What Adrian thinks, Mike must not know, and he is discussing the strategy of retreating with Goku, Sal, Sermena, and Krya. Although it was discussed before, at that time it was not known who the enemy was, nor the size of the enemy, nor the way to act, so it was only a general discussion.

"Goku, if the war is unfavorable, you are responsible for protecting Thrall and Sermena from retreating, and I will retreat with Koria, and the rest will depend on the situation. "Thinking before winning is Mike's usual practice at critical moments. Although he sometimes gets nervous, he thinks it doesn't matter if he succeeds or fails.

"Good. However, I think it's necessary to bring No. 8 and No. 9, they are good, and that Audrey is very talented, so she should bring them. Wukong replied in a deep voice. No. 8 is Lucan, No. 9 is Lazer, and the two of them and Audrey are considered by Goku to be more promising and can't be left behind.

"You can do it, Kailin and No. 1 can also be brought with them, but first of all, make sure that the three of you don't have problems. If you want to meet up at the meeting point, let's go to Ryugu. Adrian, I'm going to let him go back tonight, anyway, one more of him is not more, one less of him is a lot, and we have to be distracted to take care of it. "Mike himself is going to fight with Coria on a siege crab, which is very safe, but Adrian wants to sit, it is absolutely impossible. Koria almost never lets people ride his siege crabs, and lets Mike sit, it's all because he was desperate last time, and he has already let Mike and Goku sit on it.

"Good. ”

"If the others don't disagree, we start talking about tactics. Mike looked at the four of them, but they didn't have any opinions, so he continued to speak, "The bandit group is strong, and there are more than four hundred people in the two mercenary groups of Thunder Tide, plus the armed forces of the Preg Chamber of Commerce, six hundred people should not be a problem, and it is very likely to hire mages and buy enough spell items." I don't know if they're coming out of the nest, but let's prepare for the worst. At this scale, if we fight head-on, I believe that we only need to be bombarded with a few rounds of fireballs by the mages who are closely protected by the warriors, and we will not be able to defeat our army. ”

Everyone nodded, there was no doubt about it.

"But it also has a great advantage, because it is easier to be found when there are more people. According to the time, they will be there in three days at the latest, Wukong, Sal, you have been working hard lately, let's scout incognito. ”

"No problem. "I'll leave it to the wise one. "Goku can use invisibility on himself and others at will, which is one of his only three remaining spell abilities.

"In order to avoid the worst-case scenario, I believe that as soon as I find that I have to fight a large group of men and horses head-on, I should immediately organize a retreat. The direction of retreat is preferred to the east and the north, and the distance between the two directions is about the same as that of the Lead-Phalanx Mountains, but the east side is close to the sea, which is convenient for coordinating operations with the Kingdom of Koria. ”

Everyone nodded and approved the first plan. If you can't beat it, you can run, which is very reasonable.

"The second plan is a night attack. The vast majority of humans in the Preg Bandit Regiment have poor night vision, and our troops are made up of races with strong night vision, presumably they will not use their weaknesses to fight at night. On the shore, they are as capable of marching during the day as we can be at night, so we are capable of attacking the enemy camp at night. ”

Everyone nodded yes, and it was very reasonable to promote their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. So he began to discuss the other side's possible camping sites and his own preparations for night attacks, and improved the second set of plans. After that, they worked out the third, fourth, and fifth sets of combat plans in turn.

said that it was everyone, but in fact, it was mainly Mike and Goku, and the others barely interjected.

Needless to say, Thrall's abilities have been vividly demonstrated when he commanded the Leadpeak Dragons against the Darmshal Expeditionary Force. Although Sermena is the captain of the Dragon Palace Guard, she only has experience in talking on paper, and due to the lack of information, the conversation is not very good. Kolya, although he claims to occupy the most suitable place for his own development, has also made several attempts to expand. It's a pity that the siege crab is certainly a big killer, but it must also have a large number of fishmen to cooperate in order to really exert its power. Under the command of King Koria, the fish-man warriors were repeatedly killed and defeated, and the expedition could only end in failure after failure, and the result was only to retreat in the northeastern part of the Moon Sea, a sea with almost no merchant ships. What kind of war talent the king of Coria has, everyone can imagine.

Wukong is a battle-hardened hell refiner, and he has commanded countless battles of this scale, although the classes and combat environments are very different, but the impact is not great.

Although Mike does not have any command experience, he is an earthling who has not visited several military forums and who has not played several real-time strategy turn-based strategy games. Therefore, although he is also talking on paper, he talks quite level.

Goku confirms his guess about Mike during the discussion: the dark elves who are reborn. Mike has quite a lot of experience in commanding, but just like himself, because of the class and the environment is slightly uncomfortable. Based on all the other inferences from before, there is no other possibility except for the dark elves.

