Chapter 1038 It’s Hard to Protect Yourself
The dwarves did not hide their actions. The sentry standing on the wall spotted their presence at a glance and reported it to Shi Lei.
When the boar riders led by Woking Copperforge arrived outside the Plains Fortress, Shi Lei also came out.
"Long time no see, Lord Woking!"
Hearing Shi Lei's words "long time no see", Woking was stunned for a moment.
The dwarves themselves are a race with a very long natural lifespan, and a few years for them can basically be classified as 'a while ago'.
However, Woking had come into contact with humans before, so he knew that the natural lifespan of humans was only a few decades.
A few years is extremely short for them, but it is quite long for humans.
After realizing what was happening, Woking quickly said...
"It's been a while since we last met, Mr. Shi Lei."
After that, Woking did not hesitate and directly stated his purpose.
"I received news that a greenskin troop had sneaked over, so I immediately led my troops over here."
As he spoke, Woking glanced at the greenskin corpses scattered all over the ground.
"It seems that I am a step late."
During this time, when Vol'jin noticed the crossbow arrows stuck in the bodies of some green-skinned soldiers, a look of understanding flashed in his eyes.
When it comes to dealing with greenskin troops, the individual crossbow is indeed a good weapon.
Woking had no idea about the fact that the Great Zhou had created a single-soldier crossbow. There were humans in their coalition forces, and the other side also had a crossbow unit.
But this does not mean that human crossbow troops can compete with their dwarven heavy crossbowmen.
The advantage of the dwarf heavy crossbowmen comes not only from their skills in making heavy crossbows, but also from their strong arms and sturdy physique.
Dwarf soldiers generally possess strength and stamina that is significantly greater than that of humans, which means that their arms can hold up heavier individual crossbows and pull stronger crossbows at a faster speed to launch attacks!
Simply put, human crossbowmen and dwarf heavy crossbowmen are not on the same level at all.
This is also the reason why Woking is so confident, because even if humans develop individual crossbows, they will not be able to defeat them.
At this moment, after hearing what Wokin said, Shi Lei's mind moved and he directly said...
"It's mainly due to good luck. The greenskin troops that invaded this time didn't have ogres or goblin wolf cavalry. They were a single type of soldier, and there weren't many of them, only about 500 to 600 soldiers."
Speaking of this, Shi Lei showed a relieved expression.
"If the number were any larger, we would be in big trouble."
At this moment, many of the greenskin corpses on the battlefield have been taken into the fortress by them, and there are only three or four hundred left that have not been cleaned up yet.
This also made Woking unable to see any clues.
In fact, what Shi Lei said was completely consistent with his speculation.
They have tightened their blockade ever since the Greenskins got behind them.
Even if an accident happens, only a small group of troops will sneak in, and it is unlikely that a large group of troops will sneak in.
However, now that the Great Zhou has a crossbow force, its combat power is undoubtedly stronger than before. Thinking of this, Woking could not help but invite Shi Lei again, asking him if he wanted to join the coalition to fight against the greenskin troops together.
In response, Shi Lei showed a bitter smile.
"Lord Woking, it is difficult for us to protect ourselves now. We have already done our best in this battle. We really don't have any energy left to join the coalition forces."
Needless to say, Shi Lei declined Woking's invitation again.
Woking didn't think much about it and just nodded. He instinctively felt that in such a short period of time, the opponent's strength would not be able to grow much.
He didn't stay long after that. He said goodbye to Shi Lei quickly and left with his dwarf troops.
Every late autumn, the greenskins would launch operations to plunder food for the winter. At this point in time, they were very busy and had no time to stay here for long.
After successfully sending away the dwarf army led by Vol'jin once again, Shi Lei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Needless to say, this was something their Majesty had ordered long ago, and he had also explained the pros and cons to him clearly.
As this is the case, they of the Great Zhou will naturally try to avoid this muddy water.
Under this premise, although Shi Lei's previous words seemed to conceal his strength and show weakness, they were not entirely lies.
This time, the greenskin army does not have ogres and goblin wolf cavalry. In terms of strength and scale, it is indeed not comparable to the original greenskin army, so it should not be taken too seriously.
They have become stronger, that's a fact.
But it is also a fact that under normal circumstances, the greenskin troops are definitely not as weak as they showed in this battle.
By the time the battle report was delivered to Zhou Xu, it was already winter.
The green-skinned troops that had not appeared for a long time suddenly caused such a scene, which made Zhou Xu stunned when he saw the battle report.
But no matter what, it was an opportunity for them to test themselves. Their crossbow troops undoubtedly withstood this round of test and proved their worth.
Under this premise, Shi Lei had no problem responding to the reappearance of Woking Copperfurnace and the other party's invitation to them to join the coalition again.
As for the war between the coalition forces and the greenskins, the idea of the Great Zhou has always been to avoid getting involved if possible, to hide one's weaknesses as much as possible, to keep a low profile, and then to focus on development.
For the entire winter that followed, the Great Zhou was generally stable, and the greenskin troops did not appear again at the Plain Fortress.
This is normal. The appearance of greenskin troops here means that there is a problem with the dwarfs' defense.
After something like this happened, if the dwarves didn't wake up, they would be courting death.
After putting down the report, Zhou Xu picked up his pen and started writing the reward.
Just as Shi Lei said before, the greenskin troops this time were not very strong, which directly led to the fact that the value of this battle became very limited. It would be a bit excessive to give out large rewards.
Therefore, the overall rewards were mainly gold, silver, jewelry, silks and satins.
In fact, for most soldiers, this is also the most realistic option.
Under this premise, Li Tie performed outstandingly, killing a general in the Hundred Refining Realm on the opposite side and seizing the opponent's body, allowing their Great Zhou to obtain another high-strength skeleton soldier.
At this stage, this is a considerable achievement.
Zhou Xu thought about it for a while and decided to reward Li Tie with a "Red Flame Battle Axe" forged by Li Gan, the head of the forging department.
The red flame weapons with the addition of "fire crystals" are still rare items at this stage. In addition, they can effectively enhance the strength of their Great Zhou generals, so it is just right to use them for rewards.
In addition, Shi Lei, the chief commander of the New Taipei District, will be awarded another True Word for his meritorious service in command.
Zhou Xu intends to give him the mantra of 'summoning skeleton soldiers', so as to further enrich Shi Lei's skeleton soldier tactics.
First determine the reward and assign it specifically, then find a time to arrange it and you're done.
(End of this chapter)
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