Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 407: Chapter 170: The Surefire Strategy – Blitzkrieg_4

He was tasked with leading 3 legions to crush at least 15 legions, possibly even 25 to 30, with a ratio of 1:10. That was far beyond the limits of his abilities.

He couldn’t even defeat 30 men with just 3 men. Let alone the challenge that was hundreds or even thousands of times more complex: using 3 legions to crush 30 legions.

Fortunately, an outstanding monarch doesn’t need to master everything; the key is to choose capable talents and entrust the professional tasks to professionals.

He only needed to do a good job of intelligence support, and in the end, most of the glory, prestige, and fame would fall upon him.

So, after the knights began their intense discussion and careful deliberation, Su Li, surrounded by the Hesse Forbidden Guard Knights, walked out of the conference room and reached the highest point of the Hesse Castle’s defense system, where the flag of the Bauhinia family was fluttering in the wind.

The iconic vermilion banner had the emblem of the Bauhinia family embroidered in golden thread, with a golden warhammer and longsword crossed beneath the bauhinia flower.

This was the façade of Heisen Castle, a banner made from Anaric giant spider silk, enchantment imbued with mysterious energy. When it fluttered under the Witch Moon, the entire castle appeared extraordinarily majestic, as if it soared hundreds of meters straight into the sky.

In reality, with the addition of three layers of defense systems, the castle was only about 50 meters high, far less than those castles of the nobles within the Empire, where a single fortress wall would reach 50 meters tall.

But even if it was a visual illusion, making it appear hundreds of meters high was already remarkable. Anaric giant spider silk was incredibly rare. An ordinary Pioneer Lord couldn’t possibly possess one. Even the nobles who had been around for hundreds of years within the Empire had to pay a high price to buy enough silk to create an enchanted banner.

And with the support of his intelligence system, banners made from Anaric giant spider silk were few and far between for Su Li. One was the face of this territory, another was Su Li’s great banner, and the remaining four were distributed to various Knight Orders and legions.

Su Li, with his hand on the fluttering banner, looked out into the distance. From here he could overlook the vast and fertile plains stretching for dozens of miles of the territory. In the east, fierce flames had already risen to the sky, lighting up vast swaths of sky and illuminating the entire distant dark night sky.

It was unknown whether the Green Dragon’s minions were burning the farms of the territory or igniting a section of pastures and fields.

But in any case, once the Green Dragon Legion rampaged through, the once prosperous suburban areas would inevitably turn into a vast, dark ghost land, with large tracts of farmland reduced to scorched earth.

Fortunately, the territory had already implemented a scorched-earth strategy. The mature crops had been harvested in advance, so even if the monsters burned the wheat fields, they would only be destroying some wheat seedlings.

Vandar was very distressed. He only participated in the deployment meetings, deciding where to place the medical stations of the Dawn Church to treat the wounded. He didn’t involve himself in the subsequent deliberations but followed Su Li to the highest point of the castle.

”Lord, the monster’s rampage this time might destroy thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of our good fields, turning many farms into ashes,” he said.

Su Li took a deep breath and said, ”The impact on the territory is not significant. As long as we defeat this Green Dragon and focus on development, we can reclaim the destroyed farmland within a quarter, and within half a year, we can rebuild all the farms.”

”What war doesn’t result in some loss of property? The key is to take this opportunity to heavily damage the Green Dragon’s legion, then bring the fire back to the Blood Pine Forest. As long as we break into the Dragon’s Nest, we stand to gain at least tens of thousands of Golden Crowns.”

By then, not only could Su Li expand his territory into the Blood Pine Forest by hundreds or even thousands of miles, but he could also gain a massive amount of booty.

This Dragon’s Nest is the offspring of an Emperor Dragon, with enormous wealth. If Su Li can acquire it all, Hesse Territory will face no fiscal pressure for an entire year.

Furthermore, once the immense military pressure is released, the military investments of the territory can be slightly reduced. All the massive resources captured can be invested entirely in the territory’s development, and the territory will surely soar.