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It is said that he is leading the troops to meet Lin En and others. In fact, the matters that need to be handled by Tang Zhao are not complicated. His position is probably a senior guard and a combat adviser in a certain sense. In terms of actual command, Nairn naturally

Someone will handle it. Although they lack particularly capable military officials, there are many people who are qualified to do this kind of thing. No one knows the Nirn army better than the Nirn people themselves.

From Waterdeep City to Lin En's support, the straight-line distance between the two places is about seventy or eighty kilometers. From a modern perspective, it is not that far, but it cannot be said to be close in ancient times. It passes many towns along the way. Tang Zhao

I took this opportunity to take a closer look at the general conditions of the surrounding villages, and the results were somewhat unexpected - they were basically completely empty, with no people left.

The Kolo people like to delve into "wonderful skills" such as necromancy, and the social environment in this world is considered very cruel. The serfdom system is still prevalent. Even apprentices who are talented in learning magic have a low mortality rate.

It would make the Spartans speechless. It is really a good place to live.

Under this situation, Tang Zhao did not find many people in the nearby villages. It is said that many people were evacuated to the national border of Nain by Lin En before.

As a nobleman in feudal society, Linn attaches great importance to population. After all, population still represents soldiers, farmland and labor force, and plays a very important role in any era. These people will eventually be brought back to his territory to supplement the

population.

There will definitely be many Kolo people's spies and informants among these people. Lin En is also somewhat prepared for this. He promised Tang Zhao that these people will not cause any trouble in the future. Tang Zhao tentatively agreed. After all, he wanted to

A lot of preparations have been made for this war, so there shouldn't be anything wrong.

After all, the two places were very close to each other, and Tang Zhao arrived near the garrison of Lin En's army the next day.

The main stronghold that Linn chose was a castle belonging to the magician Koro. It couldn't be compared with the magnificent passes of the dwarves that could be called wonders. It was just an ordinary noble castle.

A small number of elite troops, command structures and important transport troops were stationed inside the castle. Outside the castle, there were stretches of tents and simple fortifications, which looked quite decent.

In contrast, a few hundred meters across a small river a few meters wide is an outpost set up by the Koluo people. The two sides are now facing off across the river, and the atmosphere is tense.

The two sides have engaged in several small-scale firefights, with a lot of losses. Linn's elite vulture knights and magicians have suffered losses of more than one-third. The offensive momentum has been abruptly curbed, and there has been no attack within a few days.

Can push forward one step further.

After a simple handover and identity confirmation, Tang Zhao successfully met Lin En in the castle.

"I'll keep the story short. How is the situation of the soldiers and baggage?"

"For me personally, I can withstand three or two more large-scale charges. After that, both morale and supplies will be unsustainable."

"Your king has allocated another two thousand elite warriors. With these people as supplements, we should be able to do more things."

"His Majesty's attendants have told me the general situation before, but can I trouble you with one more thing?"

"Just say it straight, I will measure it myself. But from my point of view, everything I should do has been done."

Originally, Tang Zhao's position was just that of a bodyguard who just wanted to do battle. He didn't want to tie himself too tightly to the people of this country and offend those gloomy magicians too deeply.

It's not good for his territory or himself.

If someone really gets a grudge against someone, the trouble a high-level magician can cause is staggering. To be honest, Tang Zhao doesn't have any particularly good countermeasures for this. The best way is to try not to be remembered.

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"I'm willing to exchange gold and Nirn's magical skills for help, how about this?"

Lin En waved to the men around him, who then brought up an exquisite antique wooden box with great knowledge. He opened the box and looked at it. There were a lot of gold coins lying inside.

It is not an official currency minted by the Nirn people, nor is it something minted by a prosperous commercial city-state, but a serious old-style elven currency. High-purity gold coins minted during the prosperous period of the elves can actually be regarded as antiques.

, the exchange ratio with ordinary gold coins is at least around one to three.

A box that seems inconspicuous is actually a lot of money. At least at normal times, it is easy to hire an elite hundred-man team capable of fighting and multiple high-level spellcasters.

However, Tang Zhao was not short of money, and was obviously more concerned about the magic technology mentioned by the other party: "To be more specific, what can you provide?"

"I can hand over the puppet-making skills I have mastered to you. I should be sincere enough."

In order to make up for the lack of population, the Nien people chose to develop alchemy puppets. Today, alchemy puppets can do a lot of simple manual labor. Apart from the exorbitantly high cost, they are still considered a very good tool.

Unlike undead creatures and living slaves, alchemy puppets are not really a hot topic in the mainland. Only some scattered mages are studying them. In this case, apart from those advanced technologies lost in ancient times, Nairn has already mastered first-class skills.

level of technology.

Tang Zhao knew very well that this was Lin En's attempt to show favor to him or the forces behind him. He might also want to use this method to strengthen the strength of the elves or Karak Solma. On the one hand, it could serve as a containment force.

Dealing with the Koro people, on the other hand, it can block the prying eyes of the hobgoblins in the north and the humans from the kingdoms of Oran in the East. It kills two birds with one stone. Anyway, they don't plan to have any conflicts with the elves in the forest.

"I understand. Tell me what you need me to do and I will think about it carefully."

"The kind of thing you are best at is creating chaos in the opponent's camp so that we can take advantage of it and cross the river to attack the position."

"It's not difficult to do, it's acceptable. But you need to tell me in advance, what is our purpose?"

"It's not about occupying the opponent's capital. We just need to kill the army in front of us together with the high-level spellcasters. This force is directly under the parliament. As long as these guys are killed, the balance of power behind the opponent will be broken. When the time comes,

Just do it and it will be easier to handle.”

As a spell caster, Lin En actually knows very well that in the face of these high-level spell casters, it may even be more difficult to make them die completely than to resurrect them as corpses. The best way is not to kill or subdue them.

It would be a good idea to attract their attention and let them take care of themselves internally, which is exactly what he planned.

After some consideration, Tang Zhao agreed, rested for one night, and left the castle with dozens of soldiers the next day, preparing to sneak to the other side of the river to carry out sabotage operations.
Chapter completed!