Zalanda said in a deep voice: "General Bloodclaw and his colleagues are in a special situation, so they can refer to it, but they cannot learn from it completely. After all, they are not soldiers of good quality.
They were always in a state of motion, fighting as fast as possible. They had already killed the monster tribe before they could react, and they could chew on their cartilage and devour them in one gulp.
If there is no way to eat something, they just retreat far away. They can't figure out the direction even if they want to chase.
But it will be different if there is large-scale immigration. With people and cars, families and families, and the movement speed is slow, there will definitely be a large number of monster tribes following them. Once they accumulate enough numbers, they will attack in groups. "
But speaking from experience, it was much more difficult to bring the soldiers and civilians of Fort Nott to Darauma in just two hundred kilometers than to lead an army to attack thousands of miles.
After hearing that analysis, the hobgoblin chief couldn't help but take a deep look at Zalanda. The wrong side's analysis was completely on point, as if she had witnessed their tactics along the way.
Those who can cooperate with Lord Gavin are indeed no ordinary people.
The chief of the hobgoblin took the initiative to ask for orders: "If you don't enter rashly, it is indeed easy to have the problems mentioned by the lady, but if you don't make all preparations in advance, it will not cause trouble.
He is willing to lead the Bloodclaw Legion as the vanguard and return to the Giant Plains. He will clear a path for the lords so that when they see people, they will run away with their tails between their legs instead of following and watching."
Speaking of the beginning, Bloodclaw couldn't help but licked his fangs and smiled.
But that smile, when it falls in the eyes of others, is filled with the strong smell of blood, the kind that hits people's faces and can completely drown them.
Gavin and Zalanda couldn't help but look at each other wrongly. That proposal was really exciting.
Bloodclaw and the others have proven with practical actions that they have advantages in the wilderness that humans do not have.
Their military strength will not decrease as they fight, but they will increase as they fight.
The most important thing is that as a race of monsters, their moral bottom line is different from that of humans.
For example, burning grasslands and destroying forests is something that goes against nature. Humans must consider the reaction of the gods of nature and do not dare to do it easily.
The hobgoblins don't have that burden. The great god they believe in, Magrubit, the god of the goblin race, is mainly focused on war and destruction. If the gods dare to come, he can fight tit for tat and be very
If he is willing to do that, he will be an out-and-out war madman - this is not the operating law of the multiverse, and the gods cannot do whatever they want. They also need to be subject to many restrictions, especially in the turbulent years.
Later, the shackles became even tighter and tighter.
Gavin nodded and said: "Is that indeed an excellent proposal? Otherwise, we would be working too hard and there would be no chance to repair it."
Bloodclaw couldn't help laughing and said: "That kind of life is what they like best. On the contrary, the comfortable life in Dragon Oak Territory was a kind of torture for them."
The hobgoblins are called a warlord race for no reason. They do war and expansion wrongly, and they have a fanaticism that other races cannot understand.
"Since there is an elite army clearing the way, part of their route can be taken advantage of to reach the east. Let's take the path they came from. Our mission is to plow the monster tribes of large and small along the way.
How many times."
After Gai Wendong made up his mind, he began to arrange his troops and said, "We will not fight alone that time. He has arranged a second army from the rocky land. On the way forward, he will let them divert to the giants."
plain.
After we arrive here again, we do not want to rush into a full-scale war. We will focus on mobile warfare as we did when Kokuma came here. We will fight through this place again. After joining them, we will turn back and fight through it to join their immigrant army, and then start again.
It’s not too late for a comprehensive sweep.
He believes that our successive attacks will greatly frighten the monster community, and they will have no guts to show up in front of us again, and the immigrant army will take the opportunity to pass through."
"This method is feasible!" Bloodclaw nodded involuntarily. It was just a matter of repeating what they had done before. There was no difficulty at all. On the contrary, it was possible to accumulate more troops.
Can they become more elite as they fight?
