Zalanda said in a deep voice: "General Blood Claw and their group are in a special situation. We can only refer to them, but we cannot fully learn from them. After all, they are all soldiers of high quality.
They were always in a state of motion, fighting as fast as possible. Before the monster tribe could react, they had already killed them and swallowed whatever cartilage they could chew.
If there is no way to chew it, they just retreat far away. Even if they want to pursue it, they can't find the direction.
But large-scale immigration is different. It involves people, vehicles, and families. They move slowly and are bound to be followed by a large number of monster tribes. Once a sufficient number accumulates, they will attack in groups. "
This was her experience. Bringing the soldiers and civilians of Fort Nott to Darauma in just two hundred kilometers was far more difficult than leading an army to attack thousands of miles.
After hearing this analysis, the hobgoblin chief couldn't help but take a deep look at Zalanda. The other party'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 hobgoblin chief took the initiative to ask for orders: "If you enter rashly, it is indeed easy to have the problems mentioned by the lady, but if you make all preparations in advance, there is no solution.
I am willing to lead the Bloodclaw Legion as the vanguard and return to the Giant Plains. I will clear a path for the lords so that when they see people, they will only run away with their tail between their legs instead of following and peeping. "
At the end of the sentence, Bloodclaw couldn't help but licked his fangs and smiled.
It's just that this smile, in the eyes of others, has a strong smell of blood, the kind that can completely drown people.
Gavin and Zalanda couldn't help but look at each other again. This proposal was indeed exciting.
The Blood Claws and the others have proven with practical actions that they have advantages over humans in the wilderness.
Their strength is not decreasing as they fight, but increasing 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 plains and destroying forests is something that goes against nature. Human beings must consider the reaction of the gods of nature and do not dare to do it easily.
The hobgoblins do not have this burden. They believe in Magrubit, the powerful being and the god of the goblin race. His main focus is war and destruction. If the gods dare to come, he can fight tit for tat and is very happy to do so. He is an out-and-out war madman - this is the operating law of the multiverse. Gods cannot do whatever they want. They also need to be subject to many restrictions, especially after the Year of Turmoil, this shackles are even more severe. Tighter and more.
Gavin nodded and said: "This is indeed an excellent proposal, but if you do this, you will work too hard and there will be no chance to repair it."
Bloodclaw couldn't help laughing and said: "This kind of life is what we like best. On the contrary, the comfortable life in Dragon Oak Territory was a kind of torture to us."
The hobgoblins are called a warlord race for a reason. They have a fanaticism for war and expansion that other races cannot understand.
"Now that we have a group of elite soldiers clearing the way, we can take the opportunity to decide on part of our route. Let's take the path they came from. Your task is to plow down the large and small monster tribes along the way. all over."
After Gavin made up his mind, he began to arrange his troops and said, "This time you are not fighting alone. I have arranged a second army from the rocky land. On the way forward, I will divert them to the Giant Plains.
After you arrive here again, don't rush to start a full-scale war. Just use mobile warfare as you did when you came here. Fight through this place again. After joining them, turn back and fight through it to join our immigrant army, and then launch a full-scale sweep. Not too late.
I believe that after your successive attacks, those monster groups will be greatly frightened. They will not have the courage to show up in front of you again, and the immigrant army will take the opportunity to pass through. "
"This method is feasible!" Bloodclaw nodded involuntarily. This was nothing more than repeating what they had done before. There was no difficulty. On the contrary, they could accumulate more troops.
They become more elite as they fight.
After pondering for a moment, Gavin continued: "When the time comes, I will arrange a special teammate for you. She will mark the wilderness, which will be the migration route of the immigrant army."
The special teammate Gavin was talking about was naturally the half-moon horse Luna. Her Corruption Furnace was an artifact that opened the way to the wilderness.
Before the elite monster army of the Blood Claw Legion is in place, doing so will naturally do more harm than good. This will easily allow interested people to trace the route of the immigrant army and set up ambushes along the way.
Now the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Letting their cleanup work proceed along this 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. Instead, he 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 was talking about were the remaining equipment acquired from the Zhentarim.
Because there were too many variables in the Blood Claw Legion before, Gavin did not consider them at all.
Instead, they are preparing to use these equipment to arm the immigrant army and carry out armed immigration.
However, many of the pieces of equipment were engraved with exclusive symbols. Gavin handed them over to Zalanda first and asked her to help organize a large number of blacksmiths to clear them out.
