Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1736 Cavalry Deployment (Bonus Chapter for 1000 Monthly Tickets)
Their current feeling is somewhat like that of a powerful large army that has encountered a group of guerrilla fighters. It's not that they can't defeat them, but that the other side is too agile, which makes things very difficult.

"If the Emperor and Empress were here..."

Faced with this situation, Lex subconsciously thought of Zhou Xu and Yarvit, whose strength directly surpassed that of the Snake King by a whole realm.

If they were to go to the front lines, given their abilities, they would surely be able to capture the enemy easily.

However, Xie Liancheng frowned deeply upon hearing this.

"We've gathered a bunch of Vajra Realm experts here, and we can't even wipe out a Serpent Clan. Do we really need the Emperor and Empress to personally lead the expedition? Wouldn't that make us look like a bunch of useless trash? What's the Great Zhou Dynasty keeping us around for? To eat our food? I can't afford to lose face like that!"

"..."

These words were truly irrefutable, and they also expressed the thoughts of Zhou Chongshan and Zhuo Ge, leaving everyone speechless.

Shi Lei glanced at it, closed the letter in his hand, and then spoke slowly and deliberately…

"Actually, we don't need to get hung up on killing the Snake King."

"Since His Majesty has given the order to support the Kingdom of Smith, it means that His Majesty has decided to annihilate the Snake People. From now on, all we need to do is cooperate with the Northeast Army in the attack."

As soon as Shi Lei spoke, everyone pricked up their ears to listen.

"In the previous battle with the Northeast Army, although the Snake King and the Desert Serpent escaped, the Snake Clan suffered heavy casualties and their strength was greatly reduced."

"This is a good opportunity for us."

"Water resources are limited in this desert, and the snake people also need to drink water. We only need to take down the snake people's strongholds one by one and seize their limited resources to drive the snake people, led by the snake king, to the brink of extinction!"

When facing guerrilla tactics, large-scale forces also have their own methods!

"At that time, if the snake people don't want to die in the desert because they lose their resources, they will have no choice but to take back their strongholds from us. When we join forces with the Northeast Army, our strength will give us an absolute advantage, and we won't be afraid of the snake people trying to take them."

"Even if we can't kill them, the desert will eventually kill them!"

The thought processes of a commander and a military general are ultimately different.

For military commanders, whether the opposing commander is dead or alive is very important to them; they are used to solving problems by killing their opponents.

But for commanders, they only care about whether they can win the battle. In certain situations, they don't necessarily have to fight to the death with the enemy general.

From the current perspective, this is indeed a feasible method.

Without hesitation, after confirming the entire grand strategy, Zhou Chongshan led the Trapped Camp, along with the centaur cavalry led by Zhuoge, and set off at top speed.

Meanwhile, Jie Liancheng was pinned down by Shi Lei at the edge of the desert.

"There's no other way. We always need a Vajra Realm expert to guard the border. What if the snake people attack?"

"Damn! I'm speechless?"

Jie Liancheng was numb.

The most important thing for the operation at present is mobility. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Serpent People have just suffered heavy losses and are recuperating, we should launch a strong attack on their oasis stronghold, and seize the stronghold while inflicting a second heavy blow on them.

Under this premise, Zhou Chongshan led the Trapped Camp, while Drogo and Lex led the Centaur Cavalry, both highly mobile units that met the requirements of the operation.

Looking at myself, I'm just a tough guy, a commander without troops, and I definitely suffered from not having any soldiers to lead!
If we select people according to this standard, wouldn't I become the best candidate to stay and guard the desert border?
Jie Liancheng suddenly felt melancholy. Compared to staying on the desert border, he would rather test the true worth of that snake-man king.

He didn't doubt Hilke's strength, but as the former number one warrior of the Great Zhou, he still harbored some skepticism.

As it turned out, it wasn't his turn at all.

Given Shi Lei's cautious nature, he wouldn't allow the desert border to be without a powerful general in the presence of a Vajra Realm warrior among the enemy; he wouldn't make such a basic mistake. In contrast to the melancholy Jie Liancheng, Zhuo Ge and Lex were quite excited.

If there is no war, where will military generals have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions?

Jie Liancheng and Zhou Chongshan have already been promoted to general, but Zhuo Ge is still stuck at the rank of colonel, not to mention Lex, who joined later.

With this in mind, once they crossed the border, Drogo immediately took on the role of vanguard.

The centaur race is naturally skilled at charging into battle, so Zhou Chongshan, seeing this, didn't try to take it from them.

For Zhou Chongshan, nothing else matters as long as the mission is accomplished.

Having found their way around, the group quickly arrived outside the snake people's first stronghold.

"Brothers, charge with me!!"

Without a word, Drogo let out a battle cry and led his centaur cavalry in a charge, killing any snake-men they encountered.

How could those snake people in Outpost One possibly be a match for them?
They were quickly routed and fled into the desert.

In Li Ce's letter to Shi Lei, he naturally mentioned some of the tactics they used against the snake people.

At this point, Zhuoge and the others simply used it without hesitation.

Upon seeing the snake people flee into the desert, the "war charge" immediately commenced.

Believe it or not, this trick actually works!
The centaurs' iron hooves slammed down, and the shockwaves from their 'war charge' were too much for the snake-men hiding under the yellow sand to bear.

As soon as they escaped, the centaur cavalry's iron hooves and spears were ready.

Unlike the Northeast Army, the main force of the centaur cavalry was located on the desert border, and the entire force was much larger. The snake people could be killed as soon as they showed their faces.

Of course, some will inevitably slip through the net.

But it doesn't matter. The core idea of ​​Shi Lei's tactic is to seize the snake people's resources and then use the extreme environment of the desert to kill them.

Whether they kill a few more or a few less, the impact is relatively small.

After defeating the snake people here, the centaur cavalry and the Trapped Army replenished their fresh water and rested briefly at the oasis. They did not occupy it afterward, but headed straight for the snake people's second stronghold.

The main force responsible for occupying and stationing the strongholds was behind.

As the vanguard, the centaur cavalry and the Trapped Camp's mission is to launch an offensive against the snake people as quickly as possible, expand their gains, increase the snake people's casualties, and capture strongholds one and two!

With Outpost No. 1 serving as a transit point to replenish their fresh water supply, the most critical problem was solved, making a raid on Outpost No. 2 much easier for them.

Compared to Outpost One, Outpost Two was significantly larger and had more snake people, but they were fearless.

The combat strength of the Trapped Camp and the Centaur Cavalry cannot be measured by simple troop numbers, not to mention that this wave is led by three Vajra Realm warriors!
Let alone a stronghold under the Snake-Man tribe, even if they directly collided with the Snake-Man King's forces, they would still charge without hesitation.

The only thing that could possibly pose a threat to them is probably that enormous desert serpent.

As expected, the second stronghold was quickly razed to the ground, and it was confirmed that this was not the stronghold where the Snake King was located.

Further investigation will take more time to pinpoint the third snake-man stronghold.

Thanks to the previous battle, the Northeast Army had severely damaged the Snake People's forces, so they no longer needed to worry about being surrounded and annihilated by a large Snake People force as before.

Having temporarily completed their mission of capturing the stronghold, the Trapped Camp and Centaur Cavalry immediately set up camp at Outpost No. 2, awaiting further orders.

(End of this chapter)