Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1159 Red Bearded Bale

"Sir Balai, according to my idea, we plan to garrison this area."

As he spoke, Shi Lei pointed to another part of the defense line on the map.

The idea that Shi Lei suddenly proposed made Balai frown unconsciously.

An army only needs one voice!
This applies to any army, and Copperforge is no exception.

As the commander-in-chief of Copperforge, Bale obviously does not like anyone to object to his decisions.

However, Shi Lei and his men had special identities. They were not his subordinates. In fact, as reinforcements, they in Tonglu Fort had to owe the other party a favor from their standpoint. This also made Bale show more patience towards them.

"Although this area is on the edge, the greenskins' offensive is strong. They launch strong attacks from time to time and take the opportunity to send small forces to infiltrate..."

At this point, Bale's voice stopped abruptly. Obviously, he had realized why Shi Lei chose this area.

As expected, Bale's words did not change Shi Lei's mind.

"I know. I plan to deploy defenses in this area and extend the defense line at the same time..."

As he spoke, Shi Lei swiped his finger across the map.

"Extend the defense line all the way here. There happens to be a suitable terrain here that can form a pass to resist the infiltration of the greenskins."

This time, Bale's brows furrowed even more tightly.

Extending the defense line means increasing defensive pressure. They are now facing the attack of the greenskin army. The core strategy is to shrink the defense, which means concentrating the troops as much as possible with limited manpower, and increasing the defense strength of each remaining defense area by reducing the defense area.

Now that reinforcements have arrived, you want to extend your defense line?

So with the arrival of reinforcements, does their defensive strength increase, or does it not?

"That area..."

Bale originally wanted to say that there was no need to focus on defending that area. After all, that was an area they had given up under the contraction strategy.

But when the words were on the tip of his tongue, he reacted and changed the subject in time.

"We have already made arrangements for that area. There is no need to extend the defense line there."

Bale politely declined Shi Lei's request.

The various events that occurred within the coalition in the past few years had a significant impact on Bale, and also made Bale resist the so-called allies.

According to Bale's current thinking, they requested reinforcements in order to reduce their own pressure. If the arrival of reinforcements adds trouble and defensive pressure to them, then what is the point of having these reinforcements?
But Shi Lei obviously had no intention of stopping there. When the two sides formed an alliance, he did have the responsibility to maintain good relations between the two sides, but the premise of all this had to be based on not harming the interests of their Great Zhou themselves.

He will never give in when it comes to matters concerning the interests of their Great Zhou!

At this moment, as this thought came to mind, Shi Lei's expression became dazed for a moment. He suddenly remembered what his Majesty had said about the situation of the coalition forces a few years ago.

It was not until the same situation happened to him that he finally had a deep understanding of what those words meant.

"Excuse me, Mr. Barley, that arrangement is more symbolic than practical."

Shi Lei now directly revealed his cards.

But at the same time, Bale's eyebrows were almost twisted into a ball, and invisibly, Bale's little patience began to slowly fade away.

You know, the dwarves have never been a good-tempered race. Just as he was about to speak, Shi Lei spoke again first...

"That area is like a sieve. Since autumn, green-skinned troops have been appearing on the border of our Great Zhou. Is this your arrangement?"

"..."

Bale's face instantly turned red. From the perspective of the dwarves, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the previous arrangement.

This is indeed the case. As the commander-in-chief of the dwarves, Bale's duty is to guard Copperforge, not the Great Zhou.

But when Shi Lei brought it all out on the spot, Bale felt angry but also a little embarrassed.

At this moment, the change in the positions of both sides was undoubtedly reflected at once.

At the same time, the originally good conversation atmosphere gradually became tense.

Facing Bale who was almost fuming, Shi Lei remained calm throughout, without even a change in expression.

"The premise for our Great Zhou to support your Tonglu Fort is to ensure the safety of our Great Zhou first. Lord Balai, you must understand this point clearly."

Shi Lei's words were somewhat threatening, which made Balai's face quickly turn ugly.

Just then, a figure rushed in.

"Hey! What are you guys arguing about?!"

Woking rushed in with a look of nervousness on his face. His personal soldiers saw that something was wrong and immediately found him as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, the war outside had come to an end and he was thinking about things here, so he just happened to return to the camp, otherwise it would have been too late.

"Uncle Balai, and Mr. Shi Lei, can't we just talk it out?"

Woking's intrusion made Bale roll his eyes speechlessly. He didn't look at him. After he exhaled heavily, he set his sights on Shi Lei.

"You should be glad that it's me who's talking to you this time!"

At this point, Balay paused.

"I can let you garrison that area, and I also allow you to extend the defense line, but you have to do it yourself. We don't have the extra manpower to do this for you now!"

"can."

Shi Lei agreed without even thinking about it.

Upon seeing this, Balai's expression gradually relaxed, and he waved his hand. The soldiers around him immediately understood and led Shi Lei and the others towards the garrison camp in that area.

Woking obviously didn't want to stay here any longer, so he quickly said...

"I'll go take a look."

As he was speaking, he caught up with Shi Lei.

"Thank you very much, Lord Woking."

Looking at Woking who was catching up with him and thinking about what happened just now, Shi Lei thanked him sincerely.

After hearing this, Woking simply waved his hand.

"I'm glad you're alright, but Mr. Shi Lei, you should try to be more careful in the future. Uncle Balai has a relatively good temper among us dwarves. If you have any questions in the future, you can tell me first and I'll pass them on."

What Woking said was not an exaggeration.

Most dwarves have bad tempers, but Bale is one of the few dwarves in the tribe who can control his emotions and keep a cool head.

If it were any other dwarf, even if both sides were right, the negotiations would most likely fail given the situation just now.

It was Wojin who first discovered the Great Zhou, and it was also Wojin who first proposed the alliance, which made Wojin feel an inexplicable sense of responsibility towards the Great Zhou. He was also very worried about this matter...

(End of this chapter)