Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1637 Pre-War Planning
Carl did not have the slightest dissatisfaction with the fact that Zhou Xu assigned him work right away.

In Carl's opinion, Zhou Xu was reassuring him by asking him to cooperate in the work of settling the dwarf population.

Even if Zhou Xu didn't mention it, he would most likely volunteer to bring up the matter later.

Now that this matter has been confirmed to fall on him, Carl is also full of motivation.

After a night of rest, he set out for Yuancheng early the next morning to start his first job after surrendering to the Great Zhou.

Woking was directly transferred to Shi Lei's account and began military training.

For someone who has been idle for many years, it is definitely a very painful thing to suddenly require him to undergo military training with the intensity of military training.

But the hatred in his heart can help Woking get through it!
Although Saint Laurent I is dead now, to some extent, Woking’s revenge has been avenged.

But for Woking, this matter obviously did not feel very real, which made Woking not satisfied with it.

Zhou Xu could see this, but he didn't care.

The war with the Saint Laurent Empire has been confirmed. If Woking wants to vent his anger, let him do so. On a battlefield with tens of thousands of people, how many can a Hundred Refinements Realm warrior like Woking kill?
But they obviously didn't take action so quickly.

Unlike retaking Copperforge Fort, the garrison level in attacking the border fortress of the Saint Laurent Empire is definitely different.

And by that time, the battlefield environment will turn to the plains, and the boar riders, who are mountain special cavalry, will not be able to play out their greatest advantage.

For this reason, out of caution, they had to wait for the arrival of follow-up troops before taking action.

Before that, we just need to set up defenses in Copperforge.

If the Saint Laurent Empire sends more troops during this period, they will destroy them one by one. If not, they will continue to lie dormant, stay hidden, and wait for the opportunity.

Compared with the southern region, which has already put into operation two steam locomotives that can run round trips simultaneously, the New South and New North regions only have one railway and one steam locomotive.

Even the railway leading directly to Pingyuan Fortress has been destroyed, so the train can only run to Yuancheng Railway Station, which forces them to spend more time.

It was a month later before all the reinforcements arrived and joined them.

One month is not a long time, and this support efficiency can even be said to be astonishingly fast compared to other countries.

Not to mention that during this month, the troops they gathered were not just the ones Zhou Xu brought from the grassland area and Black Moon City.

During this period, all cities in the New South District and the New North District also received transfer orders. When the cities were stable, they all drew out part of their garrison forces to support the front-line battles.

At present, these troops have already gathered at Tonglu Fort.

At this moment, in Tonglu Fort, their Great Zhou, without issuing a conscription order, had already assembled 15,000 troops in a short period of time just by mobilizing the garrison troops in service.

Adding the 4,000 troops provided by the dwarves after their surrender, the total force is now close to 20,000.

It seems that it is still not as good as the previous 30,000 Saint Roland troops, but you have to understand that the quality is different.

The individual combat power of the dwarves far exceeds that of ordinary humans. Four thousand dwarf troops can easily defeat tens of thousands of human troops, and their advantage is even greater in the mountains. Under this premise, the 15,000 troops on the Da Zhou side include elven knights, giant eagle knights, wood elf wizards and centaur cavalry.

These special forces, no matter which country they are in, are all ace-level forces when taken out individually.

Not to mention that their Great Zhou’s ace troops, the Xianzhen Camp, are also here!

In addition, the human army also includes artillery units equipped with artillery weapons and musket units equipped with flintlock rifles.

The fifteen thousand troops of the Great Zhou are more valuable than the thirty thousand troops of the Saint Laurent Empire!
At the same time, Woking was not idle either. Supported by the hatred in his heart, he almost trained to the maximum intensity.

After half a month, his entire state changed completely, both mentally and physically.

The body, which had been obviously wrapped in a layer of fat and became loose, now became visibly firmer.

He already had the foundation of a warrior at the Hundred Refinements Realm, but he had lived a lazy life in the past few years. Even though his strength had declined, as long as he started training again, he would recover very quickly.

As the expedition was about to begin, even Zhou Xu, who had been meditating in seclusion inside the tent, came out to hold a tactical meeting with Shi Lei and the others.

At this moment, inside the tent, a huge map appeared before everyone’s eyes.

At the final stage of the Greenskin War, all the forces reached a consensus. The Saint Laurent Empire spent a huge amount of money to take over the territories of several countries that had been destroyed by the Greenskin offensive in the early years.

This made the Saint Laurent Empire the country with the largest territory in the known continent.

In order to facilitate distinction, Zhou Xu and his team in the tent now referred to the territory of the Saint Laurent Empire before the end of the Greenskin War as the Old District, and after the end of the Greenskin War, the newly occupied territory of the Saint Laurent Empire as the New District.

The old district has gone through years of development, and the facilities are definitely complete. There may be some problems with aging buildings and facilities, but generally these are not major problems. Basically, the district can operate normally even if nothing is done after occupation.

The new district has only been under development for a short time, and the greenskins have completely destroyed the cities of the original country. It has only been developed for a few years after the Saint Laurent Empire took over. The time is too short, and the development of the new district is probably not yet ready.

From the perspective of interests, combined with the current situation of their Great Zhou, they would definitely prefer to just pick up what is ready, that is, to attack the old areas.

However, from a strategic point of view, it would be better for them to go to the new area.

Starting from Copperforge Fort, at this stage the new district of the Saint Laurent Empire borders them in a large area. If they ignore the new district and attack the old district, once the new district sends troops, the rear of their Copperforge Fort will be empty and it is very likely to fall directly.

Even if Copperforge could use the terrain to withstand the offensive of the Saint Laurent Empire with a small force, the enemy would be able to cut off the supply lines of their front-line troops, putting their front-line troops in a dilemma of supply interruption. The risk is too great.

"No need to say more, start from the new area!"

Zhou Xu clicked on the location on the map.

"In the old district, even if the Smith Kingdom does not send troops, the Warrior Women will definitely send troops. Together with Li Ce's Northeast Army, it will not be a problem for us to contain the troops there."

As Zhou Xu spoke, he drew the attack route on it.

"This time, we don't seek speed, but stability! The territory of the Saint Laurent Empire is too large. If we swallow too much at once, we will be under pressure. This time, we have to digest their territory bit by bit, slowly!"

(End of this chapter)