After the two [Scouts] had been moving in an extremely aggressive manner for two days, Lin Ke received a lot of alarm messages on the civilization panel.
Of course, those alarms were about the Hebrew army.
However, among those troops, there were not only those going to Atlantis to provide support, but also those withdrawing from the front lines and returning to the occupied areas to rest and regroup.
In order to obtain more intelligence, Lin Ke even built a [Scout].
But the mission of this [Scout] is completely different from that of the other two [Scouts], and he is heading in a direction that has never been explored.
Because Lin Ke wants to use this [Scout] to search for an important "resource".
City-state!
City-states are independent small countries with their own cultural traditions and special status.
Within the control of these city-states, there are not only abundant resources, but also unique benefits for the forces that control them.
Whether it is an advantage in culture, technology, religion or productivity, it can be the key to victory or defeat in a war.
City-states are divided into five types: cultural, technological, religious, military, and industrial.
If you want to seek military assistance, you must first find a military city-state and establish a relationship with it.
In Civilization VI, the key to establishing relations with city-states is to send envoys.
That is to say, with every envoy sent, the relationship between Holy Egypt and the city-state would become closer.
When the number of envoys reaches a certain threshold, the civilization will become the suzerain of the city-state, thereby gaining more control and bonus effects.
For example, sending 1 envoy can gain basic bonuses, sending 3 envoys can make you an ally of the city-state, and sending 6 envoys can give you full control of the city-state and gain its unique suzerainty rewards!
There are three types of rewards for the suzerain state of a military city-state.
They are obtaining free military units, combat effectiveness bonuses and military policy enhancements.
No matter which one you get, it will greatly enhance the current strength of Holy Egypt!
Otherwise, all other methods would take a lot of time. Lin Ke vaguely felt that Atlantis could not last that long.
However, as long as he could obtain military support in a short period of time, he could relieve the defensive pressure on Atlantis by attacking major Hebrew cities.
At least, this is the best approach until new intelligence is obtained.
After all, most of the opponent's main troops and powerful messengers of God were transferred to the front line, and Lin Ke could achieve his goal as long as he put pressure on the Hebrews.
At this moment, information came from the civilization panel.
Could it be that a city-state was discovered?
"Discover the 'technological' city-state 'Azalik' - Suzerainty reward: Technology value +15% in non-war state."
A new city-state, but not the type that Lin Ke needs now.
Moreover, the civilization panel shows that a civilization called "Maya" has sent two envoys.
If Linke wants to "snatch" this city-state from "Maya", he will need to send two or more envoys to this city-state.
If the number is equal to that of the other side, the two sides will enter a competitive state, and the suzerain country's rewards will be temporarily invalid.
Only when one side has more envoys and breaks the balance can it enjoy the rewards from the suzerain state.
But Lin Ke now has only one envoy, which was given to him by the civilization system as time goes by.
However, if you use certain policy cards, you can speed up the process of obtaining envoys.
But the most important thing now is to find a suitable city-state as soon as possible!
Of course, the probability of finding a suitable city-state is not high, so in order to relieve the pressure on Atlantis, Lin Ke thought of other ways.
That is to use the military to block the enemy's resources and trade routes, slow down the enemy's economic development, and affect the enemy's war potential.
In Civilization VI, you can cut off the enemy's trade routes with other civilizations by establishing sea or land blockades in neutral zones.
In a Hebrew-occupied area far away from the city of Memphis, Lin Ke discovered a route.
That was a route used by the Hebrew cities in the south to gather food and armaments and send them to the front line. Lin Ke had already dispatched a team of [Master Heka] to that route.
Of course, this alone would not be much help. After all, the Hebrew empire was a huge one, occupying a large territory. It was far from enough to just cut off the food supply on one route.
Lin Ke also discovered a "trade route" of the Hebrews.
According to the information sent by the [Scout], he discovered that the Hebrews used that "trade route" to do some business of transporting valuable items such as jewelry and gold.
Obviously, this money was a huge military expenditure, and there were also many Hebrew troops patrolling this trade route.
Lin Ke plans to build his own cavalry unit to attack the opponent's trade routes.
Once their caravans were intercepted and destroyed by Linke, the Hebrews' original trade route would end.
They will be forced to take a detour, increase transportation time and costs, and indirectly affect the other party's economic efficiency.
Moreover, the other party may also need to send more troops to protect the caravan or add more patrol forces.
In this way, the defensive pressure on Atlantis can be effectively reduced!
However, Lin Ke is unable to manufacture [Cavalry] now, because building [Cavalry] still requires researching the technology of "Knights", and the prerequisite for researching "Knights" is to complete the research of the technology of "Riding" first.
To study "riding skills", one needs to study "animal husbandry", and Lin Ke has already completed the research on "animal husbandry".
Therefore, he has now begun to study the technology of "riding".
But in addition to technology, there is another requirement, that is, horses.
To find horses, you need to first find a plot of land that has the "Horse" resource displayed in the civilization panel.
Lin Ke has discovered a resource plot with horses near the city of Memphis. As long as he waits for the territory of Memphis to expand, he will be able to purchase that plot of land with gold coins.
Then, Lin Ke only needs to send [Builders] to that piece of land to build a livestock farm to obtain horse resources.
After these two items are completed and the "Knight" technology is researched, you can start building [Cavalry]!
Although it sounds complicated, the whole process does not take too much time.
By the time Lin Ke finished his work, it was already night, and he still had not received any news about Atlantis.
But judging from the fact that some Hebrew troops are still withdrawing, Atlantis has not fallen yet.
"Discover the city-state!"
At this time, information appeared in the civilization panel again.
When Lin Ke was about to check the detailed information of the city-state, he was slightly stunned.
Because the one who brought the information was the [Scout] who was heading towards the Hopeless Abyss.
"Discover the 'Military' City-State 'Hopeless Abyss'."
"Suzerain State Reward: 'Devil' Apostle."
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