Volume 3: Tides of Darkness Chapter 197 Information Warfare
"Do you really have a solution?" Varian asked doubtfully.
Da Vinci nodded. "Of course, but the price is not cheap. Since you are the King of Wa, I can give you a 20% discount, but it won't be much cheaper."
"How much?"
"One million gold coins - this is the basic fee. If the situation changes and other services are required, it may be increased.
Of course, payment can be made in installments, depending on the duration of the program.”
One million gold coins! Murphy thought that this person was really asking for a lot. One million gold coins would be equivalent to 10 million RMB, and this was just the basic fee. It was still unknown how much he would be charged in the future. However, if he could really fight against the tribe and change the fate of Stormwind City's fall, it would be worth the price.
But is the studio really that powerful? He was skeptical that it could even reverse the official plot.
Varian was also skeptical. "Money is not a problem. Stormwind Kingdom can still afford one million gold coins. But how can I trust you to do this? How many soldiers do you have? How many powerful warriors do you have?"
Da Vinci smiled slightly. "Haha, soldiers? Heroes? Does Storm Kingdom really lack powerful warriors? As far as I know, there are thousands of heroes in the entire alliance, right?
Although the Storm Kingdom's soldiers are not as strong as the Horde's, there are still hundreds of thousands of them. What you lack is not generals and soldiers, but a plan, a plan that can achieve your goals.
The key to the plan lies in intelligence. Without the intelligence I provide, you won’t even know the latest movements of the tribe. What else can you do except wait to die?
Of course, it is up to you to recruit soldiers and powerful heroes.
I only provide intelligence support and professional services when necessary. Don't feel that you are losing out. My plan can ensure that you can achieve your goals and save your kingdom. Without me, you will definitely fail. Accept or reject my help. It's that simple."
Mo Fei thought, so that's how it is. Relationships are just a consulting service. Ten million for this is really not cheap.
Varian gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me about it. I need to make sure your plan is feasible first."
Da Vinci nodded. "But before I tell you about the plan, please allow me to introduce a few colleagues. Please come in."
The door next to it opened and several people walked out.
Sun Wu (court scholar), Li Er (great sage), Mo Di (great craftsman), Mei Lin (great magician).
All four of them were heroes, either bronze or silver, not a single one was gold, but their levels were pretty high.
When Varian saw Sun Wu, he was suddenly stunned. "I recognize you. I saw you in the Royal Library."
Sun Wu (court scholar): "Haha, Your Highness Varian, how are you? Now let me tell Prince Varian about our next plan.
We have just understood Prince Varian's request and have initially developed a feasible plan.
It is very difficult, but not impossible. Now the intelligence of the Alliance and the Horde is basically transparent in both directions, and each side knows each other's actions. However, how to effectively collect and summarize information is something that only professionals like us can do.
Based on the current strengths and weaknesses of both sides, I have made the following plans.
First, concentrate your forces and fight a war of annihilation.
The enemy has a million troops, but they have already begun to divide their forces. This is your chance. Storm Kingdom must concentrate its forces to destroy the enemy's scattered forces, rather than engage in a decisive battle with the enemy's main force. Let them attack from several directions, I will only go one way, understand?"
Varian nodded. "I understand. I will gather adventurers to join the battle. If we can defeat the main force of the tribe in one battle, then..."
Sun Wu shook his head. "No, we can't use adventurers as the main force. Adventurers are a mixed bag, and many of them are spies of the tribe. As long as you gather adventurers on a large scale, the tribe will definitely know your plan in advance."
Varian cried out in amazement: "What? This is impossible. Adventurers are all brave warriors, fearless and loyal warriors..."
Murphy patted Varian's shoulder and shook his head silently at him.
Varian was a little unwilling, but still kept his mouth shut.
Sun Tzu continued to introduce his tactics.
"Secondly, the biggest advantage of the Alliance is that it has a large number of powerful heroes, which the Horde cannot compare to."
This hero naturally refers to the player. Although the tribe has also opened hero templates and lord templates, new players must start training from level one, and there will be at least one to three months of window period before they grow up.
However, the heroes of the League have grown over two years and there are thousands of them, all of which are very powerful in terms of level and strength.
"So we have to make full use of this advantage. As for how to use heroes, there are many castles in various parts of Storm Kingdom. These castles are the fiefs of nobles. In the past, they were used to deal with monsters rampant in the fiefs. They were very useful when dealing with weak tribes such as gnolls, kobolds, and trolls. However, when fighting against tribes, they are not very practical and can be easily destroyed.
