Chapter 543: War of Public Opinion
A war of public opinion.
Kelissa has come up with a whole new concept.
You don't have to ask to know that this concept must have come from Gavin, something he talks about every day.
Although Faren had similar things before, he had never used them on a large scale, and was used by Kelissa.
Kelissa and Thomas's outstanding performance at this military meeting made Veranica, who is the chief of staff, a little unable to sit still, and also spoke: "To fight against these undead, you must not engage in crowd tactics, a little carelessness may lead to your own mass casualties, elite decapitation tactics are the key, as long as the necromancer and intelligent undead as the leader are killed, the remaining undead are just a group of brainless tools, which can be slowly cleaned up." ”
"We know this, and those necromancers must know that they must be hiding deeply, or use the army of undead to protect themselves layer by layer."
"I'm just saying that we don't engage in crowd tactics, it doesn't mean that we don't use our huge army, we can fully mobilize their undead army by besieging the city, as for the hiding place of the necromancers, I believe that those rebels must have their own channels to dig them out." Veranika exuded a strong sense of confidence, "As long as the lord is brought to their nearest, it will be the day they end." ”
Naturally, this self-confidence of hers was built on Gavin.
Previously, he and Kelissa had been able to overturn a legendary six-armed snake demon.
Now that he has turned this six-armed snake demon into his own killing weapon, the combat power that can burst out is naturally even more terrifying under the strong combination.
A group of necromancers, I'm afraid it's hard to make waves in front of him.
Others had no doubts about Villanica's assertions.
Gavin is now recognized as the highest combat power in the army of conquerors, even if his class is not the highest.
"Detailed tactics, we will postpone and then study in detail, we can't just rely on one-sided words, even if it is cooperation, we must also have a comprehensive understanding of the object to be cooperated with through various channels before proceeding, especially when the information they provide needs to occupy an important role." Gavin didn't put everything on the memories of his past life.
The mistimed information about Ivanosor made him realize that even memories were not entirely reliable.
After all, it involves a question of time, and people's personality and way of doing things are not static.
The person he understands is the person at the previous or future point in time, and does not represent the current point in time.
Especially with their own rebirth, the vortex of fate is getting bigger and bigger, and the fate of many people has been completely distorted, and the information of the previous life must be carefully screened, because if it is not good, not only is it not a help, but it is false information that you believe in, once you make a wrong decision because of this, the consequences will be fatal.
"This is nature." Veranika has been prepared for this part of the process, "I have already selected some people, and scattered the light and dark, and as soon as tomorrow, there will be news back." ”
Another duty of the chief of staff is to gather intelligence.
During this time, she had been the first to form the Scout Ranger from the entire army of conquerors.
Gavin took this matter very seriously and gave her absolute priority.
Anyone she had chosen, regardless of the unit they originally belonged to, would be transferred directly to the ranks of the Scout Rangers, including Nora's Knott Heavy Cavalry.
Good Scout Rangers are the most difficult to cultivate, because they not only need to have super combat power, be able to roam the periphery of the army without being easily eaten, but also have enough intelligence to solve sudden problems, as well as a keen insight to find problems and gather the information needed for the army.
The Scout Ranger called Hawkeye in Veranica's hands has not exceeded five hundred so far.
But it can also be useful, many of them are either born in the market, or from mercenaries, have rich social experience, and some are even professional intelligence officers who eat this bowl of rice, and the Dragon Coast will be their first battle.
"Good." Gavin nodded and said, "Let's continue with the previous topic, do you have any other opinions on the industrial layout?" ”
"This side of the Dragon Coast is a world of mercenaries, and it is said that one out of ten people will become a mercenary, why don't we gather more mercenaries to expand our army?" Darren suggested.
His vanguard, with nearly a quarter of the mercenaries, is the absolute backbone of their legion, and they are very easy to use, so they are naturally highly recommended.
"No." Villanica strongly disagrees with this, "Because of their complex origins, mercenaries are very useful in many ways, but their loyalty cannot be guaranteed.
We used a large number of mercenaries on the Tesser's side, firstly, they had no choice, and secondly, they belonged to the Tesser's inhabitants, and they had a certain sense of belonging to us, and it was easy to blend together.
The mercenaries on this side of the Dragon Coast are purely interested.
Hiring a large number of people will not necessarily help us, but will become an element of internal instability.
We can hire them for a single mission, but they are not suitable for large-scale introduction in the military.
For us now, loyalty will be above all else, and ability is relatively secondary, which can be slowly cultivated and explored. ”
Gavin recognized and supported Villanica's opinion, "We have now passed the initial stage of quick success, and the rest is to fight steadily and slowly, especially with the expansion of the army.
