"I think the first thing we need to talk about is not this tactical issue, but a strategic one, and what is the point of us taking Ivanaso? Just as a mercenary, get a vote and leave? Or like the Blood Gorge and the Dwarven Statue City, send people to rule here? What are the consequences of doing so? Kelissa's words directly raised the nature of this meeting to a whole new level.

Before joining Gavin's command, she was only a part-time shaman captain of the mountain tribe's part-time combat team, and they were more likely to fight with the sky (a difficult living environment) than with people.

Previously, when she had an elite confrontation with the Drow Elves in Misty Snow, she only showed the ability to command the elite squad, which can also be explained by her previous hunting experience.

But there is no way to explain this strategic gaze in front of her, it can only be said that there are some things that are her innate talent, and she has her own uniqueness in war.

"Definitely can't be occupied, if it is occupied, the nature of the whole thing will completely change, we will become out-and-out invaders on the Dragon Coast, those cities that are still hesitating, for their own safety, will inevitably join forces to fight with us at all costs, if we are an elite army, we may still have the possibility of a war, but our main body is civilians, there is no way to fight a sports war, and we don't have any mass base here, after a long time, we will be like those invading monster tribes, will be consumed alive, this is just one of them. ”

Veranika said firmly, "Second, if we want to borrow from them when we pass through the Cormier Kingdom, it will be difficult to reach the sky, for their own safety, they will not allow an aggressive army to pass through their territory." ”

The second half of the conqueror's army has also been finalized.

They will follow the Wasteland Trail in Avanetor into the Goblin Sideburn, sandwiched between the Sunset Mountains and the Cape Storms Mountains, all the way to the Rocky Lands, and follow the high road to the Valley.

When the time comes, the Kingdom of Cormier will be the biggest obstacle in their way.

It's purely that the conqueror's army is now too large to be taken lightly even by the Cormier Kingdom, so it must be negotiated in advance, especially since Gavin's dragon oak collar is still in other people's territory, let alone use troops lightly.

In fact, compared to this road, there is still a road to go.

It was the same road that Bloodclaw had originally come from the valley, crossing the Dragon Lake by boat, and then passing through Sambia, directly to the Land of the Three Rivers, which was relatively nearly one-third of the way.

But there are two problems, one is that there are not a large number of sea boats, and when crossing the lake, safety is not guaranteed.

The second is that Gavin's relationship with Sambia is very tense, and once he enters rashly, it will definitely be a full-scale war, and without the second option, the land of the Three Rivers will be affected, which Gavin does not want to see.

"I agree with His Excellency the Chief of Staff, the Dragon Coast has been chaotic for a long time, and it will not be able to change it for a while, unless we make up our minds to keep the entire army here permanently, the value of occupying a city here is relatively low, with this energy, it is better to build a city on the spot like Blood Gorge City, at least everything is under our control, and there is no need to be mixed with local forces." Kelissa threw out her own opinion and said, "That doesn't mean there's no value here. ”

"Where does the value come from?"

"Population! For us, population is the greatest asset, and the turbulent situation on the Dragon Coast is destined for a highly mobile population, and all the cities have a large number of people who are dissatisfied with the authorities, and if they are given a little hope, there will be countless people who will be willing to join the migration ranks. ”

Kelissa said with a sly smile on her honest face, "Although we can't occupy the territory here on a large scale, we can cooperate with the local forces and ask them for enough preferential policies to buy industries here."

Especially in the industries related to Blood Gorge City, we have an absolute advantage, and after transporting it from the other side of the Giant Plains, we can achieve exclusive interests.

Even if our migrant population can double here, I believe it will not be enough for the lords, and many intensive industries with more people will definitely have to be separated and look for densely populated areas to set up processing plants.

The Dragon Coast is a great option, by land, which is very far away, but by sea, it is relatively easy to get here from the valley.

If there is an opportunity, we can build this place into a second Sambia by supporting agents, so that they can rush to the front, compete with Sambia in business, relieve the pressure on the valley side, and take the opportunity to develop rapidly. ”

After hearing this, most of the people stared at Kelissa in amazement.

It's not that the plan she put forward is, how earth-shattering it is, it mainly depends on who came up with it.

If this plan were proposed by Chief of Staff Villanica or Lord Gavin, everyone would take it for granted, as they themselves had a strategic vision of the big picture.

But it was brought up by Kelissa, it was a bit unbelievable, after all, she usually showed people with a brave, belligerent, and honest appearance, which is Goliath's racial character and label, she is the Goliath of Goliath, and everything comes first.

