Chapter 68 Final Preparation and Strategy
"Fine!"
Li Qing understood. Perhaps Chu Zhong had indeed thought about wiping out the merman tribe before, but as time went on, a large number of apprentices stayed in his castle because of the merman tribe, which brought him a lot of popularity and a steady stream of income, so he no longer thought about it.
Anyway, he couldn't do anything to the merman tribe, and the merman tribe couldn't do anything to him either.
In terms of strength, the large tribe of murlocs would definitely beat him, but murlocs are not good at attacking cities, and there has never been a precedent of murlocs attacking a city in any travel notes.
"Fine!"
This plan can only be abandoned, so there is only one choice.
Through the Divine Realm Network, he contacted several stealth hero teams that specialized in selling intelligence, and spent a full two hundred thousand to purchase intelligence on the snakeman city closest to him, as well as two nearby snakeman towns.
By comparing the intelligence of the two teams, Li Qing had some understanding of the situation of this snakeman city and the two nearby towns.
This snakeman city is located at the junction of two rivers. It is surrounded by water on both sides and is difficult to attack. Only two sides can be attacked, making the attack difficult.
The total population of this snake city is about 100,000, but there are two towns and a large number of villages nearby, with a total population of about 140,000.
In fact, there were five towns belonging to this city before, with a total population of more than 200,000. However, one of them was destroyed by a meteorite by Li Qing, and the other two that were far away were conquered by other war lord apprentices. The remaining two were too close and remained.
The city defenders were divided into three parts. One part was the main force of snakemen, numbering about two thousand, including elite troops directly under the command of the great snakemen nobles.
The second part is the various vassal tribes, numbering about five to six thousand, and there are also about five to six thousand slave troops who serve as cannon fodder during normal work and battle.
The third part is the mage tower system in the center of the city, which includes at least one sixth-level snakeman archmage, a dozen mages between the third and fifth rings, dozens of apprentices, and a large number of mage servants and guards, as well as constructed puppets, with a total number of about one thousand.
To be honest, if they hadn't picked up an advantage unexpectedly, under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for all the apprentices of the six mentors to unite and capture a snake city from the front.
The difference in strength is too great. These troops alone are enough to confront them head-on, not to mention such a powerful mage group.
If you have to face a mage tower when attacking a city, it is too powerful.
Looking at the information in front of him, Li Qing pondered.
He would definitely not be able to win the battle by frontal siege, even if he loaded all of his 1,000 Imperial Troop Promotion Cards to put together a troop of more than 1,300 soldiers, and even if they were all equipped with pseudo-dragon skins with extremely strong defense.
The biggest problem is the Mage Tower and the extraordinary wizard inside.
Once this point is resolved, the rest will be easy.
but……
Li Qing pondered over the plan and even informed several of his subordinates, including several heroes and professionals, to brainstorm and see if they could gather everyone's wisdom to come up with a good idea.
While thinking, Li Qing was not idle either. He contacted his mentor again and spent a large amount of money to buy a group of people.
Now that the Divine Realm has expanded and two levels of Divine Realm Farms have been unlocked, there is enough space and land, as well as enough food to support a larger population, so it is natural that we have to continue to expand.
He had previously sold 30 points of essence and added his original funds for a total of 30.52 million. Among them, 20 million was used to purchase the Gnoll Monster Card, and the remaining 1.25 million was spent on purchasing 12,500 Gnoll corpses. Now he has 9.27 million left.
The price of a white-named indigenous human was 1,000 yuan each. Li Qing directly spent 5 million yuan to purchase a total of 5,000 human species, two-thirds of whom were male and the rest were female.
As a result, the total number of white-named and gray-named humans in his divine domain will now be as high as 6,800+, and the number of dwarves will still be 250, and the scale has expanded suddenly.
But I can still afford it.
Even if we take into account humans, horses, ogres, etc., the total population is 8,000, and each person consumes 3 kilograms of food per day, which is 24,000 kilograms per day, and 8.76 million kilograms of food per year.
The annual grain output of just one floor of the Divine Realm Ranch is as high as 60 million kilograms.
This means that the first layer of pastures in the Divine Realm alone can supply food for a maximum of 54,000+ people. Minus one type of vegetable cultivation on the third layer, plus the Divine Realm pasture, it means that a fully unlocked Divine Realm farm and pasture can fully supply food for a maximum of more than 100,000 people.
This refers to the full supply state. If the supply is reduced, it will be no problem to support 200,000 people.
After all, a normal person cannot eat three kilograms of rice plus vegetables and about one kilogram of meat a day.
