Chapter 303 Deterrent Burning Land

As the general of the hideout, Taner now has a heavy burden on his shoulders.

After all, the Earldom of the Moon Phase is not small, and there are quite a lot of military affairs that Taner needs to deal with.

In addition to maintaining the daily law and order of the entire Lunar Earldom, Taner also needs to complete the tasks assigned by Rand.

For example, the problem of countermeasures for the Burning Land.

Tanir and Fenris, as well as Tatar and Thurai, four of the den's leading military figures, appeared at the border of the Burning Land with their armies.

Since we didn't actually enter the Burning Land, we didn't feel many changes in the surrounding area.

But if you look further away, you can still clearly feel that the color of the land has changed.

However, it is still different from the imagined image of a flame burning all the time.

Come to think of it, if there were really flames burning everywhere, no one would be able to survive here.

After arriving at the border, the army of the hidden forces did not advance any further, but began to build a camp and cut down trees to build the prototypes of engineering equipment.

The ratio of veterans to new recruits brought this time is almost one to one.

In the tent, Taner was looking through documents, while Serai and Tata were reading the required course on war studies.

Fenris was a little idle. It wasn't that he really had nothing to do, but he felt that if he was not in a hurry, it would be more efficient to pile things up and deal with them at once.

Until Tata and Serai went to ask Fenris about the required content of war studies.

A smile appeared on Fenris' face. He had memorized these required books on war studies so well that he could even recite them backwards.

Not only did he personally participate in the writing, but he also read and thought about it over and over again day after day.

"What's the problem?" Fenris looked at Serai and Tata. The two younger generations were very young, but Serai had too many scars on his body, and he was also more burly, making him look a little fierce.

"Why don't we attack now?" Serai and Tata asked, "Doesn't the compulsory war science course say to attack when the enemy is least prepared? The Burning Land should not have much defense right now."

Fenris smiled on his handsome face and said, "Because transportation is inconvenient."

Serai and Tata were puzzled. In a war, there were no roads everywhere, so it was normal to have inconvenient transportation.

Fenris also opened the required course on war and began to explain: "Because the Burning Land has no allies, and if we station troops here and do not move forward, the cost is not great. Our goal is indeed to conquer the Burning Land, but there is no rush."

Military is an extension of politics, and the cost of war will directly affect a country's national strength. This is naturally true for an earldom like Rand.

Now they have troops stationed here. Since the road leading to Manyue Territory has been repaired, it is convenient to transport food here and the consumption will not be very high.

They could also build a training ground, train soldiers, and cultivate land here.

And these actions will cause substantial pressure on the people in the Burning Land.

It is obvious that Rand is going to attack this place, but the initiative of when to act is entirely in Rand's hands.

On the contrary, if they attacked directly, they would have a chance of winning, but they were not familiar with the terrain of the Burning Land, and marching through the mountains where there were no roads would cost a lot even if their food supply was not cut off.

The Burning Land is not small. Even if they advance now while the Burning Land is unprepared, it will not be able to achieve the effect of a surprise attack.

Moreover, if a real fight breaks out, people will die. Even if Rand wins, he won't be able to immediately gain benefits from the Burning Land. It would be better to put some pressure on him here.

You can also train soldiers and cultivate land.

Then no matter what actions the Burning Land takes, we can just fight back against them, because the Burning Land has no allies anyway.

Rand's judgment is that the Burning Land is likely to split, and a group will turn to them.

Taner and Fenris felt that even if they couldn't conquer it, it didn't matter. It was difficult to grow food in the Burning Land. If they couldn't conquer this land at the lowest cost, then not conquering it might be a good choice.

Anyway, the bandits here won’t be able to amount to anything, even though their fighting ability is decent.

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The bandits in the Burning Land soon got the news.

After all, the noise caused by the Rand army's approach was quite loud.

The bandits in the Burning Lands have had this worry ever since they failed to help the Anti-Planning Committee deal with Rand.

And they were quite frightened. After all, only few people escaped back, and the news they sent back was very confusing.

It was Rand's army and the storm that easily defeated their army.

Could it be that Rand really had the outrageous ability to control the wind? Wouldn't that mean a new king was born? Originally, they hoped that Rand would let them go because he looked down on the barren land of the Burning Land.

But now it seems that hope is dashed.

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This Rand should be an earl now, but I didn't expect him to be so vindictive.

"What should we do?" The leaders of several major forces in the Burning Land gathered together, and one of them, a bald strong man, asked.

The Burning Land has no owner, and the people here are divided into many factions that compete with each other for interests.

"I think we may have a chance of winning." A well-dressed leader said with his arms folded across his chest, "The news from those who escaped must be exaggerated. If Rand was really that powerful, he would have wiped us out long ago."

Some leaders of the forces in the Burning Land nodded, while others felt that Rand should not be underestimated.

"So what are you going to do?" asked the bald strong man.

The leader of the faction, who was dressed rather elegantly, said, "They must be unfamiliar with our land. When Earl Rand's army enters this burning land, we can fully rely on our advantage of being familiar with the geography and make them suffer."

Looks like a good strategy.

They held this meeting because they had considered surrendering. After all, ever since they heard about Rand, his notoriety for evil had been spreading.

Even though the strategy of the well-dressed leader was good, they still didn't have much confidence.

After all, they themselves know that although their individual combat effectiveness is quite good.

But due to poverty, the land was not very suitable for growing food, they had a small population, and could not equip their warriors with weapons and armor.

The group of people who went to help the Anti-Development Committee were actually the face of the Burning Land.

Now we can only take one step at a time.

They would be unwilling to surrender directly, so now they could only try the strategy of ambush and sneak attack.

It's funny to say, but it is precisely because they are poor and have no money to build roads that it is very inconvenient for outside armies to invade them.

This advantage of inconvenient transportation also saves them a lot of trouble.

(End of this chapter)