lizard lord

Chapter 104 After the War
Although he was a liberal arts man in various senses in his previous life, Tang Zhao agreed with a point of view-mathematics will not lie, mathematics is very important.

If the ability of statistical planning is not in place, the circulation of materials will be very inefficient. In the future, Tang Zhao and others will be inseparable. Whether it is an armory, a granary or a commercial warehouse, the hardware facilities are available, but the management ability cannot keep up. It is also fatal of.

Everything is still in its infancy now. It is very simple to shape from scratch. At present, no one wants to go against Tang Zhao. He can construct the society and organizational form according to his own ideas. The greater the resistance, Tang Zhao didn't want to work against an inefficient organization, it would be too torture for him, and it might affect the success or failure of the follow-up war.

In large-scale wars, supply and logistics are the decisive factor. If these hobgoblins with logistical capabilities in the Middle Ages can have modern logistical capabilities, then they can continue the war for a whole year, and they can continue to replenish soldiers in the follow-up. At that time, Tang Zhao and others couldn't hold on no matter what.

Tang Zhao, who used to be a modern person, paid more attention to logistics and statistics than the aborigines in this world, so he strictly managed the public warehouses from the beginning, including but not limited to logging in and out of important materials, regularly counting material reserves, and having a special warehouse. team for statistical planning.

They belong to the fringes of civilization, and there are no teachers in the true sense. A few druids don't know much about mathematics. Scholars have such a deep understanding of research, but it is not a big problem to run a simple "literacy class".

If conditions do not permit, it would be a waste of resources for everyone to learn these things. Tang Zhao only selected some people to learn, and the voluntary ones are given priority.Because there are some preferential treatments on the supply of materials, there are actually quite a few people who sign up to participate.

Of course, goblins and kobolds don't understand the reason why Tang Zhao did this, but there are actually many times when they don't understand Tang Zhao. Few people can barely grit their teeth and persevere, and they are not in a hurry. It is enough to lay a foundation now.
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Planning to leave the packing related to education to the elves to have a headache, Tang Zhao is going to check the things related to agriculture next.

He had already made up his mind that after the hobgoblins withdrew, the first problem the settlement had to overcome was to achieve basic self-sufficiency in food.

Without metallurgy, without education, and without a management system, it is still acceptable. After all, people are still there, and there will always be opportunities for improvement in the future, but agriculture is different. After the settlement is large, it is impossible to rely on the inefficient method of gathering and hunting. Commercial trade is too unstable. If something goes wrong with the food rations, a large number of people will starve to death.

There was an agreement with the goblins that the forest should not be cut down and developed too much. Tang Zhao didn't mean to violate the contract, but just developed a small experimental field by the lake, and planned to accumulate experience for the kobolds first.

It's also interesting to say that there are thousands of people in the settlement, but the few bears who know this best are actually a small number of bears, because they moved here from human society, and they are the only ones who have actually planted the land.

The person in charge became a bear man and a dryad. One had planted land, and the other was a plant himself. He had an extremely deep understanding of nature and plants. Tang Zhao felt that this was reasonable.

There has been no breakthrough in traditional agriculture for the time being, but mushroom cultivation has made considerable progress.

There are many kinds of mushrooms in Insula, and among them, there are also many species that can tolerate the dark environment, the yield is acceptable, and the planting environment can barely meet the requirements.

Although fungi do not strictly belong to plants, the dryads can still control them. By using magic to ripen them, they can find suitable mushrooms faster and expand their planting scale appropriately.

In all fairness, mushrooms are definitely not as productive as mainstream crops such as wheat, rice, and millet, but it is a great advantage to be able to plant them directly in the ground. Relatively speaking, they do not require much management, and they are especially suitable for the kobolds to plant. .

After careful selection, several relatively suitable mushrooms were selected and prepared to be planted in the ground.

The specific thing is in charge of the specific person. Tang Zhao only understands the general idea. To put it simply, it is to let the dryad produce a small amount of mushrooms first, and then use these mushrooms to mix some things to make fungus bags, and plant these fungus bags in the corresponding suitable positions. , with a little care, generally speaking, mushrooms can grow smoothly.

It’s not difficult to say, but it’s definitely a bit difficult in reality. I’ll leave it to them to worry about it. Tang Zhao doesn’t know how to separate himself, so he can only take care of a few parts that he is good at. In agriculture, he is only responsible for the acceptance of the results. .

Other things are actually not that important. Most of the labor force has been pulled to the front line, and the remaining ones are only enough to maintain the daily operation of the settlement, and make a few small changes by the way, that's all.

Except for the necessary daily patrols, Tang Zhao spent the rest of his time busy with taking revenge and grieving for the rice he moved, wishing to directly burst his stomach.