But a castle can last at least an hour or two before it is destroyed.
My plan is very simple. I will gather all the magic heroes and have them make it rain on the walls of the castle, whether it be a blizzard or a meteor shower. Anyway, use whatever spell is most powerful.
If the enemy wants to break into the castle, they must send out a large army. Before the castle is broken, we can kill a large number of enemies. Once the castle is broken, the heroes will teleport away collectively.
In this way, the battle for each castle will consume at least hundreds or thousands of enemy troops. There are hundreds of castles in the Storm Kingdom, and the enemy will lose hundreds of thousands of troops if they push all the way down. "
Murfei's eyes lit up, this trick was really practical. You didn't need too many of them. Just gather dozens of magic heroes and use their ultimate skills together. I'm afraid that no matter how many orcs came, as many as they could die.
Moreover, this way there are fewer people, so they can just run away after fighting and don’t have to worry about being blocked.
As for whether he could recruit so many volunteers, Murphy was not worried. Participating in such activities not only earned plot points, but also provided experience in killing orcs. Standing on the city wall and killing orcs while it rained could level up easily and comfortably. Even if they had to pay, many people would probably rush to join.
Moreover, only the Alliance can afford to use this trick. Although the Horde also has many chiefs, warlords, high priests and so on generated by the system, they are basically NPCs scattered among the millions of troops, and they can't do such fancy things.
Sun Wu continued:
"Third, assassinate the enemy leader. Although the tribe's army is huge and there are countless chieftains, there are not many generals who can really fight and command the army. As long as these famous generals are killed, the tribe's combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. In addition, the death of the general will also lead to internal disputes within the tribe for the position of chieftain of each tribe, and the speed of the march will be reduced. Kill two birds with one stone.
Similarly, we need to gather a group of warrior-type and assassin-type heroes who are good at close combat to form a team. In addition, high-level assassin adventurers can also be recruited, but they must be absolutely reliable.
I could make a list of those who had a huge influence on the war and provide their locations.
By taking these three approaches together, we can definitely delay the battle until reinforcements arrive.
But while we delay, we must also identify the territory and territory that needs to be abandoned.
The enemy numbers over a million, and no matter what tactics we use, we are bound to suffer huge losses, so we must be mentally prepared from the beginning to lose more than two-thirds of our territory.
This requires deciding which territories can be abandoned and which territories need to be defended.
My personal suggestion is to use the Western Wilderness as the final base.
There is an abundance of food there, enough to feed all the refugees from the war in Stormwind Kingdom. There are also several mines in the Western Wilderness that can provide enough equipment. Although there are no particularly precious ores, there are still enough armed militias.
Moreover, the Westward Wilderness is located in the heart of the kingdom. As long as Stormwind City is not breached, the enemy will not be able to send a large-scale army to invade the Westward Wilderness.
As for the Duskwood, Redridge Mountains, and even the cities and castles around Elwynn Forest, they can all be abandoned.
The only trouble in defending the Western Wilds is the upcoming tribal cavalry. Referring to the first point, concentrate your forces to eliminate the tribal division. My personal suggestion is to start with this cavalry unit. We must eliminate the cavalry sent by the enemy to the Western Wilds.
This should be our first priority , and at the same time, the other two plans should be carried out simultaneously, and the two do not conflict. "
Sun Wu spoke eloquently, describing his strategic ideas. Varian sometimes frowned and sometimes his eyes lit up as he listened, until Sun Wu stopped.
"The plan sounds good, but now that you've told me, aren't you afraid that I can do it myself?"
Several studio members looked at each other and all burst into laughter.
Da Vinci (Great Architect): "To realize this plan, a huge amount of intelligence support and professional skills are needed. How do you know the location of the orc leader? How do you know the enemy's march route and specific time?
How do you know the internal situation of each tribe of orcs? Without this, you can't play at all.
To put it bluntly, without us, you can only fight a medieval-style cold weapon war in the dark, which is cruel and long. But with our intelligence support, you are equivalent to having the support of modern technology such as spy satellites. Although it is still a cold weapon war, it is an information-based cold weapon war. No matter how many tribal troops there are, it is useless. It is a complete dimensionality reduction attack. "
Varian heard several incomprehensible words again, but he understood their meaning.
He could understand this to some extent; intelligence was indeed very important.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I promise you! One million gold coins, and you can add more if necessary, but you must come up with enough valuable things to satisfy me."
