Chapter 481: Dismantling and patching
The main concern of the soldiers was that after entering the rainforest area, their cavalry units of the Great Zhou could not take action, but the enemy's cavalry units could still fight.
This in itself is a very terrifying thing.
You know, in this era, the existence of cavalry itself is a dimensionality reduction attack on ordinary infantry.
However, as for the situation of the Speed Dragon Cavalry, their king had already analyzed it very clearly in the meeting just now. Simply applying their king's remarks, it would not be difficult for Li Ce to appease the soldiers' emotions now.
Afterwards, the casualty statistics were quickly sent to Zhou Xu.
"Four people were killed in the battle, three are missing, twenty-seven were injured, six of them were seriously injured, and eighteen showed symptoms of poisoning..."
Considering that it was only a brief confrontation, this number is not very good no matter how you look at it. It also shows how great an advantage the rainforest environment brings to the lizard people.
Considering that the rainforest environment is the home turf of the Lizardmen, the soldiers who are missing there have a high probability of surviving, so the actual number of casualties can basically be considered seven.
Among the six seriously injured people, because they had scales on their bodies, they did not suffer any piercing wounds from weapons during the short fight, and naturally there was no injury to the internal organs. Most of the injuries were fractured bones and severe sprains.
Although up to now, it is still uncertain whether it is the 'Skull' mantra and his own talent as an 'Evolved Leader' that are at work, the bones and recovery abilities of the soldiers under his command now seem to be stronger than ordinary ones.
You have to know that in this era, fractures are serious injuries that can cause disability. Once they happen, it is basically the same as becoming disabled.
However, it cannot be said that every soldier under Zhou Xu can fully recover, but at least many of them can do so and can continue to serve in the army and fight afterwards.
This was undoubtedly great news for Zhou Xu, the ruler.
Invisibly, it greatly reduced the pressure on his military consumption.
As for the eighteen soldiers who showed symptoms of poisoning, Diak and his men were well aware of some of the common toxins used by the Lizardmen. Long before the war, Zhou Xu had already asked Diak to contact the medical department to develop an antidote to the enemy's poisoning methods.
When Li Ce reported the casualty statistics to him, those soldiers who showed symptoms of poisoning had basically taken the antidote and been resettled.
In the next few days, those who needed to recuperate recovered from their injuries, and those who needed to rest rested. Zhou Xu obviously did not plan to make any big moves. Instead, he rested while waiting for the reaction of the lizardmen on the opposite side.
Just like that, five days passed quietly, and the lizardmen on the opposite side showed no reaction at all.
"My lord, could it be that the presence of Master Qiansui has made the other side wary?"
Inside the tent, Drogo couldn't help but put forward his ideas.
“Not really.”
Zhou Xu shook his head.
"No matter how strong Qiansui is, he is just a single soldier after all. When two armies are fighting, the forces are there. The impact Qiansui can cause is actually limited..."
On this battlefield, the main responsibility of large units is to deal with the enemy's large units, just like 'soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals'.
A fierce general is indeed stronger than an ordinary soldier, but if you ask him to chop dozens or hundreds of soldiers in a row, he will probably be too tired to lift his sword, right? Not to mention the time it takes and whether he can actually chop dozens or hundreds of soldiers in a row.
Judging from the current situation of the fight, Zhou Xu didn't think that the other party would not even understand this.
Of course, we cannot rule out the existence of Chitose as one of the influencing factors, but more likely it is that the other side cannot give up the home advantage.
After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Lizardmen are on the defensive side and there is no need for them to take the initiative to attack.
On the other hand, on the Great Zhou side, the troops went to war, and every day they were stationed on the front line, even if they did nothing, was a waste of money.
As a result, the development efficiency of the Great Zhou could not be improved at all.
"My lord, how about we launch another round of offensive to see what's going on on the other side?"
Inside the tent, Li Ce put forward his ideas.
Zhou Xu shook his head.
"That's not right. We just retreated and now we don't have a way to break the deadlock. How can we just turn around and launch another offensive? This approach is problematic no matter how you look at it. It will easily arouse suspicion from the other side."
Under the premise that they cannot rely on hard power to break through the Lizardmen's rainforest defense line, "luring the snake out of its hole" has become their core tactic at this stage.
But the problem is that the Lizardmen won’t take the bait, which makes it very difficult to deal with.
However, faced with this situation, their king did not seem to be in a hurry at all.
"My lord, are we just going to wait like this now?"
"Wait a minute."
Leaning against the tent, Zhou Xu looked calm and composed.
"I guess there will be some movement on the other side soon."
Almost at the moment Zhou Xu was saying this, inside the temple deep in the Lizardmen’s territory, a Lizardmen messenger who had just rushed back from the front lines was reporting the latest situation to the high priest.
Just a few days ago, the ratmen, who had been silent for a while, launched a counterattack against their front-line troops!
The high priest could not say that he was not mentally prepared for this situation.
But even though he was mentally prepared, it didn't affect his bad mood at all.
The Great Zhou and the Rat People may not have joined forces, but they were undoubtedly very aware of each other's existence and made full use of it! As the party caught in the middle and attacked by both sides at the same time, the Lizard People were completely dragged into a vicious cycle.
Now all we can do is tear down the east wall to repair the west wall, and then tear down the west wall to repair the east wall. We tear down and repair again and again, but in the end, neither side can be repaired properly.
The high priest knew that the best way to break this situation was to completely defeat one of the forces.
But do you think he doesn't want to?
He has no choice now!
Didn't you see that as soon as he mobilized his troops and prepared to gather his forces to kill the Great Zhou troops, the ratmen on the other side began to counterattack? The same was true in reverse. When his large army was pressing on the southern battlefield, the Great Zhou side mobilized troops in various ways and kept fighting with them, forcing him to mobilize troops back.
These two gangs were pulling each other around them! Whenever the high priest thought of this, he was so angry that he directly ordered Soros to come over.
If one had to choose one side to defeat between the Rat People and the Great Zhou at this stage, the high priest would definitely choose the Great Zhou.
The high priest had to admit that he had been careless before, but even if he re-examined the strength of the Great Zhou, he still could not match the rat people.
He was well aware of the strength of the rat people. Those stinky rats had been entrenched in this land for many years. It would not be accomplished overnight to destroy them.
On the other hand, in the Great Zhou Dynasty, the enemy's front-line camp was just there. As long as the troops were in place, it would only take a moment to defeat the enemy.
(End of this chapter)
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