This war can be regarded as a great victory for humans, because even if they are facing goblins and can completely wipe out tens of thousands of goblins and only 17 people die and more than 100 people are injured, it can be regarded as a perfect victory.
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However, after the war, building this land became Lawrence's main task. If you want to complete this task, go to the entrance and exit of this plain and block the cave system inside the mountain that can allow large groups of goblins to enter and exit.
That's the most important thing.
So early the next morning, Lawrence led his elite troops and marched toward the mountain range together with the rat people under Fatina who had just completed an important sacrifice to the horned rat. In fact, that mountain range
It was only over 40 kilometers away from the coastline, but the local terrain forced Lawrence and the others to spend two days on the march.
Others, under the leadership of Seifer, began to actually build a dock and a town for people to live in, and at the same time reclaimed the fields that had been previously cultivated but were now abandoned.
Although Saphiel doesn't know much about this aspect, I think it won't be very difficult to follow the very detailed development manual left by Lawrence and add the help of a few retainers.
Not to mention that Lawrence’s previous invitation to the Agricultural Church was responded to, and an Agricultural Church team would arrive here by boat in just two or three days. In this two-pronged situation, even without his on-site command, it would be enough to defeat the game.
Phil held on until it was time for his return.
"Why do you think this place is called Niujiao Bay?" The march was very boring, but Lawrence found something to do. As he marched forward, he asked the local representatives who were following him.
Collect information. "The terrain of this place doesn't look like horns, and I haven't seen any animals related to cattle on this land."
"That's because there were several tauren tribes stationed here first, my lord." A middle-aged man in his thirties or forties who served as a company commander in the militia said in a humble manner. "In the first place.
When humans first landed on this island, the captain at that time established some contact with this group of mild-tempered tauren."
"But later, with the rapid growth of the number of goblins in the center of the island, we humans had to leave this important early trading stronghold. Then we lost any information about the tauren. It is also unclear whether they left here or were killed by the goblins.
They were wiped out by them. But at least the humans on this island have never seen them again since then, leaving only a place name marked on the map."
While speaking, the militia company commander pointed to the top of the hill next to it that was not covered by tall plants and said, "Look, according to legend, there used to be a tribe of tauren on this hill.
The group of gentlemen on this island said that when they came to investigate later, they did not find any valuable treasures or animal bones in the tribe. If there are no accidents, the tauren probably moved away on their own initiative."
This news does not mean much to Lawrence. After all, it has been more than 100 years since the Minotaurs moved away. Even if there are any traces left, it is impossible to continue to track them. But if it is just a process of understanding the history of this island, this matter
Still, Lawrence gained a lot.
For example, tauren are different from cattle. They are omnivorous creatures. They use animal husbandry and collection as a means of collecting food. If there were several tauren tribes on this land, then at least it means that this land is enough
Rich. Otherwise, it would be difficult for guys with big appetites like tauren to persist in a place like this.
Two days later, Lawrence finally arrived at the foot of the northernmost mountain range of this flat land. Five or six kilometers further west is the intersection of mountains and rivers. This land is actually surrounded by mountains and rivers.
It is a plain, and if the mountains extend all the way up the island, it can be seen as a mountain range extending from the highest peak of the entire island to the west.
"The flow speed of the lower reaches of this river is not slow. With the ability of the goblins, it is impossible to cross the river on a large scale. And if a small group of goblins crosses the river, we will destroy it as soon as we are discovered." Looking in front of us.
The cave was half covered by hanging vines on the mountain wall, the militiaman next to Lawrence introduced.
"Therefore, as long as the channel between the river beach and the mountains at the intersection of the mountains and the river is blocked, it will be impossible for the goblins deep in the island to enter this plain in large numbers."
"This is why the pioneers chose this plain as their foothold in the beginning, because this land is not only fertile and has huge development prospects, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack."
"But what no one expected was that the goblins actually found a series of caves in the mountains here that could pass through the mountains. This also led to the group of goblins successfully bypassing the heavily guarded mountain road and entering
into the plains. Once the goblins swarm, the difficulty of dealing with them will increase exponentially."
Having said this, the militiaman showed a look of pity on his face. If it weren't for these problems, the land conflict on the island would not be as serious as it is now. He would not have to risk his life and work as hard as he does now.
The count in front of his followers came here to fight the goblins.
Lawrence knew that what this militiaman said was true. Because goblins are distributed so widely, there are many scholars who study goblins. There are also a large number of books describing goblins.
A small number of goblins have actually always been at the bottom of the wild ecological chain, and ordinary beasts can pose a fatal threat to them. But as their number increases, the degree of trouble will increase exponentially. If they gather to a scale of tens of thousands,
They will even risk their lives to drown everything in their path like the tide did two days ago.
Although tauren and elves belong to the silver race, which means they have silver bodies and can be smoothly upgraded to expert level as long as they practice. But like elves, they also belong to families with difficulty in giving birth. When facing a large number of goblins, this
It became their fatal weakness.
In the same way, tauren are also very good at fighting in dark and complex underground spaces. For example, there are even some tauren city-states in the Underdark, but the prerequisite is that these underground spaces must not be too small in size. But the problem is that the goblins are now active
The tauren can't even enter those tunnels, let alone fight inside.
And now this dilemma is what Lawrence has to face. Although these tunnels can still be entered by humans, it is already a bit difficult to just travel along the tunnels with a full set of equipment, let alone fight in such a place.
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"Squeak - the big horned rat will protect us." After the team set up camp at the entrance of the cave group, the ratman priest also led the ratmen to dig out a cave altar and began to hold a sacrificial ceremony. With the last sentence
As the prayers were recited, Lawrence could feel that a great being in the void was paying very little attention to the simple altar.
All the ratmen present immediately knelt down around the altar and recited prayers, while the humans bowed in the direction of the altar to show respect for the true gods.
After a few seconds, this feeling of gaze disappeared, and the priest's eyes burst out with fanatical flames. He waved the spikes in his hands and pointed at the hole and shouted, "According to the will of the gods, let us and our human allies
Let’s clear out all the goblins in the cave together and take back this land for my lord.”
"Squeak——" All the rat people chanted together. After shouting slogans, everyone present, regardless of humans or rat people, stood in the open space and began to form mixed teams to prepare according to the orders of Lawrence and Fatina.