Now handing it over to the Bloodclaw Legion, not only can they better utilize their power, but they also don't have as many worries as before. After all, the Zhentarim's radiation affects mainly the Northland, and its claws have not yet reached monster-dominated areas such as the Giant Plains. area to come.
"It should be so." Zalanda also agreed with this usage plan.
"This is a military strategy book. You can study it in your spare time." Gavin handed a book to the hobgoblin warlord and said, "This is Ms. Strategy's way of war. Reading it more will be helpful to you."
This book on the Way of War is naturally not Zalanda's original version, but a transcribed version, which does not possess any magical power.
But for a general who completely relies on instinct and experience to command battles, it is still very useful. It can at least broaden his tactical command ideas.
"Thank you, Lord, for the generous gift." Bloodclaw took the book from Gavin's hands respectfully. Although he did not read it, since the other party explained it seriously, it must not be a mortal thing, especially if it concerns a priest whose job is strategy. The goddess must have her own unique views on war.
"In terms of food, do you have any shortages? What do you need me to prepare for you?" Gavin asked.
From the very beginning, the Blood Claw Legion did not bring enough food with them on the road. Instead, they relied on fighting to support the war and found solutions on their own from those monster tribes and wild creatures.
But there are some things that cannot be effectively supplemented, such as salt.
Sure enough, Bloodclaw answered without thinking: "Salt, a lot of salt. The weather is hot now, the soldiers sweat seriously, and meat is not easy to store for a long time. It must be marinated with salt."
Gavin turned his attention to Zalanda. She, a local snake, could only help solve such daily necessities.
Zalanda thought for a moment and said, "Give me three days and I will find a way to raise a batch of salt."
Obviously, it is not easy for her to rush out a large amount of salt.
The table salt in Faerûn is mainly sea salt.
Because it is surrounded by sea and has the world's largest inland sea, Falling Star Sea, most areas are not short of salt.
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 is no shortage of salt.
At least until Zalanda took over, there was no shortage.
However, 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: "You can help General Bloodclaw prepare enough for them to sweep through the Giant Plains again. The rest can be sent to the cities along the Long Lake to purchase more. Purchase more and come back." On the one hand, it replenishes what Darauma is using, and on the other hand, it prepares for the immigration army.”
Although the name of Dragon Lake is a lake, it is actually part of the sea. It is directly connected to the Falling Star Sea through the Dragon Lake Strait. Opposite it is Cormyr, covering the entire southern part of the Purple Dragon Kingdom.
"This is a good idea. Do you send someone to purchase it? Or should I send someone?" Zalanda asked.
Of course, the procurement matters cannot be left to the Blood Claws. They will only rob.
"You send people, I really don't have any qualified talents in this area." As his strength continued to develop, Gavin felt that it was not that there were more and more available talents in his hands, but that they were becoming less and less.
In addition to the fact that his territory is too scattered, it is also because his main subjects belong to unconventional races and are too specialized, which makes them extremely powerful in a certain aspect, which normal humans cannot match. The advantages of similar planting, the advantages of kobolds in mining and burrowing, the advantages of woad tree people in plastic wood, etc.
But in some matters, there is no way to reuse them.
This is the case with commercial procurement.
He increasingly felt the need to establish his own official caravan.
"Okay." Zalanda agreed readily.
"It's not an option to keep being stuck by them like this." Gavin brought the topic to Zalanda's predicament, "It's better to take the opportunity to break this blockade."
Zalanda's eyes fell on Blood Claw involuntarily, and she said thoughtfully: "You mean, you want to use General Blood Claw to put pressure on Saradas?"
"That's right." Gavin waved his hand, 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 river basins. This direction affects the whole body.
But to the west, there is only one Saradas. Although they have the best heavy cavalry in Tethyr, they are also isolated and helpless. When General Bloodclaw leads his troops south, we can surround him on three sides.
General Bloodclaw and his legions are not part of Tethyr's peace agreement.
As long as it is torn into pieces, 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 only planned to throw the Bloodclaw Legion into the mountains and use it as a chess piece to coordinate inside and outside. Even if they did not completely solve the scourge of goblins in the marching mountains, they would still effectively suppress them and win a longer peace for themselves. development period.
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 under their control.
"This is indeed a way to break the situation, but if we really want to pose a threat to Saradas, the current strength of General Bloodclaw is far from enough." Zalanda shook his head and said, "Although Saradas only has one city, but their heritage is beyond your imagination.