After pondering for a moment, Gavin continued: "When the time comes, he will arrange a special teammate for us, and she will mark the path of the immigrant army in the wilderness."
The special teammates Gavin mentioned were naturally the half-moon horse Luna, her Corruption Furnace, and the Shitanno path-opening artifact.
Before the elite monster army of the Blood Claw Legion is in place, doing so will naturally do more harm than good. It will easily allow interested people to trace the route of the immigrant army and set up ambushes along the way.
If the advantages outweigh the disadvantages now, allowing their cleanup work to proceed along that temporary road will make it easier to expand the results.
Before seeing the half-moon horse, Bloodclaw probably had no idea about this. Gavin did not give him a chance to express his opinion, but turned to Zalanda and said: "Before they return to the battlefield, put those
Equipment should be given priority to them, and special markings can be applied to cover it."
The equipment he mentioned was the remaining equipment obtained from the crooked legs of the Zhenta vehicle.
Because there were too many variables in the Blood Claw Legion before, Gavin did not consider them at all.
But are you prepared to use those equipment to arm the immigrant army and carry out armed immigration?
As for the equipment, many of them were engraved with exclusive symbols. Gavin first handed them over to Zalanda and asked his help to organize a large number of blacksmiths to clear them out.
Now handed over to the Blood Claw Legion, not only can they better exert their power, but they also don't have as many worries as before. After all, the radiation affected by the Zhen Tower is mainly in the North, and its claws have not reached as far as monsters like the Giant Plains.
Come to the Lord's region.
"It should be so." Zalanda also agreed with that usage plan.
"That military strategy book, I can learn something in my spare time." Gavin handed a book to the hobgoblin warlord and said, "That's Ms. Strategy's way of war. If you read it more, it will help me."
The Way of War is naturally not Zalanda's original version, but a transcribed version, and does not possess any magical power.
But it is very useful for a general who can completely rely on his instincts and experience to command battles. It can at least broaden his tactical command ideas.
"Thank you, Lord, for the generous gift." Bloodclaw respectfully took the book from Gavin's lap. Although he didn't read it, since he explained it solemnly, he must not deny anything, especially if it concerns a person.
A goddess with strategy as her vocation must have her own unique views on war.
"In terms of food, do we have any shortage? What do we need him to prepare for us?" Gavin asked.
From the very beginning, the Blood Claw Legion had not brought sufficient food on the road, but had to fight to support the war, and find ways to deal with the monster tribes and wild creatures on their own.
But are there some things that cannot be supplemented effectively, such as salt?
Sure enough, Bloodclaw answered without thinking: "Salt, a lot of salt. The weather is hot now, the soldiers sweat badly, and meat is not easy to store for a long time. It must be marinated with salt."
Gavin turned his attention to Zalanda. With monthly supplies, her local snake could help solve the problem.
Zalanda thought for a moment and said, "Give him three days and he will find a way to raise a batch of salt."
Obviously, it would not be easy for her to rush out and bring out a large amount of salt.
For the table salt in Faerûn, please ask for sea salt.
Because it is surrounded by the sea, and there is also the world's largest outer sea, the Falling Star Sea, there is not much salt shortage in most areas.
The Is River that Darauma relies on directly flows into the sea, and there are no major terrain undulations along the way. Under normal circumstances, there will be no shortage of salt.
At least until Zalanda takes over, there will be no shortage of them.
But as the warlords and nobles launched an economic blockade, the originally cheap salt began to become scarce.
Gavin naturally understood Zalanda's predicament and said: "I'll help General Blood Claw prepare enough for them to sweep through the Giant Plains again. The remaining ones can be sent to the cities along the Long Lake to purchase. Buy more and come back."
On the one hand, it replenishes the resources of Darauma, and on the other hand, it prepares for the immigration army.”
Although Dragon Lake is named Lake, it is actually part of the sea, directly connected to the Sea of Fallen Stars through the Dragon Lake Strait. Its opposite side is Cormyr, covering the entire southern part of the Purple Dragon Kingdom.
