Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1905 Jumping Up and Down

The Great Zhou Dynasty is now quite familiar with how to use the goblin prisoners of war.

This time, they captured a total of 7,932 goblins.

It's no small number. Even if it's broken up and distributed among various production factories, factories in different regions can still get a wave of excellent, cheap labor.

Basically, on the very day the news spread, the local officials had already received applications from factory managers everywhere, fearing that if they were a step too slow in submitting their applications, they would miss out on this batch of cheap labor.

With the help of steam trains, the nearly eight thousand goblin prisoners of war were quickly assigned to their posts.

For the next period of time, they behaved just as well as the previous group of goblin prisoners of war, being honest and law-abiding, making things easy for others, and contributing to the development of their Great Zhou.

During this process, goblin equipment, as spoils of war, was delivered to the capital one after another, with the Destroyer Mech being the most important item.

Of course, this wave of Destroyer mechs was not complete.

In order to disable the goblin destroyer mechs as quickly as possible, the dwarven gyroplanes showed no mercy during their bombing missions.

In this situation, they could only try their best to select the relatively intact Destroyer mechs from those that had been destroyed for the ordnance department to study.

To facilitate the research, they offered a reduced sentence to the logistics team members responsible for the equipment among the goblin prisoners of war.

That is to assist the ordnance research department in researching those equipment.

The Ordnance Research Department is located within the Grassland Military Region, surrounded by garrison troops, so it has nothing to fear from those goblins causing trouble.

Those goblin prisoners of war probably knew what they were doing. They answered whatever the ordnance research department asked, answering every question without hesitation, their only thought being to get a reduced sentence.

The cooperation of these goblin prisoners of war made the relevant research work proceed very smoothly.

Although Thorin felt aggrieved, he was still decisive when it came to important matters.

The main principle is to not bring personal emotions into work.

In this state, the more Thorin studied, the more serious his expression became.

Although they had already studied the goblin Ripper mechs beforehand and had a general understanding of the goblin mech operating system, the fact that this system was transferred to the Destroyer mech still shocked Thorin.

In fact, not only Thorin, but Qin Fen was the same.

They have to admit that the guy who first developed this mech operating system was an absolute genius.

Even a super genius has to seize that fleeting inspiration to create such a design.

Unfortunately, such a genius had already died long before the old civilization was destroyed.

The fact that the goblin race can recreate such designs today is largely thanks to the blueprints passed down from the old civilization.

After that, research on the Destroyer Mech continued, but they were pretty sure that the Dwarven Steam Tank would have to be phased out ahead of schedule.

Thorin was not in a good mood after confirming the news, but he didn't say anything more, though he was somewhat convinced.

Meanwhile, on the desert border...

After a period of rest and recuperation, and with the wounded treated, the Great Zhou's expeditionary force at the front lines had almost fully assembled. The troop assembly was actually quite rapid.

After all, prior to this, in preparation for war, the Great Zhou had already issued a conscription order, recruiting more soldiers in advance and completing their training.

The real time-consuming part is actually assembling and transporting supplies.

Once inside the desert, transportation efficiency dropped significantly, and transportation became less convenient, requiring considerable effort.

Although intelligence suggests that the goblin kingdom is not capable of much resistance, we still need to bring the main force for this expedition, just in case.
When a large force needs to be mobilized, sufficient supplies must be brought.

This large-scale expedition will take at least two months to complete one way, and the consumption of supplies will be considerable, which is the fundamental reason why it takes so much effort.

Once all the supplies arrived, there was nothing more to say, and the Great Zhou expeditionary force set off immediately.

At this point in time, it was already late autumn. By the time the Great Zhou army arrived at the outskirts of the Goblin Kingdom, it was already the end of the year.

Based on the speed at which their main force moves, their army is still about half a month away from the border of the goblin kingdom.

Before the main army officially arrived, Wei Qing ordered his men to bring Dico, the goblin adjutant he had captured earlier, to him.

"I will have the undead cavalry take you ahead to the border of the goblin kingdom. Your mission is to persuade your king to surrender the city. The time limit starts from the moment you set off; you only have one month."

"If you succeed in this matter, it will be a great achievement. I will personally write a letter to you to request a reduced sentence."

Upon hearing this, Dico's face immediately lit up with gratitude, and he thanked him repeatedly.

"Thank you, Lieutenant Colonel! I guarantee I'll complete the mission! I'll do my best!"

Regarding the information about the goblin kingdom, the previous two batches of goblins have been almost sold off, and it has become more difficult for the goblins who are captured later to earn merit and have their sentences reduced.

Dico's biggest advantage in this round is his position as the lieutenant of the goblin general, which gives him a transcendent status within the goblin kingdom; otherwise, he might not have been chosen for this opportunity.

He was a prisoner of war, and now he was a traitor to the kingdom. Given this status, going to the kingdom to persuade them to surrender would be tantamount to courting death in the eyes of others.

Normally speaking, he would probably be killed on the spot to vent his anger.

But don't forget, his target for persuading the goblin kingdom to surrender is different.

Led by undead cavalry, Dico traveled day and night, arriving at the border of the goblin kingdom at almost the fastest speed.

After revealing his identity, Dico entered the kingdom without any hindrance and met the goblin king.

Dico initially kept a low profile, kneeling and bowing respectfully to the king, while also explaining the news of their army's defeat at the front and the goblin general's suicide by swallowing a bullet.

These words immediately caused an uproar. The conservative goblin ministers even shouted curses and yelled things like, "I told you we shouldn't have gone on this expedition!"

They completely forgot that they had previously fantasized about the goblin general winning the battle, annexing the forces in the desert, and resolving their goblin kingdom's resource crisis, and they still held onto that hope.

And now, everyone's jumping up and down in a panic...

(End of this chapter)