When the population was in place, Li Qing used all the military promotion cards he had without hesitation, loading and using a total of 500 Imperial Infantry, 500 Imperial Archers, and 100 Imperial Cavalry, creating 1,100 new recruits.
Then he used the space in his palm to transform the large amount of stored materials, and combined them into a set of standard super-strong thick leather suits according to the defense standards of pseudo-dragon skin.
Now he can't be as casual as before, so Li Qing put together a complete set of standard equipment according to the size and style of the infantry's equipment, including full body leather armor, leather helmet, leather belt, leather boots, and leather gloves.
Yes, it is the new standard leather set, not the fake dragon leather.
At the beginning, the pseudo dragon skin armor was indeed a complete imitation of dragon skin fiber, but later Li Qing discovered that there was a big problem with this operation, that is, it was too high-profile.
Although it is fake dragon skin armor and not real dragon skin, it is no different from real dragon skin in appearance and defense. If others find out, how can I explain where I got so many dragon skins?
So he changed his thinking, and used pseudo dragon skin as the standard, readjusting the molecular arrangement and structure of dragon skin fibers, constantly trying to synthesize a synthetic cortex that was very different from dragon skin but had equally strong defense.
To put it simply, dragon skin is also made up of the unique fleshy fibers of dragons.
But the essence of the fibers is the same, and they are all composed of different structures and arrangements. It’s just that the arrangement and composition of dragon skin are different from those of ordinary animal skin.
The space in Li Qing's palm can decompose any material into its most subtle state, and then rearrange the fiber arrangement and composition according to his own wishes, thereby creating different types of synthetic leather.
Then he selected the best synthetic leather from it as the material for making new leather armor.
The toughness and strength of the cortex are closely related to the density of the fibers. The denser the fibers are arranged, the more fiber material is required. The super-strong synthetic leather armor synthesized by Li Qing, which has physical defense comparable to dragon leather armor, requires a lot of materials.
It takes exactly 5 cubic meters of fiber material to make a set of standard super-strong synthetic leather armor.
The so-called fibrous materials are a general term for wood, clothing, various plant and animal leather fibers, etc.
The appearance and material of the newly synthesized super-strong leather armor are no different from ordinary animal hides, but its defense is comparable to that of pseudo-dragon leather armor, and it also has no magical defense.
But what does that matter?
A new soldier can be equipped with leather armor with physical defense comparable to dragon skin. What more can you ask for?
In addition to defense, offense was also not neglected. Li Qing also updated the weapons of each soldier.
First of all, all the one-handed swords were updated, from the original iron swords to iron swords made of high-carbon steel, which not only made the sword body stronger but also sharper.
To give an intuitive example, the original one-star iron sword will become a sharp steel sword of at least three stars after the update.
In addition, the original recruit shield was made of several wooden boards, which had low durability and could not withstand heavy blows.
After the update, the shield is made of high-density wood, and there are three layers of additional material inside the thick wooden shield, for a total of five layers.
The outermost layer is high-density wood, the second layer is buried with a layer of fine steel mesh, the third layer is sandwiched with a layer of pseudo dragon leather material, the fourth layer is another layer of fine steel mesh, and the innermost layer is also pseudo dragon leather material. You won't feel suffocating when you wear it on your body.
And although it is said to be a five-layer structure, in fact each layer is buffered by high-density wood, so the actual number of layers is more.
On the surface, it is just an ordinary teardrop-shaped wooden shield, but in fact, its defense is at least four or five stars high, and its defense is very strong.
To be honest, if this set was purely handmade, the cost would definitely exceed that of a fourth-level troop.
It can also be used by yourself. It can be synthesized at a super low cost using the palm space. If you look for craftsmen to make it, the efficiency will be pitifully low.
This is also the main reason why the weapons of the troops are so poor at low levels, the cost is too high and it is not worth it.
An Imperial Infantry Promotion only costs 2,000 yuan, and the main cost of this price is the price of the weapons and equipment that will be equipped after the promotion.
When recruits are upgraded to level one, their weapons will be upgraded to better ones, and the upgrade price will naturally increase, requiring a full 4,000 yuan.
For example, when a first-level imperial infantryman is upgraded to a second-level imperial veteran infantryman, in addition to the improvement of combat skills, weapons and equipment are also strengthened accordingly. For example, thick leather armor is replaced with chain mail. The total upgrade price is 10,000 yuan each.
When the second level is upgraded to the third level, the combat skill experience plus full body scale armor will be more expensive, and the money required for upgrading is 50,000 each.
