"You can say that, but it's not pure." Kim nodded and shook his head. "Things are far more complicated than this. If you can prepare some of the stones and transport them to the border river, it will be easier to do. At the same time, it is also necessary to choose the location for crossing the river, and those locations where it is easy to build bridges are the best.”
"We know what we should do." This time it was not Catherine who answered, but Gavin. "It's just that regarding prayer, we still need Lord Kim's help. After all, many people's belief in the Wind Slave is superficial. , we need to dig deeper because he is worthy of respect."
Except for those exclusive priests and priests, there are very few believers who only believe in one god in Faerûn. There are more general believers who believe in multiple gods. When burning paper at the farmer's house, unless it is a special day to worship the gods, it is a festival. There is no way to burn it for an immortal family, but from top to bottom, everyone who knows it must give a share, including some with a bad reputation, not asking for blessings, just asking not to cause harm.
A world without gods is like this, but a world where gods watch from above is naturally even more serious.
It's nothing more than a matter of preference. When two gods conflict, which god do you side with first? This god will be the one you favor.
In the army of conquerors, Ms. Strategist is now undoubtedly the number one. As for who is second, it all depends on their abilities.
Now Tyr, the god of justice, and Tempus, the god of war, have already intervened, and they don't care about the addition of Sandakol, the god of travel and exploration.
"This is my honor." Kim bowed and saluted, "If there is nothing else, we will start preparations now."
This is what they came for. They just need to concentrate on doing this well, and the rest is beyond their control.
"Veranika, you cooperate with Lord Kim. If they need anything, you must do your best." Gavin said to his chief of staff.
The road of conqueror is also the road of Gavin's growth. Along the way, he has become more and more strategic in his strategy. He has all the personnel matters at his fingertips. He can select the most suitable candidate without careful consideration at all.
Let Veranika lead this group of followers of the Wind Slave, not only because she has enough power in the army of conquerors, but everyone in the command hierarchy from top to bottom knows her, and it is easy to mobilize the enthusiasm of the following. .
Also because she is the exclusive priest of Ms. Strategy, she indirectly expresses the meaning of putting the God of Strategy first, or in other words, both parties are from the same family, regardless of each other, so Veranika keeps an eye on these Wind Slave believers to ensure What they did next was consistent with what they said.
Although the possibility of them being liars and spies is very small (pretending to be followers of the gods can easily arouse the wrath of the gods), we have to be careful because the goddess of misfortune, Benshaba, has a history of impersonating Sandakol.
Ms. Misfortune is an out-and-out chaotic joker. She doesn't pay attention to any cause and effect in doing things, and she is completely casual. Whoever she wants to be unlucky will be unlucky, and few mortals can avoid it.
As soon as Veronica left with the Wind Slave followers, the entire war conference room became lively again.
"With the solution to the biggest problem, we can formulate a comprehensive battle plan."
"I think this combat plan can be carried out around this cross-river bridge. The plan Commander Kim just suggested to carry a large amount of stones is a very good plan. Next, we will prepare to build an artificial bridge on the Bianhuang River. It can confuse the enemy and prepare them for the wrong response.”
"Not only can we use the method of building a bridge to camouflage it, but we can also create a maze at the bridge building location to disperse the three groups of enemy forces and create a battlefield that is beneficial to us."
"We need to determine the priority of dealing with the three groups of enemies. It is impossible for us to attack all three groups at the same time. We must mobilize elites to eliminate one of them first. After defeating it, we can go back and deal with the other two groups."
A bridge of faith directly reorganized the situation faced by the entire army of conquerors. Various suggestions and plans poured out, showing signs of being unable to stop the car.
Gavin waved his hand, temporarily interrupting the brainstorming, and turned to ask the Jackal monk: "Master Flynn, I wonder how much you know about the Far Sea Swamp? Do you know if they will use troops against us?"
"They had already begun to gather their troops the moment you entered the goblin wilderness." The gnoll monk nodded heavily and replied, "The Yeenoghu Venomous Fang who led me here long ago He has joined forces with the hags in the distant sea swamps and has become their minions.
In the past six months, they have not only used hyenas to transform gnolls in large numbers, they have even created new Yeenoghu fangs, as well as abyssal gnolls and beast-type species. According to my incomplete statistics, they have all kinds of gnolls. It has exceeded tens of thousands.
Those hags have been operating in the distant sea swamps for hundreds of years, and all intelligent races are under their control. As for how many troops they can gather, it is difficult to guess. One thing is certain, at least they will not be less than these jackals, because only those with more than Only the powerful strength of the jackals can suppress these demons.
The most noteworthy thing about these hags is the large undead they created called bone claws. Not only do they have the ability to lengthen their bone claws by several meters, they also possess super high intelligence. On the battlefield, they are unbreakable. A killing machine. "
"Abyss Gnoll? Bone claws? I didn't expect that they are all old friends. It seems that the method of making the bone claws in Arms's hands was really obtained from the gathering of hags in the far sea swamp." Gavin continued to ask, "Do you know I wonder what’s going on with the fog shrouding the swamps in the distant sea?”
