
Realizing that the enemy army was about to press the border, the dwarf scouts rushed back to the city behind as quickly as possible to report...
"Report to the general, the enemy army appears in the hilly area about fifty kilometers away!"
"How many troops?"
"Visually estimated the number of troops is at least 20,000."
When he said this, there was obvious difficulty in the dwarf scout's voice.
As the general guarding the city behind him, Kaladin Bronzebeard's expression also changed after hearing these words.
This is really a stressful number.
"Pass the order, the entire army will enter a state of first-level alert!!"
There is no time to think too much. With this force, if anything goes wrong, the border may fall.
A large number of dwarf musketeers quickly entered the trenches and took up positions, and the melee troops were also ready to attack on one side! It was like a prepared posture!
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