Most of the time, many people even forget that she is still a spellcaster and has a certain level of spellcasting ability.

The only ones who weren't surprised were Darren and Gavin.

The former is because during this time, the two have cooperated the most, and they know how good this tall woman is, how much he can pull up the vanguards from scratch, and how much effort the other party has contributed to it.

Without her and the selfless support of the Goliath Warband led by her, the Vanguard, even if it was formed, would not be as powerful as it is now.

The latter knew that the other party was not a pure Goliath, and that he still had half of the Drow elf blood flowing in his body, and some things were in his bones and innate.

I didn't have the opportunity to dig into this before, but since I met Gavin, I began to absorb this knowledge with hunger.

Not only is she close to Stellina, another half-drow elf, but she also has a good relationship with the pure drow elf Daphany - according to the standards of the drow elves, without stabbing each other in the back and calculating each other, the relationship is quite good.

Usually I don't ask myself for some strange things, such as this intensive industry, this kind of professional terminology must come from himself, he doesn't remember when he talked to Kelissa, but he didn't expect her to understand it and become his own thing.

Based on her words alone, her future development direction is not a general who leads an army alone, but a candidate for commander in charge of the overall situation.

The only regret is that she is not Gavin's descendant now, and the inseparable bond between her and Goliath still binds her, so that Gavin cannot grant her greater rights and entrust her with important tasks.

But people will change, especially the large-scale migration of the conqueror's army, which has the greatest impact on people's inherent concepts, which is a process of tearing apart and reshaping.

Including Kelissa, who was only seconded to assist Gavin in their migration, and Goliath, who she led, also suffered a lot of shock.

When the remaining half of the conqueror's path is completed, it is not too late to see how they change, as long as they remain by their side, they will still have a chance.

"What are you looking at me like that? How? Is there a problem with this point I raised? If there is a problem, you can point it out, and in the words of the lord, I am just throwing bricks and bricks now. Kelissa was a little hairy when she was looked at strangely by everyone, after all, she lacked the most basic self-confidence in this aspect.

"It's not that there's a problem, but what you said is so good, it shocked everyone, everyone only knew your bravery before, and didn't know that you also had your own unique insights in strategic layout and business, don't you say?" Gavin said with a smile.

"That's right, after listening to the lady's words, I feel that my previous thinking was too shallow, and I only saw the gains and losses of one city and one place, but did not look at things from the perspective of the overall situation.

"Before that, I have a question, can you help me solve my doubts? Why do we have to immigrate to the valley? With our current strength, not to mention the Dragon Coast, even if we were in Blood Gorge City before, it is enough to take root and run our own city. The goblin warlord Thomas asked a lot of people questions.

Everyone's eyes looked at Gavin, a question that no one could answer for him, not even Veranica.

"I believe that you are not the only one who has this question, as our strength increases, we will be able to conquer the city, and there will be more and more people who have this kind of idea, and I will explain it here today." Gavin's brain was running rapidly, and the organization said, "Everything has a purpose, and the same is true for us to organize immigrants this time.

If we simply find a way for these immigrants to live, we don't need to leave Tassel at all, just find a suitable place, and in a few days, we can build a new city.

But for us, there is no strategic point.

But if these immigrants are brought to the valley smoothly, it will be different, we will become the majority of a valley, and we will not need to occupy it at all, and this valley and even the surrounding valleys will have to look at us.

This kind of city that we have built will be shaped into what we want it to be.

It's different in a city like the Dragon Coast and a relatively densely populated area, just intrigue with the local forces will take up most of our energy, and there is no way to let go of production and construction, and give full play to our advantages.

In addition, I have a lot of layouts on the valley side, and there is no way to share them with you now, you just need to remember that when we get to the valley, our growth ceiling is much higher than anywhere else.

Time will bear witness to my promise today, and I will lead you to climb unprecedented peaks and witness unprecedented glory in the valley. ”

At the end of the day, Gavin was somewhat vague.

For the most crucial reason, he couldn't come up with it.

He could not say that he was born again, that he had the ability to foresee the future.

The central event that will determine the fate of Ferron, and indeed the whole of Torreel, will take place in the Northlands, in the Vale.

He is now just laying out in advance, occupying the most central position, and striving to make himself strong enough to become one of the traders before the full-scale explosion, instead of being pushed to the old path by the big hand of fate.

This is a road with no advance or retreat, and you can only move forward bravely.