"We haven't figured this out yet." The gnoll monk shook his head and said, "One thing is certain. This fog is not naturally generated. It is closely related to the legendary gathering of hags. They regard this matter as their biggest secret. The guard is very tight, and even his cronies cannot easily tell him."
"This matter is not of much use to us this time, so let's put it aside for now." Gavin suggested, "Master has been working hard for a while. How about staying here to recuperate for a while before making other plans?"
Although the Gnoll Monk is not skinny and skinny, he is still much thinner than the average Gnoll. This shows that in order to remain invisible, the Gnoll Monk has kept himself in a low-intake and low-consumption state for a long time, and the price he paid is not ordinary.
"I have lived here for half a year, and I know a lot about many things around me. If the general doesn't mind, why don't you leave me to listen. I might be able to give you some advice on some things. If you want to rest, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." A kind of sacred responsibility drives this man. As a Gnoll monk, he cannot rest peacefully until all the Gnolls who have been eroded by the power of the abyss are destroyed. This is his greatest motivation for survival.
"Then master, please stay and watch." Gavin gave this jackal monk enough trust. This trust did not come from understanding his character, but the ability to bind the milestones of destiny. His feelings for him were the same as those in the Honey Village. Like the Pixar, it is forcibly locked.
Gavin took a deep breath, glanced at everyone one by one with piercing eyes, and said impassionedly: "The last piece of the puzzle of this war is complete, the situation is completely favorable to us, now we start to formulate a decisive battle plan.
General Susi, you immediately led the trapping regiment to search on the spot to find the best stone. After determining the location, the entire army set off and tried its best to mine the stone. "
There's no one better suited for the task than these kobold trap-makers, whether it's exploration or mining.
Gavin didn't worry about this at all. There wasn't much else in the Stormhorn Mountains except for the rocks.
As long as they find a suitable mining site, relying on their manpower, material resources and daily magic usage, it only takes two to three days to mine tens of thousands of tons of stone, filling all the spare trucks of the conqueror's army. Denden.
Although the conqueror's army owned more than 2,000 large and small tanks and trucks, it was impossible to build a 500-meter-long bridge across the river in one go, even if they were desperately trying to get into the air.
These stones are more like introductions for praying to gods and offering sacrifices to prove one's sincerity. At that time, the real subject should come from the ideological beliefs provided by the conqueror's army and the response given by Shanda Keer.
"Yes." Susie stood up and obeyed.
"Chief of Staff Carissa, you immediately order the entire army to recruit all the people who are proficient in bridge design and construction to form an expert design team. I will come up with a complete bridge drawing within one day, and I will personally lead it at that time. The team, no, not only the real experts, but also those who are good at imagining, must gather here for me. After all, what we want to build is not an ordinary bridge, but a bridge of faith built by humans and gods. We must dare to think." Gavin gave the second order.
He now has rich experience in cooperating with the gods. Instead of leaving this kind of matter completely to the God of Roads, he might as well take the initiative himself and come up with a ready-made bridge drawing so that the soldiers and civilians of the conqueror's army can remember it and create a preconception. concept, using this as a guide will not only make it easier to gather faith, but the bridges created will also be at least 80% similar to it, which will also make it easier for Gavin and the others to formulate a more complete battle plan.
"As ordered." Carissa stood up in response to the order. Although she did not fully understand Gavin's combat intention, it did not prevent her from executing it. It was not easy to completely follow his thinking.
"General Darren, General Karl, you will lead the Pioneer Army of the Pioneers and the Amputees to this bridge construction site and do your best to build a road, not a two-lane road but a four-lane road, capable of accommodating four floor-type chariots traveling side by side." Wen marked a point on the goblin frontier military map, and then drew a somewhat tortuous route.
This point is naturally on the Bianhuang River, but it is not close to the middle, but towards the distant sea swamps.
The journey from the Thun Swamp to the Distant Sea Swamp is a full 100 kilometers, and the straight-line distance is even closer, just over 60 kilometers.
This bridge building point is a corner that protrudes inward towards the Stormhorn Mountains. It is a little more than 20 kilometers away from the Distant Sea Marshes, but the distance from Thun Marsh to this place is as much as 50 kilometers. This is still a straight line distance. If you follow the border wilderness, If we go along the river, it will be more rounded and farther.
The purpose is self-evident, which is to divide the enemy's three forces, especially the Lizard Queen's forces in the Thun Swamp. They cannot hide in the Thun Swamp. By the time the war is over, the conqueror's army has passed the river. Maybe he hasn't gotten there yet from Thun Swamp.
The best way is that when the conqueror's army sets out from Eagle Peak Town, they have to send troops from Thun Swamp and rush to their crossing point on the Border River to ambush them.
"General, I just saw that what you drew was not a straight line, but a turning curve. I wonder if it was a clerical error? Or was it just executed according to this?" The person who asked the question was Karl, the commander of the Amputated Vanguard Army. This person is organizing the Amputated Persons. When he was in the vanguard army, he was promoted on the spot.