About two hours before Adrian arrived at Sanzang Town, the fleet of the Preg Raiders had already sailed to the sea fifteen or sixteen kilometers away from Sanzang Town, and was stopped by four fishmen who claimed to be the Praetorian Guard of the Kingdom of Koria.

"Stop! The front is a military forbidden area of our Kingdom of Koria, and you are not allowed to approach, so you pay your taxes and hurry up to detour. A fish-man shouted.

Old Preg was stunned, this didn't seem to be the same as he imagined. The fishmen of the crusading army took great pains to capture all four fishmen who claimed to be the kingdom of Koria. After interrogation, it was found that they had no idea what was going to happen and that they had not received any new orders.

"That Coria was quite cautious, and she didn't say anything. Thunder Swordsman Rex chuckled.

"It's best if everyone knows about it, maybe the news will leak out. The Tide Knight Merodi was so pleased that he untied the fishmen and gave them some food, "Bring the token to your King Coria and Grand General Bruno, and say that your friends have arrived, and ask them to do what they planned." ”

The so-called token is a bag of gold coins, and Bruno recognizes this.

"You are waiting here, and if you dare to continue to advance, you will surely die under the iron tongs of the Divine Beast that protects the country. The kingdom fishman said hatefully. They divided two people to report back with "tokens", leaving two people to monitor the fleet. Seeing that the other party really broke down on the spot, he relaxed his vigilance a little.

As early as when the fish-men were attacked, the two fish-men hiding in the distance had already swam back quickly, reporting that six large ships had trespassed into the forbidden area of the kingdom.

The reason why the Preg Raiders had to break down was because they had to.

Although the soldiers are very fast, and the earlier they arrive, the more likely they are to surprise the attack, but it is getting late, and there are still three or four hours to sail from the destination. No matter how fast you had, it would be late at night when you could attack. The other side is a non-human race with excellent night vision, accustomed to day out and night out and staying in place all the time, and the night battle is either a surprise attack or death.

Therefore, Thunder Swordsman Rex and Tide Knight Merodi decided to rest here tonight and wait for Koria by the way. We will set off early tomorrow morning, and in the morning we will land on the beach and launch a surprise attack. Old Preg and others felt it was very reasonable.

The wait was more than three hours, it was already dark, and Kolya had not yet arrived.

Old Preg waited a little irritably: "Why hasn't Kolya come yet?"

Tide Knight Merodi was stunned: "Are you waiting for him? The fish-man who reported the news is still not going back now, and I don't know when he will come, maybe he won't come too far at all." ”

Old Preg was stunned, and immediately thought that this place was still twenty or thirty kilometers away from Koria's lair, and it was really impossible to swim in three hours. So he had to say stupidly: "Then how to get them to cooperate with the attack, what are you waiting for?"

Merodi laughed: "A group of small pirates nested in this dilapidated place with almost no merchant ships, how much do you really expect them to play? The reason why I want them to send troops is to make it easier to catch people, and second, I want to consume their strength, it is best to take the opportunity to clean up, the main force must still be us." I'm waiting for information from my subordinates. ”

Merodi and the others want to kill the main characters of Goblin Town, so they naturally hope to launch a surprise attack without the other party knowing. Although a small number of elite raid plans have been prepared, which is the safest in terms of secrecy, the opponent's martial arts are many strong, and they will inevitably suffer heavy losses in a fight, so they will not be used unless they have to.

At present, the dispatch of large forces is certainly guaranteed in terms of force, but it is relatively lacking in secrecy. Melodi, of course, could not have naively pinned all his hopes on the stupidity of the other side, and he sent his men to monitor important targets and locations in order to determine whether the other side had received the news.

After a while, the news that Merodi was waiting for came: everything was normal.

"Let's call everyone for a final tactical review, and by noon tomorrow, everything should be over. "Tide Knight is confident.

His idea was right, but it was a pity that Mr. Offett's intelligence work was too amateurish, and he hadn't discovered the actions of the Preg Chamber of Commerce until this afternoon, so naturally there would be no changes.

After discovering this, he was very careful not to take action himself, but immediately asked his sister to inform his son-in-law Adrian, and asked him to find a way to report to his eldest son-in-law, Mike. My sister and Adrian are in love with each other, and they have to go to him several times a day, and one more or less is not a big deal.

Adrian was a mid-level mage of the academy and often stayed in the forbidden places of the magic academy that they could only enter, and Melody's men were not powerful enough to spy on that kind of place. Adrian is also good at illusion, and deliberately uses illusions to conceal his whereabouts, thinking that no one will find out about the anomaly in a day or two. And according to Mike's plan, Adrian will rush back to Sentia overnight to completely eliminate the possibility of startling the snake.