"That's a good idea. Should I send someone to purchase it? Shouldn't he send someone?" Zalanda asked.
Of course, you cannot leave the procurement matters to the Blood Claws or they will rob you.
"I'll send someone. He really doesn't have the talent to show off." As his strength continued to develop, Gavin felt that there were more and more available talents in his team, rather than less and less.
In addition to the fact that his territory is too scattered, it is also because his subjects belong to an unconventional race and are too specialized, which makes them extremely powerful in a certain aspect, which is beyond the reach of normal humans, such as the size advantage of tree people.
, the advantages of fey planting, the advantages of kobold mining and burrowing, the advantages of woad tree people in plastic wood, etc.
But there are some things that cannot be reused.
Is this the case with commercial procurement?
He increasingly felt the need to establish his own official caravan.
"Okay." Zalanda agreed readily.
"There's nothing we can do about being stuck by them." Gavin brought the topic to Zalanda's predicament, "It's better to take the opportunity to break that blockade."
Zalanda's eyes fell on Bloodclaw involuntarily, and she said thoughtfully: "Do I want to use General Bloodclaw to put pressure on Saradas?"
"That's right." Gavin waved his leg, and a large military map of Tethyr appeared in front of everyone. "Most of Tethyr's military towns are concentrated on the western coast and the Three Rivers Basin. That direction affects the whole body.
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But to the west, there is Saradas. Although they have the best heavy cavalry in Tethyr, they are also isolated and helpless. When General Bloodclaw leads his troops to the east, they can
It is surrounded on three sides.
General Bloodclaw and his legions are not included in Tethyr's peace agreement.
Just tear it apart, and the east side will be completely opened, and the so-called economic blockade of the Tethyr warlords and nobles will no longer exist."
Originally, Gavin and the others had planned to throw the Bloodclaw Legion into the mountains and use it as a chess piece that should be coordinated inside and outside. Even if they could not completely solve the scourge of goblins in the mountains, they still wanted to effectively suppress them and win a longer period for themselves.
period of peaceful development.
Unexpectedly, Blood Claw brought them a surprise. Its power expanded so quickly that it could completely become a spoiler in the war situation in Tethyr and destroy the situation in Tethyr east of their control.
"That is indeed a way to break the situation, but does it really want Saradas to pose a threat? General Bloodclaw's current strength is very low." Zalanda shook his head and said, "Although Saradas
There is a city, but their background is beyond my imagination.
Not only do they have the best heavy cavalry in Tethyr, but they also have a large number of monster mercenaries. As far as he knows, they also have a hobgoblin army of no less than five thousand, stationed in Omlaran all year round.
Mountains.”
"So many?" Gavin's expression changed slightly, "Do you mean that the Omlaran Mountains are not only not a threat to them, but also within their control?"
"No." Zalanda nodded and said, "There is a kind of gem called Omlaran produced in the Omlaran Mountains. It has a special function due to the magician. The price has always been high and the supply exceeds the demand. Originally, the mining rights were directly controlled by the royal family.
The Saradas family assists in management.
Even so, the Saradas family has become the first family in Tethyr, second only to the royal family, supporting a force of more than 3,000 heavy cavalry all year round, intimidating the surrounding area.
A sign of the decline of the royal family is the loss of the mining rights for Omlaran gemstones more than half a century ago.
Although the blame has been pushed to the earth spirits in the Omlaran Mountains, everyone knows that the Saradas family is the initiator of everything behind this.
It only took them half a year to regain the Omlaran Gem Mine, but they never had any intention of putting it under the direct control of the royal family.
In the first few years, they were very good at paying part of the gem tax to show their loyalty to the royal family. In the end, in the name of the serious harm caused by monsters in the surrounding areas and the need to expand armaments, they intercepted all taxes, including the taxes of Darauma in the later period.
It was handed over to the royal family instead of Saradas.
