Chapter 493: Risks and Patience of War
Soros breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the temple.
Considering the current situation of the Lizardmen, he is definitely needed to stabilize the situation here.
The fear was that the high priest would suddenly become angry and execute him.
Now it seems that he was worrying too much.
At least from what happened just now, their high priest was able to keep a relatively calm and rational mind and didn't do anything stupid. He should guard the rainforest defense line well and ensure the safety of this side.
[Wouldn't it be better if you did this earlier? What the hell! ]
Soros couldn't help but second-guess himself in his mind.
If he had dared to say this before everything happened, it would have been a real achievement.
But the fact is that he didn't mention it.
Because judging from the situation at the time, although they needed to give up the home advantage brought by the rainforest environment, considering the size of their troops after the arrival of reinforcements, coupled with the advantages of armored dragons and night vision, it seemed that it would not be difficult to crush the opponent's front-line troops.
Following this line of thought, Soros was a little annoyed when faced with this sudden situation, but he still sent troops in the shortest time possible.
Who could have imagined that such a major rollover could happen?
When Soros heard the news from the front, he was stunned. Even now, he still feels a sense of unreality when he thinks back on it.
At this moment, he counted the remaining troops in his hands in his mind. No matter what, they still had a great advantage in the rainforest environment. Next, he should be able to guard the rainforest line of defense with peace of mind and respond to changes in circumstances.
At the same time, Zhou Xu, who didn't know the latest situation of the Lizardmen, was still busy at his own pace.
The fifty newly arrived mountain soldiers were directly drafted into service by the logistics unit, and there was a veritable mountain of dissection work waiting for them to handle.
In the previous battle, a large number of skeleton soldiers had been shattered into pieces under the cavalry's violent charge.
Although he was still able to pull it up with the power of Zhou Xu's mantra, its strength was no longer as strong as before and it would basically break at the slightest touch.
Continuing to use skeleton soldiers that have been broken into pieces like this would be too cost-effective.
For this reason, considering the upcoming battle, Zhou Xu undoubtedly needs to add some new skeletons to fill the loss, and those velociraptors and lizardmen became their targets.
In addition, as the biggest problem, the bodies of the four armored dinosaurs will undoubtedly have to be dealt with one by one.
They will be busy in the next period of time.
Just like that, the Lizardmen turned to defend the rainforest defense line, and the Great Zhou troops led by Zhou Xu were now mainly resting and recuperating, with no plans to take any further action for the time being.
Time quietly entered autumn, and the arrival of the harvest season finally eased the situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty, which had been suffering from tight food supply due to the large-scale expedition and the decline in labor force.
The latest batch of corn has become a hot commodity. Whether it is the raw corn just picked from the market or the cooked corn in the cafeteria, it will be sold out in a short time after it goes on sale.
Following potatoes, corn, which can be eaten as a staple food, brings people a new taste experience, which makes it a hot commodity on people's tables.
But it doesn’t matter. The yield of corn is huge, so just let them buy it up.
The corn craze lasted for almost half a month in the rear, and then slowly subsided. It was not until this time that Zhou Xu and his colleagues on the front line finally got to taste their first bite of corn.
Compared with the improved corn he had eaten before he traveled through time, the flesh of this corn was not full enough and the taste was not sweet enough, but Zhou Xu still ate it with relish.
Before traveling through time, he was not a person who liked eating corn, and he probably only ate it a few times a year.
But after traveling through time, Zhou Xu felt an inexplicable feeling towards these things that were readily available before traveling through time. Perhaps it was sentimentality?
At this moment, he was chewing the corn in his hand while looking into the void in the distance.
Just as they could see the Lizardman Continent from the grassland, he could also see the continent where their Great Zhou was located now that he was at the edge of the world of the Lizardman Continent.
At this moment, the size of the continent in Zhou Xu's field of vision has almost reached the size of a bathtub.
Compared to when I could only barely see it at the beginning, it has become much bigger.
This also means that the distance between these two fragments of the world is continuing to narrow.
During this period, the frequency of the appearance of energy channels in the edge of the world has basically been reduced to less than twelve days according to the latest statistics.
Judging from the current situation, shortening the time it takes to generate energy channels is undoubtedly a good thing for Zhou Xu and his team, as it will make their logistical support more timely.
Just as Zhou Xu was thinking this, Li Ce hurried over.
"Your subordinate Li Ce comes to see the king!"
"No need to be polite."
After looking back at Li Ce, Zhou Xu turned his gaze back to the continent in the distant void.
"Is there any movement from the Lizardmen?"
"No, it seems that after the losses in the previous battle, the Lizardmen should have switched to a defensive position."
Having said this, Li Ce paused.
"Want to try it out?"
"Not for now."
Zhou Xu said without even turning his head.
"Before, the ratmen in the southern battlefield used us to attract hatred and share their troops. Now it's time for them to help us consume the Lizardmen's troops. Let the Lizardmen fight the ratmen first."
At this point in time, the rear of the Great Zhou Dynasty had to start preparing for the winter. The pressure in the rear was not small, and any casualties or losses they incurred during their operations would make the pressure in the rear even greater.
Taking this into consideration, Zhou Xu showed great patience and slowed down the pace out of caution.
Obviously, he has adapted to the length of the war, or it can be said that war is long and requires a lot of time and resources. Even in the end, it all depends on whose resources can no longer sustain and who will eventually collapse internally.
As for his previous action of conquering several primitive tribes in one day, to be honest, it was not a war at all. It was just a unilateral armed suppression and incorporation operation.
In the face of a war that comes with huge risks, he must maintain sufficient patience and tenacious will.
The previous battle was the most important hurdle for them. As long as they got over it, all the pressure would go directly to the rat people.
If the lizardmen are smart, they will not provoke them again in the short term, unless they really want to experience being attacked from both sides! (End of this chapter)
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