At the meeting of the hall masters, the congregationalism was full of indignation and demanded to fight back and take revenge.

Some have suggested concentrating their efforts and attacking one point; Conquer the town first and win a big victory, only by hurting the enemy and letting them see the power of the people will they act cautiously.

It's not that Oster doesn't understand the reason for punching open, lest a hundred punches come, but he is very worried. These hall masters come from all over the world, all kinds of forces, and they have different minds. Some of their family and friends have been killed, and in order to take revenge, some of them are just unstable and need to constantly seize territory and expand their population.

In order to brainstorm ideas, Skar implements a collective discussion system on major issues. With months of extensive expansion of the rebels' ranks, he was no longer able to decide all the affairs of the gang. This system seems to be more democratic, but in fact, it is difficult to unify opinions when it comes to a critical juncture.

Skar himself is a somewhat indecisive person who always wants to take care of everything. Oster feared that if the discussion continued, the idea of revenge would lead the rebels to their rapid demise; There will be no eggs under the nest, and when the time comes, there will be a big mess, and a straw bag like myself will definitely be the first to die, and this must not be allowed to happen.

So he opened his mouth and put forward his opinion: Oster believes that it is extremely abnormal for the Kingdom Legion, the State Guard, and the Holy Knights, which were originally full of contradictions, to suddenly deal with the rebel army in Montenegro in a uniform and orderly manner. It is clearly out of unity of command and transfer, and it is not at a low level;

According to the previous understanding, the Western Prefecture of Sentinel Ridge definitely does not have this ability and qualification. Grian Stallman was titled Supreme Administrator of the Kingdom in the Western Regions and Marshal of the Moon Creek Legion, and had no authority to command other legions directly under the Kingdom. He only has the right to appoint and reward the local guards, and large-scale transfers still have to be approved by the report first, not to mention the equivalent of the ecclesiastical knights of small independent countries.

There is only one possibility that can effectively mobilize the forces of all parties to obey unconditionally and jointly send troops to suppress the people's rebellion in Montenegro, and that is the direct order of the supreme ruling group of Stormwind City.

If this judgment is correct, it means that the nature of the Montenegrin rebels in the eyes of the royal family has changed from a bandit who robs the rich to a rebel army that directly threatens the rule of the kingdom. Just like the Defia Brotherhood once was.

Although Scarr and the others did inherit Van Cleef's factory and legacy, it was not yet time for a showdown. The rebels actually did not have the strength to compete with the kingdom, and Oster agreed with the plan that Skar had said, at least first seize the mining area in the west, and then march south to the area around Gold Coast and Yuexi Town, and basically restore the original Brotherhood base before he was eligible to officially fight with the kingdom.

In this regard, his opinion was: "...... There are signs that the Kingdom and the Church have been united. In the face of the enemy, who controls the resources of the entire country, the rebel army is backward in all aspects in terms of manpower, financial and material resources, magic technology level and resource reserves, and it can even be said that it is far inferior. At the military level, the militia also has a hierarchy gap with the high-ranking professional army, and it is impossible to confront it head-on. Therefore, we must not fight hard, and we must first preserve our strength. ”

One of the hall masters retorted, "We still have a secret weapon, as long as we equip engineering puppets in a large area, our ordinary troops will also have the strength to defeat the mid-tier army." Just like in the past, we were just farmers, slaves, and traders, and we beat the monks and mages to the ground by learning guns and bombs through magical engineering. Now with this trump card, we will be able to turn defeat into victory again! ”

Previously, Skal had made some of the news public with reservations, and many hall masters had already heard about the harvesting of puppets. Indeed, these Legion-based artifacts are easy to use, powerful, and immune to plug-ins. With them, the rebels actually have the ability to fight tanks and knights, and attack strong fortresses.

However, Oster immediately raised a key problem: despite the technology and equipment left behind by the Brotherhood, the rebels desperately lacked the most critical energy source, which was high-quality magic powder made from source ore.

There is no such thing as a purely mechanical or chemical device in this world, and magic is the most stable and efficient way to supply energy. All magical engineering equipment needs to be driven by magic, and without power, no matter how powerful the machine is, it is a pile of scrap metal;

And those black powders are strictly controlled by the kingdom, and there are no source mines in the vicinity of Black Mountain County controlled by the rebels, or even in the entire eastern part of the Western Wilderness. There are two main mining sites in the western state, one is concentrated in the area of Jangorod in the west, that is, the area severely affected by the depletion disease; The other is the southwesternmost Mount of the Valley of Thorns, which is near the in-game Mine of Death, which is too far away.

