Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1158: The Two Armies Meet
The small-scale battle here ended quickly. Woking originally wanted to ask the boar riders who came over to help and quickly move the ruins away, but the boar riders said they didn't have the time to do so.

The fighting situation on the front battlefield was tense. After receiving the signal for help, they brought a large force here directly in order to resolve the battle here in the shortest time possible and then immediately return to the front battlefield for support.

Fortunately, the three hundred militiamen were left to him, otherwise he would really have no way out.

After signaling his subordinates to continue working, Woking rode the wild boar to the other end to explain the situation to Shi Lei.

Shi Lei obviously knew it a long time ago. Even at this point, the Giant Eagle Knight had already flown to the front battlefield, confirmed the entire battle situation, and came back to report to him.

The scale of this battle was much larger than they had initially expected.

With Copperforge as the center, the battlefield was divided into three parts as the greenskin army launched a siege.

On the dwarf side, there are tens of thousands of troops exposed to the Giant Eagle Knights' field of vision. The greenskin clan that launched the siege is even larger in scale. The total strength of the three battlefields added up is probably more than 70,000 or even 80,000!
However, as of now, the strength of the Copperforge dwarves is still very strong. Relying on the geographical advantages brought by the mountains, they are in a commanding position, shrinking their defenses, and resisting the attacks launched by the greenskins from three peripheral locations at the same time. The overall battle situation can still be stabilized.

This made Shi Lei relax a little.

Obviously, the dwarves of Copperforge were not foolish enough to wait until they were at their wit's end before asking for help, so they still left themselves some leeway.

For a period of time afterwards, the troops of the Great Zhou and the three hundred militiamen under Woking's command were still mainly focused on clearing roads.

But what Woking didn't know was that the Giant Eagle Knights under Shi Lei's command had already flown over the battlefield to collect intelligence.

At the same time, Shi Lei's energy has been concentrated on the subsequent tactical arrangements.

For a period of time afterwards, no more accidents occurred. With the roads here being completely cleared, the support troops of the Great Zhou that were left behind successfully reunited with their front-line troops.

This increased the Great Zhou's military strength to four thousand at once. As the defending side, this was already a force that could not be ignored.

During this period, due to the intense fighting situation on the front battlefield, Woking had to take his personal soldiers back for support some time ago. Basically, only one personal soldier of Woking and three hundred militiamen were left here.

Shi Lei was not a stranger to the boar rider approaching him at this moment. He was the one who had been responsible for leading them before and was also Woking's personal soldier.

"Mr. Shi Lei, please follow me."

At this moment, the Boar Rider had an obvious look of joy on his face.

Obviously, they also knew that the follow-up reinforcements from the Great Zhou had arrived and the supporting force had increased to four thousand. This was undoubtedly a great thing for them in Tonglu Fort.

Let the Boar Rider lead the way, and the Great Zhou troops led by Shi Lei quickly rushed towards the dwarf's defense line.

Shi Lei had no intention of letting his Great Zhou troops directly enter the battlefield from the periphery.

Through the intelligence provided by the Giant Eagle Knight during this period, Shi Lei has already figured out the dwarves' fighting style, which is a very typical positional warfare style.

The main strategy is to occupy the defensive position, deploy heavy crossbowmen in formation and fire in unison, relying on long-range attacks with a wide coverage area to kill the greenskins.

This tactic itself is basically the same as the tactics used by the crossbowmen of their Great Zhouxu at this stage. Shi Lei understands it very well.

Therefore, he also knew that the biggest disadvantage of this tactic was that it could basically only be used for positional warfare.

He needed to use neat formations and multi-stage shooting in rows to create continuous killing in a large area. This resulted in this tactical coordination with the crossbowmen, which basically had no ability to pursue or actively attack, and the entire tactical focus was completely on defensive warfare.

In this situation, facing tens of thousands of greenskin troops on the battlefield, they would directly cut in from the outside?
By that time, the dwarves on the opposite side might not be able to react and they would be completely surrounded by the greenskins.

Whether the dwarves can withstand the pressure, bear the risks, and send troops to rescue them in time remains to be seen.

It’s better not to waste time at this time.

The dwarves had undoubtedly known of their existence for a long time, and with the Boar Rider leading the way, they entered the dwarf's rear camp unimpeded and met the dwarf commander-in-chief who was in charge of commanding this battle.

"Thank you for your help, my friends!"

When he saw Shi Lei, the red-bearded dwarf with a big beard took the initiative to show his goodwill and walked up to Shi Lei to shake hands with him as a sign of friendship.

"I am the commander of this battlefield, Barai Copperforge, and Vol'jin is my nephew."

After a brief self-introduction, Bale got straight to the point without any further ado.

"The war situation is tense right now, so I won't be polite."

As he spoke, Bale directly motioned Shi Lei to look at the map on the table.

"Since our two armies have never cooperated before, and considering the problem of tacit understanding, I hope you can garrison an area separately."

Hearing this, Shi Lei nodded directly.

"I agree with you, Mr. Barley. In fact, I think so too."

"That would be great!"

When two armies join forces, the issue of tacit understanding must be taken into consideration to avoid embarrassing situations where insufficient tacit understanding and lack of understanding of each other result in causing trouble for each other.

For the sake of convenience, Shi Lei directly marked the three battlefields surrounding Tonglu Fort as one, two, and three respectively.

They are undoubtedly both experienced veterans who will not make low-level mistakes. They can quickly reach a consensus on many things, which also makes Bale's face look a little happier.

He had to admit that after experiencing some troubles within the coalition forces, he was somewhat wary and even resistant to the arrival of the Great Zhou reinforcements. He was worried that they would bring trouble and would not only be of no help but would even cause trouble for him.

However, during this simple exchange, Bale felt that the other party was at least relatively easy to communicate with.

So he quickly stretched out his hand and pointed to an area in battlefield No. 3.

"This area has relatively less pressure, so I plan to let you garrison it."

What Bale said was not a lie. What he was pointing at was indeed an area with relatively less defensive pressure.

But he made this arrangement not out of kindness, but because he still lacked confidence in the strength of the Great Zhou. He would only feel at ease if he arranged their own dwarf troops in the important areas!
However, Shi Lei has his own ideas on this issue...

(End of this chapter)