Chapter 77 Preparations before the Expedition

Chapter 77 Preparations before the Expedition

As for the Savage Tribe, Ronin had learned about it from Butler Holwater on the day he was named Baron of Hillwood Town.

However, despite being in Shanlin Town for a long time, he had not obtained any useful information about the savage tribe.

This time, Redal's intelligence completely filled the gap in this area. Not only did it allow Roning to know the number of savage tribes, but he also had a general understanding of their relationships, numbers, and extraordinary people.

The current situation is perfect for Shanlin Town to enter and break the status quo between the tripartite alliance and the Black Collar Tribe.

In response to Redar's statement that "the time has come," Roning nodded slowly.

Although the best strategy is to attack the enemy's plans, the next best is to attack their alliances, the next best is to attack their soldiers, and the worst is to attack their cities, but the enemy has no strategic locations to defend and no cities to rely on, so the advantage is completely on Roning's side.

Seeing that the lord had expressed his agreement, all the people sitting below revealed a desire to fight their eyes, especially the professional knights. It has always been their pursuit to establish meritorious services on the battlefield, and now the exciting event is finally about to begin!

"We not only have to fight, but we have to fight fast!"

Luo Ning said in a resounding voice, "If the Black Collar Tribe becomes aware of our actions, the hostility between the four tribes may change to temporary cooperation. At that time, we will face the coalition of the Savage Tribes, just like the coalition of the Wushan Territory nobles back then."

"So once we attack, we must take down the Gray Soil Tribe, the Green Bamboo Tribe, and the Purple Fruit Tribe as quickly as possible. We must take down this three-party alliance before the Black Collar Tribe has time to react!"

As long as he could incorporate these three tribes into his own territory, even if the Black Collar Tribe was stronger, Roning would not have to worry about being attacked from multiple sides and falling into a passive position.

Everyone was shocked by Roning's decisiveness. They didn't expect that this lord, who usually focused on farming and construction, would be so decisive in taking the initiative.

"My Lord, do you know when we will start the attack?"

McCann couldn't help but ask, "Our guards are ready!"

Luo Ning pondered for a while, "Today is the 15th, and our autumn harvest has just ended. The eighty militiamen selected by Wilson are only here to observe and learn and have not received formal training. So, in the next few days, McKen and David, you will be responsible for training them, but remember to maintain sufficient physical strength. The role of the militia is mainly to deal with ordinary people. It is enough to scare people in a short period of time. It does not require them to have much combat effectiveness."

Not everyone in the savage tribe is a good fighter. Most of them are ordinary people. Faced with the imposing team, they have almost no courage to resist.

"Rydar, I'll have to trouble you to make a simple map in the next two days, and we will make a detailed plan later."

"You have considered it very carefully, my lord!" Redal nodded in agreement.

In this way, an active attack on the savage tribe was initially decided.

In the next few days, McKeon and David were responsible for training the militia, mainly by shouting slogans and marching to enhance the overall momentum, while also teaching some relatively simple and practical combat skills;

and for the guards who had been training, they no longer arranged physically demanding training and even suspended the two-on-two fighting projects.

Some guards keenly sensed something unusual, and they privately wondered whether the lord was going to declare war on Lord Sen.

After all, they were direct participants in Princet's betrayal, and they were also witnesses of the subsequent confrontation between Ronin and Knight Feridon. They knew that the relationship between Sen Territory and Shanlin Town was not good.

The guards who had such speculation not only had no intention of fearing the battle but were all eager to give it a try.

They have eaten well and trained well during this period, and it is indeed time for them to play a role and make achievements!

As the saying goes, food must be brought before troops move out. Although the distance between Shanlin Town and Qingzhu Tribe is not very far, and there is no need to carry a lot of supplies, rations for lunch are still needed.

Luo Ning instructed the kitchen in advance to prepare the ingredients for making a hundred servings of white bread to ensure that everyone could have two meals.