Not only do they have the best heavy cavalry in Tethyr, they also have a large number of monster mercenaries. As far as I know, 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, "You mean to say that the Omlaran Mountains are not only not a threat to them, but are under their control?"
"Yes." Zalanda nodded and said, "There is a gem called Omlaran produced in the Omlaran Mountains. It has a special effect on mages. The price has always been high and the supply exceeds demand. Originally, the mining rights were directly managed by the royal family. The Ladas family assists in management.
Even so, the Saradas family has become the first family in Tethyr after the royal family. It supports a heavy cavalry of more than 3,000 people all year round, intimidating the surrounding areas.
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 hobgoblins 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 returning it to the direct control of the royal family.
In the first few years, they would pay a part of the gem tax to show their loyalty to the royal family. In the end, in the name of the serious danger of monsters in the surrounding areas and the need to expand the armament, all taxes were intercepted, including the taxes of Darauma in the later period. It was Saradas who was handed over to the royal family.
After half a century, they had as many as five thousand heavy cavalry on the surface, and they were the out-and-out kings of eastern Tethyr.
The reason why they didn't touch me or Darauma was not because they didn't have the strength, nor were they simply restricted by Ms. Strategy's agreement.
Rather, they need a disruptor to completely disrupt the situation in Tethyr so that they can gain greater power from it.
If we aim our troops at them first, how do you think they will react? "
Although Faerun originally had no systematic books on strategy, clergy, and art of war.
However, the strategy and tactics used in reality are still slippery.
The Saradas family successively used a series of military strategies such as killing people with borrowed swords, raising bandits to respect themselves, and supporting soldiers to respect themselves.
"I'm sorry, I didn't do enough homework and I took it for granted." Gavin said with shame.
The arrival of Blood Claw made him somewhat inflated, forgetting that there was a comparison in military strength.
Zalanda did not blame Gavin, but instead blamed herself: "This matter was my mistake. I failed to share with you the information about the warlords and nobles in Tethyr in time. In fact, when I first read about Sarah I was also shocked when I received the intelligence from Das. After all, this family has not performed very well in the history of Tethyr and has always been a mediocre border military family."
"Then let's discuss this matter again. In the short term, we should focus on developing our own internal affairs."
"We can't pose a threat to Saradas in the short term, but we already have a way to bypass his blockade." Zalanda said with a smile, "The Root of God has helped us create We have created a natural forest road that can lead directly from Darauma to Misnoel. As long as you find a way to open the forest passage to the Steam Lake, you can perfectly bypass Saradas City. Their important task is The cavalry don’t dare rush into the dense forest rashly.”
"This is what I have to do, I will push forward the matter as soon as possible." Gavin suddenly laughed.
In fact, they are already doing it.
Although Gavin was not in Myth Noel, the task of hauling the rotten trees through the shadows was still going on.
What limits the progress now is the speed at which Wu Liu transforms and extracts the power of shadow.
Currently, no better alternative has been found.
It can only be done by water grinding, bit by bit.
After being enlarged ten times by the Tower of Domination, Wuliu's conversion speed is not slow at all. Hundreds of trees are purified every day, but the number and area that need to be purified are too large and large.
In fact, this part is easy to say. As long as you work hard, you will be finished sooner or later.
The trouble is the forest passage leading to the Lake of Steam. The distance is not far, less than ten kilometers, and it has not yet exceeded the coverage of the Tower of Domination.
But this involves the concept of the natural race of the forest. If coordination is not good, the two sides may fall out, especially when there are drow elves who are good at conspiracy and conspiracy to sow discord.
This matter cannot be done recklessly, and the right opportunity must be found.
It is a good direction to find a way to let the drow or the Medusa lord take 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.
Blood Claw finally said: "Please, Lord, come to the army for inspection."
"I told you when we were in Rockland, as long as you come to Tethyr as promised, you will be fully responsible for this legion. No matter how big the scale grows, this promise will remain unchanged. I believe you 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.
After killing two or three more pairs of giants in the Plains, no one knows how many hobgoblins and goblins will still be there today.
Instead of wasting your time on them, it's better to grab a Blood Claw.
As long as he is determined to follow him, the Blood Claw Legion will be his.
If he had second thoughts and relied on his brief contact with the Blood Claw Legion, it would be useless.
"Thank you Lord for your trust. I will definitely live up to this trust." Blood Claw showed a hint of excitement. The feeling of being trusted is always a good thing.
(End of chapter)
