Chapter 522 Quality Gap
The Centaurs headed by Diak were, after all, only their allies at this moment, not his subordinates, so Zhou Xu naturally couldn't act too strong.
Under this premise, the other party was willing to send troops to help, but wanted to confirm the tribal land promised to them first. Zhou Xu certainly had no objection.
After all, from Diak's perspective, although everything Zhou Xu said made sense and there was nothing wrong with it, the things he promised them had never been fulfilled. To put it in a rounded form, it was equivalent to just making empty promises for them.
Now he had to put the cake into his mouth first.
As for this matter, Zhou Xu had no intention of defaulting on his debt, so naturally he didn't mind fulfilling it for them.
Considering the tribe's migration in a few days, Diak needed to go back and make some preparations. After settling the matter, he left.
At this point, Zhou Xu, who had finalized all matters, sorted out his thoughts and called Li Ce, Zhou Chongshan and Soros over again.
"It has been confirmed. Chongshan will lead a cavalry team, together with the remaining Lizardmen troops here, to rush to the southern battlefield to support the main force. The military situation is urgent and there must be no delay. We must set off immediately tomorrow morning!"
"I obey your orders!"
Zhou Chongshan clasped his fists and formally accepted the order.
After arranging this matter, Zhou Xu turned his attention to Li Ce and Soros.
"I will also be away for a while. During this time, Li Ce will be in charge of the command here, and Soros will assist from the side."
Zhou Xu's arrangement at this time surprised Soros a little.
According to Soros' idea, since all the Lizardman troops here have to rush to the battlefield in the south, he must lead the team there.
Who would have thought that he would be arranged to stay here and assist that human? This caught him off guard.
But on second thought, he had a falling out with the high priest before, and now the high priest was also at the front line. If he went there again, the high priest might find a chance to do something to him. It would be safer for him to stay here.
As for assisting Li Ce...
Through the brief understanding he had during this period, he also learned that Li Ce was the commander-in-chief of the Great Zhou's front-line troops, the guy he had been fighting with all along.
As an opponent, you can best understand the other party's methods and strength.
Therefore, he was not too dissatisfied with this arrangement. At least the person he was going to assist was not a fool.
The next morning, the Great Zhou cavalry, led by Zhou Chongshan, had already assembled on the plain.
During the period after Zhou Xu took over the Lizardman's land, the energy channel was opened again, and the new recruits who came from the rear replenished their military strength to a certain extent.
In addition, some soldiers led by Zhou Chongshan and Li Tie were transferred back from infantry to cavalry, which allowed their cavalry unit to regain a certain size.
Among them, the centaur soldiers led by Drogo and the elven cavalry led by Silk were not included, as they had other arrangements.
There were not many Centaur soldiers to begin with, and this time Diak and the others wanted to go back with him, so Zhou Xu arranged for them to go back together.
After all, they are all Centaurs, and it would be more convenient for Drogo and his men to communicate with each other.
The elven cavalry led by Silk will stay on the plain battlefield to provide support.
Leaving aside some minor injuries that were not serious, the elf soldiers' internal strength had been depleted and it would take more time to recover. They were not in their best condition yet and there was no need to rush them to the battlefield.
By staying here, on the one hand, they can recover with peace of mind, and on the other hand, they can attack or defend. If there is any unexpected situation, they can also move flexibly and advance or retreat freely.
Zhou Chongshan glanced at the cavalry troops ready to go and waved his hand without saying anything.
"Set off!"
In an instant, the war horses began to gallop, rushing towards the battlefield with a cloud of dust.
During this period, Zhou Xu was not idle either. Being in the Lizardman territory, he directly asked Soros to gather all the weapon craftsmen there.
"My king, they are all here. There are two hundred and ninety-seven weapon craftsmen in total."
There were more of them than he had expected.
Not to mention their entire ordnance equipment department, just the ordnance forging department with similar responsibilities, after several expansions, there are only fifty-one weapons craftsmen headed by Wang Dachui.
Just looking at the quantity, there is indeed a big difference.
But for many things, you can't just look at the quantity, you also have to look at the quality! The casting method used by their forging department, coupled with the tools and equipment, as well as the advanced technology, the overall forging efficiency is not comparable to the craftsmen on the Lizardmen side.
In addition, metal weapons are tougher and more durable and do not require frequent repairs.
The reason why the Lizardmen need so many weapon craftsmen to polish crystal weapons is largely because crystal weapons are too fragile and are simply consumables. Often after a battle, no crystal weapon can be returned intact.
In order to keep up with the rate of weapon wear and tear of the Lizardmen soldiers, they had to constantly polish and produce them, which led to their scale.
At this moment, Zhou Xu took a look and found that these lizardman craftsmen who were responsible for polishing the crystal weapons were all from the green lizard clan.
According to Zhou Xu's current understanding of the lizard people, within this tribe, any job that requires flexibility or craftsmanship is basically done by the green lizards.
Although their numbers are greater than those of the blue lizards, it does not mean that they are worthless.
On the contrary, the Green Lizard Clan can be said to be an important part of the Lizard People. Once the support of the Green Lizard Clan is lost, the Lizard People will lose their ability to develop to a large extent.
This time, Zhou Xu planned to bring all the green lizard craftsmen back to help the forging department.
After all, the Ordnance Forging Department will be busy researching new metals and new weapons. These green lizard craftsmen may not have any forging skills, but they can share a lot of work in weapon polishing.
“And who’s in charge of planting?”
"Over there."
As he spoke, Soros pointed and saw five green lizard farmers with a very peasant temperament standing there.
Speaking of these five people, Soros felt a little strange.
Their king wanted to transplant the crops here back, so he asked him to transfer some green lizard farmers back to help with the planting. Soros could fully understand this.
But in Soros's view, what good are five green lizard farmers?
In order to supply them with enough food, the Lizardmen have a very large number of farmers.
Therefore, according to Soros's thinking, at least a hundred of them would be needed to be of some use, right?
Zhou Xu had no interest in explaining this for the time being. There were many things Soros had never seen, so he could not understand them, and he could not explain them clearly.
The workload of their Great Zhou's Agricultural Department was huge, but the number of people was not that large.
Because they have oxen and plows, the main physical labor is done by the oxen, and combined with the plows, the overall efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary farmers.
Estimating the time, the energy channel should be opened in two or three days. After counting the manpower and resources to be brought back in advance, a group of lizardmen and centaurs led by Zhou Xu were waiting at the edge of the world early.
As soon as the energy channel opened, they received the signal and immediately moved over, swarming into the energy channel and embarking on the return journey.
(End of this chapter)
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