Chapter 577: Establishing Status
Among the lizardmen, those who can become soldiers are also the stronger ones. Their physical strength, coupled with thick and warm coats, allows them to hold on to a certain extent.
But if you say that the climate environment here has no effect on their strength, that is definitely false.
They knew that their final destination was not here, and now they just wanted to leave the grassland as soon as possible.
The soldiers received the order and naturally did not dare to dawdle. They quickened their journey every day. When they left the grassland and arrived near Black Moon Village, the climate had gradually become milder. It could not be said that it was not cold, but at least it was not as extreme as on the grassland.
After a brief rest, the troops continued on their journey. After a long journey, they finally arrived at the foot of the barren mountain.
After crossing the barren mountain and arriving at the barren mountain village, the lizardmen soldiers were already exhausted and out of breath.
However, judging from the results, they also feel that they can adapt.
But only the mountain soldiers who came out of this mountain know where they are now.
Only after passing this desolate mountain village could they truly enter the mountainous area.
The mountains behind are one higher than the other. Compared with the big mountains in the depths, the barren mountain at the door can only be said to be small.
Everything was relatively good when we reached Tieshan Village, but as we went deeper, the altitude started to get higher and higher.
During this period, winter quietly arrived. The mountains are already cold in winter, and the increase in altitude makes the environment even worse.
Before they reached the next village, the Lizardmen soldiers had already collapsed on the road from vomiting and diarrhea. The velociraptors under them were not much better, not only having diarrhea but also foaming at the mouth.
Judging from their appearance, it was obvious that they could not continue their journey. The soldiers had no choice but to set up camp where they were and rest for a few days to see how the situation would develop.
As a result, after a few days, the dragoons not only did not get better, but they all became exhausted. They collapsed there, looking like they were breathing more than they were breathing out. They died the next second. They probably wouldn't be surprised.
"Squadron, they are in that state now, are they still going to continue on their journey?"
The mountain soldier who had just entered the tent to check on the situation of the lizardmen came out and confirmed the instructions with their squadron leader.
Before setting off, their king had instructed them to help the lizardmen adapt as much as possible.
Of course, if they really can't adapt, just send them back. There's no way to force this.
He had also seen the recent situation of the lizardmen. They were not used to the climate and were suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. They were already very weak. If they continued like this, and if they caught some disease, they would probably die in this mountain.
It's obviously not a good thing to be like this.
Thinking of this, the squadron leader made up his mind.
"You two teams, send them back. I will take the other teams and follow the king's orders to rush to the border of the mountains to report the situation to the captain."
In the past two years, Shi Lei has made great contributions in recruiting people and expanding the territory of their Great Zhou, and his military rank has been promoted to captain.
The news here was delivered to Zhou Xu a month later.
Even though he had prepared himself mentally in advance, this result still made him feel a little melancholy.
But there is no way to deal with this kind of thing. It's like a polar bear. If you force it to move to the African savannah, wouldn't that be embarrassing for the old bear? The same is true for the lizards who live in the tropical rainforest all year round.
He hadn't tried it before and wasn't sure, but now that the results are out, Zhou Xu has basically given up the idea.
During this period, winter had completely arrived. Zhou Xu, who was in the Temple of the New World, hardly felt any cold. Zhao Geng, who was also here, was still busy farming and had no free time at all.
Soros also guessed the situation on the southern battlefield. The ratmen launched their offensive in early winter.
The rat tide is still somewhat serious, but overall, the intensity is nothing compared to last winter.
But their southern border troops are very different from last year.
Faced with the overwhelming tide of rats, the Lizardmen soldiers were all dressed in armor, maintained a tight formation, and charged forward with crystal-iron spears in hand.
During this period, two cavalry units protected the left and right wings, and cooperated with the green lizard infantry who provided cover from the outside. This set of tactics had become completely mature in their hands, and demonstrated greater power than in the previous battle.
The chaotic rat tide was just a huge force, but it could do nothing to them.
After defeating the rat tide five times in a row, the ratmen's offensive began to slow down significantly.
The morale of the southern border troops was high after winning the battle. Under the overall command of Li Ce, they did not blindly defend their strongholds. Instead, they took the initiative in every battle.
In the last attack, they even fought their way out of the border line and, in cooperation with the cavalry units, chased the enemy all the way to the outside of the front-line stronghold on the opposite side.
This is great, a direct reversal of offense and defense!
Of course, their Great Zhou still needs to recuperate, and at the same time, there are not enough troops in the southern border to support them in launching a strong attack.
Li Ce, who was aware of these two points, naturally had no intention of sending a large force to launch an offensive.
But this did not prevent him from sending out cavalry units to harass the enemy!
The scale of the rat tide on the opposite side is large, and their movements are fast, but can they be faster than cavalry?
As soon as the rat tide came out, their cavalry troops turned around and ran away.
If the enemy dares to pursue us, we will lead them to the plain where their main force is, and use spears to advance their formation and defeat them.
Skillful use of formations makes their combat effectiveness stronger.
In addition, the ratmen did not plan to launch a strong attack this winter. With limited manpower on hand, Jikum, who was stationed at the border, was completely helpless against the Lizardmen troops on the opposite side. He was full of anger, but had no place to vent it. He was in a very bad mood recently.
In contrast, the lizardmen soldiers led by Soros were in a very good mood and were very happy.
It has to be said that, if they were not enemies, Li Ce's behavior and temperament were really to his liking.
At the same time, it was also by taking advantage of this winter and relying on his own tactical means that Li Ce finally made the lizardmen soldiers in the southern border completely convinced of him.
These lizardmen soldiers obeyed him before, on the one hand because it was the order of their king, and on the other hand because they were under the control of Thoros and Tash, so they were not really obeying him at all.
And now, after winning battle after battle, the lizardmen who had come to their senses and were seeing the miserable appearance of the ratmen on the opposite side began to unconsciously admire their airborne commander-in-chief.
It was not until this moment that Li Ce truly established his position in the southern border!
(End of this chapter)
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