"The destination cannot be changed, this matter has become much simpler, other places are auxiliary, the destination is the main body, and the strategic plans in other places are all carried out around this subject, so I agree with Ms. Kelissa's plan, cooperate with those friendly forces in the local area, plunder the population and wealth to the greatest extent, and at the same time lay our own industry, and continuously suck blood from here, not only wealth, but also population, to support the cities in our other regions and accelerate their development." Thomas, the Warlord of the Blood Oath, was the first to ask questions and the first to accept Gavin's explanation.

Because for him, it doesn't matter whether the reasons given by Gavin are reasonable or not, the important thing is that the goal can be clarified, and only when the head is set, the rest of the things will be carried out conveniently.

This is the strategic thinking of the big goblins.

Plundering other lands for self-enrichment is what they are best at, and what they like to use, is nothing more than the fact that the conqueror's army is now larger.

"After our meeting, the first task is to clearly inform all the front-line commanders that our goal for this migration is the battle valley in the valley, so that they can use all the methods to unite the hearts of all immigrants, so that they can avoid all kinds of temptations from the outside world, and unswervingly follow the army until they reach their destination." Villanica suggested on the side.

For her, the final destination is equally unimportant, the most important thing is the process, and the strategic plan executed in the process.

Now their great migration involves far more things than they imagined.

Not only His Royal Highness the Scarlet Knight, the god of strategy, has paid great attention to it.

Dakor, the god of travel and exploration, is afraid to follow them as well, paying attention to their every move.

Whether it is a large-scale opening of the road or a migration, it is a supreme honor for him, which can greatly enhance his divine power.

"It should have been done a long time ago." General Copperfield nodded approvingly, "This matter is our mistake, we should have made this matter clear from the beginning, only in this way can the front-line commanders below carry out their work." ”

"The general doesn't need to blame himself, after all, we are crossing the river by feeling the stones, it is impossible to consider everything perfectly, and the whole army is one day at a time, before we set off, we did not expect that we would not only be able to destroy a troll kingdom, but also establish two cities that belong to us by the way.

Unexpectedly, we were only halfway through the march and the migratory army was called the army of conquerors.

Maybe the Dragon Coast will be our new place of transformation, so that our strength can reach a new level, and the extent to which we can achieve it depends on what kind of strategy and tactics we will adopt next. ”

Gavin smiled and said, "If no one raises objections, our general strategy on the Dragon Coast is to unite all the forces that can be united, support our own agents, carry out industrial layout, and draw as much population and wealth as possible from here." ”

This process of brainstorming was also a process of helping Gavin clear his mind, and his original strategic layout of the Dragon Coast was not as clear as it is now.

At least when he received the Emissary of Avansor and the Avengers of the Resistance alone, he was only struggling with the city's problems.

Everyone exchanged words and ears, and they reached a consensus on this point, if you don't want to send troops here on a large scale and involve yourself in the quagmire of war, this is the best strategic way.

"Since we all agree to implement this strategy, let's talk about where we should start to loot for wealth. How can we better motivate the people of the Gulf to join us in our migration? After Gavin set the main tone, he began the following refinement plan.

"This kind of thing, there is no more than a brilliant victory, more to show their strength, our victory on the other side of the Giant Plain, and here after all, more than 500 kilometers away, the news on both sides is relatively isolated, and it is a different race, the human beings here, the feeling is not as deep as we expected, this can be seen from their attitude towards us."

The first to speak was the Bloodoath Warlord Thomas, who was the least senior in the army of conquerors and a different race, so he was the most active and actively displayed his talents in order to win a higher status for himself.

"Avasuel is our best point of intervention, the particularity of their current ruler makes the hearts of the people of the Dragon Coast, if not on our side, at least not on the other side, as long as they can remain neutral, it will be beneficial to us."

"Who says the human heart isn't on our side?" Kelissa, whose strategic views have been recognized, has improved her self-confidence to a certain extent, and once again made a plan, "The super plague virus in their hands is a double-edged sword.

Even if it is a powerful weapon against the enemy, it also has super lethality to itself.

As long as the plague virus in their possession is revealed to the other cities of the Dragon Coast, even if they do not rise up and besiege us, it will be biased in our hearts.

After we defeated Ivanaso, we handed it over to the local rebels to rule, saying that we are only doing this for the sake of justice and justice, believing that we can win a wave of goodwill for us, and we can also take the opportunity to collect a part of the population from Ivanaso and take it away, the key to this war is public opinion, as long as we do it well, we will win half of the victory. ”

(End of chapter)