lizard lord

Chapter 251 Change of Thought
At night, a group of scattered goblins was marching towards the interior of the forest under the command of a few hobgoblin leaders.

In this complex environment, they have raised their vigilance as much as possible, but there is still no good way to counter it. They can only rely on a large number of lives to explore the way. Fortunately, they do not lack the latter.

Not to mention the enemies lurking in the dark, the hostile forest itself is enough to make them suffer. The environment is a very important factor, and it cannot be overcome casually.

Tang Zhao absorbed the experience of a certain country in his previous life, and gave a lot of suggestions to the elves. Facts have proved that most of them are very useful.

The narrow path full of thorns, the ubiquitous poisonous insects, and the simple traps arranged in various sinister corners all made it difficult for them to move forward. It was very difficult for them to cut down trees at the edge of the forest and establish a stronghold.

But at night, the stronghold cannot guarantee their safety.

The arrows shot precisely from the dense forest killed most of the hobgoblin leaders in the first place, and after that, several owl bears wearing heavy armor crashed into the camp, and the loose goblins faced this kind of attack. The big guy who can't penetrate is powerless at all, and can only be attacked unilaterally.

The few surviving hobgoblins instinctively wanted to form a formation of soldiers to fight the huge beasts with numbers and formations, but at this time the elite elf rangers continued to play a role, and most of the hobgoblins who wanted to organize a counterattack would be killed Snipe and kill for a while.

After repeating it several times, the remaining hobgoblins were naturally silent. The elves wisely left a side open, and the goblins who had lost their organization began to retreat one after another, giving up the camp that had been reoccupied with great difficulty during the day.

A small number of elves riding deer held short spears and chased the retreating goblins, but they also showed restraint, chasing for about a few hundred meters, and retreated before approaching the forest border.

At this time, a large number of kobolds and lizards equipped with half body armor came out from the cover of the forest, began to clean the battlefield, counted all the supplies and equipment that could be brought, and then retreated back to the depths of the dense forest before the reinforcements from the other side arrived.
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A few days later, in Karak Solma's chamber.

[How much is our loss? 】

"More and more, four people died today, more than a dozen people were injured, and the use of supplies is within normal limits. But you should know that no valuable supplies can be found from those goblins. Our total reserves are still at dwindling."

Toby reported to Tang Zhao item by item that the situation was neither good nor bad, but it was gradually getting worse, and the frequency and number of border raids were increasing.

It is easy to see that this is a strategy to exhaust the troops. Their number is limited. Even if Tang Zhao "creatively" proposed the concept of rotation, most of the guards on the periphery have been under high pressure for a long time. The hobgoblins do not seem to be Don't worry, after all their own losses are minimal except cannon fodder, Tang Zhao's side will have problems sooner or later.

[Send the message to the rangers on the outside, they can stop, gradually give up control of the outside of the fortress, turn to harassment and set up traps, no more casualties are necessary. 】

There are only a few hundred rangers in total, and one-twentieth of the casualties in a day is considered an unacceptable battle loss, especially now that it is still in the stage of confrontation and consumption. Tang Zhao and the others are not a powerful force with a great career, and they cannot afford to consume them.

Watching the eagle messenger fly away from the fortress, Tang Zhao continued to inquire about the battle readiness of the fortress.

[Are those mountain paths ready? 】

"There are only a few main passages from the Everlook Mountains down to the forest. We have cut off as much as possible and blocked the traffic with stones and gravel. However, if those hobgoblins really want to attack, the road can be cleared within a few days. come out."

[This is enough, just delaying time, this is our task.What's going on with the dwarves? 】

"You'd better go and see for yourself. They say it's mostly done and just needs a little tweaking."

In the forging workshop of the dwarves, Tang Zhao looked at the heavy armor with satisfaction. After trying it on, it fit very well. Although it will affect the movement, there is no better way.

For him, the fight with that black dragon was not a tentative fight, it was really almost costing him his life, the final result was acceptable, but his injuries were not light.

Large scales on the whole body were torn apart by the black dragon's claws and teeth, and the newly grown scales were far from being formed. These exposed parts were easily attacked by those who wanted to, and they were obviously hidden dangers.

It turned out that he could quickly recover from his injuries through evolution, but now the time required for an evolution is too long, so he can only change his method first, put on a thick armor to resist the attack.

The deposit that Julia had given him earlier came in handy. Tang Zhao, like everyone else, spared no expense in making the best quality armor possible, for such a critical matter as life-saving.

Maybe Julia had expected this to happen, so she gave Tang Zhao these steel materials, anyway, as long as it works.

Tang Zhao thinks that compared with the giant dragon, his biggest advantage is that he is quite a model worker: he can maintain a high-intensity combat state like the most dedicated mercenary, and at the same time he is willing to fight against ordinary soldiers and harvest the enemy mechanically.

There was no way, and he didn't really want to do this kind of thing all the time, but his own people couldn't afford casualties. Although maintaining activities required a lot of food, even though he was doing a job like an executioner, the losses and casualties would be even greater if he didn't do it.

For a while later, Tang Zhao was personally responsible for attacking the enemies on the border. Because of his strong strength and familiarity with the terrain, he naturally achieved a lot of results. However, this situation did not last long. He quickly changed his mind.

Appearing near Karak Solmar is no longer a large number of cannon fodder goblins, but a small number of wyverns and other flying creatures in groups.

They ignored the dense forest and went straight to the fortress where Tang Zhao and others were located.

Caught off guard, it was difficult for Tang Zhao to threaten the creatures flying in the sky. However, with the help of the tall towers and the protection of the vulture knights, Karak Solma still blocked the first wave of attacks, and except for a small number of civilian casualties at the beginning Besides, there is no particularly huge loss.

Before they took a breath to clean up the battlefield, another large group of bat-like flying creatures launched a second round of attacks from the sky, with muskets and all kinds of large-scale magic. After several rounds of attacks, they barely managed to get rid of them. disperse.

Tang Zhao didn't relax his vigilance this time, and continued to order the soldiers to stay alert. Originally, the hobgoblin wanted to control the wyverns to launch a third attack, but was forced back by the warning shots from the ballista.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Tang Zhao can probably understand their thoughts: use air power to continue to harass the fortress, exhaust the defenders in the fortress, and interfere with the circulation and transportation of supplies.

(End of this chapter)