"I've been taught, I'm thinking wrong about this." Darren bowed and apologized.
"There is no need to apologize, this kind of meeting is originally about expressing their opinions, and there is no absolute right or wrong." Gavin smiled and waved his hand, "If we don't dare to say it because we are afraid of making mistakes, won't we miss out on many good ideas, and is there a better starting point?" ”
"This side of the Dragon's Coast has always been a haven for criminals, with a large number of slave traders and pirates, and it is difficult to separate the two, and we can take advantage of them." The location of General Copperfield's attack is also what he is best at, "Fight them, I believe that there will be no sympathy from anyone, and there will be a bumper harvest of population and wealth, in this regard, I and the old fellows I brought back have relatively rich experience, and can deduce the general location of their land nests and warehouses according to the surrounding sea conditions, and then follow the vine Muggles." ”
The seamen and sailors that Copperfield brought back were not incorporated into any legion, but formed a corps of five hundred men on their own as Copperfield's guard.
They are the seedlings of the navy, and since they are not yet close to the sea and have no ships, they can only be stored for the time being.
"That's good advice, what does this plan need me to do?" Gavin doesn't have any psychological burden to fight this underworld and scrape their wealth for his own use.
"We don't have a boat, we can't pursue it to the surface, we have to make sure we keep everything on land, so the attacking force must have very strong mobility and wilderness stealth ability, and I believe that General Thomas's Bloodgap Corps will be able to do this." Copperfield suggested, "In this matter, the most important thing is to collect information in the early stage, and when it is ready, we will attack and destroy it overnight, and once they are given time to react, the others will be evacuated to the sea after hearing the news, and we will have nothing to do." ”
"This matter, the general is professional, I will leave it to you to take someone to deal with, General Thomas, for the next period of time, you cooperate with General Copperfield to carry out this task." Gavin quickly made the layout.
This is an isolated strategic task, and success or failure does not have much impact on the overall situation.
Just like Gavin had dumped Copperfield on the west coast of Tether.
Copperfield has already brought him a lot of surprises last time, and hopefully this time it will be rewarding as well.
Everyone brainstormed and came up with more than a dozen strategic directions one after another, but few of them could be adopted, and most of them were the result of a hot head, and they were quickly rejected.
And most of what they came up with was more or less related to war, and there were very few means of commerce.
Fortunately, the army of conquerors is now large enough to include talents from all walks of life, including business.
Soon they selected a number of mature and stable ones, divided into small caravans, along the trader's road, either east or west, ready to sell the goods they had eaten from the city of Ruitabun, and then purchase the supplies needed by the conqueror's army, or local specialty goods, and then continue to follow the army north to earn the difference, which is the most common means of caravans, but few conqueror armies are so large.
This is the majority of this practice, and a small part is to buy real estate in the local area and set up shops directly there.
The shops they buy have a common characteristic, most of them are problematic industries in major cities, either haunted, or in disrepair, and some are ownerless.
These problematic industries are a problem in the hands of ordinary people, but in the hands of the conquerors, they are not a problem.
Haunted, they have a special holy warriors, priests composed of purification team, whether you are a real ghost or a fake ghost, all of them are found out and purified, the holy dwelling is a cover, here is a sacred abode, where there is a place for ghosts to stay.
In disrepair, their kobold construction team will settle in the next day, and most of the industries will be able to take on a new look in less than half a month.
It's better if it's ownerless.
After the merchants of the conqueror's army settled in, those guilds and gangsters who had always been competitive did not dare to let out a fart.
Not only them, but even the bandit caravan raging on the avenue of trade is unprecedentedly peaceful, as long as they see the dragon oak battle banner of the conqueror's army, they can hide as far as they want.
This has reached an extreme after a notorious bandit group was uprooted overnight.
They only glanced at the caravan of the conqueror's army in the crowd - they stepped on their caravan and left a mark.
Everyone knows that this is the example of the army of conquerors.
Whoever dares to take the lead will face the same fate as them, even if it is a city, there is no way to protect their safety, because the other party has the ability to attack the city.
If any of the gangs provoked them, they didn't need the army of conquerors to do it themselves, and the other gangs in the city would unite and send them to the army of conquerors, hoping that they would not drive the army to their city.
Because if war breaks out, they may be affected by the pond fish.
In the face of absolute strength, most intrigues and tricks are useless.
Over time, a large number of Scout Rangers and caravans were recovered, and a great deal of useful information was filtered out.