In addition, everyone was given a bottle of water by the herder to carry with them to solve the problem of hunger and thirst along the way.

When Redal took out the simple map, Roning called everyone to start the second meeting. This time he called Chahar, who was in charge of the logistics of the castle.

"Our first target this time is the Qingzhu Tribe just north of Shanlin Town."

Luo Ning pointed to the location of the Qingzhu tribe on the map and said, "There are two roads to the northeast and east of the Qingzhu tribe, leading to its allies, the Ziguo tribe and the Huitu tribe, respectively. The distance between them is about ten miles. In order to prevent anyone from the Qingzhu tribe from escaping and reporting when we attack, I need someone to lead an ambush on these two roads."

Roning glanced at all the extraordinary people at the long table, and finally, his eyes fell on the two newcomers, Zhu Weite and Sim, at the end of the table.

"We will be divided into three teams this time. Zhu Weite and Sim, you two will each bring five guards and ten militiamen to ambush in the woods on both sides of this road. If you find anyone escaping, capture them immediately!"

Everyone's eyes turned to the two newlyweds at the end of the long table, which made them straighten their bodies and look straight ahead, but they were very panicked inside.

They thought they just had to follow the charge, but they didn't expect the lord to let the two of them lead the team.

Luo Ning emphasized the content of the mission again: "Your mission is to ensure that what happened in the Green Bamboo Tribe does not spread to the Purple Fruit Tribe and the Gray Earth Tribe. Do you understand?"

Zhuweit and Sim immediately stood up and saluted Ronin as a knight. "Understood, sir!"

Ronin motioned for them to sit down. "The third team, which is the main force, will be led by five extraordinary people, myself, Rydar, David, Tom, and Elron, with ten guards and sixty militiamen to attack the stronghold. Bob and Marseille will lead the remaining seven guards to guard the castle."

He looked at Rydar and McKen and ordered, "After our main force officially launches the attack, have the militia shout to the Qingzhu tribe, letting them know that their stronghold has been surrounded by the army of the Marquis of Wushanling. Let them know that the only way for them to survive is to lay down their weapons and surrender!"

Redar nodded and agreed, "A surprise attack would cause panic to them, and with the addition of shouting like this, it will definitely make these savages even more panicked, making them timid before they even start to resist. Your method is brilliant, sir."

Tom, Jewett, Sim, and others who were born and raised here also admired the lord very much.

In their opinion, fighting a war is nothing more than lining up in a row and charging. There is no need for so many arrangements and deployments. Today, they have really broadened their horizons.

Luo Ning chuckled and accepted everyone's praise.

Morale is still very important. Doing this can make your own morale high and the opponent's morale low. This way, you will win faster and suffer fewer losses.

"There aren't many extraordinary people in the Qingzhu tribe, at most three or five. Once we find them, we will subdue them as quickly as possible. If we can capture them alive, we can capture them alive. If they are difficult to capture alive, it doesn't matter if we kill them."

Luo Ning emphasized: "But remember, we don't need to kill those who kneel down to surrender and beg for mercy. You also know the situation in Shanlin Town. Producing more food, building more houses, opening up roads to the outside world, etc., all require more people to complete."

He laughed and said, "If anyone is found killing people who surrender, I will let him join the manure collection team when he returns from the battle and goes to the streets of the town to pick up manure."

The dung collection team is a unique team in Shanlin Town. Everyone has more or less seen the scene of the ten people carrying dung buckets and dung baskets and picking up dung everywhere.

As soon as they thought about the possibility of doing this, they quickly kept the lord's instructions in mind.

Luo Ning discussed some details with everyone before officially ending the meeting.

"Today is September 19th. We still have tomorrow to prepare and let the guards and militiamen get some rest for the next two nights."

Luo Ning stood up and said, "Everyone will gather outside the castle for breakfast at 4 a.m. on the 21st. We will set out at 5 a.m., so get ready now!"

This was Shanlin Town's first battle against the outside world, and Luo Ning didn't want any accidents to happen.