As for the fourth-tier Imperial heavy infantrymen fully equipped with plate armor and tower shields, the upgrade requirements are extremely exaggerated, 200,000 each. Even if you have enough experience, you cannot upgrade them without money.
It is worth mentioning that Li Qing does not need to spend any extra money to get promoted using the helicopter card.
Because the direct promotion card contains something that he doesn’t know yet, which can replace all the needs for promotion.
In addition, there are two types of monster card promotions, one that requires it and one that does not.
Among them, loot monsters can be promoted all the way without paying any price.
If it is a monster military system similar to the human empire system, controlled by a certain throne or other great beings in the Chaos Void Sea, then a price will need to be paid.
The monster subordinates under Li Qing's command are all gleaned from spoils of war, and there is no price to pay for promotion.
If all 1,300 troops were to be upgraded to the fourth level, the total cost would probably be as much as 300 to 400 million, which is outrageous.
Fortunately, there is no need for salary, otherwise it would be more difficult.
In addition, although Li Qing can configure better weapons and equipment himself, making the first-level infantry have combat effectiveness comparable to the second-level or even third-level arms, it does not mean that he does not have to pay the promotion fee.
You still have to pay, and not a penny less.
Even if you will immediately take off your equipment and replace it with your own after the promotion, this money cannot be less.
Because promotion can strengthen physical fitness and increase combat experience, and weapons and equipment are only one of them. The trinity cannot be separated, so if you want to get promoted, you have to buy them all together.
It is impossible to have only one or two of them, unless you develop your own military system.
Speaking of which, Li Qing did have this idea. He could synthesize this super-strong synthetic leather armor that was comparable to dragon skin on a large scale. In addition, he had extraordinary talent in runes and various magic systems. It was not impossible for him to build his own military system in the future.
If you have accumulated enough, you can directly build a powerful military system that belongs to you.
The starting point is a super-strong synthetic leather armor set, which is equivalent to a third-tier soldier. This is not much stronger than the Imperial system.
By the time……
Well, it’s too early to think about this now. We haven’t even started yet. Let’s capture a snakeman city first.
According to Li Qing's assessment, the combined combat power of 1,300 troops wearing full sets of super-strong synthetic leather armor can definitely confront the military force of the snake city head-on. The biggest problem now is how to deal with the mage tower in the city and the archmage in charge.
As long as we can find a way to deal with the Mage Tower, the city can be captured.
There are only two normal ways to deal with a great wizard who owns a wizard tower. One is to crush him with force, and the other is to assassinate him.
Not to mention crushing with force, why bother when you have the ability to do so.
Then there is only one way, to kill the archmage.
Or, to use another method, find a way to lure the archmage out of the mage tower, and then find a way to assassinate him.
On the first floor of the high tower in the divine realm, Li Qing sat at the top, and below him sat the leaders of all the first-level knights in the divine realm.
Li Qing tapped the table lightly with his fingers and said in a deep voice:
"There is only one way. Think about it, everyone. How can we lure out the city's garrisoned wizard and kill him?"
Everyone was whispering and talking.
After a while, An Erqiu raised his hand and stood up, saying :
"I have a new idea, I wonder if it will work."
Li Qing raised his hand:
"Tell me what you think. Everyone can bring up any new ideas. We'll just adopt the best one."
An Erqiu said:
"I have been thinking about this for a long time these past two days. I was thinking that a city cannot be self-sufficient and must have external supplies. Can we find a way to cut off all external channels of the snake city, or cut off and divert the upstream river?"
"As long as the water and food shortage continues for a period of time, the city will collapse."
"If they don't want to face such a fate, they must leave the city and fight us. In this way, won't they come out?"
"If they only send soldiers, we will eat their soldiers. If they send a great wizard, that will be exactly what we want."
"It's a good idea. I'll keep it as a backup."
Li Qing nodded and asked others:
"What about you? Do you have any other ideas?"
Everyone shook their heads. Xie Zhu shrugged and said:
"Our ideas are similar to yours, and they are similar to those of Lord An Erqiu. We either cut off the food supply or attack Wei to save Zhao."
"Um?"
Li Qing raised his eyes and said:
"What do you mean by besieging Wei to save Zhao? Tell me more about it."
"It's very simple. I remember when Morshi and his men attacked a Serpentine town, there was a Mage Tower that sent support. We can do the same. We can directly surround a Serpentine town next to the Serpentine city, wait for the Serpentine Archmage to teleport over, and then intercept and kill him."