Evanath, in particular, was the focus of his attention, and during this time, Gavin had several separate contacts with Grace, the messenger of Avansel, and the leader of the Avengers' resistance, Yesandara.
The price offered by the necromancer is getting higher and higher, and he only hopes to send the army of conquerors away with money.
But Gavin's attitude towards them is becoming more and more cold.
Because judging from the series of information they have gathered, the fair rule of the Evantall necromancer is nothing more than self-proclaimed.
They are a kind of high-pressure terror rule on Ivanaor, even if they really complain, they dare not say, who knows if they will be on the list of missing people the next day?
Everyone is afraid to say that they are in danger, but they can definitely not live and work in peace and contentment.
On the side of the Avengers, the only price they could offer was to conclude an alliance that would allow Gavin and them to purchase a large amount of their own property after the recovery of Ivan Tholl - without harming the interests of the entire city.
Their strength has also been almost discovered, and there are only a thousand people in the entire organization.
Most of them are ordinary people, scattered in various cities around the Dragon Coast, either providing information or providing financial and material support.
There are no more than 300 people who can really go to the battlefield, and the ones who can take it are the transcendent adventure group of the same name led by Ye Shandala and Fan Ruina, and there are only a dozen people.
However, they have a very good reputation in the Dragon Coast region, and many mercenary groups and adventure groups have been favored by them and are willing to respond to their calls.
It is not a problem to gather thousands of mercenaries as long as they want to, it is gratuitous.
If it is paid, the number will be even higher.
With them as a reference, we can compare the strength of the army of conquerors led by Gavin.
The two are not the same volume at all.
Their extraordinary numbers alone outnumber their battleable soldiers.
"This is the eyewitness you want, how are you going to extract evidence of Ames's evil trial?" Yesandara led a thin young man to Gavin.
This person is wearing a black robe with a hood in the same style as Grace, the degree of bone is stronger than hers, there is no flesh on his body, his face is snow-white, he looks like he has not seen the light of day all year round, but the dark circles under his eyes are extremely heavy, and his whole body exudes a cold atmosphere, indicating that he has been dealing with negative energy all year round.
He's a necromancer, and he's a necromancer from Ivanaor.
I just don't know, this necromancer spy was instigated by Yesandala? Or did you stick in it from the apprenticeship?
It didn't matter to Gavin, as long as he could gather the information he wanted.
Gavin pointed to Regina beside him and said, "This lady has the ability to extract memories and make them into phantoms to drop them, rest assured, this memory is only a copy, and there is no harm to the person concerned." ”
"As long as I can destroy that evil place, I don't care even if it's death, what do you need me to do?" The young necromancer's voice was very gloomy and cold, giving people the feeling of pinching his throat to speak, but the hatred in his words and eyes was unforgettable.
"You just need to remember the memories you want to show others, and I'll take care of the rest." Regina smiled and replied, "I need to touch your forehead to perform a spell, is that okay?" ”
"Yes." The young necromancer replied without thinking.
When a person no longer fears death, there is nothing in this world that fears him anymore.
He had already seen the strength of this army of conquerors, and if there was no way to use their hands to completely uproot Ivanthor's necromancers.
I don't know when I will have a chance next time, and every day of delay, their evil experiment will be carried out for a day, and countless new victims will become their test subjects, and he will have to suffer one more day of conscience and self-blame, and he will not want to continue this life for a day.
Regina stretched out her long, slender white finger and pointed directly at the young necromancer's eyebrows.
The young necromancer suddenly felt a little uncontrollable in his thoughts, and began to recall the situation when he was experimenting with the plague virus.
This feeling made the young necromancer startled, and instinctively fought against it.
Rejana's melodious and crisp voice seemed to sound directly in the depths of his soul, "If you want to show the world what you remember, let them see what you see, feel what you feel, and let them understand the evil of Ivantil's necromancers, don't resist this feeling, but go down this feeling, and show all the most unforgettable memories of your life, preferably with the logo belonging to Avansel, so that the world knows that what you see comes from Avansel, From the necromancers who claim to be righteous......"
I don't know if Regina's own magic works, or if persuasion works, the young necromancer no longer tries to fight this feeling, but goes down, and suddenly scenes that he will never forget for the rest of his life emerge from his memory, from the depths of his soul.
These things are so unforgettable, he will never forget them in his life.
But on the other hand, when these images that touched his heart and his soul appeared, he could not see the anger on his face, but only endless calm, as if he had seen something insignificant, and what was hung there and dissected, thrown on the board and fished, was not a human, humanoid corpse, but an animal.
(End of chapter)