Wizard Lords: Building an Empire starts from the panel

Chapter 168

"Of course there is a way!

Let's just think of the enemy as a man with three horses. In order to maintain high mobility, the enemy will never carry more than twenty-five days of food, otherwise it will affect the marching speed and the condition of the horses.

Just like last time, the enemy disappeared after being active for more than ten days. This shows that the enemy lacks the ability to fight continuously.

Of course, if I were the enemy, I would definitely try my best to use the food I grabbed from the food team to keep the food I carry within a safe range.

As long as we besiege the enemy long enough, they will definitely jump out to snatch the food team when they are cornered, and their whereabouts will naturally be exposed by then.

Therefore, after completing the encirclement of the enemy, we only need to merge the small food team into a large food team again. The enemy's sneak attack on the large food team will inevitably be delayed for a period of time. As long as it is delayed until our reinforcements arrive, the goal will be achieved.

In addition, the small grain teams used as bait in the early stage can mix poison into the grain, especially the beans eaten by the horses. Ordinary war horses cannot withstand most poisons if they do not have the blood of Warcraft.

We just need to remember that this cunning enemy is limited in number and has no replenishment of troops, so our goal is to cause effective damage to it, and there is no need to expect too much in one battle.

The weaker their strength, the more likely they are to be held back during a sneak attack. As long as they are held back, part of their strength will be consumed again by our subsequent reinforcements. This is a virtuous cycle.

By continuously weakening their strength until they are unable to quietly destroy a small food team, this enemy has completely lost its threat to our food routes. "

"But Mirsad, is this approach too conservative?" One of Swain's close associates asked doubtfully.

“This approach is indeed stupid and conservative, but we have no better solution.

We are the party defending the grain road. As attackers, the enemy can choose when to attack, where to attack, and where to withdraw after the attack.

The initiative lies with the enemy, not with us. We can only be passively beaten.

Even if this method achieves final victory, it will pay a high price, but compared with the possible losses to the subsequent grain road, this price is worth it. "

"Well, that's really all it can do."

"Lord Swain, I'm finished."

"Very good. Although Mirsad's strategy is somewhat conventional, the victory lies in being sure. When facing weak and cunning enemies, don't be afraid of losses. As long as you stand strong and fight hard, you will always win.

Mirsad, please announce the defensive zones again. "

"Yes, my lord."

The fox man Mirsad walked to the map, pointed to the land portion of the grain road on the map and said: "This time we divided the land portion of the Yongye Forest grain road into eleven isolation areas, three core strongholds, Eight important strongholds, 29 temporary strongholds, and 97 lookout strongholds.

The three core strongholds are Falling Star Valley, Zelin Ferry, and Yuelan Village. The three leaders, Mikel, Yanik, and Trin, each lead 4,000 people to garrison them.

Each of the eight important strongholds is stationed with 2,000 people. The specific person in charge will be discussed later.

These eleven strongholds are both our bases and warehouses for grain transshipment, and absolute safety must be guaranteed.

Only ten people are stationed in the temporary stronghold and the lookout stronghold, and messages are delivered normally every day to report the survival situation.

When the enemy's whereabouts are exposed, we can adjust the garrison strength, and the troops in the core strongholds and important strongholds will be stationed in the corresponding temporary strongholds as soon as possible.

Judging from the past actions of this enemy, when the number of our soldiers exceeds a thousand or there are two or more fifth-level masters in the team, they will never take action.

Therefore, we must maintain a garrison size of at least 1,500 people and two level 5 masters in the three core strongholds, and maintain a garrison size of at least 1,000 people and a level 5 master in the eight important strongholds.

One thing that needs special attention is that all our soldiers from the core stronghold to the lookout stronghold are not allowed to act without authorization and must uniformly obey Lord Swain's command.

The garrison only needs to guard the pass, monitor the enemy's situation, and report the situation, but does not need to take the initiative to attack.

As long as the enemy is slowly trapped in an area, with the information provided by the stronghold and the food team, it is easy for one of the empire's main forces to annihilate them. "

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Xiaoyunshan Village

After a few days of rest and proper placement of all the wounded, Li Wei set out again with his soldiers.

"Lord Baron, are we going to fight the same way as before this time?"

"The basic idea is still the same. The first priority is to preserve our strength, and then try to interfere with the orcs' food routes. But this time we give priority to removing those small strongholds with less than 500 people, consuming the orcs' active strength, and waiting until the orc defenders are destroyed Once our consumption is low enough, we can let go."

"I don't know how many military merits the leader can get this time. If the military merits are rich enough, maybe I, Siegfried, can follow me to a barony. Then the elders in the family will not even think about looking down upon me! Ha ha ha ha!"

Siegfried was already imagining the outcome before he even started. This was mainly due to the fact that Li Wei's previous actions were so smooth, and Li Wei's historical record was really terrifying. His soldiers all thought that the Baron would definitely be able to eat meat. Of course, you can also drink the soup yourself.

"Bloodclaw, it's up to you to lead the way this time! Then I'll capture a few more werewolf prisoners for you, so you don't have to be a mere commander!"

"Thank you for your kindness, sir."

To be fair, although Bloodclaw has completely cut off the possibility of returning to the Orc Empire, Levi still has some distrust of Bloodclaw.

In the past few days after returning to Xiaoyunshan Village, Levi did not prepare the ideal poison to control the blood claws, but he still made a small pill to fool the blood claws.

He first forced Xueclaw to take a bottle of particularly unpleasant potion. Immediately after taking the potion, Xueclaw felt dizzy, chest tight and short of breath.

Then Levi gave Bloodclaw a bottle of small black pills and asked him to take it. After that, Xueclaw's symptoms of discomfort disappeared immediately.

At that time, Levi told Bloodclaw: "Bloodclaw, the bottle of potion I gave you to drink is a chronic poison. If there is no suitable slow-release drug, you will slowly die in pain.

The bottle of pills I just gave you has seven pills in total. You can save your life by taking one pill every day. Of course, you can also try not taking this pill. Tomorrow you can try to see if the toxins in your body will attack. "

After Bloodclaw got the pills, of course he swore that he would be absolutely loyal to Levi, but secretly he really tried to stop taking the pills for a day, but ended up rolling on the floor in pain, and it took him a full hour to recover.

In the end, Bloodclaw had no choice but to continue taking the little black pills provided by Levi.

In fact, Levi didn't create such a magical poison at all. The little black pill itself was poison. As long as Bloodclaw dared not take Levi's little black pill for three days, the poison would subside.

But Bloodclaw can no longer commit the crime. His previous behavior as a leader has destined him to have no way of turning back in this life. The only way out for him is to follow Li Wei and kill his former compatriots.

The little black pill is the noose tied around Bloodpaw's neck by Levi, and it is also the dog leash that reassures Levi. If Bloodclaw wants to survive and live a better life, it is very necessary to please Levi.

This chapter is too difficult to write. Today is just one chapter. Let’s see if I can write another chapter tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

Sometimes the author really dislikes that he is just an ordinary person and cannot write such amazing operations.