Furthermore, Jiang Ran actually placed the great man in a border city!
The scouts could only find out what choices the city had made, but they couldn't determine the identity of the great man, which puzzled the minotaurs.
Jiang Ran's four border cities have no troops, yet he deliberately placed the great man there. Isn't this just handing him over to be killed?
"No, this is a trap."
The minotaur didn't believe that someone who so decisively accepted the bet could be a brainless fool. The faint smile on Jiang Ran's lips further convinced him that this was a trap!
That's right. Although Jiang Ran's border cities don't recruit soldiers, he can recruit soldiers in the central cities and then support the border cities. This way, he can avoid being discovered by spies!
Because before capturing any border city, the enemy's spies cannot investigate the central and inner cities!
The Great Man is bait. Once the Minotaur army charges in, they will encounter reinforcements from the central city. The battle will then take place within the enemy's city, which will solidify the morale of Jiang Ran's army. If the Great Man also possesses the skill to command an army, the Minotaur will only suffer a crushing defeat!
"You've dug a good pit, but unfortunately I'm not going to jump in."
The Minotaur chose to farm in the rear, and then transferred the troops from the central cities to the border cities. The border cities recruited soldiers again, and in this way he had a real army!
There is a limit to the number of troops that can be provided as support at one time. If Jiang Ran does not choose to provide support and does not recruit troops in the border cities, he will be unable to cope with the surprise attack!
"Kid, just admit defeat. I invented this game, so there's no one who knows the rules better than me. No matter how much you struggle, the outcome won't change."
Jiang Ran looked up and their eyes met!
"You've made this game too complicated."
"Oh? You're scared?"
"No, it's precisely because this game has so many rules that the interweaving of these rules creates endless variations. Can you accurately predict every move I make? Can you guess what I'm going to do? If not, how can you say you're guaranteed to win?"
"Hmph! I'm not afraid of your stubbornness now. You won't be laughing after a few stages!"
"Let's see how it goes after a few more stages."
The second round has ended.
To the Tauren's surprise, Jiang Ran did not recruit soldiers in the four border cities this round, but he moved the Great People to the central cities and continued to engage in extensive trade.
The Minotaur drew a second Great Man card amidst his confusion.
[Grand Commander Alexander: When traveling with an army, the army's combat strength increases by 20%, and loyalty increases by 1 per round]
"Boy, no matter what tricks you try, you can't possibly stop my army!"
Jiang Ran probably withdrew the great man to cut his losses in time. With the double benefit of Homer and Alexander, Jiang Ran has no chance of stopping the minotaurs' fierce attack in the next round!
"bring it on!"
The minotaurs assembled their army and launched a fierce attack on Jiang Ran's four border cities!
If Jiang Ran dares to come to his aid, he will surely suffer heavy losses!
In this round, Jiang Ran chose to give a speech in all the border cities.
The minotaur army swept through four border cities with overwhelming force, encountering virtually no resistance, which surprised him.
"He didn't provide support? Wait! Could it be that he didn't recruit any soldiers at all?!"
If he didn't recruit soldiers, what did he do with all those opportunities to act?
"How utterly foolish! Without an army, what do you have to fight me with? In less than three rounds, I'll have all your cities fall!"
The Minotaur now controls a total of 16 cities, and the situation is extremely favorable. Even if Jiang Ran starts recruiting soldiers now, he will absolutely not be able to defeat his iron army with full morale!
“I know your original intention in creating the game was to perfectly replicate the real battlefield, which is why you added so many elements.” Jiang Ran smiled slightly. “However, the elements you added are too messy and too numerous, so this actually goes against your original intention.”
"If all we do is develop our military, then this game should be called 'war,' not 'civilization.' The biggest variable in history has never been the military, but the people!"
“You have simply written the achievements of a hundred or so great people in human history into the cards. Perhaps the abilities of many of these great people are of little use to you, but they are different in my hands.”
After the first round, Jiang Ran drew the name of the great figure "Mozi"!
The great man drawn after the second round was "Su Qin"!
Jiang Ran's original plan was not exactly like this, but since "Su Qin" has arrived, he naturally has to change his strategy!
Since the "great man" is obtained completely randomly, there is no formulaic strategy that guarantees victory. If the great man who comes is not Su Qin, Jiang Ran will also change his strategy according to the corresponding skills!
"[Ox], feel the power of the people!"
[Strategist Su Qin: Loyalty of the four nearest enemy cities to Su Qin's city decreases by 1 per round]
In the eyes of the "Bull," this ability is not very useful, because there are simply too many ways to increase loyalty. Loyalty can be increased by your own army winning victories, by being able to eat well, and even by the skills of some great figures and the city options.
Even without increasing loyalty at all, it would take at least several rounds to reduce a city's loyalty to zero, and there are so many things that can be done during that time!
The four border cities were occupied by the minotaurs, and Jiang Ran's extensive speech in the previous round had raised the loyalty of these four cities to the same level. Therefore, after they were captured, the loyalty of these four cities to the minotaurs almost plummeted to rock bottom!
With Su Qin's abilities added in, there's only one outcome—
All four cities are now independent!
Thus, the Tauren have only two choices: either forcibly occupy these cities at great cost, gaining four more cities with loyalty close to zero, and then, after one or two turns, these cities will likely declare independence again.
Either withdraw the troops and leave these four cities between the two countries, forming a natural barrier!
"If I'm not mistaken, the independent city naturally has a favorable impression of both countries. So, guess what? Will they see me as an enemy, or as you?"
Independent cities will spontaneously organize their own armies and cultivate their own land, which means Jiang Ran can support four fewer cities. Although he cannot control these four cities during this period, if the minotaurs want to attack Jiang Ran again, they can only attack one of these four cities first!
"Let's begin the second phase of the plan."
[Great Inventor Mozi: The city where he is located provides one free [Research] per turn, and the probability of researching new tools/weapons increases by 20%]
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