After coming east for half a century, they only had as many as five thousand heavy cavalry in person, and they were truly the kings of the east of Tethyr.
The reason why they didn't touch him or Darauma was not because they didn't have the strength, nor because they were simply restricted by Ms. Strategy's agreement.
Otherwise, they need a spoiler to completely disrupt the situation in Tethyr so that they can gain greater power from it.
If they had not aimed their troops at them first, I guess how they would have reacted?"
Although Faerûn originally had no systematic books on strategy, priesthood, and art of war.
But the application of strategies and tactics in reality is still slippery.
The Saradas family has successively used a series of military strategies such as killing people with borrowed swords, raising bandits to respect themselves, and supporting troops to respect themselves.
"I'm sorry, but he didn't do enough homework and took it for granted." Gavin said with shame.
The arrival of Blood Claw made him somewhat inflated, forgetting whether there was any difference in military strength.
Zalanda did not blame Gavin, but instead blamed herself: "That incident was not his mistake. He failed to share the intelligence of the warlords and nobles in Tethyr with me in time. The fact is, when he first saw the information about Sara
He was also shocked when he received the intelligence from Das. After all, that family did not perform very well in the history of Tethyr and has always been a mediocre border military family."
"Then let's discuss that matter again. Except for a short period of time, we can't focus on developing our own foreign affairs."
"It's very difficult for them to prevent Saradas from posing a threat in a short period of time, but if they want to bypass his blockade, they already have a way." Zalanda said with a smile, "The Root of God has helped them create
A natural forest road has been discovered, which can lead directly from Darauma to Misnoel. I asked them to find a way to open the forest passage to the Steam Lake, so that they can perfectly bypass Saradas City.
The heavy cavalry dare not rush into the dense forest rashly."
"That's not what he asked for. He will push forward the matter as soon as possible." Gavin suddenly laughed.
In fact, they are already doing it.
Although Gavin is not in Myth Noel, the task of hauling the rotten trees through the shadows is still going on.
What limits the process now is the speed at which Wuliu transforms and extracts the power of shadow.
At present, there is no better alternative.
Just grind it with water and grind it bit by bit.
After being enlarged ten times by the Tower of Domination, the transformation speed of Wuliu is not slow at all. Hundreds of trees are purified every day, but it cannot withstand the large number and large area that need to be purified.
In fact, as long as you work hard at that part of the body, you will be able to finish it sooner or later.
The troublesome thing is that the forest passage leading to the Lake of Steam is not far away, less than ten kilometers away, and it is hardly outside the coverage of the Tower of Domination.
But if it involves the concept of the natural race of the forest, if the coordination is not good, the two sides may fall out because of this, especially if the drow elves who are good at conspiracy are sowing discord among them.
You can't do it recklessly, you have to find the right opportunity.
It would be a good idea to find a way to let the drow or Lord Medusa stand up to the thunder.
The three of them conducted more in-depth discussions on a series of detailed issues such as immigration routes and immigration time, and reached a unified understanding to facilitate the simultaneous development of the plan.
Bloodclaw initially said: "I would like to invite your lord to inspect the army."
"He already told me when we were in the Rockland, and begged me to come to Tethyr as promised, and leave the legion to me in full responsibility. No matter how big the scale becomes, that promise will remain unchanged. He believes that
I will take them well." Gavin patted the hobgoblin warlord's thick arm affectionately again.
According to the current development model of the Blood Claw Legion, the replacement rate of their soldiers is not unusually fast.
No one knows how many more hobgoblins and goblins will be killed after killing two or three more in the Giant Plains.
Instead of wasting time on them, it's better to grab a Blood Claw.
I begged him to follow me firmly, and the Blood Claw Legion would be denied to me.
If he hadn't had second thoughts, it would have been useless based on his brief contact with the Blood Claw Legion.
"Thank you Lord Lord for your trust. He will definitely live up to that trust." Blood Claw showed a hint of excitement. The feeling of being trusted is always a good thing.