Chapter 447 Misjudgment
"Speaking of Soros, have you found any traces of the Centaurs who escaped on the other side recently?"
Speaking of major concerns, the high priest certainly could not forget the Centaurs.
To be honest, the pressure that the Lizardmen felt mainly came from the alliance between the Centaurs and the opposing forces.
If there was no contact between the two sides, they wouldn't need to be so nervous.
"Reporting to the High Priest, no trace of the Centaurs has been found yet, but I have already stepped up patrols in that area."
Soros understood this arrangement.
After all, if the fleeing Centaurs were to join forces with the opposing forces, they would be more difficult to deal with.
But on the other hand, the act of sending more patrols there clearly made Soros' already limited military strength even worse.
"Don't let your guard down. Have the patrol team continue to patrol with sufficient intensity. Never let the two sides merge."
The high priest emphasized.
At this moment, Soros could clearly feel that the high priest was in a much better mood than at the beginning.
In this operation, they flattened the opposite camp and destroyed their material supplies. In the following period of time, the opponent will definitely be much more obedient, which in disguise bought time for them.
At the same time, the war with the ratmen in the south has recently entered a period of fatigue, and both sides are beginning to feel war-weary.
The Lizardmen and the Ratmen are mortal enemies and are at war all year round, but this does not mean that the two sides fight each other every day. This is unrealistic and no one can afford to do that.
There must be a ceasefire period in the middle. It doesn't mean that the two sides have made peace, but when both sides realize that if they continue fighting, it will have a greater impact on themselves, they will tacitly stop and slow down, giving each side a chance to recuperate.
When the next war will start depends on who starts it first.
The high priest at this time had undoubtedly already figured it out. The next truce period with the ratmen would be a perfect opportunity for him to destroy the opposing forces.
At the very least, we must annihilate the enemy's frontline troops! Thinking of this, the high priest couldn't help but give a few more instructions.
Soros was in a relatively relaxed mood at the moment. Would the troops be sent back at the next ceasefire? This was great news for him.
At this moment, Soros finally saw a glimmer of hope to escape from this trouble. When he left the temple, even his steps became lighter.
In this way, half a month passed quietly.
During this period of time, the Great Zhou army led by Li Ce was indeed silent.
There were undoubtedly casualties among soldiers in the previous confrontations. The injured soldiers needed to recuperate. In addition, the front-line camp, which had been reduced to ruins, had to be rebuilt. These two things made their life not idle during this period.
During this time, the energy channel was opened again, and this time, the lizardmen did not come to cause trouble again.
Li Ce guessed that it was probably because the armored dragon's wound had not healed yet, or the outer shell had not recovered yet. If the shell could be restored...
That round of fighting allowed the crossbow troops to almost completely destroy the armored dragon's shell.
In this situation, if the other party dares to send out the Shield Ankylosaurus again, Li Ce is confident that he can shoot and kill the Shield Ankylosaurus directly on the plain.
The other party probably anticipated this situation, and Soros did not want to take the risk.
It is safest for him to just wait quietly and wait for the high priest to transfer troops back from the front line to deal with the enemies here. He just wants stability.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of opening the energy channel, Li Ce, who was on the front line, sent a soldier back to report the situation.
Zhou Xuren happened to be in Caoyuan Village at the time, which allowed him to learn the latest situation at the first time.
"The defensive ability of that giant beast is actually this strong?"
Zhou Xu was actually very confident about the three-bow crossbow they developed.
After all, considering the background of the times, they are now holding a three-bow crossbow, which is equivalent to using artillery in the era of cold weapons! It should be a dimensionality reduction attack.
However, judging from the results, it does not seem to have such a strong effect.
Zhou Xu reflected on this briefly.
From the perspective of the weapon itself, there is no doubt that the version of the three-bow crossbow they developed and manufactured has not yet reached its original historical peak due to some material technology limitations.
If we make breakthroughs in technology, processes and materials in the future, we will definitely be able to continue upgrading.
From the other side's perspective, lizardmen are different from humans. You can't try to figure out special units of a special race like lizardmen based on common sense from a human perspective in a world that is not so scientific.
Keeping a calm mind, Zhou Xu accepted this reality.
Fortunately, although the three-bow crossbow did not show the super-strong effect of dimensionality reduction attack as he expected, it was still able to pose a clear threat to the big guy.
Judging from Li Ce's report, that big guy moved too slowly and was not flexible enough. The crossbow troops were able to defeat the enemy by disintegrating them layer by layer.
The prerequisite is that they need enough time and giant crossbows.
The previous fight was actually an opportunity. The opponent had never truly witnessed the power of the triple-bow crossbow, and didn't even know that the triple-bow crossbow could break the shell of that big guy.
According to the situation at that time, if the crossbow troops had not run out of ammunition and food, they might have been able to shoot the big guy to death on the plain.
However, in this world, if something happens, it happens. If something doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. How can there be an if? Some things are destined from the beginning. Zhou Xu made a mistake in judging the defensive strength of the big guy.
This was caused by insufficient intelligence. All he knew about the big guy was that it had easily razed the elf village to the ground.
This resulted in him having no sufficient intelligence data to support him when making arrangements for this big guy, and he could only make estimates.
The final estimate was that the giant crossbows were not enough.
There were actually some supplies left in the camp at the time, but they were all crushed by the big guy.
Giant crossbow arrows are not something that can be carried one in each hand and run away. In that situation, who would be able to go in and get them?
This ration was not included in the first batch of supplies sent in, because he did not expect the giant crossbow arrows to be consumed so quickly. This was a chain reaction caused by his misjudgment.
For each batch of supplies, he has to make choices among various materials within the limited transportation capacity. It is impossible to deliver everything to you at once, as the transportation capacity would not be enough.
"Pass the order to speed up the production of giant crossbows. We must send a batch over when the next energy channel opens."
(End of this chapter)
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