At present, the Rebels' magical energy supply can only rely on underground trade routes. With the government blocking roads and setting up transportation checkpoints, the peripheral channels have been almost cut off, and the supply of source mines has been interrupted for a long time; Not to mention the supply of a large number of engineering mechs known as magic tigers, even the supply of ordinary rune guns and spell grenades is almost unable to keep up.

In addition, the limited number of mechs is also a big problem. The core components and production process of harvesting golems have not been fully parsed and cannot be copied, and one is scrapped and one is missing. These hole cards should be used for more critical life-saving periods, rather than risking attacks on towns.

When it comes to magical engineering weapons, Oster has a say as CTO. Skar agrees, but there is still disagreement;

Another hall master retorted, "It is also these magic fans who drive the kingdom's steam tanks and knights' sanctified armor, since there is no ore in the east, the supplies of the official army must also be transferred from other places. As long as you conquer the towns and get the arsenals, there will be a steady supply of supplies, and don't forget what we did in the first place; All along, guns, ammunition and food have been brought to us by the enemy, and now, energy can be taken from the enemy! ”

"What if the attack fails? Secret weapons have been exposed, energy has been depleted, and if you still can't capture the town, how can you get out of it if you are surrounded by enemies from all sides? Even if it is captured, what should the enemy do if he has burned down his warehouses, transferred supplies, and cannot get effective supplies? ”

What he actually wanted to say was that, just like the early revolutionary history in the southern mountains that he was familiar with in his previous life, once he fell into left-leaning adventurism, fought positional battles with the White Army, and fought for territory and towns, he was not far from defeat.

The hall master was speechless for a while, and asked rhetorically, "Then please tell me about the deputy helper, how to deal with the current situation?" ”

Oster said, "The current lack of strength of our army is not at all a problem of a certain weapon or the combat effectiveness of a certain army. In the face of an invincible enemy, avoiding its edge is the only way. Now, it occupies such a vast area so close to Sentinel Ridge, and it is still stationed in a separate army, completely losing its guerrilla advantage. ”

He thought for a moment and then said, "We can retreat to the mountains of Montenegro, or withdraw the strongholds in the market towns and plains, and shrink our forces. If that doesn't work, go on an expedition to the disaster areas in the west, where the ruling order has collapsed, and you can gain a foothold and get the source mines. Stay in the green mountains, so that there is no firewood. Only by preserving the strength of the team, when the time is ripe, can there be future development. ”

As soon as these words came out, the venue was in an uproar.

A middle-aged hall master clenched his fists and asked Oster, "If we leave, what will happen to the people in the base area, let them wash their necks and wait for the butcher's knife from the government?" ”

Oster asked rhetorically, "If all our people are dead, how can we protect the people?" ”

An older hall master said to Oster, "Deputy Gang Master, you may have misunderstood, since the day the uprising flag was raised, none of us have put our personal life and death first. You say that the enemy is strong, yes, the kingdom and the church have always been fierce and brutal rulers, so should the people live forever in fear and oppression, and swallow their anger? If you don't have the strength, won't you resist? Wait for everything to be ready, and unfortunately, that day will never come by itself. ”

Most of the hall owners thought that it was a coward to abandon a large number of base areas and people and flee in embarrassment. Skar also believed that if the forces of reaction were shown weakly at this time, not only would they not stop there, but they would also be attacked more violently, so that the people would gradually lose confidence in victory until they were destroyed.

Auster was speechless, and he suddenly realized that while he was arguing for a left-leaning approach, he had fallen into right-leaning capitulationism. As soon as they encountered a setback, they declared that the enemy was strong and invincible, and they wanted to abandon the base areas that had just begun to improve and withdraw. He blushed a little as soon as such sloppy and harmful remarks came out of his mouth.

After careful consideration, Oster once again determined that he was a big straw bale. Revolution is really not a simple thing, it can be achieved casually. Although he relied on the institutional memory and basic education of modern people, he did not know anything about real leadership movements, marching and fighting, and so on. Just be honest and be a gold finger pendant, and continue to insist on opinions will only harm these kind people.

Some of the hall owners also supported Oster's view, and the crowd was arguing, and Skar temporarily adjourned the meeting. Only the decision was made to concentrate forces and rescue the Togo stronghold first.