The battle over there was fierce, and there was no doubt that both sides suffered heavy losses. No one could sustain the continuous loss, and the losses outweighed the gains.

The dwarves have a small population and cannot withstand attrition. The hobgoblins are not monolithic inside. If there is too much loss of strength, there is a risk of being swarmed by other clans and divided and eaten.

After more than ten days of wrestling, although the dwarves had paid a huge price, they still firmly held the ownership of the fortress. They didn't even lose the above-ground parts, and they were still able to communicate with Tang Zhao through carrier pigeons.

Lorraine on the front line is not an idiot either, temporarily unable to face the bloodfist hobgoblin face-to-face, but it does not prevent them from making some small moves behind the scenes.

There is no doubt that this will put some pressure on the hobgoblins to consider withdrawing more troops.

Tang Zhao and Lorraine have privately communicated that if the Blood Fist Hobgoblins do not retreat after winter, they will really take action and try their best to attack their supply lines.

If there is no accident, the war should not last until then, and the sieges organized by the hobgoblins will not last long, usually only one or two months.

Now we are just waiting for the news to see how long both sides can last.

As expected by Lorraine and others, after struggling for half a month, the blood fist hobgoblin also decided to withdraw his troops.

They moved very quickly. They were still launching a fierce attack the night before, and they lined up and left early the next morning. They took almost all the food and luggage away, leaving nothing for the dwarves.

Although the reconnaissance team deployed by Lorraine found them, but because the number of opponents was too large and the guards were tight, in the end the patrol team did not dare to act beyond their capabilities and could only let them pass.

After getting the news, Tang Zhao rushed to the dwarves' stronghold immediately, and was shocked by the situation there.

The remaining walls were almost completely flattened, and there were many damaged and collapsed parts. The fiercely contested city gates and other places have been stained dark red by blood, and it is difficult to completely wash away the traces with water.

The traces of the war extended from the surface to the underground. The dwarves later fought extremely brutal street battles with the hobgoblins. The street-by-house battle filled the entire underground space with a strong smell of blood.

In order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, the dwarves dug a lot of pits for burying the corpses. According to them, the corpses were layered on top of each other, and the pits four to five meters deep were almost filled, so that they could barely bury all the corpses. .

If the fight continues, it is estimated that undead creatures like ghouls will come to devour the dead bodies.

The death toll on the dwarf side exceeded one-third, almost everyone was injured, while the loss on the goblin side was hard to calculate, the death toll would not be less than five times that of the dwarf.

As far as the result is concerned, although the dwarves achieved their purpose, it was the hobgoblins who were more satisfied.

Thousands of dwarves died in battle. This is not a small number. It can even be said to be a blow to the dwarves as a whole. The hobgoblins have paid a lot of losses, but they are not short of people, and they even have to use war to alleviate the population. All kinds of contradictions and problems caused by too much.

The dwarves did block this attack, but after this attrition, they may not be able to stop it next time. It takes too long to replenish the staff. Only dwarves in their 200s can go to the battlefield. This time is enough for the goblins to multiply for more than a dozen generations. up.

The dwarf warriors from other clans will leave soon. They have shed enough blood to be kind enough to help in the future, but don't expect them to help for a lifetime.

It is estimated that Bourne is also having a headache now. After their clan has suffered such a big blow, what should they do next.

Tang Zhao observed the surroundings quietly, and then made a request to see the other party, and the request was quickly granted. It is estimated that those dwarves have long wanted to talk to him.
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Tang Zhao met the dwarf leader "Living Ancestor" Bourne in a spacious underground hall. There are still a lot of military supplies in the center of the hall. It is estimated that this place was a temporary warehouse not long ago, but it has been cleared out now. Used as a conference room.

Many dwarf leaders were present, and they valued this very much. It can be said that the following conversation will affect the future direction of the two forces.

[Forgive me for being difficult to congratulate you, because this is a very difficult battle, I should also express my apologies to you, the woodland residents could not provide more in the previous battle, with our fighting power, we cannot stop those land Fine offensive. 】

Bourne was very generous and didn't care about these issues, because he knew the strength of the woodland residents. If he had made a rash move before, he would probably be cleaned up by the bloodfist hobgoblins who became angry from embarrassment.

Guerrilla warfare is not very useful to them. There are mid-to-high-level fighters in their army. Scattered troops with insufficient strength will only be directly eaten by these strong fighters. Tang Zhao and Lorraine are not the opponents of those powerful fighters. The rounds are those strong players who let the water go.

[Next, please forgive me, this is not an option. Sooner or later, the hobgoblins will destroy all the dwarven fortresses north of Insula, and may even threaten Forge Castle. At that time, the dwarves will face large-scale wars again and again. 】

(End of this chapter)