This man is from Ximen City, a amputee who took the initiative to join the Conqueror's army. His appearance when he arrived at the Conqueror was not ordinary miserable. He did not come here on his own, but was stuffed into a large bucket of excrement and smuggled there. .
His appearance opened the eyes of countless people, and they saw what the legendary human pig looked like. His limbs were cut off, his eyes were blinded, his throat was damaged, and only one ear was left to hear. However, he was only one step away from the legend. A quasi-legendary warrior one step away.
The reason why we ended up in this situation is that he naturally blocked the way of Dark Night Mask, the current ruler behind the scenes in Ximen City. He used to be a famous rich man in Ximen City, and his family controlled the city defense army of Ximen City at that time. Not only did he refuse Dark Night Mask's bribe , and repeatedly sabotaged their dark transactions, which completely angered the Night King. He personally led the team and not only sucked the blood of all his family members in front of him, turning them into his vampire servants, but also made him Killed by humans, leaving only one ear to listen to the dark night mask's reign of terror on Ximen City.
He was left at the gate of Ximen City, which he once guarded, for a full ten years, lingering like a dog with only one breath left. The only power that kept him alive was hatred.
The reason why he can survive until now is not because the people of Ximen City show mercy to him. Most people don't even dare to get close to him. It's because Dark Night Mask needs him to live. He is the one who kills one person to serve as a warning to those who try to disobey Dark Night Mask's orders. of people watching.
Under normal circumstances, he would die at the gate of Ximen City on a cold night with endless anger and hatred.
The arrival of the conqueror's army changed this situation.
No one rescued him before, not because he really became a loner, but because no one dared to provide him with shelter. If he did, he would be facing the enemy of the Night Mask and face endless assassinations.
The army of conquerors almost turned the sky over on the entire Dragon Coast, and they didn't care if they offended the Night Mask.
The opponents of Dark Night Mask in Ximen City used all their means to smuggle him out of Ximen City overnight and escorted him to the army of conquerors. In the process, how did they battle wits and courage with Dark Night Mask and what heavy price they paid. Gavin and the others don't know.
All we know is that when the Mask of the Night got the news that Karl was escorted to the Army of the Conquerors, not only did they send out assassins one after another to try to kill him, but they also launched a new round of purges in Ximen City. As many as hundreds of people were implicated. It is said that Ximen At the gate of the city, where Karl used to be, there was a new human pig, but this one was no longer thrown around randomly, but was held in a special iron cage, and was guarded in shifts 24 hours a day.
Karl hated this matter so much that he almost gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.
The current Ximen City must be at its most heavily guarded. It is impossible to repeat the old tricks and rescue people again, unless the conqueror army can knock down the entire Ximen City. Not to mention that the conqueror army will not attack a city just for one person. , even if they are willing to attack, a human pig left at the gate of the city will probably not survive the rebellion.
For a being like Karl, Gavin is naturally a treasure. He not only needs to be capable and influential, but most importantly, he has an unforgettable hatred for the Dark Night Mask and the dark forces of the entire Dragon Coast. As long as they If he becomes the enemy of Night Mask, he will stand firmly on his side and on the side of the conqueror's army.
It was a perfect fit for him to form the vanguard army of amputees. He did not disappoint Gavin's expectations. Even though he had been a deaf-mute for more than ten years, he was not completely disabled. On the contrary, he became more cautious than ordinary people. , calmer, more nuanced, and quirkier.
"General Karl's observations are as detailed as ever." Gavin sincerely praised him. "This is not a clerical error, but a deliberate decision. When you are repairing, you should go around the arc as much as possible, and the first half should be directed towards the middle of the river. Go in the direction, and then turn towards the distant sea swamp in the second half, don’t be too deliberate, just be more natural.”
"Understood." Karl did not ask any more questions, because this involved the later use of tactics, so it was not something he should ask more about.
This road is most likely a pretense, a means to mobilize enemy forces. When the time comes, it is still unknown whether they will actually take this road.
"Do you have any other questions?"
"there is none left."
"Very good, you lead the hobgoblin giant battle group and the hobgoblin wolf cavalry to guard along the road. With this road as the center, all the monster tribes within ten kilometers on both sides will be killed. No one will be left." Gavin issued the combat mission.
"As ordered." Blood Oath Warlord Thomas stood up and responded loudly.
"Others are responsible for streamlining the entire army. Some of the old, weak, sick and disabled who are not suitable for participating in the war will form a team of a thousand people to carry the streamlined supplies. They will take the east road to the valley in caravan mode, and then fully mine materials suitable for building a cross-river bridge. Stone, we will set off on time early in the morning three days later. Do you have any questions, generals?" Gavin summarized the final orders.
"No." Everyone stood up and responded in unison.
"Then let's each perform our duties and lay a solid foundation for the upcoming glorious victory." Gavin waved his hand heavily.
"We must win." Everyone beat their chests again and saluted, and then left one after another.
(End of chapter)
